Valhalla
Vigilante Showboat
This is a little snippet... isn't even a whole chapter... from one of the stories I am working on at the moment. Any critiquing would be wonderful.
Suddenly the door to the classroom slid open and a girl raced in. Her light brown hair was flying around face and her eyes, one green and one blue, looked anxiously at the teacher. She was followed by the floating form of her TeachBot, which was coloured in the school colours, Blue and Yellow and had written on its side ‘Stephanie Caprica’ and underneath that it smaller writing ‘Teddy’. Suddenly the teacher jerked out of the ClassInterface and looked around wildly. He had obviously been jerked, unexpectedly, out of the DigitalWorld. He frowned at the girl and she attempted a smile.
“Late again I see, Stephanie. Anyone would think you do not like Chemistry. Mr. Stuart informs me you are always on time for Physics, usually early in fact. And yet you always manage to show up late for this class, by at least five minutes.”
“Sorry Mr Gairns, I didn’t mean to. You see, I had to-,”
“Do not even try to talk your way out of it; this is almost one too many times.” Mr Gairns said, “If you are late to class next lesson, you are getting a detention.”
“Yes, Sir. Thankyou, Sir.” She said, scuttling over to the nearest seat and taking no notice of who was sitting there. When she looked at one of her neighbours, she groaned.
She had sat next to her copy, an identical twin in all but one way. Where Steph’s left eye was blue, hers was green, and where Steph’s right eye was green, hers was blue. In the side of her TeachBot was the name ‘Sienna Caprica’.
“Why did I have to sit next to you?” Steph asked herself. She stood up to move to another seat and the TeacherInterface made a warning sound at her.
“I hate my life.” Steph said sitting down again and pretending to sob into her arm.
“Grow up.” Sienna said
“You know Jennifer always says we shouldn’t try to grow up.” Steph said “We’re going to grow up whether we like it or not.”
Sienna sighed and Steph looked at her, propping her head up with her hand.
“Depressing isn’t it.” Steph said
“Are you going to do any work this lesson?”
“You know I don’t really need to come to this lesson.”
“Yeah, because of your illegal upgrades.”
“They aren’t illegal, once you turn sixteen you can get whatever brain surge you want. A couple of book chips are basically nothing.”
“They’re basically cheating. Good thing they banned plastic surgery back in 2010 or you wouldn’t look anything like me anymore.”
“Too right I wouldn’t, I would do everything possible to look as little like you as possible, and then maybe I could pretend I wasn’t related to the party-pooper.”
“Yeah, that would be nice.”
“But these days, it is virtually impossible to change your looks. That’s even more depressing.”
“All you’re ever doing is complaining.”
“It’s because I’m related to you, and it’s obvious that I am.”
“Could you two shut up?” One of the girls in the front row snapped. Sienna looked suddenly like she was going to break into tears, where as Steph curled her hands into fists.
“What did you say?” Steph said
“I said shut up.”
Steph suddenly shot out of her chair and dived at the girl. The girl looked obviously shocked and would have receive a fair punch in the face, if another girl hadn’t grabbed Steph.
“Sit down Capp.” She said
“You are unruly.” Sienna said then turned to the girl who had held Steph back “Thanks Kate.”
“She told you to shut up Sienna,”
“Don’t pretend you were trying to protect my honour. I know for a fact you were only protecting yourself.”
“This is why I don’t like you, you never except help even though you quite obviously need it. You are a crybaby.”
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Every sat quietly in the Chemistry class, feeding information from the notes written on the SmartWall into their personal CompanionBots. At the front of the class, the TeacherInterface beeped, monitoring movement in the class while the teacher was still in connected to the ClassInterface.Suddenly the door to the classroom slid open and a girl raced in. Her light brown hair was flying around face and her eyes, one green and one blue, looked anxiously at the teacher. She was followed by the floating form of her TeachBot, which was coloured in the school colours, Blue and Yellow and had written on its side ‘Stephanie Caprica’ and underneath that it smaller writing ‘Teddy’. Suddenly the teacher jerked out of the ClassInterface and looked around wildly. He had obviously been jerked, unexpectedly, out of the DigitalWorld. He frowned at the girl and she attempted a smile.
“Late again I see, Stephanie. Anyone would think you do not like Chemistry. Mr. Stuart informs me you are always on time for Physics, usually early in fact. And yet you always manage to show up late for this class, by at least five minutes.”
“Sorry Mr Gairns, I didn’t mean to. You see, I had to-,”
“Do not even try to talk your way out of it; this is almost one too many times.” Mr Gairns said, “If you are late to class next lesson, you are getting a detention.”
“Yes, Sir. Thankyou, Sir.” She said, scuttling over to the nearest seat and taking no notice of who was sitting there. When she looked at one of her neighbours, she groaned.
She had sat next to her copy, an identical twin in all but one way. Where Steph’s left eye was blue, hers was green, and where Steph’s right eye was green, hers was blue. In the side of her TeachBot was the name ‘Sienna Caprica’.
“Why did I have to sit next to you?” Steph asked herself. She stood up to move to another seat and the TeacherInterface made a warning sound at her.
“I hate my life.” Steph said sitting down again and pretending to sob into her arm.
“Grow up.” Sienna said
“You know Jennifer always says we shouldn’t try to grow up.” Steph said “We’re going to grow up whether we like it or not.”
Sienna sighed and Steph looked at her, propping her head up with her hand.
“Depressing isn’t it.” Steph said
“Are you going to do any work this lesson?”
“You know I don’t really need to come to this lesson.”
“Yeah, because of your illegal upgrades.”
“They aren’t illegal, once you turn sixteen you can get whatever brain surge you want. A couple of book chips are basically nothing.”
“They’re basically cheating. Good thing they banned plastic surgery back in 2010 or you wouldn’t look anything like me anymore.”
“Too right I wouldn’t, I would do everything possible to look as little like you as possible, and then maybe I could pretend I wasn’t related to the party-pooper.”
“Yeah, that would be nice.”
“But these days, it is virtually impossible to change your looks. That’s even more depressing.”
“All you’re ever doing is complaining.”
“It’s because I’m related to you, and it’s obvious that I am.”
“Could you two shut up?” One of the girls in the front row snapped. Sienna looked suddenly like she was going to break into tears, where as Steph curled her hands into fists.
“What did you say?” Steph said
“I said shut up.”
Steph suddenly shot out of her chair and dived at the girl. The girl looked obviously shocked and would have receive a fair punch in the face, if another girl hadn’t grabbed Steph.
“Sit down Capp.” She said
“You are unruly.” Sienna said then turned to the girl who had held Steph back “Thanks Kate.”
“She told you to shut up Sienna,”
“Don’t pretend you were trying to protect my honour. I know for a fact you were only protecting yourself.”
“This is why I don’t like you, you never except help even though you quite obviously need it. You are a crybaby.”
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