Todd liked his pick of "test subjects" and pushed the power slider on the side of the device. As small as a modern cellphone, the remote emitted a musical beep and then the screen jumped to life. Nobody would have guessed it was anything strange. Todd had designed it with that in mind. The LCD flashed a few system messages, checking memory, activating parameters, other such things. Then a small header with the date and time and battery indicator appeared on the simple LCD screen. Todd smiled as text began scrolling.
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19:05 01/27/10 +/- [---]
NO PREVIOUS OPERATIONS
READY
SCAN MODE - SELECT TARGET AND PRESS ENTER
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Todd examined his four obvious choices once more and considered who his first volunteer should be. Would it be the brunette by the stacks, the blonde, the jock near the blonde, or the old librarian?