* Ari heads for the computer lab!
[She gets there after a bit of a journey.  The techy is 
snacking on some pizza.]
* Ari waves to him as she enters. "You don't mind if I use the 
computers again, do you?"
* Guy waves back.  "Beware redundancy and bread crisping 
avians.  They're vicious."
<Ari> I shall keep that in mind.
* Ari sits down at one of the computers.
<Ari> (Okay.  Do they have some sort of standard student username 
system, like x letters of last name and first initial?)
[That'd be it.]
* Ari logs in as a guest again, to get started. Then she tries to work 
her way into the server where the students' e-mail accounts are.
<Grysar> (Security roll!)
<Grysar> (+4 we'll say.)
<Ari> (What kind of roll is that?  Computers (security)?)
<Grysar> (Yeah)
[She succeeds without two much trouble.  Measures against 
conventional hacking are actually fairly weak, though she noticed some 
antimagical protections while she worked.
* Ari determines the username system immediately, and attempts to 
access Isaac's account first.
<Grysar> (Give me four security rolls now to save a little time. :P)
<Ari> (Any penalties?)
<Grysar> (+2 we'll say.)
[You get into his email without any trouble really.]
* Ari starts reading. Any threats? Any requests for meetings at odd 
times? Anything from Mallory?
[There's a few emails to Mallory, they tend to get fairly 
short replies, although he seems to be giving Isaac some help with 
flying.]
[Otherwise there's actually a fair number of meeting requests.  
With all sorts of students, seems to be setting up purchases, mostly 
small stuff.  Give me a writing roll.]
[Also some fairly ordinary requests for advice and some social 
emails.]
[You notice that Isaac seems to use a rather different sort of 
language when having purchasing discussions.]
* Ari hmms very softly. What sort of language difference, and who's he 
discussing things with?
<Ari> (I mean, for all I know, the kid's a stock market genius, but 
it's worth checking out. ^_~)
[Some with Tony Green, a Unicorn, some with Maris, some with 
Dustin.]
<Ari> (And what sort of things are they talking about purchasing?)
<Grysar> (That's the discussion ones)
[The language is mostly different in tone but much more 
confident as well as a lot curter generally.  Some talk of cigarettes, 
plushies, trading in largely small stuff magical items,  though some 
setting up of larger sales.]
[There's also some discussion of getting books for Maris, 
which are different emails than the requests for help.]
* Ari checks out these larger sales.
[Nothing too big or stolen.  Largely attempts to get special 
items, invisibility cloaks, mortars that give extra margin of error for 
potion making, for wealthier students.]
* Ari gives it one last look-over before moving on. Anything else stand 
out?
<Grysar> (What sort of things are you looking for?)
<Ari> (Requests from faculty.)
[There's a fair amount of talk with Rica and Lynn about class 
stuff, but not much else.]
* Ari makes a note of this and moves on to Mallory's account.
[She gets into it without too much trouble.]
[He talks with Jarrett and Maris a fair amount, not too much 
with anyone else.]
<Ari> (No threats?  No meeting requests?  No warnings from Sna^H^H^H 
Luther?)
[Luther seems to prefer to make his threats in person.  Oh, 
there are a fair number of questions often fawning, from Lions.  
Jessica Winslow seems particularly interested.]
* Ari moves on to Jarret's account.
[Jarrett sends out a fair nuumber of humor emails, some 
actually good, most nothing impressive.]
[There's also a running series of insults between him and 
Dustin.]
<Ari> (Assume I'm looking for the same sorts of stuff each place - 
meetings, threats, unusual communications from faculty/students, etc.)
* Ari snorts softly and, if she doesn't find anything, goes on to 
Maris' account.
[Maris gets a fair number of requests for help.  She also 
engages in a few discussion about the nature of magic, some with Jaida 
but a few involving Dustin.]
<Ari> (But nothing suspicious?)
<Grysar> (Not really)
* Ari backs out of the mail server and attempts to find the student 
disciplinary records.
<Ari> (Ooh, one thing I forgot.  Did any of the e-mails discuss 
illusion or transfiguration magic?)
[She finds them.  There seems to be some bias in disciplinary 
hand outs, not too many from a house's leader to its students.  There's 
a lot of students with penny ante stuff, Mallory has the most notes.  
