Sam felt much refreshed after her meal. Hunger issues dealt with the four headed back to their cabin to look through their papers and to check their itinerary for tomorrow. When the four entered their cabin though they espied the equivalent of a white board on the wardrobe doors with their names on it and the activities they each had for the next day. Paul went up and rubbed at his name, but it made no difference, he nodded. “Handy.” And then clambered up onto his bunk. The ceiling gave him ample room so taking the top bunk gave no-one any issues and the queen size bunks were a pleasant surprise. Sam grabbed her phone, she had forgotten it during the day and felt a mild guilt for not texting her mom when she had made it to the ship safely, if not without trouble.
She glanced with surprise as the screen lit up, on it was the “storm haven” logo. She tapped on it and a message came up.
Storm Haven Academy of Magic
Welcome all new students to the Storm Haven Academy of Magic. The academy has recently acquired and remodelled this vessel at great cost and as such it falls upon everyone aboard to hold it's secrets close to their chest. But the counsel of Magi understand the requirements of the modern day world and the need for instant global communications.
In order to ensure that the academy's need for security and the pupils, staff and crew's needs are both met as much as we can, the academy has invested in it's own internet servers. Everything that has an internet requirement will have no option but to go through them in order for the academy to monitor the traffic going out and coming into the vessel. anyone found violating the academy's strict codes of secrecy will have their connection terminated. the graver the infraction, the longer the block on net connection. continued violations of the codes of secrecy will involve a permanent ban on communications and probable further consequences, leading up to and including expulsion from the academy. your communication devises are gene coded to the individual so anyone trying to circumvent the net ban will find it not possible by using another persons device. If you use your devises responsibly you will have no issues.
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Magi Jonathon Morden
Head of security.
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Sam tapped on the screen to accept and the notification disappeared leaving her with her normal Samsung note display. she harrumphed. “I take it everyone got the big brother notification when they turned on their phone?”
Edward nodded as did Rae, Paul replied. “Yeah a bit creepy, but can you imagine if this place was to become public knowledge? Fuck me there would be war. A real one, not just sharp words.”
Sam nodded to herself. “What about Stevens then, that guy could cause havoc.
Edward nodded. “Yeah forget him, he's already forgotten you. Mind wipe. He probably doesn't even know he had potential to become a Magi any more, poof! All gone.”
Sam shuddered and whispered to herself.
“Fuck me.”
“So.” exclaimed Sam. “I was just about to let mum know I had arrived safely and not to worry, as long as I don't mention the academy in too much detail or that it's on a boat I'm OK?”
Rae nodded. “Yeah I did that hours ago and I've still got access, no worries.” Sam nodded. “ Thanks.” as she opened up her whatsapp to let her mum know all was well with the world. Even if that wasn't strictly true, she needn't worry her mum over broken hands and psychotic expelled students. She yawned and felt her eyes drooping shut. That healing really did a number on her she thought as the world shrunk to a pin prick and then utter darkness.