Potpourri - Monday - July, 23, 2007

[motherboy-bluth.livejournal.com]

When the students came out to the main campfire on Tuesday morning they would notice that Buster wasn't anywhere to be found. Or so they thought. Only those with a keen eye would notice Buster hiding behind a tree. When everyone had arrived he crept up quietly to the class. Even then he might not be noticed. No, the students might not notice that their teacher was there until he coughed and said "Heeeey students."

"Today we'll be learning how to be neither seen or heard. I'm an expert at this due to me spending many years at the Milford Academy. It's a useful skill. You can avoid anybody you don't want to see or you can use it to pick up information. The latter may backfire because you might find out things you didn't ever, ever want to know. Horrible things about your mother." Buster shivered. "Ugh."

"Now, the most important thing about being neither seen or heard is the way you dress. Anybody can dress up in all black and put on goofy makeup to keep yourself from being seen but won't you feel stupid if you're caught? But if you dress up in floral prints and wear a lot of pastels people won't think you're worth their time and not notice you there. Or they're think you are "special" and won't mind spilling their secrets around you." he said. "Hiding in plain sight, that's what being neither seen or heard is all about."

"Also, no talking. I cannot stress how important this is. Some people just can't shut their traps and that makes other people untrusting of them." he said. "When you must talk be polite and keep sentences short. I have gone days without talking and nobody in my family noticed."

"So today we're going to do two activities that will prepare you for being neither seen or heard. The no talking game and hide and seek!" said Buster. "I know you know them well."

"And for homework I want you to hide in plain sight sometime this week. Dress inconspicuously. See what kind of information you can find out from people." he said. "Or maybe someone will care enough to try to find out where you are. But that's rare. The only time someone wanted to find me was to help them zip up their dress."

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Comments

Re: Hide And Seek

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine!" Jeff said, voice muffled by his shirt. There had been some logic about camouflage and trees behind it, but that particular train had careened past him together with the fall. "I'm just having a quick nap." He wrestled with the shirt. "Sunlight, you know."

Re: Hide And Seek

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

There was definitely something amusing if not down right strange about this situation. The guy was layng on those magazines with his shirt pulled over his head and..."Oh my God! Come on!"

Still, if he was a classmate --

Johnny reached down to try and touch the guys ankle.

Re: Hide And Seek

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

And Jeff managed to wrestle his shirt back down at the same time as he got tagged. He stared at his ankle with a pained expression, then scrambled to his feet, stumbling just a little bit.

Re: Hide And Seek

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"You, uh, okay? And oh yeah, gotcha." But Jeff wasn't the last one getting tagged, so he wasn't "it".

Re: Hide And Seek

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"It's the sun, isn't it?" Jeff said, brushing himself off, "I think it takes pleasure out of disorienting people." It had, in fact, been mostly cloudy all morning.

Re: Hide And Seek

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"The sun?" Johnny didn't look up. "I...guess if you stare at it long and hard enough, yeah."

Re: Hide And Seek

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Jeff blinked, before limping wandering campfire-wards, "That, too."

Re: Hide And Seek

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"You...sure you're okay? Jeff, right? Where did you fall from?" Johnny wouldn't have been too terribly surprised if he answered, 'from the sky'.

Re: Hide And Seek

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"Jeff, yeah," Jeff said, "It's nothing, I just suffered a minor bout of whiplash..." he paused, "...Earlier. I think it might've gotten... er, reacquainted."

Re: Hide And Seek

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny rubbed the back of his neck. He didn't want to think about whiplash. Or rather Jeff's whiplash or...his reacquaintance with... "Uh, all right then. Guess I better go find everyone else." He was purposefully avoiding eye contact here.

"Catcha later."

Re: Hide And Seek

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

Jeff had unpleasant and fresh whiplash-memories, and was decidedly grateful for the opportunity to stop talking about it. He would have fled to the campfire, but ended up plodding instead.

It'd clear up.