Criminal Justice Project, The Danger Shop, Late Sunday Morning

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*The Tick greets the students as they enter the viewing area in the Danger Shop. Their lives will not be in peril if gravity decides to act up mysteriously during the simulations.*

"Welcome, class. I just wanted to let you know how pleased I am with the projects. A few clarifications with grading, though. The limit for ACME products was three, so if you used more, points will be deducted. However, if an item was chosen as part of a back-up plan, you will get extra credit. Preparedness is the key, and having a back-up plan is always a good idea! Especially when fighting a fiendish foe like this!

"Also, any projects that were specifically looking to kill the Road Runner," with this, The Tick gave a quick look to Jaye, "will have points deducted.

"Okay, class! Let's get started!"


As the Danger Shop loads the scenery, a poster appears:



When the scene loads, the shop is transformed into the American Southwest landscape as envisioned by Chuck Jones. Roads, cliffs, ACME trucks, the whole thing. And then, in the distance, a blur kicks up a lot of dirt as it speeds into view.

The Tick takes out his list of projects and hits a button.

[OOC: Any final IC thoughts after viewing the projects can go here.]

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Jack's Project

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Re: Jack's Project

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As the Road Runner approaches, something that looks just like Jack wearing coyote ears walks up to the road, holding a bottle. "The Danger Shop has been programmed to carry out the plans you drew up. Watch."

CoyoteJack takes a couple ACME Super Speed Vitamins (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/supers.html) as the Road Runner passes and the chase is on. After closing the gap, CoyoteJack pulls out an ACME Strait-Jacket Ejecting Bazooka (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/strait.html), takes aim, and fires.

The Road Runner steps to the side and stops, letting the strait-jacket pass by. CoyoteJack can't stop that quickly, though, and he is moving faster than the jacket. The jacket wraps around CoyoteJack as he hits it, wrapping him up.

The Road Runner gives a mocking "Meep! Meep!" and speeds away.

Vala's Project

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Re: Vala's Project

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CoyoteVala prepares while the Road Runner is busy taunting CoyoteJack. Having found a cage somewhere in the desert, she drags it to the middle of the road. She grabs a box of ACME Birdseed (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/birdseed.html), and empties it inside the cage. She then places a pill outside the door of the cage. Finally, she paints the cage and herself with ACME Invisible Paint (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/invisible.html) and waits, holding an eye dropper with some water in it that she also found lying around.

The Road Runner arrives. He sees the birdseed and zips into the invisible cage to eat. As he finishes up and turns around with a "Meep! Meep!", Vala drops some water on the pill, revealing it to be an ACME Dehydrated Boulder (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/dehydrated.html). The Road Runner zips straight into the sudden obstruction, earning a concussion and knocking himself out. CoyoteVala closes the cage door, victorious.

Re: Vala's Project

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*Yes!!!!* Vala pumps her fist in the air! Woooooot!

Marty & Janet's Project

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Re: Marty & Janet's Project

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[OOC: I may have to use that as my OOC icon. Janet will be offline for most of the day. How should we work this?]

Re: Marty & Janet's Project

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[OOC: You get to sit back and relax. I'll be doing all the work now. :) Feel free to comment IC on anything going on.]

Re: Marty & Janet's Project

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A new holographic Road Runner appears in the distance. During his long approach, CoyoteMarty puts on an ACME Female Roadrunner Costume (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/female.html) and takes two ACME Super Speed Vitamins (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/supers.html). When the Road Runner reaches CoyoteMarty, he stops, love in his eyes. CoyoteMarty takes off, Road Runner in tow, heading towards a convenient overpass where CoyoteJanet waits to push an ACME Anvil (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/anvils.html) to knock the Road Runner in the head.

Considering the speeds of the runners, CoyoteJanet pushes the anvil off the edge of the overpass just as CoyoteMarty runs under the bridge. CoyoteMarty barely clears the falling anvil when it hits...

But the Road Runner was standing unharmed, having stopped inches in back of where the anvil landed. He yells "Meep! Meep!" turns around, and runs off. With the anvil in the way, CoyoteMarty would be unable to get the jump he needed to pursue.

The Road Runner escapes, but at least the anvil didn't land on CoyoteMarty's head.

Re: Marty & Janet's Project

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((OOC: No coyote!marty/roadrunner action? Soooo disappointed.))

Cam's Project

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Taking some time to prepare, CoyoteCam finds a tree along the road and hangs an ACME Anvil (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/anvils.html) from a branch, glops some ACME Glue (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/glue.html) just below the anvil, and puts on an ACME Female Road Runner Suit (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/female.html). Just in case the sight of another female road runner wasn't enough to get the fugitive to stop, CoyoteCam also wore an ACME Hitchhiker Thumb (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/hitch.html).

