First Study Session

[lockdownmods]

The second week is almost over and it seems as though maybe things will be just fine. You wake on this Friday as fine as any other. And even as you go through the Dormitory, everything seems to be just fine.

But once you step outside...

You've been waiting for this to happen, you were warned from the beginning that it possibly could. And yet, you'd hoped that you wouldn't have to worry. That everyone would stand strong, together against this stupid test.

Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case.

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[covertizer]

[ What. ]

He just locked him up?!

[ No??? The good boy?! ]

I hope you bit his ankles. [ To robocorg. Destroy him. ]

[donotlick]

[ The dog barks, voice its ever-robotic self. ]

IT WAS DARK. I DID NOT LIKE IT!

[ Hank pets the robo-corgi's head, soothing him. ]

There there, little guy. You're good now.

[covertizer]

Yeah, the dark kinda sucks, right?

[ Hello Hank he's getting up close to give the very good boy some very good head pats. Who is the bestest best boy? Yes it's the robocorgo. ]

I'm glad he's alright. Or as alright as any of us can be in this place.

...

I was worried Todd had done something to him. Something worse.

[donotlick]

[ Calleto is so happy!! So happy. The happiest corgi. Hank's smile gets a little less pained when he sees the little guy love those rubs. ]

Yeah, same here. Can't believe he'd just locked him up somewhere.

[covertizer]

It may have been because he's Vivi-chan's. Or maybe he's just the kind of person who pulls the wings off of flies.

[ GOOD CALLETO. ]

[donotlick]

Probably a little of both, to be honest. Hale seems like the kind of asshole who took a magnifying glass to some ants and called it science.

[ Oh boy oh boy what a good dog. Way to keep Hank sane, Calleto!!! ]

[covertizer]

[ Calleto appreciation club - population, Akira and Hank. ]

It takes that kind of a jerk to be willing to hold a powerful role in a program like this.

[donotlick]

Right. Though at this point I have to wonder just how "powerful" he is with some of the shit he's having to deal with.

[ but that might be the subject of a private conversation..... ]

[covertizer]

Right now he's in a more powerful position than us. And it seems like he other Overseers all answer to him first and foremost.

[ HMMMM. ]

[donotlick]

Right, but this school ain't all there is, y'know? Hale didn't get us all here by flipping a damn switch. He's got backers, and the school has a president. That kinda shit.

Hale's just the tip of the iceberg.

[covertizer]

The tip of the iceberg is all we have to aim for right now. If we stick our neck out too far, it becomes a target.

[ ... ] We need a way to find out who pulls Todd's strings, without putting a spotlight over our heads.

[donotlick]

Or we might knock down the peg holding up the floodgates, who knows.

[ Hank shrugs. ]

If you figure out how to do that, let me or Connor know, kid.

[covertizer]

I specialise in rocking the boat, so to speak. Sometimes you have to risk something to gain something, within reason.

Will do. If you fancy helping, let me know.

[donotlick]

Kid, you're like 16. No offense, but I doubt you want me hounding whatever half-baked scheme you come up with.

So if you come up with something solid, you let me know. But I'm a cop -- my job's supposed to be to keep you out of trouble, y'know?

[ if you must do crazy shit, don't tell hank... ]

[covertizer]

17.

[ Excuse you. ]

And I don't make half-baked schemes. I make ones that work because the people who are supposed to be helping people like me, don't.

[donotlick]

One year ain't much better.

[ Still a baby. ]

Right, then you have fun with that. If you ever wanna try and be responsible, then let me know. If you're gonna run around half-cocked, then the less I know, the better.

[covertizer]

It can make all the difference.

[ Hmmmm. ]

I suppose your idea of a responsibility and mine differ, and that's that. [ He's protected people, and kept his team safe this long. Hank can think what he wants. ]

[donotlick]

Kid, I'm fifty fucking years old. A year is literally nothing to me.

[ He's an old man. ]

Yep, pretty much. I know telling you to cool your teen jets ain't gonna do shit, anyway.

[covertizer]

Yeah, because you're fifty. For me? A year can make all the difference.

[ Gran'pa. ]

Pretty much.