Swing

Pwned!

HAHA!

Eat laser rebel scum!

Eat laser rebel scum!

No dude, I told you, you can't taunt me with my taunts.

And I told you that I don't know any science fiction insults.

It's called science fantasy.

What are you two doing?

Jasper's...

training me for...

laser tag.

On a school morning?

Okay, firstly it's a Friday morning and secondly Henry is

seriously unprepared.

Lady Laser takes no prisoners in Jasper and Henry's

week end adventure.

Weekend, what?

Laser tag madness and comic books galore at

graphicon tomorrow.

And the Mid Atlantic Rock Climbing Expo on Sunday.

Weekend!

Sorry but actually

we...can't.

What?

Tomorrow you both have PCAS.

No, no, no, no the PCAS is optional for sophomores.

Not for sophomores that are son and nephew of the dean.

What's a PCAS?

It's a Pre-Colligate Assessment System.

It's an all day prep test designed to ruin the Saturday

plans of high school students everywhere.

But our things are this week end only.

Than consider you PCAS your Saturday appetizer for the

main course on Sunday.

No, no but we can't, we can't do both of them at the same time,

Graphicon is in town and then the Expo's off in Tacoma Park.

Unless somebody would be willing to let us use two cars?

Sorry but I'm on call for the museum's security upgrade.

Security upgrade?

From this evening through the week end the museum is closed

as we move into the 21st century.

So, what do we do?

PCAS on Saturday and on Sunday you have to pick one.

Rock Climbing or Graphicon, hmmm?

How about neither can I pick that?

It's not which one you choose, it's which one you think we

should choose, the cool choice being a day of rock climbing

and hiking at Tacoma Park.

Or even cooler comic books, laser tag and mega fans

dressed in pathetic but heart felt costumes of Graphicon.

I'd rather take the day to decompress after the PCAS.

You're taking it too?

I thought the test was optional?

Have you not met Smithson's little miss life's plan to the

littlest detail?

The PCAS is the first step in Maggie becoming an astronaut.

Astrophysicist.

Wait what happened to astronaut?

I changed my mind.

If you're going to do something you should do it

right and I think being an astrophysicist is what

I'll be the best at.

So that's how we'll decide what we do next Sunday.

With astrophysics?

No the PCAS test.

You said it yourself, they grade it fast right?

Yeah, test in the morning and the results on the

web that night.

So, whoever gets the highest score gets to

choose where we go.

Are you sure you want to do that?

Well, why not?

Well, PCAS is a standardized test,

it's not about being smart.

It's about practice and test taking and cultural references

where you're not exactly five G.

Five G?

Up to speed.

Okay, well ah....we can scale the test.

I mean, I have to ace it and Henry just has to test to pass.

That's fair, don't you think?

Hey, I don't need a handicap; I have this test

in the knapsack.

You mean, in the bag.

Whatever.

- Can we study after class? - Can we study after school?

Wow, Henry Griffin and Jasper Bartlett, psyched to study.

Never thought I'd see the day.

It's our night at the museum ladies and gentlemen.

Jimmy is on a road trip that lasts two and a half hours, if

he's half way through a book that takes three hours to

read, can he finish it before the trips end?

How can anybody answer this?

I mean I once had a two hour bus ride through Maharashtra

that turned into five because of a swarm of rhesus monkeys.

That's not the point of the question.

Why not?

Oh, ours is not to reason why, ours is just to test or die.

So on a test like this we can't ask questions about

their questions?

The PCAS isn't about answering your questions; it's about

you answering theirs.

Okay, but seriously you don't think this is a weird

question?

Weird, why?

Because it doesn't allow for when things go wrong.

It's a hypothetical question, Henry.

Things don't go wrong.

Things can always go wrong.

Wow, Henry you just opened a worm hole straight into the

chaos theory.

I can see how it might seem strange if you haven't been in

the modern world for a while but it's nothing you can't

overcome with a few hours of solid focus in the doom rooms.

Right, Jasper?

Jasper!

Jasper?

Oh, okay you guys check out these computers.

They've got an original commodore, they've got V3 and

they've even got a helio-dynamics pallett.

Wow, looks like a window with a handle.

But it is oh so much more.

Its hand crafted, its total next generation.

It's the fastest personal computer in the world and a

total coup that the museum got Helio-Dynamics to

lend them one like years before its release.

Why is there a type writer in here?

That is Arthur Scherbius's personal enigma machine,

the ultimate code writing devise of World War II.

Uh huh, and it's a predecessor to pretty much every computer

password and firewall system today.

Huh Watch out!

The museum's closing early for the security upgrade and if

you trip a sensor the display you're by gets this laser cage.

Laser cage?

The Dosmans got a demonstration, imagine being

trapped in a red hot web of pain.

Isn't that a little over kill?

No, that pallett alone is worth millions.

Someday I'll have one of my very own.

But first you have to do well on the test.

Come on, I promise it will be over before you know it.

Uh huh.

How much water fills an aquarium that's 20 centimeters

high, 15 centimeters wide and 30 centimeters long?

Um, hold on, hold on....um 20, 30

ah that's 6000 cubic centimeters.

9500 cubic centimeters but it depends on the

type of fish and whether or not they are pasigorus

or algae eaters.

Wait, did you just do that in your head?

When you work with an abacus long enough, numbers just

fall into place.

Except you're both wrong.

It's 9000 cubic centimeters even.

Well, my abacus was short a few discs.

Was?

Pencils down anyway, its 6:30 better get out before the

museum shuts down.

The test is three one hour sessions with seven minute

bathroom breaks between each.

Okay, and what time does the train leave the station?

There's no train, it's the schedule for the test.

I'm telling Jasper because he can be prone to

frequent urination.

Hey! No except for that one incident which we should

never speak of, I am the master of my bladder.

I'm just saying be prepared.

The whole thing is planned down to the minute no

exceptions so you need to bring everything, photo ID,

entry slip, prep books, pre-sharpened pencils.

Wait!

I think I forgot my entry slip.

No, they won't let you in.

Current Musuem Occupancy: Zero.

Hey guys.

Hey Dad, what are you still doing here?

Working till the staff meeting, what are you doing here?

I'm supposed to keep the museum clear, you can get me

in trouble and you guys would be too if they knew

you were in there.

Well, we were studying for the PCAS.

Oh, well good.

If I don't see you later, get a good night's rest.

I'm rooting for all of you.

Thanks.

Hello, Dean Bartlett, yes all clear on this end.

Come on lets go.

Ha!

Whoa, what is this?

Someone's been down here.

When? We just left..

Does seem like a lot to set up

in ten minutes.

It's really sophisticated too.

Yeah, look at the one ticking down,

it kind of looks like a bomb.

Ha-ha, that's funny.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...

You know if it is its kind of blowing up.