Detention, Saturday, February 24

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

As the students entered the Danger Shop, they noticed that they were on a rooftop with The Tick standing at the edge of the roof overlooking the cityscape. He held a clipboard in one hand.

Katara
Sokka
Samantha Carter
Melaka Fray
Charles Kawalsky
Ray Kowalski
Alex Krycek
Jaye Tyler
Will Vandom
Turtle Wexler
Layla Williams

When everyone had shown up, he turned around and smiled. "Good morning, detentioned students! I am The Tick and I shall be your detention instructor today! Today I'll be showing you the ins and outs of Wrong. You see this city? It's based on The City, my Home Away From Fandom! The City is known for many things. Good diners. Science that is both mad and beneficial. And the never-ending struggle between good and evil, all dressed up in tights! Since you're here, it's assumed that you may be branching out to the evil side of that struggle, so I'm going to show you first-hand that crime doesn't pay!"

"You'll be undergoing a series of simulations as the villain. When you try to do your dastardly deeds, a random hero of The City will come out to thwart you! Don't take these thwartings personally, though. It's our job. The superhero is the Telemarketer of Justice and villains are sitting at home, not expecting to be bothered, but bothered they are because their home is a robot that's destroying a bank and then a call comes asking if you'd like to order some law! And the villain says no, but after some stuggle he's convinced to do so! The only difference here is that instead of better rates on their phone bill or weekdays AND Sundays for newspaper delivery, they just purchased a stay in prison."

"There are some costumes in a box there if you really want to get into the whole theme, but they're optional and completely school appropriate."

[OOC: Sorry for getting it up a little later than intended. Writer's block followed by icon making = slight delay. I'll be around all day. Playing 17 NPCs. *sighs at self*

Information on the heroes can be found here and a videoclip with some of them is here!

For the record, I know there are people who will be signing in late in the day. I am totally cool with that. I never want to stop playing this detention until my brain explodes, so I'm good to play it out however long it takes. :D]

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Sign In

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

And grab a costume if you'd like! There are changing rooms on this roof, right next to the HVAC units.

Re: Sign In

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray signed in and grabbed a costume. At least it wasn't spandex.

Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

The Tick led his villains down to the street by leaping off the roof. "Don't worry, the shop is set to not kill you if you jump! There's a very large trampoline down here!"

After that, he led them across the street from a building labeled as "THE BANK."

"That is a bank. You get to try to rob it. Remember, you're a supervillain, so go in, be flashy about it! If you want, team up and decide who's in charge and who's a henchman! See if you can get out of being thwarted, which you won't, because Justice is like oil when mixed with water: it always comes out on top!"

[OOC: Most of the heroes in The City are completely incompetent. Don't fear a thwarting too much.]

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle spent a little more time on the trampolines. She really liked how her cape and her braid jumped and flopped together. She eventually hopped off and looked up at THE BANK. Hm. Rob it. Be flashy about it...

If anything, she knew she could at least be cliche about it. Turtle charged in with little pomp or circumstance and demanded, "Everyone down! This is an unlawful attempt to redistribute the flow of the circulation of currency through the economy! Cooperate, and your stock options may still be safe!"

She suddenly realized she had no weapons. Except her kicking, braid rage, and the power of mighty capitalism. And, hey, that did work on the samurai fishmen...

...

...when the heck did all this become normal to her?

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray didn't think being flashy would help him rob the bank. He stomped into the bank, looked around, and said, "This is a robbery! On the ground and no one gets hurt!"

It was what they'd seen on television, after all.

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam spent a while considering how to best rob the bank. Normally, she'd be a fan of going in under the cover of darkness and just circumventing the alarm system, but that didn't seem to fit in with the scenario.

Instead, she folded her mask and put it in her pocket, then went to go stand in line for the teller.

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[fates_jaye]

Jaye sighs, and walks into the bank. "This is a stickup, gimme all your money," she sighs.

And belatedly thinks to point her finger like a gun.

