Trinity University: College Life In A Fantastic World
Aug 16, 2024 1:05:03 GMT
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Post by superkamiguy1 on Aug 16, 2024 1:05:03 GMT
Fear.
Fear is shackles, fear is a knife in the gut slowly twisted, fear is a constant hammer on the head. Yet fear also evaporates like water under the light of the early morning sun. When fear comes walk with confidence right past, because like the ghosts of children's nightmares, fear is an illusion.
Derrick sat down on the bed and performed breathing exercises as he calmed himself. Once he'd calmed down, Derrick got undressed and stepped into the bathroom to wash up with its gleaming granite counter tops, gold framed mirrors, jacuzzi tub, walk in shower room with multiple shower heads, fluffy towels neatly arranged, tile floor with under-floor heating, fluffy bath mat and a wicker laundry basket.
The opulent University showers boast an array of panels offering over a hundred choices for adjusting water temperature, pressure, luxurious soaps, premium shampoos, exquisite scents, aromatic oils, invigorating foot massagers, rejuvenating full body jets, ambient LED lights, sophisticated radios, refreshing ventilation fans, high-quality speakers, a self-cleaning function, and indulgent massaging sponges. Upon stepping out onto a plush mat, heaters activate to gently blow-dry your body. Say goodbye to tangled wet hair - simply place your hand on a sleek box that effortlessly sends a current through your scalp, effortlessly untangling, parting, and drying your hair in a matter of moments. With just the press of a button, the shower springs to life, delivering the perfect pressure and temperature tailored to your preferences. Derrick, with a contented smile on his face, adjusted the pressure, soaps, scents, oils, and massaging settings to his liking, allowing the luxurious shower to wash away his troubles.
Finished cleaning up, he turned it off and walked out and grabbed a towel.
He'd just finished dressing when there was a knock on his door.
"'Comin!" Derrick walked over to the door to unlock it only to discover it was already unlocked. "That's...weird. Could've sworn I locked up." He shrugged and opened the door to be greeted by Hubert Hunt. This contemplative gentleman has hooded brown eyes that are like two drops of chocolate. His luxurious coffee-colored hair is worn in a mushroom cut weave. He is very tall and a wide-chested build. His skin is cream-colored. He has an elegant nose. His mannerisms give you an impression of a thoughtful scholar.
"Mornin' Bro!"
"Hey man, just checking in on you. We didn't hear you come in last night."
"I affectionately refer it to as "Stealth Mode"."
Riiight, stealth mode."
Derrick chuckled and stepped out. "Hey do you know if anyone else came in?"
"Not that I'm aware."
"Hm." Derrick walked across the dorm and double checked the door. Sure enough it was still locked.
"Is everything okay, Derrick?"
"I'm fine. I'm fine." Derrick assure him. "Just a weird dream."
"Yeah, well, that's what all night horrorthon will get you." Clyde Crawford joked. This man gives you the impression of a clever fox. His eyes are like two blue sapphires. He has dark neck length hair. He is very tall and has an athletic build with tattoos on his muscular arms.
"Noooo that's this weekend." Derrick smiled. "Nocturnal Nightmare 666 is a masterpiece and I'm going to prove it to you."
"Challenge accepted."
"Is Diego awake yet?"
"Still doing his pullups. He'll be up in a sec."
"Diiiid someone call for God?" Diego Davidson asked while stepping out of his room.
"Present!" Derrick called back.
Diego Davidson. This man puts you in mind of a regal ruler. He has round blue eyes. His fine, shining, golden blonde hair is worn in a style that reminds you of a puffy dandelion. He is very tall and has a powerful build. His skin is tanned. He has thick eyebrows.
The two friends slapped their palms together with enough of a boom that it echoed around the room as they grasped one anothers palms and squeezed. After a few seconds of struggle Derrick slowly forced his hand down with a smile on his face.
"You guys gonna need the room tonight?" Clyde asked.
"As attractive as Derrick is, my heart belongs to Cairistìne. Sorry man." Diego laughed as they let go.
