p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"The class was in full attendance, thirteen sets of eyes focused on the static filled TV screen at the front of the class. One set of eyes looking to nowhere in particular. Most of the students, after taking in the information that had just played across the television, began looking around./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"| The screen lit up from its previously black and blank state. A man, waist up, was displayed. The man appearedbr /| to be the teacher. In a deep, calm voice, he began to /| em"Good evening, class. You are being watched by seven different cameras, all hidden expertly by yours/em emtruly./embr /|em Your assignment is to find all the cameras, along with their coordinated wire taps. I will know if you cheat/embr /|em by using outside electronics. For every camera and wire tap you cannot find, you will be docked a/em emletter/embr /|em grade. Which would mean, not finding five or more is failure. Good luck."/embr /| The feed stopped, and instead of the screen returning to black, the room filled with the gross noise of static./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Then, the chatter started./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"emHow long does this class last? Isn't it an hour long? I thought it was an hour and a half! Who cares, we have to find those cameras! Don't forget about the wires! Oh god, does that mean there are fourteen things to find? I don't want to fail!/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Finally, thirteen teens shot up from their desks and searched around. The only person to stay seated was Sky, a mysterious child. To many, Sky was seen as genderless, and some even wondered if Sky actually existed, or if Sky was some strange ghost... To make things easier, Sky was often referred to as a boy, but he had no preference./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"So, this mysterious boy let his eyes wander to the static filled television, watching the patterns run jumbled across the screen./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"A few other kids gave him perplexed looks- Shouldn't he be helping? Ugh, ignore him!- and continued to search. One student in particular, Zen, was extremely annoyed that Sky had the balls to sit while everyone else searched frantically. His friend, Rocky, had to calm him before the duo continued their own search./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"The minutes ticked by, but nothing was found. Fifteen minutes into the search. Nothing./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Sky stood from his desk, walking up to the apparently useless television. He circled it once, inspecting the wheeled cart it was on, and noted how it was cordless. There must be a powerful battery attached. "To last one hour..."/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Zen looked over and scowled. So now the weirdo was talking to himself?/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Hey, ghost boy, are you going to help us or stay useless?" He scrunched up his nose, scrutinizing Sky./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"In return, Sky gave the ruder boy a blank look, tilting his head. He didn't find being rude a very helpful tactic. "You haven't found anything," he stated before returning to the television./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Zen turned red with anger, but Rocky swooped in to calm him down. She was good at dealing with his temper, and often had to./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Ignoring the duo, Sky began to push the wheeled cart to the teacher's desk, where the teacher wasn't. The static on the television caused some sort of reaction, and feedback screeched through the room. Every student- save for Sky- immediately covered their ears. Sky gave a bored smile and left the cart, getting closer to the feedback... and found a wiretap, along with a small camera, situated carefully on the edge of the teacher's desk. They had blended in perfectly with the pencils and other school utensils. Upon removing the wire tap and camera, the feedback stopped. The room returned to silence, as silent as it could be with the static./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Great thinking, Sky! We can use the telly to find the rest! Someone's useful!" Wight chirped, walking over to Sky and slinging an arm around his shoulder. "Who's my pale-ass genius? You are!"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Sky blinked, then stared at Wight. He didn't remember the Korean boy, but wouldn't mention it. Sky didn't remember many people, honestly./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"He sighed, bored, before oh so graciously explaining what he was doing./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""...We aren't allowed to use outside electronics, but the teacher purposely kept the television on static so we could use it. Espionage is tricky... I guess, you can't always bring your cellphone or something when spying, since it could give you away... But if there's already something there for you to use, it can come in handy. Wire taps are basically microphones, so it's natural to hear feedback if you either get another microphone to close to the first, or if you have a very jarring noise... Meaning static, static is jarring."/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"After that, Sky returned to silence, nearly smiling when he noticed how mad Zen looked. What could he say? He thought it was obvious that the television would be a tool./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Now that the trick was revealed, Wight, along with a few other kids, started pushing the cart around. Six more times, the room resounded with the grinding sound of feedback. It wasn't too delightful, and some kids complained that they could have found everything without the static TV, but thanks to said static, they made it in well under the time limit. The students still had twenty more minutes./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Suddenly, the TV came back to life, static gone./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"em| "Good job, class, you've found all of the cameras and wiretaps! I'm rather impressed, most of my other/embr /em| classes weren't able to discover them all, or the trick to go with it. You will all be receiving A's for this/embr /em| session, and on Wednesday, we will be starting your studies. Remember to get plenty of rest and a/embr /em| good breakfast."/embr /| The screen went black as the video ended. This time, there was no static to be heard or seen./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"The class looked around to each other, pleased with their results. They were congratulated for their excellent job! Rocky smiled, and patted Zen on the back, watching as he smiled at the success, too. Looks like this class wouldn't be to hard. All of them seemed to be glad today's class was over with, and all the cameras were found./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Since the class was now over, the students began trickling out of the classroom, chatting about other unimportant matters- emAre you watching the game tonight? Hey, do you want to have a sleepover? Did you/emseeem what Alternative was wearing? Gross!