Criminal Justice [1st Period, Tuesday]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

"Good morning," V said silkily. "As we discussed last week, there are certain procedures when one is working with law - or," he added softly, amused, "against it. However, it is not always feasible to work in such procedures, or perhaps kinks are thrown into your perfect plan."

He waved a gloved hand at a table at the front, where there were Legos, pipe cleaners, construction paper, marbles, several tea sets, whisks, forks, spoons, tweezers, salt and pepper shakers, batteries, chopsticks, wire, lightbulbs, straws, candles, empty egg cartons, hockey pucks, shoe boxes, and dice - as well as all sorts of tape, glue, and other adhesives.

And for some godforsaken reason, there was glitter.

"You," V said to the class, "will be building mousetraps. Not to ensnare rodents, of course, unless you choose to use them outside of this class. But your work is subject to the criticism of your peers," he gestured expansively to the class, "and your superior." He pointed to himself. "You have the class period. Your trap should be effective, just as plan you formulate - be your timeframe five years, or one hour."

[Wait for OCD It's up, have fun, and thank you to kawalsky, multiplez, bruiser_in_pink and mparker17 for the suggestions for mousetrap materials.]

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Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V had a bag of marbles to roll through your trap, as well as several small, battery operated toy mouse (http://www.cleanrun.com/images/toys/CyPurrMouse_lg.jpg) if you wanted to test closer to the real thing.

He was standing by, ready to test when any student approached.

[Please let me know in narrative or an OOC note whether or not your trap will succeed. Also, feel free to react to your classmates' work, but play nice omg.]

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky's trap would have worked great if it didn't take so long to capture the mouse.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

"An admirable attempt," V congratulated, inclining his head slightly.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler's would work fine in class, because the glue was still sticky. But once the glue dried, there'd be nothng to stop the mouse from gnawing away at the door until it got out.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

"How were you planning on maintaining the adhesive's texture?" V asked curiously.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"I need more batteries. Stronger batteries." River looked disappointed.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

"And how would they aid you?" V asked, looking at her trap.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke's Lego droid's lightbulb eyes lit up when the mechicanical mouse shot past and it lauched the hockey puck at its prey. The mouse fipped over, stunned, as the droid lurched its way across the floor to drop the shoebox on it.

Luke looked thrilled. "It worked!"

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V watched him, curious. "Do you often work with robotics like this?"

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[multiplez]

On Z's first test run, the falling teacup crushed the toy mouse. "Timing's still off," she muttered.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V watched her. "But an excellent endeavor," he said almost encouragingly. "What your timing lacks, you make up for in execution otherwise."

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge's trap works pretty much as he expected it to, trapping the mouse successfully.

Whether or not anyone *else* expected it to work was another question.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V doesn't act particularly surprised. "Did you predict that reaction, Cadet Carson?" He's careful to keep the correct title in spite of the lack of uniform.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack's mousetrap consisted of a shoe box completely wrapped in tape, several layers worth, with a small hole cut in one end and waxed wire as hinges and latch so the lid could be removed. Inside the box was a door over the hole, far larger than the actual hole, also securely taped, with a waxed wire hinge. The trap would work -- the mouse could push the door open from the outside, but once inside it would be trapped.

Of course, once the mouse was finished with the bait, it could gnaw its way out, eventually. But Jack had also made the inside very comfortable, with lots of shredded paper and a large piece of cookie he'd had in his pack.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V peered at it. "Have you constructed a mouse...home, Mr. Harkness?" he asked, sounding amused.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[demonbelthazor]

Bel's trap ended up crushing the mouse between two hockey pucks that slammed together when the trap was triggered.

No one said it had to be humane.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V cocked his head. "Interesting approach," he observed.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna's mouse trap consisted of a shoebox with a falling side that was activated when the mouse triggered a piece of string on the bottom. It was working, but probably not for long. "Can I just get my cat to catch them?"

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

"You have a cat?" V asked. "Is it in the class at this moment?"

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean presented his trap with a combination of pride and nervousness. "It's like one of those pit traps with spikes you see in jungle movies all the time," he explained.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V tilted his head. "So the mouse would scurry along here," he said, pointing, "and fall into the pit? Interesting concept. Clever."

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John sets his trap to go. It worked well enough, baiting the mouse underneath a heavy container but it also sprayed glitter...everywhere.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V was very thankful for his reflexes, as he managed to dodge most of the glitter.

"Mr. Crichton, the glitter might call a bit of attention to your trap."

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[proudsidekick.livejournal.com]

It had taken a while, but Layla had finally managed to figure out a way to configure the trap so that it would drop a shoebox on top of the mouse to catch it. It would require a new set of chopsticks each time, but she figured that was a small price to pay.

Re: Test your mousetraps and/or criticize the work of others [09/19]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V tilted his head. "Simple, and yet effective. Very nice work, Miss Williams."