PR EPPIEPUNK

A r oleplaying game about pr ivilege and r ebellion

Page
 Image By user tobin [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)],
via flickr
PreppiePunk
(def.) Rebellion in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society
dominated by social capital.

Pr ep p i ePu n k i s abou t seei n g h ow f ast th e Jagu ar can go

bef or e i t br eak s d ow n . Pr ep p i ePu n k i s abou t em br aci n g
y ou r d esti n y an d p u sh i n g back agai n st i t. Pr ep p i ePu n k i s
abou t a w el l w or n bl u e bl azer stol en f r om th e back of
D ad d y ?s cl oset. Pr ep p i ePu n k i s abou t say i n g ?y es, si r , m ay
I p l ease h ave an oth er ? an d tel l i n g ever y on e to go to h el l .
L i ve l i f e on th e ed ge, d r essed i n p i n k an d gr een . M ax ou t
th e cr ed i t car d s, an d f u ck tom or r ow, becau se, tom or r ow
m ay ju st be m or e of th e sam e.

H igh- Life, Low-Tech.

A gam e by B r o ck & B i z
Copyright 2017 by Density Media. All Rights Reserved. This material (art, logos, illustrations, character concepts, text and game mechanics)
is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork
contained herein is prohibited without the express written consent of Density Media , except for the purposes of reviews and for the blank
sheets, which may be reproduced for personal use only. The reference to any companies, products, characters, television shows, motion
pictures or other properties in this book is not meant to challenge the trademarks or copyrights concerned.
A-Z Inspirations
12 (T welve), N i ck M cD on n el l (book )
13 (thirteen) (f i l m )
Afterlife W ith Archie (com i c)
Breakers, Spring (f i l m )
Cu r t i s Si t t en f el d , Prep (book )
D ays, Tom Brown?s School, T h om as
H u gh es (book )
Er en s, Pam el a, T he Virgins (book )
Fight Club (book an d f i l m )
Gossip Girl (t el ev i si on )
H eathers (f i l m )
I ntentions, Cruel (f i l m )
Joh n Gr een , Looking For Alaska (book )
K n ow l es, Joh n , A Separate Peace (book )
Lake For D ead Languages (T he), Car ol
Good m an (book )
M u r r ay, Pau l , Skippy D ies (book )
Never Let M e Go, K azu o I sh i gu r o (book )
O.C. (T he) (tel ev i si on )
Prime of M iss Jean Brodie (T he), M u r i el
Sp ar k (book )
Question of Upbringing (A), A n th on y
Pow el l (book )
Rye, T he Catcher in T he, J.D . Sal i n ger
(book )
Secret H istory (T he), D on n a Tar tt (book )
T ies, School (f i l m )
Upper Class Ser i es, H obson B r ow n (book
ser i es)
Virgin Suicides, T he (book an d f i l m )
W ol f f , Tobi as, Old School (book )
X VI by Ju l i a K ar r (book )
Yonhalossee Riding Camp For Girls (T he),
A n ton D i Scl af i n i (book )
Zero, Less T han (book an d f i l m )

A n d of cou r se, T he Official Preppy H andbook, ed i t ed by L i sa Bi r n bach

Image by By Brian Lowe from Ithaca, NY, USA (andreea at Sfântu Gheorghe) [CC BY 2.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Cover Photos:
TOP L: By user jadejones [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr
TOP R (condom): By user mujitra [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr
BOTTOM L: By user raysawhill [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr
BOTTOM R: By user jimlandover3 [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr
 Introduction
T h i s i s a Rol ep l ay i n g gam e. You an d y ou r f r i en d s get
togeth er . O n e p er son r u n s th e gam e, th ey ar e cal l ed th e
H ead m aster (or H M f or sh or t). I n gam es w i th D or i tos &
D w eebs, th ey m i gh t be cal l ed th e D M , bu t y ou ?r e n ot
r u n n i n g ar ou n d i n th e steam tu n n el s at W - - - - - - - . T h e oth er
p l ay er s p l ay Pr ep p i es, an d th ei r ch ar acter s ar e cal l ed
Pr ep p i e Ch ar acter s (or PCs).

I f y ou can ?t f i gu r e ou t w h at th e f u ck to d o w i th
Pr ep p i ePu n k , go back to y ou r sp oon f ed bu l l sh i t gam es w i th
m od u l es an d th e l i ke, f r an k ly, y ou ?r e th e p r obl em .

Gam es ar e abou t i m agi n ati on , n ot l i m i tati on s.

Pl ay er s w i l l each n eed f ou r d 6, a p en ci l , an d som e p ap er .

By Mackima (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Image By user schoffer [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr
JANUARY 19

By Brock

Coronation Eve
It won?t be quick. Will walls be built? Deportations? Violence and hate
continues to spread. Is it a response, or a reaction? A small minority, or a
vast majority?
Our revolution will not be quick either.

Facts:
Academics lean towards the left.
Boarding school faculty are incredibly well-educated- graduating from
prestigious colleges and universities, often with one or more graduate
degrees.
Boarding school constituents (students, alumni, parents, donors) lean
towards the right.
EVERYBODY IS LOOKING IN THE SHADOWS. THE PLACE TO BE IS IN THE SUN.
(Heist by David Mamet, paraphrased).

We are in the sun, on the beaches, hitting the slopes. We don?t need to
hide, but you will never find us.

The world is my oyster, but I?m gonna give it a pearl necklace.

Listening to: Evil Empire, RATM

<FIRST>
Novem b er 9

By Biz

I w oke up wit h a st om achache.

I t ook a d oub le d ose of m y Zoloft and t hen p rom p t ly t hrew it
up int o t he trashcan next t o m y desk. 3am w ret ching , I'm
shocked t hat Ab by d id n't w ake up.
I could n't g et b ack t o sleep. I could only sit in m y b ed wit h t he
shitt y iPhone 1 I snuck int o t he d or m , looking at b ullshit on
Twitter and Insta.
W hen I finally had t o g o t o m or ning classes, I had t o take a
g oofb all I pilfered from m y young er b rot her 's stash just t o
concentrate. Funny t hing is, I w as p rett y m uch t he only per son
keyed in. The teacher s were w recked . The st udent s were...it
w as a split . J eff w ore his fucking red hat t o class, even t houg h
we're not allowed t o wear hat s on cam p us.
"Think of t he tax b enefit s, Bizzy," Mum sy cooed over t he
p hone. I can only t hink of how I m ig ht not b e ab le t o g et an
ab or t ion ag ain. How w hat hap pened t o m e last year could
hap pen ag ain, and people w ould b e even less b ot hered by it ,
w ould p ush it m ore under t he r ug . How m y sister m ig ht b e
sent t o conver sion t herapy b ecause som e jag -off d oesn't like
t he fact t hat she g rab s p ussy wit h t he consent of t he w om an.
And t he w or st p ast is how m uch b etter I have it t han half t he
st udent s here. Because I'm w hite, and b asically straig ht , and
t hey're from China and Ind ia and Afr ica. I w on't com plain t o
t hem , I can't com plain t o t hem . But I can listen t o w hat t hey
have t o say.
I just had t o g et up t o t hrow up ag ain.
This fucking sucks.

<NEXT>
November 9

By Brock

?Only @iamdiddy should wear white after labor day?

Gay Pedro tweeted.

Today, all those who wore white yesterday, look devastated. Mlle. just
sat at her table in the dining hall, crying. Faculty shambled around like
zombies, shaking their heads.
Not everyone of course.
Not all the faculty wore white yesterday.
How many voted for Him? Or should I say, rather, not Her? I am fairly
certain the pothead who couldn?t name a single world leader he
admired pulled in some votes.
The term blue-blooded might as well refer to how we vote as a state.
However, all one has to do is head out of town to find yard signs for
Him.
Does He really think that Mexico is going to pay for a wall?
She lost. It happens. Suck it up and do your jobs.
Listening to: Eminem

<NEXT>
November 12

By Brock

SJW is thrown around as an insult, as is Progressive.

What would the opposite of these ideas be?

Social InJustice Warrior. That is fucked up.

And the opposite of Progressive would be Regressive.

So, fighting for social justice is bad, and people want to regress as a
society?

I wish I had the words to say this more eloquently, and throw together
a snippy article for the New Yorker, instead, seriously, what the fuck?

Listening to: Macklemore

<NEXT>
November 16
By Brock
So, guess who got the spend the day with Mr. C, Head of
Maintenance? This guy posting with two thumbs.
Guess who missed the second Mountain Day of the term?
Guess which school had two Mountain Days this year?
Mountain Day is a presumably primarily New England tradition where
schools get a surprise day off in the fall term. It is mostly colleges, but
many preparatory schools embrace it as well. We already had ours.
We are in the final week of fall term, so it?s pretty obvious why we are
having one now. And it?s a rainy, cold day too, so no one is hiking.
It isn?t even fair to say that many of the faculty have been running on
autopilot, that would be an insult to autopilots everywhere. Today was
only a half day of classes anyway, potentially only one exa would
need to be rescheduled, and some teachers have already just said
fuck it.
Mountain Day for students usually involves a lot of day drinking: ?It?s
after noon somewhere? is repeated ad nauseam until it actually is
noon.
I am pretty sure faculty does the same.
At least today they are. Drowning their sorrows in local craft beers and
calling their congressmen. Because our representatives want Him in
office. Were you not paying attention where I mentioned we are a very
blue state. Do you think the rep from some state that ran a literal
member of the Klan for Congress gives a shit? Those are the folks
that should be called, but, newsflash, we don?t live in one of those
states.
My sister, who is finishing up her final year of college told me at
W------ they literally canceled a day of classes and offered up play-doh
and coloring books for students.So, what am I doing with Mr. C?
In-school suspension.
A lot of us have overheard him joke with faculty he wanted to see
America great again.
Do I think he is a racist?
Not at all. He has been known to board kids at his house if they need
a place to stay, he bitches about us ?fucking spoiled kids? but he
always has our backs. Today we actually dragged a couple kids who
passed out back to their rooms. He won?t say a thing to the
administration. He gets it.
I am certain he isn?t a racist.
Why was I suspended?
Allow me to paint the picture from yesterday:
You would have thought they were drunk, but they were just being
assholes.
Chas wrapped his arm around Jose, he was dining hall staff, and
loudly declared "we are sincerely going to miss you Jojo, Taco
Tuesday will not be the same and your huevos for weekend brunch
are the best. But the wall is coming mi hermano."
Parker was just babbling on about having to find a new housekeeper
and would the Indian place in town deliver.
Bo yelled out "MAKE TACOS GREAT AGAIN!" This elicited many
laughs and several chants of "Build a wall!"
Bo had had his typical, lazy shit eating grin and didn?t see me when I
rushed him from behind, knocked him hard into a table, and slammed
his head down. Blood everywhere, he definitely broke his nose. Chas
grabbed me as the crowd started cheering. A couple teachers quickly
jumped in and roughly escorted me from the dining hall.
Now, you want to know why I did it? I don?t know.

Listening to: some classic rock driving around in the golf cart with Mr.
C.

<NEXT>
November 19
By Brock

Swastikas at MCA park in Brooklyn with graffiti pledging their

allegiance to the P-Elect.
That is seriously fucked up.
Separating the individuals from the fucking horrific hive-mind is
difficult, and how nice would it be for the new guy to say something
condemning these actions?
Oh, and someone got butt-hurt when a Broadway cast made a stand.
Safe space, suck my dick.
A fucking park should be a safe space, kids should not have to deal
with that shit. An elected public official should not get their
tighty-whities in a bunch because some theater actors take a stand.
One is in the public eye and has made comments that could be
considered inflammatory and even hate-filled.
The other are fucking kids who just want to play at the park.
Do the math.
It?s bull. Shit.
Fuck that guy and his twitter feed.
A public park is a safe space.

Listening to: The Beastie Boys, ?Fight For Your Right to Party?

Boys Entering Anarchistic States Toward Internal Excellence

That seems fucking perfect.

<NEXT>
November 21
By Brock

Max asked me to hang out for a couple days during Thanksgiving

break. He wasn?t going home: he had to pay for his own flight and he
didn?t really want to have to deal with his family.
?I love them, they are good people, but I know they are red-blooded
through and through, not a drop of blue in them, and I just can?t
stomach that for a week.?
Max is from a small town in North Dakota. A town that has seen much
better days. Max?s father hasn?t had a steady job for several years,
and there?s smack junkies everywhere. Plus, it?s cold as fuck.
Max does dig the cold though.
Max was 13 when he applied. He was a big fan of Dead Poet?s Society,
and took a bunch of other books out of the library. Prep gave him the
idea to apply. So, he applied. When he was accepted, they obviously
gave him a full ride, and his parents were okay with the whole thing,
after Max explained they wouldn?t have to pay anything. I would
speculate they might have thought it would save them money, not
having to put food on the table for Max or getting him around to
hockey. But, I would bet they don?t now have a nice nest egg of
money to fall back on. People spend what they have.
Anyway, Max explained he would pay for anything that needed to be
paid for: books, clothes, and in this case, plane fare back and forth.
?Plus, I will have to go home over Christmas, so why not hang here??
Here. School. I offered to bring Max home with me, but he wanted to
stay. The school lets kids stay if they want, it?s kind of unofficial, but if
you?re traveling halfway across the globe and have to return a week
later, that fucks up your internal clock. So, school remains open, sort
of. Staff is still around until Weds, so the dining hall is open, and most
kids make arrangements with day students, and faculty sometimes
offer up Thanksgiving and all the fixings.
A couple years ago, Mrs. L was Dean of Faculty and taught a couple
Classics classes. And then she wasn?t Dean anymore. And her
classes were taught by the Classics teaching fellow. Super awkward
because she still lives on campus with Mr. L, and he still teaches, and
coaches and is on-dorm. Rumor has it she was fucking one of the
students. The more specific rumor is that she and Max were fucking.
So, when Max told me he was gonna hang with the L?s, I didn?t say a
word. Not my business.
I told my folks I was doing a service thing, they wouldn?t ask for
specifics, they were just happy I was giving back. Service is a big
thing. Independent school buzzword. It?s all bullshit, of course. The
service is bullshit. Usually we head off to spend time with people less
fortunate, take some pictures and get back on the bus as quickly as
possible. To get home, I?d catch the bus from the store in town on
Monday. I likely wouldn?t see my sister Ashley until Monday anyway,
and I thought it?d be fun to spend some time with Max.
One of the worst kept secrets here is Max.
Max is a stud on the ice, not leading scorer or anything, but he makes
it look easy. He?s been on skates since he could walk, you know that
old story. Max has a single. It?s not uncommon. He always has. And,
I?ll be honest, zero percent of my motivation to stay had to do with
learning the truth.
We were buzzing pretty hard on our Sizzurp- cough syrup, splash of
vodka, and some sort of hard candy. Max is close enough to the
Canadian border he can get the better cough syrup. Codeine better.
Thanks Canada.
We were lying on his bed, you could say cuddling, I guess. I?m
affectionate like that.
?I need the D B-Rock.?
?Wha?? He playfully reached down my pants
?The D, don?t be a bitch, give up the D!?
Let me just pause the scene here, understand first that I would best
be characterized as fluid. So, the idea of me hooking up with a guy
should not be the cause for the pause.
The worst kept secret about Max is that he was born a she. Or, rather,
that he has lady-parts.
Unpause scene for a moment: he sat up. reached under his shirt, and
took off his binder. ?I know most people know, and, frankly B, I?m
feeling a bit horny, could be all the Sizzurp. I don?t want to make you
uncomfortable.? when he finished unwrapping he lied back down, back
turned to me. I rolled over and wrapped my arm around him.
?No, it?s not? ? I?ll admit, I was stammering a bit, trying to find the
not-wrong words.
?Surprised?? I let out a small grunt of acknowledgement. ?It?s cool.
Here is the story, and only a couple...?
I wanted to say "it?s cool? don?t worry.? It was cool. I wouldn?t say
anything.
?When I was 10 or so, I asked my family and friends to start calling me
Max. I didn?t like Melissa much.? ?
Did you know??
?Fuck yeah, I knew. And, I thought this could be a way to transition? .
that?s a buzzword I know, and it wasn?t like I wanted to scream from
the rooftops or anything, but I wanted to be, I was Max.?
?S?a good name.?
?Thanks.? he was blushing a bit, I?d guess, but surprisingly, nothing
about him telling his story made him uncomfortable. It wasn?t matter of
fact, it was just his truth. ?So, I applied here, and I applied as Max.
Why not, right? A chance to reinvent.?
?That?s super fucking smart. When I was 13, I was all... shit, playing
Pokemon probably.?
?So was I, and my character was a boy, too.? I laughed. He was still
funny. ?So, when I say I want the D, I?m not making some grand
statement like ?I?m a gay trans-man.' I?m a man. That?s who I am. But,
I have lady parts, and I like those too. And, I?m probably bi, I guess. I
probably am more attracted to women, but I like boys too.? There was
a moment of silence, but not awkward.
?Ok? ?
?Go ahead and ask B, I?m not gonna bite. Ok, I might bite, with
consent and shit, if you want.? I think I literally snorted.
?So, like, how do you, do you date, or hookup, or anything??
?A bit.?
?How do you? ??
?How do I know? What, you?re assuming I?m not reverse Crying Game
everyone?? I guffawed at that one.
?Yeah.?
?How do you know? How does anyone know? Like, here, now: I
assumed you wouldn?t freak the fuck out. I?ve had a couple hookups
here, some boys, some girls. A couple probably didn?t know, and
that?s why they didn?t last. But, when I think of the future, I imagine I?ll
find someone who digs me, and that will be cool. It?s not nefarious.
Love will be love, right??
He showed me his go bag. Oddly, his go bag had a bra and white
panties. When he went home, he was a daughter again, and that was
ok. ?They don?t need to deal with this, it?s my issue.? I nodded. ?But, It
sucks that now, I?m angry at them. Not as individuals, but as a
collective. Sure, there?s talk that Rudy might get a cabinet position,
and he dresses in drag, so some might say I should find some comfort
in that, but, the message, rather the interpretation of the message, by
the collective, is that I?m not ok, that?s fucked to the up. So, I?m kind of
dreading, moreso than normal, going home. Binding isn?t all that
comfortable, a nice Vicky?s Secret bra is much more comfortable, and
I don?t mind, and sometimes I enjoy it, but the fact that my gut just
aches, that?s a shitty fucking feeling. And, I know I have it kind of
easy. Administration here has been great, I don?t have to deal with a
roommate jerking off at odd hours, and as much as I thought about
applying to S---- and M---- H------, I?m not a woman, so that just seems
like gaming the system. I can move about in public and not feel that
out of place. I do a pretty good job, right.? I nodded
?Yeah, you?re a guy.?
?But, I know for some folks, who might not be as flexible, and who
have an outside appearance that isn?t as chameleon-like, there will be
tons of bullshit to deal with. And that sucks. I hate that. I hate that all
that festering hatred, that the collective feels empowered. I?ve talked
with my family, and I get where they are coming from, in so many
ways. They don?t focus on the KKK endorsement and all the hate shit.
Their candidate offered them something She didn?t. And, I want to be
empathetic, and I know that none of us, no one, shares the same filter
which we view life. That?s a fact. So, they don?t see it. Or, if they do,
they would rather focus on what is important to them. Like me. Folks
see me. I?m on the boys?hockey team, I wear a jacket and tie every
day, stupid dress code, but it all serves to color how I am viewed by
the world, and I know that. I am gaming the system in a way. And,
right now, I just don?t want to deal. So, I?m staying here. And, I?ll deal
with it at Christmas, to some degree, and then I?ll come back here,
and put it behind me. But, I also know how fortunate I am. What about
the me somewhere else who didn?t figure out how to game the
system? What about the me somewhere who doesn?t want to? What
about the 10 year old who gets the shit kicked out of her for wanting to
wear a dress to school??
 It

(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr

Image By user veflon[CC BY 2.0
was heady shit, and as I said, we were pretty buzzed. But, he finally
rolled over and climbed on top of me, straddling me. He was smiling.
?But, right now, I am right here, and I want the D, B-Rock, what do you
say??
How could I say no. Max was awesome.

