fandomhigh | Revolutions: Week 3 Period 5

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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Parker rolled her eyes, and pinched the bridge of her nose. "It's too early for violence. We'll lose the populace's backing if you go in guns blazing. So to speak." She tapped a pen on the desk. "Save that for the endgame, if we need it. Intelligence--" She gave him a dry look. "--is in short supply. That, we need."

"I could try to pump Anders. For details," Bel said, looking over at the other group. "He...owes me a favor."

Parker's expression at this assertion became complex, bizarre, and finally ironic. "I'm sure he does. You really think he'll give-- he'll talk that easily?" She dug a pen into her notebook, a little too hard.

"I think I can get him to come around," Bel said.

Parker's eyes nearly crossed at that one. "Great. Fine. Cool. As a backup? If you can just lurk, that'll be great." She grimaced. "Damnit. And you can't teleport any more. So yeah, lurk."

Bel shook his head. "Right, no teleporting," he said. "And I certainly can lurk if I can't get information out of Anders. But I'm pretty sure I can get anything I need out of him."

Parker gave him a disbelieving, mildly disgusted look. "I'm sure you can. Have fun with that."

Bel coolly took note of Parker's reaction. "Something wrong?" he asked.

"You're doing your utmost for our cause. How can that be wrong?"

"You seem ~~particularly bitchy~~ a little out of sorts," Bel observed. "Or maybe it's my imagination."

"Long weekend," Parker said shortly. Then gave him a smirk. "How was yours?"

Bel twitched. Visibly.

"I don't remember it," he lied.

Parker looked delighted. "Zero got lots of it on DVD. You'll have to wait for your copy to find out what you did, then."

Bel glared. "I think I'll pass. I have absolutely no desire to relive the experience."

Parker's good humor restored, she said, "Too bad. Go ahead, then. Infiltrate. With pie. I'm sure he'd like some." She bit down on any other references to what Anders might have wanted.

"I'll bring him a nice sweet treat," Bel said with a smirk. "I'll have him eating out of the palm of my hand."

"Endgame, Parker?" 6 asked sarcastically. "You appear to take to this quite easily. Have experience?"

Parker sent him a wary look, then coolly said, "No more than anyone else here. I read spy novels. Sue me." And manuals. And of course, there was always the Centre's way of thinking to fall into without realizing it. "Have you any suggestions?"

"Defect," 6 said.

Parker gave him a deadpan look. "Not a fan of the monarchy, I take it."

"Are you?" 6 asked.

"Hardly. But that's the team I'm assigned to for this class. I'd like to get a good grade, and that means: my team wins." She gave him an expectant look. "Problem with that?"

"It's of no concern to me," 6 said.

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