Sara & Dorothy Cases
School Days
Case # 1522-B
A RunningCat Production product
2009
	Recap:

	Dorothy received a letter from her high school mentor and favorite teacher about having a job at Bast Private Boarding school. When Dorothy did not get a return e-mail response from the teacher she tried hacking the schools server only to find that the computer is  HIGHLY protected and unlike anything she has seen before and then before she even realizes it a back hack occurs causing the Dalmatian to take a rather drastic response.
	While Dorothy is cleaning up her mess, with the computer, Sara finds that there is more in the letter from Dorothy mentor. From the additional information in the  letter Dorothy hatches a plan to infiltrate the school. Sara fills in the holes of Dorothy's plan.
	Now Dorothy, disguised as teenage school girl, as a heiress to a vast fortune is transferring into the school going by the name Lady Anna. Sara  is going in as a former police officer hired to protect Lady Anna and the pseudonym of Miss Black
	The two friends bring their friend Henry in as an outside contact in case something goes wrong. They  have seventy two hours for either Sara or Dorothy to contact the white Tiger.
	We now pick up the case with Sara and Dorothy having just been left at Dorothy's dorm room while their escort goes to retrieve a copy of the schools hand book for Dorothy.

	Sara, Dorothy says having gone through out the room with a bug detector the room is clean.
	Sara turns to her friend putting down the picture frame that contains one of Dorothy's roommate's family. Good, now are you going to be alright? she asks having been concerned when the school's principle put the odd bracelet on Dorothy that caused her some sever pain but, for some reason, did not for Sara.
	Yes, I will be alright.
	Sara joins Dorothy at the overpriced luggage and removes her ankle gun, a small twenty two caliber semi-auto handgun, and hands it to her friend. I want you to keep this close to you at all times.
	Dorothy looks at the small gun as it feels odd in her hand as do all guns to her, but with the training that Sara has given her on handgun use she trust that her friend knows what she doing.
	Sara takes the clothes from the second footlocker and tosses them on the bed it is next to, she pulls the false bottom open and grins finding her weapons all safe. She takes her revolver from it's shoulder holster and replaces it with her Jericho handgun having slide a clip into the weapon and chambering a bullet.
	Who are you? Sara hears from behind her quickly closing the footlocker and turning to find two teenage Furries standing in the doorway, one is a Poodle that she recognizes from the picture.
	I asked you a question, who are you and why are you in our room, the other girl asks Sara recognizes as being a Belgian Shepard.
	This is Lady Anna, Sara introduces Dorothy to the two teenagers. She has been assigned to this room.
	And you would be? the Belgian Shepard asks Sara with some bite in her words.
	I am Miss Shadow, Lady Anna's bodyguard as well as being in charge of her well being.
	The Poodle  and Belgian Shepard look at one another before turning back to the two friends. Who are your parents? the Poodle asks with a French accent.
	Dorothy does not answer but instead hides, if ever so slightly, behind Sara as they had rehearsed while creating their alias' personalties. Lady Anna's parents are no longer with us, Sara lets the two noisy teenagers know.
	Tis this true? the Poodle asks Dorothy surprised.
	Dorothy slowly comes out from behind Sara and nods her head in agreement with Sara.
	Oh mon cher me, the Poodle calls out rushing to embrace Dorothy. You poor thing.
	Dorothy is over come with surprise by the teenager.
	Sara flinches, slightly, as the Poodle races to Dorothy. She restrains herself from pulling her gun since the girl is just a teenager and not a threat, other than being French. The other teenager is staring at the two of them and with such intensity that she is giving Sara an odd feeling that the Belgian Shepard might be trouble and that Sara may have to eliminated her in order for Dorothy and herself to keep their identities a secret. However Sara is going to make that an absolute last resort measure.

	I see that you have meet you roommates, Ronald the Red Fox says from Behind the Belgian Shepard.
	The Belgian Shepard  turns to the Fox having not been surprised by him. Ronald, she says drawing out his name in what can only described as disguised. 
	Mathilda, Ronald says rather cheerful. It is as always a pleasure to see you.
	The sentiment is not returned, the large Dog says.
	Sara detects some friction between these two canines. 'This could work to our advantage,' she says to herself.