Listening to: Peaches, ?Fuck the Pain Away?

<NEXT>
Novem b er 27

By Biz

I rem em b er on m ot her 's d ay, in som e st upid b log p ost , Dr.

Med icine Wom an said t hat it w as t im e t o elect a fem ale
p resident . And t hat t hat w om an p resident should b e a m ot her.
I m ean, fir st of all, really? But second of all, she w as a m ot her,
and a g rand m ot her, and ...
Anyw ay, I t houg ht t he Dr. has lost it . Was m isinfor m ed . Was a
hug e b it ch.
But t hen she t ook her ow n m oney, and m oney she raised (in
less t han 24 hour s, m ind you), and p ut it w here t he peoples'
m out hs were.
She dem anded a recount .
In several cr ucial states, she dem anded a recount . It 's
hear tening . It 's am azing . I hope it w or ks. The ot her w om an
w on t he p op ular vote, b ut t he Dr. is stand ing up for her.
Wom en stand ing t og et her.

Mayb e she's not such a b it ch. She m ig ht b e m isinfor m ed , or, at

t he ver y least , has a ser ious case of foot -in-m out h, b ut she st ill
d id it .

<NEXT>
November 30
By Brock
We all walk into American History and there is a swastika on the
whiteboard. Mr. P doesn?t say anything, he is sitting at his desk,
watching us.
Elana finally gets up and walks to the board and erases it, and puts a
heart up.
You could feel the room sigh.
Mr. P gets up and erases the heart, draws a swastika and sits down.
?That?s fucked up Mr. P.?
Seth gets up and erases it and stands at the board, almost daring Mr.
P to draw it again.
Mr. P gets up and begins writing:

USArmy, 45th Infantry

Ugunskrusts

Finnish Air Force Academy

The Kuna people, Panama

And then, he walked out, patting Seth on the shoulder.

Listening to: The Dead Kennedys, ?Nazi Punks Fuck Off?

<NEXT>
December 2
By Brock
Mr. G was pretty shaken by this whole election. Correction, Mr. G is
pretty shaken. He?s scared and angry. Mind you, he?s a white male, I?d
guess he was gay, but probably closer to ace. Comes from some
money, attended H--------, went to college up in Maine, not one of the
B ones, the C one. He?s got a total hard on for cars, has his dad?s
mustang, a pimped-out Audi, and a top-of-the-line Jetta. First day of
class back from T-Day break, American Literature, he played Blood on
the Tracks. He didn?t say anything, he had it on vinyl, and we just
listened to it. He had his eyes closed the whole time, it was obvious
he was in the moment. The next day, it was The Times They Are
A-Changing. Day 3, Morgan, who is the biggest provocateur raised
her hand. Mr. G was queueing up another whiny Dylan album.
?Mr. G, would you say that The Traveling Wilburys would be the
equivalent of Faulkner writing genre fiction??
As expected, Mr. G got pretty pissed. He did not put on the record,
and we all sat in silence for awhile.
Morgan spoke out again ?And, since the President was given a Nobel
before he actually did anything, and Kissinger got one, and I?d guess
most academics find that reprehensible, do you think it would be ok if I
submitted my candidacy? I want to change the world, I haven?t yet, but
I want to. Is that enough for the cool million? I could donate it to
charity, but how dope would it be to be a Nobel laureate??
We all understood what Mr. G was trying to do, but Morgan?s
questions were not that out of place.
?And if Jakob Dylan really wanted to not be known as the son of Bob
Dylan, why didn?t he change his name, or assume a name, like his
dad, you know Robert Zimmerman??
On Friday, Morgan showed up and didn?t say a word, she handed Mr.
G a record.
Today, we listened to It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, by Public
Enemy.
At the end of class, Morgan spoke up ?That?s your fucking Nobel
winner right there. Fight the Power!?
Mr. G is ok with us cursing in class, if it is appropriate. ?Language has
power,? he says, ?and I want you to feel empowered.?
?That?s on their next album, Fear of a Black Planet, want me to bring that
in? I don?t have it on vinyl, though.? She looked at Mr G, and he
nodded.
His eyes were bleary, but he might have even had a hint of a smile.
Listening to: Fear of a Black Planet, Public Enemy.

<NEXT>

Image By user christopheradams [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr

December 3
By Brock
The idea of Saturday classes is probably alien to you, but it is pretty
standard at prep schools. We have a half day on Wednesdays, and
then sportsball, and then a half day Saturday and more sportsball.
Mr P had not been in class since Wednesday, today when we came
into class there was a Confederate flag hanging in the front of the
room.
Bo was visibly excited. He?s from Hotlanta, and claims lineage to a
certain Confederate leader.
It doesn?t take a google genius to figure out what Mr. P was doing on
Weds. the swastika did not always have Nazi connotations. But, right
now, it does, and people are painting them everywhere. Campuses
have been subject to vandalism, student groups have His name
carved into their doors.
That. Is. Fucked. Up.
Mr. P again sat at his desk.
Bo finally chimed in ?It?s not the same, Mr. P. The Confederate flag is
about state?s rights, it?s about? ?
?INCORRECT!? Mr P stood up, his face was bright red.
?Detention! Detention every day until the winter break! And, that still
isn?t even enough. I like you Bo, but you?re going to do this. And when
it?s over, when you claim that your (finger quotes, he made literal
finger quotes) rights have been violated, or whatever else, I don?t
care. People were slaves? ?
?The north had slaves too.?
?Thank you for clarifying that Mr. McFeeny (that?s not Bo?s last name, I
am assuming he was referring to the historian), I was unaware of that.
My mistake.? To say he was dripping sarcasm would be a gross
misunderstatement. ?I don?t care. The facts remain that the
Confederate flag is a symbol, one that, to many, rightfully so,
represents an awful time in our country?s history.?
?So does the American flag. The US flag represented slavery before
the Confederate flag.? Bo was standing up, he was a wise-ass, but he
knew his shit.
?You are correct, but you do not see a US flag here, do you?? Bo
looked around and shook his head.
?You want to kneel when they play the national anthem, I will kneel
with you. You want to protest the US flag, I will protest with you. But, I
am stating right here and right now, whatever the Confederate flag
might mean to you, it represents slavery to many people. If you
disagree with me, if you don?t want detention, if any of you, any single
one of you, feel I am treating Bo unfairly, I will gladly withdraw Bo?s
detention, and make a public apology to him, if just one of you wears
a swastika to school on Monday.?
?That is totally not the same. Southern pride is? . It?s not the Klan.?
?You might be right. To some it is, an argument could be made. But,
what I am saying, is that we live in a free country, you have the right to
wear that. Don?t vandalize anything. Wear it. Wear it in solidarity.
Wear it to support Marta, she can?t wear it, even though it has a
history in Latvian culture predating the Nazi party by centuries. Wear
that symbol. Because, now, we all acknowledge that now, that symbol
means only one thing.?
He turned his back and wrote on the whiteboard.

If you donot say anything,

you are tacitly implying agreement.

He took the flag down, carefully folded it, handed it to Bo and walked
out.

Not Listening to: Lynyrd Skynyrd

Listening to: Neil Young, ?Southern Man?

<NEXT>
December 5
By Brock
Yeah, we all wondered what would happen. No swastikas. No one
talked to Bo about it.
In Mr. P?s class, one student got up. J. A POC, an African-American
student, I?m not going to name him here, I?m sorry, call me racist,
maybe I am. I apologize to Bo for naming him, I?ll use pseudonyms for
everyone going forward. I?m not going to explain my reasoning, I admit
my mistake. Deal. He stood up and took Marta?s hand and they
walked to the front of the room. He took out a Sharpie and pulled back
his jacket. Over his heart he drew a swastika and stood there.
Ho.
Ly.
Shit.
The room was fucking still.
J. was tearing up. ?That?s seriously fucked up Mr P, Bo?s a punk, but
he didn?t do anything. I?m not going to let him get punished for
expressing an opinion. Any mother-fucker has an issue with me
wearing a swastika, step to me.? No one moved a muscle. Marta tried
to close his jacket, he took it off and dropped it to the floor. He stood
there, tears streaming down his face, for the entire period. And when
class was over he picked up his jacket, slung it over his arm, grabbed
his book bag and went to his next class. He remained standing the
whole day. Every class. He didn?t say a word. At least no one I know
heard him say anything.
At dinner that night, Mr. P stood up to make an announcement. As the
dining hall quieted, J, who was still standing walked over to him, and
put his arm around him and spoke: ?If you don?t say anything, you
are? ? J. forgot the rest and Mr. P finished
?Tacitly implying agreement.? And they sat down, finishing their meal
together. The dining hall was silent.

Listening to: Nothing.

<NEXT>
December 6
By Brock
Last spring, a bunch of us loaded up in S?s car. He was a day student.
My sister was supposed to be going to Myrtle, but instead was jetting
off to Paris. My gain. Big T was all in, and we could stop at his place in
NC. He had never said much about his home life. No one wanted to
ask, we made a lot of assumptions. Scholarship, basketball player.
I?ve lived in the northeast my whole life. And, I?ve been to Myrtle, sure,
but never spent much time south of the Mason-Dixon.
New England has this rep, being all liberal, but it?s white. So. Very.
White. Once we got into ?the south? the difference was brutally
apparent. It?s easy to categorize, standing high atop my mound, but
the reality is, in the south, there are black people and white people.
And, it?s easy to think that the south is home to the Klan and all other
levels of super fucked up racist bullshit, but the truth is, black and
white people are living together. I?m not at all saying that there isn?t
some fucked up racist bullshit going on, Klan members running for
Congress even, but the people you meet, not the collective, many are
in the same boat, if you will. Living in the same conditions. Being a
POC in the south doesn?t make one poor, and being white doesn?t
make one not-poor. These were all people. People who were angry.
I?m no philosopher, I?m no scholar of societal studies, but I know what
I saw.
I was talking to my cousin about it, he lives in Austin. He told me one
time he was flying north, wearing a ?Yo! MTV Raps? shirt. TSA asked
him about the shirt, she wondered if it was vintage, they laughed
about it, and she waved him through. No scan, nothing. He?s
super-fucking white. I think maybe it?s simple.
Maybe it isn?t complicated. They had a moment, this woman of color
and my brother, and they connected, and that was cool.
Maybe we could all try and have a moment.
Mama T made the best biscuits and gravy. Grits, not my thing, but,
those biscuits and gravy? .
Find a moment with each other.
Connect with a person.
Listening to: The first Episode of Yo! MTV Raps.

<NEXT>
Decem b er 8
By Biz
Tookie tr ied t o com m it suicide last nig ht .
It all star ted w hen Tookie's room m ate, Par ker p ut up a p oster
of Him .
"I'm not afraid t o show I sup p or t him anym ore," she said t o a
fr iend s, p ointed ly loud ly enoug h for Tooks t o hear. "It 's finally
okay t o b e p roud t hat I'm w hite. Mum m y and Dad d y were
r ig ht ; we're g onna m ake Am er ica g reat ."
A few d ays later, His nam e w as car ved int o Tookie's deskt op.
Then t he d oor said , 'g o hom e ter ror ist .'
Tookie is Hind i. Tookie w as b or n in t he US.
Par ker d id n't ow n up t o anyt hing . And m ayb e she d id n't d o it .
But t here are so m any kid s here w ho w ant t o m im ic t heir
p arent s; old m oney, new m oney, it d oesn't m atter. I g uess
m oney speaks t o m ost people, and t he t hreat of losing
g rand d ad d y's alm a m ater free r ide, or m um 's g ir ls' club in, or
cousin Beb e's weed connect ion m ot ivates t hem even m ore.
The final straw w as a dead rat in Tookie's b ed .
Ad m inistrat ion d id n't d o anyt hing . On one level, w hat could
t hey? They could n't pin b lam e b ecause of p ap a's checkb ook
and g ranny's b uild ing and b ecause a fucking p rep school
d oesn't have secur it y cam eras or fing er p r int ing technolog y.
I visited Tookie in t he hospital as soon as she w as cleared for
visit or s. She sat t here, ar m s b and ag ed , a b lear y, d azed look in
her eyes, hig her on m ed s t han I've ever seen her. I cr ied . I
talked t o her unt il m y t hroat w as raw. I d on't know if she really
heard m e.
I p rom ised her a revolut ion.
I d on't know if I can even g ive her a safe school.

<NEXT>
December 10
By Brock
Tookie isn?t coming back.
They never do.
But especially in this case.
My favorite Strong Island HAP has left school, and we?ll never get to
hang again.
HAP= Hindi American Princess. She coined that term.
Tooks was funny, if you only heard her, she sounded straight-up
Strong Island, which, she was: born and raised in the wilds of Long
Island- she liked malls with valet service, getting drunk on the beach,
hitting the 21+ clubs, and cruising in her Beemer.
She showed me her ID, which was of an older Indian woman and
explained with an affected Indian accent
"Brock, you do not understand, to you white people, we are all looking
very much the same, so, I secure a false identification from someone
who isn?t even from the same country I am, and no one can be telling
the difference. Funny Caucasians.?
Everyone thought she was Indian, and her fake Indian accent was the
best, but the way she dressed was straight up rich Long Island.
Unless she wanted to fuck with the faculty, in which case she would
don ?traditional? garb and claim it was a holy day, and she needed to
not go to class. Usually, it was because she scored some E.
Her parents were Hindi. They left Pakistan to come to the states,
because, they were a minority there, and wanted more opportunity.
Kids here trying to off themselves isn?t that uncommon. They never
come back. They are sent home for ?medical reasons? and sometimes
they are even given a year?s worth of grades, depending on how liable
the school felt.
In this case, they fucked up.
Her parents are obviously withdrawing her, but administration is
unwilling to take a stand. When you?re hoping for the reach-around
after getting reamed without any lube, you?ll take anything you can
get, I guess, and one tuition isn?t that big a deal, but the cash-money
donors, they can?t be upset.
Administration won?t even talk about it. The teachers will, in
vaguebook terms, not directly referencing Tookie or the shit that
happened to her.
Listening to: Panjabi MC
<NEXT>
Decem b er 10

By Biz

It sounded like g unshot s at fir st . Bang s and p op s. Som e g ir ls in

m y d or m literally hid , locked t heir d oor s, like we're t old t o d o
in t he act ive shooter d r ills we have t o g o t hroug h q uar ter ly.
I went out side.
Cam p us is m ayb e 3 b locks from t he center of t ow n. There w as
a rally g oing on. They were sett ing off firew or ks. They were
p rotest ing Him .
The m ore t hing s t hat g et announced , t he m ore people scream
and yell. "It 's injust ice", "it 's racism ", "He's t he p rob lem ."
They're not w rong . But are t hey g oing t o b e heard ?
I called som e elect or s, from m y hom e state, t o req uest t hey
m ake a vote of no confidence. I hung up four t im es b efore I
act ually g ot t he b alls t o speak t o som eone. They seem ed
nonplussed .
I w alked p ast t he rally, alm ost shocked at how not w hite it
w as, in t he w hite b read New Eng land t ow n t he school's in, and
circled it a few t im es.
I'd like t o join, b ut m y sister t old m e t he last t im e kid s joined a
p rotest , som e Occupy b ullshit , I t hink, t hey g ot suspended for
2 weeks.
Yeah, real shocker, a p r ivate school not w ant ing t o sup p or t a
b ig F U t o t he b usinesses t hat p ay 90 % of t he t uit ion for t he
shit head s here. Myself fucking included .
I went b ack t o m y room and p ulled out t he b ott le of
Gold schläg er t hat I g ot last t im e I w as off cam p us. Reb ellion in
b aby step s, r ig ht ?
Bullshit . I'm d oing not hing ag ainst Him , t he per son I hate. The
per son I now fear t he second m ost .

