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The Butterfly Dragon - Heroes of our Own: Reimagined
by Brian Joseph Johns
Episode 3: Examination and Graduation
Informed Education
Sixteen Years Ago
North York High School
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alicia and Helayn sat at one of the privacy desks inside of the school library, near the back of room. They'd quickly quickly eaten their lunch in under ten minutes, and had come directly to the library thereafter in order to continue the plan according to their agreement.
Helayn sat with her notebook opened to a page containing her current math assignment. Beside her, both Alicia and Zheng were situated from where they were shoulder surfing Helayn's work to a large degree.
"For that one you're going to need to use Pythagoras' Theorem to calculate the length of the hypotenuse," Zheng said to Helayn as she worked.
"Don't tell me! That's the one that goes x squared plus y squared equals z squared, right?" Helayn recalled from Alicia's earlier tutoring.
"Correct, but given the fact that the return value is the square magnitude of the hypotenuse, you're going to need to...?" Zheng asked Helayn.
"...calculate the square root of z, which should give me the actual length of the hypotenuse itself, right?" confirmed Helayn.
"I think you've got a firm handle on this so far," Zheng smiled, looking to Helayn and then to Alicia.
"What can I say. I'm a good teacher, aren't I?" Alicia patted her own back.
"Her work looks pretty solid to me. If she keeps at it, she'll ace those exams without the need for shoulder surfers like us," Zheng agreed.
"What I like about this is that a lot of the kind things I'll be doing with fashion patterns might benefit from my knowing this stuff about Pythagoras and Euler," Helayn had by that time already found an application for her newly acquired knowledge.
"You'll probably be able to get away with estimates rather than exact values in fashion I'd imagine," Zheng considered Helayn's statement and responded.
"Are you kidding me? Fashion design is the best of both artistic expression and mathematical precision," Alicia responded in defense of Helayn's chosen career path.
"Maybe moreso intuitively than technically. You both have a good point though. I will definitely be able to put this to good use in my career and life, one way or another," Helayn smiled, having finally grasped these concepts with ease for the first time in her life.
"So tell me this. If x squared plus y squared equals z squared, then does that mean x cubed plus y cubed equals z cubed?" Helayn asked, looking to Zheng and then Alicia.
"Whoa, whoa, WHOA! Slow down there a second! That's some pretty advanced stuff you're asking about," Alicia smiled at Helayn, very impressed with her line of reasoning.
"That's like related to Fermat's Last Theorem, isn't it?" asked Zheng.
"Now we're into the territory known as theoretical mathematics. The most scoffed at of all math, because it takes so long before civilization catches up to find an application for it," Alicia explained to them both.
"Yep. Hyperdimensional geometry. Modular forms, and a whole host of other goodies that gave mathematicians night mares for three centuries, until Sir Andrew Wiles published his proof a little over a decade ago," Zheng recalled having read about it online a few years ago.
"If you're asking questions like that Helayn, you're definitely ready for the math exam. Now, in all fairness, how goes your end of the agreement?" Alicia smiled at her friend, asking her about her progress for Alicia's graduation.
"Its... definitely a work in progress. I'm still refining the final set of patterns I'll need finish, but I'm very close. I want this very much to be your signature dress. The second most important dress you'll ever wear," Helayn assured her friend.
"Are you like making it in a Cheongsam style, maybe? You know, throwing a bit of our culture into it?" asked Zheng of Helayn.
"As I said, its definitely going to be Alicia. I'm trying to encompass a more worldly approach to this, but one that also has a bit of fun to it as well. A bit of Chinese style might find its way in, but its about Alicia," Helayn explained how she was approaching the overall design.
"I can't wait to see it!" Alicia became very anxious about the idea, almost blushing over the thought of going to an actual party and dance for the first time since her best friend Leland had passed from this world.
Helayn looked beyond Alicia's right shoulder to where another girl had just sat down in a privacy desk a few away from where they were seated. She was familiar to Helayn, but she couldn't see her face entirely to be sure.
"I think I see someone I know," Helayn said to Alicia and Zheng, and they both turned around to look in the direction Helayn's eyes were fixated.
