Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part II

[bigdamnprincipal]

Over on this part of the school lawn... yeah, it was still chilly. Stupid winter, doing its winter thing. But there were plenty of chairs and tables for people watching, feasting on warm foods and drinks, and generally attempting to meet the new folks!

[OCD is up! This is the picnic post for general mingling. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[always_someone]

"We... give them a trial in a court of law and then usually there's a prison sentence to match the crime, assuming they're found guilty by a jury of their peers."

Fandom was going to disappoint you, Norman.

"If they're dead, we generally let them stay that way."

Fandom was really going to disappoint you, Norman.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[refused2berescued]

Uma's whole face was a study in 'Sounds fake but okay.'

"...Well, that's not how they do it where I'm from."

Obviously. There was a lot more imprisoning people and their descendants involved!

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[always_someone]

"I was starting to figure that," Norman replied, his own face a study in 'still vaguely horrified by that.' "And, I mean, it isn't like the system here is perfect, either. There might be laws that unfairly target a certain group of people, or the people doing the prosecuting might be abusing their power. It happens. Kind of all the time."

He'd almost been burned alive, he was going to be right near the front of the line when it came to calling that shit out.

"But... yeah... there isn't usually just... like... a villain island around here."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[refused2berescued]

"Well, that sounds inefficient," Uma said. "Why have a bunch of small prisons to house villains and then their kids and their kids forever when you can put them in one place? Won't the smaller prisons run out of space sooner than a whole island?"

Sorry, Norman, you were just talking nonsense.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[always_someone]

"We... don't lock up their kids. They're just kids," Norman replied, looking vaguely horrified. "And not that many people actually spend life in prison, either. I think."

... Wow.

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[refused2berescued]

"Well, what do you do with the ones born after they were already locked away?" Uma asked.

Yeah! Check and mate with that one!

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[always_someone]

"I guess they would go to next of kin, or maybe be adopted out? It's not their fault their parents were awful," Norman replied, clearly perplexed. "They're kids. They're innocent."

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[refused2berescued]

Uma shrugged. Super casually. Because she wasn't bothered by this. Whatever. "We're born to villains. They expect us to be just like them. Easier to keep us locked away before we have a chance, I guess."

Long live evil!

Re: General Mingling [Spring 2018]

[always_someone]

"That's... That's about as dumb as trying to burn a kid because he can talk to the dead," Norman replied. "If you never give a person a chance, you're basically just forcing them to become exactly what it is you're afraid of."