Yeah.

Alright. Whatever. If he's about to learn Copypasto he'll be able to make infinite money anyway. He'll go look up what his courses are this term and see if there's any work he can get started on.

He failed his Applied Network Security class and will need to retake it.

His immediate gut reaction is abject horror but then he remembers that he pretty explicitly decided to fail that class and retake it because he didn't want to waste time on more classes than necessary. He'll take three classes this term rather than the four he tried to do last term and that'll be fine.

Then he's taking Applied Network Security, The Mathematics of 3D Space, and How Machines See. There's some pre-term work he could get started on and also NetSec has a term paper he needs to write.

...can he resubmit last term's paper that he did write?

He is not technologically prevented from doing so. Whether the professor will consider this technically cheating is another story.

Well, he'll try, why not. And then he'll start work on the pre-term stuff.

Zach shows back up half an hour later looking exhausted but bearing two magic tomes and two potion recipes. He sets them down on Peter's desk then flops onto the ottoman next to the wall.

...ah, yeah, it's probably the magic charge. "Thank you, Zachary. Do you want a thank you blowjob?"

"No, I want a nap," he says, curling up on his side.

"...why don't you take a nap in your bed?" he asks, gesturing.

"Oh, good idea." He uncurls, climbs the ladder into his bed, then flops again.

...okay. Anyway, he's going to put his pre-term work down now and then get started on trying to learn the Copypasto spell. Or, well, he'll timeslide over that until eleven, then he'll stop.

Hmmm no he won't, actually.

He won't? Why not?

Just doesn't work.

How not?

Just doesn't. He does the same mental motion he usually does to time slide but he is not time sliding and nothing is happening.

Okay... that's weird...

Maybe it's something about the book? Oh, maybe he's not "powerful enough" to learn the spell? What do the contents of the book look like?

Peter can't actually tell because when he tries to look he gets a sudden, piercing headache.

Ack! Yeah okay not this.

The headache is gone as suddenly as it arrived once he's shut the book.

...figures. This is really annoying.

Well, can he learn the recipe for the potion of Plentiful Needs?

That one goes, and he's booted out of his time sliding at 10:47PM.