The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley.


Robert Burns might not know anything about cybersecurity or modern academic housing, but his words certainly came to the forefront of Robin's mind, and replayed on a loop. She wanted to be angry, and somewhere in her heart an ember of fury extended a single questing tendril, seeking to kindle her wrath in full, but retreated for now, biding its time. 4 nights without sleep had been her own choice, and clearly was a mistaken one. She'd been careful, yet clearly not careful enough. Lacking proper rest had undoutedly taken a toll and caused her to overlook a mistake.

So yes, she was angry, but it was largely directed at herself, which was without question the least productive line of thought she could be engaging in. The dice were already falling and freezing now would risk her prize being snatched away. Unacceptable!

Taking a moment longer to center herself, Robin pushed away emotion and let her (not at all inconsiderable) brain do what it did best. Tracking Her down wouldn't be hard, and keeping a steady tail would be even simpler, with the crowds providing ample opportunity to pursue without drawing notice. That was advantage 1.

The disarray at the entrance and assignment table was causing a bottle-neck, which meant the outflow of students into assigned dormitory space was vastly exceeded by the volume of incoming students who were awaiting their housing placement. Crowds with little capacity to act, but large motive to do so, resulted in rumors and information spreading like wildfire. Optimazing her chances here would require discerning the parameters that were being used, and then simply working within those parameters to ensure the desired outcome. That was advantage 2.

Really, it boiled down to an equation then. It was just a math problem.

Two partials are moving through a randomized two dimensional field of non-interactive elements, with a single outlet point controlled by a matching gate. Particle 1 and Particle 2 are initially separated by distance D, but are attracted to each-other (undeniably) by a force of magnitude L. The outlet gate is grouping by skewed probabilistic averages defined as (1) Major, (2) Individual Preference, with possible but uncertain parameters matching (3) Gender, (4) Age, and (5) Immediate of pair-bonding (Assume first past the post algorithm to determine viable candidacy). Additonally, the probability P(t)=Cezt of a non-interacting particle to spontaneously become a mono-polar particle with attractive force F=N, where in is a positive number towards Particle 1, but will never be enough to fully appreciate them, and C and Z are variables dependent on the randomized population and the movement of partial 1 through the field. Solve for ideal-state Pair Bonding between two particles, to p>95% certainty.

Robin adjusted her glasses, a tick she often engaged in when her brain was on full throttle. Still though, she let herself indulge in a small smirk. Jessica, her sweet Jessica, needed Robin to be there for her, and Robin wouldn't dare let her fail. So she started solving the problem.

And who says math has no use in the real world?

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Rolling for skill. +1 for strong attribute, +2 for Stalker, and possible +2 for Honor Student if you'll allow sociology, probability, and Brownian motion to be a way to model the scenario.

(2d6+3)[9]+2 more if Honor Student Applies