Study Hall -- Wednesday, September 28th

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Wednesday's study hall. I'm in a considerably better mood than yesterday, which mostly means none of you will be getting set on fire today. I reserve the right to threaten you with it, though. You have no fucking idea how entertaining the looks on your faces are when I do that.

*grins wickedly and takes a drag off her cigarette*

The announcements for today --

-- Biff is missing once again from the front of the teachers lounge. If somebody could find that stupid goddamn bear and drag it back, I'd appreciate it. (I won't be rettaching any limbs you might lose, though. That's your fucking problem, not mine.)

-- After the events of last weekend, I'm thinking of lifting the weapons ban. I'll be opening up a discussion section in the comments for those opposed and those for the weapons ban to hash out any differences they might have, any requests they might have for licensing or policing those who wish to carry their weapons, and any other problems they might wish to discuss.

-- Parents Weekend will take place on October 28th, 29th, and 30th. For the record, you may make one new RPG journal for whichever parent, guardian, relation, or mortal enemy you might wish to bring in for your character. These characters cannot already be enrolled in the school or exist in town, and if you can find someone not already involved in the game to play them just for that weekend, all the better. However, these characters will not be allowed posting access on FH or any related communities, they will only be allowed to comment in designated threads -- open houses for classes, the Halloween dance, etc. They're only here to visit for one weekend, folks -- they won't be hanging in the dorms or taking classes or anything. Also, teachers will be allowed to call parent/teacher conferences with any of their students they might wish to meet with (or any "parent" they might wish to interview ... *snerk*).

(OOC: Also, for the record, I'm not playing John Connor anymore -- I've passed him off to someone else. Now he can get a little more play, the poor antisocial bastard. :))

Comments

Re: Weapons Ban

[alchemy-4-arson.livejournal.com]

using 'but they have inborn weapons that are so dangerous and we need protection from them' as an argument.

You misunderstood my statement. Not that we need to arm ourselves against each other, but that some students have what would clearly be identified as "weapons" that they can't be separated from. Which, now that I think about it includes myself, since I can make a weapon on the spot out of any nearby materials. But I don't mind demonstrating my competence in alchemy, since I can only assume that most of the those with "supernatural" abilities are already responsible for them, having been born with the abilities or lived with them for an acceptable period of time to be able to control them.

It's not that guns would be needed to protect ourselves, but rather that several parties have already demonstrated to having inborn weapons and been able to restrain themselves/ourselves adequately from abuse. In that respect I don't see the problem with allowing guns or other weapons, provided people demonstrate equal competence on their end.

Re: Weapons Ban

[positive-angel.livejournal.com]

Oh! I think I understand now and I think we agree. Thanks for clearing that up.

Re: Weapons Ban

[alchemy-4-arson.livejournal.com]

Hm. Actually, I've changed my mind a bit. I don't think magic-users (or other wiht other inborn abilities) should be required to prove their competency or register. I'm willing to go on the assumption that they can safely control their abilities, since I've been assuming that ever since school started anyway. I already felt safe enough-- nothing's changed in that respect.

But I do think that people acquiring weapons like guns and swords should demonstrate competency before carrying them, simply because I can't trust that they've been born with a pistol the same way that others are born with magic.