	Here is our guest room, Randy says unlocking a beautiful decorated solid oak door.
	Sara notices the cherubs engraved on the door seam to be some form of Furry Avian species that she does not recognize. There are other carved images of Furries in the woodwork. Sara figures they are all Furry versions of Human pieces. She is finding this whole replacement of Human art with that of furry quit ridicules.
	Ronald, Sara call to the the young Furry. Why is every piece of art I have come across in the school a replacement of Human art?
	The Red Fox looks at Sara oddly. What do you mean? he asks.
	Well this for example, Sara says pointing to the Avian cherubs.
	I do not understand, Ronald says complexed by what Sara is asking him.
	Sara wonders if this is an act or does her guide truly not know that the artwork in the school are actually copies of Human works. Sara decides to play it safe and does not press the issue any further. At least not until she can get some more intelligences on the school, she hopes Dorothy is doing all right.

	So, what school did you attend before coming here? Mathilda the Belgian Shepard asks Dorothy shortly after Sara is escorted away.
	Dorothy did not really hear what the tall teen asked as her attention is split between seeing Sara leave and the French girl going through her luggage.
	Hey, stop that, Dorothy says rushing to the Poodle trying to stop her from damaging the expensive clothes that she hopes to return once the case is solved.
	Oh, mon ah mi these are wonderful clothes, the Poodle says holding up a rather expensive top that Dorothy thought was to expensive for this case.
	So your rich, the larger Dog says also seeing the top.
	This time Dorothy hears the girl and is able to respond. I get some spending money, she says.
	Well, while you are here you will be wearing the school uniform, the Belgian Shepard says.
	Dorothy sees that the Poodle and the Belgian Shepard are wearing nearly identical uniforms with the exception being the color of the jumper. She wonders what the meaning of the differences are and where she will be placed in the school's hierarchy being the new girl.
	Let's take her to Senorita Cruz, the Poodle says excited.
	Mathilda touches her wrist bracelet and a digital clock appears on it. Dorothy realizes that the two teens also have wrist bracelets as well. However their bracelets are different colors than hers. Where as Dorothy bracelet is glowing green theirs are blue and red. She wonders what the significant is and if she can hack the wrist band.
	We have an hour before our next class, Mathilda says seriously. That should be enough time to take the rich girl to Senorita Cruz.
	Dorothy finds herself being lead through the school to a woman her roommates call Senorita Cruz. She wonders who this woman could be. As they pass from one section of the school to another the Dalmatian barely notices, as it was so brief, a flash of green. She stops and looks around as the roommates continue on. 
	It is not until they get halfway down the hallway that the roommates even realize that Lady Anna, Dorothy, is no longer with them. When they turn to look back down the hallway the two of them find their new roommate examining a seam in the corridor. The Poodle and Belgian Shepard look at one another before going back to the Dalmatian to try and figure out what she is doing.
	Madame Lady Anna, is there something wrong? the Poodle asks.
	I thought I saw a flash of color for a moment, Dorothy responds continuing her examination of the wall where there is strip of something odd embedded in the wall. She finds that it runs all the way up to the ceiling along the ceiling and back down the other side.
	You must have seen the security screen, Mathilda says.
	Security screen? Dorothy says confused.
	Didn't you read the school's hand book? Mathilda asks.
	Dorothy  remembers putting the book, that the Red Fox had gotten for her, on her bed. My guardian had me moving around so often that I never got the book before coming, she tells the two roommates.
	Ah you poor darling, the Poodle says hugging Dorothy.
	lisabeth, that is no excuses for her, Mathilda says grumpy.
	Ah pooh on you, lisabeth the Poodle responds sticking out her tongue at her roommate. She turns to Dorothy. I shall explain, she begins saying with her wonderful elegant French accent. The bracelet shows what sections of the school we are allowed, she tells Dorothy holding up her arm. Le Mien est bleu, where as Mathilda's is Red.
	Mathilda holds up her wrist showing the red glowing bracelet.
	What do they mean? Dorothy asks.
	Red is for nearly unlimited access to all sections of the school, Mathilda says.
	Oui,as blue is limited to only class rooms, the library and the computer lab. lisabeth says.
	When the poodle mentions the computer lab Dorothy gets excited hoping that it is connected to the schools main server. This could be her chance of cracking the schools mainframe.
	Could you show me this computer lab? Dorothy asks.
	The two teenage girls look at one another before giggling. Dorothy, who is confused, looks at each girl wondering what is so funny.
	Vous stas une jeune fille trs drle, the Poodle says having trouble speaking English driving Dorothy to remember when she was in school and how she always felt like an outsider to every clique there was, even the geek cliques.
	Sorry ... we are sorry, Mathilda says catching her breath. We forgot that you have as of yet to read the school's hand book.

