Early in the morning just as Ronan was waking up he heard the dorm room door go.
'Must be one of my nonexistent roommates.'
Ronan got up, went for a shower since he couldn't be bothered last night and a quick brush of his teeth before opening up his laptop and logging I to his stock market account.
'Up another 3%, but it's still fairly worthless for now.' Ronan thought to himself.
Screw it, I'll add some more money into it, after all, I am getting paid today, or I am supposed to.' After fighting with himself for several minutes he decides to add more money into the Cyber stock. Making it a total of $150.
After finishing up with his stocks Ronan checked the time.
7:45.
' A lecture at 3 PM and probably more work to do for jake and a quick check of my stocks and that's my day done, nothing much going on.'
'Hey system, is there any other way I can get more money?'
[Sure. There are several ways to gain money, gamble, create stuff, work, take your pick.]
'Creating stuff, what's that supposed to mean?' Ronan started to get frustrated.
[Calm down, I mean creating things, you know, arts and crafts, computers, programs, apps, etc. anything you can think off.]
'You do realise I know nothing about computer programming right?' Ronan was losing hope with the system.
[Not right now, but in the future, you will, if you do something enough times you can gain a skill and if you gain a skill you can do things more efficiently and accurately.]
'So basically you're telling me that the beginner gift was worth a total of $1000 because I could've got those skills without doing anything in the first place.'
[Yep.]
'...'
Ronan had grown fed up with the system for the day and instead looked into several programming languages used to create apps. Creating apps is a great way to make money, there are always apps needed for several things, playing games, keeping emails, chatting, travel, encrypting information, etc.
After several minutes Ronan had decided to create a chatting app that was encrypted with 256-bit encryption.
Ten minutes later and he finally found several websites which shows him the best ways in order to use encryption and how to create an app.
After reading several tens of pages of recommended app building software, he decided to go with the most recommended with over 5000 reviews, it was called CreateAnApp and it seemed simple and easy to use, it only cost him $5 to use, whereas the encryption came from a company called Encryption256, it provided 256-bit encryption.
When he opened the app creator it was easy to use, it showed Ronan how to create an app using JAVA which was nice and simple, all he had to do was integrate the 256-bit encryption into the app when creating it and then he would be able to protect peoples information from people trying to intercept it.
3 Hours later and he had finally finished creating the app, it was fairly simple, the creator came with several different samples you could use and then just edit it from there but he ran into some problems, he hadn't searched for server space to rent, he needs a place to store all the information of the people who sign up using his app and that would take some time, then integrating the encryption will take roughly a couple of hours.
But Ronan was tired, soon he would have to attend a Lecture for credit and then he had to do work for jake in order to get paid.
After taking 20 minutes to rest he checked the time.
14:15.
45 minutes, that's how long I've got until the lecture starts.
Ronan packs his bags and gives himself a once over to check whether or not he looks at least presentable, before heading out.
'Ah crap, forgot the textbook.' 5 minutes into the journey Ronan had managed to forget his meal ticket so he had to walk back.
'There it is.' He picks up the finished textbook and puts it into his bag before heading out again.
...
After getting into the lecture hall he notices that Jake isn't there, so he sits down somewhere near the back before checking his watch.
14:45
Ronan has nothing to do while he was waiting for both the lecturer and Jake so he decided to doodle for a while, he wasn't that good at it, but that doesn't matter, because its all to just pass the time.
14:55
Jake walks in with his 2 'minions' and sits down next to Ronan.
"Finished with my textbook?" Jake asked to which Ronan countered "Yeah, got my money?" They exchanged the finished textbook for the cash and the next textbook that needed to be completed.
After doing that they had some small talk.
"Nice weather." Ronan started, 'Getting close to him may mean I can make more money if he gives me more work to complete, that and it'd be nice to have people to talk to instead of just sitting and doing nothing.
"Yeah." Jake wasn't much of a talker, but then Ronan remembered something important, his eye was yellow.
"So what do you think about my eye?" Ronan asked.
"It's okay I guess?" Jake answered, "Why do you have to answer with a question? Anyways don't you find it strange that my eyes are different colours?" Ronan asked again.
"Well not really, its either 1 of 2 possibilities, there's that genetic disease that gives a person 2 different eye colours and then there coloured contact lenses. Either way I'm not bothered because it doesn't really concern me, but you, on the other hand, should feel more secure about yourself, if it's a contact then you have your reasons, but if it's genetic then you should feel happy, it makes you more unique compared to other people, at least this way it's easier to notice you compared to others, but if you feel insecure then why not get a coloured contact lens?" Ronan sat there stunned, it seems he had hit a sore spot as he didn't expect Jake to be both a counsellor and possible friend all in one conversation.