A girl with long black hair, similar to Helayn's sat digging through her backpack for her books, and a makeup back, both of which which she placed upon the desk and then set the backpack down upon the carpeted floor of the library.
"I have to know. Just give me a minute," Helayn got up from her chair and approached the girl from behind.
The mysterious girl had retrieved her lipstick from her makeup bag and was applying it with the help of a small handheld mirror, when she caught Helayn's reflection in it as she approached.
When Helayn was two meters away, the girl leapt out of her chair, somersaulting through the air and landing in front of Helayn, already having launched a kigh kick at Helayn's head.
Helayn easily dodged the kick, attemptingj to catch the girl's leg. By the time Helayn had moved, the girl had quickly withdrawn her leg, having only used it as a lure, for her next move. As Helayn reached for where her leg had been, the girl launched another attack at Helayn's open sides, near her right kidney.
Helayn spun, maintaining her proximity to the girl, yet adjusting her profile as the girl's punch rolled of Helayn's body with her sudden spin. Helayn caught the girl's punching arm, then extended her leg, quickly pulling the girl over it, forcing her to the floor in attempt to submit her with a wrist lock.
The girl, miraculously was able to twist in the exact direction she'd needed to in order to free herself from Helayn's grip and hence her wrist lock. From the floor, she kicked Helayn's legs out from under her. Helayn then rolled perfectly protecting her head and body from the force of the girl's kick by redirecting the energy in her roll, from which she was back up and onto her feet in a single move, now facing the girl once again. By that time, the girl had launched herself back up and onto her feet and was standing at the ready.
"Myung?" Helayn asked the girl.
"Helayn?" Myung responded.
Much to Alicia's and Zheng's relief, Helayn and the girl closed in for a friendly hug.
"I haven't seen you for so long!" Helayn said to Myung.
"Same. How's the best sparring partner a girl could have been keeping her life?" asked Myung of her friend Helayn.
"You know. Laying low for the same reasons that you are. Chasing the things I thought I wanted because I thought my parents wanted them, then finding out that they really just wanted me to be happy, and to be myself. And you?" Helayn responded with a heartfelt smile.
"Studying hard. Its been difficult though. Remaining low profile. Especially with my ambitions," Myung replied to her friend.
"You've been doing a good job though, if you've been studying here for the whole time and I've never seen you," Helayn encouraged her friend.
"The truth is that I transferred about a month ago. For safety reasons. I'll be taking my exams here and then I'm done with high school. Off to law school," Myung explained to her friend.
"尽力而为. Do everything within your power and its limits, my friend. Good for you. Since... you know. It has been difficult, hasn't it?" Helayn recalled a distant pain that had for her friend nor herself yet healed.
"You have some friends I see. Imagine that. I always had you pegged on the checkboard as a loner," Myung smiled, looking to Alicia and Zheng, who were both in awe of what they'd just seen.
"I have some friends I'd like you to meet. Myung Chung-Ae? These are my friends: Alicia Westin, without whose guidance I'd likely fail the upcoming exams and Zheng Ni Wong, who has been pressure testing my knowledge to ensure that I do pass. They're the best know-it-alls a girl could ever have," Helayn introduced her friends.
"Its a pleasure to meet you. Both of you," Myung smiled warmly for them.
"Would you like to join us over here? We could talk about old times, little bit?" Helayn asked Myung.
"It sure beats being a loner like you used to be," Myung agreed, joining the three of them at their privacy desk.
"Did you two study together? You know, the martial arts stuff you were doing?" asked Zheng of them.
"Yes. We did. Helayn was the best in our class, but she could never beat me. Always, when we'd spar, it would be a stand-off. There was nobody else like that," Myung explained to Alicia and Zheng, whose fertile young imaginations ran wild with such exotic tales.
"Except Aikiko," Helayn was quick to respond to Myung's recollection of the past.
"Yes. Then there was Aikiko. You always did have a sort of rivalry with her, didn't you?" Myung referred to another student in their martial arts classes.
"It was she that had the rivalry with me," Helayn corrected her.
"Ahhhh, but she would say the same of you if it were her in your chair," Myung absolved them both.
"Are you going to the volleyball tournement after school?" Helayn asked Myung, watching Alicia's and Zheng's faces light up as she did.
