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Jack casually walks down the hall and into the construction wing. He sees Myles waiting behind the corner. "Ok, now tell me, why did I just come over here?" He sits down and leans against the wall.

"Because I've got something here that we'll need." He steps to the first door and points at it.

"Watch and learn. The plaque on that door, with the runes on it, and the eye in the middle? That's a magic alarm. The door opens without a spell, the alarm triggers something else. Fortunately for us, the door and lock aren't magical at all, which means I can do this..."

He grows out his tail and uses it to take a small runed gemstone out of his pocket, and holds it in front of the eye. He takes a key and a pocketknife out of his other pocket, and talks as he goes to the doorknob.

"See, that's the weakness of using a half-and-half system like this. If the lock was magical, it could be tied directly to the alarm. But since the lock is mechanical, the alarm needs a patch to keep it from tripping when the key opens the door. The patch is usually attatched to the key intended for the lock, that's what the symbolic eye looks for, but since I'm using a bump key, I use the rune-stone to cover up the loose end, and... bingo."

The key in the lock, and a sharp tap to the key with the pocketknife, and the pins jump, letting him turn the key and open the door. "That's all it takes. Now we wait for Kento."

Myles swings the door open and steps inside. "Okay, come on in quick."

Inside, there's a large open space, with half-finished supports, cloth-draped equipment, and a handful of construction golems standing dormant along the far wall.

"The space is waiting on plans to go through, so I've been using a storage room over that way for some things too big to make in the dorms. I get my own materials, so I'm not stealing anything here. Just using the space. I've got... something else in mind for storage that I'm working on, so I'll be out of here by the time construction starts up again."

Myles walks over to the storage room ands opens it up. "The relevance is, I have something in here that will prevent posession. I can whip us up some simple talismans, we probably can't distribute them to all the students but we can protect ourselves."

"It may not be the problem, but it is a problem, and a shielding talisman just might give the edge that makes a difference between fighting them off and letting them in. Let's say you know you're going to be in a firefight, and there's a high probability your enemy may be loaded with armor-piercing rounds. Would it make sense to just shrug and leave your Kevlar behind because of that?"

Jack shakes his head. "First of all, if the enemy has armor piercing rounds, then the kevlar might just be extra weight since it wouldn't have any effect. Second of all, what the crap is that little sparkler going to do? Is it supposed to dazzel them to death?"

He walks back to the door. "Listen, I appreciate what your trying to do, but I cant waste my time with this type of stuff." He said in a calmer voice. "Im going back to the classes to see if thier is anything new to learn." He stops and raises his hands to his mouth, getting ready to shout. "XANDER!!! GET IN HERE AND LISTEN TO WHAT MYLES HAS TO SAY!!!" He starts walking again and reaches the door. Before exiting, he turns to Myles. "if what you have is any good, Xander will tell me about it. See ya." He leaves the closet and walks down the hall.

Xander steps forward. "Dont worry about it. I have a feeling he knows what hes talking about. Either that, or he is completly stupid. I always get those to feelings about him mixed up." He shrugs and walks to the closet. So what else you got in there?"