fandomhigh | Criminal Justice [first period, Tuesday]

"Good morning," V said smoothly. "As we have been studying, our current judicial systems are rather rigorous in most cultures. However, they are, in many ways, an improvement. There are, for instance, governments that employ secret police, or have employed them in the past. These organizations rely heavily on fear - and people should not fear their governments. Governments, rather, should be afraid of their people."

"And one reason why," he said, pacing slightly as he picked up some papers to pass out, "is because of what is commonly known as the mob mentality. Years ago, it was the way justice was carried out, and even to this day, public outcry can sway an entire nation. Sometimes not for the best."

He started to pass out a pair of handouts, as well as a small card on each desk. "Today we are going to study one of the less productive, yet nonetheless historical, means of exacting justice. Three of you are 'witches' - your cards have a 'W.' The rest, you have a blank card. Your jobs are to accuse one another until you locate what you believe to be a witch, and bring him or her before me, as I am the acting judge. If you have enough evidence and have located one of the actual 'witches,' you will be awarded with one of these." V held up a box of cookies.

"And witches," he added, scanning the room. "You must do your best to blend in and deflect attention away from yourselves."

[Okay, so basically, this is a game of he-said, she-said. You say, "So and so is a witch for this reason!" And people can hop on your bandwagon, or the accused can reply. When you've gone through a reasonable amount of that, ping in the "Trials" thread and V will listen to the reasoning and give out cookies if you have one of the three "witches."

There are three people who have OOCly been contacted and asked to be "witches":

x5_alec,

once_a_king, and

bridge_carson. Naturally, your characters have no way of knowing this, so accuse whoever. And your logic for why they're a witch can be anything. I expect crack and silliness, not meanness, please. And work together, of course! I'll be around most of the day, with small patches of AFKness in the middle of the day.]

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Damn, the one person John knew was an actual witch had left the country. Speaking of that, he made a note to do something later.

Still, he eyed everyone and wondered if Aeryn was the witch.

"Crichton's a witch. He bathes in his underwear."

"You've been watching me bathe?"

"No, but I hear things. Sea monkeys can talk, y'know."

"You're a witch for the same reason Alec's a witch," Dean informed him. "You're a doppleganger." He grinned suddenly. "Except when you disappear entirely and Johnina suddenly appears. That's damn suspicious if you ask me."

"Why can't Cameron be the witch?" John asks and frowns. "And Johnina is just a friend of mine. Just a friend. We're two different people!"

"Cameron's not here, so he's obviously been cleared," Dean pointed out logically. "And if Johnina's just a friend, how come you never hang out with her? I think there's something deeper and more sinsiter at play here."

"Johnina has better things to do then hang out with me," John replies. "She's a woman of substance. And I am not a witch. Maybe you're a witch. You've got a double."

"Yeah, Alec looks like me," Dean admitted. "But like I said, that's why I think he's a witch too. I'm just an innocent victim."

"I think you're acting innocent to get the possible glare of being a witch off of you," John decides.

"I'm not acting innocent. I am innocent. Well," Dean amended, "at least of being a witch."

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