Maris even has a few, all from Hurst.  Jarrett has a few for pranks and 
sneaking around with Mallory.]
[It's come up, taught by Jaida to higher level students.]
<Ari> (Would any of the aforementioned crew be studying it?  Also, what 
kinds of things has Mallory been noted for?)
[Maris some, but not otherwise above their level.]
[Mallory: Some talking back, sneaking around, trying to access 
forbidden books, whole range.]
<Ari> (Isaac have any?)
<Grysar> (way above his level)
<Ari> (Notes, I meant.)
<Grysar> (Oh,  no, none at all)
* Ari backs out of that and tries to access the faculty accounts, 
Hurst's first of all.
<Grysar> (+4 roll)
[Ari's phone rings.]
* Ari answers her phone.
[She gets into Hurst's without any real trouble.]
* Ari continues to poke while talking on the phone.
<Ari> (So, does he have any e-mails from odd sources?)
[Hurst seems to have a few shady friends out their but most of 
the emails seem work related, checking on what's new in wizardry and 
the like.  He also still has a contact or two at Mi-5 but none in SAB 
itself apparently.]
<Ari> (And, yes, Ari's speaking quietly into her phone. ^_~)
[He has tried to get his hands on some relatively nasty items, 
although nominally for educational purposes, which could be true, no 
easy way to tell.  However while some are grey market he's not 
obviously trafficking in anything stolen and does seem to make sure 
that everything he does is within the letter of the law.]
* Ari seems satisfied with that, and now tries to get into the 
webserver history.
[Whose are you checking?]
<Ari> (Mallory's, then Isaac's.)
[Mallory does a good amount of research into dark magic, dark 
wizards, SAB, and one Emma Yates.  Some on artifacts but nothing on the 
ones in question.
[Isaac has done a few web searches that match up with what 
you're looking for, although his history doesn't go back more than a 
week.  He's also done a good amount of research on weaker items and 
checked special sections under Ebay and a few similar services 
regularly.]
<Ari> (When were the items stolen?)
[A few before the history was wiped, been over a series of a 
month.  The ones he's researched most are the most recent.]
<Ari> (Okay.  I don't suppose I could try to check the entire school's 
web history for the past week and see if anyone else has been doing 
research, could I?)
<Grysar> (With a +6 databases roll.)
<Ari> (*grins madly* Why not?)
[No other records.  Aside from Luther Hurst, who hadn't done 
any until about a half hour ago, at which point there suddenly was a 
lot of activity.  He also looked into a censer that wasn't on your 
records as stolen.]
* Ari ponders. One last check in the e-mails, this time in Crystal's 
account.
[Crystal just makes the occasional email home and to 
relatives from her account.  She barely seems to use it otherwise.]
<Ari> (Did she get any disciplinary notes, or did I not notice that 
earlier?)
<Grysar> (She has not.)
* Ari decides to go with her last two major known students, Dustin and 
Jessica.
[Jessica emails Jarrett, Mallory, and Maris a lot and 
sometimes tries to set up secret meetings but without too much luck.]
<Ari> (Because, no doubt, she's moved on from idolizing vampires to 
idolizing Harry Potter counterparts. ;p)
[Dustin has some discussions with Maris, insult battles with 
Jarrett, and a good deal of communication with other students, some 
help to Isaac as well as a few other lions, more unicorns, and a lot of 
Drakes.]
<Ari> (Nothing outstanding or suspicious?)
[Not really.]
* Ari flips back to the faculty accounts and checks Lynn.
[Lynn has some social emails, good amount of student help, 
some pleas for more class time with the students, and a fair number of 
checks on good ways to integrate magic into her lessons.
<Ari> (Nothing out of the ordinary there, then.)
<Grysar> (No)
* Ari checks Rica Ockley. If she doesn't find anything there, she's 
closing her connection.
<Grysar> (Computers (security) +8 soul roll.)]
[You hit a solid wall on that account, you're not sure why, 
but it seems quite adaptive, almost anticipatory, to anything you do.  
You think you avoid leaving many traces but you're not in at all.]
* Ari backs off and tries to cover her traces as best she can. She 
ponders actually going into the network and investigating, but decides 
it's probably not worth it.
<Grysar> (And give me a mind roll computers(security) +8 for traces 
covering to see just how well you do.
[Ari covers her tracks fairly well and finishes up with the 
computers.]