Group Project [Kyd Wykkyd/Open]
Nov 20, 2013 22:06:52 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2013 22:06:52 GMT -6
What the hell.
Why did she have to have a class at 6:30 am??
Hive Academy was known for making the best supervillains in existence. The Hive Five defeated the Teen Titans in a free-for-all several times. Rumor has it even Slade attended classes there once, but there's no way of knowing for sure!
What else was it known for? Brutal methods of weeding out the best from the worst. Caustic sized up everyone in the room. It's almost a compulsion for her. Right off the bat, she counted at least 3 people sleeping. Some students were on their various computational devices. From the front of the room, they could easily pass off as diligent students, but from the back she saw they were all playing video games.
The teacher was an elderly Russian woman with a nose you could cut a tree with. Rumor has it she once took over a small country. None of the students knew what powers she had, if any, but she was universally feared nonetheless. Almost universally. Caustic considered herself a logical mind. "It's simple," she thinks, "she cultivates this aura of fear to keep her students in line. I wouldn't be surprised if she was just some powerless flunky."
Moments later, a sharp thwack with a ruler startled her upright. She hadn't even noticed she was beginning to drift to sleep, and now everyone was staring at her. Ugh. How could she hope to one day defeat a highly organized team of heroes if she couldn't even defeat her need for sleep? The teacher continued her droning lecture on the pros and cons of teamwork.
She sent a mental command to her suit: "Send me an electric shock when I'm on the verge of falling asleep." She immediately yelped as the suit began electrocuting her constantly. Again, all eyes were on her. Her suit thought in concepts, not in words, but the concept of laughter was universal. She never knew her suit had a sense of humor, though.
"If you're so eager to participate, Miss Caustic, perhaps you'd like to recite the prisoner's dilemma to us?"
Caustic glanced around. "The prisoner's dilemma is a scenario, one where each prisoner is given a choice to either rat out or defend their fellow inmate. They are not allowed to communicate with each other. Should they both defend each other, they will each be given a light sentence. Should they both rat each other out, they will both be given a harsh sentence. However, should Prisoner A rat out Prisoner B, while Prisoner B defends Prisoner A, Prisoner A will be let free, and Prisoner B will be given the harshest sentence of all. In my opinion, both prisoners should defend each other, always, as that will usually lead to the best outcome for both."
The teacher scowled. "Excellent, Miss Caustic, but one should know when to rat out their fellow prisoner, and that brings us to the most important aspect of teamwork: Having someone to sacrifice."
With a click, the powerpoint presentation shifted to the next slide. The class chuckled slightly as a picture of Mario jumping off a Yoshi to reach a ledge, the despondent Yoshi about to plummet to it's death far below.
The rest of the lecture went on for another twenty minutes, Caustic narrowly avoiding falling asleep for the remainder. Then, to everyone's horror, a Group Project was assigned. "You will be split into groups of two. You will each commit a major felony by the assigned due date. Then, you will write a 1,500 word essay on what went right, what went wrong, and what you could do next time. Cite your sources in MLA format. There will be no tolerance for Academic Plagiarism, provided of course, you get caught doing so. We encourage that behavior here. In the spirit of the Prisoner's Dillema, being arrested by the police will net you an automatic 0 on the assignment. However, should your partner be arrested and you aren't, you will earn bonus marks. Now, I will begin assigning you to groups."
Well. This should be interesting.
Why did she have to have a class at 6:30 am??
Hive Academy was known for making the best supervillains in existence. The Hive Five defeated the Teen Titans in a free-for-all several times. Rumor has it even Slade attended classes there once, but there's no way of knowing for sure!
What else was it known for? Brutal methods of weeding out the best from the worst. Caustic sized up everyone in the room. It's almost a compulsion for her. Right off the bat, she counted at least 3 people sleeping. Some students were on their various computational devices. From the front of the room, they could easily pass off as diligent students, but from the back she saw they were all playing video games.
The teacher was an elderly Russian woman with a nose you could cut a tree with. Rumor has it she once took over a small country. None of the students knew what powers she had, if any, but she was universally feared nonetheless. Almost universally. Caustic considered herself a logical mind. "It's simple," she thinks, "she cultivates this aura of fear to keep her students in line. I wouldn't be surprised if she was just some powerless flunky."
Moments later, a sharp thwack with a ruler startled her upright. She hadn't even noticed she was beginning to drift to sleep, and now everyone was staring at her. Ugh. How could she hope to one day defeat a highly organized team of heroes if she couldn't even defeat her need for sleep? The teacher continued her droning lecture on the pros and cons of teamwork.
She sent a mental command to her suit: "Send me an electric shock when I'm on the verge of falling asleep." She immediately yelped as the suit began electrocuting her constantly. Again, all eyes were on her. Her suit thought in concepts, not in words, but the concept of laughter was universal. She never knew her suit had a sense of humor, though.
"If you're so eager to participate, Miss Caustic, perhaps you'd like to recite the prisoner's dilemma to us?"
Caustic glanced around. "The prisoner's dilemma is a scenario, one where each prisoner is given a choice to either rat out or defend their fellow inmate. They are not allowed to communicate with each other. Should they both defend each other, they will each be given a light sentence. Should they both rat each other out, they will both be given a harsh sentence. However, should Prisoner A rat out Prisoner B, while Prisoner B defends Prisoner A, Prisoner A will be let free, and Prisoner B will be given the harshest sentence of all. In my opinion, both prisoners should defend each other, always, as that will usually lead to the best outcome for both."
The teacher scowled. "Excellent, Miss Caustic, but one should know when to rat out their fellow prisoner, and that brings us to the most important aspect of teamwork: Having someone to sacrifice."
With a click, the powerpoint presentation shifted to the next slide. The class chuckled slightly as a picture of Mario jumping off a Yoshi to reach a ledge, the despondent Yoshi about to plummet to it's death far below.
The rest of the lecture went on for another twenty minutes, Caustic narrowly avoiding falling asleep for the remainder. Then, to everyone's horror, a Group Project was assigned. "You will be split into groups of two. You will each commit a major felony by the assigned due date. Then, you will write a 1,500 word essay on what went right, what went wrong, and what you could do next time. Cite your sources in MLA format. There will be no tolerance for Academic Plagiarism, provided of course, you get caught doing so. We encourage that behavior here. In the spirit of the Prisoner's Dillema, being arrested by the police will net you an automatic 0 on the assignment. However, should your partner be arrested and you aren't, you will earn bonus marks. Now, I will begin assigning you to groups."
Well. This should be interesting.