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[bbs] Important Announcement (backdated to Thursday morning)

Good morning, I'd like to take the opportunity to remind my Engineering 101 students that the deadlines on our syllabus are final. Please don't allow yourselves to be swept away in festivities to the point that you forget about our essay due Tuesday morning. I've looked over some drafts already and you're doing very well, so it would be a shame not to follow through. Don't forget that finals are approaching as well. I'll be having emergency office hours all day on Friday if you want to take a break from the festival to discuss your assignments. As always, preparation should improve your fortune---but good luck, regardless. -Instructor Cranston

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If you need any help with the work I'd be happy to do so Mr. Cranston!

[Well, here's any engineering teacher's pet. Even if she's past most of these classes she still enjoys, no, loves hanging around the kind of people who love her same passions. So she still hangs out with the tech teachers!]

Are you sure, Miss Ryllos? I was under the impression that you had a big date to get ready for. Not that I make it a point to follow student gossip, of course. I've just been building a model in my office for the last week of classes.

I wouldn't call it a date, more like hanging out with a great friend who sought to make me happy.

And besides, I'm sure between us we could speed up all of that in a flash and I'll still have more than enough time to get ready.

I've got it. So, not a date then. I'm sure we could too. So...you can come here any time today, if you'd like. The model's about half finished.

Great! I'll see you there professor!

[After her agreement with Professor Cranston, the orc teen made her way to the office with a small smile on her face. A chance to work with one of the engineering professors was always something she enjoyed and it was one of the few times where she felt at ease around people.

Quite possibly because of the tech and terminology and all those things involved! She knocked on the door lightly and called out in case he was still busy.]

Professor Cranston? It's me, Ronnae.

[Billy was working at his model with a cookie in hand when the doorknocks came. He hastily dropped the cookie on the desk and wiped his mouth on his sleeve (very undignified), then opened the door.]

Hi! Come in and look around---I know I've rearranged things since the last instructor. I thought that side table would make the perfect display for an atomic model.

[He looks back at the model on the main desk, another small-scale engine.]

I need to carefully control the temperature of the fluids here. The clear material needed for the demonstration isn't as resilient as I'd like it to be, and I've been wondering if there's another way to do it.

[Ronnae smiled and gave a polite bow before moving in and looking around. Even as Professor Cranston spoke, she was already moving over and looking at the model with an excited glee in her eyes.]

Of course, maybe we could do some tests and change some variable to make it acceptable for your demonstration. Shouldn't be too hard or take long with two working on it.

[He smiled back, tugging on an unused stool from the corner of the office. Billy placed that stool and his own on opposite sides of the main work table, then pointed to the side table.]

You can have some of those cookies if you're hungry. I can't finish them all---I thought I'd have visitors more frequently than this, but it turns out students prefer to meet right after class.

[He began one test---casting reinforcing para-magic on one potential material for the machine. It held up well under fire.]

Do you have Blizzard magic?

[Ronnae smiled and nodded.]

I'll make sure to grab some before I leave then!

[At the latter question, she nodded.]

I do, and I also have some leftover frost primers from one of my personal experiments. It's pretty much permanent power sources that use elemental energies. Well.. not permanent-permanent, but you can re-charge them using the same kind of magic that was used to infuse them.

[Billy nodded his approval, though that turned into interest halfway through.]

What are those power sources like? Do you have one on hand?

I do, yeah. One moment. Ronnae began rummaging through her backpack as she spoke.]

They're like batteries, except that instead of using fossil energies that run out, they use the innate magic of elements and such sources. Depending on what element or magic you bind to it, is the source of power you'll have and what materials you'll need to contain it.

[She finally pulled out two small cylinders that hummed quietly. They emitted a bit of a frosty fog that dissipated too quickly for it to be noticed well as she placed them down on the table.]

These are frost primers. They were made from water elements and ice magic. The containment had to be made from heavy earthy materials like core metals and such to counter and contain the magic while making it accessible.

[He wiped at his glasses and leaned in, obviously excited. Oh, what did they have here?]

That's a great idea. Portable enough to be useful, yet the storage capacity seems sufficient. And you'd use different material for a thunder primer or a flame primer, right?

Now let's freeze these tubes!

[Ronnae nodded excitedly, happy at the approval.]

Mhmm! They're extremely useful and I love having them in most of my powered inventions! They really give them that spark of life!

[At the direction, she nodded and began doing as she was told, freezing the assigned tubes.]

I can see that.

[Billy plunked his device on the table to monitor the progress, equally pleased. There was definitely no meltdown, and the frosting over of chemicals had lessened. Perfect.]

