The Science of Deduction, Friday - 12/3

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There was a note outside the classroom today, letting the students know to meet in the Danger Shop for class. Someone enjoyed that room a little too much for setting up examples.

"Today we'll be looking into the observation of an unaware subject," Sherlock informed them upon arrival. He possibly definitely gave William a sharp look. Because, really now. Really. "First lesson is that we do not accept drinks from the targets. Especially not ones who have picked up on your presence."

And that would be another look aimed at poor William.

"And if they do give you a drink, you leave because they've seen you," he added with a smile that was nowhere near genuine. "So, today you're all to spread out and attempt to observe one of your classmates without being noticed. I understand this may be a difficult task, but try to blend in."

A beat.

"Even with the hats."

Goddamn Fandom.

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In the Christmas spirit!

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William Murdoch

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Bruce Wayne

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James of Krondor

Observe!

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Watch your classmates. Not in a creepy way.

...

Hopefully.

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[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James pretended to scribe notes as he kept watch out of the corner of his eye on various classmates.

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[icecoldfrost]

Unless you were a psion of some type, Emma was, to all appearances, absolutely absorbed in reading the Wall Street Journal and couldn't give a shit about today's assignment.

In reality, she was playing "catch the brains," and was doing her best to observe all her classmates telepathically, seeing how many she could multitask with before one slipped away. And anyone she sensed trying to observe her would be instantly - and discreetly - flipped off as the signal that they'd been caught.

This was not cheating. It was using her resources, and Holmes ought to approve.

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[momslilassassin]

Ben gave her a little smirk when he felt her presence in his mind. Hi there.

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[icecoldfrost]

<<Busted,>> she lamented. <<Although I assume I could be whisper-silent, and you'd still know I was here.>>

Stupid Jedi, with their plethora of shiny shiny powers. Why couldn't she have been a Jedi instead of a mutant? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A HORRIBLE PLAN, THAT'S WHY

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[onlymistaken]

Cally shot a look vaguely in Emma's direction -- then in Ben's, then around the rest of the room, wondering if there were even more students in here with psionic gifts. She could tell there was someone watching her in more than a physical way, but her own power was mostly passive, so unless directly contacted, she could only make a best guess.

Still, just the fact that there were people using more than their eyes for the exercise made her smile. At least for as long as it took for the fuzzy ball on the end of her hat to fall over and tickle her nose again. Sigh.

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[notmyownage]

Claudia found a place to chill and tried to unobtrusively watch people, while pondering how exactly they were supposed to not be noticed watching people when those people were trying not to be noticed watching you and everyone knew that everyone else was trying not to be noticed.

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[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie found a place to lounge, quietly observing her classmates. Hopefully, she blended in enough so they wouldn't notice.

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[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Ariel was a lot better at this than she would have thought she was, as she observed quite often, she just did it naturally without really taking note of what she saw.

Of course, now that she was in class, she was taking notes on everything. So everyone else could observe how oh-so-scholarly she was. Clearly.

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[onlymistaken]

Cally did her best to concentrate on observing the people around her, planning to narrow it down to one person when something struck her as interesting -- but sneezing every five minutes because she was getting hit in the nose with a white fluffy ball of cotton was not exactly unobtrusive.

There was a pile of hats on the floor of her room big enough for Nana to make a nest in, though, so she didn't bother trying to take thing off again.

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[dontvotemeout]

One of the parts of his training that Jason had picked up quickly was being observant. He'd had that skill all his life - you had to be sharp to stay alive in Crime Alley, and spotting a potential threat before they decided to make you a potential victim was an important skill. None of the people here were threats, as far as Jason knew, so keeping an eye on them was a little different, but he still found himself falling into it rather easily. He decided to focus on the girls first, if for no other reason than he knew he wouldn't be able to watch Bruce without him noticing.

Plus, that would have felt a little creepy, probably.

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[heromaniac]

Momoko had no idea anyone was reading her mind. And really she didn't care, today. She'd slept late this morning, and even though it was after lunch she still had a huge headache. Stupid awesome sugar snow.

She rested her head on her desk and let her eyes roam the classroom.

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When they ping in!

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce had removed forty-one Santa hats from his head today. He had yet to remain without one for more than a couple minutes. It was officially annoying.

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[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

William was accustomed to wearing a hat most of the time, of course. It just usually wasn't so... bright. And floppy. Once he figured out that removing it wasn't going to do any good, he just gave up and let it remain.

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And his jaunty Santa hat that will notgo away.

OOC

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I LOVE THAT HAT.

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[takesaftermom.livejournal.com]

He makes the hat work. ♥!

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[3patchproblem.livejournal.com]

It's the cheekbones that do it.

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[onlymistaken]

Cally is not having with this hat thing. It makes her hair less fluffy.

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[3patchproblem.livejournal.com]

It is so fluffy... It might eat my soul.