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Episode 2: Differentiability
"Oftentimes, we can't solve problems in one sitting. Little steps have to be taken in order to conquer one big conflict. Every inch, every fiber, every speck, we have to persevere."
Mark sat on the sofa of Vic's house. He looks very tired from the scenario earlier.
"Since when did you have a lot of fan-girls?"
"I don't know."
"Are you doing some school activity? Or something that can make you famous?"
"No!"
"Why do even straight guys like you?"
"Why won't you like me, for a change?"
"What? Wait... Don't change the topic!"
"I don't know why almost every people eye me! Take a liking on me!"
"Because... you're naturally cute?"
"You think so?"
"Well, to begin with, I envy you because you got the looks."
"But you like me?"
"No! Are you sick?"
"Even as a friend?"
"Of course I like you AS A FRIEND! Why would you not like a friend?"
Silence. Vic suddenly decided to make juice and prepare snacks for them while Mark is taking out his notebooks.
When Vic looked at the freezer, he noticed that the water in the ice tray are not ice cubes yet. So he closed the freezer door and searched for cold water. The said door opened. Vic was about to close the door when he noticed, to his shock, ice cubes were now formed.
He now had their snacks and he placed them on the sala table for them to begin their review session together.
"Hey, can you explain this to me?" asked Mark. Vic quickly got his notes and scanned through it. It was a problem about functions. Vic knows he can answer this but he almost lacked the knowledge to explain. So he told Mark what he knew at the best that he could when suddenly, Vic saw darkness and green numbers, grids, and graphs. He can view the graph of the concerned function and got the answer, when Mark put him out his trance. Mark asked him if he was okay, and Vic just said yes and told him that might just be having headaches.
"I think I should sleep over. You're tired now, we can continue later."
"You can always come here tomorrow."
"But tomorrow is Saturday. It's okay to stay up late. Besides, you're parents are not always here, and they know me. I can take care of you."
"Thanks for the concern. But I'm okay, really."
So they decided to pause their review session for the meantime and they chatted as they always did.
Black. Everything was all black. Then strings of green numbers appear, their values changes every second. Then a grid appears, and graphs were drawn. On the side, there was a matrix that keeps changing its entries every second or so. Everything is black and green.
Vic suddenly opened his eyes. It was Saturday morning. He thought of his very weird dream. He freed himself from the sleeping Mark's hug, then he woke him up. They decided to take a bath first, then eat breakfast, then resume with their review session.
Mark was sitting on the dining table. Vic is getting some silverware when he bumped into the knife set which, in turn, fell to his feet. He screamed loudly. Mark rushed to the kitchen to see what happened. He saw a petrified Vic and the fallen knife set. He, too, was shocked to see that all the knife pierced the floor and none went through Vic's feet.
They were now eating at the dining room.
"I can't believe I was lucky enough to survive that."
"Yeah. But still, are you okay?"
"Yes. No bleeding."
"I really can't believe it. Yesterday, the whole school is in love with me. Today, Lady Luck is with you."
"I think mine's nothing but a coincidence. But yours is troublesome."
"Yeah..."
"I think we need an escape plan just in case it gets worse..."
"Like what? Cloak me? Put me in your baggage?"
"No. Just click and drag."
"Click and drag?"
Monday. School day. Vic and Mark entered the school like they normally do. To their relief, the "worse" is still not happening. They went to the locker room only to realize that Mark's letters doubled than last time. Vic decided to read a few. Love letters, invitations to dates, and even indecent proposals, from girls and boys, even to the teachers and the guard that always welcomes them.
From that day, everything became different. Depending on the teacher, they either exempt Mark from the oral recitation or call him to recite all the time. Every time they walk, all eyes are glued to Mark. Every break time, Mark receives chocolates. There even came a time that some of Vic's friends approached him to ask details about Mark.
Then, the worse did came. Just as they enter the school the school gates, Vic heard the large crowd from far away. He held Mark's hand and everything he saw turned into black boxes and green mesh lines. It sort of directed him where to go. They ran across the crowd and many buildings. Until they came upon the storage room of an old and unused building. They hid there for as long as Vic heard the crowd. When it passed the old building, Mark suddenly kissed Vic.
"Why the heck did you do that?"
"Uh... Friendly gesture?"
"So, thank you. But please try a different gesture next time."
"Hihi... Why won't we go here often? And how did you know this place?"
"Actually, I don't even know this place existed..."
Mark hugged Vic, but Vic is troubled. He can sense that someone not related to the school is watching them...
