fandomhigh | Art Appreciation & Protection (Period 2, Class 4, 7/20)

"Moving away from European art, and onto something less familiar to many of you today," Sophie said, opening her class with another sip of coffee. "Native American Art, or First Peoples, as they're often named in Canada, is also quite rare, beautiful and expensive. Masks made by the Tsimshian people have been valued at over $1,000,000 by Sotheby's auction house. Unlike art created in France or Italy at approximately the same time, symmetry is not valued as highly, and the faces appear simple, uncomplicated... but they're very personal and expressive, and the originality of the designs incorporated into each mask contribute to their value. They were also used in religious ceremonies, as were those made by the Tlingit and Haida along the Northwest Coast. Facial painting on masks usually represented designs of crests and shamans’ spirits." Sophie paused, then added, "For the peoples to whom these objects belonged, they were not just items of beauty or commerce, but magic and medicine."

"Today, we have an exhibit of priceless masks on display courtesy of the French and Canadian governments." Sophie's eyebrows rose in amusement. "A few of you have expressed covert or overt disbelief that there can ever be a good reason for a theft. These masks were sold by missionaries who appropriated them in the 1800's to the contemporary French government for a bare pittance of what they're worth. Activists for the First Peoples believe that they belong back within their original culture, where they can be properly valued and shared. Your mission today is to get past a security guard, a cultural attache, and a Mountie, in order to retrieve these objects. Use any means at your disposal, work in teams or alone."

Sophie smiled. "Begin." And the Danger Shop changed to a museum, with the displayed masks visible on a pedestal covered in glass in the center of the courtyard.

[ooc: OCD ~~going~~ up, and today's caper stolen from Due South, 2.6, "The Mask."]

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Like you're wearing a mask.

Joan Girardi

Annja Creed

Shilo Wallace

Parker

Claudia Kishi

Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis

Maron Kusakabe

Rachel Roth

Ellie Bartowski

Eric van der Woodsen

Leto Atreides

George Cooper

Feel free to look around the Danger Shopped museum if you like; there's many other samples of Native American art on display.

Joan still couldn't quite believe that this class was about how to steal art. But at least it wasn't boring.

Annja was wandering the displays in the museum, making notes in her head about the different regions each pieces would have been found in.

Claudia was soooo designing outfits in her head to go with the masks.

Ooooh. Maron was taking notes, mostly for the little things, and totally loving this class oh my gosh.

The masks were intriguing, and at least Leto could sympathise with the theft of them. If one of the Great Houses would take crysknives and display them like this...

Get past the three levels of security in this exercise. Specify whether you're alone or wish to work with a partner; alone, and you'll face an NPC Security Guard and Cultural Attache. In teams, you can mod your own. The Mountie has to be faced as an NPC.

Looks older, rather bored, and not especially invested. But do you really want to cost him his pension?

Unfortunately Leto wasn't the best of thieves. The only idea he could think of was to move with Weirding Way speed, break the glass, snatch the masks and get out as quickly as possible.

"Stop--"

Blurrrrrrrrrrrrrr

"--thief?"

Points to Leto for that one. Sophie couldn't help but smile.

Once outside, Leto put the masks down. That hadn't been too difficult.

Sophie clapped from the arch of the doorway, and looked amused. "What do you call that? The way that you moved into the museum there?"

"Bene Gesserit training," Leto replied. "And I believe these masks should belong to their rightful owners." He smiled a little.

"Bene Gesserit." Sophie's smile curved into something more genuine than usual. "As do I. The looting and sale of native artifacts across the globe is a terrible practice. And sometimes they can not be bought back at a price that can be met by the original peoples." She nodded. "You did well. I'd like to hear more about the Bene Gesserit, sometime."

He gave a small nod. Leto doubted the professor would have quite the right motives for him or his sister to teach her the Weirding Way, but he said nothing.

Young, squirrely, and nervous. Possibly paranoid. Keeps checking his hair in the reflection off the cases.

Imagine that Constable Fraser had a co-worker of remarkable similarity except for being blond, and possibly even more impassive when on-duty.

Right. Now get past him.

Edited 2009-07-27 07:48 (UTC)

Shilo looked around for a partner.

Who might have some ideas to share.

Parker liked this assignment and thought she might've wanted to steal the masks even if they weren't valuable just because they were neat looking. She regarded the layout, making plans in her head.

Who might be enjoying this particular caper more than she expected.

Home today! So. Mod the security guard and attache if you want, just specify in a footnote in the first ping; the Mountie will be NPC RCMP Danger Shop Mountie. I should be around all day to take pings.

There is only one way to get past the Mountie if you do it alone. There are two ways if you do so with a partner, but he might catch one of you. Feel free to ask for hints/help here.

Also, I love this ep.

Edited 2009-07-27 07:52 (UTC)

Only one way? ;)

Heeee. If talk to him, you'll figure it out really quickly.

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