Chapter 8
If I could be your man
2501 Planet Circumstance, Koletre Browning University
Halsey couldn't believe it. She was already on another planet at a university, achieving an educational career, but Viktoriya followed her doing art. Yes, this was a technical school.
They were gifted, but in a way, after chatting with her, her parents decided to enlist her in art anyway, saying in her flashback Raguko style.
"Professor Alistar Raynolds, I understand that my daughter is gifted, but she is very passionate about art and humanities. She does not pursue science on purpose. Those strokes of genius were to put Catherine and the buying in place."
"Yes, Mr. Xavier, seeing the notes, she perplexes everyone. She does indeed study like everyone but flexes like no other when doing her stuff. She will graduate in time for her to do what she wishes her way.
I assure you, we have the entire university to get her to let loose. If things go right, she will even graduate at sixteen or nineteen. I know raising a child so gifted is confusing, but in the eyes of everyone, she is indeed talented."
"I see the argument's point, but she goes with her guts. We fear that she will go out and run away. It was hard for us even in the same city and now on another planet."
"is understandable, but I speak by experience. Carlos Zen, the author, is my friend, and even if they know him for his novels, he is very renewed in academics for his theory in 3 more theoretical dimensions. His academics will take 100 years to come to fruition when the satellite probes go from one solar system to another. Viktoriya is like my friend in the house next door. That is why, I ask you, that is the kind of genius they are."
"I never knew the author of the hit series and movies was a scientist."
"It's surprising, almost unbelievable, but he sure is. His genius is not tangible but abstract, something that goes beyond and does not bask in glory. Heck, he does not spend all day in front of a desktop. All day, he simply gets in, reflexes, and does whatever is in his mind."
"I imagine it was hard growing up. I lived that with my partner in crime, who is next door."
"It is more likely to benefit both as a group and the family itself. They are young and will continue to be so, but the catch is not stopping them. If not, they lose their way. We need them to do their stuff when motivated; if we merely get pebbles in their way, there will come a time when they do not hate us but themselves."
Dear, let him make his point clear the wife said, putting one hand on the husband, letting the interview continue.
"Is challenging for parents or friends. For example, my discovery will be a footnote in some textbook. Still, my friend will be in cultural knowledge for a long time. Then, he will be remembered for his discovery after a century passed and getting the probes back home."
"He will be famous again for his other contributions, and that is the kind of person we believe she could be. -As proof, I would like to ask if she has been doing portraits of people since she was little. Making you ask where she found those people."
"How? Since then, she has made everything but not portraits, as we were terrified that suspicious people tagged her."
"See, that's why my crime partner is next door with the little geek's family to ensure they are together and positively influence them. Worry not. Our academic city is versed in cultivating talents; we both are but a few of the success stories other people are more talented and reached higher."
"I understand it is hard, but the truth is always that way."
back in the spaceport
Viktoriya never ceases to amaze her. How the heck and when she gets the talent to imitate other people's voices is beyond her comprehension. Sure, her abilities were already displayed at school.
She was doing her hardest to get good scores, but now, she was surprised with her guard down, giving her best friend punches for giving her a shock out of the blue.
"Cath, remember that we are in an apartment with the captain. We must leave our things and go with him to get to know the place."
"Why do you always name animals by rank, and why did you leave the major? She already got hold of my commands."
"It is hard for the major to be around here. The cat is no longer young; Weiss is as bright and strong as a Chiba Inu. I must train him when he is young; if not, he will misbehave."
"OK, but make me coffee. I need to keep up to avoid jet lag with this weird difference in time zone."
"OK, but I warn you, once tasting coffee, it is hard to get rid of it."
Browning University – Science Introduction Hall
Carmen Martí, the psychology teacher, was doing a speech to make the new students acclimated to know each other and psychically minded. Everyone was getting well together, but as she was nearing the end, she said
-and that's why you are better than an artist munching on money that others don't need, selling luxury to clean money, or entertaining that people lose idle time on it,
At that sound, the elegant and composed Halsey got up, confronted the teacher face to face, and threw her glass vase in a fury.
