Detention: January 28th

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

The Tick entered the Danger Shop, carrying some coffees and with Lockheed trailing behind. The shop had been programmed to look just like his classroom because he was prepared to inflict the deepest punishment he could think to inflict upon a person; he was going to lecture them today.

As the students filed in, The Tick pointed them towards the sign-in sheet.

Samuel Throgmorten Anders
Archibald Kennedy
Alphonse Elric
Edward Elric
Togusa
Charles Kawalsky

Once everyone was in and seated, he began to speak.

"Hello, students. You kids have either earned - or in your case, Togusa, had the bad luck to be randomly selected - your time here today. I have coffee, notebooks, and pens for you today. I'm going to lecture you this morning, and then after lunch, you'll be expected to write about what you heard. I'd suggest taking good notes so your essays shine."

[OOC: During the lectures take notes, pass notes (although you will get caught at a certain point), ask questions afterwards, whatever. Lockheed may mock you. There will be a short essay at the end of detention. And the fact that there are no threads after Lunch right now? Means absolutely nothing, really. As for timeframe... well, who can predict these things, really? You'll know when it's over.]

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[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Neatly, so I can read it, please.

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[section9-togusa.livejournal.com]

Togusa signed in.

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[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han Solo

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Looking cranky yet oddly well-rested, Anders signs in.

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[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

Archie signs in and sits as far across the room from Anders as possible.

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[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

Alphonse signed in, sniveling and tired. He probably should've thought about it more before playing in the snow during such early hours.

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[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edward signs in.

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky signed in.

Lecture 1: Destruction of Property

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"I know that at least two of you are in here for the destruction of school property. I've destroyed a lot of property in my time. It comes with being a superhero. Being thrown into buildings. Jumping around on buildings. Throwing parts of buildings at bad guys. Or mailboxes. Or street signs. Fire hydrants are surprisingly aerodynamic, really."

"Anyway, that's all good when fighting evil. But when hanging out in the dorms, it's unacceptable. Unless it's actually your property. Or if you have permission, like when I helped knock down a wall to turn two rooms into a big suite."

"Anyway, be more careful with that kind of stuff and you won't get into trouble anymore."

Re: Lecture 1: Destruction of Property

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders nods and, from what Ed had told him, knows that the Tick is talking about the Elrics. He's pretty much mainlining his coffee, and doodling little stick figures in the margins of his notes. They seem to include a lot of decapitated heads with funny-looking hats. But largely they just look like half-random scribbles, because it's hard to get stick figures to really look gory.

He is actually writing down notes, though:

Hydrants -- arodynamic?
Superheros throw building pieces at bad guys here, it's not just in the movies back home
If I break a table while wearing a superhero outfit, does that make it okay?

Re: Lecture 1: Destruction of Property

[section9-togusa.livejournal.com]

Togusa is nodding at the correct times, but has downloaded songs to keep away the earworm of Iron Butterfly. He now is a walking Ipod.

He's also writing notes down.

Building destruction is okay. How the hell do you toss them? Perhaps a demolition test that includes a timed attack on a building by using a mini tank? Check with tachikoma to see what it thinks about this.

Throwing stuff at bad guys is fine, check out different types of projectiles to use. Also clarify the definition of "Bad Guy"

Re: Lecture 1: Destruction of Property

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

Alphonse wanted to protest that it wasn't like they intened to blow up a room-- Far from it. They did anyway, so he kept his mouth shut.

Re: Lecture 1: Destruction of Property

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

Archie's notes might read like this:

Superheroism and property destruction apparently go hand in hand
Is Anders evil?
Property destruction is acceptable when you are the one being thrown into a building
If I goad Anders into throwing me into a building, will I get off scot-free while he gets punished?

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Edwards notes are filled, not surprisingly, withing variations of the array he and Alphonse had used last weekend. He's more concerned with making sure that the array was stable than listening to the 'not destroying property' part of the lecture.

He looked up at one point. Did he really hear-? Fire hydrants. Huh. He wrote that one down, if only for the mental image of chucking a fire hydrant at Scar. That, of course, caused a snicker to escape.

Re: Lecture 1: Destruction of Property

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky paid attention only because it was The Tick. You just had to listen to a big guy in a blue suit when he spoke to you.

Get Tick's help for more heavy lifting/breaking stuff.
Breaking stuff on own is bad.
Blowing stuff up? Don't get caught.

Lecture 2: Respecting Others

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Three of you are here because you showed a lack of respect for other people, two of those other people being each other. Now, you don't always have to respect some people. That can be impossible. I don't respect some of my villains, for example, because they are just WAY too weird. And evil."

"But that doesn't mean you should treat them poorly! You should always show respect even if you have to fake it. I pretend that all of my villains are equal threats, even if they are just a big guy with a zipper for a neck. Or a man-eating cow."

"What does that mean? It means no beating each other up in public! Unless one of you is doing evil and the other of you is fighting for Justice. But even that you should try to talk things through first."

