Inside was a virtual learning environment frozen in time. The last course update was dated June 12, 2008. Courses with names like FLIGHT101_Theory_of_Aspiration and MECH204_Wax_and_Composite_Materials . Nika clicked on the student roster. Ninety-three names. Ninety-two of them had a status: [GROUNDED] . The ninety-third: [IN_FLIGHT] .
Nika sat back. The cursor blinked on an empty message box at the bottom of the page: Send message to [IN_FLIGHT]: icarus.edu.ge
He found it buried in a forum post from 2009, a thread titled "Lost VLEs of the Caucasus." Someone had written: "Icarus.edu.ge – if you can log in, don't look down." Inside was a virtual learning environment frozen in time