[COLOR=GRAY][INDENT][INDENT][i]Adie's small stature hid her well within most of the crowd. Her drone recorded everything, hovering within the cover of a tent with a shorn off roof. They were snatching up kids. Making their sales pitch. Adie reached out into the humm. [color=lime]"Come on, dammit... gimme something to work with here..."[/color] She reached out as far as she could... and had a handful of minotaurs, her drone, and a bunch of kids cell phones. The distant hedge also seemed to be buzzing with the humm as well, but it had some form of security which would take some time to crack, and everything the humm influenced seemed to be directed inwards. Then the masked leader lifted another closer and brought him straight to their face. They were talking, but Adie blocked it all out, twitching slightly, with all focus on the humm. Her teeth clenched. [color=lime]"Rrrr... you've given me nothing to work with..!"[/color] "Maybe, I could pull a car in for cover, but how long would that..." A sudden gasp and scream distracted her from the humm. The boy was airborne. Pandemonium. Another boy saw an opening to attack the masked man, threw some kind of distracting pyrotechnic, and then performed a remarkably acrobatic roll to a firearm, which he fired upon the masked man. To minimal effect. The masked man's hand came to a single point and skewered the boy. His body slumped to the ground. More gasps and screams. Adie's breath quickened. She was frustrated. She felt useless. [color=lime]"Nothing? Not a Goddamn thing to work with in this whole fucking open field?!"[/color] The masked man, his accomplice and their new followers left, with minimal effort or concern from reprisal. She tapped into the humm and sent minotaurs to the crumpled students and another to the faculty members where one was missing an arm. [color=lime]"[b]WAIT![/b]"[/color] She called out to the students gathered by the one who fell from the sky. [color=lime]"Don't move that one without a stretcher! Check the car for one! Might have neck or spinal damage!"[/color] [/i] [/INDENT][/INDENT][hr][CENTER][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/ea908735971a18689ce44bad239a48d2/tumblr_inline_p7hbyrrZpH1rrrkde_500.gifv[/img][/CENTER][indent][sub][COLOR=SILVER][B]Location:[/B][/COLOR] [I]Pacific Royal Collegiate & University - Dundas Islands, Pacific Ocean[/I][/sub][sup][right][COLOR=SILVER][b]First Class: # 2.16[/b][/COLOR] [I]Devices Not Detected[/I][/right][/sup][/indent][sub][hr][/sub][INDENT][sub][color=SILVER][B]Interaction(s):[/B][/COLOR] Nil[/sub][SUP][RIGHT][COLOR=SILVER][b]Previously:[/b][/COLOR] [i]Roomies and Being Recognised[/I][/right][/SUP] [INDENT] [color=Lime]"Jonas! You left me ass out in the breeze!"[/color] Adrianna leapt from the minotaur as it continued on towards the infirmary. Surrounded by members of H.E.L.P.'s Enforcement Division, Jonas was mid conversation with a H.E.R.O. Unit when he turned to dismiss Adrianna. [color=white]"Miss Dahl, I really don't have the time right now..."[/color] The normally unflappable Chancellor looked rushed. [color=white]"I need a full sweep of the grounds, Hyperion and Miss Miracle abducted several students, they could still be on this island. The remaining students need to be evacuated from the Plateau and returned to the campus. Have security perform a full lockdown, no one goes out and no one else is gettin-"[/color] [color=lime]"No. I'm sure you don't. And I'm betting it's part of the same thing."[/color] He stopped and his jaw clenched tightly for a second. Then relaxed again. So quickly you could scarcely be sure it happened at all. [color=white]"Not here and not now. I'll meet you in my office when I am done coordinating efforts to catch the son of a bitch who violated the sanctity of my sanctuary. Thusly, I am quite busy right now, and do not have the time to hear individual concerns."[/color] [hr] [color=white]"Now, what was so important you had to accost me publicly? I presume this was about the incident of--"[/color] He was understandably defensive. He'd undoubtedly been fielding questions about this all day, and it doubtless had this negative effect on his mood. [color=lime]"Whoa, Jonas! Not a reporter. That's not what this is."[/color] [color=white]"Really, you're not here to tell me that the school left one of many students vulnerable to--"[/color] [color=lime]"Climb. Down. Off. The Cross. Jonas. This is about what the school could do to prevent this from happening again, and what, incidentally, may well have prevented this..."[/color] She'd already used incident- [color=lime]"...happenstance?"[/color] [color=white]"What point exactly are you driving at?"[/color] [color=lime]"Verstile electronic infrastructure with the potential for defensive capabilites. In the 'deadzone' vulnerabilities. In particular that massive Plateau. Between myself and Isabella you have access to two of the preeminent technopaths on Earth. By not providing us with the resources to maximise our abilities, Jonas, not only are you endangering students by failing to provide adequate protection from threat, but you're preventing me from maximising my hyperhuman potential as a student."[/color] Jonas soured. [color=white]"Your Hyperhuman potential as student?"[/color] Jonas removed his glasses, massaging the bridge of his nose briefly before replacing them on his face with a sharp inhale. [color=white]"The only potential you should be optimizing your learning outcomes and career prospects. I have no intention of allowing you to turn this island into your own private panic room or war room."[/color] [color=lime]"But I could've--"[/color] [color=white]"I have been accommodating enough. In your own words, you said you wanted to be treated as just another regular student, yes? You are not behaving--"[/color] [color=lime]"But Jonas--[/color] [color=white]"Miss Dahl, while I've appreciated your investment in the past, you are no longer in that position and so long as you continue as a student at this institute you will respect my authority and act accordingly. Should you wish to reevaluate your station here at Pacific Royal we can have a different discussion."[/color] Cold washed over the conversation, as Adie noticed a palpable shift in the man. How exactly, she couldn't put her finger on. If nothing else it made her think, and not just throw up emotional rebuttal. That was going to get her nowhere, and honestly, was beneath her. A different tack. [color=lime]"Alright. Fair enough. You are correct. I apologise for my behaviour. I may have... been taking some liberties due to our past relationship. But I am here as a student."[/color] She continued. [color=lime]"As a student, the discretionary decisions for the construction of infrastructure of any kind are [b]ENTIRELY[/b] out of my purview, and solely yours. When I was investing, I had my faith in you to make sound decisions, as I still do now. I had a suggestion, and delivered it in a less than reasonable fashion, and certainly crossed lines. I am a student."[/color] Adie got to her feet. She turned. [color=lime]"Just checking. The students of the university... They still have access to the resources of the Laboratories and Tech Wing leading up to term as well, yes? Well, I've got to go now, Professor Lehrer. As a student I've been inspired. I'm feeling this great [b]NEED[/b] to start right away. And you know what they say about necessity... it's the mother of what comes next..."[/color] [color=white]"Stop right there."[/color] Jonas ordered, [color=white]"Before you do something rash, as a student, who can be expelled and removed from these premises. How about you instead, as a student, go and see Professor Christianson."[/color] Pausing, Jonas stood and opened the door for Adrianna. [color=white]"I know you're used to being in charge, however being a student at Pacific Royal means that there are already people in place with talents for taking care of these issues. While I don't enjoy the idea of turning the Plateau into some technological horror, I do agree with the sentiment of further improving the defenses of the school and her campus. Professor Christianson is already working on this and could perhaps use a second perspective."[/color] Adie considered the offer, and accepted. She wasted no time beating a path to the door of the Dean of Computer Sciences' door. 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