<NEXT>
December 18
By Brock

Tomorrow the Electors are going to cast their votes. There are many
calls for them to vote their conscience, to become what is officially
called Faithless Electors.
This is a slippery fucking slope, I do not need a degree in PoliSci to
know this.
Before the election, one Democratic Elector from the Pacific
Northwest vowed to not vote for her, because of DNC and other
shenanigans. Dick move.
But, what about those Republican Electors, the ones representing
those who do not like the President Elect? Those who might be
swayed by W, who, according to sources cast no ballot for president?
What if they decide to ?do the correct thing? as the loud left would
implore them, and cast a vote for her instead.
It could happen.
There was even talk of the DNC or some other big machine with
strong financial backing to pay their legal fees. That isn?t shady at all,
and doesn?t reek of votes being for sale. Not. One. Bit.
But, what if a Dem Elector decides to follow the lead of their
weed-hazed brethren from the NW? What if they cast their vote for the
Jewish senator from the green mountain state? Or, what if they decide
to cast a vote for Him? Big H here is not the Jewish senator, but the
President-elect. To quote John Bender ?It?ll be anarchy!?
It?s not a perfect process, and maybe it needs to be changed, but it?s
not going to change now. And, be honest, if the vote went the other
way, if he won the majority and she won the Electors, would there be
call for change?
Listening to: Mr. Oizo, All Wet

<NEXT>
Decem b er 19

By Biz

I listened t o NPR t he d ay t he elect oral colleg e voted . I skip ped

classes, claim ed sick, and sat in m y room .
W hen t he vote finally went t houg h.
I could n't d o it anym ore.

<NEXT>
December 21
By Brock
I haven?t gotten laid in awhile. His daughter, she looks like an alien, or
a Barbie doll or something. And you know how I know she?s hot. He
said so. That shit is fucked up. My sister?s attractive, in that J.C---
way. I guess that means that, that I am saying that I?m attractive. Well,
have you seen her brothers. So, maybe I am not saying that.
I?ve never actually touched a big ole fake titty. I?ve seen enough porn
to know what they look like, and how unnatural they can look, and
hers look about as unnatural on her frame as anything. I?ve seen fake
tits in person, but I?m not gonna ask my aunt if I can touch them.
That?s creepy, even if part of my interest is purely academic.
But, when your soon to be ruler talks about how attractive his
daughter is in a very creepy way, that?s some Sunday night GoT shit
right there.
And, maybe he is saying that to give us some clue what we are all in
for.
Sometimes, I have it in me to be deep, and talk politics and whatnot,
and sometimes I want to be balls deep.
Tonight is the latter.
Maybe it?s because I?m a bit drunk and Max is sending me pics in his
bra, totally fucking with me. He is doing ok. Oh yeah, he got into
W------- early-admission. And no, we haven?t fucked again. He is just
being a dick. But, he?s smiling, so I?m happy for him, and I probably
could get him to take that bra off.
The lesson here kids: don?t publicly talk about how you might fuck
your daughter.
I just wish there were better images of those big tits on google.

Listening to: ?Pony? by Ginuwine.

<NEXT>
December 23
By Brock
TXT from Max ?I bet my vacation will be whiter than yours.?
?Well, it is crazy cold in North Dakota.?
?No, idiot, like surrounded by nothing by white folks.?
?LOL?
?You doing anything fun??
?Same ole- XMas Eve with the fam, drinking cognac with Dad,
everyone gets new pajamas, we put them on, and watch a DVD,
usually something vaguely holiday related, like Die Hard. X-Mas day,
well? 26th me and Ashley heading north for some ?skiing?and then
back for the UES NYE party. U??
?Tomorrow, Dad and my bro literally hike into the woods, get drunk,
and cut down a tree. Mom and I start cooking- cookies and desserts
and shit. We head out for the shittiest Chinese food at night, I usually
drive, because everyone else is pretty buzzed, and we head
downtown for this stupid X-Mas eve bullshit and then midnight mass.?
?Oh, I didn?t, I forgot? .?
?Chill, we go to church maybe twice a year. X-Mas day, we open
presents, and mom and I cook.?
?How very feminine of you.?
?Suck my dick, asshole. It?s sweet. I like cooking with my mom. And
then dinner and whatnot and then at night there is usually some sort
of high school party somewhere, lots of cheap Canadian beer, and
gun shooting.?
?Srsly??
?100% Drunk teenagers wearing Carhartts and shooting guns. North
Dakota For Life, pussy!?
?Cool.?
?Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, all that shit.?
?You too.? I wanted to ask how he was doing, what is was like with his
family, but I didn?t.
Listening to: Christmas music

<NEXT>
December 24
By Brock
TXT TO Max ?Hey, you doing ok? You know, with your family, making
great, and all that bullshit.?
It might have been an hour before he texted back.
?Yeah. Thanks. They?re good people. There are some angry
motherfuckers here, even though their guy won. That is fucked up. But
my folks are happy. Optimistic. My Dad and bro actually went to a
rally. Drove over 3 hours, but? they were all in.?
?Cool?
?Yeah.?
?Have fun baking.?
?Have fun with your cognac Busta?
?LOL?

Listening to: More Christmas music

<NEXT>
December 25
By Brock
TXT from Max at 2:30 am (which I think is 1:30 on the morning in ND)
?Merry Christmas B-Rock!?
?Thx. you know it?s 2:30 in the morning right.?
?Fuck. sorry. Forgot. Figured you?d be up. Go to sleep.?
?It?s cool. Merry Christmas to you.?
?That?s right, I?m filled with the spirit, singing xmas songs and shit.?
?Cute?
?:(?
???
?I won?t get what I want for Xmas.?
?Oh, sure. Sorry.?
?Don?t get all serious, it?s nothing like that.?
?Ok?
?You?re supposed to ask what i want, idiot.?
?Will you sit on my lap??
?You know it.?
?What do you want for Christmas little boy.?
?Cute.?

?Well??
?I WANT YOU TO GRAB MY PUSSY!?
I literally laughed out loud in my room.
?Wish i could.?
?Promise??
?Sure.?
?No, don?t be like that, you have to say you promise.?
?ok.?
?Say it.?
?I promise i will grab your pussy.?
?Thx. xxoo. Max horny, and you?re the only one I?ve hooked up with I
can talk dirty to.?
?:)?
?Merry Christmas Brock.?
?Merry Christmas Max.?

Listening to: Nothing. It?s 2:30 in the morning. I?m too tired to even jerk
it.

<NEXT>
J anuar y 2
By Biz
We went t o t he Poconos for Hanukkah t his year.
I g ot t o leave school ear ly, w hich m eans I w rap ped up m y
exam s ab out a week b efore ever yone else. I like g ett ing t hem
d one ear ly, having t hem off m y plate so I can just relax d ur ing
vacat ion.
Vacat ion d oesn't seem so relaxing t his year.
Before I left school, Mr. H g ave m e a film cam era, his vintag e
Nikonos. It can shoot under w ater.
"Show m e w hat your w or ld is like over b reak."
Mr. H is one of t he few people w ho g et s it . I feel safe around
him . I feel safe faffing off in t he ar t room wit h him w hile he
plans class for t he under schooler s. I feel safe in t he d ar k room ,
developing film wit h him . He d oesn't t ouch m e. He asks
per m ission t o look at m y w or k, t o show m y w or k, t o shake m y
hand , t o p at m y b ack. He kep t m e alive, for a w hile.
I w ant t o show him m y w or ld , b ut I d on't t hink it 's w or t h
showing .
Mum sy and Ted d y g o on hor se r ides, shoot archer y, g o skiing .
Dad d y read s t he new sp aper and talks p olit ics in t he lod g e. I
avoid t hem all.
Instead , I take pict ures of t he far m land t hat sur round s t he
resor t . I r ide t he b us out t o r ural t ow ns in t he area. I m eet
people w ho w ant Him t o "shake t hing s up." I m eet people w ho
w ant t he "Mexicans" t o st op "stealing " t heir job s. I take
pict ures of t hem , m ayb e t o rem ind m yself t hat I live in a
rar ified p ace, w here it 's easier t o p retend t hat racism and
sexism d on't exist b ecause teacher s say we're safe and
p arent s say we live in a "p ost -racial" societ y.
We d on't .
I take som e t im er pict ures of m yself, laying naked in t he snow.
It feels r ig ht , even t houg h I com e int o t he cab ana wit h b lue
fing er s and t oes and nip ples. Only Ted d y g ives m e a look, b ut
he p rom ises not t o say anyt hing w hen I tell him I'll p ay extra
for his Ad derall t his b reak.
We b ake cookies and w at ch Chr ist m as car t oons, and I stay up
late taking pict ures of Ted d y sleeping .
No one m ent ions Lucind a or her g ir lfr iend . She is no long er
p ar t of t he fam ily.
I call her on t he last d ay of Hanukkah. She went hiking in
Ar izona for t he holid ay. She is d oing well. She loves m e and
Ted d y, she says. She hang s up.
I m iss Mr. H and Tookie and t he few people w ho I call m y
fr iend s b ack hom e. Back at school.

<NEXT>
January 3
By Brock
Hiroki isn?t coming back. He?s a junior, and he transferred to a school
in Europe. His parents were worried about him, and I would bet that a
lot of parents considered other options, worried about what
Coronation day will bring.
So we?re gonna roll one in his honor and smoke up.
Listening to: Akira Yoshimura aka ADIDA aka Evisbeats

<NEXT>
Januar y 5
By Biz
I w as 15 w hen I w as raped .
It w as hushed up ; m y rapist w as t he son of a senat or. The
facult y d id not hing . The p olice said I w as t o b lam e b ecause I
w as d r unk, even t houg h m y rapist fucking roofied m e. My
p arent s, even if I could tell t hem , w ould insist I m ar r y m y rapist
for t he stat us b oost .
The Planned Parent hood t he next t ow n over w as t he only
place I could t ur n t o. I used m y allow ance t hat m ont h t o cover
t he cost of t he ab or t ion, just so Mum sy could n't q uest ion any
b ills healt h insurance m ig ht send her.
Sally, t he nur se t here, is t he sweetest w om an I ever m et . She
held m y hand d ur ing t he p roced ure, and let m e cr y int o her
cr isp m int g reen scr ub s after it w as d one. She offered t o d r ive
m e hom e.
She d id n't force m e t o have a funeral for t he dead fet us.
From t hen on, I sched uled all m y ap p oint m ent s t here. It w as
clean. It w as in a secluded , q uiet place. If I w ore m y hat d ow n
t ig ht and m y hood up, I felt safe w alking in. The staff
p rotected m e from p rotester s.
I went t here for m y check up t his week. One of t he
recep t ionist s, Daw n, w as cooing ab out how m uch m oney had
b een raised since He b ecam e t he elect .
I had t o w onder, w ould It b e enoug h.
I sat next t o a g ir l, could n't b e m uch older t han 14 . Her face
w as red and b lot chy from cr ying . She said her nam e w as
Tanya. She said she w as scared . She said she needed t he
operat ion, t hat she w as a t ow nie w ho g ot int o som e b ad shit
wit h som e d icks from m y school.
I d id n't tell her t hat 's w here I w as from . I t old her w hat t he
p roced ure w ould b e like. I t old her w hat hap pened and how It
felt . I held her hand and let her cr y on m y shoulder. I g ave her
t issues and som e hand lot ion from m y p ur se. We are sold ier s
in t he sam e w ar.
W ill It b e enoug h?
"He just d oesn't t hink b efore He speaks." I heard som eone say
in defense of Him .
"He just d id n't t hink b efore he acted ," I w as once t old ab out
m y rapist .
Is t here really t hat m uch of a d ifference?

<NEXT>
January 6
By Brock
Faculty seem better. No, that?s not true. They seem resigned.
There was, of course, an initial uptick in activity and activism. It seems
to have died down now. People are just scared.
It will take more than a protest. It will take more than donations to
Causes That Matter? .
Action. Not reaction.
J. got in a fight with Jeff and some of his friends. He broke Jeff?s jaw.
Guess who got expelled? I got in my fight before J?s fight, and I wasn?t
expelled.
There is an instinct to use violence. We want to make change, we?re
angry. But, feed into that, and you cannot win. A dude like J. breaks
Jeff?s jaw, and he is the animal. He is the barbarian. He is the one at
fault. This feeds a narrative.
I don?t know how yet, I want to do something.

Listening to: The Bloom Twins, ?Get Up Stand Up?

<NEXT>
Jan u ar y 9
By Brock
?WHY WON?T YOU GRAB MY PUSSY?? I wanted to. I wouldn?t mind
some action, it?s true. It?s been hectic I guess. Maybe I thought he
was drunk or just whatever at Christmas.
?Shit, sorry Max, I do, I do want to grab your pussy.? ?
You promised.?
?I know?
?Another time your horny fuck. LOL. I do need your help though.
Can you cum to my room? LOL?
?omw? He let me in and closed the door behind me, locking it.
?Take your pants off.? I started to unbuckle my pants.
?Jto the K. At least make me work for it, or at least make sit on
your lap first. Put your pants on.? He was pacing, talking fast,
nervous. He stood in front of his closet, mindlessly rifling through
clothes. ?I need your help B.?
"Sure. Of course.?
?Can you come with me to the doctor?? I was silent. Fuck. We used
protection, he had a veritable cornucopia of rubbers to choose
from. I am not sure how audible my response was.
?Yes.? More silence.
?Fuck. No. Nothing like that. I?m on the pill and we rocked the
jimmy hat, and if I recall you didn?t even cum inside me. No baby
daddy drama here.? I am certain my body relaxed, I felt like
collapsing onto the floor. He was still staring into the closet
though. I was being a shitty friend. Lover? I don?t know. I moved
over to him and put my hand on his shoulder.
?I?m sorry, that was? of course I?ll go. With you. To. The Doctor.?
?Was that from the Shatner school of punctuation or Walken. Be
cool, this is all me. I just... ? I stifled a small giggle. I did. Sound. Like
an. Idiot.
?Of course, anything you need. I?m sorry. Super sorry.?
?Chill.? He knelt down and pulled out his go bag. ?It?d be easier,
that?s all? ?
?Whoah, you on the run from Johnny Law there Max??
?What??
?What?s with the go bag??
?Duh. Like I?m gonna go get my pussy poked as a dude.? I turned
him around and looked him square in the eyes.
?Yes. Yes, you are.? He shook his head. ?Hey, this is who you are,
and I?m going with you. Don?t be something you?re not. At home,
you?re Max the daughter who shoots guns and drinks Canadian
beer and bakes with mom, right?? He nodded. ?That?s who you are
there. Here, you?re Max, hockey stud, and all around good guy,
even if a bit enigmatic.?
?Enigmatic.?
?Truth.? He rolled his eyes. ?So, if you have to go to see the doc,
you?re going as you.?
He looked down and sniffled. ?But you won?t get to see my super
sexy sports bra.?
?Show me later, douchebag.? I gave him a hug. One the bus, I held
his hand the whole way, and this college guy, total frat bro, was
rocking the safety pin, sat down next to us. He didn?t say a word.
He nodded when he got off the boss
?Later.?
?Later, dude. Thanks.?
?You cool?? I asked Max.
?No. Yes. No. You?re cool.?
?Nah.?
Some people still had Election signs up in their yards. We might
have both been expecting protestors or something. Nothing. ?Can I
ask you a question, Max??
?Duh, of course.?
?So, it?s just business as usual, no hormones or anything.? He
shook his head and smiled.
?I like my body, I don?t want boy parts. And, you know, maybe
when I?m older I?ll wear a bra and be a dude. I don?t know. But, no
hormones for me. And, It?s not? . It?s not for me. I have friends, like
forums and stuff, people I know, they are going through it, and
that?s fucking awesome too. But, it?s not for me, does that make
sense?? I nodded. ?So, yeah, doc is gonna get up all in that pussy
and do his thing, sometimes I ask them to breathe on the metal to
warm it, that shit can be cold.? I laughed. ?You?re welcome to stay
and hold my hand.?
?Is that? do people do that??
?No, idiot, I?m not pregnant and this isn?t some sort of movie where
we finally get to see a picture of little BJ.? I laughed again. ?You like
that, B-Rock Jr. BJfor short.?
?It?s perfect.?
?Thanks, dude. This means a lot.?

Listening to: The Weeknd, Starboy, each with one earbud in.
<NEXT>
January 10
By Brock
Max and I were having breakfast. No, nothing like that, get your mind
out of the gutter. We stopped at the dining hall on the way to class.
This dude comes by, he lives upstairs, I honestly do not even want to
give him a name right now.
He throws the panties from Max?s go bag on the table. ?Make panties
great again.?
I stood up, and pushed him. I?d like to say he went down, but he didn?t.
?Are you fucking kidding me??
?What?s up? I?ve seen you in the locker room, I know you have a dick.?
?No, you?re the dick here. Don?t be an asshole.?
?Fucking chill out, everyone knows Max is a chick, it?s not a fucking
secret.?
I?m sure the dining hall was pretty quiet right now and everyone was
watching. I?m sure because Max told me. I was hyper-fucking focused.
?No, you?re wrong, Max is a guy.?
?Bull. Shit. She sucked my boy?s dick last term, and he felt her up.?
Here is the moment.
Mark your calendar.
This was my moment. My epiphany.
I took a deep breath.
?Look, who cares. Allow me to correct your grammar. He sucked your
boys dick, and he felt him up. But, why do you have to air dirty
laundry? There is nothing cool about that.?
And I wanted to say so much more. I wanted to explain how it made
him look bad, and just ramble on. But this was the moment.
And I sat down, slid Max?s panties off the table and put them in my
lap, and went back to eating breakfast.
This was my moment. J. wasn?t wrong when he broke Jeff?s jaw.
And, if I had tried to break this asshole?s jaw, I might have not been
wrong.
But, that was the easy thing to do. It?s easy to turn away. It?s easy to
not do anything. It?s easy to act rashly. It?s easy to lash out.
Do the hard thing. The hard thing can be so much more powerful.
Don?t be stupid. Don?t try and hug someone who has a literal gun
pointed at you.
Stop. Take a breath.

