Detention: Saturday, January 14, 2006

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Rita happily pointed her wand at the board, making a list of names appear.

Han Solo
Pippi Longstocking
Pip Bernadette
Quinn Morgendorffer
John Sheppard
Lana Lang
Maia Rutledge
James Ford
Barbossa

“Students are expected to sign in,” Rita said. As soon as Quinn and Barbossa took their seats, Rita set a pile of writing materials on the former’s desk, and nine pairs of dragonhide gloves, as well as nine tiny nets, on latter’s.
 
“Boys and girls, it seems you’ve been naughty this week,” Rita said disapprovingly, addressing the whole class. “So until midnight tonight, you’re all going to be staying here. And you’ll be doing punishments to fit the crimes and according to my whims, really. And since there are only two students in here who seemingly did not cause mischief to ear this detention - Mr. Barbossa and Ms. Morgendorffer - they will be my Special Helpers for the day. That means, Special Helpers - if you see someone misbehaving, let me know immediately.”

1. “Thanks to Mr. Solo, you will all write me a one hundred-word essay on respecting the privacy of the opposite sex. If I am not satisfied with your essay, you will make a better effort. Ms. Morgendorffer, you are in charge of passing out the writing material and collecting it. And boys and girls - I expect neat work.”
   
   
2. “Because of all of you who thought that playing in the water would be fun, I’m going to teach you about the things that actually live in the water.” She indicated three tanks at the front of the room, and lifted the dropcloths off of them. In each one, nettles and grayish-green, slimy plants grew. The students’ attention was more likely to be on the pale green, goblin-like creatures, however.
   
   “I would like you all to harvest as much gillyweed - the stuff that looks like rat tails - out of there before you leave. In groups of three - Mr. Ford, Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Solo together; Ms. Longstocking, Ms. Lang and Ms. Rutledge; and Ms. Morgendorffer, Mr. Barbossa and Mr. Bernadette. Please wait for Mr. Barbossa to hand out your protective gloves and nets.”
   
   
3. “Then we will have lunch. I hope you all like what I’ve provided.”
   
   
4. “After lunch, there will be some beginner's potion-making - you will all be extracting four ounces - that’s approximately a full plant’s worth - of bubotuber pus." Rita pointed to nine slug-like plants on her desk. "You will work alone. Continue to wear your gloves, boys and girls, unless you’d rather like to have boils."
   
   
5. “And once that is finished, you will spend the rest of your time quietly in your seats, doing lines.”

“I will not - I repeat, will not tolerate undue chatter in this detention. And do not forget that I have a wand, whereas none of you do. Anyone who talks out of turn runs the risk of being jinxed or worse. I will not hesitate to full body-bind any of you, much less transfigure you into something unpleasant for the duration of the day.”

She smiled sweetly. “Any questions?”


[ooc: All right kiddies, here’s how it’s going to go:

Comment in all of the threads. RP out what Rita has asked you to do. If you don’t, she will be cranky. If you talk about non-detention stuff, and Rita catches you, she will be cranky. If you talk back, she will be very cranky.

If Rita gets cranky, she will seriously cast a spell on you.

I won’t do anything to actually HARM a single student in here. But you might find yourselves unable to move, turned into a highly unpleasant animal, tickling for no reason at all, and so on. Furthermore, she’ll assign you detention again next week if she has to take to magical measures.

I do expect to see a full 100 word essay.

The grindylows will not bite unless you piss them off. Be careful.

The food is not poisoned. Scout’s honor. :)

The bubotuber pus is your own domain. Get boils, don’t, whatever.

And as for the lines, C&P is your friend. And yes, Rita and I are both OCD enough to check that your character has done it the full 25 times.

Finally - if you don’t know HP canon, please do take advantage of those links. Additionally, you can ping me in the OOC thread, or I *should* be on AIM (beetlewhatbeetle).

Most of all, remember: Rita is not nice. She is not your pal. She is a bitch, and she *will not* hesitate to turn you into a newt. (And you will not get getting better...until I say so, anyway.)

And you won’t be getting out until 3 AM EST. Sorry, guys. Like I said...Rita is a bitch. *shrug* And you know the rules on that - no playing in anything else until that time. And if I catch you? Consequences.

[ooc2: OCD threads going up momentarily. Wait for them and then please do use them ARE UP.]

