Second Floor Common Room -- evening

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Student Council Party - Congratulate and Meet Your Reps!

The sign on the common room also said:

Pretzels, spring rolls, chocolate fondue, and nachos available

The TV is turned to Vanessa Saturn, in case you want to just watch TV and not talk to people.

Comments

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"That would work. Until somebody ambitious went crazy and grabbed Boardwalk and Park Place in order to crush all of the other players." Peter shook his head sadly as he said, "Communism doesn't really work long-term in Monopoly."

[chasingangela]

"Which doesn't make any sense, because it's totally the most practical system in the real world."

She considers this for a moment. "See, the oppressed other players could rise up and crush the bastard who owned Boardwalk and Park Place. Damn the man!"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"It's hard to crush the bastard when you have to mortgage your sould to him," Peter said. "And even if you do manage to miss those paydays, you're probably landing on the Luxury Tax."

"It's like the game was made for Capitalists."

[chasingangela]

"But mortgages are a tool of the man! You can just ignore them after you crush him," Angela says triumphantly, even though she might not be making any sense.

She smiles. "I have basically never finished a game of Monopoly. I always get bored or have to do something else.""

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter decided not to point out that you couldn't do much to crush the little Scotty dog if you were already out of the game.

"I've finished a couple games over the years," he said. "It took forever and the thrill of victory was quickly replaced by the agony of no sleep, but still. At least they were finished."

[chasingangela]

"And that's important. That sense of accomplishment."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Also, there's no sleep better than the sleep you can get after staying up all night to win tens of thousands of fake dollars."