DO THE HARD THING.

I think he muttered something under his breath and walked out.

And as the door slammed shut behind him, there was a sigh. I
remember that.
My phone lit up ?dude, that was awesome.? I didn?t recognize the
number.

Listening to: The people in the hallway on their way to class.

<NEXT>
January 11
By Brock
TXT to Max ?Dude, I?m sorry.?
?For??
?I was thinking about yesterday, and I did the total dick move, like I am
some literal white-skinned knight trying to protect you.?
?Stop with the white-skinned knight, you?re approaching Klan shit
there. Like, I know you?re not, but just chill with that. I appreciate the
wordplay though.?
?Ok?
?No. Facts are facts, I?m 5?6? and although I may play tough on the ice,
deep down, I just like to take bubble baths.?
?Srsly??
?No, idiot. But he?s over 6?and you?re closer to 6?than I am. I
appreciate it. He wasn?t going to hurt me. And you didn?t hurt him.
Physically, I mean.?
?Thanks.?
?Chill. You know what I mean. I didn?t think anything of it. And, maybe,
I?ve been more focused on what happened after.?
?You mean when my heart stopped.?
?No, you didn?t give me my panties back yet.?
?Oh, snap!?
?Relax B, jk.?
?Kk?
?If you don?t say anything? . And frankly, I?ve been not saying
anything, and that?s ok. I don?t have to hide anything, but that also
doesn?t mean I need to flaunt anything, right??
?Sure, I guess.?
?No, look B, you did good. And, since you?re being a big softie and
apologizing, it means even more. I was terrified and embarrassed,
and didn?t want to pick a fight with that roid-ranger.?
?You think??
?I know. I?ve seen him shoot up.?
?That?s fucked.?
?Right.?
?I am empowered, I feel empowered. But, end of the day, now, maybe
I want to try and do the hard thing.?
?Really??
?Yes, idiot. Really. Sheesh.?
Listening to: deadmau5, W:/2016ALBUM/
*Funny story, Biz thought it was pronounced ?dead mau five?

<NEXT>
J anuar y 11
By Biz
"They're not t he enem y."
The four hardest w ord s for m e t o hear com ing out of Mr. H's
m out h r ig ht now.
We were having a d iscussion ab out p olit ics. Mr. H staunchly
will not reveal w ho he voted for ; he d oes not wear insig nia,
log os, any rep resent ing of one side or t he ot her.
He's w or king on a clay stat ue, a sam ple for som e
underclassm en, his long fing er s m old ing shapes int o ot her
shapes, for m ing and refor m ing . I'm p aint ing a b ig ass close up
of t he one living flower in t he room , an orchid , b ecause I'm
feeling Geor g ia O'Keefe p retent ious like t hat . It 's not ver y
g ood , b ut I'm at least p utt ing m y rest lessness t o w or k.
I said I w as scared of people w ho voted for Him , b ecause of
w hite sup rem acist s and ant i-Sem ites and sexist s.
Mr. H offered t hat , yeah, t hose people sup p or t Him , b ut so d o
so m any ot her s; people wit hout stead y job s, people w ho are in
need and feel for g otten, people looking for a scapeg oat ,
people w ho can't afford t o live.
"Over half of w hite w om en voted for Him ."
I st ill can't g et over t hat stat ist ic.
I tr y t o hold b ack tear s w hen he tells m e som e of t hose people,
w ho aren't m y enem y, m ay b e just as scared as m e.
It hum anizes t hem . It ?s hard t o hum anize w hat you t hink is evil.
And som e of t hem are evil. Leg it evil.
But p ar t of m e d oesn't w ant t o b elieve so m uch of t he w or ld is
like t hat .
St ill, I can't b e like Mr. H, even if his counter p oint is just him
p aying devil's ad vocate.
I leave t he room , sm ear ing p ur ple across t he canvas in m y
r ush. I r un t o m y d or m . I collap se b ehind t he closed d oor,
t hankful t hat Ab by isn't hom e.
I let m yself cr y, really cr y, for t he fir st t im e in a w hile. No
hold ing it in, lett ing m y neck tense and m y st om ach chur n.
Making t hem hum an feels like g iving m y rapist a nam e. It feels
like it 's m ore t han t hey deser ve.
Is t hat fair ?
In t he end , I'm not a hero. I'm not even like Brock, w ho can at
least stand up for people. Ag ainst people. I can b arely stand
up for m yself.
I'm just a d um b kid wit hout any answer s. A kid wit h no control.
I w ant t o let g o.
<NEXT>
January 12
By Brock
Confessional time.
I don?t know what is up with Max. I don?t think we?re ?dating.?
Everything has been so heavy though.
Doctor visit, the roid-ranger in the dining hall. He?s always quick with a
quip, is it a defense mechanism?

I like Max. He?s awesome, I?ve said that before.

I?m not sure I want to grab that pussy, but I wouldn?t mind some lap
sitting and fucking around. I?m just not sure what a pussy grab is
maybe.
I don?t want to be all crass and forward and TXT ?about that pussy
grabbing? ?
But I kind of do.
I know shit?s going down, but is it wrong to want some fun time too?

Listening to: DJ Shadow, The Mountain Will Fall

<NEXT>
January 13
By Brock
TXT From Max ?It?s Friday Night, what are you doing??
?Idk, I think there are a couple things going on. You??
?WRONG!?

Listening to: Tove Lo, Lady Wood

<NEXT>
January 14
By Brock
It?s the big first weekend of winter sportsball, all the teams have home
games. I don?t do an organized winter sport. Conditioning, getting
ready for LAX season bruh! The upside is I can attend games and
cheer the teams on. I don?t have a big fur coat though.
We won some. We lost some, and there were big hits on the ice.
People yelled. They yelled louder than they might have normally.
Trustees were here this weekend. It was MLK weekend. We always
have a school-wide presentation on Monday, and of course this
coming Friday is Coronation Day. No one has a clue what to expect.
To say it was going to be difficult, balancing all the bad shit going on
out there with a day dedicated to Dr. King. Eight years ago, I imagine
the vibe was totally different.
But right now, kids are just trying to be kids, and play sportsball, and
scream.
And, of course, there are going to be some sick parties tonite, bruh.
Listening to: Queen, ?We Are the Champions,? max volume, singing
as loud as I can.

<NEXT>
J anuar y 14
By Biz

We sm oke.
We d r ink.
Som e of us snor t .
We p ar t y.
Details g et fog g y, not in a b lackout , roofie kind a w ay, b ut in a
fuzzy w ay, t ing ed wit h w ar m t h. I see Ab by taking her shir t off
and t hrowing it at Sloan. I hear t he ever p resent chant of
"chug chug chug !" I sm ell som eone's d ank ass weed , and , no, I
d on't w ant a t oke of you're weakass shit . I t hink I rem em b er
Max cat ching m e b efore I ab solutely p uke all over his shoes.
He d oesn't care. He laug hs and hug s m e for a m om ent .
We g o out side. I scream . Pr im al roar. Soon, we're all
scream ing .
We g o t o t he p ond . Som eone shoves Brock ont o t he ice, b ut
not in a m ean w ay. He skates and falls and Max laug hs at him
b efore spinning circles around us all.
I lay face d ow n and p retend I can see t hroug h t he ice. For a
m om ent I'm a litt le kid ag ain, p retend ing t o b e a m er m aid . I
have t o peel m y sweat y hand s of t he ice b efore t hey st ick t o it .
I tell som eone t hat I t hink I loved Mr. H for a m om ent t his year,
b ut t hat t hat 's also b ecause of a b ullshit p atr iarchal p ower
str uct ure t hat I d on't w ant t o b e a p ar t of.
Fuck t he p atr iarchy.
Fuck our p arent s.
Fuck t ha p olice.
Som eone steals a car, m ayb e? We end up in a room full of
b ean b ag chair s and w ar m b lanket s.
It feels g ood t o let g o.

<NEXT>
January 15

By Brock

Inspired by catharsis, fueled by booze, we played a game of ?I

Never? ?
It started out normally enough, but quickly turned into something much
more.

I NEVER...

Went to class drunk.

Paid for answers for a test.
Let someone else ?win? because it meant more to them.
Sent an unprompted inappropriate selfie.
Took off my clothes for money.
Had a crush on a faculty member.
Hooked up with a teacher.
Shoplifted.
Stole a car.
Broke a promise when it really meant something.
Created something so profound it made someone cry.
Stood up for someone who was being discriminated against.
Bought a meal for someone who needed one.
Tried to fuck with someone?s expectations of me.
Fell in love.
Had my heart broken.
Took advantage of someone when they were in a bad way.
Was honest about my feelings when it meant I might get hurt.
Wanted to actually do something good.
Had to worry about clothes on my back, a roof over my head, or food
on the table.

Listening to: Sasha Fierce, ?Honesty?

<NEXT>
J anuar y 16
By Biz

The ad m inistrat ion invited m e t o speak for t he MLK

p resentat ion, b ecause I'm a straig ht A st udent and a g ood
litt le J ew g ir l w ho keep s q uiet and only d oes m inim al d r ug s.
They picked t he w rong year t o d o it .
I d on't really know w hat I said in The Mom ent , b ut I can
p rob ab ly p arap hrase it .
"W ho w as Mar t in Lut her King Jr ?
A m inister. An act ivist . A leader. A fig ure. A m ar t yr. A m an.
And now defam at or y w ord s, t he n w ord is b eing sp ray p ainted
on b uild ing s and b uses t hat b ear his nam e.
Because one m an t houg ht he w as allowed t o forcib ly g rope
w om en, denounce ent ire races, and relig ions of people,
p rob ab ly com m it federal cr im es wit h his taxes. Because He
w as allowed t o, b ut God for b id if anyone else m ig ht .
Racist s, sexist s, dem ag og ues exist b ecause we allow t hem t o.
Because hate is easier t o connect t o t han peace. Because
t hose w ho fig ht ap p arent ly aren't log ical enoug h, aren't loud
enoug h.
I wish J could b e here t o speak, instead of m e. Or Shaw na or
Ivy or Cor nelius. I am a sad , p ale fucking im itat ion of people
w ho have lived t hroug h racism like t hey have. People like
Tookie w ho were t old t hey were ter ror ist s just b ecause of t heir
skin color of relig ion. They d on't w ant t o...no, t hey will not b e
here, b ecause all t his school d oes is hide b ehind t he idea of
p utt ing on a ?g ood ?face, and lett ing t he litt le ug lies slip by
t hem .
I've b een called a JAP, a J esus killer, a kike, by kid s at t his ver y
school, in t his ver y year.
I can no long er p assively w at ch. I can no long er stand by. I
can't d o t his anym ore, b ecause t he facult y has let rape,
t hreat s, and p hysical violence slide in favor of keeping t he
shit head s w ho b r ing in t he b ig b ucks.
Fuckin' expel m e if you w ant , b ut you know t his is t he tr ut h. We
are no long er free. Am er ica is not g reat . I d on't t hink we were
ever free t o b eg in wit h.
We are constant ly shackled ; by expectat ions, by w ar, by hate,
by love. By people.
It 's not just ?t he m an,?it 's ever y m an w ho is com plicit .
If you say not hing at all, you are ag reeing . You are a p ar t of it ,
all of it , not just select b it s.
I p ointed at Bo and m ot ioned for him t o com e up on stag e.
The crow d star ted b ooing , and he obviously d id n?t w ant t o. I
w alked d ow n and m ade him stand up. I g ave him a b ig , long
hug . I w asn?t m ic?ed up, b ut I sp oke clear ly so ever yone could
hear m e ?I love you. I hate w hat I t hink you stand for. But I
w ant you t o tell m e w hat you stand for. I?m d one m aking
assum p t ions.? I looked out int o t he crow d . I m ade eye contact
wit h as m any people as I could . ? I d on?t w ant t o feel dead
inside anym ore. Dr. King said

?Our lives b eg in t o end t he d ay we

b ecom e silent ab out t hing s t hat
m atter.?

<NEXT>
January 18
By Brock

I am not particularly gifted with words. I wish I was eloquent in ways

that would resonate historically.
Lacking that, I can say this:
There is a bus heading to DC tomorrow, to protest.
A bunch of the faculty are going, same with students. It?s not allowed.
Administration has not even tacitly said it is ok. But teachers have
been pretty upfront about their attendance, and have offered up the
opportunity to students.
I have very mixed feelings on this.
It?s about being part of something. It?s powerful. But is it mob rule?
How many teachers have pledged to go, due to peer pressure. How
many will go, because of peer pressure? Mob mentality? Shortly after
the election, several public schools had walk-outs. Does it make
someone a bad person if they do not want to go? Will they be judged
harshly by their peers?
I know several students who will be going tomorrow.
I want to do something more.
My classmates and I want to do something more. Not Greenpeace
more, although there is a place for that.
More.
We have so much, we?ve been thrust into adulthood, but within a
protective bubble. How far can we push? We can walk among society.
We have near-infinite resources available to us. And we have
gumption, good ole fashioned gumption.
Or, if you will, we have youth. We have the passion and fire of youth.
Fuck burning the candle at both ends. We?re throwing the candle in
the bonfire just to see what happens.
I joke about the Coronation, Biz doesn?t understand why I call it that.
Maybe, I just want to be cool.
Biz talks about a revolution.
We?re on the same page.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will destroy from within.
The revolution is doing 120 in Daddy?s Porsche.
We need to be smarter. We need to use what we have, it is not about
detaching ourselves from our pasts, it is about successful deployment
of the extensive resources we have available.
We?re not street kids decked out in black leather armed with samurai
swords and some sort of laser rifle, or whatever scifi bullshit is out
there.
Violence is not the answer. It might be an answer, but the answer is
something bigger. Something they will never see coming.
We?ll be wearing pink and green.
Listening to: The 1975, I Like It When...

<NEXT>
Image By Miquel C. ([1]) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Image By user vitofun [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr
 "Corpus, mens, spiritus?

)] , via
y/ 2.0
ses/ b en
r g/ lic
o n s.o
om m
t ivec
/ cr ea :/
(h t t p .0
BY 2
y [ CC
aisle ep
r ilov
y u se
ge B
f lickr
Im a

Im age
By u ser
ach i [CC
BY 2.0 (h
tt p :/ /cre
ati veco
m m o n s.
o rg/l ice
n ses/ b y/
2.0)] , vi
a fl ickr
 Pag e 1
T he Classical Education
Pr ep p i es ar e
w el l r ou n d ed :
r i gor ou s
acad em i cs,
th r ee season s of
ath l eti cs, an d
d eb p ar t i es. A
tr u e p r ep
ed u cat i on
begi n s i n 9th
gr ad e, al t h ou gh
p r e- p r ep sch ool
i s n ot ou t of t h e
qu esti on ,
p er h ap s even
w i th a boar d i n g
com p on en t. Image By Warateens (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
W h en y ou cr eat e y ou r p r ep p i e ch ar act er , y ou m u st d eci d e h ow o l d
y o u r ch ar act er i s, f r o m 13 t o 19 . T h er e i s n o sp eci f i c ben ef i t to bei n g
ol d er or y ou n ger , an d d o n ot th i n k th at 19 m ean s a y ou n g m an or
w om an w h o w as kep t back , r at h er , i t i s l i kely a sch ol ar seek i n g to
becom e even m or e r ou n d ed bef or e en ter i n g col l ege. (Post- gr ad u at e
y ear , i t?s a r eal t h i n g).
A f ter d et er m i n i n g y ou r ch ar act er ?s age, y ou m u st d eter m i n e h ow w el l
r ou n d ed t h ey ar e. Pr ep p i es i n ter act w i t h th e w or l d i n th r ee w ay s:
Sm ar t s, Sp o r t , an d Sp i r i t . T h ese ar e y ou r ch ar acter s??stats.? You h ave
4 w h ol e p oi n t s t o d i st r i bu te betw een th ese ?st at s,? th ey al l m u st h ave a
val u e of at l east 0 , an d n o ?st at ? can be h i gh er th an 3. H i gh er ?stats?
d em on st r at e gr eat er ap ti tu d e an d f aci l i t y.
?But, how much can I carry??
Get a l i f e, l oser .
T h e ?st at s? r ep r esen t br oad ap p r oach es i n ter act i n g w i th th e w or l d .
Ph y si cal (Sp or t), M en tal (Sm ar t s), an d Soci al (Sp i r i t). T h ese ar e th e
th r ee p i l l ar s of a w el l - r ou n d ed ed u cati on . A n y t h i n g y ou r ch ar acter
m i gh t w an t t o d o w i l l be cover ed by on e of th ese th r ee.
I f th e H M i s u n su r e w h i ch ?st at ? m i gh t be m ost ap p r op r i ate, ju st p i ck
on e an d m ove on . D on ?t l et y ou r p l ay er s w h i n e t oo m u ch . T h i s i s a
gam e abou t r ebel l i n g, n ot a gam e abou t w h i n i n g. T r y an ot h er gam e
f or th at t y p e of p l ay er - em p ow er m en t .
A n d , obv i ou sly y ou n eed to ch o o se a n am e an d a p r ep sch o o l . A n d ,
w h en y ou t h i n k abou t w h at p r ep sch ool y ou w an t to go to, w h er e i s i t?
M ost l i kely N ew En gl an d , bu t m ay be y ou at ten d a d ay sch ool i n
M an h at t an , a p r ogr essi ve sch ool i n Cal i f or n i a, or even a sch ool i n
Eu r op e.
Pag e 2

?(Lawrenceville School) ran a fascinating

experiment with students taking core science
courses. When students returned after summer
vacation, they were asked to retake the final exam
they had completed three months earlier. Actually, it
was a simplified version of the final, as the faculty
eliminated any detailed questions that students
shouldn?t be expected to remember a few months
later. The results were stunning. When students
took the final in June, the average grade was a B+
(87%); when the simplified test was taken in
September, the average grade was an F (58%). Not
one student retained mastery of all important
concepts covered by the course.?

