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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]

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.