http://badassbutler.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] badassbutler.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2006-08-02 10:59 am
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Steath and Deception #4, Wednesday Morning, Dangershop

The students had received a handwaved e-mail to come to the Dangershop in the morning as opposed to Cafe Fina.

When the students arrived, they found themselves in the most varied landscape they had ever seen. Three kinds of forests, two kinds of swamps, a desert, two plains, a snowfield, and an urban environment.

A noticeably clean and shiny urban environment. Complete with a newspaper vending machine with a headline that read "Superman saves Metropolis from Giant Spinning Top!"


Then the students heard some cursing from the side. "How does Barbra deal with these things... wait, here we go."

The clean urban environment shimmered and was replaced by a dark, dilapidated cityscape. The newspaper headline was replaced with "Who is the Batman?"

A man stood up from the console and ran a hand through his hair. "Hi kids. I'm James Gordon, commissioner of the GCPD. I was also in the Special Forces when I was younger, so Alfred asked me to come talk to you guys about cameoflage."

He shrugged off his coat and walked over to the center of the danger room, where a table with a selection of military camouflage options in various sizes was sitting.

"The important thing to remember about camouflage," Gordon said, pushing up his glasses, "is that despite what television may tell you, there is nothing to make you disappear completely. Not even the Batman," he continued, nodding towards the newspaper vending machine, "can pull that off. All it can do is conceal you, force someone to actually look harder to find you. Ideally, you want to be harder to find than they are willing to put into looking."

Gordon looked down into his notes, pushed up his glasses again, and launched into a lecture on millitary camouflage.

"Alright then," he said. "I've got a bunch of environments up to practice on and a selection of uniforms here. Try to match the right camo to the right environment and see if you can find the best place to hide to make maximum use of the camouflage. I should have sizes for everyone here, but if you can't find something in your size, just tell me and I'll see what I can do."

He pulled out a small jar. "I also have camoflage face paint. See if you can figure out how to best use it in conjunction with your camouflage."

[[Wait for le OCD! Have fun kids! Don't break Gordon!]]

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[identity profile] walter-n-wires.livejournal.com 2006-08-02 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Apparently she hadn't learned how to camouflage looking bored during the lecture. Walter might have poked her gently in the ribs, while looking eminently engaged in Gordon's lecture.
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[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-08-02 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
That actually hadn't been listed under the important skills for an intelligence agent when not in an undercover situation.

She flashed him a look and wondered if he could possibly as into the lecture as he seemed.

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[identity profile] walter-n-wires.livejournal.com 2006-08-02 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Not in the least, as might be evidenced by the flash of a grin he gave her before returning to looking fascinated by Gordon's continued speech.

She might not have to look interested, but he had to assume that Alfred would see this class one way or another.
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[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-08-02 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Nadia slowwwwwwwwly sank lower in her chair, wondering if this guy was good enough to catch her if she tried to escape.

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[identity profile] walter-n-wires.livejournal.com 2006-08-02 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Walter kept his eyes on Gordon, but pulled out a pad and pen and wrote a quick note before passing both pad and pen to Nadia.

Phoebe's a mermaid.
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[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-08-02 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Nadia froze in her sliding and pulled out a pen of her own.

How'd THAT happen?

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[identity profile] walter-n-wires.livejournal.com 2006-08-02 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
She says she did a spell that went wrong.

Which was just illustrative of why he was never going to try being a wizard.

When looking fascinated by a lecture he was only half listening to was right up his alley.
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[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-08-02 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Should have guessed. Nadia started sliding again. New plan: escape class, go find Phoebe.

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[identity profile] walter-n-wires.livejournal.com 2006-08-02 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
She's OK. Bel, Lana & Piper are working on it. She's having fun for now.

Walter passed her the note and gave her a warning look.

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[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-08-02 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Nadia totally ignored the warning look.

She didn't work for Alfred.

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[identity profile] walter-n-wires.livejournal.com 2006-08-02 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Walter scribbled one last thing and dropped the pad in her lap. I can make your excuses to the teacher.

Since she obviously wasn't going to stick around and he really couldn't leave since no one was in imminent danger.
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[personal profile] nadiathesaint 2006-08-02 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Nadia nodded minutely and slunk off.

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[identity profile] walter-n-wires.livejournal.com 2006-08-02 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Walter watched her attempt to sneak out and shook his head. Well, it appeared he didn't need to make excuses for her after all.