My body feels like it's being flung through an ocean and the sky at the same time, direction feels like a spiral, and I'm lost in a void where gravity behaves like a child mid tantrum.
Reality, the world, existence, its fading in now, I'm on stable ground I can feel it, I'm somewhere I've been before, im in a.. school? I'm in a hallway, facing into my locker.
The lights are so harsh
A voice slowly fades in ,Hello, hello? Cmon man, what the fuck are you doing?
I turn to the person, I think, in my referral vision, hello, I respond, shit that sounds so un natural, I can't just let these people realise I've mentally hijacked their freind
Sorry man I was zoning out, what were you saying?
Bro what have u taken, are tripping rn?
No no, haha, sorry I just haven't slept much and was zoning out.
If you say so, anyway cmon I was saying we have to head to class.
Ah yeah I'll be there in a sec I js need to use the toilets.
Mkay, don't be late, she'll kill you if ur not on time again.
I turn closing my locker and try to find the bathroom im supposed to be needing to use, do I really need to? No, but damn, these legs feel weird like they lag a little behind me, I finally find the sign and enter, I'm wondering what I look like.
Damn, im really 17, and a little good looking at that, not model worthy but decent enough, more importantly i seem to be still coherent and sound mind, i feel off, but im slowly adjusting, im finally here, im gonna pull back the veil thats tantalised me in my past life.
I exit the bathroom ,after washing my hands which felt really odd I may say, I need to get to class now, which is where?
Entering the classroom I feel all eyes on me, and especially the professor, her gaze bleeding with dissatisfaction, probably because I was supposed to be here 15 minutes ago.
Sorry I'm late miss, I forgot which class we were in
Just get to your seat, I'll be discussing this with your parents, you're not gonna be able to pass with this punctuality.
I sit down only to be nudged, that's not your seat Gabriel, ah sorry, where do I sit?
He stares back with confusion and irritation, over there, signaling to a seat at the very back in the corner, I awkwardly move and finally settle into my chair.
So my names Gabriel, it's convenient I finally found out, and now thinking about it that guy I spoke to in the hallway is Aku, this must be the memories of the guy I now inhabit.
I glance toward the board with advanced algebra on, yes I forgot, im now in high school and only get tested on high school stuff, im a bit rusty but I graduated 3 years early so this should be easy.
I raise my hand, yes Gabriel, can you redeem your tardiness?
A cubic equation with multiple roots, yet again im let down by the room temperature intellect of society, voice dripping with boredom and ego I answer
The cubic can be depressed ,first let x = y-b/3a to kill the quadratic term. Then it's y³+py+q= 0. Cardano's formula spits out the real root clean if the discriminant's positive, but here it's negative, so three real roots. You can factor it as (y-r)(y²+ ry+s) = 0 where r is obvious from rational root theorem.
I move my way towards the board, each step with the confidence of a man who not only made energy harnessing 20x more efficient but also proved the existence of a fucking God.
Test y = 2: doesn't work. y = -1. So one root's -1. Divide through, quadratic's y²- y- 6= 0. Factors to (y -3)(y+ 2). Roots at y =-2,-1, 3. Back-substitute, x roots are those minus b/3a.
Huh, the confused professor says, I wasn't being serious, we haven't even covered this, how did you manage that?
Fuck my life, this is a curveball and a half, haha, I've I just like this sort of stuff I answer flustering for a logical reason I should know this
You intrested in advanced algebra? Has hell froze over? If only she knew a God did exist but it wasn't the biblical one, I move back to my seat, haha no, I answer.
The seat infront of me swivel around, bro how the fuck did you know all of that? Aku says suprise and pride written on his face
I just read about it ,shrugging my shoulders
Gabriel reading about anything but the lunch prices, who's replaced you?
Haha funny, I can read if I want, anyway clearly you need to get studying so pay attention, I answer gesturing for him to turn back around, I only notice now my hearts beating out of my chest, my backs wet with sweat, that irony isnt lost on me.
Why does the professors face look off?