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Neal had only gotten back to Fandom half an hour before class today was supposed to start. Which meant he hadn't yet seen his office, so he was still in a reasonably good mood. Lucky students.

Becase he had spent a grand total of no time planning today's lesson, and because Peter Burke had a habit of making sarcastic suggestions that actually sounded like really good ideas, class met in the Danger Shop. Where students would find a dark room without any furniture, but with two red buttons on opposite walls.

"So part of pulling off a good con is stealth," Neal said, which would've sounded much cooler except that he was kind of exhausted and had to yawn on that last part. Oops. "You have to be fast and move very carefully to avoid being seen or caught. So we're going to work on that today."

He hit a switch, and suddenly the room was filled with bright green laser beams, starting just feet away from where the students were standing. "The object is to get all the way from here to the other side, and hit that button there, without touching any of the lasers," he explained. "Meanwhile, for every twenty seconds you spend past a certain time, five more lasers will go up near the back wall. So you want to be fast, you want to be precise, and... you probably want to take off any jackets or loose jewelry you have."

If asked, he would run through the maze wearing the fedora and still not touch a single laser. But that was just bragging.

"The board up there will keep track of high scores," he added. "You can run through as many times as you want to to beat your time. Oh, and guys? Don't zap the lasers for your classmates while they're going through. That's just obnoxious."

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"A little help from my friends," Kenzi said, looking mysterious. "And a wheelbarrow. And some art installations around town. They're a statement, you know."

"Oh, so that explains that scarecrow I saw on the way into town," Neal joked.

Oh, Kenzi.

Kenzi gave him a grin. "We need to become vegetarians! Or something." She leaned against the desk and sipped her own coffee contentedly. "So, did you go back to New York for break? Tell Peter I was really really good while I was away from school."

"Yep, I helped Peter out with some stuff." At that last part, Neal smirked. "So does that mean you weren't?" he verified, amused. "You didn't end up in jail or facilitating underage tattooing, or anything?"

"We were doing Habitat for Humanity," Kenzi said virtuously. "...and then there was a lot of visiting bars with fake ID's, but hey. It's Newfoundland. There's not a lot else to do there, and the music was awesome."

"Can't say I've ever been," Neal replied. Which just said a lot about how highly he thought of the place. "Did you have fun?"

"It was cooool. The spa was majorly expensive, and so was the cruise ship. The life for meeee," Kenzi sang happily. "I'm going to make sure I don't get thrown out of school so I can see where they take us on Spring Break!"

"Hang on," Neal said, making sure he was following. "You built houses... and stayed in a spa and on a cruise ship."

What the hell.

"I know!" Kenzi was totally unfazed at that complete contradiction. "I painted the baby's room in red and black with cute little vampires."

Grow them up right!

Neal snorted. "Of course you did."

Kenzi grinned. "But this, today, ahh, it's good to be back. And hey, did you know the assistants have their own lounge (http://fandomassistant.livejournal.com/18616.html)?"

Or, as Kenzi called it, her New Secret Lair.

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