Folklore and Fact: Mystical Artifacts Week 3 [Thurs/2nd Period]

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

If Sakura had heard or seen anything of her students' misadventures over the past weekend, she didn't show it. For all they knew she could still be laughing at them on the inside -- not that she was. She'd had to deal with three of her teammates being turned into animals, so this was nothing particularly new to her. (Really, once you'd lived through the trainwreck of amusement that was Akashi flopping around on the ground after he'd reverted from being a goldfish, everything else was a piece of cake.)

This morning, she stood in front of the class at the yellow table, upon which several black and gold locked chests stood. "Good morning, everyone. Today we're going to be examining a few of the tools and objects that are a part of a treasure hunter's everyday job, to give you an idea of how we identify and take possession of artifacts."

She touched the sensor pad atop the first of the lockboxes, and it began to collapse until all that remained was a thick metal card. Handing it to the nearest student to pass around, Sakura explained, "These compact lockboxes are a vital component of our operations. Most of them are keyed specifically to myself and my teammates, but I've adjusted this one so you can all test it for yourselves. Any Precious artifacts that we acquire are immediately put into these boxes and transported to safe storage."

The second lockbox that she opened contained a pair of flutelike instruments; the third, a simple wooden box with a distinctive grain pattern; the fourth, a battered, leatherbound notebook. "We'll be covering the Pipes of Hamelin and the Potion of Immortality in a few weeks, but for now I'll use them to demonstrate another tool that we use." Sakura reached for the pouch on her left sleeve and pulled out what appeared to be a slightly bulky mobile phone, rotating its screen 90 degrees to the right. "Any Precious artifact will have a Hazard Level reading; one of the Accellular's uses is to determine that. The higher the Hazard Level, the more potential danger, obviously."

Pointing the Accellular at the two pipes, she pressed a button to activate the blacklight scanning ray. After a moment, she held up the device to show them the Hazard Level displayed on its tiny screen. "The Accellular has," she paused enigmatically, "other uses as well, but this is one of the most important. What you've found could be a fake; what looks perfectly harmless could be the opposite, which is true more often than not. But of course, that all comes after the hard part: actually getting to your target, though some would say that part is the most fun." Sakura suspected students were more interested in the electronic devices than the good old-fashioned hard work. "Sometimes you simply stumble across an artifact, but most of the time it takes diligent research, hard work, and risk. Will and intelligence are crucial to the job, but other tools are also necessary. There are . . ." She paused again. "Only five Accellulars in existence, and their use is highly restricted. However, I have received permission from both SGS and the school administration to give you these."

As she went around the room handing each student a small handheld device, she explained, "The Scope Shot is a multitool developed by SGS. Aside from being a compact telescope, it can fire grappling hooks and signal flares, and contains a miniature parachute and a knife blade." Sakura paused and fixed the class with a stern look. "These are tools, not weapons or toys, and you will treat them as tools. Anyone caught using their Scope Shot in a reckless manner, inside of class or out, will receive detention, at the very least."

She waited a few minutes for the students to settle again. "Come up to the table and examine the items here; you can use the Accellular to scan them yourselves, if you'd like," she added, demonstrating the scan mode again. "And if any of you would like to scan personal items of yours, you can also do that. Do not, however, touch any of the items in the lockboxes."

That said, she stood back to let the students come up to the table -- keeping a watchful eye on everything.

[OOC: Class Roster and Info Post. OMG I was wordy this week, and hyperlink-happy. OCD is up!]

Comments

Sign In [FaF, Week 3]

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

Collapse! Much like the lockboxes.

Re: Sign In [FaF, Week 3]

[strahl-pirate.livejournal.com]

Balthier

During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

Talk, take notes, play with your new toys, ping the OOC thread if you want to get detention for it . . .

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi is fascinated by the lockbox and the scope shot.