/em- however... Sky remained in the room, staring at the ceiling./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"He squinted as he examined the dots patterned on to the ceiling panels, and wondered aloud.../p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""...But where is the emeighth/em camera?"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"| The screen lit up from its previously black and blank state. A man, waist up, was displayed. The man appearedbr /| to be the teacher. In a deep, calm voice, he began to /| em"Good evening, class. You are being watched by seven different cameras, all hidden expertly by yours/em emtruly./embr /|em Your assignment is to find all the cameras, along with their coordinated wire taps. I will know if you cheat/embr /|em by using outside electronics. For every camera and wire tap you cannot find, you will be docked a/em emletter/embr /|em grade. Which would mean, not finding five or more is failure. Good luck."/embr /| The feed stopped, and instead of the screen returning to black, the room filled with the gross noise of static./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Then, the chatter started./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"emHow long does this class last? Isn't it an hour long? I thought it was an hour and a half! Who cares, we have to find those cameras! Don't forget about the wires! Oh god, does that mean there are fourteen things to find? I don't want to fail!/em/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Finally, thirteen teens shot up from their desks and searched around. The only person to stay seated was Sky, a mysterious child. To many, Sky was seen as genderless, and some even wondered if Sky actually existed, or if Sky was some strange ghost... To make things easier, Sky was often referred to as a boy, but he had no preference./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"So, this mysterious boy let his eyes wander to the static filled television, watching the patterns run jumbled across the screen./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"A few other kids gave him perplexed looks- Shouldn't he be helping? Ugh, ignore him!- and continued to search. One student in particular, Zen, was extremely annoyed that Sky had the balls to sit while everyone else searched frantically. His friend, Rocky, had to calm him before the duo continued their own search./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"The minutes ticked by, but nothing was found. Fifteen minutes into the search. Nothing./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Sky stood from his desk, walking up to the apparently useless television. He circled it once, inspecting the wheeled cart it was on, and noted how it was cordless. There must be a powerful battery attached. "To last one hour..."/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Zen looked over and scowled. So now the weirdo was talking to himself?/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Hey, ghost boy, are you going to help us or stay useless?" He scrunched up his nose, scrutinizing Sky./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"In return, Sky gave the ruder boy a blank look, tilting his head. He didn't find being rude a very helpful tactic. "You haven't found anything," he stated before returning to the television./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Zen turned red with anger, but Rocky swooped in to calm him down. She was good at dealing with his temper, and often had to./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Ignoring the duo, Sky began to push the wheeled cart to the teacher's desk, where the teacher wasn't. The static on the television caused some sort of reaction, and feedback screeched through the room. Every student- save for Sky- immediately covered their ears. Sky gave a bored smile and left the cart, getting closer to the feedback... and found a wiretap, along with a small camera, situated carefully on the edge of the teacher's desk. They had blended in perfectly with the pencils and other school utensils. Upon removing the wire tap and camera, the feedback stopped. The room returned to silence, as silent as it could be with the static./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Great thinking, Sky! We can use the telly to find the rest! Someone's useful!" Wight chirped, walking over to Sky and slinging an arm around his shoulder. "Who's my pale-ass genius? You are!"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Sky blinked, then stared at Wight. He didn't remember the Korean boy, but wouldn't mention it. Sky didn't remember many people, honestly./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"He sighed, bored, before oh so graciously explaining what he was doing./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""...We aren't allowed to use outside electronics, but the teacher purposely kept the television on static so we could use it. Espionage is tricky... I guess, you can't always bring your cellphone or something when spying, since it could give you away... But if there's already something there for you to use, it can come in handy. Wire taps are basically microphones, so it's natural to hear feedback if you either get another microphone to close to the first, or if you have a very jarring noise... Meaning static, static is jarring."/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"After that, Sky returned to silence, nearly smiling when he noticed how mad Zen looked. What could he say? He thought it was obvious that the television would be a tool./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Now that the trick was revealed, Wight, along with a few other kids, started pushing the cart around. Six more times, the room resounded with the grinding sound of feedback. It wasn't too delightful, and some kids complained that they could have found everything without the static TV, but thanks to said static, they made it in well under the time limit. The students still had twenty more minutes./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Suddenly, the TV came back to life, static gone./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"em| "Good job, class, you've found all of the cameras and wiretaps! I'm rather impressed, most of my other/embr /em| classes weren't able to discover them all, or the trick to go with it. You will all be receiving A's for this/embr /em| session, and on Wednesday, we will be starting your studies. Remember to get plenty of rest and a/embr /em| good breakfast."/embr /| The screen went black as the video ended. This time, there was no static to be heard or seen./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"The class looked around to each other, pleased with their results. They were congratulated for their excellent job! Rocky smiled, and patted Zen on the back, watching as he smiled at the success, too. Looks like this class wouldn't be to hard. All of them seemed to be glad today's class was over with, and all the cameras were found./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Since the class was now over, the students began trickling out of the classroom, chatting about other unimportant matters- emAre you watching the game tonight? Hey, do you want to have a sleepover? Did you/emseeem what Alternative was wearing? Gross!/em- however... Sky remained in the room, staring at the ceiling./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"He squinted as he examined the dots patterned on to the ceiling panels, and wondered aloud.../p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""...But where is the emeighth/em camera?"/p
