semievilgenius (semievilgenius) wrote,
@ 2011-05-03 01:39:00

Chance Meeting at Berkeley
Maximillian Sivana had arrived at Berkely University. It had been relatively easy to pass the requirments needed to enter. He just hoped that they could actually challenge him. He wasn't going to get his hopes up. As such he took a diverse bunch of courses, simply to test himself and feed his encyclopedic mind. His mother sometimes worried about him. The genius stuff reminded her too much of dear often unlamented grandpa Sivana. Max had no interest in becoming some megalomaniac bent on ruling the world. He could just imagine the bureacratic nightmare that'd be. He knew which course was first as he remembered the schedule by heart.

"The Histroy of Nonviolence," he mused aloud to himself. "Should be interesting." He wondered if the professor would freak out over his last name or not. Probably not, fewer people these days new the infamy of that name. He figured he might as well take a seat before the professor took role.

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	whydowescream 2011-05-03 03:32 am UTC (link)
	Ruth may have been up late looking after the streets, but when it got to "Morgenstern" there was the chipperest "Hear!" you ever did hear. She nodded pleasantly to the new guy beside her. (Reply to this)(Thread)

semievilgenius
2011-05-03 03:48 am UTC (link)

Max returns the nod. 'Might as well be polite,' he thought. A lifelong geek, he was rarely had the attention of girls in his life. Heck, a nod was more then he got most of the time.

"Maximillian Sivana." Max cringed at both the use of his fullname and the murmuring among some of the students.

"Present," he said, attempting to hide his annoyance. Trust Berkely students to be informed.

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	whydowescream 2011-05-03 03:51 am UTC (link)
	A sympathetic smile. Sivana had been one of the names in Ty's Crash Course on Supervillainy, but it hadn't been this guy, and one can't help ones name. And soon class starts, and it's fascinating, and she takes perfect notes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

semievilgenius
2011-05-03 04:03 am UTC (link)

The girl's smile was reassuring that maybe everyone here dind't think he was the second coming of Dr. Sivana. Max listened to the lecture, copying most of the words on the board, committing to memory as well as their references in his books, He didn't really pay attention to those around him as he quickly finished notetaking while others weren't even halfway through.

'Time to play dumb he thought.' He thought as he began to pretend to write in his notebook.

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	whydowescream 2011-05-03 04:11 am UTC (link)
	Out of the corner of her eye, Ruth spotted the fact that something seemed ... feigned about the way Maximillian Sivana was writing. Weird. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

semievilgenius
2011-05-03 04:18 am UTC (link)

During the class the professor asked him what a philosopher had once said regarding pacifism. Before he could even check himself Max was reciting quote, not only word for word, but with the proper Latin inflection.

"That's..correct, Mr. Sivana." The professor said, clearly a little unnerved.

Max lightly smacked his face in annoyance with himself.
"Subtle Max, real subtle." He muttered softly to himself. "Thank God this isn't high school."

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	whydowescream 2011-05-03 04:23 am UTC (link)
	The next question goes to Ruth, who uses an accurate paraphrase of the school of thought being cited to start to launch into a little minisermon about the significance of ideas in action. "...yes, thank you, Miss Morgenstern." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2011-05-03 04:31 am UTC (link)
	'Hmm, someone else who knows what they're talking about.' Max thought to himself. 'A little preachy, but not bad at all.' When he was called upon to add to it, he went into a mild lecture on how ideas had to be utilized with the proper knowledge and ability to utilize them as intended. The class was a little over halfway over. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2011-05-03 04:36 am UTC (link)
	Ruth turned. "So you're going with ability /and/ intent? Someone can't just mean well in the pursuit of their ideas, they have to mean well enough to put some real effort into doing it right?" She smiled. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

semievilgenius
2011-05-03 04:47 am UTC (link)

Max smiled as well. 'Finally, some intelligent conversation.' Out loud he replied: "Exactly. A person can can come up with any number of ideas in betterment of their fellow man. However, the only way those ideas will have any lasting affect is if the person behind them knows how to bring such results into affect. Gabdhi didn't come up with his methods of defiant pacifism on the sly. He was an intelligent, educated man who knew how to properly utilize what he had to make it work."

Class was just about over.

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	whydowescream 2011-05-03 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Ruth's about to get into it more, but the professor warns her that they have to go over a few things on the upcoming papers. Once that's done, class is dismissed, but Ruth doesn't walk too fast. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2011-05-03 04:55 am UTC (link)
	It goes against his usual policy of keeping to himself, but he decided to take a chance. After all, good conversationalists were hard to come by. "You really know what you're talking about." He said by way of greeting. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2011-05-03 04:57 am UTC (link)
	Ruth smiled. "Thanks. You too." She extended the hand that wasn't clutching her notebooks. "Ruth." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2011-05-03 04:59 am UTC (link)
	"Maximillian," He said returning the gesture. "My friends, well, my handfull of aquaintances call me Max." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2011-05-03 05:02 am UTC (link)
	She smiles. "My mom's approach is always. 'Dot. Dorothy to my birth certificate.'" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2011-05-03 05:11 am UTC (link)
	Max laughs, one of the few caused in-person rather than by television. "Your mother sounds like a smart lady. My mom unfortunately believed in continuing the family traditon of obnoxiously long names. Not the whole..mad science thing." Max found himself scratching his chin, a nervous tick. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2011-05-03 05:14 am UTC (link)
	"Well, in terms of embarrassing choices by parents, you've got to acknowledge it could have been worse. But yeah, we go for short first names on Team Morgenstern." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2011-05-03 05:18 am UTC (link)
	"Oh I know, believe me. I have an uncle named Magnificus." Max took a look at his watch. "Well..I have to get going to my next class. Talk to you later?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2011-05-03 05:19 am UTC (link)
	"Sure!" She waves and heads out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2011-05-03 05:22 am UTC (link)
	Max allows himself a genuine smile as Ruth walked away. "Hmm, an actual friend. Maybe I'm actually developing social skills." NMax considered the idea for a second. "Nah, I just got lucky." Still, things would definitely be easier with nice company. He actually found himself wandering if he'd find more. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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