Wagner, Tony, and Ted Dintersmith. "The Purpose of

Education." Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our
Kids for the Innovation Era. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 41. Print.
 Pag e 3
The molar solubility of PbBr2 is 2.17 x 10-3 M at a certain
temperature. Calculate Ksp for PbBr2.
(a) 6.2 x 10-6
(b) 6.4 x 10-7
(c) 4.1 x 10-8
(d) 3.4 x 10-6
(e) 1.4 x 10-5

Use the discr iminant to deter mine the type of roots

for the equation. Do not find any roots.

What are the Principal Parts of a verb?

Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.

Nam e even ts con n ected with th e fol l owin g dates:

1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, an d 1865?
Image By user 83633410@N07 [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr
A ct A n A ge D ice M echanics

Pag e 5
Take a l ook at t h e qu est i on s on p age 3. Page 3 i s tw o p ages back i n case
y ou cou l d n 't f i gu r e th at ou t .
Pr ep p i ePu n k act i o n s ar e r eso l v ed u si n g a p er so n ?s age as t h e
d i f f i cu l t y :
- Get i n t o a 21 an d over cl u b: 21+
- Fl i r t w i t h t h e sw i m m i n g coach (h e?s a total H u m ber t
H u m ber t): 16 an d u n d er (n ot at ed as 16- )
- Fen d of f an att ack f r om th e cap t ai n of th e l ax team : 18
- Ren t a car : 24+
- Con v i n ce M u m m y an d D ad d y y ou d i d n ?t m ean to bu r n d ow n
t h e beach h ou se: 13-
Pl ay er s w i l l st ar t each sessi o n w i t h f o u r d 6 .
W h en d i ce ar e r ol l ed , ev en n u m b er s co u n t as p o si t i v e, an d o d d
n u m b er s co u n t as n egat i v e. T h e d i ce t o t al i s ad d ed t o t h e ch ar act er s
age f o r a r esu l t .
A p l ay er i s t r y i n g t o get t o a sp eci f i c n u m b er , w i t h i n a m ar gi n o f
er r o r o f 3.
I f th e d i f f i cu l ty i s +, t h e m ar gi n o f er r o r i s +3. I f th e r esu l t i s - , t h e
m ar gi n o f er r o r i s - 3. I f th er e i s n o + o r - at t ach ed t o t h e d i f f i cu l t y,
t h e m ar gi n i s +/ - 3.
Ever y t i m e d i ce ar e r ol l ed sh ou l d be a col l ecti ve m om en t w h er e
ever y on e i s h ol d i n g th ei r br eath . T h er e ar e n o w asted d i e r ol l s i n
Pr ep p i ePu n k . You r ol l th e d i ce, bad sh i t m i gh t h ap p en .
W h en a p l ay er r ol l s d i ce, th er e ar e th r ee p ossi bl e ou tcom es:
- su ccess
- f ai l
- st r ess
A SSI GN I N G D I FFI C U LT I ES
D i f f i cu l t i es f or act i on s ar e assi gn ed by th e H ead m aster . W h en a p l ay er
d escr i bes w h at t h ey w an t to tr y an d d o (an d an acti on sh ou l d be
som eth i n g w h er e t h er e i s a r i sk of d an ger . T y i n g y ou r sh oe d oes n ot
r equ i r e a r ol l ... u n l ess y ou r ar e i n A P B i o an d d r an k a f i f th of Jack
bef or e cl ass) t h e H ead m ast er m u st d eci d e w h at w ou l d be th e
ap p r op r i at e age w h er e th i s ch ar act er cou l d su cceed . B ef or e w e
con ti n u e w i t h som e ex am p l es, I w an t y ou , th e r ead er , a con n oi sseu r of
f i n e RPGs t o con si d er th e f ol l ow i n g qu esti on s:
Back to t h e qu est i on s on p age 3: l i kely, th er e w as a p oi n t i n ti m e w h en
y ou cou l d h ave easi ly an sw er ed th ese qu esti on s.
M an y gam es w ou l d h ave y ou bel i eve th at k n ow l ed ge i s cu m u l ati ve,
w i th n o r oom f or m i st akes. Bu l l sh i t. O u r abi l i ty to com p r eh en d m i gh t
i n cr ease over t i m e, an d i n d eed , w e m ay l ear n m or e abou t sp eci f i c
su bject ar eas, bu t i n r eal i t y, w e d o n ot r em em ber ever y th i n g w e h ave
l ear n ed an d d em on st r at ed m aster y of . Read th e qu ote on p age 2 f r om
M ost L i kely t o Su cceed .
Pag e 6
T h i s i s t h e h ear t of Pr ep p i ePu n k d i ce- r ol l i n g an d task r esol u ti on
m ech an i c.
L et u s r ef er back t o t h e ex am p l es gi ven at th e begi n n i n g of th i s secti on
an d ex am i n e each i n d ep t h .
- Get i n t o a 21 an d over cl u b: 21+

T h i s on e seem s l i ke a n o- br ai n er . You h ave to be 21 or over to get i n

th e cl u b. W e ar e assu m i n g y ou r ch ar act er h as som e sor t of f ake I D . th e
r ol l i s abou t y ou r ch ar act er sel l i n g i t .
- Fl i r t w i t h t h e sw i m m i n g coach (h e?s a total H u m ber t
H u m ber t): 16 an d u n d er (h er e n ot at ed as 16- )

T h e sw i m m i n g coach l i kes y ou n g gi r l s. T h i s i s p ar t of th e ap p eal . I f

y ou ar e act i n g t oo ol d , th at i s tu r n - of f .
- Fen d of f an att ack f r om th e cap t ai n of th e l ax team : 18

Br an ch (t h e l ax cap t ai n ?s n am e) i s p r et ty str on g. You w an t to f i gh t

agai n st h i m , d oesn ?t m at ter h ow m u ch ju d o y ou k n ow, i f h e i s 215 an d
y ou ?r e 115: h e p u n ch es y ou i n th e h ead , i t w i l l f u ck i n g h u r t .
- Ren t a car : 24+

Sam e i d ea as get t i n g i n to a cl u b.

- Con v i n ce M u m m y an d D ad d y y ou d i d n ?t m ean to bu r n d ow n
t h e beach h ou se: 13-

W h en th ey cal l
y ou i n t o th e
l i br ar y to r i p y ou
a n ew assh ol e an d
y ou r eek of
M ar l bor os, good
l u ck con v i n ci n g
th em y ou ju st
d i d n ?t k n ow th at
cook i n g r ock
m i gh t cau se th e
l i n en cu r tai n s to
catch on f i r e. You
h ave to gi ve th em
th e ser i ou s p u p p y
d og ey es an d p r ey
Image By user saneboy [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via u p on th ei r l ove of
flickr
y ou w h en y ou
w er e ju st a
f r eck l e- f aced r ap scal l i on , w i t h n ar y a car e i n th e w or l d .
 Pag e 7
W H Y T H E +/- A ND W H Y T H E
M A RGIN OF ER ROR ?
T h i n k abou t t h ose sam p l e test qu esti on s. T h i n k abou t ou r i n abi l i ty to
r etai n i n f or m at i on l on g- t er m .
W e w i l l agai n u se t h e ex am p l es gi ven .
- Get i n t o a 21 an d over cl u b: 21+

H av i n g a f ake I D t h at say s y ou ar e 19 i sn ?t goi n g t o w or k . A n d sh ow i n g

a f ake I D t h at say s y ou ar e 27 al so i sn ?t l i kely to cu t i t.
- Fl i r t w i t h t h e sw i m m i n g coach (h e?s a total H u m ber t
H u m ber t): 16 an d u n d er (n ot at ed as 16- )

N ot on ly d o y ou n ot w an t to act too ol d , y ou al so d on ?t w an t to act too

y ou n g. T h at ?s ju st cr eep y, an d w i l l take Coach r i gh t ou t of th e m ood .
- Fen d of f an att ack f r om th e cap t ai n of th e l ax team : 18

A ge 15- 21, t h ese ar e th e ages som eon e m i gh t be abl e to take a

gr ow n - u p beat i n g.
- Ren t a car : 24+

A gai n , see t h e 21+ cl u b.

- Con v i n ce M u m m y an d D ad d y y ou d i d n ?t m ean to bu r n d ow n
t h e beach h ou se: 13-

I f y ou st ar t t al k i n g baby - tal k th ey ar e total ly n ot goi n g to bu y i t. T h ey

w an t to bel i eve y ou , af t er - al l , y ou h ave h ear d stor i es th at M u m m y
cr ash ed Gr an d f at h er ?s h ei r l oom m ah ogan y sai l boat an d san k i t.
N ow, l et ?s ex p an d t h i s:

- T h i s i s n ot a gam e w h er e y ou h ave 7 r an k s of K n ow l ed ge
(B i ol ogy ). You n eed to k n ow som eth i n g abou t B i ol ogy, i t
w ou l d best ser ve y ou to cu r r en t ly be i n a B i ol ogy cl ass. (9t h
Gr ad e ak a For m 3: age 14 or 15)
You l i e t o som ebod y th at y ou l i ve i n W y om i n g, y ou better k n ow th e
cap i tal of y ou r h om e stat e. (St at e Cap i t al s w er e cover ed i n 5th gr ad e:
age 10 )
 W h en t h e H M assi gn s an age to an acti on , th ey al so d et er m i n e i f t h e
Pag e 8
act i o n can b e acco m p l i sh ed by so m eo n e y o u n ger , so m eo n e o l d er , o r
b o t h . T h ey w i l l n ar r ate th e d i f f i cu l t y i n d i cat i n g w h et h er i t i s p l u s,
m i n u s, or ei t h er :
- ?21 p l u s"
- ?16 or y ou n ger ?
- ?18.?

N ow th e PC m u st r ol l d i ce an d at tem p t to get to th e tar get n u m ber

w i th i n 3. I f t h ey can , th i s i s a su ccess!

I f th e t ar get n u m ber i s +, an d th ey d o n ot get to th e n u m ber bu t ar e

w i th i n 3, t h ey f ai l . Fai l u r e su ck s, bu t th ey can tr y agai n : m ay be th ey ?r e
h u m i l i at ed , m ay be th ey get a bl ack ey e. Su ck i t u p .

I f th e n u m ber i s - , an d th ey go over bu t w i t h i n 3, sam e th i n g: f ai l u r e.

I f th e n u m ber h as n o + or m i n u s, th ey m u st be w i th i n 3 an d th i s i s a
su ccess.
- For t ar get n u m ber 21+: Su ccess: 21- 24, Fai l u r e 18- 20 .
- For t ar get n u m ber 16- : Su ccess 13- 16; Fai l u r e 17- 19.
- For t ar get n u m ber 18: Su ccess 15- 21.

W h at h ap p en s w h en y ou r r esu l t i s o u t si d e o f t h i s r an ge?

T h i s i s St r ess. You f u cked u p .

Stress
T h e p en al t y f o r St r ess i s l o ss o f o n e d 6 f or th e r est of th e gam i n g
sessi on . Pl ay er s st ar t w i t h f o u r d 6 . I f th ey get St r essed o n ce, t h ey n ow
h av e t h r ee d 6 . A seco n d St r ess d r o p s t h em t o t w o d 6 . T h e t h i r d t i m e
t h ey get St r essed , t h ey o n l y h av e o n e d 6 .

A n d i f t h ey get st r essed a f o u r t h t i m e, t h ey ar e St r essed O u t .

I f a ch ar act er get s St r essed O u t , t h ey ar e d o n e f o r t h e sessi o n .

Passed - ou t f u ck i n g d r u n k , i n f i r m ar y, gr ou n d ed , h osp i tal u p st ate? y ou
get th e p i ct u r e.

Even w or se, i f a ch ar act er get s St r essed O u t , th ey p er m an en t l y l o se

o n e o f t h ei r B o n d s.

"The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long, and you have burned so
very very brightly.?- Tyrell, Bladerunner.

I f a ch ar act er l o ses al l o f t h ei r B o n d s, t h ey ar e d o n e.
Ex p el l ed . D ead . Sen t to a th er ap eu ti c sch ool . W h o car es, m ove on .
M ake a n ew ch ar acter .
 Pag e 9
T he Price of Failure
W h at h ap p en s w h en a PC d oes n ot su cceed on th ei r acti on as
d eter m i n ed by a d i e r ol l ?
A r e y ou f u ck i n g k i d d i n g m e? D o y ou r eal ly n eed to h ave y ou r h an d
h el d t h r ou gh t h i s, I w as u n d er th e i m p r essi on t h at y ou w er e a Gam e
M aster w h o m i gh t h ave a sm al l d egr ee of cr eati v i ty an d d i d n ?t n eed
th e r esu l t of ever y d i e r ol l ex p l i ci tly ad ju d i cated f or y ou . JFC.
Ex p an d i n g u p on ou r ex am p l e acti on s, an d n ar r at i vely d et ai l i n g
Fai l u r e (m i ssi n g by 3 bu t n ot su cceed i n g) an d Str ess (m i ssi n g by 4 or
m or e).

Get i n t o a 21 an d over cl u b (21+):

- Fai l u r e (18- 20 ): th e bou n cer takes y ou r I D aw ay an d of f er s
y ou ad m i ssi on bu t y ou n eed to d o a f avor f or h i m (w i n k
w i n k ).
- St r ess (17- an d 25+): th e bou n cer ask s y ou to step asi d e f or a
m om en t , bu t i s actu al ly a cop w or k i n g of f - d u ty, an d y ou ar e
cu f f ed an d taken d ow n to th e stat i on to be p r ocessed .
B ecau se t h e bou n cer f u ck i n g h at es el i te p r ep p i es an d al l th ei r
bu l l sh i t .

Fl i r t w i t h t h e sw i m m i n g coach (16- ):
- Fai l u r e (17- 19): h e w i l l gl ad ly accep t a bl ow job, bu t y ou ar en ?t
l i kely t o get w h at y ou w an t .
- St r ess (12- an d 20 +): You ar e su sp en d ed f r om sch ool , becau se
t h e coach t al ked to th e H ead of Sch ool (w h o i s w el l aw ar e of
coach es?p r ocl i v i ti es, bu t tol er at es th em ), an d al th ou gh
n ei t h er w i l l say th i s, y ou ar e obv i ou sly n ot su btl e en ou gh to
car r y on t h i s sor t of beau t i f u l , i n ti m ate r el ati on sh i p , an d
t h at ?s bad f or bu si n ess an d r ep u t at i on . A n d w h en M u m m y
ex p l ai n s h er p ast w i t h th e sw i m m i n g coach , m ay be th en y ou
w i l l u n d er stan d , bu t h ave f u n bei n g gr ou n d ed at h om e.

Fen d of f an at t ack f r om th e cap t ai n of th e l ax team (18):

Fai l u r e, t h er e i s n ot, on ly St r ess. I f a PC f ai l s, d escr i be th e beati n g
th ey t ook , an d h ow cool B r an ch i s. For p u r p oses of th i s ex am p l e, an d
to h el p i l l u st r ate t h e ty p e of th ou gh t p r ocesses n eed ed to be a good
H M , w e w i l l br eak i t d ow n 14- an d 22+.
- 14- B r an ch k i ck s th e sh i t ou t of y ou , y ou r f ace i s a bl ood y
m ess, an d y ou h ave to go to ER at th e l ocal h ay seed h osp i tal ,
an d of cou r se, y ou k n ow th at i f y ou tel l an y on e w h at
h ap p en ed , B r an ch w on ?t be th e on e i n tr ou bl e y ou w i l l ,
becau se, i n al l h on est y, y ou su ck at l acr osse.
- 22+ A s y ou ar e beat i n g th e cr ap ou t of br an ch , y ou h ear th e
aw esom e sou n d s of bon es br eak i n g, an d f i n al ly h i s bod y goes
l i m p . L i ke, r eal ly l i m p . N i ce job, k i l l er .
Pag e 10
Ren t a car (24+). Fi gu r e th i s on e ou t y ou r sel f .

Con v i n ce M u m m y an d D ad d y y ou d i d n ?t m ean to bu r n d ow n th e
beach h ou se (13- ).
- Fai l u r e (14- 16): T h ey ?r e p r et ty p i ssed , an d th er e i s n o w ay
y ou ?r e goi n g back to th at sch ool ? f or aw h i l e. T h ey w i l l f or gi ve
y ou , of cou r se, bu t y ou m i gh t h ave to sp en d th e su m m er
f eed i n g t h e h om el ess of som e sh i t (y ou alw ay s w an t ed to get
d r u n k on B oon e?s i n th e m or n i n g.).
- St r ess (9- an d 17+): ?You stupid, self- centered, addict piece of crap.
You are done with these ?friends?of yours. I should have known that
M argie?s son would turn out to be such white trash, after all those
townies she fucked. Forget going back to P- - - - - - - - - A- - - - !?

