Self Confidence the Ares Way, [Thursday, Period 2]

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"So," Ares said, after the class had arrived at the main campfire. "Last week, you all decided that the best thing to do after being banished from your village was to raise an army to create a kind of bufferzone to prevent your village being attacked again." Which they hadn't, exactly, but Ares wasn't going to let that stop him.

"Now, after you've got the hang of this whole leading an army thing, you find you're quite successful at it, and in short order are building up a decent reputation. One day, while doing your thing, your men capture a prisoner, a minor general of a smallish empire, who says you can fetch a handsome ransom for him. What do you do? Do you get him go? Do you ransom him, kill him?"

"Now, assuming you decide to ransom him, which being the intrepid young warriors you are, I am, you obviously don't treat him shabbily, after all, there's a meal ticket riding on it, and hey, this guy is rather charming, so you two get along...well, given our classroom setting, let's just leave it as getting along rather well. Now, before you let him go, your hostage proposes you meet up in a couple of days and start a new alliance. Again what do you do? Why?"

"However, once you meet up with your new 'ally' again, it turns out that it all was a bit of a trap and you get crucified. Whoops. Luckily for you, you get freed from the cross by a 'good friend', and taken to a healer to do something about that whole shattered lower legs thing you've got going for you, but not before your friend gets skewered by a couple of arrows and dies."

"Discuss the most self-empowering way you can think of to deal with this betrayal, and your loss of both your friend and the use of your legs for the foreseeable future."

[ooc: OCD threads coming up!

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Comments

Sign In - Self-Con [Class Four]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Collapse, yay!

Re: Sign In - Self-Con [Class Four]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal Austreben (and Altra)

Re: Sign In - Self-Con [Class Four]

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric Diggory

During the lecture - Self-Con [Class Four]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Talk, gossip, wonder what the hell this has to do with Self-Confidence...

Re: During the lecture - Self-Con [Class Four]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal spent most of the lecture just watching Ares, in what could be described as a vaguely disapproving manner, while Altra sat on the desk, shifting to keep himself between Ares and Karal.

"He is not a god," Karal muttered.

Altra kept mum on the subject.

Re: During the lecture - Self-Con [Class Four]

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé leaned over slightly, overhearing Karal's words. She waited until it seemed like Ares wasn't paying attention, and then murmured back, "Are you certain?"

Re: During the lecture - Self-Con [Class Four]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"..." This? Was all a bit more than a Muppet like Robin could conceive of.

You Has A Hostage! - Self-Con [Class Four]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Now what do you do with him?

Re: You Has A Hostage! - Self-Con [Class Four]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Treat him well. If we capture him, we are responsible for him, and for his continued well being," Karal said promptly. "He must not be harmed, and not simply because he may have some theoretical value, although" he added reluctantly, "ransoming him might be the best way to handle the situation."

Re: You Has A Hostage! - Self-Con [Class Four]

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric nodded. "Harming him would only draw the ire of his supporters. If a hostage must be held, he must be kept safe, well nourished and comfortable so that the hostage taking doesn't lead to something even more dire."

I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Well? You he?

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal wasn't as sure on this point. An alliance theoretically sounded like a good idea. "I'm not sure we should be forging an alliance with this person without knowing more about him and his country and principles."

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Again, I agree," Cedric said. "And who's to say that there would not be ulterior motives when we met for the alliance meeting? Taking someone hostage wouldn't be the easiest thing to forgive and perhaps they are just setting us up?"

Re: I Can Has Alliance? - Self-Con [Class Four]

[multiplez]

"I have to vote no on the alliance," Z argued. "We just captured this guy and held him for ransom, what reason does he have to work with us?"

Whoops, Crucified Again - Self-Con [Class Four]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Any ideas how you're going to cope?

Re: Whoops, Crucified Again - Self-Con [Class Four]

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric was honest. "I do not know what I'd do in this situation besides try to recover."

Re: Whoops, Crucified Again - Self-Con [Class Four]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"No, nor do I." Karal shivered slightly, because this was sliding too close to actual experience. "Survive, and try and make my friend's death mean something," he added quietly.

Talk To Ares - Self-Con [Class Four]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

He'll listen, no, really, he will.

Re: Talk To Ares - Self-Con [Class Four]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Excuse me Sir?"

Re: Talk To Ares - Self-Con [Class Four]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Ares looked up. "Yes?"

Talk To The TA - Self-Con [Class Four]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

After she pings in, natch.

Re: Talk To The TA - Self-Con [Class Four]

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé had not realized that self-confidence would be quite so ... bloody.

OOC - Self-Con [Class Four]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Any resemblance between this class and certain Xena episodes is purely coincidental, really.

Re: OOC - Self-Con [Class Four]

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

I WANT TO WATCH DESTINY NOW. *cries*

Re: OOC - Self-Con [Class Four]

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

mmm...Karl Urban as Caesar...