How to Make Friends and Influence People [Tuesday, February 11, 2014]

[sith_happened]

"Right, so this weekend I apparently used my influence to blackmail and murder people," Anakin said dryly as he paced around the frozen simulation of a herd of zebras and two groups of people pointing spears at each other. "And for the record, as far as I'm aware, there's no diamond mine fortune to be found on this island. Today we're going to add a bit more violence to our negotiations."

He pointed at one group of people. "These guys think that zebras are black with white stripes." He pointed to the others. "They think they're white with black stripes. You have five minutes to brainstorm ideas before they start poking each other with those spears."

He clapped his hands together. "Go."

Comments

Re: Brainstorm!

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

"What if you... come up with a third option?" Elsa looked a little bemused by the scenario, but she wasn't about to pass up the opportunity to contribute to a class when she actually knew what a zebra was. "What if we were to tell them that one half of all zebras are one, and the other half are all the other? Or perhaps point out that it all averages out to grey in the end, so it's hardly worth killing one another over?"

Diplomacy! And she thought those were rather more politic replies than what she was thinking, which was simply telling them that they were all being ridiculous, no colour scheme was worth murder.

Re: Brainstorm!

[sith_happened]

Anakin smiled. "What happens if they both decide they've been tricked and turn on you?"

Re: Brainstorm!

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

"... Then I suppose I get very good at running, very quickly," Elsa replied, a little wide-eyed. "I'm allergic to being skewered."

Most people were. Funny, that.

Re: Brainstorm!

[sith_happened]

"Maybe I should include running laps in your homework," Anakin mused.

Re: Brainstorm!

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

"That still has more to do with diplomacy than my business class has to do with business," Elsa decided after a moment of thought. "I think I could handle laps."

As opposed to the bare-knuckle free-for-all that Pam and Cheryl had expected last week Friday.

Re: Brainstorm!

[sith_happened]

Well, they were in the most technical sense, out of the damn minds.

"I'll make sure I add it to the curriculum for next week."

They were going to love him!