Revolutions: Week 3 Period 5

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly was totally not pouting at the stack of freshly baked pie on her desk.  It was frowning, really.  And not because she was anti-pie in any way, but because those lovely pies had been the notes and materials for her lesson today just minutes ago.

She looked up from her scowling as the class found their seats.  "So.  We have pie today instead of class notes.  Which really.  I'm perfectly okay with."  She glanced at one of the TAs.  "Want to go grab some forks and plates so we can at least enjoy it?"

"Since I'm not going to try to redo all that," she gestured vaguely at the pies, "right now, we'll go for a different activity.  The past few weeks we've discussed what would move you to revolt against a government.  Today, we'll put that into practice a bit."  Aly reached for the class list and pouted scowled once more as she realised that too was pie. 

"Right.  Three groups.  One's the representatives of the government - a monarchy, yes," she said with a smirk.  "The second group is formed of potential revolutionaries and the third, the general people on the street.  It's gaining the support of the masses that will allow a popular rebellion - as opposed to a coup d' état of some sort - that allows a revolution to gain momentum and hopefully eventually succeed.  Today, we're going to work on gaining momentum."

She listed off the groups - of course they were totally random, really - writing them on the whiteboard as she went.

Monarchy	Revolutionaries	Unaffiliated
Alec Belthazor Sam Tyler 6 Parker Aeryn	Anders D'anna Marco Seely Isabel Jamie Zuko	Balthier Marie Irulan Walter Charlie Steerpike Bridge

Aly grinned mischievously back at the class.  "Makers of mischief and revolution?  Feel free to decide on what exactly you're rebelling against.  Stalwart supporters of Her Majesty's government?  Obviously you don't want the reactionaries to succeed.  Both of your groups need to focus on gaining the support of the people and possibly finding supporters in your opposing camp."

"If you have any questions, ask them now or during class.  We'll add some more factors into play next week."

[OOC: Go ahead and invent why you're rebelling, why the government should stand, fun flying horses, anything you like.  Unaffiliated peoples?  If a group convinces you to join them, go ahead and tag into their camp and start working on your friends.  Feel free to try to convince people in anyway other than actual violence or threats, thank you very much.  Aly may be poking her head into discussions, the camps, etc.  Feel free to ignore her or try to convince her join up.  OCD is coming up]

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[Rev - 1/23] Sign In

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

And, you know, take some pie.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Sign In

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie D'Ancanto

[Rev - 1/23] Questions, Comments, Concerns

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Questions during the lecture? Desperate need to discuss the events of the weekend? Note passing? (Note PASSING, not FLYING, Parker ;) )

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Questions, Comments, Concerns

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker sat there looking very very innocent. Not like an ex-jailbird, or someone who would fly notes. Nope.

[Rev - 1/23] Monarchist's Camp

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Discuss your strategy, why your government should stay in power, who's the weak link vulnerable to influence on the other team...

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Monarchist's Camp

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler chuckled to himself at being on this team."All hail king whatever," he muttered, as he waited for his group to coalesce.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Monarchist's Camp

[demonbelthazor]

Bel? Totally not smirking as he thinks how easily he can infiltrate the revolutionaries.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Monarchist's Camp

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec was doing some of his knitting from 1st period (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh/1198849.html), which could be seen as analogous to the interwoven strands of monarchy/insurgents/neutral parties, creating a delicate yet cohesive whole - or possibly how little Alec liked the idea of being one of the monarchs. Your call, really.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Monarchist's Camp

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Wouldn't the easiest thing to do be to just find out what the revolutionaries' issues are, and attempt to be receptive to them?" Sam suggested, "People don't revolt if they're happy."

[Rev - 1/23] Revolutionaries Hide-Out

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

So you say you want a revolution? Better convince the people of it. Having an in with the government sometimes helps too.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Revolutionaries Hide-Out

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco was waaaay too excited about the assignment for some reason.

[Rev - 1/23] Unaffiliated

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

I'd say you can discuss strategy, but, umm...yeah, unaffiliated. Change sides as you like if someone convinces you to do so. Or, you know, make them work for it.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Unaffiliated

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie hung out and waited to see if anyone tried to get her on their side.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Unaffiliated

[strahl-pirate.livejournal.com]

Nuetral, nuetral was good. It let you work both sides,but Balthier was always up for a better offer.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Unaffiliated

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge is here, feeling... somewhat less mortified than yesterday, yay.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Unaffiliated

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Irulan didn't much care which side she would take, she was feeling woeful and cranky at the loss of her hat headdress.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Unaffiliated

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky was fine with sitting back and waiting for someone to try to bribe him.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Unaffiliated

[sneerkite]

Steerpike leaned back in his chair, looking rather uninterested in the whole thing.

[Rev - 1/23] Where the Convincing Happens

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Meet, argue, soapbox...

Re: [Rev - 1/23] Where the Convincing Happens

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Our monarchy is stable, benign, and sensitive to the needs of the populace. Also, we have a lot of pie," Parker declaimed. "And we're willing to listen to our consituents!"

[Rev - 1/23] Talk to Aly

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

She's around during and after class if you have questions, concerns, or wtfery.

[Rev - 1/23] OOC

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Nobody will send us deliverance.
Not God, nor Tsar, nor a hero.
We shall be liberated
by our own hands.
To overthrow oppression, skilled hands
take back all that is good -
Blow up the furnace and strike boldly
while the iron is hot!

This is our final
and decisive battle.
With the Internationale
the human race will leap up.

I don't know. I might just be crazy and this is too freeform. Ping me if there is no sense-making.

Re: [Rev - 1/23] OOC

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

The baby pandas (http://www.pandafix.com/photos/other_pandas/pandas111205_wideweb__470x3170.jpg) thank you for the cut ;-).

Re: [Rev - 1/23] OOC

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Sadly my availibility is the suck until tonight. And even then it might be an issue. It depends on if I play the State of the Union drinking game (http://www.drinkinggame.us/). Granted, the links to last year's game but it's still pretty much SSDY.

*cringes from icon*

Re: [Rev - 1/23] OOC

[defiantlyyours.livejournal.com]

You put 6 in the monarchy. I think I kinda love you.