Wednesday, March 23, 2016

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After School

Today's exams were exhausting...

We still have tennis practice today, but it's a short practice and we really spend more time just having fun pairing off for casual singles matches than anything. It's good stress relief after today's testing.

After about forty minutes, Chrysalis calls a halt and has us all sit down and stretch. She asks us what our Spring Break plans are. Half the team is going somewhere for Spring Break; half are staying at home, either to relax or to take extra shifts at part-time jobs. Some of the team (especially the guys) are jealous of our plans to go to Haytona.

Once we're all finished, Chrysalis smiles. "Well...it sounds like you've all got your break planned out...that's good. I hope you all have a good time. I'll see you again in two weeks!"

Pinkie and I head back to the dorm in high spirits.

Evening

Once again, dinner conversation is split between exams and Spring Break.

"Flash," Twilight asks suddenly, "are you bringing your guitar with you to Haytona?"

I frown. "I hadn't actually thought about it," I say. "I guess I probably should, but...honestly? I'm not too sure I want to risk the airline losing it. Or it getting damaged in the luggage compartment, or...you know...anything else."

Rainbow sighs. "I didn't even think about that," she says. "Guess I'm not takin' mine either."

"I think your guitars will probably be safer here than they would if you took them," Shining Armor says. "Don't worry, I'll look after all your stuff."

"Did you finish getting the new security system installed?" Cadance asks.

"Just about," Shining Armor says. He frowns. "I spent half the day finding the instructions for it online. Damn thing came with an instruction manual in Neighponese."

"I hate when that happens," Rainbow says. "Dad bought a stereo like that one time."

"Anyway, I've got my old friend Poindexter coming by tomorrow to help finish up the install," Shining Armor says. "He's good with that kind of thing, he can make sure I actually set it up right." He looks around at all of us. "After school tomorrow, before you all start packing, you'll need to be scanned into the system."

"Scanned in?" Sweetie Belle asks.

"This security system doesn't use a code," Shining Armor explains. "It uses a retina scanner."

"Oooh, fancy," Pinkie says.

"Fancy and expensive," Shining Armor says. "And that's why the damn manual is in Neighponese." He shrugs. "Anyway, the only two ways to operate it are retina scan and a magnetic key. The key's staying with Cadance and there's only one copy. The rest of you, you'll have to use the retina scanner to get in or out or disarm the system. I'll explain it all tomorrow."

A retina scanner...that's a good idea. It's a lot harder to defeat one of those than it is any other security system.

Of course, if Sunset Shimmer is determined to burn down the dorm, she doesn't really need to get inside, but...

After dinner, I study for my my last two exams until bedtime.