relationship with the Master: cousin
time spent with the Master: most of high school
importance to the Master: was with Master Jeff through years, and then some. Has been and still is one of the greatest persons the Master has ever known.
description: sleek, articulate, smart, pretty charmer

relationship with the Master: friend
time spent with the Master: most of high school
importance to the Master: was, is, one of Master's closest freinds. He has the payload on the Master, and knows just about everyone of the Master's darkest moments in detail.
description: smooth, efficient dancer/ math wizard

relationship with the Master: friend
time spent with the Master: most of college
importance to the Master: one of Master's closest freinds. Has technical proficiency that would drive most people mad, and together with Master make life incredibly difficult for others.
description: extremely witty, animated, brilliant writer

time: February, 1999
event description: over 3,000 select writers from all over the country compete for their respective regions in editorial writing, feature writing, etc. to see who the best is. Yeah, right.
importance: the Master's win confirmed what most of the people who knew him have always known: he is one smooth writer

time: 1996, 1998
event description: Math talents in a region take a fairly easy exam to find out who gets the label geekiest, uhm, most talented math whiz.
importance: because he won the event, along with the Nationals and dozens of writing competitions, people started doubting if there's anything he couldn't do. They wonder still.