Lying 101, Monday Second Period

[tequila_squared]

"I know what you're thinking," Lito told his students once he was sure they were all accounted for. "'But Mr. Rodriguez, I thought honesty was a virtue,' and it is. But it's not the only virtue, and you never know when a lie will be useful. A little lie can smooth over a lot of social interactions. It could save your relationship. Or even your life. Or it can be your entire life's work. Take me, I'm an actor. If you reduce my job to its most basic parts, it's lying convincingly, and memorizing scripts.

"So, today, you are going to introduce yourselves. And by the way, if anyone would like to be a teacher's assistant, please see me after class. Now. Please," he said, perching on the edge of his desk and opening his hands to them. "Lie to me."

Comments

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[bearmaidenfair]

"I'm Signhild Ragnarsdottir," Vider said. "I'm from Alta California kingstate, and my family follow Odin, but I want to follow Freyr the Satisfied. That's why they sent me away to boarding school. Please don't tell them this place isn't like they thought."

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[tequila_squared]

"Not bad," Lito decided, "especially if you made all of those things up on the fly, that's very impressive, but I'm afraid you cribbed off the student before you a bit, no?"

Re: Introduce Yourselves

[bearmaidenfair]

Vider's shoulders slumped a little, disappointed at being caught out, before she rallied and said, "I don't know what you mean, sir. They think this place is like the Hangadrottin."