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Mark sat on the sofa of Vic's house. He looks very tired from the scenario earlier.
"Since when did you have a lot of fan-girls?"
"I don't know."
"Are you doing some school activity? Or something that can make you famous?"
"No!"
"Why do even straight guys like you?"
"Why won't you like me, for a change?"
"What? Wait... Don't change the topic!"
"I don't know why almost every people eye me! Take a liking on me!"
"Because... you're naturally cute?"
"You think so?"
"Well, to begin with, I envy you because you got the looks."
"But you like me?"
"No! Are you sick?"
"Even as a friend?"
"Of course I like you AS A FRIEND! Why would you not like a friend?"
Silence. Vic suddenly decided to make juice and prepare snacks for them while Mark is taking out his notebooks.
When Vic looked at the freezer, he noticed that the water in the ice tray are not ice cubes yet. So he closed the freezer door and searched for cold water. The said door opened. Vic was about to close the door when he noticed, to his shock, ice cubes were now formed.
He now had their snacks and he placed them on the sala table for them to begin their review session together.
"Hey, can you explain this to me?" asked Mark. Vic quickly got his notes and scanned through it. It was a problem about functions. Vic knows he can answer this but he almost lacked the knowledge to explain. So he told Mark what he knew at the best that he could when suddenly, Vic saw darkness and green numbers, grids, and graphs. He can view the graph of the concerned function and got the answer, when Mark put him out his trance. Mark asked him if he was okay, and Vic just said yes and told him that might just be having headaches.
"I think I should sleep over. You're tired now, we can continue later."
"You can always come here tomorrow."
"But tomorrow is Saturday. It's okay to stay up late. Besides, you're parents are not always here, and they know me. I can take care of you."
"Thanks for the concern. But I'm okay, really."
So they decided to pause their review session for the meantime and they chatted as they always did.
Black. Everything was all black. Then strings of green numbers appear, their values changes every second. Then a grid appears, and graphs were drawn. On the side, there was a matrix that keeps changing its entries every second or so. Everything is black and green.
Vic suddenly opened his eyes. It was Saturday morning. He thought of his very weird dream. He freed himself from the sleeping Mark's hug, then he woke him up. They decided to take a bath first, then eat breakfast, then resume with their review session.
Mark was sitting on the dining table. Vic is getting some silverware when he bumped into the knife set which, in turn, fell to his feet. He screamed loudly. Mark rushed to the kitchen to see what happened. He saw a petrified Vic and the fallen knife set. He, too, was shocked to see that all the knife pierced the floor and none went through Vic's feet.
They were now eating at the dining room.
"I can't believe I was lucky enough to survive that."
"Yeah. But still, are you okay?"
"Yes. No bleeding."
"I really can't believe it. Yesterday, the whole school is in love with me. Today, Lady Luck is with you."
"I think mine's nothing but a coincidence. But yours is troublesome."
"Yeah..."
"I think we need an escape plan just in case it gets worse..."
"Like what? Cloak me? Put me in your baggage?"
"No. Just click and drag."
"Click and drag?"
Monday. School day. Vic and Mark entered the school like they normally do. To their relief, the "worse" is still not happening. They went to the locker room only to realize that Mark's letters doubled than last time. Vic decided to read a few. Love letters, invitations to dates, and even indecent proposals, from girls and boys, even to the teachers and the guard that always welcomes them.
From that day, everything became different. Depending on the teacher, they either exempt Mark from the oral recitation or call him to recite all the time. Every time they walk, all eyes are glued to Mark. Every break time, Mark receives chocolates. There even came a time that some of Vic's friends approached him to ask details about Mark.
Then, the worse did came. Just as they enter the school the school gates, Vic heard the large crowd from far away. He held Mark's hand and everything he saw turned into black boxes and green mesh lines. It sort of directed him where to go. They ran across the crowd and many buildings. Until they came upon the storage room of an old and unused building. They hid there for as long as Vic heard the crowd. When it passed the old building, Mark suddenly kissed Vic.
"Why the heck did you do that?"
"Uh... Friendly gesture?"
"So, thank you. But please try a different gesture next time."
"Hihi... Why won't we go here often? And how did you know this place?"
"Actually, I don't even know this place existed..."
Mark hugged Vic, but Vic is troubled. He can sense that someone not related to the school is watching them...
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Next: Integrability
omg. this is exciting. haha! off to the next.
ReplyDeletechansing ka mark ah! =))
baka mamiss mo ang pana-nantsing. hehe... :P *oops, spoiler? not quite. nasa ep03 kung start ng dahilan. full details in ep04.*
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