tequila_squared: (Default)
tequila_squared ([personal profile] tequila_squared) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2016-02-15 01:09 pm
Entry tags:

Lying 101, Monday Second Period

When the students arrived, Lito was writing, 'TMI' on the blackboard. However, Nomi, who from Lito's perspective was sitting perched on the edge of his desk (and from the students' perspective was nowhere to be found, unless they were maybe particularly psychic) told him, "Mm, no, wrong connotation," between spoonfuls of cereal. "Especially in front of teenagers."

"Really?" Lito asked her over his shoulder, neither of them noticing his first big public slip-up in months as he erased it and at Nomi's suggestion rewrote 'KISS.'

"Keep It Simple, Stupid," Lito said as he turned to face the class. "This means, never give out too much information at first. To go back to our usual example, when your mother asks you where you were last night, 'the coffee shop,' is a solid story. But you may feel the need to embroider upon it, perhaps even practice ahead of time to make sure you know all the details of your story...and then to share them. "My roommate and I went to the bookstore because he wanted a book of bird calls, and then we went to the coffee shop. I had a mocha latte. I liked it." This is too much, why are you telling me all of this? It immediately raises suspicion, and makes it easier for you to be caught out later. And it makes you tell more lies to defend the first lie. You order a cappuccino, and your mother is confused, "I thought you liked mocha lattes now." And now you have to tell more lies about something as simple as why you want a cappuccino instead of a mocha latte. Now, pair up, and one of you is going to lie about what you did last night. The other will critique their story, and then you will swap."
crimson_sister: (serious)

Re: Sign In

[personal profile] crimson_sister 2016-02-15 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucille Sharpe
crimson_sister: (sideways)

Re: During the Lecture

[personal profile] crimson_sister 2016-02-15 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucille wasn't paying that much attention to the lecture today, so she failed to notice that the teacher seemed to be talking to himself. Instead she sat at her desk, looking miserable and slightly flushed, staring down.
crimson_sister: (looking down)

Re: Practice Lying

[personal profile] crimson_sister 2016-02-15 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
This wasn't a good day for pairing up and lying, but since lying was what she would be doing if anyone asked her how she was (not that she thought anyone would) she could just as well do it as a class exercise.
doesnotkneel: (pb: just woke up)

Re: Sign In

[personal profile] doesnotkneel 2016-02-15 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Edward Kenway
bestatmystery: (Default)

Re: Sign In

[personal profile] bestatmystery 2016-02-15 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Lottie Grote
boneyard_girl: (Default)

Re: Sign In

[personal profile] boneyard_girl 2016-02-16 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Ada Miller
gavegoodface: (Face: soulful eyes)

Re: Sign In

[personal profile] gavegoodface 2016-02-16 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Garik Loran