An Idea That Came To Me In Bed

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Because all good ideas come to me either in bed or in the shower. Except I don't know if this is a good idea or not.

My idea was to take the Seven Deadly Sins and use them as titles for the crime school's "instructors." The seven, for those who do not recall immediately, are Pride, Sloth Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Envy, and Lust.

Now this would have some benefits and some challenges. I thought I would go over the ones that had already occured to me.

One benefit would be that this would forever lock in the maximum size of the school's faculty. We could never grow larger than 7 teachers, because that's how many sins there are. Often when people come to a group, they ask, "How do I fit in?" or "What do you need?" Well, this would give us something to tell them: We need someone to teach our Wrath classes, or or Envy, or what have you.

Some of the Sins may seem undesirable, but to me, they all provide adventures and plot hooks. Gluttony does not have be about getting fat -- Gluttony is about consumption: consuming something that other people need. So, for example, think about a Vampire faculty member for Gluttony, a soul-drainer, a cannibal of some sort, or even some kind of cosmic entity like Galactus. OK, so Galactus is not going to join Sigma Iota Nu, but you get the idea. Eating planets is totally Gluttony!

One of the things that made the Hellfire Club so cool (back when it was cool) was their titles. And using the Seven Deadly Sins as titles would add a little style and cool factor to our high ranking members. Charisma, as our cat burglar, would naturally get Greed. And Nadja, as the Headmistress, would insist on Pride. I'm not sure, but Greta's sadistic habits -- as cool as she may be on the outside -- may qualify her for Wrath. I'm not sure. Kelli is a Senior Sister now, perhaps she should have Lust. I know, I know, Lust is like Mr. Black -- it is the title everyone wants.

Staff who don't teach -- like Sibrina -- wouldn't need to worry about titles like this. It's basically a dom thing, and it helps mark out who the bosses in the Sorority are. But it could create a couple of challenges. Not only might some of our current faculty seem like poor fits for the rubric, but it is possible that new people would not want the sins that remain unclaimed. After all, if we assign Greed, Lust, Wrath and Pride as I first suggested, that leaves only three: Gluttony, Sloth, and Envy. Personally, I think Envy could be responsible for all those kidnapping missions of pretty reporters and starlets -- lots of crime potential in Envy -- but other newcomers might not agree. Perhaps we should limit the titles to one per player, to make them as open as possible to newcomers. This would mean Kelli would not get Lust, since Kelli's player already has Charisma/Greed. And that would open up one more title to new people.

That's the basic idea: the teachers in the school occupy "seats" according to the Seven Deadly Sins, and these are roles passed down from one teacher to another in the event a teacher becomes inactive. We would just move the title over and we'd have a new Lust or a new Envy or what have you. That teacher would ICly use her title as a theme for the classes she teaches. So Wrath might take us on mayhem missions, Greed would handle the Bank Job, and so on. There's plenty of room for overlap, and that could allow for some cooperation or even rivalries once we get enough people for sweet internal politics like the Hellfire Club.

I'm sure there are some challenges I have not thought of, but before proceeding any further with this idea I wanted to run it past the group and hear your thoughts.