Creative Problem Solving, Tuesday, period 3

[vdistinctive]

The Danger Shop today was programmed to look like the courtyard in front of a large, swanky mansion, with four sets of elegant French doors closed on what looked like quite the elegant gala going on inside. Eliot stood with his arms crossed next to a fountain in the middle of the courtyard, nodding to the students as they came in.

Parker was wearing a cocktail dress. That was her only apparent concession to the venue; her hair wasn’t done, she wasn’t wearing jewelry. Or make-up. Or shoes.

“Today instead of busting out? You’re busting in. Although, you know, if you want to be subtle, you can do that too.”

"Behind us is the party of the year. Full of rich, influential people, good music, and some of the finest damn fondue you're gonna get outside of southern Europe." If Eliot did say so himself. "To get in, you gotta get past one of these four people." He hit a button and a simulated doorman appeared in front of each of the french doors. Two looked just like him, only in different outfits. Two looked just like Parker.

"How you do that is up to you. You could dress up and try to look all fancy and talk your way in. You could dress down an' tell 'em you're staff and talk your way in. You could distract 'em and sneak your way in. You could try fighting 'em." He smiled. "That's usually my favorite, but not usually for gettin' in."

Parker rolled her eyes at that. “Anyway, there are security guys around. I won’t say how many. So if you do decide to start a fight, it probably won’t finish up one-on-one. Have an exit plan!” She shook a finger at them. “Remember! Only people who can’t run go to jail for assault with a deadly weapon!”

Eliot frowned. "That is not a saying." Just so the kids understood that. "Parker just made that up."

Which wasn't saying it wasn't true.

Comments

Re: Strategize

[spin_kick_snap]

"Makeup?" Kathy suggested after I double-checked to make sure there was some in the tent. "You could go one of two ways, I think. Either a lot of foundation to cover up the mark and hope it stays covered that way, or you could try to make it look like something else. Cover it in fake scar tissue, like a burn or something? People try not to look at disfigured people straight on, because it could be rude."

Re: Strategize

[bearmaidenfair]

"It's illegal to cover it," Vider admitted. "Not that I'm morally opposed to it, really, but I'm also well-known enough back home that people might notice. It would work here for this exercise, I guess. Do you think they have makeup pale enough for me?" Vider was pale like a pale thing. Or like a Scandinavian blonde. Same difference.

On a tangent, she wondered, "Why would it be rude to look at people's scars? Scars are a fact of life."

Re: Strategize

[spin_kick_snap]

"Less so around here," Kathy said. "Especially for women, because a lot of people still see women as ornamental and having their looks ruined makes people uncomfortable." She made a face at that. "So, you make the scar big enough, that's what people will see and remember and they'll try not to do even that much so they're not considering 'staring.'"