She takes notes but frowns at the idea of just locking something away just because it's special.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine was too weirded out by the events of the past week to decide that sitting in his seat was a safe course of action.
So he deigned to spend today's class paying attention from under his desk.
It was safer down there. Maybe.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris examined the Scope Shot and wondered if they'd get to keep them after class was over.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[likethegun]

Sam wasted no time in examining the Scope Shot and trying to see what could be done with it.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean was feeling more than a little rough this morning after the party and the drinks and the post party party with Alec. But he perked up a little when first the Accellulars were mentioned and then the Scope Shots were passed out.

New gadgets were almost enough to make him forget his hangover.

Almost.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie was gleeing the glee of the gleeful. Artifacts! Technology! New toys tools!

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[multiplez]

Z fiddled around with the scope shot and almost wound up firing off a signal flair in the middle of class. Oops.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori examined the scope shot, smiling to herself. It would be cool if they got to keep them, once class ended. It would be great if they could.

This class just kept getting better and better.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[fh-kyochan.livejournal.com]

Kyo cautiously picked up the Accellular and turned it on.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy examined the scope, but didn't push any buttons.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[indebttocrazies.livejournal.com]

Haruhi very carefully-- almost hesitantly, even-- picked up the Scope Shot and began to look at it. Right now, she was busy being in awe that the technology to create such a thing even existed.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn started examining the scope shot, but managed to take decent (and plentiful) notes during the lecture.

There may have almost been button pushing, but she restrained herself.

Re: During the Lecture [FaF, Week 3]

[stykera]

Stark took a few notes while checking out the Scope Shot. Eventually he decided the shiny new tool was neat and would go well with the swiss army knife from shop class.

Hands-On [FaF, Week 3]

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

Or hands-off, as the case may be. Ask Sakura questions about the items on the table if you wish.

Scan/Examine the Pipes of Hamelin

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

There are two pipes (http://www.dyqatt.com/fh/artifacts/bou-pc-precious12.jpg) here: one trimmed with gold, the other with silver. They seem like perfectly ordinary, if fancy, musical instruments, but they scan at a Hazard Level of 110 each.

Scan/Examine the Potion of Immortality

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

It seems like a fairly unimportant wooden box (http://www.dyqatt.com/fh/artifacts/still_task13.jpg), but Sakura is keeping an especially close eye on it. Its Hazard Level is 87.

Scan/Examine the (Fake) Manuscript

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

Inside the covers of this old leatherbound notebook (http://www.dyqatt.com/fh/artifacts/bou-pc-precious11.jpg), the pages are smudged beyond readability, though anyone looking closely enough might be able to recognize bits and pieces of sketches. The notebook appears to contain plans for elaborate machinery -- scanning it, however, will yield a Hazard Level of 0.

Scan Your Own Items

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

[OOC: These can be mundane or unique. Ping the OOC thread with further info on the object you're scanning (abilities, personal significance, etc.) and I'll figure out a Hazard Level. I might roll dice if I have to.]

Talk to the TAs

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

When they ping in.

I keep forgetting about this thread . . .

Re: Talk to the TAs

[blessed_twice]

TA Wyatt at your service.

Talk to Sakura

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

After class, when she's reactivating the lockboxes, is as good a time as any.

Re: Talk to Sakura

[multiplez]

Z hung back after class. "So...you consider dangerous items 'precious'?" Z asked, looking confused.

OOC [FaF, Week 3]

[blossomsofice.livejournal.com]

In which I play Accellular, and figure out Hazard Levels for you -- or catch me on AIM if you'd prefer.

I finally got a couple of halfway decent screencaps of SGS headquarters, as a reference point for what the classroom (http://www.dyqatt.com/fh/artifacts/boukenger-37-38032.jpg) looks like. Don't ask why there's a giant picture of Sakura's face on the table. (http://www.dyqatt.com/fh/artifacts/boukenger-37-38028.jpg)

Re: OOC [FaF, Week 3]

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine is scanning his disembodied face, so to speak. He has the ability to peel off his mask, while still retaining one underneath, but they don't really do anything. He's generally a normal guy, albeit somewhat flaily, from a place that is very, very abnormal.