"No problem Diego. Are you two still going steady?"
"Yeah. She's keeping busy up at Millennium University's Department of Applied Multimedia Networking Mainframe Application Development Division. once she graduates she's planning to put in a few more years and then land a cushy job at KhrysosCorp."
"Good idea." Hubert complimented. "Are you going to be working there with her?"
"Nah, I'm studying Cytology. I'm aiming for working at Gabrielle Enterprises once I get some experience in."
"Oh you guys are going to be rich."
"Right?! I think working there would be the coolest job ever."
"I can imagine." Hubert agreed.
"What about you 'Rick?"
"I...don't know. I'm considering joining the military for awhile and maybe becoming a police officer or something afterword. There's a lot of lunatics out there, someone's gotta stand up to them, The Capes won't always be in the area and who are you gonna call?"
"Officer Blackburn: Super Cop. I can see it."
Derrick laughed with his friends. "Come on, let's get some food, I'm starved."
Derrick and his friends grabbed their bags and waked out of the dorm.
"Are we taking the elevator?" Diego joked.
"Do we ever?" Derrick smirked.
The four friends laughed and joked as they descended the staircase.
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"Look, all I'm saying is, I don’t like to use the term “triple threat,” because it suggests that I’m limited to only three skills, but the fact is, in addition to pranking and drinking, I’m a rather phenomenal singer." Clyde laughed. "Seriously. Karaoke night this Saturday. We're gonna blow some minds."
"I'm in. The world needs to hear our angelic voices."
"I'll be sure to practice." Hubert said.
"Hey guys! What's up?"
They looked up to see Joshua Angelo, a young man of tall height, with golden colored hair and hazel eyes with a golden cross necklace around his neck. Derrick high-fived him and he started walking with them.
"Singing. We're hitting a karaoke bar this weekend. You in?"
"Sounds like fun. Who's our driver?"
"We'll decide later by way of rocks-paper-scissors."
"I'll take that challenge."
"My man!" Diego fist bumped him.
JOSHUA!
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Even the cafeteria of the University was beyond fancy with large mullioned windows, long embroidered curtains, dark walnut tables, flowers on each table, delicate live piano music, flagstone tile floor, a lounge area with embroidered couches, oval coffee tables with splendidly proportioned cabriole legs, tea served from silver trays in white teapots. Students and faculty alike would come here often for fine dining and relaxation so it wasn't unusual to see people just chilling inside at any point during the day.
One student in particular was enjoying a salad while reviewing her math work. It was a kitchen sink salad. Everything was in it but the kitchen sink. There was lettuce, cucumber, tomato, apple, walnut, toasted seeds, fresh herb leaves, cheese, celery and radish. The salad was tossed in a rich creamy dressing and served with fresh bread. Delicious.
"Okay let's see here: sec(θ)=cos(θ)...Play with the point on the unit circle to see how cosine and secant change together. Notice how when cosine is small, secant is big, and vice versa. It turns out they always multiply to exactly 1111. We can also see this identity using similar triangles. Slide the dot below the graph to see one triangle transform into the other. Watch carefully to see which segments correspond to each other. csc(θ)=1sin(θ)\csc(\theta)= \dfrac{1}{\sin(\theta)}csc(θ)=sin(θ). Play with the point on the unit circle to see how sine and cosecant change together. Notice how when sine is small, cosecant is big, and vice versa. It turns out they always multiply to exactly 1111. We can also see this identity using similar triangles. Slide the dot below the graph to see one triangle transform into the other. Watch carefully to see which segments correspond to each other. cot(θ)=1tan(θ)\cot(\theta)= \dfrac{1}{\tan(\theta)}cot(θ)=tan(θ). 1cotangent, left parenthesis, theta, right parenthesis, equals, start fraction, 1, divided by, tangent, left parenthesis, theta, right parenthesis, end fraction. Play with the point on the unit circle to see how tangent and cotangent change together..."
