Choosing Your Own Government--Monday, Period 5, Class #6--Crime and Punishment

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Vala awaited her class in the Danger Shop, where they had been handwavily informed to meet her. Inside was a set up of a dark, dank, but slightly out-of-date prison complex.

"Good afternoon. Now, I know this is a rather extreme way to prove a point, but whether you're a hereditary monarch, a crazy mass-murdering fuckhead future German Chancellor, an opponent of legal racial inequality, or any number of other political prisoners advocating change, chances are you're going to end up in one of these, at least for a little while. So."

"First, I want you all to choose your own cells." She waited until everyone was settled, then closed the doors and locked them with a metallic clang. "Your goal is to get out of here. Period. How do you do that? In each of those cells are the fully moddable resources you need to get out of the cell, or you can do your time to prove a point and wait for them to release you. Either way, but I need a rationale of who you are, and what you're doing there, then how you plan to get out."

"Think of it as an acting exercise, but the goal here is to understand that government has both the power to lock you up, and the power to set you free, whether for a good reason, or no reason at all. Think about that while you work."

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Sign In #6

[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

Imprisonment, yay?

During the Lecture

[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

Boggle, spaz out, start redecorating, etc.

In the Cells

[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

Questions: Who are you? What are you doing in prison? How will you get out?

A set of lockpicks and technology are moddable within reason (think your standard prison), as are reasonably intelligent and moddable guards who are subject to bribes and flattery.

Yes, if your character would be able to make explosives from regular household things, that is also an option. That's why they're in the Danger Shop.

For the TA

[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

If/when she pings in

For the Teacher

[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

She'll be there, yeah, but not until I get home from work.

OOC

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Any questions or problems, ping me here. I'll answer as soon as I can.

Re: Sign In #6

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Gwynn Hood

Re: During the Lecture

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Gwynn did not like this at all as it came way too close to her own life for comfort.

She didn't protest as she understood what Vala was trying to teach them, but that didn't change the fact her complexion was a bit paler than earlier.

Re: Sign In #6

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Evey Hammond

Re: For the TA

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

Evey was there. Exceptionally quiet and tense-looking, but there.

Re: During the Lecture

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Evey was doing her very best not to show any signs of how the lesson was affecting her. She'd had advance warning of it, and she'd lived through this once already. And it was only for an hour. Presumably she'd be allowed to keep her hair. And there wouldn't be any torture.

It didn't really comfort her, and Evey was already starting to feel claustrophobic and sick, her brain frantically attempting to shut off her emotions. She'd dull herself, just for this hour, just as she had for those months and months on end. She could get through one class.

She wasn't afraid to go back in a cell, of course. But it certainly wasn't on her list of things she'd wanted to do when she got up that morning.

Re: Sign In #6

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Anemone

Re: During the Lecture

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone was quite used to being a guest of the government, thank you very much, although her cell quarters usually had white walls and bolted-down things. Definitely nothing you could pick up, let alone throw or use against someone. Weird government. Must be run by committee or something.

Re: During the Lecture

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Karal had been watching her out of the corner of his eyes. For no reason, really.

Partway through the lecture, he moved closer and leaned towards her. "Evey?" he said very quietly, not wanting to attract the wrath of Vala.

Re: Sign In #6

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Karal Austreben

Re: During the Lecture

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Karal listened quietly, not sure he liked this at all.

But he'd participate, though he found himself missing Altra even more.

Re: Sign In #6

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John Sheppard

Re: For the Teacher

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Two weeks he'd missed, and offered no explanation.

It was a rather hangdog looking Karal who approached Vala after class.

Re: During the Lecture

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Evey glanced over, carefully schooling her features. It didn't work as well as she thought, though. "Yes?"

Re: During the Lecture

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Wordlessly, he offered her his hand.

Re: During the Lecture

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

She gratefully took it, not quite smiling but looking marginally less anxious.

Re: During the Lecture

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

He squeezed her fingers gently, smiling as reassuringly as he knew how, and shifted just a little bit closer. Karal wanted to ask her why she was so upset. He wanted to tell her that everything would be all right.

What he said, or asked, rather, was, "When class is over, would you like to try riding Trenor?"

This wasn't the place to talk; something else to think about might help.

Re: During the Lecture

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

It caught her off guard, and did distract her, even just a little bit. "Okay." She could explain, then. She could explain now, really, but there was no need to call attention to herself.

Re: During the Lecture

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His smile was bright and warm and he squeezed her hand again. "We can ride on the beach, it's the best place on the island to gallop."

Re: During the Lecture

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"That sounds...fast," Evey said, almost smiling.