"We're playing too!" Zheng almost yelled excitedly, having a chance to do something physical with which she was confident.
"Yep. Its the only sports game I've ever enjoyed playing myself, next to badminton, but Helayn here plays just about every sport on an entirely different level," Alicia bragged for her friend, despite her being a good volleyball player herself.
Helayn, now completely embarrassed, laughed snidedly.
"Oh Alicia, you say too much. I play a little bit good sometimes. A little bit bad sometimes," Helayn withdrew from Alicia's promotion of her.
"I'm playing in that game you know!" Myung spoke up suddenly as Alicia, Zheng and Helayn suddenly realized that Myung would be on the other team.
"You mean you went to Cawthra Park Collegiate?" confirmed Zheng.
"For two years, before coming here, but keep that to yourself," Myung urged first Zheng, and then the others.
"You mean you're playing on the same team as MissGvious?" Alicia confirmed.
"That glory hog? Unfortunately. Volleyball is supposed to be a team sport, but she plays it like she's the only one on the team. Most of the promotional material for the team is just a means for her to promote her other ventures, while the rest of us that make up the team actually won the games," Myung said distastefully of Helayn's nemesis.
"Yes, I'm familiar with her. My life in school has been very different since my having beat her at her own game," Helayn remarked in response to Myung's critique of her teammate.
"Well regardless of my misgivings with MissGvious, we're still going to take you down tonight," Myung said to Helayn with a smile of her face.
"You think so. You don't know so," Helayn nodded her head negatively.
"We're a pretty tight knit team here. I think that even with MissGvious, you're going to have a run for your money against us," Alicia backed up Helayn.
"Helayn, I've got to get going and get prepared for my next class. Physics. I can't wait! I'll see you at the locker room later. It was nice meeting you Myung," Zheng got up and left them, nudging for Alicia to join her.
"Oh! That Physics! Yeah, me too! I'm really looking forward to that. I'll see you later Helayn. Bye Myung. Nice to meet you," Alicia joined Zheng and the two of them left Helayn and Myung to speak.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have opened up about my team like that. Its just been very difficult you know, since losing Sifu," Myung's voice got much quieter as the two moved closer to speak.
"What about Hoon Kwang? You know, the Korean Tiger?" asked Helayn.
"He's gone too. I lost track of him last year, on the one year anniversary of Sifu's death," Myung told Helayn, who looked down and fought the flow of tears.
"Are we ever going to escape this Helayn?" Myung asked Helayn.
"No... Yes... I mean... I don't know..." Helayn responded.
"Maybe we need to find the other students? You know. Unite?" Myung suggested to Helayn.
"We agreed that if we each fled in a different direction, that they would have a much harder time finding us. If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both," Helayn reminded Myung of what they'd agreed to.
"You're right. Its probably dangerous for us being here together. How much do your friends know?" Myung asked her.
"Nothing. I mean, they know everything, but they think they know everything, but about that, they know nothing," Helayn replied returning her glance to her friend's face.
"You'd better keep it that way. For their safety. Look, I've got to get going or I'll be late for next class. I'll see you at the game after school. You'd better bring the same skills you had back in the days of our training to the game tonight, because I'm definitely going to bring mine. See you then, Butterfly," Myung stood with her backpack in hand.
"I will bring the same that you used to bring to training so that we find ourselves equals in battle. Let our wisdom determine who wins. See you later, Haechi. Good friend," Helayn too stood, and together they left the library.
A man in a hoodie and sunglasses who'd been standing hidden behind a shelf in the library watched as they left, having overhead a good portion of their conversation. He reached into his hoodie and pulled out a mobile phone and dialled it.
"Lemme speak to MissG, yo," the man spoke into the phone.
"Speaking. Is dat you Slinky?" MissGvious responded from one of her classes.
"Anybody else wearing my handle, yo?" Slinky asked her.
"If they were, they'd be popped and stopped already. Whatcha got for me?" asked MissGvious.
"I got some Chinese food. Takeout. From the library. Your girl here, the one who pwned you in your game girl? She was just here, talking with her friend, the one from your Volleyball team. I got the duds on it all, but its going to cost ya..." Slinky said to her.
