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

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shook her head. "Never letting anyone know you have something worth taking."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras nodded.

"But, what if it's something that you need other people to know about? Like the key to a code? Or a cure for some disease? Those are valuable. Some people would think they were worth stealing."

[nadiathesaint]

"Then you have to accept the fact that it's going to be vulnerable and use what you've got. Or distribute it widely enough that it becomes easily accessible and thus no longer valuable."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

"I guess it's a mercenary old world, then," said Seras with a short laugh. She crossed her arms.

"Good think I asked Pip for lessons, really."

[nadiathesaint]

"Sounds like it. Don't worry too much, though. For the most part, people will get tripped up by locks like these."