[ooc3: I'm going AFK for an hour. If you have questions, hold off until I get back, please. BACK, YO.]

Comments

Sign in

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Re: Sign in

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Yawning, Pip enters and signs in. He still hasn't bothered to rebraid his hair, so it's flowing behind him in what is commonly known as "a bloody mess" behind him.

He takes a seat at the desk.

Re: Sign in

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana signs in. She looks a little pale and shaky, but the HangQuel Han gaves her last night before she went to bed really seems to have helped. She nods at Pip and attempts a weak smile.

Re: Sign in

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Barbossa signed in with a shrug. He waved cheerfully to Professor Skeeter.

Re: Sign in

[sooo_cute]

Quinn's here, and she's not exactly happy about it. She has soooooo many classes, is she really expected to go to all of them??

Re: Sign in

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han signs in, scowling. This all sounds like work.

Re: Sign in

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi enters the room cheerfully and signs in. She flashes a smile to Pip

((ooc: thanks to Walter for responding to my availabilty post with the link.

Re: Sign in

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia signed in and looked around to see if Lana had arrived yet.

Re: Sign in

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep is subdued, but surprisingly not ill and not even terribly bad tempered. He's tired, but that's currently the only sign of him being hungover.

100 Word Essay

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

Why respecting the privacy of the opposite sex is important. Make it good.

Re: 100 Word Essay

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

It is very important to respect the privacy of the opposite sex. Everyone has the right to privacy and it can be especially important across gender lines. It would be completely inappropriate to disrobe in front of a member of the opposite sex unless they were into it as well, or unless, well, you were doing something together where nakedness was kind of key and also a lot of fun as it could make them highly uncomfortable. When interacting with members of the opposite sex it is important to be aware of the differences between the sexes which, really are very, very nice differences and can be a whole lot of fun to explore when you have the opportunity, though again, that can also include nakedness and take them into account before doing anything which might result in discomfort discomfort being a relative term and some people actually find that a little discomfort can make the whole experience even more exciting, not that I am suggesting anything about my own experiences in any way as I have yet to explore - but maybe we're straying into the area of 'too much information' - either physical or psychological. It is very important that people all are able to get along well and being able to respect other people's privacy - especially those of the other sex - is a good first step along that path.

Re: 100 Word Essay

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Wenches be most deservin’ o’ privacy. Thar be many mysterious things that wenches do that we men be not understandin’ -- wearin’ corsets, puttin’ on makeup, enjoyin’ boy band music, gigglin’ about us in corners – and they should be given the freedom t’ do these manner o’ things without fear o’ bein’ interrupted. The wenches’ bathroom be the most private o’ private places, because as I far as I be tellin’, they be combinin’ all of their mysterious activities together in that one place, which be even marked as somewhere that men be not allowed t’ go.

So don’t.

Re: 100 Word Essay

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

The privacy of the opposite sex is important for many reasons. Many of them are moral, ethical, and personal respect reasons. And I believe in personal respect and morals quite highly, even though I’m a little fuzzy on the whole ethics things. And I only believe in personal respect in the sense that I think its okay to prank as long as no real harm is done.

Hence the whole golf cart thing.

Anyway, privacy for the opposite sex is also important for aesth, pretty asthettic MERDE esthétique reasons. Part of the allure of the opposite sex is their mystery. If men knew everything there is to know about women, the chase would not be as hurried. Oh, there still would be a chase, but we would know what was coming. It wouldn’t be nearly exciting.

Re: 100 Word Essay

[sooo_cute]

Quinn doesn't even have to think about it.

Respecting the privacy is important because I WAS TAKING A SHOWER WHEN THAT PERVERT CAME INTO THE BATHROOM!!!!! I was in there in a towel!! The only skin I'm showing is what I choose to show in the way of fashionable outfits and accessories, and no one gets to see any more than that without permission! Girls are okay as long as they're not into funny stuff, because I'm cute and they can be jealous like that, I don't mind. But I am not going to be seen as the school ho! We already have a couple of those and their names are NOT Quinn Morgendorffer!

