Revolutions: Week 9 Period 5

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly was perched on top of her desk again as she watched the students come into the classroom.

"I hope you didn't miss me too much last week though it sounds like Bridge was an excellent substitute."  She grinned at Bridge.  "I'm sorry to say I don't have pie for you all.  Hopefully you won't hold it against me."

"Today we're going to switch things up a bit.  This whole semester we've focused on what it's like from the revolutionaries' standpoint. But I spent the past week in my country looking at things from a different angle - from that of the reigning government."

"So today, in small groups or pairs, I'd like you to react to a scenario as you would if you were the government of a country.  Go in with all your guns blazing, try to talk to the dissidents, infiltrate them, try to capture them and ship them off into exile, it's up to you.  Once you decide a plan of attack, I'm going to tell you how the revolutionaries react to your plan and you can respond once more."

"I'm sorry to tell all you strictly democratic souls, but today, you're all representatives of a monarchy.  Your intelligence service has brought information to you of a lost 'true heir' to the throne being spoken about in the streets.  A coalition of mainly merchants - your middle class - has started to form around this supposed heir, and the people of the streets seem to be turning towards that banner."

She grinned.  "You all have quite good instincts from the stirring things up side, let's see how you do when your objective is order in your country.  Any questions?"


[OOC: Please wait for the OCD is up.]

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Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"Keep your hands off yourself until we figure out a way to undo this," Bel grumbled.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders snorted. "It's only fair, you know. After what you've been putting me through? Hell, if you think about it that way I haven't even begun to pay you back yet." One corner of his mouth twitched sardonically. "Either way, you get the better end of the deal . . . and wouldn't you just love to know who I was thinking about?"

It was probably a stupid thing to say, but he couldn't resist.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"If it was Phoebe, you're a dead man," Bel snapped.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders raised an eyebrow coolly. "And what if it was you?"

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"You had better not go there," Bel said.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"What if I already have?" Anders replied. "The Source might have been evil, but he was good. You were good."

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"No!" Bel said. "No thoughts like that!"

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Oh, for frak's --" Anders sighed. "What are you going to do, Bel? Pretend it never happened?"

This was probably a conversation best saved for another time, but he kind of wanted an answer now.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"What good is dwelling on it?" Bel said. "It's not going to happen again."

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"No," admitted Anders reluctantly, "but that doesn't mean . . . forget it."

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"Doesn't mean what?" Bel said.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Nothing," Anders replied. "Not now. Nothing you need to know anyway."

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"Okay, fine," Bel said.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Trust me, you probably don't want to anyway," Anders added. "But I'm not sorry I did it."

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"Not sorry about what you did with the Source or about what you did yesterday?" Bel asked.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Yesterday." Anders looked up and met Bel's gaze steadily. "I'd say I wasn't sorry about what I did with the Source, but it hurt a lot of people. Including you. Including me. But if it wasn't for that . . ."

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"He was using you," Bel pointed out.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I know. I knew that at the time." Anders dropped his head and started staring at his shoes. "And I didn't care if he was. That kind of scares me."

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"That's . . . not healthy," Bel said awkwardly.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I know that, thanks. Why else would I say it scared me?" Anders retorted. "You should just be glad I'm thinking about you and not the Source . . ."

Oops. He snapped his mouth shut abruptly and turned very slightly red.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"Well, that's . . . healthier, I guess," Bel said a little uncomfortably. "A little bit."

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Look, if it really bothers you that much, I'll try and stop, okay?"

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"How do you think Phoebe is going to feel about it?" Bel said.

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I think she'd think I had good taste," Anders muttered half to himself. "But yeah, I know . . . it's not fair to her. Look, I'm trying here, okay? It's not just something I can forget. Might be easier for you, but it's kind of hard here."

Re: [Rev 3-13] During the Lecture

[demonbelthazor]

"I never said it was easy," Bel shot back. "I have to live with what the Source did, too."