School Assembly, Friday afternoon, The Auditorium

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The Tick took the stage once the audience was nice and full and smiled. "Crime is a broken drive-up ATM machine. It doesn't pay. Trust me, as a former full-time and current freelance Bank Teller of Justice I know this well. Sure, the ATM is faster when you get it to work, and it's the easier way to make money, but it'll break down, leaving you high and dry. And broke. It's best to park the car, go inside, do things right, and cross that Vestibule of Right because otherwise you're going to end up with nothing in time!"

"Trust me, I've been a superhero long enough, I know what I'm talking about!"

"Today's speakers are criminals who've learned how bad the life can be, who've learned that it's not worth the chance of saving a little bit of time only to end up unable to retrieve your Money from the Bank of Law."

[OOC: Standard assembly stuff. Threads for speakers are marked, please don't comment in those threads until the speaker has, speakers should also ping into the Q&A thread.]

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Speaker 1: Lilah Morgan

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"A former resident of Fandom, Lilah Morgan is a lawyer! She represented criminals of all sorts, so she's the perfect person to speak to how crime is a misguided pursuit! Ladies and gentlemen, Lilah Morgan!"

Re: Speaker 1: Lilah Morgan

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Lilah walked up to the podium, confident and relaxed as she adjusted the silk printed scarf at her throat.

"Good afternoon, students. I can't tell you what an..." Lilah gave the room a slightly scornful once-over, "experience it is to be back in Fandom."

"I know that many people will tell you, or have told you, that crime doesn't pay, that evil doesn't pay." She placed both hands on the podium. "Well, I'm here to tell you that that particular piece of wisdom is one of those great lies that help society to function as well as it does." Lilah cleared her throat, possibly to cover a cynical chuckle. "To the contrary, crime pays very well. If you're looking for a high risk, entertaining, and extremely lucrative career path, crime is definitely the way to go, and please take a business card or two before you leave."

"However, if you decide to go into crime or something a little darker than that," Lilah again looked out over the audience, focusing on one or two people in particular, "don't start a relationship with someone who might change you. Someone who might weaken you, no matter how perfect for you they may seem at the time. Otherwise, before you know it, you'll be throwing in your towel with a bunch of wanna be do gooders and getting your head chopped off because certain people can't tell a post-death vampire bite from a stab wound." She paused and cleared her throat. "Hypothetically speaking, of course."

"In closing, remember that you are the only one who cares what happens to you. Make your choices accordingly."