Philosophy classroom: Thursday morning, office hours

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[ooc: posted now to take advantage of both TAs actually being online at the same time]

Tara sits in her office, pouring over the notes she and Angelus have made, scratching out names and rearranging them on a list. Faint noises of construction are audible at the back of the classroom.

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Okay, no problem. I know Bridge. Cool guy. I found his dog and took back to him. He's a little weird, wears a lot of green, but I think he'll have fun with the class." He looked through the rest of the notes and nodded. Kawalsky was used to have to speed read briefing reports in front of a superior officer who wanted his attention ASAP. "This is gonna be one cool assignment. Any idea when the pairings will be organized?"

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Angelus should be bringing his suggestions in any minute [ooc: read, in the morning, when his mun wakes up], but I want to get your opinion on them before setting them in stone. I don't know the students very well yet, so I'm going to rely on you two for the pairings.

Oh! Do you have a preference? For yourself I mean - Master, slave, or partner?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Well, I figure I can get to know whoever I'm partnered up with. I wouldn't mind being a slave. I'd like to give whoever I'm paired up with a run for their money, make things interesting, test the boundaries without having to boss them around." He looked at the class roster. "How about Beka Valentine? She's an interesting gal."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara breathes a sigh of relief. "I was hoping you'd say that. About the slave part, I mean, not Beka. Because Angelus is playing Master, and I think it'd be good to have one of you on each side. And sure, you can take Beka. We'll sort the details out with the list when Angelus gets here."

[OOC: I haven't paired her specifically with anyone yet, but I don't know what suggestions Angelus is going to make. Keeping me in *horrible* suspense.]

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Slave'll be fun. I'm used to giving and taking orders, so I know how the deal works. This is gonna be a good assignment to see how people react when they *have* to deal with each other." He knew certain pairings were going to be chaotic. He couldn't wait to see the fallout.

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Actually, would you mind drawing up your own suggestions, before Angelus gets here? You don't have to pair up everyone, just identify anyone who should definitely take a specific role, and any pairings you think would be particularly helpful."

[OOC: Neither can I. Can I send the list of students to your voicemail? Or just post it here?]

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

[OOC: If it's the roster, I've got a copy here.]

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[ooc: Oh, you're brilliant! Yep, whole class roster.]

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Well, are we going for normally dominant people to be Masters and submissive people to be slaves, or swapping them around to see what happens?"

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"The most important thing is responsibility. We don't want anyone being a Master who would abuse the position, and try to get around the rules to find a way to hurt their slave. I also want to make sure we don't give anyone more than they can deal with - I'm suggesting that Janet be a slave, because I heard rumours that there was an incident recently where she was overly domineering, and there was some fallout with that amongst her friends."

She cocks her head. "I think natural dominance or submission takes a second place to those two. We'll probably swap some and maintain others, depending on the individual."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky nodded. "Janet's not gonna like being a slave, but - between you and me - I think it'll help folks out a lot to see her not being in charge, even though the domineering thing wasn't really her fault. Um.. as for others.. Parker would make an interesting slave. She'll need someone who can handle her. Maybe Faith? Maybe Archie Kennedy and John Connor as potential masters.. and Joan Girardi. I don't know her too well, but she doesn't really seem like the domineering type, so it might be something different for her. Those are just my first thoughts."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara takes those notes down against her list. "Is there anyone in particular you would want to pair Janet with?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. Connor, maybe. She'll give him a hard time, but he can hold his own and dish it back out if he needs to. They're.." He tried to figure out how to describe it. "They're on the same kind of power level as people, so making them look after each other and putting one in power over the other officially will stir things up."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara smiles. "You have an interesting perspective on people's interactions, Major K!. I look forward to exploiting it shamefully."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Any time, ma'am. I know people. People is what I know. Hey, another maybe - John Sheppard as Master and Buffy Summers as Slave. She's that blonde girl with the really focused gaze, right? Just wanna make sure I've got the name right."

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[ooc: oh, don't mind us, we're just plotting about you. You okay with Beka playing Master to Major K!?]

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[ooc: yeah, I think I can count the number of characters who are going to like this assignment on one hand. But freedom is an ethical issue, and it needs to be explored to be understood.]

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[ooc: any time you like. Am looking forward to it.]

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[ooc: Sounds great. Call it a plan.]

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[ooc: Absolutely. I'll watch for the post. Am online from about *looks at clock* whatever 6 hours ago is where you are. Me=!math]