"You know the deal. Tell me whatcha want, and then whatcha got. If its the real deal, I'll make it good for you," MissGvious laid down her law to Slinky, and he began telling her what he'd heard.
Another two rows from where Slinky was spilling the beans on Helayn and Myung, a third observer watched and listened. When Slinky was done and about to hang up the phone, his observer coughed loudly, watching him through the spaces between books.
Slinky quickly turned to face the direction of the coughing, and caught sight of a person watching him two rows over.
"You'd better be running when I get dere cuz I'm gonna whoop you some ass..." Slinky did his best hood droll to intimidate whoever was watching him, because in all truth, he was at that moment as frightened as he'd been by ghost stories as a little child.
When he got there, the person was gone, and there were no signs of them anywhere, except on one of the wooden shelves. Slinky looked closer and found that someone had carved a serpent into the wood.
"What the... who be marking our turf with their signs?" Slinky squinted at the symbol and examined it again.
When he looked a bit closer he realized there was no mistaking it. It was a dragon. Beside it were the words:
"One who finds nothing to be sacred has lost the last of their legs on this journey"
To be continued in:
Brian Joseph Johns
Credits and attribution:
This content is entirely produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with contributions from others around the world listed here in the credits.
Artwork: Amy Wong, Wendy Pusey, Ghastly, Birdman, Brian Joseph Johns, Daz3D, Unreal Engine...
Tools: Daz3D, Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, Lightwave 3D, Blender, Stable Diffusion (Easy Diffusion distribution), InstantID, Sadtalker, Google Colaboratory, Microsoft Copilot (Windows 11), Hitfilm, PhotoPea (a great web based Photoshop stand-in if you're on a low budget or in a pinch), Borderline Obsession...
DeepSeek AI for suggestions on exercises to improve aspects of describing scene and settings with a more sensory focused grammar.
InstantID by: Wang, Qixun and Bai, Xu and Wang, Haofan and Qin, Zekui and Chen, Anthony. Research Paper Title: InstantID - Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds.
Sadtalker by: Zhang, Wenxuan and Cun, Xiaodong and Wang, Xuan and Zhang, Yong and Shen, Xi and Guo, Yu and Shan, Ying and Wang, Fei.
Research Paper Title: SadTalker: Learning Realistic 3D Motion Coefficients for Stylized Audio-Driven Single Image Talking Face Animation.
Gratitude: Our Mentors, Senseis, Sifus, Sebomnims, lifetime inspirations, family, friends, the Nomads (ask Stanton about that one), the Music, the Movies, the Theatre, the Arts, ASMR, (both YouTube and Bilibili and the many other creators on those platforms), the Gaming and Developer communities and of course, the audience.
Martial Arts (in the words of real experts and at least one comedian): https://brucelee.com (home of the real Dragon and an entire family of inspirations), http://iwco.online International Wing Chun Organization (International presence of a very scalable intensity martial art, protected and developed by Shaolin Nun Ng Mui) and the alma mater of Jinn Hua's own specialized variation thereof, https://iogkf.com International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karatedo Federation (even Hanshi had his teachers), https://itftkd.sport International Taekwondo Federation (Here there be Taegers), https://tangsoodoworld.com Tang Soo Do World (the path of Grandmaster Chuck Norris), https://www.aikido-international.org International Aikido Federation (how else would Navy Chef Steven Seagal liberate a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier from a team of hijackers?), https://www.stqitoronto.com Shaolin Temple Quanfa Institute (The City Of Toronto's own Shaolin Temple), https://www.enterthedojoshow.com Master Ken's Ameri-Te-Do presence (If we can't laugh at ourselves, then we can at least laugh the loudest at others, and other Zen)
Magic (performance, illusion and perhaps the real thing): Magic Week Archive (I'm currently growing this section so stay tuned)
Special thanks to Aitrepreneur, Mickmumpitz, Hugging Face and the YouTube educational content producers, including those catering to the AI content production pipeline and of course AlphaSignal.
Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
Jesse Enkamp: Karate Nerd
Jesse, a reknowned Sensei who runs his own dojo, explores the world of Martial Arts, traveling to many exotic locations to meet practitioners of a variety of different arts
Sensei Rokas: Martial Arts Journey
A reknowned Sensei of Aikido who in seeking to understand the roots of Aikido and its applications, seeks to stress test its effectiveness in a number of real world situations while studying its history
Iaido: Train For Katana Mastery Like Samurai
The original weapons focused curriculum under which Samurai became masters of their art
Extensive courses for calisthenics and body strength, stamina and flexibility
Special thanks to Captain Crunch and his wonderful sister!
Special thanks to Bandcamp for giving indie music artists a home under one roof
Something to give you perspective: The very first teacher had no formal education, didn't graduate and was self taught, but only because they had no other choice. We do.
Tools: Daz3D, Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, Lightwave 3D, Blender, Stable Diffusion (Easy Diffusion distribution), InstantID, Sadtalker, Google Colaboratory, Microsoft Copilot (Windows 11), Hitfilm, PhotoPea (a great web based Photoshop stand-in if you're on a low budget or in a pinch), Borderline Obsession...
DeepSeek AI for suggestions on exercises to improve aspects of describing scene and settings with a more sensory focused grammar.
InstantID by: Wang, Qixun and Bai, Xu and Wang, Haofan and Qin, Zekui and Chen, Anthony. Research Paper Title: InstantID - Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds.
Sadtalker by: Zhang, Wenxuan and Cun, Xiaodong and Wang, Xuan and Zhang, Yong and Shen, Xi and Guo, Yu and Shan, Ying and Wang, Fei.
Research Paper Title: SadTalker: Learning Realistic 3D Motion Coefficients for Stylized Audio-Driven Single Image Talking Face Animation.
Gratitude: Our Mentors, Senseis, Sifus, Sebomnims, lifetime inspirations, family, friends, the Nomads (ask Stanton about that one), the Music, the Movies, the Theatre, the Arts, ASMR, (both YouTube and Bilibili and the many other creators on those platforms), the Gaming and Developer communities and of course, the audience.
Martial Arts (in the words of real experts and at least one comedian): https://brucelee.com (home of the real Dragon and an entire family of inspirations), http://iwco.online International Wing Chun Organization (International presence of a very scalable intensity martial art, protected and developed by Shaolin Nun Ng Mui) and the alma mater of Jinn Hua's own specialized variation thereof, https://iogkf.com International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karatedo Federation (even Hanshi had his teachers), https://itftkd.sport International Taekwondo Federation (Here there be Taegers), https://tangsoodoworld.com Tang Soo Do World (the path of Grandmaster Chuck Norris), https://www.aikido-international.org International Aikido Federation (how else would Navy Chef Steven Seagal liberate a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier from a team of hijackers?), https://www.stqitoronto.com Shaolin Temple Quanfa Institute (The City Of Toronto's own Shaolin Temple), https://www.enterthedojoshow.com Master Ken's Ameri-Te-Do presence (If we can't laugh at ourselves, then we can at least laugh the loudest at others, and other Zen)
Magic (performance, illusion and perhaps the real thing): Magic Week Archive (I'm currently growing this section so stay tuned)
Special thanks to Aitrepreneur, Mickmumpitz, Hugging Face and the YouTube educational content producers, including those catering to the AI content production pipeline and of course AlphaSignal.
Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life
Jesse Enkamp: Karate Nerd
Jesse, a reknowned Sensei who runs his own dojo, explores the world of Martial Arts, traveling to many exotic locations to meet practitioners of a variety of different arts
Jesse, a reknowned Sensei who runs his own dojo, explores the world of Martial Arts, traveling to many exotic locations to meet practitioners of a variety of different arts
Sensei Rokas: Martial Arts Journey
A reknowned Sensei of Aikido who in seeking to understand the roots of Aikido and its applications, seeks to stress test its effectiveness in a number of real world situations while studying its history
A reknowned Sensei of Aikido who in seeking to understand the roots of Aikido and its applications, seeks to stress test its effectiveness in a number of real world situations while studying its history
Iaido: Train For Katana Mastery Like Samurai
The original weapons focused curriculum under which Samurai became masters of their art
The original weapons focused curriculum under which Samurai became masters of their art
Extensive courses for calisthenics and body strength, stamina and flexibility
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Something to give you perspective: The very first teacher had no formal education, didn't graduate and was self taught, but only because they had no other choice. We do.
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