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fandomhigh2016-03-07 11:47 am
tequila_squared) wrote in fandomhigh2016-03-07 11:47 am
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Lying 101, Monday Second Period
Today, Lito had written one word on the blackboard: Accomplices.
"Nothing happens in a vacuum, no?" (Nomi pointed out, "Except a space walk," but he ignored her.) "When you lie, you have your audience, but you also have any people you have involved in your lie. If you tell your mother you went to the bookstore, because your roommate wanted a book of bird calls, but your roommate in reality has no interest in the subject, imagine their confusion when on Parents' Weekend your father, who has actually taken up birding, attempts to discuss different types of orioles with them. This is a disaster. You want to avoid it. And it's not always going to be possible to avoid involving others entirely. So, before you involve other people, consider how you are going to deal with that. Maybe the other person is in a coma, so you don't have to worry about them blowing your cover--" Wolfgang paused in the middle of what he was doing to toss one of his lock picks at Lito's head; while to the students' eyes nothing happened, Lito flinched and protested, "Ow!" covering his temple with his hand. After a moment he recovered and, after glaring at a particular patch of empty air for a moment, continued, "That's not usually going to be the case, though, so how do you account for it? One option is to bring this person in on your story, but they may not wish to be untruthful to help you out, so you need to consider that possibility before involving them. Or if you stick closer to the truth--maybe your roommate who doesn't like birds likes cats, so the fictional book was about cats--you're less likely to cause confusion and be found out as a result.
"So. I want you to consider someone in your life, and tell me a convincing lie about what you did over the weekend involving that person."
"Nothing happens in a vacuum, no?" (Nomi pointed out, "Except a space walk," but he ignored her.) "When you lie, you have your audience, but you also have any people you have involved in your lie. If you tell your mother you went to the bookstore, because your roommate wanted a book of bird calls, but your roommate in reality has no interest in the subject, imagine their confusion when on Parents' Weekend your father, who has actually taken up birding, attempts to discuss different types of orioles with them. This is a disaster. You want to avoid it. And it's not always going to be possible to avoid involving others entirely. So, before you involve other people, consider how you are going to deal with that. Maybe the other person is in a coma, so you don't have to worry about them blowing your cover--" Wolfgang paused in the middle of what he was doing to toss one of his lock picks at Lito's head; while to the students' eyes nothing happened, Lito flinched and protested, "Ow!" covering his temple with his hand. After a moment he recovered and, after glaring at a particular patch of empty air for a moment, continued, "That's not usually going to be the case, though, so how do you account for it? One option is to bring this person in on your story, but they may not wish to be untruthful to help you out, so you need to consider that possibility before involving them. Or if you stick closer to the truth--maybe your roommate who doesn't like birds likes cats, so the fictional book was about cats--you're less likely to cause confusion and be found out as a result.
"So. I want you to consider someone in your life, and tell me a convincing lie about what you did over the weekend involving that person."
Lie to Lito
Re: Lie to Lito
She figured that no one would double-check a story that mundane with an Emperor of the entire galaxy.