I f y ou f ai l , or gai n st r ess, y ou m i gh t be abl e to att em p t th e task agai n -

T h i s w i l l be u p t o y ou r H ead m aster , of cou r se, an d w i l l be d eter m i n ed
by th e r eal i t y of t h e stor y of y ou r Pr ep p y Ch ar acter s. I f B r an ch i s
beati n g t h e sh i t ou t of y ou , y ou can tr y an d keep f i gh ti n g back .
Ever y d i ce r ol l sh ou l d br i n g w i t h i t th e d an ger th at som eth i n g bad can
h ap p en , st i ck w i t h t h i s i d eal , an d y ou w i l l k n ow p ow er gam i n g w h en
y ou see i t .
 O p t i o n al :
T he R e-R olls I f a sp eci f i ed d i f f i cu l ty i s +/ - 3 of a

So, y ou ar e ask i n g, y ou r sel f , I r ol l 4
d i ce, th e even n u m ber s cou n t as
p osi ti ve (+) an d t h e od d n u m ber s
cou n t as n egat i ve (- ), I su m th at
total , an d ad d i t t o m y age, agai n st
a d i f f i cu l t y, w h i ch i s an age? A n d
y ou n eed t o get w i t h i n 3 of th e age
to su cceed (or f ai l ), an d
gr eater / l ess t h an 3 i s str ess.
I t p r obably seem s p r et ty f u ck i n g
ar bi tr ar y t o y ou , an d y ou can
p i ctu r e t h e d esi gn er of th ese r u l es
p atti n g h i m sel f on t h e back f or
bei n g so cl ever .
N ot so f ast . T h e r eal h ear t of th e
sy stem i s t h e abi l i t y to r e- r o l l d i ce.
Pr ep p i e Ch ar act er s h ave "st at s." Sp or t , Sm ar ts, an d Sp i r i t. T h e r an k of
th ese d et er m i n es h ow m an y ti m es a ch ar act er can r e- r ol l an y an d al l
d i ce r ol l .
Pag e 11
ch ar act er 's age, a p l ay er can ,
i n st ead of / i n con ju n cti on w i th
r e- r ol l i n g, r em ove a d i e f r om th ei r
total .
Q u i ck Ex am p l e: K i p (age 17) w an t s
to get i n to th e 18 an d over str i p
cl u b ou t si d e of tow n , bu t f or got h i s
I D . T h e task i s 18+, bu t i s w i th i n +/ -
3 of h i s age. K i p h as a Sp i r i t of 2.
H e r ol l s a +6- 5- 5- 1. H e r e- r ol l s on e
of th e - 5, an d gets a - 1 an d d r op s
th e ot h er - 5: a d i ce r esu l t of +6- 1- 1 ,
an d total of 17+4=21! K i p i s i n , an d
can see i f th e stor i es ar e tr u e th at
th e A P Bi ol ogy teach i n g f el l ow i s
str i p p i n g on th e si d e.

A n I l l u st r at i v e Ex am p l e:
A bi , a 16 y ear ol d Pr ep p y Ch ar act er at ten d i n g W - - - - - - - -
N - - - - - - - - - - i s h an gi n g ou t i n tow n on a Sat u r d ay n i gh t, an d
w an t s t o get i n t o a V i ol en t Fem m es sh ow (21 an d over ). T h e
H M t el l s h er t h i s w i l l be a 21+ task . T h e p l ay er r ol l s th e d i ce:
+4+4+2- 1 f or a total of +9, f or a r esu l t of 25.
A bi m i gh t i n d eed h ave a f ake i d , bu t th er e i s n o w ay th e
bou n cer i s goi n g to bel i eve sh e i s 25, esp eci al ly w i th h er sch ool
I D sh ow i n g.
A bi h as a 2 Sp i r i t . A bi can r e- r o l l tw i ce.
W h en r e- r ol l i n g, y ou can r ol l som e or al l of th e d i ce. For th i s
f i r st r e- r ol l , A bi 's p l ay er w i l l r e- r ol l th e +2.
+6
FU U U U U U U U CK . N ow, A bi 's su m i s +6+4+4- 1, f or a total of 29.
A bi i sn 't a sh r i vel ed u p ol d h ag.
Sh e r e- r ol l 's agai n , th i s ti m e r e- r ol l i n g th e +4+4:
+6+4
You m i gh t t h i n k sh e w as scr ew ed . You m i gh t be r i gh t, bu t A bi 's Sp i r i t
i s ju st t h e f i r st p ar t of th e equ ati on .
I n Pr ep p i ePu n k , i t 's n ot ju st h ow w el l y ou can f ake i t, i ts th e p eop l e
y ou k n ow, w h o ar e som et i m es th e p eop l e y ou bl ow.
You h ave a basi c i d ea of th e f u ck i n g el egan ce of th i s sy stem , r ead on
f or m or e i n f or m at i on abou t B o n d s an d So ci al C ap i t al , an d w h y th ey
ar e p ar t of ch ar act er cr eati on (B on d s) an d an i n tegr al p ar t of bei n g a
Pr ep p i e (Soci al Cap i t al ).
Image By user brainware3000 [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr
 Pag e 13
Bonds

B ecau se p r ep p i es
d o n ot ju st
m i r acu l ou sly
en ter th e w or l d
th r ou gh a
w el l - m an i cu r ed ,
ex p an d ed vagi n a,
al l PC s w i l l st ar t t h e gam e w i t h si x B o n d s.
T h ese ar e n ot t h e t y p es of bon d s M u m m y an d D ad d y h ave i n vested
i n , al th ou gh t h ey cou l d be.
T h ese ar e t h e B on d s th at ti e, an d p r obably n ot at al l l i ke cou si n
W i n n i e w i t h t h at BD SM sh i t sh e tal ked abou t.
Bon d s ar e y ou r con n ecti on to th e Pr ep p i e w or l d . D i d M u m m y go to
S- - - - ? M ay be D ad d y w en t to L - - - - - C- - - - - - bef or e h ead i n g of f to
P- - - - - - - - f or col l ege? A n d of cou r se, Gr an d f ath er h as a w h ol e bu i l d i n g
n am ed f or h i m at Y- - - .
Bon d s ar e r esou r ces y ou can cal l u p on i n gam e. W i th ou t th ese B on d s,
y ou m i gh t as w el l w or k at a gr ocer y stor e, or at ten d p u bl i c h i gh
sch ool .
Ex am p l es of B on d s:
- D ad d y at ten d ed H - - - - - - , an d w as ed i t or of th e h u m or
m agazi n e.
- T h r ee- gen er at i on l egacy at C- - - - - .
- M u m m y ?s br ot h er , U n cl e T r i p p , d ated th e star of th at m ov i e.
(T h ey m et at cam p u p i n M ai n e).
- You m ay h ave h ear d of th e f am i ly bu si n ess: J.P. M - - - - - .
- N o, I w as n ot n am ed af t er th e h osp i t al , i t w as n am ed af ter m y
gr an d f at h er .
- Su m m er s w i th th e K- - - - - - - on th e V i n ey ar d .

O n y ou r ch ar acter sh eet , or on th e p i ece of p ap er y ou ?r e u si n g as a

ch ar act er sh eet , w r i t e d ow n si x B o n d s. B on d s can be p eop l e,
bu si n esses, d i n i n g cl u bs, sor or i t i es, etc. Bon d s ar e l i kely n ot y ou r
d i r ect r el at i on sh i p s, as y ou ar e ju st m atu r i n g i n to an u p st an d i n g ad u l t,
r ath er , t h ey ar e t h e r el at i on sh i p s an d back gr ou n d of th ose w h o cam e
bef or e y ou , t h ose w h o w i l l h an d over th e key s to th e k i n gd om . T h er e
i s n o l i m i t h er e, i f y ou ?r e th e d au gh ter of si tt i n g p ol i t i ci an , w on d er f u l .
Pag e 14

?The value of the concept of social capital lies first

in the fact that it identifies certain aspects of social
structure by their functions, just as the concept
?chair?identifies certain physical objects by their
function, despite differences in form, appearance,
and construction. The function identified by the
concept of ?social capital?is the value of these
aspects of social structure to actors as resources
that they can use to achieve their interests.?

Coleman, J. "Social Capital in the Creation of

Human Capital." Knowledge and Social Capital
(2000): 17-41. Web.
 Pag e 15
Social Capital
D u r i n g each sessi on of p l ay, PCs w i l l en cou n ter N on - Pl ay er
Ch ar act er s. T h ese ar e th e ch ar act er s p op u l ati n g th e w or l d th at ar e
br ou gh t t o l i f e by t h e H ead m aster . T h er e i s a ch an ce y ou r ch ar acter
h as a p r e- ex i st i n g r el at i on sh i p w i t h an N PC. Act u al ly, i t i s n ot a
ch an ce, i t i s a ch oi ce.

I f a p l ay er w an t s t o establ i sh a p ast h i stor y w i t h an N PC, w h et h er i t i s

th e Bi ol ogy t each er , a p ol i cem an , a p ot d eal er , or a str i p p er at th e
seed y l ocal st r i p cl u b d ow n Rou tes - an d - - f r om cam p u s, al l th ey
h ave to d o i s i n vest i n th i s soci al cap i tal . M u l ti p l e p l ay er s can h ave
r el ati on sh i p s w i t h t h e sam e sp eci f i c N PC. A n y N PC i s an d sh ou l d be
el i gi bl e f or i n vest m en t, w h eth er i t i s a si bl i n g, a gas stati on att en d an t,
a f am ou s r ock st ar , or a H ead of Sch ool . Each p l ay er h as si x N PC s i n
w h o m t h ey can i n v est i n a sessi o n .

W h en a p l ay er i n vests i n a r el at i on sh i p , th ey h ave to d ecl ar e th e

str en gt h of t h e r el at i on sh i p as w el l as n ar r ate th e h i st or y.
- O n e N PC i s a A A A i n vestm en t .
- T w o N PCs ar e B l evel i n vestm en t s.
- T h r ee N PCs ar e C (p en n y stock ) l evel i n vestm en ts.

T h e h i st or y of t h e r el at i on sh i p i s n ar r ated by th e p l ay er , an d as w i th
cr eati on of B on d s, t h e p l ay er h as absol u te au t h or i t y over th e
n ar r ati on .
T h e best w ay t o d em on str ate th i s i s an ex am p l e, of cou r se.
T h e H ead m aster i n t r od u ces a n ew ch ar act er , Top h er . Top h er i s a
col l ege st u d en t w h o som eti m es scor es d r u gs f or th e PCs.
Pl ay er A , p l ay i n g A bi , d eci d es th at sh e w an t s a r el ati on sh i p w i th
Top h er , an d sh e w an ts i t to be B - l evel . O n h er ch ar acter sh eet, or
scr atch p ap er , sh e w r i tes d ow n
Pag e 16
A n d th en sh e n ar r at es th ei r back st or y :
?I met Topher at my cousin, Sissy?s house when we were out at the Cape for
spring break last year. H e's friends with Sissy's older brother, Addison, and he
brought some weed to the house with him. On top of bringing a sweet hostess
gift, he also told me he went to D - - - - - - - - . Not that I 'm a sucker for labels, but
the boy is clearly loaded and not bad looking, so I suggested he stick around. I
let him finger me and gave him a handy as a sort of thank you.?

T h e p l ay er m ay w r i t e som e of th i s i n f or m at i on d ow n on th ei r
ch ar act er sh eet , or m or e p r ef er ably,
scr atch p ap er .
A s a p l ay er d escr i bes th i s r el ati on sh i p ,
th e H ead m ast er w i l l n ot at e th e
si gn i f i can t p ar t s, an d w i l l r o l l a d 6 (i n
secr et). I f t h e r esu l t i s an Ev en
n u m b er (2,4 ,6 ), t h e H M w i l l r eco r d a
p l u s (+) sy m b o l n ex t to th e n am e an d
r el ati on sh i p T h i s i s a p o si t i v e
r el at i o n sh i p :

I f th e H M r ol l s an O d d n u m b er (1,3,5),
t h ey w i l l r eco r d a m i n u s (- ) sy m b o l n ex t
to th e n am e an d r el ati on sh i p . T h i s i s a
n egat i v e r el at i o n sh i p :

T h e H M w i l l n ot r eveal th e p l u s or
m i n u s u n t i l a p l ay er w an t s to m ake a
W i t h d r aw al u si n g th at So ci al C ap i t al .

Ev er y o n e v i ew s t h e w o r l d t h r o u gh t h ei r ow n f i l t er .

I n d i v i d u al ly, w e h ave n o w ay of k n ow i n g h ow an oth er m i gh t w i l l v i ew

a sp eci f i c ci r cu m st an ce. W h at w e m i gh t r ecal l as a p osi ti ve
r el ati on sh i p m i gh t n ot be as f on d ly r em em ber ed by th e oth er p ar t y.
I f a r el ati on sh i p i s p o si t i v e, as d eter m i n ed by th e secr et r ol l of th e
H M , ever y t h i n g w i l l w or k ou t as th e p l ay er m i gh t h op e. A p l ay er can
w i th d r aw som e of t h ei r soci al cap i tal w i t h a sp eci f i c i n d i v i d u al to gi ve
th em a d i e r ol l i n g ad v an t age.
W h en a r el at i on sh i p i s d eter m i n ed to be n egat i v e, by th e secr et r ol l by
th e H M , w h en t h e p l ay er f i r st d eci d es t o W i t h d r aw , t h e H M w i l l at
t h at m o m en t , o r w h en d escr i b i n g t h e r esu l t o f a d i ce r o l l , h ow t h e
r el at i o n sh i p w en t so u r .
 Pag e 17
U si n g t h e ex am p l e above of th ose y ou n g l ovebi r d s A bi an d Top h er :
?Sorry skank, not interested? Top h er w ou l d say to A bi .
W h at t h e H M i s n ot i m m ed i ately tel l i n g th e p l ay er i s w h y Top h er i s
bei n g a d i ck t o h er :
- T u r n s ou t A bi h ad a col d sor e an d gave i t to Top h er an d h e
w as eat i n g ou t h i s col l ege gi r l f r i en d an d w h en sh e ch ecked
i n t o t h e h eal t h cen t er th e n u r se p r act i ti on er tol d h er sh e h ad
H er p es.
- O r m ay be Top h er w an t ed h er to p u t ou t m or e.
- O r m ay be Top h er r eal ly l i ked h er an d f eel s sh e bl ew h i m of f .
- O r m ay be Top h er i s l ook i n g to f u ck som eon e el se at th i s p ar t y.
So ci al C ap i t al can b e a r eal p ai n i n t h e ass.
N ow, w h er e i t get s i n t er esti n g i s f r om on e sessi on to th e n ex t, PCs?
r el ati on sh i p s w i t h sp eci f i c N PCs m ay ch an ge, be f or gotten or even
d i sm i ssed . Ever y sessi on , a p l ay er w i l l h ave to r ei n vest i n th e
r el ati on sh i p , an d d ecl ar e th e str en gt h , an d th e H M w i l l r ol l to
d eter m i n e i f i t i s a p osi ti ve or n egati ve r el ati on sh i p . A n d , a p l ay er
m i gh t ch oose n ot t o i n vest i n a sp eci f i c N PC. I
I n on e sessi on , a ch ar act er 's m oth er m i gh t be acti n g l i ke a r eal
p ai n - i n - t h e- ass, su r e, y ou r u i n ed h er f u r coat, bu t get over i t. T h e
n ex t sessi on , ever y t h i n g m i gh t be al l h u n k y - d or y.

Social Capital: Strength of R elationships

A A A r el at i o n sh i p s i n d i cate an N PC th e PC i s qu i te cl ose w i th :
a p ar en t; a si bl i n g; a r oom m ate; a bu n k- m ate at su m m er
cam p ; a f i r st l ove.
B r el at i o n sh i p s d en ote a cl osen ess, bu t n ot n ecessar i ly
ex tr em ely i n ti m ate: a cl assm ate f r om gr ad e sch ool ; a cu r r en t
l ab p ar tn er ; a f r i en d th at h as n ot been seen i n aw h i l e; y ou r
h ou sekeep er ?s d au gh ter (w h o l i ved i n th e p ool h ou se).
C l ev el cap i t al i s total ly d i sp osabl e, f u ck ?em an d f or get ?em :
an E- - - W - - - - - - ju n i or y ou f u cked l ast su m m er ; y ou r br oth er ?s
r oom m ate?s cou si n ; br oth er - i n - l aw of D ad d y ?s d ou bl es
p ar tn er w h ose d i ck y ou su cked ; th e cou n sel or f r om th at
bu l l sh i t ou td oor ex p ed i ti on cou r se y ou d i d i n Col or ad o.
Pag e 18

Social Capital: W hen R elationships Go Sour

W h en i t i s

Image By user thunderchild5 [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr

d eter m i n ed t h at a
PC i s i n t h e r ed
w i th a sp eci f i c
i n d i v i d u al (?i n t h e
r ed ? m ean s y ou
ow e som eth i n g,
tr an sl at i on - t h e
r el ati on sh i p i s
n egati ve- p l ease t r y
an d keep u p) t h e
sp eci f i cs of w h er e
an d h ow t h i s
r el ati on sh i p w en t
bad i s u p t o t h e
H M . Som e
ex am p l es:

- You r
bu n k m at e
w h o i s st i l l
u p set y ou
sh ar ed
au d i o of
h er
st r ok i n g
on e ou t
with
ever y on e
el se at
cam p .
- A cl assm at e
y ou gave
t h e w r on g an sw er s to on a test so y ou cou l d get th e best
gr ad e.
- A t each er y ou r eject ed even af t er r u bbi n g y ou r ass u p
agai n st t h ei r cr ot ch i n ar t cl ass.
- You r m om , w h en y ou tol d Gr am m y th at M u m m y d i d n 't
go t o r eh ab l ast Ju ly, sh e ju st d i d n 't w an t to sp en d ti m e
w i t h al l Gr am m y 's d r am a.
- T h at boy y ou l i ked w h en y ou w ou l d n 't gi ve a
r each - ar ou n d .
- T h e cou n t er - jockey at th e cor n er stor e becau se y ou sol d
h i m st an k- ass w eed .
- You r cou si n becau se y ou tr i ed to tu r n th at tow n i e str ai gh t .

I f a r el ati on sh i p i s n egati ve, th e H ead m ast er w i l l cap i tal i ze on

th at. (see p . 22)
 Pag e 19
Social Capital: Let M e M ak e It Up to You
W h en y ou r cap i t al h as n egat i v e v al u e, y ou of t en ju st w an t to i gn or e i t,
af ter al l , n ot ever y i n vest m en t can r eap d i v i d en d s. Bu t , som e
i n vestm en t s ar e w or t h sav i n g, esp eci al ly th ose of th e A A A an d B gr ad e.
L i kely, t h e f i r st t i m e a PC W i t h d r aw s f r o m a n egat i v e i n v est m en t
w i l l b e t h e m o m en t w h en t h ey d i scov er t h e d ef i ci t v al u e. T h i s w i l l
su ck f or t h at r ol l of t h e d i ce. Bu t, can a PC tu r n i t ar ou n d ? Can th ey
r ecap t u r e t h e m agi c betw een p eop l e th at w as l ost?
I f th ey can , t h ey sh ou l d star t com i n g u p w i t h a p l an A SA FP, an d p ay
h eed th e w or d s of Con gr eave:

H eav'n has no rage like love to hatred turn'd.

