Mina had fell in love with Dorian and imagined he was feeling the same about her, for her there was no other men in the world. She became regularly present in his apartment even though she still lived on campus with Lucy. One thin that continued to fuel her curiosity was the locked closet in his apartment which hid something he wished to keep private.
Dorian watched in amazement as his digital self started to change, developing manifestations of his sins in both his speech and his figure. He had developed a taste for narcotics, only the damage they caused was reflected onto the DVD and he was able to enjoy the rewards with nothing of the reprisals.
Jekyll managed to produce his drug in pill form and regularly began to assume the mantel of Edward Hyde and go out to wreak random havoc on London, his use of the drug resulted in a full recovery from his condition that completely baffled his physicians, He kept it all to himself. He also started dating Irene Gray, after they were done with all the name calling and settled their differences.
Alan and Skinner didn't do much besides date and subsequently sleep with a lot of girls, drink a lot and shoot things.
Gull University became the target of a Hacker Identified as The Pirate Captain N, officials believed him to be a group of former disgruntled professors out of payback, in reality it was none other than Nemo, who had taken an interest to Anarchy as a political ideal and expressed it in that manner.
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Mina and Henry were walking on campus on an Autumn afternoon, the campus was mostly empty during for it being the final Friday before the midsemester break, most students were back home with their families or had gone on some kind of trip.
"What are you planning for the holiday?" asked Mina, "Are you going to visit the family?"
"I'm an orphan, Mina."
"Oh, sorry. I can't believe I don't already know that"
"It's alright, It rarely comes up during conversation"
"Well, I'm like you, I'm an orphan I mean, so is Dorian"
"There you do, I didn't know either"
"Okay, so were both orphans. What are you doing for the holiday, Orphan?"
Henry smiled.
"I think I'll just stay at home, hone my guitar skills. Maybe I'll invite Irene to stay with me"
"What about Skinner"
"I think he'll do the same"
"Doesn't he have a family in Manchester"
"He does, but both his parents are married to people he hates, and he hates his parents for it"
"Well, Dorian and I are planning to take a trip to Cornwall, his family has an estate there"
"He seems overly proud of the Gray family wealth." scoffed Jekyll as the two stopped to sit at a stone bench.
"Come on, he's not like that. We just wanted to invite the rest of you to join us, the more the merrier you know"
"I don't think so"
"Come on, Nemo and Alan are already coming. It'll be better than sitting in a cold apartment playing with your guitar. Here comes Irene."
Irene Gray then arrived, she greeted both and then sat directly next to Henry.
"So, are you coming?" asked Irene.
"Where"
"Cornwall, stupid"
"You know about Cornwall"
"I've planned Cornwall, I mean the trip to it and not the city itself"
"And you've only told me about it now"
"Oh, poor you, knowing about the trip last of all. Are you going or not"
"No, your royal highness, I'm not"
"Good, you'll then be deprived of my company for four weeks"
"Four weeks? It's a two week break"
"Two extra weeks are a penalty to acting like this"
"I can't go, someone has to keep Skinner company, or he'll do something stupid"
"All I had to do to convince Rodney to go was tell him Lucy was going to be there." said Mina.
"Lucy? Didn't those two idiots break up already?" asked Henry.
"She's not really going." said Mina, "I'm just getting back at him for pulling that water balloon ambush two weeks ago"
"Oh, yeah." said Henry with a smirk and a chuckle, "That was funny. Sorry. Alright, I'll go."
"There's a good boy." said Irene as she kissed Henry on the lips, "I knew you'd come around."
Henry responded generously to the kiss, the two inched closer as their lips locks and their eyes shut tight. It made Mina uncomfortable as she got up and walked away, saying "Jesus Christ! Get a room you degenerates!"
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Jekyll and Skinner were locking down their apartment as they were about to hit the road, they were turning off the outlets, making sure all the windows were locked tight.
"Remind me again why didn't we all go together." asked Skinner.
"The three headed monster known as Mina, Irene and Dorian had to go early to straighten the place up. Nemo and Alan might not come, they've got things to do. Let's hurry," said Jekyll as he picked up his bags, "I want to get there as soon as we can."
"I wouldn't call Irene as one of "monster", she barely hangs out with Dorian.
"Well, that's "barely" too much, I'd be happy if they weren't connected at all"
"Jesus, Henry! Do you still have that grudge against Dorian"
"I don't have a grudge, I just think it's wise to avoid him like the plague"
"Oh, that's much better. And don't you mean the four headed monster? Isn't Lucy coming"
"Er, yeah, you're right."
The two students stuffed the bags into the boot and backseat of the car and sat in the front, with Skinner at the driver's seat and Jekyll next to him.
"'Ave you ever been on a road trip"
"You mean like Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty? Can't say that I have"
"Well we will!" said Skinner with glee as he pressed himself to Jekyll and raised a camera and hit the button, the flash came as a surprise for Jekyll.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" said Jekyll as he squinted.
"Time for the road trip of the century to begin, this picture will be a testament to the amazingness of this trip"
"We're going to Cornwall, not Syria, you knucklehead. Now drive."