"Getting lost in Trig again I see." Nicole Noble smiled as she sat down with a plate of chocolate chip pancakes. Nicole was a relatively petite young woman, fair almost to the extreme and rocking her bright green hair. Her features were small and perfectly related; her nose deliciously interrogative at the tip. Blue eyes, long, wavy blonde hair, so smooth and silky, almost as if it was tailored from a magnificent fabric. She had a confident, sexy strut that tells the world, "I'm beautiful.". She wears a silver necklace and Basket-Set Round Ruby Studs.
Her friend, Dolores Palazzo, was like a Victoria's Secret model and looked very much like she could have graced any billboard or magazine cover. She has that movie star look. Her muscle definition was perfect and she walked with the confidence of someone a decade older. She wasn't just flawless in her bone structure, her skin was like silk over glass and she radiated an intelligent beauty. Her eyes were the glimmering color of emerald, sparkling in the light of the morning sun like a fresh sheen of morning dew and when she lifted her pale face to the sky, emerald shifted into the color of deep ocean shimmering in the moonlight. Her thick, wavy, scorching, red hair, was worn in a complex, elegant, sleek ponytail style. She is tall and has an amazonian build. Her skin is light-colored.
"Come on now. You have to be diligent if you're gonna make it here. The Professors are nice but they can be cutthroat when it comes to grading. Especially Pearl Parks."
Nicole giggled. "I warned you. Advanced Superhuman Studies is fun but Mrs. Parks doesn't hold back. Those surprise tests will keep you on your toes."
"Says the girl who aced it like the rest of her courses." She had some salad, chewed and swallowed. "You little brainiac."
"Hate the game not the player DP."
"Uh huh, have you even figured out what you're going to do with all these skills after you graduate?"
Nicole shrugged. "To be honest...I just want a quiet life. We live in a world where busyness is king. We’re so busy glorifying how busy we are, we miss out on experiencing the moments that matter. That's how I see it. I'll move some place quiet, away from the noise and villains and become a writer." Nicole dug into her pancakes.
"That's deep Nicky. Me...I dunno yet. I'm trying a bit of everything."
They were soon joined by Dawnesha Collins and Regina Adams as Derrick and his friends were entering. Dawnesha, a tall, leggy, lean young lady with light hair, sat down next to Dolores and Regina, a beautiful young lady with short dark blue hair, sat down next to Nicole. Dawn had chosen bacon and eggs and Regina had gravitated to chicken waffles.
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She flipped through a few more articles before setting it down. "What a world we live in." Regina noted in an amused tone.
Dawn looked up from her Chemistry Notes. "Anything interesting today?"
"Crimson's a fighting machine, Victoria is innocent after all and more conspiracy theories about Piper."
"Cool. I'll be checking out the Crimson News later."
Nicole checked the news herself and smiled. "Kids these days."
Derrick waved to the group as they walked by to get their own breakfast and Dolores wiggled her fingers to wave back.
"You know, if you need the room tonight, you can just tell us. We'll get a hotel."
"Don't make me reach over there Regina." Dolores whispered back with a smile on her face.
Nicole and Dawn giggled at their two friends.
Derrick and the team selected their own meals: A Berry and Yogurt Smoothie for Clyde, A PB&J Waffle Sandwich for Derrick, A Berry Breakfast Parfait for Hubert, Banana Peanut Butter Chia Pudding for Joshua and Healthy Banana Bread for Diego. They sat down at a table together and held a moment of silent respect as Josh silently prayed before beginning his breakfast meal with the others. "So, hey, Derrick, what was that dream you were telling us about?"
"I'd say it was more of a nightmare honestly." Derrick replied and described his nightmare quietly to his friends.
"That's freaky." Josh agreed. "But I'm sure it was just a dream. You know how good the security is here. Unless she had the Security Guards Passes or the specific badge to your dorm room, there's no way anybody could've gotten across the campus. Much less into your room."
"He's right man. It's either that or she was a ninja." Clyde joked.
Derrick shrugged. "I doubt it. I've fought some real psychos but I've never done anything to tick off the Foot Clan. As far as I know. I don't think she was even wearing an animal mask like the first bunch."
"Animal Masks? What?" Josh asked.
