Law and Order: Interdimensional Edition - Week Two

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Ziva waited somewhat patiently at the front of the room for everyone to sit down before clearing her throat and beginning class.

"Since we discussed the most important skill of an officer last week, I thought it would be best to learn about an officer's second most important skill today. Knowing how to track someone without being caught is really an invaluable skill for anyone, but it is especially important for those who are working in law enforcement. Sometimes, for example, you will need to do surveillance on a suspect to gather evidence to bring to court. Criminals rarely commit crimes when they know they are being watched." And the ones who did were far too crazy to discuss so early in the semester. "You must often be sneaky in order to obtain pictures or video to catch your suspect in the act of their crime. Other times, you will need to be able to follow a suspect in order to apprehend them. If you are noticed and they try to escape, it makes for a much bigger hassle to catch them."

Ziva grabbed a stack of handouts, and passed them out before going over the essential requirements of stealthy following. "If the rest of you have anything to add, feel free to say so," she said, looking to the other teachers who were there. "It is possible that I have forgotten something important."

When the discussion was over, Ziva went back around the room and handed each student a piece of paper. "This is your homework assignment," she said. "Each of you has been given the name of another student in this class. Your assignment is to track this student down at some point before the next class and observe them for at least ten minutes without catching their notice. Having another class with them does not count. You must scout them up--" Out, up, whatever. "--and find them outside of your classes. Does anyone have any questions?"

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Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was there, looking fairly battered, but yes, she'd remembered to get the coffee. The good kind. Mmmm, coffee. Too bad she wasn't allowed to have that for a couple days.

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[momslilassassin]

Ben shot her a slightly cocky grin that faded a bit when he realized how beat up she looked. It wouldn't be as fun to sneak up on her if she was zoned out on pain meds.

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah noticed the grin, then rolled her eyes when she realized Force powers! Mannn, that would make it easier for him... and ow. She rubbed her head and scowled in annoyance. This was going to be even trickier if she was supposed to be resting up. Darnit. "Can we say this starts Mondayish? Maybe?"

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[momslilassassin]

"Sure," Ben said. "You won't notice me anyway, of course." He grinned. "I'm very good at hiding. Even my Dad can't find me."

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Nuts," Dinah said, lips quirking sideways. "Well, I gotta keep looking. You can sense me with that Force stuff, right?"

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[momslilassassin]

Ben nodded. "From across the island, if I was really trying," he said. "Most of the time, I have just a general idea where my family is and don't pay much attention to everyone else."

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah thought about it, and decided she could deal with that. "You still have to observe me without me seeing you for ten minutes. I think I can make it difficult for you. After the weekend, anyway." Because she'd be fine by Monday! Yes! *snort* "That has to be handy, though. If I could do that with just people I know, I'd like that."

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[momslilassassin]

"The frequencies get a little scrambled during Parents Weekend and stuff," Ben admitted. "I have a set of my own relatives, and then Jaina's come, or Granddad's Luke arrives and it's a big headache."

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Owwwww," Dinah said in sympathy. She had much more of that after meeting Roy and Bruce this semester. "Was it hard, to keep them all straight, when you first got here?" Although... "Or were you here first?"

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[exspeedydotcom]

Roy glanced over at Dinah as part of a standard visual check of the room, then kind of did a doubletake. What the heck?

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah caught Roy's look, and waved one bandaged arm, looking rueful. "Hey. Coffee?"

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[exspeedydotcom]

"What the heck happened to you?" Roy asked.

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah's level of pissed-off had leveled off to where this was kind of embarrassing now. "Training accident. Uh. I got blown off my feet on the beach when a boulder exploded." And why was she protecting Azula? It made her feel like a battered wife or girlfriend or something, the urge to cover for the other girl's loss of control. Some of her irritation came back enough to say, "Azula screwed up."

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[exspeedydotcom]

"Azula blew up a boulder?" Roy said doubtfully. "And this was training?"

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah picked up a muffin and started peeling the paper off. "We've been working on using my telekinesis on water and stuff like sand, earth. Using what's around you, you know? Yesterday she decided to 'test' me," Dinah eye-rolled, and rubbed her head. "Earth and water and hand-to-hand at once. Then she had to show off her lightning after we'd been sparring and I got her wet one too many times. Boom."

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[exspeedydotcom]

Roy, aware that he had absolutely no room to talk even as he said it--seriously, some of the things the Titans had gotten up to just because they were bored and no adults were around, it was lucky none of them had died--asked her, "Okay, and where was your responsible adult in all this?"

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"...somewhere in town?" Dinah turned red, then blinked. "I mean, I told Professor Atreides I was training with Azula, and Arthur too." Not that Arthur approved, nooooo. "But it's not like we had a monitor any of the times we did this. Half the time it was just speed-training, anyway."

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[heromaniac]

Momoko had actually listened to part of the radio broadcast last night and was glad to see Dinah was in class.

"Dinah! Are you okay? Well, I mean, I know you are, since they said you went to the clinic and now you're in class." Momoko's arms flailed a bit. "You look horrible!"

Then, in a stern whisper, "You didn't go without me, did you?"

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Nooooo!" Dinah whispered. Then in a normal voice, "Training accident, powers got out of hand. Azula's. Not mine." She sighed. "... do I really look horrible?"

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[heromaniac]

And this OBVIOUSLY meant they wouldn't be going out to Baltimore again for a while. At least until she healed up.

"Well, not like, you were chasing a monster and fell in a trail of slime and slid into a garbage can from a sushi restaurant that was experimenting with dyed rice, levels of horrible." That had never happened to her, but it should be a lesson to all that eating stale Chinese food before bed was not conducive to good dreams. "Just, wow. All bruises and bandages! You also just look sore all over! What kind of training?"

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Good to know," Dinah said, a little weakly, then, "Telekinesis. With water and earth, we've been doing it since September." She gave the back of one hand a rueful look. "Azula lost control of her lightning and blew up a rock. I didn't get out of blast range in time."

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[heromaniac]

Whoa! "You can control lightening?! That's awesome! I didn't know that!"

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Azula can control fire, and she's a really good martial artist." Dinah shook her head. "And I don't know, she wasn't controlling the lightning really great yesterday. Gah."

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[heromaniac]

"Ah! I'm no good at all in actual fighting fighting stuff. That's Kaoru's specialty." Momoko waved away the voice in the back of her head that sounded a LOT like one of Centurion's tactics lectures.

"So how do you train your telekinesis? When you're doing it right and not trying to get an audition for the zombie band at Caritas, I mean?" She tapped lightly at one of Dinah's bandages.

Re: The TA's [L&O Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Visualizing what I want to happen before I do it, and there's gestures that help me focus when it's for water or earth," Dinah said, demonstrating one for making a water-whip. "Professor Atreides worked with me a lot the last couple semesters, so I could concentrate enough to manipulate small stuff, not have it go all over the place. Azula's training was kind of like that." She tilted her head. "You don't have any fighting training at all?" That was worrying.