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[proudsidekick.livejournal.com]

Layla did not feel good about this at all. But she also didn't want to get in trouble, so she donned her mask and stormed into the bank like every supervillain she knew. "This is a stick-up! Everybody on the ground!"

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel rolled her eyes at the tick. That's not how you rob a bank.

Mel jumped off the roof and then when around the back of the bank and started to work on disabling the security alarm system.

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara frowned at the scenario and wondered what Captain Liberty would say about using tactics from Superheroing class to rob a bank. She also worried about what happened last time she tried to steal something.

She walked into the bank. "Give me your money or I'll turn you into ice sculptures!"

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[notawitch.livejournal.com]

Most the the villains that Will had met in the past tended to make over the top dramatic speeches, so she figured she might as well give it a shot. Will marched up the stairs in her evil stompy boots, slammed the twin doors open, and poised dramatically to point at the bank tellers.

"Pathetic humans!" she yelled. "Hand over all your money to me, or I shall be forced to destroy you all my with incredible energy powers! Mwahahahaha!"

Hey, evil laughing actually felt kind of good. Maybe that's why so many evil people did it.

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka slammed the doors open and strode into THE BANK.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" he yelled. "You have been Sokkalated! All your money is now mine! Gimme!"

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek pulled on a pair of sunglasses, adjusted his tie, and strode into the bank, raising his voice authoritatively as he flashed his wallet like he still had his badge. "This is the FBI, I'm going to have to ask everyone to step outside of the bank," he said loudly.

Re: Activity 1: The Bank Robbery

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky walked in. "Folks, listen up," he called to get everyone's attention. "I'm a supervillain and this is a bank robbery. You all know how it goes, so if you don't give me the money I want, I'm destroying the building in the usual melodramatic way with lots of fire and death and explosions. If you'd like to leave, now would be the time. Except the manager. You're opening the vault and getting the money out."

Honesty was the best policy.

Activity 2: Blow Up The Moon!

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

After the bank robbery simulation, The Tick led the students to The City Observatory. Instead of a giant telescope in the observatory, though, there was a giant laser cannon. And up in the sky was the moon. It had the letters "HA" carved into it and a large bite taken out of it.

"In this simulation, you're a big time supervillain with henchman. You have to instruct your henchman, the helmetted hired goons called the Idea Men, on how to thwart the thwarting you're sure to receive when a hero presents his thwart card! While doing this, you're trying to look through your desk for a crystal that will power the giant laser cannon that you want to use to blow up the moon thus causing tidal woe and gravitational confusion! Don't ask me why you want to do this, you're the villains! Anyway, all of the drawers in your desk are locked and you can't find the key. Because Evil doesn't sweat the details the way it should, hence blowing up the moon."

[OOC: Ping in, a hero will meet you, then mod your mob as you try to find the crystal. Most of you will probably succeed in blowing up the moon. Do it as quickly as you'd like, unless a hero manages to defeat you.]

Re: Activity 2: Blow Up The Moon!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Okay....Idea Men, you know what to do."

Turtle sort of figured they would. She hoped so. Because she looked around, thinking, now, if I were a crystal that would power a laser cannon, where would I be?

Re: Activity 2: Blow Up The Moon!

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Okay. Blowing up the moon is a little different than banks.

"Okay Henchmen. Guard all the entrances. A couple of you should hang out on the roof and make sure no heroes try to make a dramatic entrace by jumping through the skylights."

Re: Activity 2: Blow Up The Moon!

[fates_jaye]

Jaye kind of stands there and says, "Someone go find the crystal thing?"

A small mob of Idea Men assault the desk, yanking on drawers noisily.

Re: Activity 2: Blow Up The Moon!

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

"Find the crystal," Ray ordered.

The Idea Men pounced on the desk and started look through the desk.

Re: Activity 2: Blow Up The Moon!

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam may have forgotten to instruct her henchmen, being too busy trying to figure out why she wanted to blow up the moon, and what kind of laser cannon operated with a crystal, while she picked the locks on the drawers of the desk.