The Road Runner approached, and stopped sharply in the middle of the glue due to CoyoteCam's preparations. There is a hint that if he had run full-speed through the glue, it would have all been pulled up off the ground and landed on CoyoteCam. This didn't happen, though, so CoyoteCam dropped the anvil, knocking the Road Runner out.

Unfortunately, there was now no way of bringing the Road Runner in until a road crew could show up to unstick him from the ground.

Re: Cam's Project

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"Okay, so there's a minor glitch there..." Cameron admits as he watches his project come to an end.

Jaye's Project

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Re: Jaye's Project

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CoyoteJaye walked to the middle of the road carrying a box of bird seed (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/birdseed.html) and an aspirin tin (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/aspirin.html). As she poured the bird seed, she made sure to lace it with the aspirin.

The new Road Runner sped up to the birdseed and stopped to eat, as he must always do. CoyoteJaye snuck up behind him holding an anvil (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/anvils.html) to bash him with, just in case.

The Road Runner finished his meal, turned around, shouted "Meep! Meep!" in CoyoteJaye's face, and sped off. CoyoteJaye was startled by this and dropped the anvil on her foot. If she weren't busy swearing about broken toes, she would have noticed that the aspirin remained in a pile, untouched by the Road Runner.

Once the pain subsided a little, she called the ACME Babysitting Service (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/baby.html) and tried to convince them to pick up the Road Runner and force him to watch children until he decided to kill himself. They hung up on her.

The Road Runner had escaped with his life.

Aeryn's Project

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There is 10 minutes of CoyoteAeryn doing recon on the Road Runner before The Tick hits the fast forward button. Another 10 minutes pass before Tick puts the Danger Shop back on normal speed and the plan takes place.

Having found where the Road Runner lives, CoyoteAeryn sets a trap with military precision. First she created an unbreachable perimeter with ACME Blasting Powder (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/blasting.html), then hooking up an ACME Detonator (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/detonator.html). Finally, she loaded a gun she had found with ACME Elephant Bullets (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/elephant.html).

CoyoteAeryn set off several explosions, scaring the Road Runner out of his nest. She took several shots at his legs, looking to take him down hard. Because she was using elephant bullets and the target was a bird, the bullets decided not to hit, but the point had been made. The Road Runner surrendered with his wings up, scared out of his little birdy mind.

Anakin's Project

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CoyoteAnakin strolled to the middle of the road with the now-familiar birdseed (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/birdseed.html). While he poured it on the ground, he mixed in some ACME Glue (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/glue.html), securing the bait to the road. He then put on the also-now-familiar (almost disturbingly so at this point) Female Road Runner Disguise (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/female.html), and equipped himself with an ACME Smokescreen Bomb (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/smoke.html).

And then he waited.

Finally, a new Road Runner sped over to the birdseed, stopped, and started pecking away. Within seconds, the Road Runner was unable to lift his beak from the seed. He was trapped.

CoyoteAnakin stood there victorious, wearing his Female Road Runner Suit and holding a smokescreen bomb. Then the bomb went off. At least nobody could see him standing there in his disguise any more.

The Tick spoke up. "Anakin had also devised a back-up plan involving an ACME Rocket Sled (http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/rocketsled.html). Let's see how that would have worked out!"

What follows is a fourteen-minute chase sequence featuring CoyoteAnakin driving the sled like a podracer. Around the ninth minute, it started to get boring, but then the sled lost a runner, so it became exciting again as CoyoteAnakin used The Force to balance his vehicle.

After another several minutes of near crashes and finally an explosion, CoyoteAnakin flipped out of the flaming wreck, landed in front of the Road Runner, and knocked the fugitive out with a well-aimed Force Push.

It. Was. AWESOME.

OOC

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Feeling all chatty OOC? Talk here.

Re: OOC

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*dies at icons*

Re: OOC

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((ooc: The Tick IS the best teacher.))

[IC: CJ glowers.]

Re: OOC

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Oh my god, my stomach hurts now...

Re: OOC

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Can't believe I missed this going up, but *soooo* mjuch love for The Tick and his classes... and dude, this was all hysterical!

Final Thoughts and Thanks

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"Well, that went well. The whole class came up with very clever ideas and used ACME products in interesting ways. You now know how to think through catching an intelligent fugitive. You may never have to do this in the future, but this project has hopefully made your mind more flexible when it comes to problem-solving.

"With Rory's help, I should have grades for this project next week. Thank you for your time, and once again, well done!"