Choose Your Own Government, Monday, Class #2

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Vala was sitting on her desk as students entered, swinging her legs. On each desk were a fully moddable doughnut, an apple, and an empty mug.

"Hello, everyone. Today we're going to address the issue of allocation of resources. I have in my possession one thermos, with enough coffee in it for two people, or one greedy person. I have another thermos of tea, and one of hot chocolate. Same rules."

"So, today's project? I want to give these thermoses out to people in time for you to drink them while they're still warm. Your job is to decide who should have them, using some of the types of government we read about last week. Feel free to lie, cheat, steal, campaign, whatever you feel the need to do to get them, but only three people will end up with them. We'll discuss next week how effective you were."

"Have fun." Then she sipped from a very large mocha before taking a bite of her chocolate-glazed doughnut.

Comments

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"I hear you look good with pink hair." Anemone grinned and leaned back in her seat. "That takes a lot of talent to pull off. I should know."

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"That I do," John replied. "Though, I will always prefer my natural hue."

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"Well, we can't all be as naturally handsome as you, now can we?" she asked, somehow managing to keep a straight face. "Most of us don't have the option of being pretty no matter what."

"Can I have the thermos of chocolate now, please?"

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Definitely not," he said. "I'm finding your compliments a little...empty and making me recall a really distressing week of pink hair that I had been repressing."

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"But I was told you were pretty!" Anemone let her lower lip wibble slightly, eyes welling up. "Are you saying I was lied to?"

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I'm saying that, as your King, I get to make up the rules as we go along," John said. "And you could use a lesson or two in sucking up."

Re: Who Gets the Thermos?--Monarchy

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I'm not good at it. I consider it a virtue," Anemone said, dropping the act. "Fine. You give me the chocolate, I tell you how Faile did it. Then you can go back to safely repressing, and I won't bring it up again."