They were milling around by the door of the office, discussing Oscars odds and the latest celebrity scandals.

"Um, guys? Trying to concentrate here. Go stand in the hall, please?"

They filed out.

Lunch

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Here you are at a diner for supervillains. You can get pretty much any diner food you want, but it all tastes like Evil: bitter and greasy."

Actually, the food was decent. But greasy.

[OOC: Visitors are allowed, why not?]

Re: Lunch

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Trying to be an evil capitalist supervillian worked up an appetite and Turtle was alway enthusastic about greasy food that was bad for her. She bounced a little as she sat and ate. She was thinking about her manifesto.

Activity 3: Betrayal!

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"The one thing that all villains need to learn is that all of your fellow villains are untrustworthy. Take all of you, for example! I have these state of the art laser weapons and harnesses. They're called 'LASER TAG' devices. If I give you each a harness and a gun, I can only imagine that you're going to shoot each other with it!"

A mist rolled into the shop. The lights turned to blacklights. And suddenly there were obstructions and things to hide behind. "Well, go ahead, betray each other like good little villains."

[OOC: Random laser tag interlude. Shoot each other, it's fun! For the record, this is plain old regular laser tag. The lasers are harmless. Three hits and you're out.]

Re: Activity 3: Betrayal!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Eeee! Laser tag! So cool! Turtle quickly found somewhere to hide, waiting to try and shoot someone. She was aiming for Sokka.

Activity 4: Take the Fight to the Heroes!

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

The scene shifted a few miles outside of The City to a building. The sign read "THE COMET CLUB." Off to the side of the building was a small shack with a sign reading "Sidekick's Lounge." There was also a parking lot filled with various supervehicles.

"Here we are at The Comet Club, the nightclub for superheroes! There are a bunch of heroes in there that you would surely be defeated by if you managed to get in, but we're not going to worry about that. Your goal is just to try to get inside. But be warned, the door is guarded by Doorman, that guy hovering right by the door. He flys, is super strong, and can sense when people who aren't heroes enter the club. Oh, and eye lasers! Those are keen! Anyway, you have to get past him somehow. Defeat him in battle, distract him and run inside, whatever you think will work!"

[OOC: You'll probably fail this task unless you get really clever. Try anyway! The environment is completely moddable, from the Sidekick's Lounge to the cars in the lot, to the grass on the ground.]

Re: Activity 4: Take the Fight to the Heroes!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle ditched the cape and found herself a clipboard and a fake pair of glasses. She pushed them up her nose as she approached Doorman. "I'm with the city zoning board; we have reasons to believe that the structural compotants of this particular establishment might be subject to a lesser known law recently discovered from 1932. They've sent me over to come have a looksee."

Hey, it worked for fairy tales class well enough...

Activity 5: Villainy is Silly, Chums!

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

The Danger Shop now represented the original rooftop again. The Tick was standing in the middle of the roof, looking slightly disappointed. "Well, you've made it this far with some success, unfortunately. There's just one final way to prove to you that villainy is not the right choice for you, to help you straighten out, do right and not wrong, do good and not evil..."

"If you're a villain, then I will have to thwart you. Now, I'm not going to attack you here in detention, obviously, especially since you're not truly evil. But I do want to show you how bad an idea it would be to have me as a nemesis, so I'd like you to take a shot at me. There are various weapons in this pile next to me if you don't want to risk hurting your hand with a punch. Just attack me and you can be on your way. And don't worry about me! I'm nigh invulnerable!"

[OOC: Completely moddable weapons with safety measures on for the students so you can use a grenade with no fear!]

Re: Activity 5: Villainy is Silly, Chums!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle's weapon was her kick, but she liked the Tick and didn't want to kick him. But she had always wanted to throw a grenade, as it was, and so that's what she did. And then covered her ears.

OOC

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

17 NPC heroes are available in this detention. That's down from the 20 villains I used in a previous detention. I'm slacking.

Re: OOC

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

You scare me. In a totally good way though. Really!