http://victimorvillain.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] victimorvillain.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2006-09-05 01:09 am
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Criminal Justice [1st period, Tuesday]

When students first entered the Criminal Justice classroom, it appeared to be empty, and the lights were slightly dimmed.

However, those who were especially observant, or have special sensory powers that allow them to notice such things, might have noted a figure off to the side, tucked into a shadow in the corner.


"A pleasant morning to you all," V greeted silkily once everyone had arrived, as he emerged from the shadow, lightly flicking his cape over one shoulder and clasping his gloved hands behind his back. "You are all here because you have a desire to learn more of this 'criminal justice,' I presume. Perhaps you have a personal investment - a vital verdict of vengeance or a vigorous, violent, vivid urgency to change your world or vindictate your own victorious verisimilitude."

He quirked his head at the class. "In short, a cause. Crime is relative; what may be one's grandest cause, their sacred ideal, is another's travesty - or worse, meaningless. Your mission is to make others care for your ideas, to feel what you feel."

He started passing out papers. "These are your syllabi. Over the next term, I expect students to gain a grasp of the workings of the law, a solid interpretation of justice, but most of all I want you to come away from this class with a purpose and a direction."

"We shall start with investigating the following question: what, to you, is a crime? What is something that would drive you to seek a way to right things? Or has driven, if you choose to give a personal example, though theoretical examples are fine. I'd also like to hear all your names, if you don't mind."

"I'll begin," he said, pulling off his hat and giving a slight bow. "Please, call me V - no 'Professor V,' or 'Mr. V,' as I do not care for titles nor do I find them necessary. Simply V. I view anything that wrongs an innocent as criminal, and those who inflict such damage should be brought to justice. At the moment I'm seeking a new cause, though for several years I pursued the goal of destroying a corrupt government due to their massacre of unsuspecting, unguilty individuals. I reminded them that governments serve people, rather than intimidate them or worse."

He quirked his head expectantly at the class.

[First of all, wait for OCD is up. Secondly, I'll be around until abooooooout 3 AM EDT, then asleep, and then I'll be on fairly steadily through Tuesday afternoon with some slight iffiness around 1 and 3:30 PM due to commuting except not really because class was canceled yay.]

Re: Introduce yourselves...

[identity profile] saltandammo.livejournal.com 2006-09-05 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Dean frowned a little as he tried to put what he felt in his gut into words. "As in something that actually hurts them, gives them pain of some kind, emotional or physical. Not like, say, something a big corporation or industry says hurts people, but what they really mean is it hurts them."

Re: Introduce yourselves...

[identity profile] saltandammo.livejournal.com 2006-09-05 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Ideally? It would be stopped in progress, before anyone got hurt. More realistically, that is rarely if ever going to happen. So you can only hope it comes to your attention as soon as possible for you to be able to do something about it."

Re: Introduce yourselves...

[identity profile] saltandammo.livejournal.com 2006-09-05 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Then you do what you need to, to make sure it doesn't happen again," Dean replied levelly.

Re: Introduce yourselves...

[identity profile] saltandammo.livejournal.com 2006-09-05 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Dean grinned. "Thanks."