-You must never say those words. Culture is the reflection of the soul of a society. Yours does not have a footnote in a textbook or a law or theory name after yourself.
-girl, what got you to be like that? Those artists do not take a single score into the target even if their life depends on it. They prefer to make love, not fight. Why fight for vagabonds, huh!?
At that statement, even if their teacher was an ex-military woman, Halsey punched it in the jaw and knocked her off in a single punch even though she was a head smaller.
Browning University rector office
Brandon Sanderson, the vice-rector of the entire science department, was watching a furious Carmen Martí, the psychologist, condemn a newcomer.
Who undermined her authority in front of a new generation of alumni. The sheer difference in age has injured the teen in an arm. Still, suppose the video and fallacies uttered for that foul woman even make poor Catherine the only injured.
In that case, he will undoubtedly kick her out of the planet. But as the cards were all turned around to the opposite side, he had difficulty making a decisive move like that.
But as he was about to utter something, one person opened the door with force, making the entrance for Professor Alistar and Glujovski.
-!open! What is happening with my sponsor
-professor, that devil knocked me out in my class
-good job Catherine
"bundling artists with vagabonds was too much"
-that is unacceptable! She does not have an ounce of regret!
Entering Decan Dmitri Glujovski with a bundle of papers tossed over the seat of the teacher, said to Marti with an overwhelming voice,
-Regret is the only thing I shame upon for not firing you before. There is a reason to be next to the Koletre name in this damned university. That side is for the arts; ignorance may be a blessing, but stupidity is not awarded on this planet.
-Here are the sighs of all teachers of the humanities annex who want nothing but not to see your face here undermining the spirit of our school anymore,
-(tossing another bundle) -This is from Browning's science side, which abhors you since many of them were freshmen. Your incompetence tormented them in not giving proper counseling, which made many cases worse. One student got into the wrong career for almost eight years, making him a living fossil.
-I have nothing to give to a short-signed school. I'm out
-don't worry, your belongings are over your desk already. Now out of my sight asap,
-Professor Tieryas escorts that woman outside
-at your order, sir!
Another professor, one bulky and fit, entered and grabbed the foul woman to escort her out.
Professor Carmen's last demeanor pops up in vile phrasing as she parades with sports coach Peter Tieryas on one arm, tossing her even into the spacecraft that same day.
Circumstance - Grindelwald shooting range
Viktoriya couldn't believe it. Catherine got into an argument and even bruised her arm for how strong she punched at a teacher, of all things, but now she was in. Guess why? Another tournament arc.
Now, she is in the shooting range, not even in the rookie branch if not in the open competition, as every Endymion Viktoriya needed to shoot at least once a year by mandate, and she was of the entry age.
She already had her sports tag, but the board of directors mandated that this was necessary to rescue Catherine from that pinch. Viktoriya was stunned. Why demand a display to make a point accurate?
Like, demonstrate that the art department cannot only kick ass but also snipe at you, with an antimaterial rifle at hand, so here she was with the old trusty 99c series I rifle in a Lyudmila style, why there is a cliché like, every Russian girl is suitable as a sniper was simple beyond her but her coach another woman Svetlana Alexievich a gentle granny that does say disturbing things, making such a moe gap not even seen in anime as she coached her, could not decide if she loved or hated her.
-hear me out, young one, the board of directors is furious as the professors' faction fired a psychologist who only got there by mandate of the CMA, but if we could make a point that even a good painter can win a tournament, we could be gaining the support of the parent's council and have a 2 vs. 1 vote, that bitch Marti is fired of course but getting rid of such incompetent got a cost so if we want the right of choice in choosing the next adjutant we need sound arguments.