	If there is anything you might need just call the operator and they will be happy to help you out, Ronald tells Sara as he begins to leave.
	Actually, Sara says stopping the red Fox in the middle of him closing the door.
	Yes, he says surprised.
	I would like to speak to whom ever is in charge of security.
	The Red Fox blinks several times blankly at Sara as he does not seam to understand the request. Miss Shadow, you will have to make that request with the principle, he tells her.
	Then take me to the the principle, Sara growls the demand.
	Ronald looks at his wrist bracelet before answering. I am afraid Miss Leopald is indisposed at this time.
	Look you ... Sara says grabbing the Red Fox by the front of shirt and slamming him against the door frame. In turn Sara gets a nasty shock from the bracelet. It more startles her than actually causes any pain. However it did have the effect of her letting go of the Fox. What the hell was that? Sara asks rubbing her wrist.
	That is the schools anti-violence security system.
	Sara continues rubbing her wrist and wonders how powerful the shocks can get.
	If you are wondering, that was more than likely a level two shock, where as when you placed on the bracelet it was a level one.
	Why was I not told of this, Sara growls reaching inside her coat and flipping open an ivy handle switch blade and prepares to cut the bracelet off.
	I wouldn't do that, Ronald says surprised at seeing the knife.
	Why?
	To tell you the truth, I do not know except that it is bad.
	Sara looks at the bracelet and at the concerned look on the Fox's face she decides for time being she will play along. Alright, she says putting the knife back inside her coat.
	Look, I can speak with Mister Titov, the assistant principle, and maybe he can help you out.
	The Raccoon? Sara asks. Alright, then I shall speak with him.
	Ronald gives a small node and Sara watches the Red Fox swiftly move down the hall with out looking like he is running. For now all Sara can do is wait and find out how the Raccoon might help her with the layout of the school's security.
	She goes to the bed and looks around. She finds the room rather comfortable in an odd creepy way. Sara takes the two guns from the back of her pants and lays them on the night stand along with her Jericho. After that she opens her suitcase, that was brought to the room from the limo, tossing her clothes onto the bed and rips  the lining out. The black Cat smiles as she looks at the dozen fully loaded clips carefully taped in place in the suit case. Sara takes two clips out and places them with the guns. She slides the suitcase with the extra clips under the bed.
	Now all she has to do is wait as Sara takes out a pocket watch and opens it. She looks at the hands and click the watch close sliding it back into her pocket.
	Dorothy sits in a chair of a waiting/fitting room wearing little more than her under clothes of a tank top and panties. After having been measured by a Jaguar that her two roommates referred to as Senorita Cruz. She is feeling a little exposed at this moment as she hopes this woman does not discover the bandage she is using to make herself more flat chested than she already is. Dorothy put the thumb drive in her purse as she was worried that they might take her clothes away and discover her nasty little program.
	She wonder where the French and tomboy went off to as she believes the two roommates told the Jaguar that they will retrieve her after their next class. Dorothy wonders how long the classes are as the laundry room smell of detergents and such are beginning to get to her.
	Senorita Cruz returns to Dorothy with a pile of clothes in hand. Lady Anna, pruebe estas en, she says holding out the clothes.
	Dorothy does not understand what do you want? she asks confused.
	Senorita Cruz pushes the clothes into Dorothy arms causing the Dalmatian to quickly understand.
	Alright, you want me to try these on, Dorothy says and gets a nod from Senorita Cruz.
	Dorothy begins dressing in the blouse, skirt, jumper and white knee highs under the watch full eye of Senorita Cruz. She finds it some what disturbing having the rather tall slender woman watching her.
	So have you been working her a long time? Dorothy asks hoping for any form of interaction with the Jaguar. The woman does not respond and as Dorothy pulls the jumper on the woman approaches her. Hey, what now? Dorothy says surprised.
	Senorita Cruz zips the back of the jumper up and begins straightening out Dorothy's school uniform. Dorothy is unsure if the woman will feel the bandages so she jumps away from Senorita Cruz.
	It's OK, I can do that, Dorothy says getting an odd look of surprise from the woman.
	However off the situation is to Senorita Cruz Dorothy notice something odd and that the Jaguar is not wearing a bracelet. She wonders what is different about this woman than her two roommates.
	The Jaguar woman takes Dorothy's clothes and Dorothy takes a sigh of relief that she hid the the thumb drive in her purse, that is until Senorita Cruz takes that as well.
	No, Dorothy shouts grabbing ahold of the purse strap.
	S, the Jaguar calls back pulling on it.
	Dorothy is not going to give up the purse as it also contains the communication retainer along with the small hand gun her friend gave her.
	It seams neither woman is giving up on Dorothy's personal items so Dorothy decides to perform a defensive move that Sara taught her some years ago. She grabs the woman's arm and twist it with all her might and just as she is finishing the move Dorothy is stunned by an electrical jolt, that is so much stronger than the one before, causing her to fall to the floor where she begins twitching. Dorothy's vision begins to blur as she watches Senorita Cruz run to a phone before finally blacking out.

