Stabbing People for Fun and Profit: Mercenary Work for Beginners, Monday, Period 4

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

No bouncing today as he waited for students to arrive. Nope, not in the mood for that.

"Now, if you'll recall in the first class I asked when you'd draw the line for a job. Today I want a more detailed answer," Deadpool said with a manic grin. "I know it's easy to say now that 'Oh, I'd never do that!' or 'No amount of money is worth that!', but come on now. If you want to be a mercenary, why the hell would you set limits?"

He twirled a small stiletto dagger in his hand, tossing it up into the air on occasion to catch it and continue the twirling.

"I want you to get into groups of two or three and figure out a good limit for a professional mercenary. Who will they kill, rob or protect? Megalomaniacal super villains bent on destroying the world? Friends? Family? The occasional old couple who want some really annoying kid to stop stealing from their shop and are willing to pay way too much? Gimme answers folks!"

[[ooc: Please wait for the OCD is up!]]

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Would the world end if it wasn't collapsey?

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[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie McGee

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[snow-white-boy.livejournal.com]

Haku

Break Into Groups

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Try to keep the UST to a minimum.

I'm looking at the firebenders in the room.

Re: Break Into Groups

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie was feeling confused enough on this subject to hope that someone else had good ideas. Because while she'd like to say she wouldn't kill *anyone* ever, well....

Re: Break Into Groups

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

It wasn't exactly a topic Setsuna ever liked discussing. Charlie looked a little lost on the topic, so Setsuna decided to sidle up and join her, and hopefully get this done quickly. "The correct answer," she to her simply, "is money. Protect, kill, steal, based on the highest bidder. If we're strictly talking the barest mercenary ideal..."

"Whether or not you actually believe that is a personal thing."

Re: Break Into Groups

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin took a seat and started thinking about how far he'd go.

Re: Break Into Groups

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely sat down next to Gavin. "I wouldn't start dyeing people's clothes pink," he said quietly. "Not unless they put livestock in my room or something."

Re: Break Into Groups

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"I'd kill some raving mega-maniac who was attempting to hurt something defenseless. Like a kid. Or a fluffy bunny or something," Mel said with a shrug. "Or self-defense. Pretty much it."

Re: Break Into Groups

[jedi-qui.livejournal.com]

Qui-Gon nodded. "That really are the only times lethal force is warranted," he agreed.

Re: Break Into Groups

[snow-white-boy.livejournal.com]

Haku looked around for a group to join. It was an interesting question, one that he wasn't sure anyone could answer straight off.

Except for Deadpool.

Re: Break Into Groups

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Sokka said, walking up to Haku.

"I... don't really have an answer to the question. Do you?"

Re: Break Into Groups

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"A good limit is whatever gets you the most money possible, but still lets you sleep at night," Alec put in. "Ideally, you'll just work the highest bid and not care what you're doing, but not everyone can be a sociopathic nutjob."

Re: Break Into Groups

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"And if you happen to be a sociopathic nutjob?" Deadpool asked idly.

Re: Break Into Groups

[turtle-toughguy.livejournal.com]

"What he said." Raph's limit was much lower than he'd like to admit. "But there's more to it. Gotta know how to be stealth, pick targets that aren't gonna get other professionals coming after you."

Re: Break Into Groups

[blackmagic-eve.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't kill my friends or family, but anybody else..." Eve paused to consider it. "Depend on the circumstances, I suppose."

Talk to The TA's

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

If you really want to.

Of course, they have to ping in first.

Re: Talk to The TA's

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Setsuna was there, wondering exactly what her TA's position called for her to do in a class like this.

Re: Talk to The TA's

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec looked rather smug; he might've had a good night, not dirty.

Talk to the Teacher

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

The knife was now stick in his hand. How that happened... it's best not to wonder.

OOC

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

What if the OOC is IC, huh? What happens then?

Re: OOC

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Then the fiction would become non-fiction.

And Mel would be playing an RPG game where she's a computer professional.

Re: OOC

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Night would become day, black would turn to white.

Cats and dogs! Living together!?

Re: OOC

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka stabbed Deadpool in the thigh.

"Mr. Deadpool? -- Wade? Can I call you Wade?" he asked. "Can we have an orgy in class next week? With pie?"

Re: OOC

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"...Who's got the lube! LET'S GET THIS ILLEGAL AND DISTURBING PARTY STARTED!"