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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"This class reminded me...I'm not a witch or anything, but I'm studying to be a Jedi and there's some information that the library has about the Order that I would very much like to read," Luke babbled. "But to access it, I need to have permission from a teacher."

"What is a...Jedi?" V asked.

"They were the guardians of peace and justice in my galaxy before they were exterminated," Luke said, trying not to sound too bitter. "I'm the only one left and the information at home is...non-existent."

V considered this. "What were their means of maintaining peace?"

Luke sighed. "I don't know. My father was one and he was killed for it, then the government was overthrown and a dictatorship was put in its place. I can only guess that the Jedi were good and decent people like the students here say he was, but without the information in the library, I'm walking blind."

V seemed to think for another moment before nodding once and writing a quick note granting his approval, signing it with a sharp V.

"There you are. Let me know what you discover," he said, handing the note to Luke.

"Thank you," Luke said, eyes shining as he took the piece of paper. "I will!"

Criminal Justice [first period, Tuesday]

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