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Study Hall -- Wednesday, September 28th

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. :))

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Well, go on, you little punks. Argue and complain all you want.

River comes in and grabs a seat off to one side. She's got a container of orange juice with her, and seems to be in a surprisingly good mood. That might, of course, have something to do with the hickey not-quite-concealed at her neckline.

Duce slides into Study Hall since her Paranormal Studies teacher is still missing, and Professor Jerusalem appears to be sleeping off a hangover across his desk. She wasn't sure what his cat had eaten, but the methane levels of that room were positively toxic. Granted, she wasn't sure it was the cat, but since Spider would blame the cat anyway, she figured she'd go ahead and mentally readjust her thinking to blame the poor moggy right from the get-go.

A book is excavated from her knapsack and opened. She stares at it, but from the idle manner in which she was flipping the pages and the obviously distracted expression of thought on her face, it could be assumed she wasn't actually reading it.

Faith walks into study hall in a much better mood than yesterday. She's also got a notebook, which is a first. Sitting down at her desk, she opens it and starts planning her 'fundraiser'.

From her seat across the room, Lilly winks at River. Her low-cut shirt practically displays her hickey for all to see.

*signs in and sits down with a travel mug of kaf and a couple of books*

[[ooc: my guardian is already an NPC townie. Shops at the Kwik-Stop etc. I hadn't planned to make a journal, as he doesn't speak Basic. I figured he could just loom.]]

I think it might be a good idea to let students get a license in order to be allowed to carry weapons. Maybe this can be done with the help of the Gun club. Just letting anyone have a weapons is probably a stupid idea, but the zombie attack has proven that we are capable of brandishing weapons without killing each other and that it might even be necessary. So forcing the students to first take a test to proof that they can handle a weapon responsibly and forcing anyone who wants to hold it with him to register might be a good compromise.

Lifting the ban would make a lot of us a lot more comfortable. I'm not the only one feeling naked wearing just an empty holster.

not to mention the bad luck I'm in for over my knife

If weapons are reinstated, I want a list - for use in any eventual murder proceedings - of who has what.

I'm willing to set up a certification and licensing program, atleast when it comes to firearms. That way we can atleast test to make sure the kids who have guns know how to take care of 'em good and proper.

Marty walks into study hall in a foul mood. He sits down a table and proceeds to work on his criminology homework.

Belthazor wandered into study hall. He hadn't seen Phoebe in any classes the day before and there was no sign of her here, either. He couldn't help but wonder where she was. He kept an eye out for her roommates to see if he get get any info out of them. Piper certainly wouldn't be helpful. Worrying was stupid, though. He should be busy plotting mayhem or something. Right.

That is definitely fair for anyone who claims they don't want to hurt anyone to do.

"With the sheer amount of underage drinking that goes on around here, we think it's a bad idea. The weapons locker was opened up during the zombie attack, and that worked well. It would've worked a lot better and a lot more efficiently if we had a warning system, as Alanna is campaigning for in her Student Council platform. Those of us with the innate ability to harm others have been required to take measures to ensure that we don't hurt our fellow students or teachers even by accident, and we feel it would be extremely unfair if other students were allowed to have their weapons ready to hand while we are required to peace-bond ours."

She shrugs. "Frankly, until a better definition of 'weapon' and a better list of the rules and regulations for weapons exists, we think it would be a very bad idea to lift the weapons ban."

What about those of us who use blades?

While I agree with Cameron on the need for licenses, gods know I've seen what dangers idiots with swords can be, it's a bit harder to test responsible sword useage than gun.

Defining weapons is a good idea, but banning half and leaving others with natural 'weapons' seems unfair to me. And what are you going to do? Throw those students out because they can do magic or what else it is they can do?

Angelus wandered in. He spotted Bel and aimed in his direction.

"This seat taken?"

How about forcing those with blades to take up fencing classes? I agree with Duce that a definition of weapons might be a good idea.

*blinks* If guns and knives are being banned and/or requiring registration, why not things like mutant powers and magical abilities and wands? They can all be used to harm others.

"So why do you need a weapon? Why not make unarmed combat classes mandatory? A gun or a sword isn't going to do much good unless you're really good with it, and if you're not, it's far too easy to hurt a bystander.

We're left with our 'weapons' because we can't take them off. That doesn't mean we get to blithely go around rampaging, it means we're watched far, far more closely than you 'normal' people. We all know what will happen to us if we step out of line - the Principal made that expressly clear to us before we enrolled. Plus, if we step out of line, it's much easier to trace. Someone's exsanguinated and has puncture marks somewhere? Vampire. Someone's turned to stone? Me. Someone's harmed by magic? Limited pool of who it could be and the faculty has lists and would interrogate all of them.

Contrariwise, someone dies by a sword, how do you even begin to figure out who did it? Guns, slightly better off but even easier to foul the trail on - just ask any of the forensic experts on staff.

We also take exception to the insinuation that because we have innate 'weapons', the nats feel they need weapons to protect against us. Show me somewhere that one of us has threatened or harmed another student using anything but normal human physical prowess. We can show you an example where a student was harmed by a gun, completely by accident."

::pulls out his clipboard::

You got a list of people in this "We"? Just for the record, I mean. And can you specifically state what sort of measures you've taken to make sure you can't hurt anyone?

Not trying to be skeptical, but seeing as last I heard you were the one around here with the ability to turn into a giant window-smashing snake, I just want to make sure you and this "we" are as "peace-bonded" as you say. For the record.

::looks at 'Duce, calmly, pen poised to write::

The problem is that while all blades operate on the "pointy bit goes in the other guy" principle, how that pointy bit gets there, or even which part of the blade is considered the pointy bit, varies immensely by sword type.

Fencing classes with foils aren't really going to help with someone who uses a spatha or a broadsword.

Belthazor nodded in greeting. "It is now. What's up?"

"As noted by Spider and Connor... the security system here at Fandom high is everywhere. Any shots fired/puncture marks/sword fights mad by an individual will be sure to taken notice of and be recorded for Rover to review and for Connor to consider said person's punishment."

~~You didn't kiss me good morning, damn you~~

Angelus sat, stretching himself out so that he was all but horizontal in his chair. "Nothing. Just didn't want to be in the middle of the weapons talk, funny though I do find it."

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