"It also means that you shouldn't mock authority figures to their face. It's just rude."

"Anyway, remember, respect others."

Re: Lecture 2: Respecting Others

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

A big guy with a zipper for a neck? A man-eating cow? Anders looks highly disturbed by the fact that the Tick's talking about this so matter-of-factly.

His notes read:
It's okay that it's impossible to respect Kennedy
Does that mean Kennedy's evil? He could be. Or just weird. Maybe both
He could just be a jerk
No beating him up in public
Where can I go where there won't be cameras?

Re: Lecture 2: Respecting Others

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

Archie sees the look on Anders's face and can't help feeling incredibly smug about the fact that he's actually taking this lecture far more in stride. After all, he's already used to the Tick's lecturing style, and you just don't make it through a semester of Criminal Justice without becoming accustomed to this sort of thing.

His notes:

Obviously I'm not obligated to respect the overgrown idiot, no matter what the Dean says
He's likely stupid enough to completely miss out on subtle biting insults
Talking things through with Anders is futile due to his inability to hold a coherent conversation, so that option is out
Mocking authority figures to their face is, of course, rude. But pushing incompetent ones down the hatchway should be perfectly acceptable, damn it.

Re: Lecture 2: Respecting Others

[section9-togusa.livejournal.com]

Why is this guy going on about respect for others? Did he think he was speaking to a bunch of animals? Togusa kept writing and occansionally bobbing his head. He could get used to this faint music coming through his head.

Respect others. Right. But Aramaki does look like an ape. So we call him "ape face". As for villians, you have to protect people that are looking out for you, so if a villian as this guy calls them is attacking, I'm not going to give him a card with my name on it while trying to avoid gunfire. Respect is earned, not freely given.

Re: Lecture 2: Respecting Others

[alchemic-bean.livejournal.com]

Don't mock authority figures to their face? Edward snorts at that, then yawns. Dammit, these late nights are really starting to get to him.

Lecture 3: Karma

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Karma is a harsh mistress. You think that you and she have a good relationship, that everything is going well. And when that's going well, then everything is going well. And then, suddenly, Karma decides to balance things out and you find that nothing is going well."

"It's a pain, but it's the way of the world. It's why Good and Evil are in an eternal struggle. Either Good or Evil can have the upper hand for a while and all looks sunny... or gloomy, depending on your stance at the fine line between the two. But then, something knocks it all askew!"

"Things here can be going just fine, but then you get picked in a random lottery and sent to detention. Worry not, though! You ended up in detention with me. Nothing karmically bad will happen to you when I'm here, except for maybe hand cramps when you're writing this afternoon."

"Anyway, remember, Karma can be a big meanie."

Re: Lecture 3: Karma

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders takes no notes on this lecture, because he's wondering who Karma is.

He then starts doing hand and wrist warmup exercises, because hand cramps would be Bad. With a capital letter, even, if he but knew it.

Lunch (Noon)

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Well, I think we've earned a break. Once we're done eating, I'll start explaining the essay topics."

Part of the room transformed into a diner. Whether the cook was NPC or a hologram was unimportant. The important thing is that the food was real. Go ahead and order any typical diner food, talk, do what you will.

Re: Lunch (Noon)

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Whoa. Cool." Having forgotten to eat breakfast this morning, Anders settles himself into a booth and orders a T-bone steak and eggs, plus a tall glass of milk. Glaring in Archie's general direction, he digs into the steak hungrily.

OOC

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Goes here, breaking the flow of any after-lunch activities.

Re: OOC

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

[OOC: We *so* wanted to Tick to show up to join the Pajama Warriors last night! ;) ]

After Lunch

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

The Tick made sure everyone was back in their seats before he started talking about the essays they would have to write.

"Okay, this morning you heard me describe my views of the general reasons why each of you is in here. Now, what I'd like you to do is..."

The Tick stopped speaking. He had heard a noise. A strange noise. Huh.

Re: After Lunch

[fh_extras]

The door to the Danger Shop flung open, and a grotesque two-head snow monster came shambling in, stick arms waving for warmflesh goodies. It had a very pert carrot nose.

Sign Out

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Well. Detention is dismissed. Major K! Help Anders get some medical attention. I've got Archie and Lockheed!"

[OOC: In the name of sparing some massive headaches chronologically speaking, this fight ended just before the Big Assault on the school finishes, so please stay out of those threads. You can jump into any Post-Attack threads immediately, though, especially those with Archie and Anders for any medical attention.

Thank you. It's been a great battle!]

Re: Sign Out

[section9-togusa.livejournal.com]

Tachikoma wriggled back and forth to get the ice off. Growling, Togusa took a look at the students, then figured that an unarmed Tachikoma was not going to do much good.

Avoiding the fireballs that were going around, Togusa made the descion to try and find ammo for the mini tank, and get some fast. If one was in here, then there were probably more outside. The tank rolled out quickly, on a search for ammunition.

Plus, he was out of detention.