Shop Class, Wednesday

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

As the students walked into the classroom, they should notice that there are several stations set up. At each station is a different kind of mechanical lock, and a set of lockpicking tools.

Sam was sitting on one of the desks, swinging her feet and fiddling with her own tools. "Morning. Each of you has a lock and set of lockpicking tools. You also have a printed manual with some how to instructions."

"For those of you not familiar with picking locks, look the material over and practice on your lock. For those of you who already know what you're doing," she smirked, "please review the material and see if you can help someone else. Or, if you get bored, I've got a stopwatch or you can compete against the other people who know what they're doing."

"Make sure you know what you're doing on different kinds of locks, though--I've got something in mind for Monday."

Comments

Novices

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Please help each other.

Experts

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Time yourselves, Compete against each other, Help the novices, etc.

Questions (IC)

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Twinkies, Brontosauri, etc.

OOC

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Anything else?

Re: Questions (IC)

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Can I hang out with Denver instead?" Kawalsky asked, referring to the miniature brontosaurus. Yes, he named the dinosaur. Yes, he was totally taking advantage of being friends with the teacher.

Re: OOC

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Man!! I wish Veronica & Marty were in this class so they could compete and settle the "who's a better lock pick?" question once and for all!!

Re: Questions (IC)

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam rolled her eyes. "Can you teach him to pick locks?"

Re: Questions (IC)

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Well, I can *try*. I can't guarantee that he'll learn."

Re: Questions (IC)

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

The baby dinosaur sat calmly by one of the sets of locks, and seemed to be considering how it would taste covered in leaves.

"Brain the size of a walnut. All I'm saying." She grinned. "Pretend you're dealing with Jack."

Re: Questions (IC)

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky smirked. "Right."

He turned to Denver and crouched down beside him. No, he was not getting attached to the holographic thing. At all. No way.

Re: OOC

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

My money's on V. But then I'm a little biased. I just finished a Season 1 & 2 marathon and am gleeing over a new, GOOD TV show to love and hug and be loyal to.

Re: Questions (IC)

[soldtoarmenians]

"You know," Xander said, blinking at the wee purple-ish dinosaur, "remind me not to bring the frog in here? Because he'd totally fall in love, and it would all end in tears. These real/hologram relationships never work out well."

Re: Experts

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia looked over the locks and lock pick sets, barely blinking at the so! very! cute! baby purple dinosaur.

"Can we keep the lock pick sets?"

Re: Experts

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia couldn't count the number of times she'd had to pick locks to get into or out of a place back in Argentina if she used both hands and both feet, so she figured she might be an expert. She grabbed a set of lock picks and quietly began opening the assortment of different locks around the rom.

Re: Experts

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam shrugged. "Sure, I guess so. Student expenses, right? Besides, around this place, you never know when you're going to need to get into or out of a room in a hurry."

Re: Questions (IC)

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam blinked at Xander, not unlike he was looking at the dinosaur, "Do I want to know how you know that?"

Re: Experts

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia smiled slightly. "Great. I've been meaning to get a set, anyway."

Re: Questions (IC)

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam watched Charlie bond with the holographic dinosaur and grinned. "Man, I wish I had a camera. The money I could make..."

Re: Experts

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Well, good. You've been saved a trip, I guess." Sam watched Nadia as she methodically and easily opened every lock in the room. "Since you seem to know what you're doing, would you do me a favor and help someone if it looks like they're unreasonably stuck or confused?"

She also made a note to program some of the more complicated locks into Nadia's scenario for Monday.

Re: Experts

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shrugged. "Sure."

Re: Questions (IC)

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander blinked back at her. "Galaxy Quest Season 2, episode 23? Grabthar's Hammer?"

Re: Experts

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander noted that quietly, and slipped his set into his backpack. Not that he was, you know, managing to open one simple key-lock at the moment, but the tools couldn't not come in handy at some point.

Re: Novices

[soldtoarmenians]

Okay, so Xander remembered just enough of somebody else's military lockpicking training to a) recognize that it was never somebody else's specialty, and b) not get lost reading the manual. Catburgler extraordinaire, this did not make him.

He set about working on a very simple key-based padlock, and... at least hadn't yet broken off any of the lockpicks in it?

Re: Novices

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam wandered over, hands in pockets. "Hey. How're you doing, Xander?"

Re: Novices

[soldtoarmenians]

"I... haven't busted it yet? I consider this an accomplishment." He actually sort of had an idea what he was supposed to be doing; he just kept losing concentration and staring off into space every so often, before returning to the task.