Resilience Ray

The Resilience Ray is an Alteration Ray which mentally and physically rejuvenates individuals, without changing their external appearance. It also increases their physical resilience beyond the normal levels of a baseline member of their species. The Resilience Ray was invented by Leonardo and was released for public use on the 22nd of July 2022. It was released with only minimal testing and was not approved for public use by the government. The resilience ray was initially very popular amongst wombles, who, due to the respect accorded to age in Womble society, were reluctant to be rejuvenated by a standard Rejuvenation Machine, as this would cause older wombles to be physically indistinguishable from younger wombles. The Resilience Ray first gained popularity in the Madrid Burrow and shortly thereafter spread to the Wimbledon Burrow, where it initially seemed to be very successful. By the 24th of July 2022, around one hundred Wimbledon wombles and several hundred wombles from other burrows had used the Resilience Ray. The use of the resilience ray affected the elderly wombles both mentally and physically and resulted in them performing athletic feats, such as running, jumping and climbing and led to them taking what would normally be actions with a high risk of injury, such as jumping from a height of 30 feet. The behaviour of those who had taken the resilience ray caused a degree of concern amongst the other wombles, but it was not generally seen as problematic until the evening of the 24th of July 2022, when Great Uncle Bulgaria collaborated with Solomon to open the Wimbledon Burrow Nightclub, thus beginning the 2022 Wimbledon Burrow Nightclub Fiasco, an event which saw half of the burrow's population depart due to their opposition to the Wimbledon Burrow Nightclub and the manufacture and use of recreational drugs inside the burrow. The 2022 Wimbledon Burrow Nightclub Fiasco lasted for several hours, until the effects of the Resilience Ray gradually wore off and the wombles who had taken it returned to normal and Great Uncle Bulgaria evicted Solomon from the burrow and closed the Wimbledon Burrow Nightclub. The subsequent investigation of the 2022 Wimbledon Burrow Nightclub Fiasco and the Resilience Ray's part in it found that the Resilience Ray was wholly responsible for the elderly Wombles' behaviour and that Leonardo should not have released a minimally tested invention without proper government approval. Leonardo acknowledged his mistakes and apologised to all affected by the 2022 Wimbledon Burrow Nightclub Fiasco, stating that he had made a genuine mistake and had not intended for such an event to transpire. His apology was found to be genuine, and it was decided he did not require Reconstruction. Following his apology, Leonardo repaired the Resilience Ray and it was subsequently tested and approved by the government and re-released on the 25th of July 2022. Since its re-release, the Resilience Ray has been used by billions of individuals, most of them wombles. Despite some early concerns that the problems with the original Resilience Ray had not been properly repaired, it has since become apparent that the ray is fully functional as no issues have occurred since the 2022 Wimbledon Burrow Nightclub Fiasco.