Stealth and Deception #5, Wednesday Morning,

[badassbutler.livejournal.com]

After getting another handwaved e-mail to come to the Danger Shop, the students would have found if littered with doors. Lots and lots and lots of doors.

"Good morning class," Alfred said as they entered. "Breakfast and caffeine are over there. Get some, sit down, and we'll talk about infiltration. Now there are many types of alarms and many ways of keeping a person out of a door. But we who are exceptionally sneaky do not worry about such things as locks or alarms, do we?

"As I said before, the types of locks and alarms are limitless. And some of them require some very specialized knowledge and tools to break. Therefore, today we are only going to talk about one, the one with the most useful applications."

Alfred held up a rolled up black cloth and let it unroll, revealing a line of well kept tools.

"Today, class, we're going to talk about lockpicking."

So saying, he went into his lecture

After finishing, he took a sip of tea from a nearby cup and pointed to a table. "On that table are lockpicking sets. These aren't holographs, they're real lockpicking sets I obtained for you, and they are yours to keep.

He gestured to the doors behind him. "Have fun, class. I'll be here if you need any hands on assistance. And don't be afraid to ask."

He glanced down at his notes. "Oh, and will Miss Santos see me after class?"

_{[[The OCD, she is up, so have fun! I'll be absent for a good part of the day, so forgive me if I don't respond for a while.]]}

Comments

Re: Lockpick

[nadiathesaint]

"You'd be amazed by how many different places you can easily hide a lock pick," Nadia mentioned casually as she popped open one of the more complex locks.

Re: Lockpick

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter was well-trained enough in focus not to look away from what he was doing until after he'd managed to pop the lock, which definitely was not something he got done as quickly as Nadia or Briar.

Then he may be looked Nadia over appraisingly, considering where she might be hiding lock picks.

"I'm not sure I'd be too surprised. Maybe you could show me what to look for sometime."

Re: Lockpick

[nadiathesaint]

"Hair is a popular choice. Also, the back of a woman's heeled shoe, as long as your lock pick is made of the right material. Most pumps have built in bars in order to provide the proper arch support, so a lock pick slid in just next to that will go unnoticed even through x-ray security."

Re: Lockpick

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Remembering hooker detention, Walter said, "Earrings would provide camouflage as well, I assume, depending upon the style. Inside belt buckles, since they're usually metal and vary enough in size to offer hiding places of various sorts. Eyeglass frames, pens...." He shook his head.

"It seems to me the only way to be certain someone in your care isn't hiding anything is to put them in clothes of your choosing and take all of their accessories. As well as remembering to search their hair, of course."

Re: Lockpick

[nadiathesaint]

"Even then, depending on your target, you may have to do some . . . more thorough searches." Nadia held up a very small tension wrench. "Houdini, for example, adapted himself to keeping one of these in his cheek, to the point where no one could tell he had it. Or, at least, that's what I've heard."