http://whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2015-01-26 11:11 pm
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Creative Problem Solving, Tuesday, period 3

Today’s class had Parker grinning like she’d won the lottery, or better, stolen the lottery winner’s winnings.

“LASERS.” Her preeecious. She pointed to the two set-ups in the room: one a simple set of laser lines very close together (less than an inch apart or above the tiles that went across the floor), leading to a door; the other, a corner with moving lines going across all three dimensions, moving in a random pattern that made perfect sense if you were Parker. “Today we’re having you figure out either of these two set-ups, whatever’s easier for you, really, although I’ll tell you right now there’s better food behind the moving laser set-up.” She straightened. “Now, I don’t expect you to get this on your first try, or without some instruction, so pay careful attention, okay?”

Parker then proceeded to do this: At least the bits without Hardison and Eliot


“Okay! Also, there are at least two, three other ways around this. That don’t involve going through the field.” Although why you’d do that when you could twist and turn your way through a laser field, Parker would never understand.

"You're welcome," Eliot said. Yeah, that was about all he'd managed to contribute to this class other than the food.

“These lasers are visible right now, so you know, remember: in real life you might have to spray them with aerosol to see them.” Parker clapped her hands. “OKAY LET’S GO!”
vdistinctive: (daddy issues-face)

Re: Watch the Demonstration, Ask Questions

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2015-01-27 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"They're rigged to alarms," Eliot said. He wasn't about to start trying to explain the physics and optics of them -- he wouldn't know where to start. "They're a way for the owners of a place to know when someone's there who shouldn't be. You touch 'em, interrupt 'em in any way, people know you're there."
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Re: Watch the Demonstration, Ask Questions

[personal profile] notamascot 2015-01-27 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Huh..." She considered that. "I guess back home most places just have magic wards."
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Re: Watch the Demonstration, Ask Questions

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2015-01-27 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Eliot shrugged. "Kinda the same as here. Just, you know, with science. You still gotta know what it is and how to get around it."
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Re: Watch the Demonstration, Ask Questions

[personal profile] notamascot 2015-01-27 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Can you break the science-y thing that makes it work?" she asked.
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Re: Watch the Demonstration, Ask Questions

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2015-01-27 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can, yeah." Eliot raised his eyebrow. "Think you can?"
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Re: Watch the Demonstration, Ask Questions

[personal profile] notamascot 2015-01-27 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Kaylin shrugged. "Maybe? I can probably make it stop working, but I don't know if that would make alarms go off. I'm good at breaking stuff, but I don't really understand your, um... technology?"
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Re: Watch the Demonstration, Ask Questions

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2015-01-28 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, seems to me there's two ways around that," Eliot said. "Either try it and see what happens and hope you can dodge or beat any security that shows up --" that would be what Eliot used to do "-- or see if one of your classmates knows more about and can help out." And that was (sort of) what he did now.

Having a hacker on your team really was quite the benefit.
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Re: Watch the Demonstration, Ask Questions

[personal profile] notamascot 2015-01-28 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Kaylin looked around, assessing her classmates. "If Barry was here... He would know how to do that."

She sighed. "I don't understand enough about it to know who could help. I haven't seen anyone here do anything like this."

And she wasn't particularly trusting.

"I'll give it a try."

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Re: Watch the Demonstration, Ask Questions

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2015-01-28 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Eliot made a mental note to get more tech type stuff going in the class and nodded to her. "Go for it. If you're gonna fail at something like this, ya might as well do it somewhere you're guaranteed not to get hurt."
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Re: Watch the Demonstration, Ask Questions

[personal profile] notamascot 2015-01-28 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded. "Will do. And at least I know I'm good at running and fighting."

Not good like Eliot, but then, no one was good like Eliot.