Step 1 to Hacking (Tag: all hackers)(Visitors allowed)

Near quietly began to fiddle with one of the tablets, calmly calculating how to hack it in his head. Figuring it out, he solved it in a matter of a few minutes "I'm finished." He placed the tablet on his desk, going back to twirling his hair.

"First of all, I know the roster says 'Amelia'," Sugarcoat explained, "but please, call me Sugarcoat. Secondly, what's the difference between hacking a tablet versus a computer? Aren't they practically made of the same materials? From what I know," she held up one of the tablets, "one of these can have about the same memory as the laptop I have."

As the last few students came in a tiny, red-headed boy peeked in the classroom. For a moment, he just stood at the thresh-hold of the classroom, clutching a black messenger bag to his chest as if it were a life preserver. Hubert knew that sooner or later he would have to step inside the room in order to be a part of the class if he wanted to learn. And he did want to learn, he wanted to learn more about computers, programs and hacking. Even if he didn't always think it was right, he had to admit that it made him feel good, it made him feel safe and in control.

But in order for that to happen, he had to walk inside the classroom, past the other students who were all older than him (and probably better) and take a seat. He could do that right? He could be brave without his brothers or any of his family, he could be....Panicking, Hubert pulled away from the entrance of the door and flattened himself against the wall. Slowly, he began taking deep breaths in order to calm himself.

"You're alright Ms.Nanami.",Flint said as he looked up to see the girl walking in,"Just grab a tablet from the back and ask a classmate for some help".Pinocchio turned around in his seat excitedly,"I'll help you ma'am!",the wooden boy yelled from the front of the class."Not him.",Flint said as he got up to write "Mr. Lockwood" on the whiteboard behind him.Pinocchio slowly turned his attention back to his work.

Flint looked up from his desk and saw Wrench with his hand up,"Yesss...Wrench?",he said questionably as he read the boy's name on his roster.Flint didn't want to accidentally refer to him as "Hammer" like he did once before when mentioning him and the rest of his students to his wife.

As Flint finished explaining himself,he saw a short red haired boy hiding in the back of the class."Hubert right?!",he called out to the kid as he took a glance at the roster to make sure he was correct. "Grab one of the tablets on the shelf back there and come join the class.",he said as the pointed the shelf if tablets,"But don't touch those color changing ones alright?". 

"Hey!",Pinocchio turned around in his seat and yelled from the front of the class."You can come sit here by me if ya want!",he yelled excitedly as he pointed to an empty seat next to him. He was excited to see that he wasn't the only little kid in the class.



When Hubert heard his name called, the tiny red-head jumped three feet in the air. He had not expected to be seen or noticed. Slowly, he nodded when Mr. Lockwood called his name. He recognized the man with funny hair from when he, his wife and the second man with funny hair had visited him and his brothers. Hubert looked at the stacks of tablets that Mr. Lockwood had pointed out and nodded his understand before slipping quietly inside the room and grabbing a normal tablet from from one of the smaller stacks. 

As Hubert looked around for a spot to sit, he saw a boy made of wood waving at him excitedly and pointing at the empty seat next to him. Hubert was a little bewildered as to why there was a wooden boy in the class but he didn't question it. In some ways, the other boy's energy reminded him of Hamish which made him more anxious but strangely at ease. Quietly, Hubert nodded in the other boy's direction and walked over to the empty seat. When he got there, he carefully placed his black messenger bag on the floor beside his desk then sat down. He gave the wooden boy a quiet smile in thanks before turning to the tablet.

It seemed rather simple in design but Hubert knew enough not to assume anything was as it seemed when hacking. As Hubert started hacking into the tablet, he began to feel that familar sense of control and calm. He knew how to do this, this was his area where he could do anything he pleased. For the first time since he had arrived at Leverage Academy, a large, genuine grin appeared on his tiny, freckled face. After a moment, Hubert had finished hacking into the tablet. Now that it was unlocked and free to explore, Hubert pulled his own laptop out of his messenger bag and start trying to see if he could hook up the tablet to his computer so he could have a little fun and play around with it's programming a bit.