-isn't being a sniper going overboard like the same punch and then shooting? Why are they warmongering suddenly? I am, of course, at fault as my roommate hit the punch, but,
-Is it better to hit when the pan is hot, and what better way to prove it than the girl in question probing that she doesn't need protection or pincers to handle? Women are not dolls.
-OK, but we will make Catherine comply with my demands.
"I am ready to comply and very sorry about the bee nest I hit"
Said Halsey in a rare apologetic, humbling voice.
-Don't worry, sweetheart. This granny will give this little Katyusha a complete course to ensure she scores first.
-I am not enlisting and not waiting for my loved ones.
- ho dear, when winning, I am sure you will score a gentleman.
That last statement made Halsey grin as she pestered for a once blushing Visha, making the always quarrel-teasing order flip positions as the little one gained the upper hand.
Now on the shooting range at a distance of two miles, three miles, and four miles encompassing a total of ten targets, giving three, three, and four scores in the distance for the final match and the finalist after that morning shooting was the rookie Viktoriya Serebryakov aka painter, Degurechaf Grantz aka troubadour, and Milah Tchakova aka captain.
Two newcomers and a UNSC captain doing her obligatory practice exercise in a tournament? (was that how Navy spent time on ground)
Well, that's a good flexing and two surprises: two women at the booth making excellent shooting for the press as they were cuties, and for the ladies, a cute youngster the kind only a musician made making the day as the surprisingly or unassuming chill day on the range became news, a range that as the distance suggested was absurdly huge and full of people making every booth separated for each other and by way of the layout making every team not need to leave or saw every or each contender.
But something happened when Viktoriya scored one point above the captain in the end round. Grantz shot every one of his ten targets, nine in the same place at every distance, making the audience speechless, but his intentions were clear when asked by the press.
He responded, "Ladies first," creating an excellent impression, but astonishingly, he ignored all praise, photos, and interviews as he ran at Vishal's booth panting and shouting,
"visha's remembers me, vooren?"
At this point, it astonished the audience but gave Viktoriya Serebryakov a surprise look as she ran to him. Everyone liked seeing a reunion, but given a good movie shot and maybe a perfect press column, it was the least Halsey expected from the chain of events she caused.
The academic city was significantly big, the department districts were so, and they were on different planets. Still, somehow, the two friends reunited again in a roundabout way.
What's more, Catherine saw a face and expression on her sister the kind she had never seen before in hers, making Catherine ponder how and when Grantz got into Viktoriya's life and why the pair had come out about in an impromptu explanation (that he beat the pulp on some Dudes that tailed her but never got her contact)( later to find her being tagged alongside Halsey around the harbor and offered help)(and then travel back home but never got the contact number again)(to meet her at college again) Catherine remember the encounter but not all the story.
It makes a surprisingly good impression on him. However, for Halsey, something still needs to be fixed, given the explanations they got from seeing each other in the eyes without speaking.
Catherine still needs to get into that technique and some guy got ahead of hers. Catherine has been tagging with Visha since she was a baby! But what concerned Catherine more was what the granny said next.
"Child, remember when you see the gentleman destined for you? You will least expect it, but you will say this is him; don't ask why? That's the way, is it"
Catherien was perplexed: They are not even at that age, and you are saying that Visha got a husband-to-be (like heck).
Milah Tchakova couldn't believe the open tournament round was harsh on her. She scored regularly, not good or bad, sure.
She was traveling far but never forgot to pass by a shooting range with her personalized sports rifle if the only difference with the issued one was a single action instead of semi-automatic, but now she lost twice to a youngster that even scored one gentleman even before hers?,
But the last thing she expected was the novel plot that was unfolding. When asked what was happening, she was in such anger with the way she lost to the teen that, in rage, she sent one CV to the Koletre-Browning University in jest, seeing that too much time in space was making her lose the train in life, so the change of airs was needed, little did she know that the play will align the stars in her favor for once in her busy life.