The school's response was quieter than they feared. Rather than an outright ban, Mr. Ortega and a few forward-thinking staff proposed a pilot: a supervised after-school club where students could experiment with mods on an isolated server. The club had rules—no sharing personal information, no external servers, and all mods reviewed before use. It felt like a victory by compromise; they had lost the thrill of secrecy but gained legitimacy and more people interested in learning how mods worked.
