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Your character broke a law while in a scene with (and while in full view of) a character who has been established to be a very stuffy, uptight, nit-picky police officer. Neither your character nor you knew that was against the law. Frankly, it was one of those technicalities that most officers ignore. I didn't know it was against the law, so apparently I break it all time.*
But after the other player looks up the actual law online and sends the link to you, you really can't toss a hissy fit OOC about how it 'isn't real.' After you get over that, it's bad form to whine about how he 'can't get her in trouble, because she didn't know.' Ignorance is not a defense. Also, neither the character nor the player abused any power in calling your character out.
If it was the character getting in trouble complaining about all this, that would be fine, I can well believe that someone would say all those things when faced with a nit-picky charge. But no, you dear player, had to stop the scene entierly and whine about how much of a meany the other player was and how he couldn't do that to your perfect little rebel girl and how it all just wasn't fair and blah, blah, blah. No one is buying it, the character acted just like he was supposed to, and your character is only ending up with a confiscated knife and a fine which...can't technically be enforced since she's giving everyone her false identity anyway. What the hell is the big deal?
*For those curious, in California where the game is set, you can't carry a concealed knife with a blade greater than 3" nor can you carry one that has certain kinds of release mechanisms. As far as we can tell from poking around the internet, you can carry an unconcealed knife as big as you'd like, though.
But after the other player looks up the actual law online and sends the link to you, you really can't toss a hissy fit OOC about how it 'isn't real.' After you get over that, it's bad form to whine about how he 'can't get her in trouble, because she didn't know.' Ignorance is not a defense. Also, neither the character nor the player abused any power in calling your character out.
If it was the character getting in trouble complaining about all this, that would be fine, I can well believe that someone would say all those things when faced with a nit-picky charge. But no, you dear player, had to stop the scene entierly and whine about how much of a meany the other player was and how he couldn't do that to your perfect little rebel girl and how it all just wasn't fair and blah, blah, blah. No one is buying it, the character acted just like he was supposed to, and your character is only ending up with a confiscated knife and a fine which...can't technically be enforced since she's giving everyone her false identity anyway. What the hell is the big deal?
*For those curious, in California where the game is set, you can't carry a concealed knife with a blade greater than 3" nor can you carry one that has certain kinds of release mechanisms. As far as we can tell from poking around the internet, you can carry an unconcealed knife as big as you'd like, though.