Spy Games, 6/1

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Sarah started the class by handing slips of paper to Katina, Agnes, Alice, Claire, Edmund, Effy, Griff, Karla and Liir assuming they were all here. "If you get a piece of paper," she announced, "don't read it out loud, don't show it to your neighbor, don't drop it on the floor. Consider it classified information."

The papers said THERE IS CANDY ON THE TOP SHELF OF THE CABINET IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, so it might not have seemed all that cloak-and-dagger, but Sarah was a spy.

"Anyhow, today we're talking about persuasion and interrogation. It's another basic piece of spywork -- somebody knows something you don't know, and you want to find out what it is. The ideal is to get them to tell you without realizing what they gave away, but that's not always possible. I'm passing out a handout listing off some common interrogation techniques, ranging from direct questioning -- which actually works most of the time -- to 'good cop-bad cop', playing on the other person's emotions, repeating the question until the other person gets bored enough to answer, or lying to convince the subject you already know everything anyhow. I'd recommend you take a few minutes to read through the handout before we move on." She did that, reviewing it herself while the class read.

"As you may have gathered from the start of class, half of you know something now. You're interviewees. The other half don't. You're interrogators. Interrogators, you can use any tactic up to the threat of physical force to find out what was written on the paper. No actual physical force, and if your interviewee seriously tells you to back off, back off. Work in interrogator-interviewee pairs or in small groups. And if you find out what's on the paper, you may put the information to use at the end of class. That goes double for any interviewee who makes it through without cracking."

Comments

Sign In [Spy Games, 6/1]

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

As you do.

Re: Sign In [Spy Games, 6/1]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy Stonem

General Class Stuff [Spy Games, 6/1]

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

Listen to the lecture, chat (quietly, please) or wonder why it matters so much where the candy is.

Re: General Class Stuff [Spy Games, 6/1]

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir, fresh from his trip to Oz, was a bit tired but very aware. It was an unpleasant combination.

Re: General Class Stuff [Spy Games, 6/1]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy eyed the piece of paper, and tucked it into her pocket. Thought it was a little weird, but whatever.

Re: General Class Stuff [Spy Games, 6/1]

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Claire read the slip of paper and then, after getting the instructions not to share the information, ripped it into teeny tiny pieces.

Re: General Class Stuff [Spy Games, 6/1]

[glacial_queen]

Karla read the paper and then vanished it. Seemed much less likely to be found that way. That and it was nice to be able to do Craft again.

Re: General Class Stuff [Spy Games, 6/1]

[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

With a sigh and a desperate hope that no one made any (more) cracks about her eating habits, Agnes crumpled the paper into a ball and swallowed it.

Re: General Class Stuff [Spy Games, 6/1]

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Alice read the paper, frowned at it, and committed it to memory. And then she popped it into her mouth, chewed, and swallowed.

Re: General Class Stuff [Spy Games, 6/1]

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Griff was concerned at having been chosen, but swore he would not give in and let anyone have the candy.

Re: General Class Stuff [Spy Games, 6/1]

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

In Valentine's experience, she never did have much of a problem getting what she wanted out of a situation. Even if it meant changing exactly what it was she wanted. But that was typically in actions, not basic information, so this could be...interesting.

Re: General Class Stuff [Spy Games, 6/1]

[icecoldfrost]

Emma was very, very used to getting what she wanted, at least lately, so she wasn't too worried about the assignment.

Interrogations [Spy Games, 6/1]

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Interrogators:
Ender, Ellie, Emma, Gwen, Ino, Lois, Sam, Valentine

Interviewees:
Katina, Agnes, Alice, Claire, Edmund, Effy, Griff, Karla and Liir

Go to it. The teams aren't quite even -- if anybody seems to be hanging at the end of the day today, I'll tag to them with Sarah.

Re: Interrogations [Spy Games, 6/1]

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir sat at one of the desks, figuring he'd see who came over.

Re: Interrogations [Spy Games, 6/1]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy wasn't too worried about this. She'd spent enough time not talking to feel fairly confident that she could keep it up for one class.

Re: Interrogations [Spy Games, 6/1]

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Claire was pretty sure she could handle this. After all, it wasn't like she didn't have experience keeping secrets.

Re: Interrogations [Spy Games, 6/1]

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Maybe if she looked like the kind of interrogatee who'd bite your head off if you asked for the time, people'd leave her alone?

Eh. Katchoo figured it was worth a try. Besides, barring that she could be one hell of a pain in the ass when she felt like.

Re: Interrogations [Spy Games, 6/1]

[glacial_queen]

Karla sat at her desk with a calm, pleasant, 'How-should-I-know-where-the-candy-is' smile on her face.

Though it is possible there was something of a 'Bring it' glint in her eyes.

Re: Interrogations [Spy Games, 6/1]

[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

Agnes was nervous, for no reason that she could understand, and was starting to feel like she might just blurt out the information without any provocation. She took a few deep breaths, put on her most innocent smile, and worked on trying to calm herself.

Re: Interrogations [Spy Games, 6/1]

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Alice had her hands folded in front of her, and reminded herself calmly that she'd endured worse than any of the other students could issue to her. She would count, patiently, after each question, and then answer it as nonsensically as possible.

Re: Interrogations [Spy Games, 6/1]

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Griff had the note stuffed deep in his pocket and was ready for anyone who wanted to try to interrogate him.

Or at least he thought he was ready.

After the Interrogations [Spy Games, 6/1]

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Claim your candy, if you won some. Sarah's watching the cabinet, so no daring raids. (Well, you're welcome to try...)

Talk to Sarah [Spy Games, 6/1]

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She's around!

Talk to the TAs [Spy Games, 6/1]

[saveyoulater.livejournal.com]

They are presumably also around!

Re: Talk to the TAs [Spy Games, 6/1]

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. Katchoo was, as it happened, around. Trying to look like there was nothing out of the ordinary about having had to shoot alligators away from the tree Sarah had been in on Friday, but around.

OOC [Spy Games, 6/1]

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Torture is not a happyfuntimes subject for a summer workshop, so I ignored it. And happy Monday!

Re: OOC [Spy Games, 6/1]

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela's not on either list, but I'm assuming she's supposed to be an interrogator? Just wanted to double-check before actually tagging in anywhere.