	Sara has been waiting over an hour since Ronald left her. She sits, impatiently, on the bed with in arms reach of her guns. Without even realizing it the black Cat has begun to fiddle  with the green glowing bracelet and hopes  that her friend  doesn't have to learn about the nasty side effects of the bracelet.
	Sara finally gets fed up with waiting around and grabs her leather jacket swinging it around slipping it on and goes to get her guns.
	As she puts the Glocks into the back of her pants Sara's ears begin twitching as she hears a couple people running toward her room. She takes ahold of her trusty Baby Eagle handgun and points it toward the door while putting the extra clips in her pocket. Sara is unsure what might come through the door but she is not going to take any chances as her thumb flips the safety off preparing to fire.
	Sara is surprised when there is a knock at the door instead of it being bust open with gun fire.
	Miss Shadow may I come in? someone asks quit politely from the other side. Sara notice some urgency in the person's voice as well.
	Yes, you may enter, Sara says still not taking any chances. She watches the elegant door handle turn she, begins applying pressure to the trigger to the handgun.

	Dorothy slowly open her eyes. At first everything is blurry and her whole body tingles. After several blinks she finally is able to see clearer. She is lying in a bed with a white curtain pulled around it. Not to far off she hears two people talking.
	I told you this might happen, a man says with an Indian1 accent.
	This is the first time it has happened since the bracelets where implemented, a woman responds. Any way, as you self said, she will be alright and will have learned that violence against an adult is not allowed.
	Dorothy looks at her bracelet and realizes that they are talking about her. In a rather rude way she has learned a secondary use for the device.
	Still, I believe we need to turn it down on this child as it is my opinion that another nasty shock could permanently hurt her, the man with says.
	I will bring it up with the board, the woman says.
	Dorothy, along with the two people on the other side of the curtain, get a nasty surprise as a door is busted open.
	What did you do to her, Dorothy realizes that it is Sara shouting out.
	Lady Anna is alright, the woman says.
	Take me to her now, Sara orders growling out the words.
	She is right over here, the Indian man says.
	Dorothy watches as a rather large shadow falls on the curtain and a stripped furry hand pulls it open.
	Ah, she is awake, Dorothy sees the man with the Indian accent belongs to a rather large Bengal Tiger. He is wearing a white lab coat and she spots his name tag as Doctor Ishrat Dasai.
	Sara pushes the doctor out of the way and comes to Dorothy's side. Are you alright? she asks with some rather higher than usual concern with which Dorothy has seen from her best friend. Sara quickly turns to look at the doctor and, now Dorothy realizes, the principle. What happened? she demanded.
	The doctor begins speaking but is stopped by the Snow Leopard.
	She inhaled some chemicals by accident in our laundry faculties and passed out, the principle tells Sara.
	Sara is unsure if that is the truth, and over the years she has come to trust a select few at their word. Still Dorothy and herself are undercover and she's not going to put her friend in more danger by placing suspicion on the two of them. Will she be alright? Sara asks.
	She'll be fine, the Tiger says. If she gets some rest I believe she will be ready for classes tomorrow, he adds as well.
	Sara nods her head in understanding and goes over to Dorothy. You feeling better? she asks.
	Dorothy heart races wanting to tell her friend that their where no chemicals, as it was in fact the bracelet they are wearing and may inhibit their plans. However she sees Sara wink at her and then over her friends shoulder to the principle and doctor. Yes, I'll be alright, she says while realizing how fake that sounds as she regains control of breathing.
	Good, Miss Leopald says. Ah, your roommate is here, she adds turning to the medic office door.
	Dorothy finds the Belgian Shepard Mathilda there.
	She will escort you back to your room, the Snow Leopard says.
	I will accompany them, Sara says.
	I believe you wanted to speak to me Miss Shadow? the principle says.
	Sara is unsure what to do for a moment as she does not want to leave Dorothy out of her sight again. However she does not know how long it will be before she can find  out the info she needs on the schools security.
	Here are your personal effects, Doctor Dasai says handing Dorothy a bag.
	Dorothy looks inside finding her clothes and purse. She reaches in the bag and opens the purse finding all it's contents still there. She turns to Sara seeing the wanting to come with her but also seams to want to talk with the principle and is undecided. Miss Shadow, I will be alright with Mathilda, Dorothy tells Sara with a nod of her head.
	Sara smiles back alright right, pleased that her friend made the decision.
	With that Dorothy follows her roommate back to their room while Sara goes with the school's principle in the hopes of learning of the schools security system.