Re: 100 Word Essay

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Having been one of the three other sexes, I don’t get the whole fuss. besides, next time I’ll listen at the door like the thief I’m supposed to be. Next time things will be thought out in advance instead of done on the spur of the moment. No trained thief is stupid enough to have walked in if there was running water. Privacy is important, but only on an individual level. Sometimes a person just needs to be alone for a while to think about things. This should be respected. as I learned when Beautiful threw a book at me for barging in The rest of it? Just taboos and nonsense. Modesty is cute, but most folks grow out of it. Someday, Earthers will get over their weird body hang ups and apparent prudery. then they’ll be real fun That said, the girls can keep their bathroom. You couldn’t pay me to do another enter, deface and leave. My kneecaps were in mortal peril.

(100 words, not counting strikes)

Re: 100 Word Essay

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

One should always respect the privacy of others because you do not know when or if your privacy will be invaded. Keeping the fact in mind that people come from the entire universe their customs may be different then yours and so their idea of privacy is different. For instance, Africans in some parts of Africa walk around without their shirts on, women included; but if they were to come to America or England, they would wear proper clothes. Respecting other cultures is the key to respecting a person’s privacy, if you respect one you incidentally will respect the other.

Re: 100 Word Essay

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

It is not so much just the privacy of the opposite sex that is important, but the privacy of all folks that should be respected. Gender is not an excuse, only part of what makes up the folks in the issue. The real issue is about respect, a body should be able to keep certain things to themselves if they so choose. A lack of regard for a person's privacy is an indication of other things about a person's personality depending on how it comes out.

One time my Papa knew this Barber Surgeon named "Sven". Sven had no comprehension of the phrase "Doctor/Patient Confidentiality". All day long he would talk about the ailments of his customers. He would talk about them at meal times, at parties, in the market square. He would tell Mr. Slaptyback's goiter to Mrs. Drustufson. He would tell Old Man Biengydo about Mrs. Drustufson's gouty toe. He'd tell anybody who would listen about Old Man Biengydo's "unfortunate French disease". And so on.

Sven didn't respect his patients' right to privacy because he didn't respect his patients. They were just a source of income for him. People to throw expensive treatments at so he could charge for them. And often his patients would die of simple, treatable ailments. Such as getting a bean up one's nose. (And Lord help you if you hurt your shponk in Sven's care.)

Pretty soon, people started traveling far away to find somebody better then Sven, because the cost of travel plus treatment was actually less then it cost for Sven's lousy treatment. And when he died, he was destitute, and everybody was happy.

And that's why you should respect the privacy of others.

The end.

Gillyweed collection: Mr. Ford, Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Solo

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Re: Gillyweed collection: Mr. Ford, Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Solo

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Barbossa tossed gloves and nets in the general direction of Han, Sawyer and Shep.

Gillyweed collection: Ms. Longstocking, Ms. Lang and Ms. Rutledge

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Re: Gillyweed collection: Ms. Longstocking, Ms. Lang and Ms. Rutledge

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Barbossa handed out gloves and nets to the three girls after his own group had gotten theirs.

Gillyweed collection: Ms. Morgendorffer, Mr. Barbossa and Mr. Bernadette

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Re: Sign in

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Barbossa handed gloves and nets to his partners first.

Lunch

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

There is:

black pudding (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/help/british/sb-b.html#black_pudding), tripe (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/help/british/sb-t.html#tripe), porridge and pumpkin juice to drink.

She is very, very very British.

Re: Lunch [OOC]

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

[ooc: That's going to make Walter almost sorry he didn't have to attend.]

Bubotuber puss collection

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

Wear your gloves. Seriously.

Re: Bubotuber puss collection

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana quietly proceeds to extract a good 4 or more ounces of... goo... from the plants. She is extremely careful not to let any of it touch her in any way.

And she manages not to retch overly much as she's doing it.

Lines

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

...which I will add OCD threads for all of you later, so don't comment here yet.

In-detention punishment

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

This? is bad

Re: In-detention punishment - Han

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

Rita muttered something under her breath and pointed her wand at Han, whose tongue probably did not feel the same (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/spells/spells_h.html#horn_tongue).

[ooc: Warned you. Rita will undo it when she sees fit, but it's fair to assume that that happens before he goes on to the other activities.]

OOC

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Re: OOC

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There is:

black pudding, tripe, porridge and pumpkin juice to drink.

She is very, very very British.

I'm not gonna say a word, I'm really not.