fandomhigh | Advanced Criminal Justice, Class 21, Period 1, 03.28.06

[OOC: Keeping with the low-impact lectures. Wheee. I may be slow to reply at work today, just FYI. Class Info Post.]

"Hello, class!" Tick said fron his normal position at the front of the room. "Remember, your projects are due next Tuesday. You'll have some time to work on them at the end of class, but today we go back to lecture and discussion as well."

"Today we'll be talking about private investigators. PIs. Private eyes. Private smurfs," Tick said to cover up any potentially dirty interpretation of a popular nickname. "Gumshoes. Among many other names. The profession of Holmes, Spade, Magnum, and Addison. I'm talking about the sometimes noble, sometimes skeezy, always interesting, world of private detecting."

"PIs often work for people in court cases for a number of purposes. Maybe they're checking to make sure a witness or defendant is on the up-and-up. Sometimes they're checking to see if a person with a signifcant other has another other that is in some way significant. And sometimes they're called upon to solve the big crimes that the police just can't figure out."

"In a way, they're almost like superheroes, only without powers, with a salary, and with more frequent trips into the bad parts of town for non-evil-whomping purposes. They outthink evil. And that's keen!"

"For discussion today, please talk aboutyour views on private eyeing. Have any experience with them? Seen them enough on television to know what's up? Are you one. and if so, do you have any stories to share? After this discussion, you can jump into your teams for the project if you need class time to work on them."

"This week's metaphor is umbrellas. And for extra credit, please come up with two more nicknames for private investigators. IF you get suggestive with the private smurves, though, you can only do so for one of the nicknames. So keep it clean!"

[OOC: Veronica has offered to answer questions about PIs.]

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"I'm all for it," Angel said. "It's a legal way for people to get the help they need if the cops aren't going to do anything."

"Not just if the cops aren't going to do anything. Sometimes the cops can't do anything. Much like how the police can't be expected to bring down The Human Ton, sometimes they're limited when it comes to crime solving. And that's when private help is useful."

"Exactly," Angel said. "If somebody's got some demon attacking their house it's not like they can call 911. Somebody should be there to lend a hand."

"Demon detective?" Tick asked. "Keen!"

"~~Perhaps a rogue demon hunter?~~ Something like that, yeah," Angel said. He shrugged, self-consciously. "I've been thinking about it."

"I think it would be a good fit for you, Angel," Tick said encouragingly.

"Really?" Angel smiled, touched by the praise. "Thank you. That means a lot."

In between taking notes, Anakin kept looking over at Angel.

Finally he sighed, ripped a piece of paper out of his notebook, and wrote:

Hey. Got time to talk today? I need some advice.

Angel caught the note, read it, looked at Anakin, then wrote one back.

Sure. But honestly if you just got rid of that braid I think your hair would look fine.

Anakin read the note and scowled.

Ha. Cute.

He paused, then finally scrawled.

Bit of an anger management issue. Think you help me out?

Now Angel looked at him curiously.

Yeah. Sure. When?

This is my only class today--I was just going to head back to my room. Catch me there?

Normally Angel went in for a nap after ACJ, but Anakin and anger issues took precedence.

Sure, you got it. Right after class?

Anakin looked relieved when he read the note.

See you there (http://emo-padawan.livejournal.com/25992.html).

Advanced Criminal Justice, Class 21, Period 1, 03.28.06

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