	When Sara is lead to the door of the school's security office she is not sure what to expect.  So far nothing she has come across here has been as she expected.
	Miss Shadow, if you don't mind waiting here for a moment I shall get our head of security. You understand why I can not let you inside our security office? Miss Leopald says.
	Sara gives a node of agreement figuring that she needs to play her cards with a cool hand. Sara takes a seat in a wing back chair with a section cut out for a Furrie's tale. She quickly finds the chair quit comfortable.
	As Sara waits she takes the opportunity to examine a new section of the school and like the other parts of the school the area outside of the security office is no different the molding at the top of the walls are decorated with many, many, many different Furries. As she studies the different Furries she notices something. Sara looks at the molding again to be sure and she finds a pattern as a single Furry that stands out from the rest. Her eyes lock onto the carving and begins to take it in. Once she firmly has the carving's features memorized she looks to the next identical one, or so she thought, as she is examining this one Sara finds an ever so slight difference.
	Soon Sara is looking back and forth between four of the odd carvings. All of them are the same but at the same time different in an ever so slightest of ways.
	Sara gets a tingle sensation as her whiskers begin twitching telling her that there is more going on here than cubs being taught. She begins to wonder if Dorothy's teacher friend had come across the same oddity that she found.
	Sara does not get a chance to contemplate the thought further as the door to the security office opens and Miss Leopald comes out closely followed by a rather large Rhino. Sara figures this must be the guy who is in charge of the security around the school.

	When Dorothy and Mathilda get back to their room Dorothy is immediately attacked by her other roommate.
	Oh mon sere me, you alright? the Poodle says hugging Dorothy. It is all over the school that you fainted in the laundry room, she adds upon breaking her embrace.
	Dorothy can not believe how fast the news traveled. She wonders what story is being told and how this might impact her trying to keep a low profile.
	It is not as bad as lisabeth is saying, Mathilda says seaming to read Dorothy's thoughts. Any way Doctor Dasar told you to get some rest we must get to our next classes.
	You sleep, we shall retrieve you before evening meal, lisabeth says.
	Dorothy nods her head and lays down on her bed waving goodbye to the roommates. She watches the two of them leave with their book bags  and closing the door behind them.
	The Dalmatian waits a good ten minutes to be sure that the two roommates do not return. When she is sure that they are not returning Dorothy hops off the bed and pulls a trunk of hers away from the wall turning it around to get to the back. Next she takes her head fur comb, she had laid out earlier with some other girlie stuff on a vanity, and presses it so to a specific spot on the trunk opening a secret compartment which hid a couple computer tools. She does this with some of the other items around the room to where she now has a full tool kit.
	Sara had her hide all these items in secret compartments just in case Dorothy would need these items.
	Dorothy gathers the tools and lays them out on top of the trunk. Finally, using a nail file, she pries some pins loose from the bottom of the trunk and she is able to slide a hidden compartment from the bottom of the trunk out. There she has a laptop, a PDA, and a fully charged external power brick.
	In no time at all Dorothy is set up and looks around the room for an outlet. When she finds one she unscrews the cover so that she can get to the wiring and begins a program of hers to use the schools wiring to create a blueprint. Dorothy does not know how long it will take to get the whole job done so she hides the laptop next to the outlet and camouflages it with clothes piled over it.
	Next she gathers her tools in one hand and lays them out on a desk. She then searches her roommates desk seeing if one of them might have a magnifying glass. Dorothy is careful about this as she does not want the two Canines to know she was rummaging through their stuff. After some time of searching she comes out empty handed. The Dalmatian wonders if she can wait tell tomorrow for that is when she will be in a chemistry lab for one of her classes, as Mathilda had informed Dorothy of her class schedule earlier that day. However Dorothy is unsure how long she and Sara will be able to keep this ruse going.
	She takes a seat at the desk and shines the desk lamp onto the bracelet. The green glow is eerie as she begins a detailed examination of it.

