Blending In - Week 2

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly didn't try any shenanigans with her class this time just waited for them to arrive at the front of the class.  "Afternoon, everyone," she said with a grin.  "Welcome to class two.  Aka the class where we start to do stuff."

She pointed to the board which had seven rules written across it.

1. No matter where you are, act like you belong.
2. Behave purposefully.  Especially if you have no purpose.
3. Blend in.  Become a "gray man."
4. Develop assessment skills by practicing even in circumstances in which you are merely a bystander.
5. Learn to trust your instincts to make decisions.  Right or wrong at first, they will get better.
6. Never second-guess your decisions at the time.  Do analyze them later.
7.  Improve your memory.

"Those of you who've took my classes on spying will hopefully recognise those.  If you don't, well, pay more attention next time.  For the rest of you, these are several of the main rules I use for spying, and they're just as usual for trying to blend in.  The connection should be obvious," she teased, "so I won't try to explain it."

"For today then, I want you to read the rules and ask any questions you have about them.  How they're applicable, when they're applicable, what they mean, anything at all."

"And then-"  she flipped on a projector and two pictures were set side by side on the screen.  "The goal is to fit in.  Talk it over with your neighbour, use the rules we just discussed, and come up with a way to go unremarked upon at these two gatherings."

[OOC: OCD is a coming!]

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Re: Blend! Blend!

[ihaveniceteeth.livejournal.com]

Gwen studied the photos. "Being Japanese would be a good start for the first one," she said. "And male."

Re: Blend! Blend!

[withoutverona]

Romeo flashed a quick smile at the girl from his cabin. "And for the second, being a child of six would help."

Re: Blend! Blend!

[ihaveniceteeth.livejournal.com]

Gwen smiled back. "And if you're none of those things, you'd need to find a reason to be there that wouldn't attract much notice, that'd fade into the background."

Re: Blend! Blend!

[withoutverona]

He nodded slightly. "The party would be the easier one," he said. "Follow a child in and hang out in the kitchen looking bored and put out, and everyone would assume you were a relative."