fandomhigh | Detention: January 28th

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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"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."

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?

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.~~

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.

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.

Anders leans over and whispers, "There's coffee, man. You look like you could use some."

Kawalsky totally agreed. However, he didn't see Camulus as an authority figure. He saw him as a human-infesting parasite who deserved to die a painful death for his crimes against the universe.

Don't mock ~~Cammie~~ to his face anymore.
Do it behind his back.
Deal with sarcophagus?

Detention: January 28th

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