	The Rhino approaches Sara in a manner that causes her to stand up and step away from the  threatening Furry. She begins to contemplate how many rounds she would have to shoot in order to bring him down. The black Cat decides that if she unloads a full clip into him he could still be standing.
	Miss Shadow, I would like to intrude you to the head of security here at Bast, Miss Leopald says.
	Sara stares at the immense man and wonders if it comes to pass would she be able to take him one on one. She feels that she would defiantly be quicker than him but if he got in a lucky punch she would be out, as she has had experience fighting large Furries like him. So not wanting to take any chances  Sara decides to take a page out of Dorothy's book and be cordial.
	It is nice to meet you, Sara says putting out her hand to the Rhino but stops when Miss Leopald begins chuckling sounding like chirping birds.
	No, no, no, she says whipping her eyes with the back of her hand. This is our head of security Mister Ito.
	The mountainous Rhino steps aside and standing before Sara is a Turtle. She is quit surprised as the three base Furries do not intermingle to often. This is, mostly, do to the different environmental conditions each needs. The mammal Furries are the most visible as they adapt to nearly any condition. The Reptile Furries are found the highest concentration in areas around the equator. The third are the Avian Furries, they move around depending on weather. There is supposedly a fourth Furry that are the Oceanic Furries, these are the only Furries that Sara has never seen with her current memories.
	However! In New Furtain all three of the Furries species congregate, if not in smaller circles for Reptile and Avians. Still to find a Furry Turtle here at the private school is something Sara  did not expect.
	By your surprise I take it that you have never come across a Furry Reptile, Mister Ito says with a hint of an Asian accent.
	Sara snaps out of her trance to quick respond. Oh no, I have most defiantly had experience with all the three Furries, she says with pride.
	Four, Miss Leopald says.
	Sara looks at the Snow Leopard, not to pleased to be corrected. Until I actually see one of these supposed Oceanic Furries, she is saying using her fingers as quotes for the supposed Oceanic Furries. There are only three Furry Species.
	Miss Leopald is disgusted that Miss Shadow does not take her word about the fourth Furries. She puts a finger up, to begin arguing, to the black furred woman but Mister Ito interrupts her.
	So you have some concerns with the schools security, he says stopping the two Cats from, well, getting into a Cat fight.
	Yes, Sara says thankful to Mister Ito for breaking in and getting her back to track. My charge has had several attempts on her life since her parents where assassinated.
	In the admission records it is written that Lady Anna's parents died in a car accident, Miss Leopald says.
	That is what the police determined, Sara says. I investigated the accident further and found that their vehicle had been tampered with making it so they had no chance of surviving on the windy road.
	Do you believe Lady Anna's life is endanger here? Mister Ito asks.
	That is why I wanted to speak with you, Sara answers him.
	Mister Ito nods his head of understanding shall we take a walk and we can discuses your charges needs and I will attempt to elevate any worries you might have, he says with a pleasant smile.
	It is not exactly what Sara wants however she hopes, with the right probing questions, that she will gain some insight into the schools security. Sure thing, Sara says.
	Mister Ito, if you have everything in hand with Miss Shadow, I shall take my leave as I must check on something, Miss Leopald says bowing her head to the Reptile.

