Chemistry for Anarchists, Thursday, Period 4

[tyler_gone]

Class was in the Danger Shop again, and the room looked like a city street under the stark light of the moon. It was lined with identical low-rise tan office buildings, set on lots surrounded by high chain-link fences. Tyler waited outside one such building, arms folded around himself as he waited for the students to assemble.

"First things," he began without preamble. "If you know me at all, you know I don't like to apologize. But I will say last week's class was a mistake. I should've done a straight session on fertilizer bombs, not gotten into ... the rest of it. Anyhow, if you have something to say to me about it, I'll be around after class and my office hours are still Mondays."

"Though it does kind of lead into what we're doing this class. Because this week, for our final, you can bring a building down." He paused, watching the students for any reaction. When it was quiet once more, he went on.

"Right, so this is the deal. Each of these buildings represents the HQ for the most evil scum you can imagine. They eat babies, they pollute, they support Barry Manilow's recording career, whatever. And your job is to take them out. You have two choices: Big boom or sneak attack."

"If you go for a big boom, you get into the lot and detonate a fertilizer bomb or nitroglycerin around the building. It goes up, you run, the evildoers can't recover. Done. You just need to hope your evacuation order went through, 'cause if anyone was in there, they aren't coming out."

"But that's not the only choice. You can also go for sneak attack. If you go that way, you use small bombs like C4 and Molotov cocktails to break into the property, steal a folder of crucial information in the main conference room, and sneak out, blowing up however much you want to on the way. Problem is, a, there's no proof anybody will believe what's in the folder, and b, you could get caught before you do anything. But do this right and there's no chance of collateral damage. Then once the building's down -- or not-down, however you're doing it -- you get to tell me what you did and why."

"You're paired for this, and there's one group of three. I know the idea of a lone wolf is all romantic, but in the real world, you'd probably have to work with other people to get anything done. Or not sleep." Which was Tyler's favored approach. "Anyhow, the bomb-making supplies are in that workshop area. Questions? Ask me or Miss Hammond."

"And you have all been a fantastic class. Thank you."

Comments

Sign in [6/26]

[tyler_gone]

Once more, with feeling.

Re: Sign in [6/26]

[intraspective]

Yamanaka Ino

Re: Sign in [6/26]

[futureclone]

Alex Drake

General Class Stuff [6/26]

[tyler_gone]

Listen to the lecture, pass notes, whatever.

Re: General Class Stuff [6/26]

[intraspective]

...

Ino frowned about midway through the lecture and raised her hand. "If it's filled with 'the most evil scum ever'... why would we hope the building is evacuated?"

Re: General Class Stuff [6/26]

[tyler_gone]

"Because this is a class on explosions, not mass murder," Tyler pointed out. "And because the guy who sweeps the floors or sorts mail or answers the phone might not have all that much say over what his bosses do."

"And on a practical level, you're a lot more likely to get caught if you go when it's crowded. That's why the simulation is set in the middle of the night."

[OOC: Now from the right account.]

Re: General Class Stuff [6/26]

[the_merriest]

Rikku was scribbling lots of notes. And sort of wondering if the New Yevonites had a main headquarters.

Re: General Class Stuff [6/26]

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka raised his hand.

"How much intelligence do we have on the building ahead of time? I mean, there's no daycare, is there? All the people in the building are evil and chose to be there?"

Re: General Class Stuff [6/26]

[tyler_gone]

"There are handwavily building plans over with the bomb supplies," Tyler told him. "No daycare and everyone who might be around in the middle of the night is there by choice, but evil? Evil's a point of view. If you take a job sorting mail for People Unified to Eat Babies, are you evil or just doing a job?" he shrugged. "That's your decision to make."

Blow things up? - Jo Harvelle & Ino Yamanaka

[tyler_gone]

Talk, make a plan, and follow through.

Re: Blow things up? - Jo Harvelle & Ino Yamanaka

[intraspective]

Ino hummed thoughtfully as she considered the options.

Blow things up? - Sokka & Dean Winchester

[tyler_gone]

Talk, make a plan, and follow through.

Re: Blow things up? - Sokka & Dean Winchester

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka bit his lip, staring at the building. "All right, then. Unless you've got any objections, we're blowing this sucker."

Blow things up? - Katara & Rikku

[tyler_gone]

Talk, make a plan, and follow through.

Re: Blow things up? - Katara & Rikku

[the_merriest]

Rikku looked around for Katara, bouncing nervously on her toes. And looking over her notes. And really, really hoping Katara was leaning to the sneak attack approach. Katara didn't seem like the type that would go for collateral damage. Right?

Blow things up? - Evey Hammond & Alex Drake

[tyler_gone]

Talk, make a plan, and follow through.

Re: Blow things up? - Evey Hammond & Alex Drake

[futureclone]

Alex waited for Evey to join him for the plan-making.

Blow things up? Eve Levine, Deidara & Jamie Madrox

[tyler_gone]

Talk, make a plan, and follow through.

[OOC: I know at least two people in this group have availability issues. Eve, if you want to tag into one of the other pairs or work alone, go for it.]

Re: Blow things up? Eve Levine, Deidara & Jamie Madrox

[blackmagic-eve.livejournal.com]

Eve sat back in her chair, mentally going over potential approaches as she waited for the other two.

Talk to Tyler [6/26]

[tyler_gone]

After class.

Re: Talk to Tyler [6/26]

[intraspective]

Oh yeah, like Ino was just going to drop it? Pfft.

"What's the point of a simulation if it's not exactly simulating what'd happen in real life?"

Re: Talk to Tyler [6/26]

[mouthy-ninja.livejournal.com]

Deidara was almost a little sad for the class to end. "Hey, sensei," he said to get Tyler's attention. "Every class needs to be like this. If it was, maybe having to go to school wouldn't be a pain in the ass. Mm."

Talk to Evey [6/26]

[tyler_gone]

After she pings in.

Re: Talk to Evey [6/26]

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

She was there, weighing her options as she considered the class.

OOC [6/26]

[tyler_gone]

If you decide to go for the sneak attack, you'll get an NPC, whee.

THANKS FOR BEING SO AWESOME.