[center][h1][color=ec008c]Ira Riese:[/color]
[color=dodgerblue]PHQ - Class is in Session - or it was[/color][/h1]
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Calculus came a bit too naturally to Ira, through it was often in a confusing way. Her power helped a whole hell of a lot, giving her the formulas, the functions, and even sometimes answers. The problem was that it didn't come anywhere near textbook Calculus. Her passenger would tell her that if she switched the problem to base 64 [i]this[/i] formula would work, but the why was constantly eluding her. Somehow the curves and wavelengths featured prominently in Calculus were an extension of her power, but it confused more then helped. These odd circumstances taught her to rely more on Decoy's teachings than what her power provided, though her power sometimes persisted in spite of her.

The last two weeks had been strange in the sense of a lack of anything high energy. Honestly, she felt like she was one of the few who enjoyed the new normal, boring lull. The young tinker had gotten more time to better explore her and her teammate's powers, though it was mostly Evelyn she had been talking to. Though Ira was often worried about reciprocaty in emotions. she definitely felt like they had become friends. Ira found her strange in certain ways, but the young Asian girl often agreed with the saying variety was the spice of life.

Exploring a new friendship wasn't the only type of exploration she had done; Ira had explored her power a bit more, applying it to trying to directly improve another parahuman's. She had interviewed Evelyn, half as a way to better get to know her and half to understand her [i]very[/i] interesting power. The focus had been on the powers range, and the more Ira focused on it the stranger her own power's reaction. There had been countless ways to increase Evelyn's range, plenty more then what she had gone for. The idea behind her invention was a type of duality, the method focused on creating a link between two locations. The first part had to be within Evelyn's range, and the second on a destination. It had been quite difficult to make only the receiver draw energy, but it was a must for keeping the invention from being a burden on anyone but herself.

Honestly, in its inception she realized there could be a pretty obvious metaphorical implication in the type of direct linking and protection the device offered. She hoped, for her pride's sake, they would be ignored.

Decoy finished the lesson, noting that her teammates would arrive soon. Ira nodded, appreciating the time he took out of his day to teach her. How easily and how quickly they lapsed from Japanese to English, to even a hybrid of the two sometimes, greatly helped the young Tinker. The communication barrier that often impeded her learning was completely absent here. Ira stood up, stretching a bit, before moving to one side of the room. Out of the way, and hopefully not drawing too much attention, as she preferred.

The first to arrive was Lillian, the newest addition to the team. A young energetic girl that Ira found herself fond of, though they didn't talk enough for that to be obvious. She smiled at the girl, uttering a small greeting before refocusing on the nothing she had been focused on before. Alessa was next who greeted and was greeted in kind before Evelyn arrived. Ira tried to meet her eyes momentarily, before refocusing on what was turning out to be a very interesting ceiling.