Hall/Gym - Myra, Wren, Joe
"Thanks Myra, was wondering where I left that! Cass also replied in a too loud voice,
"and I was just looking for you, need your help with something ..." The council president grabbed a bunch of taken down posters as if she were busy with them, for she clearly also understood how to keep up appearances. Wren, who was so hypertuned as to miss nothing once she was in the zone, saw Cass and Myra casually head to the rear of the elevated stage of the multi-purpose hall which led out to the back entrance staircase. That felt like more than simply a casual conversation about to happen. Joe was downstairs in the gym, still churning his discoveries of Emily in his mind and contemplating what to do next.
"Don't worry I'm on your side. I know you know. Yes, something happened that shouldn’t have happened. " Cass was quick, sharp and to the point. She had the advantage over Myra because she comprehended, or seemed to comprehend, what was going on.
"Took you long enough to awaken. You’re a Lockwood."OOC:
Eldarin, you rolled success earlier, so here’s something you can detect, now decide whether you want to eavesdrop or join in, granting that Myra and Wren are already on the same side.
ThetaSigma, will still need an in-game post from you to say what Joe is up to next. Will he reply to Wren? Go off and do something else?
Did Minsoo have the time to undo her angular misjudgement? She found herself suddenly moving even faster than she thought herself possible, enough to flick Sarah's elbow another couple of millimeters or so. The javelin launched, and arced towards track team as Minsoo stumbled to the ground awkwardly from trying to reach too far at such an extreme angle.
Good job hurting yourself, came the voice in her head again; was that a hint of sarcasm? She craned her head up to look at the trajectory: the javelin arced higher and higher, too high, and came spearing down again a foot or so behind her teammates. Minsoo could hear some onlookers gasp and cry out in surprise.
Sarah herself screamed, hands over her mouth, her face aghast at what she had done as she looked at the team, and then down at Minsoo sprawled at her feet.
Jonathan witnessed all this in front of him as he drew near, the scene drawing attention from whomever else was present around the field. A couple of students looked like they were dashing off to fetch a teacher.
OOC:
I can assure you that willpower was a worthwhile point spent, it cancels the botch, although this still means you have no successes. But narratively I'm good with having the accident avoided. Witchdoctor, you're still in the scene if you want to witness what's going on. Or if either of you want to do anything before teachers arrive.
Kyle got to work on Jonathan’s request after his friend left to go find coach Corbin. Scrubbing the files of metadata wasn’t difficult, he could do it on his own laptop. Sending out files though, as far as his expert knowledge knew, will always be traceable even with the best of efforts. Regardless of the number of steps he took or the multiplying of remote server redirects, someone with better equipment and sufficient time, and of course better hacking skills, could always reverse trace. The question was who would go to such lengths to snuff their campaign, were they the same people who caused all social media posts of the event to be fuzzy or blanked out?
For maximum untraceability, Kyle knew he needed to use a computer that wasn’t his.That way the worst case would be that a trace would lead back to that computer alone. The computer labs, or even the robotics labs, would be a possibility, Kyle was heading there anyway as part of helping to pack up. He might not have sufficient time to prep though, seeing as the school day would be ending soon. Writing out his plan and building his bots first would take a decent part of the evening, in time for launch tomorrow.
OOC:
You rolled one success, which first determines that Kyle knows how to do this thing. Now I’ll need some rolls for actually doing it. Glitch the familiar can contribute to this dice pool. Let me know if you’re going to use magic on this, it’ll help me decide what rolls I want from you. And then lastly let’s talk about how foolproof it is, eg traceability.
Torrance weighed his options further. The school day was winding down. He would have to summon the others soon to get ready to break into the Burned Wing together. The question was whether he wanted to prep the breaking in first so that it'd be easier for all of them to get in, or wait for the others, for they might also have their own ways to do so. What he was weighing was what they hoped to find inside, whether that was worth the risk and effort of breaking in. He considered what Minsoo said about something in the basement, and what Myra mentioned about the strange layout. He himself managed to get some information; the question was what other information did they want to uncover.
Regarding information on Alex Vance, Torrance had read the current counselling file which contained his background and well-being records. In fact, Torrance had the opportunity to read all the files of his classmates that he cared to read about in the five minutes he spent in the archive room earlier. Torrance knew about Alex's visits and referrals. What Torrance did not see were the actual counselling notes: they would have been private and confidential, either under greater lock and key, or in the counsellor's computer files. There were tons of other files in the archive room; breaking in could mean that he could spend hours searching through them to find some clue, for he could not shake the intuitive feeling that somehow he would be able to find something about Emily Walsh, even though it was impossible as she was a brand new student. Or perhaps there were other secrets to uncover, whether in the files, or in the premises itself, that might make a break-in tempting.
OOC:
Best place for information on students would be the main admin office, which stores the registrar of all students, their complete personal and family data, basically everything on everyone. Respective subject offices, eg arts faculty, science faculty, stores information on student regarding their work, and also their grades. The counselling office, ie the Burned Wing, stores counselling records. Because the Burned Wing is an old rebuilt place, it might also store more historical information not found in the main admin office.
As for how easy it is to break-in, I'm treating this part of the scenario like a classic rpg heist! :) You'll have to enter locked doors, fool the guards, search rooms, etc to find what you want. And there'll be a map to explore. Eg getting through the main door is super easy if it's not closing time yet, but after the school is locked up, you'll have to bypass the lock. Or, as you suggested earlier, you might want to sabotage the doors to be unable to lock properly, and hope no one finds out you did so. Many options!
