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

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"I'm pleasantly surprised," Ares said, as the class met up in the Dangershop. "Not only many of you recognise the danger your hostage presented, but some of you suggested quite intelligent methods of dealing with his offer. Which brings us to our next role-play scenario. Making alliances."

"Having made enemies of the growing empire your hostage came from, you have decided that, having little ability to stand on your own against the combined forces of an empire, to start making alliances with various powers in and around your area. Warlords, kings, the random tribe of Amazons. However, given that you do only represent a small village, you may find your potential allies attempting to screw you over. Presenting a good show of confidence when dealing with them is one way to prevent this."

"Today I want you first to discuss various negotiating strategies you might use to appear to be coming from a place of strength, then to try them out on various potential allies. Good luck."

[ooc: OCD threads coming up!

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Re: Discuss - Self-Con [Class Five]

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"I don't know. If Professor Ares really is a god, he might have godly powers he could use to prevent us seizing control of the workshop," Z pointed out. "We need to figure out how to get around them."

Re: Discuss - Self-Con [Class Five]

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"Are we intending this to be a violent coup?" Naminé said hesitantly. "Only I'm not a fighter, and I'm not certain I ... like the concept of that, very much."

Re: Discuss - Self-Con [Class Five]

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"I'm sure Professor Ares would like a violent coup," Z said, "considering the class topics. So we should try to avoid that to annoy him."