The Criminal AU Meme

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THE CRIMINAL AU MEME

Warning: This meme will contain violent content and possible triggers.



HOW TO PLAY:
1) Post a comment below, detailing your character and canon. For best results, DO NOT LEAVE THIS COMMENT BLANK; pick a role, or an AU, or write up a little on what you'd like to explore with your character.
2) Tag around and make magic happen.
3) If you get stuck, use RNG to select from the options below.

THE ROLE.
1) Criminal. (The one who committed the act.)
2) Law enforcement. (Cop, FBI, prison guard.)
3) Witness. (What did you see?)
4) Victim. (Probably not applicable in the case of murder. … Probably.)
5) Lawyer, judge, or paralegal. (Participant in the legal system.)
6) Private security. (Unaffiliated, but with an interest in keeping your client safe. Or in getting your target caught.)
7) Other. (Let your imagination go wild.)

THE CRIME.
1) ROBBERY. The crime of stealing via force or threat or fear.
You need the money. You're desperate. You have the gun, the convenience store is right there, and everything will be better once you've finished the job.

Or maybe you've been hired. Provide a little intimidation, and someone else will take care of all your problems.

Or it's a thrill. Rolling across the country, robbing banks as you go. A Bonnie & Clyde crime spree, and it can only end one way.

2) BURGLARY. Illegal entry into a building for the purposes of committing theft.
Non-violence, for you; you're just going to break in, take this one thing. Maybe a television, to sell for the cash. Maybe some jewelry, a computer.

Or maybe you're a master thief, dangling from a wire into a museum. Sliding through the air ducts of a skyscraper in search of a particular little item.

3) GRAND THEFT AUTO. The criminal act of stealing a motor vehicle.
You know your cars. And you can steal one in under 60 seconds. Better hope you don't get tripped up with one of those newfangled security systems.

4) MURDER. The act of killing another.
He had to die. He had to, and the guilt of knowing where you buried the body, of knowing that the police are coming after you -- it's starting to wear down your sanity.

5) SERIAL MURDER. A crime involving the killing of three or more people over a period of more than a month.
You have a drive to kill. Again, and again. Nothing satisfies it, nothing stops it. Maybe you hate yourself. Maybe you hate the human scum who only exist to go under your knife.

Or maybe you're a professional hit man. You've killed dozens, you know how it goes. It's just business.

6) CONSPIRACY. An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
Mafia, Yakuza, crime families who keep their operations quiet under pain of death, dishonor, betrayal of the family. You're part of one of these operations, whether as a patriarch or a peon.

7) FRAUD. Intentional deception made for personal gain.
Blackmail. Cover-ups. Insider trading -- the marks of corporate crime. Perhaps you're a CEO who thinks they can do whatever they want. Perhaps your business is on the rocks and you just need a little time to make your golden parachute before you ditch it.

Or maybe you meant to destroy it. Maybe you're a professional con man, and you're stepping away from your latest conquest with plenty of cash in hand.

8) KIDNAPPING. The false imprisonment of another person against their will.
Do you do it for the ransom? For the money? For revenge?

Or is it a hostage situation, with dozens of prisoners, for some sort of political gain?

9) TERRORISM. The systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion.
For a religion, for a philosophy. But -- are you a terrorist, or are you a freedom fighter? It might just be a matter of point of view.

10) WILD CARD. For any crime not mentioned above.

Comments

[uhurajustuhura]

Uhura reads, not overly surprised. Her expression tightens, because she understands John's anger and frustration with Starfleet. That's not to say she always agrees with all the choices and rules they make, but at the end of the day, they are her commanders, she answers to them. Well, personally, she answers to her captain, her crew, the people she trusts. Starfleet on high does not exactly factor in that smaller group of people. She looks back up at him when he says that powerful statement, sending a slight shiver down her spine.

"Have you tried talking to them?" she asks, raising her brow. "If not you, John, someone on your behalf - a group, allies. If they won't listen to you, an ally, maybe."

"This won't end well."

[sanguinolent]

"It is not merely that. The Klingons may agree to follow such an order, but - there is still two peoples on the brink of war. I suspect your captain has not discussed what took place on Phadus IV, probably under orders from Rear Admiral Pike."

Uhura herself probably doesn't know completely. "The Federation has much to gain from waging a war with the Klingons, more firepower, more advanced weaponry, despite their hypocritical policy to "never interfere". I'm with Section 31, Nyota, and I can assure you, we always interfere. It's part of the work. As for talking with Starfleet, you see the order. Talking to them gets us killed. The rest of the augments are no longer located within the ship. Still frozen in a secure location. I can't tell you for obvious reasons, but do you really think," he smiles - mirthlessly, "Starfleet will bother to listen to an augment they've already declared as a threat? You know they won't, I'd be petitioning something that is not worth the time to print. It's better to take some of them down first, and at least try to possibly prevent them from wiping out the Klingons while they are at it. A corporation that controls the entire universe. It's not non-inference at all."