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[j_caldwell]

Date: Tuesday, September 20
Time: 10:00am
Week Number // Name: Week 3 // It's a Snitch!
Characters Open To // Involved: Aleida, and anyone who wants to join // Jacob
Reason: Because even mutants are nerds

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[abrasivealeida]

With an arm load of science books, even the one that had been mangled on her second day at the institute, Aleida walked down the hall towards the science lab. There were things to be done, things to be studied, plus she didn't have anything better to do. Her friend quotient was exactly where she liked it, at zero, but it did tend to make for a rather boring day. She wouldn't have minded a run-in with Kase, even, if it meant having something to do all day. Luckily for her, there had been some new discoveries and theories in science field, and she didn't see why she couldn't very well test them herself.

Turning into the science lab, Aleida stopped short. She had not been expecting anyone to be in there, and the sight of Jacob startled her a bit. She juggled her books to keep from dropping them in her surprise, attempting to appear as unfazed as possible. While she did not manage to pass with flying colors, not dropping her books was a small win on her side and she quickly composed herself. Regaining her stoic expression, Aleida quickly moved to an unoccupied table and placing her things down.

"Jacob," she greeted quietly, perhaps trying to sound a bit more distanced than usual. She knew herself well enough to know that if she started talking to him about science she would give off the impression that she was nice. Or worse, that she wanted to fraternize with him on a regular basis. These run-ins were hardly planned, and could have been more spaced out, had she the choice.

Aleida began moving around the room, gathering her things as quietly and quickly as possible, trying her best to not disturb him. She had a funny inkling that no matter how quiet she was it would still disturb him, but she tried anyway. Unfortunately, she caught sight of his things and was instantly interested. Coming back to her table, Aleida busied herself with things before saying rather gruffly, "What're you doing then?" without bothering to look up. She was simply curious; a trait that was growing more and more tedious to deal with.

[j_caldwell]

Although he had heard her coming and entering, Jacob was busy tying the weights to strings to properly greet her until she spoke. "Oh, hey, Aleida." He glanced up at her armload of books with an appreciative smile. Another science nerd? Or at least, a student who was going to work on science? That was nice even if they would just be staring at their own work and scribbling in silence.

When he went back to his work, her question surprised him and he paused. "Oh! Just a physics assignment. Calculating the speed of waves along a string. Using these weights and this frictionless pulley." He grinned. "What are you going to work on?" he returned the question with interest.

[abrasivealeida]

Another science nerd? Indeed. Aleida lacked passion for just about everything except science. It got her thinking and gave her hope that everything could be explained eventually. Even the fact that all her and scientists work could have been for nothing, as proposed by Mr. Hawking, did not faze her. She would not even entertain the idea, so how could it possibly faze her?

She looked up briefly as he greeted her, wondering why he insisted on being so friendly. Perhaps he was simply like Phoebe; which under closer scrutiny couldn't have been all that bad. Enemies everywhere she turned probably wasn't brilliant and it appeared she would not find an enemy in Jacob.

Considering she was interested in all things science, when Jacob began explaining what he was doing, she had to turn her complete attention to him. Her eyes moved over his things as he described them, nodding in understanding as she finally looked back to his face. When he returned her question, Aleida began blurting before she had a chance to even think about it.

"Testing how different types of rocks affect the ocean levels should they drop into the sea." She paused, looking over her clear basin of water and rather large pile of diverse stones. "Or really, a scale model of the Atlantic to see if different stones affect the height and ferocity of a tsunami."

[j_caldwell]

It was true. Jacob Caldwell did love science. It was just something that he could understand, unlike human behavior and politics, and as a mutant interested in his own evolution, he was curious as to how and why things worked as well as why they were the way they were. Someday he wished he could be as awesome and notable as Mr. Hawking, or even Dr. McCoy of the Institute, but right now, he was perfectly content dabbling in the Science Lab.

He never really thought he was very friendly. After all, it was Tristian who was the outgoing sort of fellow, not to mention Mr. Popular at the Institute. No, Jacob preferred to stay in the background and it was hard for him to approach anyone new and start conversing with them. Why did he choose to talk to Aleida then? Well, he certainly didn't want to appear to ignore her, considering they were the only two in the Science Lab, and she had made him dinner a few nights ago. So, Miss Aleida Burton was all right in his book. At least, until she told him she hated his guts or something.

When she told him what she was going to work on, he nodded appreciatively. "That sounds interesting," his interest was definitely piqued. He would have asked if she wanted help, but she seemed the independent type, so instead he asked her cautiously, "I'd love to see your data and results when you're done." He smiled, pulling out his own notebook to jot down the data of his project.