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part 2!! for clever (prompt: a team of researchers have just figured out how to convert the canadian wildfires into solar energy, but it has unexpected consequences.) the fires are uncomfortably close, but we all know not to panic - we're protected by the invisible barrier™ (which i'm a little wary of, since they had been invented two weeks ago). still, their heat feels wildly abnormal for a canadian winter - the land of ice and snow had become no more. our team is hoping to change that today, with our prototype of solar panels for fire. would they work? well, we're about to find out. it would be a game-changer if they did, so we're looking for a yes. still, the chances were fairly low. maizie and carol started to unload the monstrous piece of machinery from the back of our truck. it looks like something from a work of fiction, which i'm very proud of, but the way. we and our lab had been working on it a couple months after the fire had started, and we had been keeping it a little secret from the public. after all, it was better not to know anything than be disappointed. i supervised my co-workers carefully. it would be a shame if something stupid happened after we had made it this far. "wow," carol breathes, setting the machine onto the dead grass. maizie stares at it for a moment longer, before turning around to get the three panels we were starting with. our driver carefully backs the truck away to give us some more space, and i sit on my knees to be level with my workpiece. "screwdriver, please," i ask politely. carol hands me one, and it's a little rusty, but functional nonetheless. i start to wire all the panels together, and sparks start to fly. they make me a bit nervous, it would suck to have yet another flame. it all comes together, and my friends applaud. i smile. it was good to be proud, because that was just the easy part - the next step would be to attach it to the invisible barrier™, the flames contained inside of it as crazy as ever. we carefully took the roof of it off, and got blasted with an extreme wave of heat. i go to take a coughing break. "we got this, come back!" maizie motivates. i take her advice, and return to screwdriver the entire contraption on. it takes a while, but as the saying goes, slow and steady. now for the moment of truth. john comes out of the van with his camera, recording us. "ready?" i say, my hand already on the lever. maizie and carol nod. in unison, we go: "three, two, one..." i flip the lever, and we're met with a powerful blast of what i recognize as solar energy. the light has turned from red to green. we're all flopped on the ground, but that's good - it worked! we all cheer, including john. but then the blast of solar energy doesn't stop. based on past research, it's supposed to after five-ish seconds, yet it kept on going. our excitement quickly turned into panic. "get in the van!" john yells urgently. we don't disobey. we watch through the window as the un-seeable box starts to tremble. and we haven't turned off the switch, which angers me most. john is still recording though, which means we have increased chances of survival. the fire inside erupts, lightning striking it at the same time. nothing like that had ever happened before, which terrifies us even more. the fire starts to swirl into a tornado, and it feels like an american summer here in the van. everything stops. our machine and panels are completely barbequed. the fire is contained once again, but... there are baby goats everywhere? they're small and fuzzy, bleating innocently in the toasted field. their teeny horns are made of flame. carol looks at john. "that's on camera, right?" he nods slowly, which is nice, because no one would ever believe us. our discoveries today: the wildfires can indeed be converted to a form of solar energy. the bad news is, it doesn't really want to.