"I'll tell you about it later. When we're not eating."
"Trust us Josh. You're going to want to let your food settle before you hear about this." Diego assured him.
Nicole continued eating her meal but turned her head slightly to their direction.
"I'll take your word for it then. Just remember Derrick: The Lord is always with you. Through thick and thin."
"I can believe it. Mary's my homegirl after all."
Josh raised an eyebrow.
"I'm kidding Josh. But, I can believe it, why not? Superhumans are real, aliens are real, who's to say all religions can't be real? Just because Loki hasn't come down leading an alien army yet doesn't mean it can't happen."
"My man!" Josh fist bumped him. "Don't worry about a bad dream or two 'Rick. You were probably just working out too hard or something."
"There is no such thing and you know it."
The friends laughed together.
"Something wrong Nicole?" Dolores asked her friend.
"No. It's fine. These are really good panackes though." Nicole replied and resumed eating.
"Hey guys. I was wondering, since we're here and all, could you quiz me?" Josh asked. "I've got an exam coming up and I wanted to be prepared for it."
"I'm game if you are man." Derrick said as he set down his fork.
"Cool." He and Joshua wiped their hands and Joshua pulled a set of holo-cards out of his pocket and handed them to Derrick.
"Alright. Let's see what we got here. Ohhhh I get it. You're taking Mrs. Sasha Rockingham's class aren't you?"
"Yeah. Have you taken it?"
"Last semester. You're in for some real brain busters with her class. Don't let your guard down or her exams will bury you."
"I know. I managed to ace the last one but I had to study like crazy for it. The pop quizzes keep me on my toes too."
"Oh yeah. She loves those. Alright. Name Ampère’s law."
"Ampère’s law, one of the basic relations between electricity and magnetism, stating quantitatively the relation of a magnetic field to the electric current or changing electric field that produces it. The law is named in honor of André-Marie Ampère, who by 1825 had laid the foundation of electromagnetic theory. An alternative expression of the Biot-Savart law, which also relates the magnetic field and the current that produces it, Ampère’s law is generally stated formally in the language of calculus: the line integral of the magnetic field around an arbitrarily chosen path is proportional to the net electric current enclosed by the path. James Clerk Maxwell is responsible for this mathematical formulation and for the extension of the law to include magnetic fields that arise without electric current, as between the plates of a capacitor, or condenser, in which the electric field changes with the periodic charging and discharging of the plates but in which no passage of electric charge occurs. Maxwell also showed that even in empty space a varying electric field is accompanied by a changing magnetic field. In this more general form, the so-called Ampère-Maxwell law is one of the four Maxwell equations that define electromagnetism."
"That's right." Derrick replied without needing to look at the answer. You remember the things you learn in Ms.Rockingham's class. For fun though, Derrick slid his finger down the holo-card and the answer popped up. He switched to the next card.
"Like I said. Studying like crazy." Joshua laughed.
"My turn!" Hubert chimed in and took a card. "Ooooh. Gauss's Law."
"The total of the electric flux out of a closed surface is equal to the charge enclosed divided by the permittivity. The electric flux through an area is defined as the electric field multiplied by the area of the surface projected in a plane perpendicular to the field. Gauss's Law is a general law applying to any closed surface. It is an important tool since it permits the assessment of the amount of enclosed charge by mapping the field on a surface outside the charge distribution. For geometries of sufficient symmetry, it simplifies the calculation of the electric field. Another way of visualizing this is to consider a probe of area A which can measure the electric field perpendicular to that area. If it picks any closed surface and steps over that surface, measuring the perpendicular field times its area, it will obtain a measure of the net electric charge within the surface, no matter how that internal charge is configured."
"That's correct." Hubert said and activated the holo-card and it emitted the answer along with several equations.
"Alright. Try this one." Clyde smiled. "Faraday's Law?"