Bu t h ow ? T h er e i s n o cu t - an d - d r y m ech an i cal an sw er , th i s i s a
r ol ep l ay i n g gam e, n ot a boar d gam e.
W h at m ad e t h em so an gr y ? T h e H M sh ou l d p u t on th ei r
d i sci p l i n ar i an h at (n ot th e bal l gag, th at?s f or an ot h er ti m e) an d p u t
th em selves i n t h e r ol e of th e N PC an d ask : w h at d oes th i s N PC w an t?
Ever y bod y w an t s som eth i n g. L ove i s th e y i n to th e y an g of h ate. N PCs
ar e n ot ap at h et i c, t h ey ar e al so i n vested , th e d i f f i cu l t task i s
tu r n i n g- ar ou n d t h i s i n vestm en t an d m ak i n g i t p r of i tabl e agai n f or
both p ar t i es.
U si n g t h e Top h er - A bi r el ati on sh i p , an d assu m i n g th e f i r st scen ar i o,
th e on e t h at gave Top h er ?s gi r l f r i en d H er p es, w h at m i gh t Top h er
w an t? H e d oesn ?t w an t an oth er col d sor e, an d h e cer tai n ly d oesn ?t w an t
a bl ow job. Pu t y ou r sel f i n Top h er ?s p en n y l oaf er s. A l l ow A bi th e
ch an ce t o m ake t h i n gs r i gh t .
Pag e 20
Round 1: Power Attack
"I gain a bonus die each time I use a different
Round 2: Power Attack. skill. S o, I need to a generalist pirate?"
Round 3. Power Attack.

Fir st Round At t ack: I am Sneaky(+3), t her ef or e....

Fir st Round Def ense: I am Sneaky (+3), t her ef or e...
Second Round At t ack: I am Sneaky (+3), t her ef or e....
H oly
f u ck bal l s, i s t h i s bor i n g as sh i t. N ot on ly ar e th er e w ay too m an y d i ce
r ol l s w i t h n o r eal con sequ en ces, y ou 'r e Sn eak y, an d of cou r se, y ou 'r e
ch ar act er Con cep t i s a N i n ja, becau se N i n jas ar e th e best.
I n Pr ep p i ePu n k , as i n l i f e, th i s sh i t get s ol d r eal f ast. Yes, w e get i t,
y ou r f at h er i s a sen ator . D on 't be th e d u d e th at alw ay s tel l s th e sam e
stor i es or jokes. I n Pr ep p i ePu n k , th i s i s m ech an i cal ly en f or ced by
l i m i ti n g t h e n u m ber of ti m es PCs can cal l u p on each r esou r ce (B on d s
an d Soci al Cap i t al ).
A PCs "stat s" w i l l be p ar t of an y r ol l , i f th ey so d esi r e. D i ce d o n ot
h ave to be r e- r ol l ed , i f y ou m ad e y ou r A ge D i f f i cu l ty, y ou f u ck i n g
r u l e.
Ju st l i ke t ak i n g m on ey f r om y ou r tr u st f u n d , d r aw i n g u p on B on d s
an d Soci al Cap i t al , i s l i m i t ed . T h er e com es a ti m e, y ou n g I car u s,
w h en t h e l i t t l e bi r d y h as to f ly on th ei r ow n w i n gs.

W ithdraw als
T h e w ay a PC u ses t h ei r B o n d s an d So ci al C ap i t al i s by
W i t h d r aw i n g. A PC h as 10 W i t h d r aw al s p er gam e. W i th d r aw al s
op er at e sl i gh t ly d i f f er en tly f or Soci al Cap i t al an d B on d s. T h e en d
r esu l t i s t h e sam e, a W i th d r aw al w i l l al l ow th e r ol l of th e d i ce to be
af f ected i n som e w ay.
A PC h as B o n d s. T h ese Bon d s can be cal l ed u p on f or a d i ce- r ol l i n g
ad v an t age.
- T h e f i r st t i m e a sp eci f i c Bon d i s W i th d r aw n u p on w i l l u se 1
W i th d r aw al .
- T h e secon d w i t h d r aw al f r om th at sam e, sp eci f i c B on d w i l l u se
2 W i t h d r aw al s.
- T h e t h i r d w i th d r aw al w i l l u se 3 W i th d r aw al s.
- A n d so on .
Cal l i n g u p on t h e sam e Bon d s over an d over an d over agai n gets ver y
ti r esom e an d bor i n g an d m ech an i cal ly d u l l . Ad d i ti on al ly, d oi n g so
m akes a boy w h o cr i ed w ol f scen ar i o.
 Pag e 21
So ci al C ap i t al h as gr ad es:
- A A A gr ad e Soci al Cap i t al can be W i th d r aw n f r om th r ee ti m es
p er gam i n g sessi on .
- Each gr ad e B Soci al Cap i t al can be u sed tw i ce.
- Each gr ad e C Soci al Cap i t al can be u sed on ly on ce.
N ote th at n egat i ve W i th d r aw al s m ad e by th e H ead m ast er w i th Soci al
Cap i tal cou n t agai n st th e l i m i t p er gam i n g sessi on (bu t d o n ot cou n t
agai n st a p l ay er 's 10 W i th d r aw al s), so i f y ou r si st er (Gr ad e A A A ) i s sti l l
bei n g a bi t ch becau se y ou th r ew u p on h er i n th e l i m o on th e w ay to
th e N YE p ar t y, sh e can on ly scr ew y ou over th r ee ti m es. You could al so
tr y an d ap ol ogi ze, becau se, i t r eal ly w asn ?t ver y cool to ju st l eave h er i n
th e l i m o cl ean i n g u p y ou r p u ke w h i l e y ou w er e d an ci n g th e n i gh t
aw ay h i gh - as- f u ck on E.
W i th d r aw al s w i l l h ap p en af t er an i n i t i al d i ce r o l l , an d a p l ay er m ay
m ake as m an y W i th d r aw al s on an y r ol l as th ey d esi r e, an d th ese
W i th d r aw al s can h ap p en on e at a ti m e. T h e p l ay er sh ou l d d escr i be
h ow th i s W i th d r aw al i s r el ev an t to th e sp eci f i c acti on th at d i ce ar e
bei n g r ol l ed f or . H ead m ast er s sh ou l d al l ow f or qu i te a bi t of l eew ay, as
a p l ay er on ly h as 10 W i th d r aw al s p er gam i n g sessi on . Bu t , i f a p l ay er
w an ts t o m ake al l t h ei r W i th d r aw al s on on e acti on , th at i s th ei r r i gh t,
as l on g as t h ey d escr i be i t . Each W i t h d r aw al al l ow s f o r so m e o r al l o f
t h e d i ce t o b e r e- r o l l ed , b u t t h ey m u st b e r e- r o l l ed at t h e sam e t i m e.
L et u s r ev i si t ou r y ou n g h er oi n e A bi , tr y i n g to get i n t o th e cl u b (p . 11):
A bi d eci d es t o est ab l i sh a r el at i o n sh i p w i t h th e bou n cer , i t?s a B Gr ad e
r el ati on sh i p , so i t can on ly be u sed tw i ce. A bi r eal ly w an ts to get i n t o
th i s con cer t , becau se
- V i ol en t Fem m es
- a boy sh e h as a cr u sh on f r om W - - - - - - - - M - - - - - i s goi n g to be
h er e.

?Jeff is a townie that knew my older sister back when she was attending W N
about 6 years ago. T hey fucked a while, and then she graduated. Now he's a
bouncer in town, which bleh, but he still is pretty fond of my dumbass sister so
he usually lets me get my way at the clubs he bounces for.?
T h e H M secr et ly r ol l s to see i f th e r el ati on sh i p i s p osi ti ve or n egati ve:
+4, an d n ot es t h i s.
A bi an n ot at es h er f i r st W i th d r aw al of th e n i gh t on h er ch ar acter sh eet,
an d d eci d es t o r e- r ol l th e +6+4 (w i t h th e +4- 1 sti l l i n p l ay, sh e i s at a 19,
h er tar get i s 21- 24). Sh e r ol l s th e th r ee d i ce: +6- 3.
Resu l t: 16 (A bi 's age) +6+4- 3- 1= 22! SU CCESS!!! Sh e i s n ow r ead y to
Ad d I t U p !
Pag e 22
W i t h d r aw al s Sect i o n Su m m ar y
Each p l ay er get s 10 W i t h d r aw al s p er gam e sessi o n .
B o n d W i t h d r aw al
- 1 W i th d r aw al th e f i r st ti m e f or a sp eci f i c B on d .
- 2 W i th d r aw al s f or th e secon d W i th d r aw al f or th e sam e,
sp eci f i c B on d .
- 3 f or t h e 3r d
- et c.

So ci al C ap i t al W i t h d r aw al
- Gr ad e A A A can be W i th d r aw n 3 ti m es p er gam e.
- Each gr ad e B tw i ce p er gam e.
- Each gr ad e C on ly on ce.

W i t h d r aw al s al l ow ch ar act er s t o r e- r o l l d i ce.

A H ead m ast er ?s u se o f a n egat i v e r el at i o n sh i p d o es n o t r eq u i r e a

W i t h d r aw al . A n egati ve r el ati on sh i p al l ow s th e H M t o f o r ce a p l ay er
t o r e- r o l l o n e d i e. H ow ever , th ese n egati ve r el ati on sh i p s can sti l l on ly
be cash ed - i n as m an y ti m es as d eter m i n ed by th ei r gr ad e:
- A A A- 3
- B- 2
- C- 1.

T he Narrativ e of a Negativ e R elationship

A bi ?s ad ven t u r es con ti n u e. T h i s ti m e th e boy sh e l i ked d eci d ed h e h ad
h ad en ou gh of h er (th e A A A Soci al Cap i t al d i e cam e u p n egati ve), so
A bi d eci d ed t o ex act h er r even ge by key i n g h i s f u ck i n g over r at ed
BM W . U n f or t u n at ely f or A bi , a cop n ot i ced h er ; sh e d eci d ed to m ake a
br eak f or i t . A bi ?s a p r et ty good f i el d h ockey p l ay er , secon d best
f or w ar d on t h e v ar si t y team , so sh e h as a Sp or t of 1. T h e H ead m aster
d eci d es t h at escap i n g th e cop s w i l l be d i f f i cu l t y 19 (n ote n o + or - ), th e
cop i sn ?t i n gr eat sh ap e (qu oth A bi : ?a f at f u ck ?), an d th er e ar e en ou gh
p l aces t o h i d e i f A bi can get u p to tow ar d s th e tr ai n tr ack s th at r u n
th r ou gh t ow n an d h i t th e ed ge of cam p u s.
A bi h as t aken on e p oi n t of St r ess al r ead y, so sh e i s on ly r ol l i n g 3 d i ce:
+6- 5- 3= - 2 f or a r esu l t of 14. A bi r er ol l s th e - 5 an d gets a - 1, f or a n ew
total of +6- 3- 1= +2 f or a r esu l t of 18. 18 i s 19+/ - 3 (16- 22), so sh e m akes
h er escap e!
H O W EV ER, t h e H M d eci d es th at th e boy sh e l i ked (p ast ten se), th e
on e w i t h t h e A A A N egat i ve Soci al Cap i tal , sees A bi key h i s car an d i s i n
good w i t h t h e l ocal cop s, so d r aw i n g u p on th e secon d u se of th i s
n egat i ve r el at i on sh i p , th e H M f or ces A bi to r e- r ol l th e +6. A bi f l i p s of f
th e H m an d r e- r ol l s th e d i e: +4. H er n ew total i s +4- 3- 1 f or a total of 16.
A bi i s abl e t o m ake h er escap e. Fu ck th at gu y, an d f u ck th e
H ead m ast er .
Bu t, w h at i f sh e h ad f ai l ed ?
A bi cou l d h ave d eci d ed th at sh e h ad a r el ati on sh i p w i th th e cop ...
 Pag e 23
A ct A n A ge O dds
O n e of t h e goal s of th e Act A n A ge d i ce m ech an i c i s d an ger . A n y d i ce
r ol l sh ou l d br i n g w i t h i t d an ger , a ch an ce f or f ai l u r e, an d w i th th at
f ai l u r e br i n gs con sequ en ces.
I s th e Act A n A ge d i ce m ech an i c f i d get y ? Yes. H ow sh ou l d a p l ay er
d eci d e w h at d i ce t o r e- r ol l ? W e can 't an sw er th at , bu t w e can sh ow y ou
som e d i ce r ol l i n g od d s.
(All images screencaps from anydice.com. If you want to design a game with wonky mechanics, and want to know
how they mathematically play out, you should visit anydice.com!)
Pag e 24
 Pag e 25
I Nev er...

(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr

A f ter al l t h e Pr ep p i e
Ch ar act er s h ave been

Image By user mike-burns [CC BY 2.0

cr eated , t h e p l ay er s an d
H M w i l l w or k t oget h er to
h el p cr eat e t h e w or l d f or
th e cam p ai gn . Each
p l ay er w i l l w r i t e d ow n 5 ?I
N ev er ? ? st at em en t s,
th em es an d t op i cs t h ey
m i gh t w i sh t o ex p l or e to
som e d egr ee d u r i n g p l ay.

I f y ou h aven ?t h ear d of ?I
N ever ? ? r ead on . ?I N ever ? ? i s a d r i n k i n g gam e, w h er e on e p er son
m akes a st at em en t :
?I never made out with my cousin.?
At w h i ch p oi n t , ever y p er son i n th e r oom w h o h as d on e th e stated
acti on m u st t ake a d r i n k .
You m ay h ave h ear d of th i s gam e cal l ed ?N ever H ave I Ever ? or ?Ten
Fi n ger s.?
T h e p l ay er s w i l l gi v e t h ei r ?I N ev er ? ? st at em en t s t o t h e H M , w h o ,
al o n g w i t h h i s ow n , w i l l co m e u p w i t h a l i st o f 20 ?I N ev er ? ?
st at em en t s t o sh ar e w i t h t h e gr o u p .
T h e key t o t h ese ?I N ever ? ? stat em en ts i s th r eef ol d :
- Pl ay er s an d th e H M w i l l w r i te d ow n stat em en ts abou t w h at th ey
w an t t o see ex p l or ed i n th e gam e, as w el l as w h at ever y on e at
t h e gam i n g tabl e m i gh t ex p ect i n th e gam e.
- Pl ay er s w i l l h ave a ch an ce to th i n k abou t th e ?back stor y ? of
t h ei r ch ar act er , an d d evel op i t on th e f ly.
- I n st ead of a gam em ast er ver bal ly m astu r bat i n g or h an d i n g
ever y on e a 25 p age back st or y th at r ead s l i ke f an f i cti on , th e
p l ay er s an d H M ar e cr eati n g th e w or l d an d th e ex p ectati on s of
p l ay col l abor at i vely. Pl ay er s sh ar e i d eas t h ey w an t ex p l or ed an d
t h e H M d oes th e sam e. Fu ck ex p osi t i on , em br ace i m m er si on .
I n stead of t ak i n g a d r i n k , al th ou gh th i s can be d on e, f or gam i n g tabl es
th at l i ke t o gam e t h i s w ay, p l ay er s w i l l r ai se t h ei r h an d i f t h e ?I
N ev er ? ? st at em en t ap p l i es t o t h ei r ch ar act er .

A f ter each st at em en t, i f a p l ay er h ad co m p l et ed a p ar t i cu l ar st at em en t ,
t h ey w i l l r eco r d t h i s o n t h ei r ch ar act er sh eet . T h e H M w i l l al so keep
th e l i st of qu esti on s com p i l ed i n or d er .
Pag e 26
W h en cr eat i n g t h e l i st o f 20 , t h e H M sh o u l d st ar t w i t h t h e m o r e
b an al st at em en t s:
?I never blacked out from drinking I f y ou ?r e too m i l qu etoast to
too much.? t h i n k of ?I N ever ? ? or i f y ou
w an t som e p r om p ts, h er e
?I never cheated on a test.? y ou go:

?I never had a one night stand.? H ooked up at a family reunion

Stole weed from my parents
?I never had a threesome.?
Jerked off to pictures of a
?I never fucked somebody whose relative
name I didn?t know.?
H ad sex with a friend of my
?I never had a crush on a teacher.? parents
Stole something worth more
?I never went to the hospital for an than $1000
OD?
Shot heroin
Fucked an entire sports team
B ef o r e m ov i n g o n t o t h e m o r e p r o f o u n d :
Fucked someone on every floor
?I never smoked crack.? in a dorm
Came in a public place with
?I never sucked dick for money.? people around
?I never killed somebody.? M ade out with a teacher (while
class was in session)
?I 've never been arrested?
Fucked more than one person
?I never stole a car.? in a 24 hour span

?I never left someone to die in a Got someone fired

hotel room? Burned a building down

"I never created something Planted a tree

profound it made somebody cry."

