The number one rule in town was that you do not do anything to get yourself Punished(with a capital P). Yet, despite this, there was rebellion, and conventional justice.
No one seemed to know exactly when the Punishment would take effect, if at all. But, oddly, no one seemed to think about the logistics of it much. Probably because until a few days earlier, the idea would have seemed ridiculous to them, especially those actually doing the work.
The next morning, the principal and several students were missing from school. The word out was that they had been taken in the middle of the night and were being interviewed about a crime, but there was no further information.