"Any change in the magnetic environment of a coil of wire will cause a voltage (emf) to be "induced" in the coil. No matter how the change is produced, the voltage will be generated. The change could be produced by changing the magnetic field strength, moving a magnet toward or away from the coil, moving the coil into or out of the magnetic field, rotating the coil relative to the magnet, etc. Faraday's law is a fundamental relationship which comes from Maxwell's equations. It serves as a succinct summary of the ways a voltage (or emf) may be generated by a changing magnetic environment. The induced emf in a coil is equal to the negative of the rate of change of magnetic flux times the number of turns in the coil. It involves the interaction of charge with magnetic field."
"You are killing this!"
"I prefer crushing it but thank you very much. What else do we have?"
"Coulomb's Law." Diego Davidson challenged.
"Like charges repel, unlike charges attract. The electric force acting on a point charge q1 as a result of the presence of a second point charge q2 is given by Coulomb's Law: where ε0 = permittivity of space. This satisfies Newton's third law because it implies that exactly the same magnitude of force acts on q2 . Coulomb's law is a vector equation and includes the fact that the force acts along the line joining the charges. Like charges repel and unlike charges attract. Coulomb's law describes a force of infinite range which obeys the inverse square law, and is of the same form as the gravity force. A negative force implies an attractive force. The force is directed along the line joining the two charges."
The four friends continued quizzing him while another student walked into the cafeteria followed closely by a giant who entered through the extra tall side doors which had been designed for bigger students as he entered into the cafeteria.
While Derrick and his group were tall, Owain towered over everyone in the school and he was almost as broad as he was tall. Being a brick naturally lead to muscular builds but Owain was one of the few who were described as Boulder-Bricks, extra large super strength type supers. He had to have his clothing custom made, including his school uniform. He was also one of the few truck drivers at the school as normal cars just didn't suit him. The reason behind his increased build, aside from his Advanced Gene, was because he'd gotten into a rough spot during the Invasion Of 2031 and threw himself into an intense workout program ever since.
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OWAIN'S SUPER MUSCLES!
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Derrick could relate.
He looked up from the quiz and high-fived Randall and Owain as they walked by. Owain paused and looked at the card for a second. "The constant of proportionality k appearing in Coulomb's law is often called Coulomb's constant. Note that it can be expressed in terms of another constant, ε0 = permittivity of space. When describing the electric forces in atoms and nuclei, it is often convenient to work with the product of Coulomb's constant and the square of the electron charge since that product appears in electric potential energy and electric force expressions."
"That's right man. I didn't know you took her class."
"I'm currently taking it actually. Joshua and I. He's a lifesaver."
Joshua smiled at his roommate. "Happy to help Owain."
"Good idea. He's a bit of a genius himself."
"A bit? I'll have you know I'm one of the highest scoring students here." Joshua smirked.
"Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches."
"Jeremiah 9:23. Oh man you set me up again. Besides which, are you really one to boast about any of those?"
"To be fair: I'm right up there with you guys in smarts, my family's pretty damn rich and I'm the strongest on campus next to the tank."
" Keep tellin' yorself that." Randall quipped as he walked by them.
"Anytime, Sharpie." Derrick joked. "Hey by the way is Sebastian awake yet?"
"Had to make a phone call. He'll be righ' in."
"Cool."
Nicole looked up and beamed as Randall Sharp sat down at the table next to her. " Good mornin' beautiful."
"Good morning yourself handsome." Nicole replied.
" Did yer sleep well, eh?"
"I always do. Because I know tomorrow is going to be another beautiful day on campus."
" Every day on campus wiv yer is a beautiful one."
"Awwwww you're so sweet babe."
"You know we're eating here right?" Dolores smirked.
"Oui, pardon!" She replied with a cartoonish shrug.
The friends had a good laugh and Randall pulled out his phone and forwarded a poem to Nicole's E-Mail.
Nicole's phone beeped and she pulled it out and looked over her E-Mails until she found the one from Randall and she opened it up.
Param( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true, HelpMessage="How Does She Answer?")] [string]$SheSaid)
If($SheSaid -like "yes")
{
Function Get-Married
{
$SheSaidYes = Get-Date
$TheBigDay = $SheSaidYes.AddDays(364)
#A year would be too far!
