Tricks, Cons and Bamboozles | Wednesday | Period 1

[charming_thief]

Today, students had been handwavily told to meet in the Danger Shop, which was programmed on this fine morning to resemble a busy transit hub that students might recognize as Grand Central Station. Although they would learn that it was actually set up to resemble most of Upper Manhattan.

Stationed toward the middle of the chaos near a circular booth, Neal was holding a paper bag full of bagels, which he was handing out to students as they arrived. He could be generous! Sometimes. Though he wasn't handing out coffee. That stuff was all his.

"Welcome to Grand Central Station," he said once everyone had arrived. "This is the largest¹ train station in the world, and over 750,000² people pass through it on a daily basis. Suffice it to say that it's not exactly the kind of place that's convenient for making a quick getaway."

Since he assumed that his students would be having need of that, possibly within the first two minutes of class. (Put that commuter's wallet down, Kenzi! Or keep it and share. Whatever.)

"Today we're going to work on a couple of things," he said, then enjoyed a sip of that amazing, amazing coffee that he wasn't sharing with any of you. "One: Finding your way around. Nothing's more embarrassing than trying to make a quick exit down the wrong hallway." If that had ever happened to him, he wasn't sharing. "Two: Actually getting around, which is harder than it sounds in a place this crowded. And three: Getting things cheaper than they're being sold for."

That one wasn't getting elaborated, apparently. It was pretty much self-explanatory.

"So here's what you're gonna do," Neal continued. "You can each have five dollars." Look, five magical Danger Shop dollars! "With that, you have to get: a roundtrip Metro-North peak-hours ticket to Poughkeepsie, a good slice of pizza -- which my illustrious TA and I will be verifying, a picture of you doing something unlawful, and something from a store in the station that doesn't have a heart or an apple on it."

That might just be the hardest challenge of all.

"And then you can take the subway to L'Arte Del Gelato and meet me there in an hour."

That was all the way crosstown. Not to mention Neal had intentionally neglected to give street coordinates.

"Good luck!"

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[charming_thief]

Like you wish you were in the Madrox class today. Gah.

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce Wayne

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[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi

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[hasadestiny]

Lex Luthor

Listen to the Assignment

[charming_thief]

And WTF as you so choose.

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[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"So. Mean."

Said admiringly.

Re: Listen to the Assignment

[bigshoestofill.livejournal.com]

Bart blinked and gaped at his surroundings. Is *this* what New York was like? It's something halfway between Gotham and Metropolis.

Thankfully he snapped out of his reverie in time to actually hear the instructions.

Embark on NYC Adventures!

[charming_thief]

Ping me in the OOC thread if you want an NPC! Otherwise you're free to mod away!

The Metro-North ticket costs $42, pizza should probably be about $6, and good luck with finding something without a heart or an apple on it. Psh. And the meet-up place he named has three NYC locations, and he's going to be at the Chelsea one. Neal's mean.

Re: Embark on NYC Adventures!

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi had a plan. And she was hoping for a confederate. She needed a confederate, or a way to swipe a ticket, and that would be meaner than conning one out of the ticket counter.

Re: Embark on NYC Adventures!

[aliceseesthings.livejournal.com]

"Want my bagel?"

That whole vampire thing meant no food.

"Or a partner?"

She could play nice, after all.

Re: Embark on NYC Adventures!

[bigshoestofill.livejournal.com]

Bart was still looking around, kinda flabbergasted at the building he was in when Neal finished explaining the assignment. This was school, and it was like those old VR games, so it wasn't really stealing, right?

He looked concerned and a little overwhelmed at the giant station. Then he looked at the other people in the class, helplessly. Getting around fast would be easy. It's knowing what to do and where to go that's hard.

He chomped on his bagel and looked at the people around him, with a slight amount of panic in his eyes.

Re: Embark on NYC Adventures!

[hasadestiny]

Though he probably wouldn't have done it out in the real world, seven years worth of pitying or sidelong looks from strangers meant Lex didn't exactly feel bad about taking advantage of fake people's assumptions about why he was bald in order to complete the assignment.

He paid for the pack of non-apple flavoured gum out of his original five dollars though.

Re: Embark on NYC Adventures!

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

Jack was frowning. He knew it was a simulation but the whole pulling off illegal things was not his style.

Plus he had no idea that his PDA could take pictures.

Re: Embark on NYC Adventures!

[its-theclimb.livejournal.com]

Miley? Was calling Roxy. Like, right now.

It was only when Roxy, in a fit of frantic energy, discovered that the Poughkeepsie service was down back in her home dimension that Miley realized she was going to have to do this for real.

Dangflabbit.

Talk to Kenzi

[charming_thief]

When she pings in!

Re: Talk to Kenzi

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi was already nomming that bagel, and pulling up coordinates on her iPhone. No way was she doing this just from wall directions and standalone maps.

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[bigshoestofill.livejournal.com]

Bart taps Kenzi on the shoulder. "Hey roomie? Isn't stealing things kinda... evil? I mean, like villain stuff?"

He looked a little more confused than usual.

Talk to Neal

[charming_thief]

Upon your arrival.

You can also call him, if you are hopelessly lost. Though he will be disappointed!

Re: Talk to Neal

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"Pizza!" They saved him Alice's piece, since she didn't want it. "Ticket. And teeny keychain with Empire State building, for 99 cents." Wooo!

Re: Talk to Neal

[charming_thief]

...Wow. Neal was impressed.

"And the picture of -- oh." Yeah. "Guess I can pretty much stick to the honors system, when it's you, huh?"

OOC

[charming_thief]

Want a cop or a pedestrian or something? Lemme know!

Re: OOC

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

Aw! I like this class! No wish fulfillment needed here.

Granted I am Madrox but I can guarantee Jack would want no part of him.

Re: OOC

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Ha! Radio's enough, eh, Jack?

...Now I'm thinking of how this class could team up with the Madrox class for great Wednesday morning chaos justice.

Re: OOC

[aliceseesthings.livejournal.com]

I just want to say that this is the most awesome class ever.

Re: OOC

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Awwww! Thank you! That is news to me but THANK YOU! :D :D :D