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Choose Your Own Government, Monday, Class #2

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.

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With an eating icon

If you eat your doughnut now, you won't have it to bargain with later

Soon with types of government

You'd have to vote first, but the campaign speeches should be interesting.

Since this is a birthright thing, first person to ping into this thread rules.

It's good to be the King.

Being rich isn't so bad either

As soon as she pings in

No stealing the mocha!

Yeah, I have no idea. *shrugs*

John Sheppard

John so wanted to be a king. "Okay, people. As your most excellent king, I think we should start with some compliments. Maybe some bribes."

Edited 2008-01-14 03:18 (UTC)

Anemone

"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."

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

"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?"

Ferris Bueller

"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."

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

"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."

Evey Hammond

"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."

"Your Highness," Ferris said, trying his best to look humble, "Give the others what they want. I'm fine with taking the coffee if the others want the tea and hot chocolate. Their preferences should come first."

"$5 to everyone who agrees to give me the tea provided your support actually gets me the tea. Meaning," he explained, "if you get everyone else to agree, everyone wins."

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"Ladies and gentlemen, classmates, Professor Mal Doran, friends. I stand before you today as a candidate for the thermos of hot chocolate. As a once great president said, ask not what your classmates can do for you but what you can do for your classmates. Guarantee me the hot chocolate and I'll put my full support behind you. We'll go beyond this tiny classroom, step outside the boundaries that have been put upon us for so very long and venture forth to a place where we can all get what we want. I'll make it my personal duty to ensure that each and every one of you has your very own full thermos of whatever heated beverage you like. Make the decision you know to be right. Vote for me, Ferris Bueller, candidate for the thermos of hot chocolate."

Gwynn Hood

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