$FriendsandFamily = Get-Content -Path ".\friendsandfamily.cfg"
ForEach ($LovedOne in $FriendsandFamily)
{
Send-MailMessage -To $LovedOne.Address
}
$DaysLeft = New-TimeSpan -Start $SheSaidYes -End $TheBigDay
Do
{
Start-Sleep -s 86400
#Agonizing Seconds
$DaysLeft = ($DaysLeft -1)
}
While($DaysLeft -gt 0)
}
Function Live-HappilyEverAfter
{
$Happiness = Get-Happiness
$DaysLeft = Get-Content ".\ThingsWeCanNeverKnow.ini"
ForEach ($DaysWithHer in $DaysLeft)
{
$Happiness = ($Happiness +1)
Start-Sleep -s 86400
#Time Just Flies
$DaysLeft = ($DaysLeft -1)
}
}
Get-Married
Live-HappilyEverAfter
}
Else
{
Exit
}
If($SheSaid -like "yes")
{
Function Get-Married
{
$SheSaidYes = Get-Date
$TheBigDay = $SheSaidYes.AddDays(364)
#A year would be too far!
$FriendsandFamily = Get-Content -Path ".\friendsandfamily.cfg"
ForEach ($LovedOne in $FriendsandFamily)
{
Send-MailMessage -To $LovedOne.Address
}
$DaysLeft = New-TimeSpan -Start $SheSaidYes -End $TheBigDay
Do
{
Start-Sleep -s 86400
#Agonizing Seconds
$DaysLeft = ($DaysLeft -1)
}
While($DaysLeft -gt 0)
}
Function Live-HappilyEverAfter
{
$Happiness = Get-Happiness
$DaysLeft = Get-Content ".\ThingsWeCanNeverKnow.ini"
ForEach ($DaysWithHer in $DaysLeft)
{
$Happiness = ($Happiness +1)
Start-Sleep -s 86400
#Time Just Flies
$DaysLeft = ($DaysLeft -1)
}
}
Get-Married
Live-HappilyEverAfter
}
Else
{
Exit
}
"Ohhh wow. Wow do you...do you hear that?" Dawnesha asked Regina.
"What is it? Could it be?"
"Wedding Bells?" They asked at the same time.
"You know I heard people were marrying young these days but this is pretty sudden." Josh joked.
"Hey if you guys are gonna need a best man, just let me know!" Derrick called back to them.
"Wotcher goin' on about, then, eh? Yor the bloomin' flower girl."
"Find an outfit in my size and I just may consider it." Derrick joked.
The friends had another hearty laugh together and continued joking around in between eating their breakfast.
"So, yeah, the bottom line mom is you don't need to kill the moron." Sebastian informed Ambrosia. He was currently surrounded by a silence and haze spell so that nobody could overhear their conversation or read his lips and he could talk in peace with his mother. "He's already been punished and my friend's going to rough him up a bit later. It's alright, it's handled, he got kicked out, his reputation's been ruined and he's going to be wearing some bruises soon." He explained. "So, ah, you don't need to put his feet in concrete, you don't need to feed him to a woodchipper, you don't need to blow up his car....he doesn't have to disappear. I promise he won't ever be a problem for me again, alright?"
"I see. I understand honey and I will honor your request. We won't kill him and he won't disappear." Ambrosia informed her son. "Mommy hears you loud and clear sweetie. Honestly I'm just glad you're okay. Just know that you didn't deserve that. That swine should've been groveling at your feet for his disrespect."
"Ohhh trust me mom there was a lot of groveling when The Dean roasted him and now he's on everyone's radar. He's going to learn his lesson soon but we can still educate morons like him on their mistakes without necessarily needing to put them on a missing person poster." Sebastian informed her with a smile. "I'm safe now mom. It's alright. You don't need to worry about me. Tell mom that I'm going to be alright here with my friends and that it's already been taken care of."
"I will. Don't worry but are you sure that you're alright?" Ambrosia asked him again.
"I'm alright. I'm doing better now. Thanks to them."
