Study Hall -- Friday, October 21tst

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

Sarah glares at anyone who dares to enter, not about to put up with the same sort of shit she had to put up with yesterday. She hunches over her notebook for her hot, hot Fandom High romance novel OMG WHEEE! notes for the classes she really doesn't have, looking about as sane -- if not less so -- than usual.

Now, what's another word for "turgid"?

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker doesn't look like she's gotten any sleep. She is obsessively going over her debate notes.


Tumescent, Principal Connor.

[demonbelthazor]

Belthazor walks into study hall to study a few minutes for Ethics. Why did he agree to take a class so early in the morning?

Swollen.

[principalconnor.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks, kid. I'll keep you in mind when I need more synonyms for "engorged."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahahaha

[egyptianlove.livejournal.com]

*chokes on her tea*

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe has a handful of notes and takes a seat near Parker.

"Why did I volunteer to be in a debate first thing Friday?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Because you, like me, forgot it was *first thing*, Friday?" Parker is looking over her notes on honor killings and getting a massive headache. She is also knocking back caffiene like it's going to be banned any minute.

"Are you ready?"

_{[ooc: and if you're not, I can send you some notes. :>!]}

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe shakes her head. "I have been reading and reading until my eyes have threatened to vote themselves off the island."


[[Oh yes, help?! With everything else going on I forgot about the Ethics debate.]]

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

*slinks into Study Hall, a little stiff, a little quiet today, but still places a silver flask next to the Principal before sitting down at a desk far away from any of the other students*

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Sure thing. Looking forward to the publishing party.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Sighing, Parker slides some notes over to her, rubbing her eyes. "You've got the opening statement and rebuttal. You've got to refute and redefine the terms for murder, 'acceptable', and 'regardless of circumstances' if their opening speaker defines them in ways that dont' help our case. The rest is setting it up for the body of the argument. Make sense?"

_{[ooc: sent, albeit disorganized. Most of it is replying to the affirmative side. :>]}

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe sees Jayne come in and raises an eyebrow at him in question? She can obviously tell something's wrong.

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

*looks at her, then Balthazar, then back at his books*

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

_{[[Points 1-2 are yours, mostly. 3-5 are mine. 6 is a legal differentiation we'll bring up if we need it, I think. ]]}

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Would cheerfully prove murder was acceptable if she could walk a straight line to go over and strangle Tara for having class so early.

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Would remind Parker that she is welcome to swap to the Monday class, which meets at the comparatively more civilised time of 2pm. And also that this time was chosen at the request of students who shall remain unnamed who needed something that fit into already full schedules.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Tries to remember who that was.
Can't.
Goes back to notes.
*snerk*

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han wanders in, and sees the guy that got Evie out.

"Neat trick you got. You get her someplace safe? Is she okay?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe frowns for a moment at this and then sighs and turns back to Parker and their notes for Ethics class.

She'd talk to him after the debates.

[sensethevisions]

"So, we're trying to prove that murder is acceptable under certain circumstances..." Phoebe mutters as she reads over the notes. "I can set a precedent for practical application..."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe looks up and smiles brightly at Cole before going back to studying for the damn debate.

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

He sees Jayne, gives a nod of greeting and a half smile and goes to talk to Belthazor for a second.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Right. Plus, if they either go with a broad definition of murder, we can punch holes in it using these points--" Parker taps a finger next to #6 on the outline, "--as not being legally defined as murder. We don't want to get into euthanasia, abortion, or the death penalty, because it gets unbearably messy and detailed. Keep it simple."

She yawns. "We're most likely not going to 'win.' No one in the classroom is going to want to be heard signing off on the idea that murder is ever acceptable. But if we argue our case better, Professor Maclay will have to give us credit for that."

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

*if anybody notices, a look of abject terror and deep seated fear crosses his face for just a flash of a second, and then is gone*

*Stands up, sneers, and stalks out*

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe does indeed notice and starts to get up to follow him, but then realizes she has to get to Tara's class.

Something is wrong. Something is very, very wrong.