Art of the Heist, Friday, 3rd Period

[thefearwasreal]

Today the Danger Shop resembled an interrogation room. Oz sat on one side of the desk, and two empty chairs, each with a stack of papers in front of it, faced him.

"Trust," he began once the chairs were occupied. "Trust is paramount in these endeavours, not just for successfully pulling off this kind of scheme, but also if they happen to fall apart. Because if the worst happens and one, or more, of you get hauled in by the police, you need to be they won't rat you out for their own benefit. The prisoner's dilemma is the perfect example of this, both guys keep their mouth shut, everyone benefits more than they would if they both talked, but since most people are going to assume they're gonna get sold out anyway, three guesses what usually happens.

"Now let's assume for a minute, you guys are said prisoners, and we're actually in two different rooms, and I offer you both the deal, what do you do? Honesty is encouraged, but since you can actually hear each other we might take it as given you'll say you won't sell each other out, so what happens if I change it up further? You're both in here with me and your absent classmate is the one in the other room, you leave him to take the fall and he stays silent you both go free, he sells you out and you keep mum, you're both sent down the river. What do you do then? I'll let you talk about it if you want."

Library [9/22]

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Cassidy was perfectly content to make her way around the library, reshelving books. She was also grateful that all the books were behaving today and that she didn't have to break up any fights. She loved the library, but sometimes the books were a little overwhelming.

The knowledge contained within them was always amazing, though.

Humming cheerfully to herself, Cassidy moved on to the next set of stacks.