Breaking The Glass Ceiling, Tuesday

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

"We've all got to start somewhere," Kerrigan began, pacing in front of the class with lithe grace. "Whether you've just gotten smashed to the ground, or you're wide-eying your way in. Anything worth having is something you have to fight for. In order to fight, you need to be aware of your assets."

She stopped in front of the table, and leaned her hands on it, looming. "These can be physical. Military. Monetary. But your first and foremost asset is your... image." She gave it a pause. "People are eager to help a lost sheep. An unlikely ally that comes out of nowhere when the times are most desperate will be more easily taken into the fold. Or use someone else's image; sometimes, if you want to be effective, the most important first step is that you find someone who'll say what you'd like other people to hear."

Like Matriarch Raszagal. May she rest in peace. "If you want to get anywhere, you need to know what your target is so that you can work out how to get there. I realize this sounds obvious, but half the idiots in this multiverse have flamed out because they couldn't concentrate on their goal."

In case you'd thought last week was just a generic introduction session. "Think about those who stand in front of that goal. What do they want to accomplish? Why are they in your way? How do they expect you to behave? Play on that - and then exaggerate one attribute so they'll buy into it the way you want them to." Which was clearly very ethical. "Personality is your primary asset." Beat. "After that, guns... but we'll talk about that later..."

"I want you all to do a little roleplaying exercise I've thought up," she continued. "Pick someone you know, or someone you've already wondered about. Try to figure out how the other person thinks of you. Subtly." She put down an apple. "You want food. The other person has it. Convince the other person they want to give it to you. If you are succesful, or loudly put down, switch."

Beat.

"Take the fact the other person knows you want the food as a challenge." She never said her workshop was going to be easy.

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Sign In

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Manipulatively!

Re: Sign In

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Gunn

Re: Sign In

[intraspective]

Yamanaka Ino

Re: Sign In

[life_inshadow]

Tara Maclay

Listen to the Lecture

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

It's like ethics. Except in reverse.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Claire was actually jotting down notes because this was going to be useful someday.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa was taking detailed notes. Mostly on her best guesses of how the other people in her life saw her.

Get That Food

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

One of you has the apple. The other one tries to convince them that they really want to hand over the apple - or share it. Without actually asking for it.

Re: Get That Food

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Gunn had the apple. Yep. A shiny-red-jolly-like apple. Oh, so tasty it was.

Re: Get That Food

[life_inshadow]

Tara did not have an apple, and was giving Gunn a very, very, very sad look, with occasional glances away if she felt like he was looking at her.

Some of that was an attempt at getting the apple. Some of it was just how she was.

Re: Get That Food

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

"Did you need something?" Gunn as politely as he examined the oh-so-perfect apple in his hand.

Wait! Was that a blemish on the skin? Nope! Just a speck of dirt. By golly this apple was perfect.

Re: Get That Food

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Claire had an apple. This could be interesting.



[sp until after 8pm EDT]

Re: Get That Food

[tasenburn.livejournal.com]

Elle had a sad look in her eyes as she looked at Claire and her apple. People always had what Elle wanted. This... was both part of the lesson and just part of who she was.

So that sadface? Not entirely fake.

Re: Get That Food

[intraspective]

Ino had an apple.

And it was her apple and she'd do her best to keep it that way.

Re: Get That Food

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Triela said, sitting down next to Ino.

Re: Get That Food

[intraspective]

"Yo," she said, with a sidelong glance.

Re: Get That Food

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia had a shiny red apple. And it was hers, all hers.

Talk to the TAs

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

When they ping in!

Re: Talk to the TAs

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Claire was there and loving this class so far.

Re: Talk to the TAs

[icecoldfrost]

Emma was morbidly curious if using her powers on other people in class counted as cheating.

She didn't really care if it did, but she was curious.

Talk to Kerrigan

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Who is not at all a veteran of this technique.

Re: Talk to Kerrigan

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"Interesting class you got there." Guy needed to stop lurking around the school, not at all wondering if he should call Tora.

For the fifth time.

Re: Talk to Kerrigan

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Kerrigan's eyebrow went far, far up. "And might I ask why you're skulking around for i, mr. Gardner?"

OOC

[on-her-korhal.livejournal.com]

Work, work, work... sneaking posts from wooork.

Re: OOC

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've mentioned how gleeful this class makes me. Bwahahahaha.

Ha.