It's coming along---it just needs a few minutes to stabilize. So...we have some time. I don't want to take up too much of it, but---you're doing really well in class, right?

[Worst conversationist? Worst conversationist.]

I'm taking the field exam soon! I'm pretty excited and I think I'll be continuing my studies even after gaining SeeD rank.

[Confident for once? Damn straight. She worked hard for this.]

What are you planning for post-graduate study? It's something serious with an advanced degree, isn't it? Doctor, engineer?

[It seems to be working! He smiles a little---at the device, and a little pride that one of their own is doing so well.]

Mhm! I plan on going all the way if possible. I want to learn everything I can since one of my mothers always taught us that knowledge was the greatest strength we could possess over anything else.

Well that... and I've always been kind of extremely curious about everything. Especially engineering.

[She admitted a bit sheepishly.]

My parents were the same. I've been so busy training that I haven't thought about another degree yet, but I probably should. My biggest goal is to work in Esthar and help them find a way to return us, but the prejudice against off-worlders remains in the way.

[He pushes a button on his device--yes! It seems to work! He smiles broadly, lifting his hand for a high five---that was the cool thing to do, right?]

[Ronnae giggled giddily and returned the high five, looking really happy with their progress.]

That's understandable, with all that's happened and the recent events and coming of the new commander, I didn't think things would get easier. But it's nothing that we can't handle and it's their world, technically it's we who are intruding, accidental or not.

[He flashed a grin.]

That's why I want to help us escape. I don't think we'll ever be fully welcome, and...it gets lonely out here sometimes, doesn't it?

[Ronnae looked down, a bit of a somber look crossing her features before she nodded.]

It... it does... Especially recently with... well, you know how things have heated up recently.

What do you mean? A lot of things have happened recently.

[Billy wished he kept coffee in his office. With this mood, they might need it.]

Well, I'm sure you've noticed too... But it seems that with the new Commander, and the voicing of the worries that have been going around well... Some of the locals have been more vocal and direct about their dislike for... well... us.

[Yes, he'd noticed some disturbing posts on the BBS, but the social rejection he faced wasn't really abnormal. Billy bit his lip, considering just what to say.]

I noticed. It didn't really register as unusual in my case. But...you have your friends to support you, right?

[The mention of her having supportive friends made even her blink in surprise. It wasn't something that was common for the girl and it took her a moment to rationalize it.]

Y-yeah I do.

Then that's good, right?

[He tries smiling encouragingly.]

You'll have them to support you until you get back home. Don't worry. It's hard, but support means a lot.

[That... wasn't always the case... not from experience anyways. She still managed to fake a smile and look away.]

Y-yea....

A-anyways! Is there anything else you needed help with Mr. Cranston?

[Billy prodded the machine. It was still working! He smiled with relief.]

It's working perfectly, thanks to you. So no, I don't think so. Have fun out there, all right? I know distractions don't always help, but you'll be surrounded by good people.

[He dropped back into his chair]

[Yeaaaah... surrounded by people wasn't exactly what she wanted... Nonetheless she bowed politely and offered a small smile.]

Thank you for letting me help Mr. Cranston. I'll be seeing you around then.

[She gave a small wave before turning around and walking out.]

[Instructor Vitner does have the decency to knock--before, of course, she just barges on in, a plate full of vittles in hand. A pair of her own seared-beef sandwiches, and then a small salad, with what looks like Italian salad dressing in a little cup on the side, and an apple.]

Y'aint in the habit of 'memberin' ta eat when ya get busy, are ya? [But the pyromancer's smile is a kind one, at the very least.]

Ya'd think a ravenin' horde o'beasts descended on th' mess hall, an' left only scraps. Luckily, I had th' san'wich stuff set 'side already. An' it won't be missed. Wish I had a drink ta bring ya, though. Sorry 'bout that.

[Billy spun away from his work to call her in. Did he finally have another interested student---no. He knew this instructor.]

I've found that it breaks my concentration to eat.

But thank you---really. And I have water. Would you like some? The chilling and filtration systems are in great condition.

Naw, water an' me don't get 'long real well. But thanks fer the offer. [Ellyn is a happy sort, of course, so she's grinning.]

'Zat stuff ya worked on, or just 'mproved fer the Garden? Mind me askin' what yer workin on? Well, 'fore I gotta hurry back ta th' festival an' all.

Do you take coffee, then? Preferred drink of sleepless instructors?

[Billy smiled faintly. Ah, festivities. Of course she was taking a break---in her place, he would.]

It's a demonstration for my classes next week. They'll get to apply their knowledge to make the chemicals glow a certain color.

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