| Oct. 26th, 2007 @ 09:04 pm I had an odd idea today. |
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It would take some preparations, but they wouldn't be too extreme. All you would need to do is conduct a little research into the clothing styles and mannerism of Americans in the 1890s. Or hell, even further back if you want. Then spend a few weeks making some period clothing from your chosen time frame and practicing period slang and word use.
After that you could burn a few hundred dollars on some gold, silver, or even gems to use as "exchange" for modern currency. After all, those things will likely always have value. If you've got the skills and the inclination it would also be almost necessary to craft/find some hand crafted versions of things like your eyeglasses, some pencils/pens, and notebooks. Your supplies would need to look authentic, so would likely be very inexpensive to gather (other than the valuables, of course) and would likely just take a few months to get together.
Then, save up a few months worth of vacation time, or some other way of not being missed for a few months, and get a friend to drop you off near a small town where you will be reasonably safe if things go wrong. The best case scenario would be to have people in the town that you know, but who are also not originally from that town (an old friend who moved away, or something).
Once you have arrived at your destination, the fun begins. Pretend to be a scientist from the 1890s (or whenever) who is testing a machine that can send things forward in time. Wander around town and take notes. Spend hours in prominent places making sketches or paintings of things. Ask people questions about normal things like cars and coffeepots, and then take notes and draw diagrams. Get huffy when some teen doesn't know how an iPod stores music. You are after the DETAILS after all. Be as public as you can and talk to people everywhere you go. I think that going to a bank or pawnshop to trade in the valuables would be a particularly rewarding experience.
Once you have made a few friends or acquaintances start to let on about your "mission". Let them know that YOU are one of the people who helped build the first time machine. When they respond badly, become horrified. After all, if modern man doesn't know of your exploits, that means you didn't make it back to confirm the results and your are now trapped in the future. |
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