Living With Difficult Women [Tuesday, Period 5]

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Max had spent a large chunk of the past week rethinking precisely how he was going to run this class with all the... women in it. He hadn't really come up with a solution he liked, but it was class time now so it was apparently time to go with a solution he didn't much care for.

"Welcome back, everyone," he began as he looked around at his students. "This class is intended to be a practical one, but for us to do that we're going to have to be candid with one another. That, however, requires trust, and we don't all know one another that well." He quirked an eyebrow, wondering if anyone was going to challenge that assertion. "We're going to try to remedy that." He grinned suddenly before adding, "The trust part."

"You're going to pair up. Then each of you is going to share a deeply private secret with the other one. That way each of you will know that if you violate the trust of the other students in this class, someone else here holds a serious piece of information to punish you with. If the person you're partnered with judges your secret to be insufficiently powerful, they can demand another, so you're better off sharing one major thing than being forced to go through a dozen things that almost qualify."

Max let a hard gaze drift slowly across the room, letting it rest on each student until he felt he'd driven home how serious he was. "Understand this: by receiving these secrets you're being entrusted with something important. Violating that trust is not something I will tolerate. The only reason we're doing this is to help everyone to feel like the can be candid because they'll know that everyone has shared something here they don't want spread around."

He gestured to the handwavy list he had up. "I've assigned partners randomly. Find yours and get to it. I'll be stopping by to check on how each of you are doing."

"Oh, and Pendragon, Cauthon, I want to see each of you after class."

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Sign in

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

You're still in this class

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[likes_scoundrels]

Leia Organa

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[bitchprince]

Arthur Pendragon

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley Reyes

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

It's short and sweet so that you have plenty of time for secrets

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Mat wondered if having enjoyed the kisses of two of the girls in the room meant he was exempt from not sharing their trust.

[intraspective]

Ino had her arms crossed over her chest and if glares could kill then Centurion would be in itty bitty pieces right now.

Ino was not a fan. And she was absolutely not pairing up with anyone. Her secrets were hers. Big and small.

She just levelled a glare at Centurion and waited to see if he'd try and make her participate.

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Max just looked back at her calmly, seemingly unaffected by her glare. He'd had a lot of experience with glares. She was going to participate, right?

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack tried to think if he had any secrets to tell.

Share your secrets

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

The list is handwavey specifically so you can pick a fun partner for you OOC, but IC Max has assigned them if you need an excuse to share something with someone you wouldn't usually

Re: Share your secrets

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia awaited her partner, wondering just what secret she was going to share. Like she was really going to share something deeply personal with a stranger.

Re: Share your secrets

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hannibal decided that partnering with a girl would be best if he wanted his secret kept just that. Of course, he didn't know what he was going to share but maybe they could go get away with some throwaway secret.

"Hey," he said, giving her a smile. "Need a partner?"

Re: Share your secrets

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley was a little uncomfortable with this. He sat there, fidgeting, waiting for his partner.

Re: Share your secrets

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Mat arched up an eyebrow at him. "So tell me your deepest secret."

It sounded like a terrible pick-up line, in his estimation.

Re: Share your secrets

[bitchprince]

Yes, Arthur was completely into this whole trust and secrets thing.

Oh yes.

...What are you looking at.

Re: Share your secrets

[thatsamilkshake]

"I'm not sure he thought this one through very well," Francine said after glancing at the list and... not really needing to move, since yeah, she was the girl who'd always gravitate towards sitting by the people she already knew. "We know each other's secrets."

As did the fluffy white bundle on the desk in front of her, currently making pissed-off faces at the world in general and the topic of this class in particular.

Re: Share your secrets

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis quietly waited for a partner, still irritated at her presence in this class.

Re: Share your secrets

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen sighed and turned to her partner. "This seems quite ridiculous."

Re: Share your secrets

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack just sat there. He was trying to think of a really good secret. This could take a while.

Talk to Max

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

Who is utterly serious today

Re: Talk to Max

[bitchprince]

After class, he did in fact make it down to the teacher. "You requested my presence...?" Arthur prompted, respectfully.

Re: Talk to Max

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Max nodded. "I'm looking for a TA and you seem like you have both a vested interest in the topic of this course, and a relatively level head on your shoulders. There is no penalty if you're not interested, but I'd like to offer you a position if you're interested."

Re: Talk to Max

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

"You wished to see me?" Mat replied.

OOC

[furious-maximus.livejournal.com]

So sleepy. I don't think I've ever literally spent all day in meetings before yesterday. I didn't get out until 11;30...

Now I want a nap, but instead: more meetings.

Re: OOC

[likes_scoundrels]

I will nap for you.

Except I have a conference call to deal with soon. >.