	Now that is interesting, Dorothy says probing the bracelet that she had eventually got off. She is now looking at the innards of the device and can see where tiny probes  would come out and cause an electrical shock. The Dalmatian is finding the bracelet quite interesting piece of ingenious, if not disturbing piece of hardware. What Dorothy can not seam to understand is how the electrical shock is triggered. Still with the many hours it has taken to get this far she know believes she can deactivate the electrical shock part of the bracelet.
	The door to her room begins opening and Dorothy turns to it in fright. She can't believe that it is dinner time already.
	The door opens enough to let in voices from the hall.
	I shall get Lady Anna, she hears her French roommate lisabeth say.
	Dorothy sweeps her arm across the desk dropping all her tools into the front drawer, as it is only one without personal items on it like lisabeth or Mathilda's, slamming the drawer close and catches her fingers. She suppresses a yell, grabs the bracelet, and runs for her bed leaping in the air just as lisabeth enters.
	The Poodle looks around the room and finds the new roommate still in bed. Softly she tip toes  over to Dorothy who is doing her best to pretend to have been asleep this whole time.
	 lisabeth gentle pushes the girl. Lady Anna, time to get up, she says in a soft voice.
	Dorothy heart races as she is does the best acting in her life at being asleep. The Dalmatian does what she remembers when her mother used to come to wake her the same way. I'm tired, go away, she says.
	 lisabeth stands hand on her sides seaming to be put out by her new roommate not getting up. Alright, you're going to be that way, she says and walks to her dresser opening the top drawer.
	Dorothy peaks at the Poodle and wonders what she is going to do. She quickly closes her eyes when the roommate begins turning around. A moment later she gets the scare of her life as  lisabeth presses down on an air horn.
	Dorothy swears that she just jumped twenty feet in the air as she clutches her already racing heart as it know feels as though it is trying to pound it's way out of her chest. As she turns to the Poodle who is chuckling, from what she sees as a great joke, behind her stands Mathilda who is not laughing. Soon the Dalmatian finds that many other students heard the horn as well and know exactly where it came form as the door is crowded with them.
	lisabeth, Mathilda says growling the Poodles name. I thought you got ride of that?
	Heh...heh, lisabeth chuckles sorry.
	Mathilda grabs the air horn and begins scolding the roommate. Dorothy, who by now has regained her normal heart rate, realizes that she does not have the bracelet and is sure someone will notice. She begins searching her bed for the device not being notice until Mathilda turns to her.
	I am sorry... Mathilda begins saying but sees her new roommate acting odd. Are you alright? lisabeth did not do anything to harm you? Most of her practical jokes are harmless however..., she says giving lisabeth a menacing stare. When Mathilda turns back to the new roommate she is not even sure the Dalmatian even heard a word she said. Lady Anna, are you alright? she asks again putting some emphases into how worried she is about Dorothy.
	It takes Dorothy a moment before realizing that the Belgian Shepard is talking to her. Oh yes, everything is fine, she says still searching for the bracelet.
	Any way it is time for evening meal, Mathilda says pleased that the new roommate does not seam to be angry over lisabeth's practical joke.
	Uhm, yes, right, Dorothy stutters extremely nervous as she is unsure what will happen if she does not have the device with her.

	So I hope that elevates any of your fears, Mister Ito says as he and Sara enter the Dinning room.
	Sara has not been paying to close attention to what the Turtle was saying since explaining to her how they use the bracelets to monitor their students, and guest, in order to keep them safe and out of areas where students do not belong. Sara realized that the bracelets are a control devices. One of the things  the school controls is aggression in the student population. Which makes sense in a guilty first and you have to earn rights later pending grades and obedience.
	Unlike other schools for Furries in New Furtain our students have the highest grade point average, Sara catches Mister Ito saying.
	'Yes I bet you do,' Sara begins thinking. Have you ever had a student get out of line? Sara asks.
	Ah here we are, you can join the staff at the head table, Mister Ito says.
	Sara notes that he did not answer him. She takes the seat that he offered and looks out at the dinning hall for the first time seeing all the different Furry cubs taking seats at the many round tables that are large enough for seven normal sized Furries to sit at. Some, the larger Furries, are only four at a table like the Rhino from the security office. Sara now realizes that the Rhino is actually a student. However with all the different Furries she sees there is only one she is interested in and that is Dorothy.

	Dorothy holds her left arm close to her body with a cashmere sweater hiding her arm. She convinced her roommates she is bringing it along in case she wants to take a walk outside after dinner.
	For the moment they believe her however the more Furry students that surround her on the way to the dinning hall the more she is conscious that she is the only one not wearing  a bracelet.
	As Dorothy enters the large dinning hall she finds herself in a room with many different species of Furries and yet she notices that they all congregate at tables with their own species type. The most obvious are the Canines and Felines who are at tables on opposite sides of the hall with the other Furries making up the middle. Now this feels like high school for Dorothy. To emphasis this she is shoved in the back causing the Dalmatian to stumble a few feet forward. When she turns to see who shoved her, Dorothy spots a group of large Felines that are five different large Cat species with two males and three females.
	You...you... you be carefu...fu...ful of those Felines, a girl tells Dorothy while stuttering horrible.
	Dorothy knows exactly what the girl means and turns to thank her for her advice. However the Furry who stands there is unlike any Furry Dorothy has ever seen, What are you? she says not even realizing she had said it before being to late. She quickly covers her muzzle in surprise.
	Tha...tha...that's al...al...alright, the girl says.
	Dorothy is not sure if the girl before her even belongs to any of the three primary Furry groups as the girl has a webbed hands of an Otter, bill like a Duck Avian, a tail like a Beaver, and body fur like no other Mammal Furry she has seen.
	I...I...I'm a Platypus, she says.
	Oh, Dorothy says having not the slightest clue what that is, having never herd of or seen a Furry like her before.
	Hello Mary, Mathilda says having come, what she perceives, to help her new roommate away for the odd ball girl from the supposedly Australian isolation zone. Lady Anna is sitting with us, she adds.
	Dorothy just barely catches what Mary stutters out as Mathilda pulls her to a table of Canine girls.
	Soon the girls at the table are chatting about their day, what teachers they don't like and of course the boys they have crushes on. Dorothy is only partially listening to the conversation as she turns to find the Platypus seated at a table all by herself. This brings back memories of when she was in high school where Dorothy would be seated at the lunch table all by herself. 
	Dorothy shifts in her seat wanting to get up and take a seat with the odd Furry so she will not end up like Dorothy. The Dalmatian comes to a decision, she is just going to do it. However, before she is even able to get up, one of the girls asks Dorothy a question. Quickly Dorothy turns back to the table of Canines. What was that? she says.
	Two of the girls Dorothy just meet giggle while the one who asked the question says it again. We where just wondering what school you went to before coming to Bast?
	Dorothy is brought back to the realization that she is undercover here with Sara and doing anything to bring unneeded attention to her may give them away. I was home tutored, she tells them falling into character.

