fandomhigh | Through a Glass Darkly: Spies and Spying; Week 9

Aly was having a staring contest with three of the tiny trolls when the class arrived. They had their clubs raised but hadn't, yet, attacked. She stroked the beaded necklace at her throat, looking amused, and then consciously turned her attention to the class. The trolls grunted at each other a few times before forming a huddle. They looked like football players trying to call a play without a quarterback in charge.

"Morning all," Aly said with a grin. "I hope you had a good break and an enjoyable Halloween. Today we're going to take a cue from Halloween and practice dressing up for a role." She gestured towards the back of the classroom where there were clothes of all varieties and sorts, makeups, brushes, wigs, skull caps, props, pretty much anything that could be used to costume or disguise a person.

"The general goal when choosing a disguise is to be unnoticeable in the company you're going to be keeping. Whether it's a Court ball or a back alley den, you want to fit into the place without comment or question. If that means using makeup to roughen your skin, a wig to disguise an obvious hair color - or dye for a longer term mission, or simply different clothing to appear a diplomat, thief, or simple, everyday politician, then that's what you're going to want to do."

"Today, your job is to dress up - use the makeup, wigs, clothing - as someone other than who you are. Next week, we'll talk about how to put together the rest of your cover, how to move, how to enter situations, how to be convincing in the role. But for today, just put together a disguise for yourself. Help each other figure out who you are and why you're dressing and making yourself up the way to are, and at the end of the class, I'd like everyone to give a short presentation on who you are and where you're going dressed like that. And I don't want to see anyone dress up like a 'student' unless it's something very, very different from your everyday student wear."

[OOC: OCD ~~coming up~~ is up! And do feel free to mod the costumes, makeup, and props. Be creative! Also, there's an unexpected visitor to the class...]

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Aly may have been absolutely soaked, but she still wants to see your disguise. She also may have seemed slightly amused.

Teddy stood in front of Aly, completely dry and in a dress. He was really beginning to reconsider the drag queen costume idea. He waved awkwardly.

Aly looked at Teddy as she wrung water out of her hair and tried not to grin. "So...what are you supposed to be? And where are you going?"

"Um, a drag queen. And I would be going to Greenwich Village. Or West Hollywood," Teddy said, tugging at the hem of his dress.

"I see," Aly replied. She grinned at him. "How'd you manage to avoid the water?"

Molly was dressed as a 'misunderstood slacker boy'. She was wearing baggy clothes, an old surplus army jacket- also baggy and a short haired wig under a baseball cap. She'd also applied a bit of facial hair to make it look like she was a young teen trying to grow his first goatee.

"Where are you going to fit in?" Aly asked with a nod. "And I like the use of the makeup."

"In a high school maybe?" Molly wasn't sure, she hadn't thought that far ahead.

She nodded again. "I like it. Nice job."

Schrodinger goose-stepped to Aly and gave a "Seig heil" salute. "Blending in with a potential enemy," he said.

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