fandomhigh | Stealth and Deception #5, Wednesday Morning,

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.]]}

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"Do you think that Mr. Pennyworth would provide us with cute partners too?"

"Maybe if we asked really nicely?"

"Who can say 'no' to two sweet faces such as ours?"

"Right... You ask him then!"

"Kay!"

Pippi raised her hand to get Alfred's attention again.

"Pippi!!" Lana hissed, but couldn't stop herself from giggling.

"Now Lana, it never hurts to ask." Pippi said tartly.

Lana couldn't stop giggling and just waved Pippi to go ahead and do whatever she was going to do.

Alfred saw the raised hand and walked over. "Can I help you two? Do you need more demonstration?"

"We were wondering, Mr. Pennyworth, if we would also be issued cute partners to follow us around?" she asked sweetly.

"I'm afraid that I could not obtain those. You'll have to find them on your own. Although I'm told the Britannica Cowboys have very good going rates."