Image By user brainware3000 [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr

 Pag e 27
O ptional: T he Fuck-It List
W h y go t h r ou gh al l th e ef f or t of r ecor d i n g y ou r an sw er s an d keep i n g
a com p i l at i on of t h e stat em en ts?
Som e gr ou p s m i gh t w an t to em br ace th e Bacch an al i an n atu r e of th e
gam e f r om a m or e com p eti ti ve stan d p oi n t , an d u se th e l i st as a
f r am ew or k f or goal s.
I f th i s sou n d s ?f u n ? th e H M w i l l n eed cop i es of th e PCs an sw er s, an d
w i l l n eed t o col l ate th e stat em en ts th at n ot al l of th e PCs h ave
com p l eted . T h e p l ay er s an d H M sh ou l d w or k on i n cor p or at i n g
si tu ati on s an d scen ar i os i n to p l ay th at w i l l al l ow p l ay er s th e ch an ce to
cr oss th ese i t em s of f th ei r ?Fu ck- I t L i st.?
T h e f i r st p l ay er t o ach i eve n i h i l i st i c n i r v an a, I E t h ey com p l ete al l th e
?I N ever ? ? st at em en ts, w i l l n o d ou bt be sp oken of i n r ever en t ton es, as
p ar agon an d p ar i ah . T h i s p l ay er w i l l b e ab l e t o r ei n v est B o n d s.
Ad d i ti on al ly, t h e PC w h o h as t h e f ew est ?I N ever ? ? statem en ts
com p l eted at t h i s m om en t w i l l al so be abl e to r ei n v est . Ever y on e el se,
th ey ar e k i n d of f u cked . N o on e l i kes a cop y cat.
Bon d r ei n v est m en t al l ow s a p l ay er t o cr eat e 6 n ew B o n d s o n t h ei r
ch ar act er sh eet, al t h ou gh th ey cou l d r e- u se an y B on d s th ey al r ead y
bu r n ed t h r ou gh .

Image By user raftrokr [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr

Q : W h at d o y o u w i sh y o u 'd d o n e b ef o r e y o u d i ed ?
A 1: Pai n t a sel f - p o r t r ai t .
A 2: B u i l d a h o u se.
Dear H eadm aster ,

Dad says I'm su pposed to wr ite you som e l etter to tel l you h ow
u pset I am , h ow I k n ow I've disappoin ted you , h ow wh at I did
besm ir ch ed th e n am e of th is sch ool ; "you r sch ool ."
Fu ck . Th at.
An d fu ck you . Fu ck both of you !
I k n ow wh at you did wh en you wen t to sch ool h er e. I've seen th e
fu ck in g pictu r es. You two....you especial l y...wer e th e wor st.
W or se th an m e, cer tain l y.
I'm th e on e wh o sh ou l d be disappoin ted abou t you . You 'r e th e
on e wh o fail ed, n ot m e.
Do you k n ow h ow ol d I am ? I'm six-fu ck in g-teen . Sixteen ! I'm a
k id, I'm pr on e to m ak in g m istak es. It's u p to adu l ts to l ook ou t
for m e, to m ak e su r e I don 't do stu pid sh it.
M aybe if m y dor m pr octor wasn 't sm ok in g weed in h is r oom al l
th e tim e. M aybe if th e teach er s wer e l ess bu sy tr yin g to k iss
you r ass.
M aybe if th e adu l ts h er e actu al l y pr acticed wh at th e Rector
pr each es.
M aybe if you h ad som e actu al su bstan ce to you r Fr iday
m or n in g addr esses.
Th is is al l com pl ete bu l l sh it. W e'r e m ade to dr ess l ik e l ittl e
cl on es you adu l ts so you can pat you r sel ves on th e back for
"r aisin g u s r igh t," bu t ever yon e k n ows wh at is goin g on .
W an t to h ear abou t m y r oom m ate, wh o sn u ck off cam pu s to get
an abor tion ?
Or m aybe h ow ever yon e k n ows M r. H 's son h as a fu l l y stock ed
win e fr idge in h is dor m ?
h ow abou t th e dozen s of gir l s wh o r epor ted sexu al assau l ted by
star jock s, wh o you l et off with "a ster n tal k in g to"?
W h at abou t th at adm in istr ator wh o's been u sin g h is col l ege
con n ection s to get jail bait co-eds to sl eep with h im ?
You sh ou l d be ash am ed.
It's you r job to m ak e m e a better per son .
En joy th e dr y-ass h an djobs in you r cl assic Vol vo, you ar r ogan t
dou ch en ozzl e.

See you in h el l ,
Abi
 Pag e 29
O ther D etails
W h at d oes y ou r PC l ook l i ke? W h at i s th ei r f avor i te col ogn e/ p er f u m e?
Fl avor of sch n ap p s?

T h er e cou l d be a l i st h er e, or , y ou cou l d ju st d escr i be y ou r ch ar acter ,

both th r ou gh n ar r at i on an d i n p l ay. H ow d oes th at gr ab y ou ?

You ?ll n ot i ce w e d i d n ?t p u t a h ow to r ol ep l ay an d w h at a r ol ep l ay i n g
gam e sect i on i n t h i s book . T h at w as i n ten ti on al . D on ?t m ake u s r egr et i t.

Preppie Creation Summary

or in what order does a player do
ev erything?
T h er e ar e t w o m eth od s w e su ggest , an d h er e w e d et ai l w h y.
M et h o d t h e Fi r st :
N am e, Stat s, B on d s, ?I N ever .?
You k n ow w h o y ou r PC i s. You
cr eate t h em , an d t h en y ou l ear n
even m or e abou t t h em as y ou
p l ay ?I N ever ,? an d l i ke som e

(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via flickr

p sy ch obabbl e bu l l sh i t y ou w i l l
al so l ear n abou t each ot h er as
w el l . Yay, Feel i n gs!
T h e Seco n d M et h o d :
N am e, ?I N ever ?, St at s, B on d s.
Image By user paul_irish [CC BY 2.0

W h en t h e p l ay er s com e u p w i t h
th ei r ?I N ever ? st at em en t s th ey
l i kely h aven ?t f u l ly f l esh ed ou t
th ei r ch ar act er , t h ey ar e a
p r over bi al n ebu l ou s bl ob
d r ap ed i n ar gy l e, an d l i kely as
y ou p l ay ?I N ever ? ever y on e w i l l
star t to f i gu r e ou t w h o th ey ar e.
Bu t i f ever y on e en d s u p p l ay i n g
n o- n eck ch u d s on t h e f ootbal l
team , d on ?t bl am e u s.
O h y eah , d on ?t f or get w h er e y ou r PC goes to sch ool , w h er e th ey ar e
f r om , d et ai l s abou t th ei r f am i ly, or ju st m ake th at sh i t u p as y ou go
al on g an d h an d i t i n an d say y ou d i d th e h om ew or k . Teach er n ever
ch eck s, i t i s al l abou t l ear n i n g, r i gh t .
A n d , p l ease, d on ?t al l be or p h an s.
O r elves.
Pag e 30
Rules Summary
Pl ay er s st ar t w i t h 4
d i ce. W h en a PC
w an ts t o d o
som et h i n g, t h ey
w i l l r ol l . Ever y
task w i l l be r el at ed
to Sp or t, Sm ar t s,
or Sp i r i t (assi gn ed
by th e H M ).
Even n u m ber s
r ol l ed on t h e d i ce
cou n t as
p osi ti ve(+). O d d
n u m ber s cou n t as
n egat i ve(- ).
Image By user raftrokr [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via
Pl ay er s w i l l ad d flickr
th e tot al of t h ei r
r ol l to t h ei r age.
T h ey ar e at t em p t i n g to get to a d i f f i cu l t y th at i s ex p r essed as an age
(assi gn ed by t h e H M ). T h i s age w i l l be ei th er +/ - 3, +3, or - 3.
Su ccess i s d et er m i n ed by f al l i n g w i t h i n th i s r an ge.
Fai l u r e h ap p en s w h en a tar get d i f f i cu l t y i s ei th er +3 or - 3 an d th e total
f al l s w i t h i n 3 bu t op p osi te (tar get d i f f i cu l t y +3, f ai l u r e i s w i th i n - 3).
I f th e r esu l t i s n ot a su ccess or f ai l u r e, i t i s St r ess.
St r ess cau ses a p l ay er to l o se o n e d i e f or th e r est of th e sessi on .
I f a p l ay er h as n o d i ce r em ai n i n g, th ey ar e st r essed o u t , an d m u st
p er m an en t ly l ose a B on d .
I f a p l ay er h as n o B on d s r em ai n i n g, th at ch ar acter i s n o l on ger v i abl e.
Per m an en t ly.
RE- RO L L I N G:
Sp or t , Sm ar t s, an d Sp i r i t al l ow a p l ay er to r e- r ol l d i ce as m an y ti m es as
th e v al u e of t h e "st at ." I f a tar get age i s w i t h i n +/ - 3 of a Pr ep's actu al
age, t h ey m ay (at t h e H M 's d i scr eti on ) r em ove d i ce i n stead of / as w el l .
Pl ay er s m ay W i t h d r aw , cal l i n g u p on th ei r Bon d s an d Soci al Cap i tal to
r e- r ol l an y an d al l th ei r d i ce. A p l ay er i s al l ow ed 10 W i th d r aw al s p er
gam e sessi on . T h e f i r st ti m e a sp eci f i c B on d i s u sed costs 1
W i th d r aw al , t h e secon d ti m e r equ i r es 2 W i th d r aw al s, an d so on .
Pl ay er s d ef i n e Soci al Cap i tal th r ou gh p l ay, assi gn i n g 1 A A A , 2 B , an d 3
C l evel r el at i on sh i p s. T h e A A A r el at i on sh i p can be w i th d r aw n f r om
th r ee t i m es i n a sessi on , each B r el at i on sh i p m ay be w i th d r aw n f r om
tw i ce, an d each c r el at i on sh i p on ly on ce.
W h en a p l ay er est abl i sh es a r el ati on sh i p , th e H M w i l l r ol l a d i e to see i f
th e r el at i on sh i p i s p osi t i ve or n egati ve. I f n egati ve, th e H M can u se
th at r el at i on sh i p agai n st th e p l ay er (A A A- 3 ti m es, each B tw i ce, et c),
by f or ci n g t h e p l ay er to r e- r ol l on e d i e.
 A ppendix:
By A ny O ther Name
Bel ow i s a l i st of som e ver y p r ep p i e n am es. D on 't assu m e th at a
sp eci f i c n am e i m p l i es a cer tai n gen d er . Pi ck a n am e y ou l i ke, an d be
w h atever gen d er y ou l i ke. I t 's th at si m p l e.
Be i n sp i r ed by an N FL p l ay er n am ed Ch r i sti n e, a d au gh t er n am ed
Jam es, an d an aw ar d w i n n i n g actr ess n am ed M i ch ael .
Ad am s Ch ar l i e H ay d en M or gan
Ad d i son Ch as H ill N at
A l ex Ch ase H ol d en Pai ge
A r ch i e Cl ai r e H u n ter Par ker
A sh l ey Cl ar ke Jack son Pey ton
A sh t on Cl i n t on Jam es Q uinn
Au br ey Con n i e Jef f er son Q u i n ton
Aver y Coop er Joh n son Reagan
B l ai n e D an a Jor d an Reed
B l ake D i ck i e Kel ly Reese
B r an ch D r ew Ken n ed y Ri d er
B r i gh t on D y l an Ken t Ry an
B r ook Evan s Ky l e Ted d i e
Bu ch an an Fr an ci s/ es L ee/ L ei gh Tay l or
Cam er on Gr ey M acken zi e T u r n er
Cam p bel l Gr i f f i n M ad i son T y l er
Car t er H am p t on M i l es W ash i n gton
Ch ar l es H ar r i son M on r oe W i n n i e/ W i n

A n d , of cou r se, n i ck n am es. M an y p r ep p i es h ave n i ck n am es, T h ese

cou l d be n am es gi ven to th em by th ei r f am i ly, or n am es th ey acqu i r ed
at cam p i n M ai n e, or at sch ool . T h er e ar e tw o w ay s to h an d l e th i s, an d
y ou m i gh t d eci d e t o u se bot h of th em .
M eth od 1: T h e H M w r i tes d ow n th e n am e of al l t h e ch ar acter s on
i n d ex car d s an d p asses th em ou t . T h e ch ar act er on th e car d each
p l ay er r ecei ves i s gi ven a n i ck n am e by th at p l ay er . I f a p l ay er gets th ei r
ow n ch ar act er , t h ey can gi ve th em selves a cool n i ck n am e. Fr an k ly, th e
w or l d n eed s m or e p eop l e n i ck n am ed K i l l f u ck .
M eth od 2: Each p l ay er com es u p w i t h th ei r ow n n i ck n am e.
H ow, m i gh t y ou ask , cou l d a gr ou p u se bot h ? A r e y ou ser i ou s?
Som et i m es, w e h ave a n i ck n am e w e l i ke to be cal l ed , an d som eti m es
w e ar e cal l ed a n am e by ot h er s th at w e d o n ot w an t . T h i s i s l i f e. You
m ay f an cy y ou r sel f th e n ex t Sl i m Sh ad y, bu t y ou r f r i en d s th i n k y ou ?r e
m or e of a Van i l l a I ce.
N i ck n am e ex am p l es, an d ju st as w i t h gi ven n am es, f u ck gen d er . U se
w h atever n am e y ou l i ke. Ch i p , K i p , Sk i p , T r i p , T r e, Bu f f y, M u f f y,
Taf f y, Scoot er .
 Im a ge By u se
r fi glea
f [CC B
Y 2.0 (h
tt p :/ /cre
ati veco
m
m o n s.
o rg/l ic
en se
s/ b y/2.0
)] , via fl
ickr

Image By Mislav Marohni? from Barcelona, Spain (Schoolgirl with garters) [CC BY
2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
 INDEX
Pr ep p i ePu n k m i gh t be sm al l , bu t w e d o w an t to p r ov i d e a w or k i n g
i n d ex . B i z an d B r ock ar e si ck of r ead i n g th r ou gh gam e book s th at
h ave sh i t f or I n d exes (Av ast!), i n com p l et e ch ar acter sh eet s (d oesn ?t take
a teen sl eu th t o f i gu r e th i s on e ou t), or i n cor r ect p age an n otat i on s
(m ay be t h er e w as a gi an t aster oi d set to col l i d e w i th ear t h , an d th ey
cou l d n ?t get t h e cor r ect i on s ou t i n ti m e).

- A A A Rel ati on sh i p / - M am et , D av i d - Jan u ar y 19

I n vestm en t- p . 15- 17
- Act A n A ge- p . 5- 8
- Act A n A ge D i ce M ech an i c
Pr obabi l i ti es- p . 23- 24
- B Rel ati on sh i p / I n vest m en t
- p . 15- 17
- Bladerunner qu ot e- p . 8
- Bon d s- p . 13, 21
- Bon d s, W i th d r aw al Cost s- p .
21- 22
- C Rel ati on sh i p / I n vest m en t -
p . 15- 17
- Con gr eave- p . 19
- Elves- p . 29
- Fai l u r e- p . 8- 10 , 15
- Fight Club qu ot e
(p ar ap h r ased )- p . 25
- Fu ck- I t L i st- p . 25
- Gen d er - A p p en d i x
- H eist qu ote- Jan u ar y 19
- ?I N ever ? ? - p . 25- 26,
Jan u ar y 15
- N egat i ve Rel at i on sh i p - p .
16- 19, 21, 22
- N i ck n am es- A p p en d i x
- Posi t i ve Rel at i on sh i p - p .
16- 21
- Re- Rol l i n g D i ce- p . 11, 20 - 22
- Rem ov al of D i ce- p . 11
- Rei n vest - p . 27
- Rel at i on sh i p s- p . 15- 19
- ?St at s?- p . 1
- Su ccess- p . 5
- Sm ar t s- p . 1
- Soci al Cap i t al - p . 14- 19
- Sp i r i t - p . 1
- Sp or t - p . 1
- St r ess- p . 5, 8- 10
- St r essed O u t - p . 20 - 22
- W i t h d r aw al s- p . 20 - 22
- X P (see Fu ck- I t L i st)- p . 27

A fterw ord
W h at t h e f u ck i s t h i s? W h er e ar e th e sp el l s?
Pr ep p i ePu n k h as a PO V. I t m i gh t n ot be y ou r cu p of tea. M ove on ,
f i n d an ot h er gam e. I t i s a cr eati ve ex p r essi on .
I t i s a w or k of f i ct i on .
Br eat h e i n t h at beau t i f u l p i n k p l ai d , i f i t w as a h at, w e w ou l d w ear i t.
I f th i s i s t oo m u ch f or y ou , m ove on .
W h at i s a Z i n e Gam e? A Z i n e Gam e h ar ken s back to th e d ay s of ol e,
w h en p eop l e p r od u ced sm al l - p r ess p u bl i cati on s ou t of th ei r h om es,
an d tr ad ed an d sol d th em u si n g th e U SPS. Z i n e Gam es ar e an
attem p t t o cap t u r e th at sam e aesth et i c.
I NEV ER ...
1._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10 ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

11._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

13._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

14._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

15._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

16._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

17._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

18._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

19._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

20 ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

T h e H ead m aster can u se th i s to r ecor d th e 20 I N ever statem en ts f or th ei r cam p ai gn .

SO CIA L CA PITA L (For Players)

A A A + / - _______________________________________ O O O

B + / - __________________________________________ O O

B + / - __________________________________________ O O

C + / - __________________________________________ O
C + / - __________________________________________ O
C + / - __________________________________________ O

SO CIA L CA PITA L T R ACK ER (For the Headmaster)

Preppie: ____________________ Preppie: ____________________

A A A + / - ____________________ O O O A A A + / - ____________________ O O O

B +/ - ________________________ O O B +/ - ________________________ O O

B +/ - ________________________ O O B +/ - ________________________ O O

C +/ - ________________________ O C +/ - ________________________ O

C +/ - ________________________ O C +/ - ________________________ O

C +/ - ________________________ O C +/ - ________________________ O
Preppie: ____________________ Preppie: ____________________

A A A + / - ____________________ O O O A A A + / - ____________________ O O O

B +/ - ________________________ O O B +/ - ________________________ O O

B +/ - ________________________ O O B +/ - ________________________ O O

C +/ - ________________________ O C +/ - ________________________ O

C +/ - ________________________ O C +/ - ________________________ O

C +/ - ________________________ O C +/ - ________________________ O
Nigel Freeman [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

WA R NING
T h i s i s n ot a gam e f or ch i l d r en .