	Sara is not getting a lot of information out of Mister Ito but she hopes the next question will just sound like some one concerned about security. Mister Ito, I am wondering about the teachers here at Bast.
	Oh yes, we have the best teachers around which is proven by the students over all high grade point average, he says pleasantly.
	No, I am interested in knowing something about the teachers Lady Anna will be having? Sara asks trying to keep the turtle on focus.
	Why would you want to know such a thing?
	Sara needs to control her temper as the Asian Turtle keeps doing this, answering a question with a question. Well if you must know. One of Lady Anna's previous tutors tried to assassinate the child.
	Oh, that sound awful, Mister Ito responds. Well I can tell you that all the teachers here have had a thorough background check.
	Would you be willing to give me any information you have on Lady Anna's teachers in order to put my thoughts at ease?
	Mister Ito looks at Sara oddly for several long seconds as he studies her. I believe that can be done, he finally says.
	Sara smiles back with a sigh of relief knowing this is a big win. Now all she has to hope for is that the information is as thorough as Mister Ito clams.
	If you excuses me I see someone I must great, Mister Ito says standing.
	Sara follows Mister Ito partway across the hall until she see Dorothy at a table with Canine girls all dressed similar in school uniforms. With them being undercover Sara hopes that her friend is having a good time for the time being.
	Now finding that her friend is alright Sara looks for the school's head of security. She finds the Turtle rather easy at the dinning hall main doors with the schools principle and ... 'oh no' Sara says to herself seeing the man whom Mister Ito is greeting. Sara didn't expect to see him here of all places.

	Oh my, the girl that Dorothy assumes is a Corgi Furry, as the girl has to use a booster seat in order to be seated at the table.
	Yes, well if it where not for Miss Shadow it would have been worse, Dorothy explains keeping up the story Sara and her rehearsed many times.
	And she is a Feline? Another of the new girls at the table asks.
	Yes, I saw her a little while ago over ... Dorothy stops mid-sentience as she points to where she last saw her best friend but finds that Sara is no longer there. Dorothy begins searching the dinning hall for Sara.
	Lady Anna, her French Poodle roommate says. Who are you looking for?
	Sa... I mean Miss Shadow, Dorothy says catching herself.
	Her two roommates begin helping search for Miss Shadow, as they know her, and still they do not find Sara. Dorothy knows, by now, when Sara does not want to be found she is very good at disappearing.
	Oh look there, the little Corgi girl says pointing to the dinning hall entrance.
	Dorothy turns and sees the Turtle, that was seated next to Sara a while ago, standing with the schools principle and ... 'no it can't be ... why would he be here,' Dorothy says ti herself.
	I wonder why someone on the school's governing board is here, Mathilda says.
	Dorothy turns to the roommate he is on th board of governors for Bast? she asks.

	Sara slides into her room having slipped out of the dinning hall without anyone noticing. She begins pacing wondering what the man who was speaking with Mister Ito and Miss Leopald could be doing here.

	Dorothy returns to her room before her roommates, as they say goodnight to the girls they shared a table with in the dinning hall. She begins pacing next to her desk a hand on her muzzle constantly rubbing it as she contemplates about the man who is on Bast's board of governors and how he could fit into this whole mess.

END OF SECTION B

EPILOGUE:
	With Sara and Dorothy back in their respected rooms a new twist has been added to the case. What will the two friends do as the case has become more complicated the more they learn about Bast.
	They are about to learn something from the school that will change Dorothy and Sara's lives forever.
