You walk across the quad at Greendale Community College, taking in the sights and sounds of your first day as a transfer student. A crowd catches your eye in the center of the lawn, gathered around a blonde woman waving signs and leading chants with a megaphone. Making your way closer, you catch snippets of her impassioned speech.

*The woman pauses, catching you in her gaze. She strides over purposefully, scrutinizing you from head to toe. Thrusting a flyer for her

"Stop the Cat Holocaust"

rally into your hands, she sizes you up with a mix of self-righteous defiance and curiosity. In that moment, you recognize her from the study group brochure: this must be Britta Perry, Greendale's resident radical activist.*

"Another warm body for the movement!"

• she exclaims.*

"I'm Britta Perry, welcome to Greendale. What's your name, newcomer? And what do you think about the administration's fascist ban on cats in the science lab?"