Mad Science!! (Trapper)

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College classes were a lot more challenging than Aerina initially thought, but to be perfectly honest, she loved it. It was engaging, and calming, and allowed her to focus her mind on one thing instead of the millions of others that were going on in her life. Not that there was a million things going on, but Aerina did have the tendency to space out and think about her boyfriend, Zeke(yes, he was her boyfriend! Eeee!!). It had the same effect as meditation and prayer, in fact. A strange thing to think associate it with, considering the conflict that science and religion often had, but Rina had no such conflicts. One was was, the other was the other, and they didn't need to be together for you to make sense of the other. She was perfectly capable of keeping the two separate.

Today she was doing a lab procedure, paired up with one of the other ladies in her class whom she had not gotten to know yet. It was a simple DNA extraction from a colony of S. aureus, the to run it through a PCR, and then finally analyze in electrophoresis. It would be a long lab, so of course, there would be plenty of time to chat with her companion, as she liked to do when there was a pause in the experiment. "You're name is Trapper, yes?" she asked of her lab partner for confirmation as she transferred a small sample of the bacteria cluster into a dilution. "What are you studying, if you don't mind me asking? Biology?" She was always curious about what other majors would cause people to take the same classes as her.

[Trapper Petano]

This past week has not been very good for poor Trapper, yesterday was her day of “H**L” as she called it, where anything that could go wrong did. Today, while it seemed to be going better for her, she was behind on her school work that she would clearly have to find time to complete it.

Even though there was sunshine today, there was a clear bite to the temperature whenever the wind whipped up. Trapper was really going to have to invest into a warmer jacket as the one she had worn since coming to Uni was clearly not helping her on these kind of days. She tucked her hands into her sleeves as she walked to the building across campus. Her nose cold and red, she was hoping she wouldn’t catch a cold.

In class the professor was explaining what they would be doing in the lab today and when they mentioned they were going to pair people off, Trapper stiffened. She never liked to be paired with someone and she looked around at those next to her and sure hopped that she wouldn’t get paired with a guy again. The last time she got paired with a guy the only thing he seemed to study was her breast. No, not again, Trapper would walk out if she got paired with another guy. Much to her relief she was paired with other female who seemed to know really what she was doing.

Her partner for this lab was a bright brunette who carried herself with a high esteem. Trapper could only hope that some of that esteem would rub off on her, as she could use it. The other student asked her name and Trapper held out her hand. “Yes, I am Trapper and you must be Aerina.” Trapper smiled and shook her hand firmly but not hard or anything like that, just enough. There lab was easy enough but the wait was alittle drawn.
It was nice for Aerina to start up a conversation, as Trapper at times had trouble starting conversations but had no trouble keeping them going. “No trouble, I am studying Forensic Science, mixing the love of policing with science.” She said with a smile on her face.

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Aerina spent most of her free time studying and preparing for the college level classes that most of her peers wouldn’t be taking for another five years or so. That was the consequence of entering University early. The consequence of her father’s encouragement to be better than the rest of them. The consequence of Rina herself expecting more from herself than most kids her age. Yes, she was an overachiever. Was there some fault to that?

At least she still had a love life behind it all~ <3 Zeke had been treating her preciously so far, and Rina couldn’t have asked for anyone better! They were sure to take things to the next level by Valentine’s day, right?

Those thoughts aside, Aerina turned her focus to the experiment and her partner. “Yes, I am,” she said with her thick accent of India, shaking the girl’s hand in turn. “Ohh, Forensic Science. That’s a very respectable degree,” she observed with a smile. “I’m just starting out my university classes, but I think I’m going to venture into Biology or Biochemistry. I want to be a pharmacist, you see.” Or a nurse. One of the two. Either way, she’d have to take some pretty high level classes to accomplish that goal.