Practical Diplomacy, Friday, February 17, 2017

[sith_happened]

Today the class was meeting in the Danger Shop, and the scenario was set up to look like a busy open air city market. "When you are acting as a diplomat, you aren't working in a vacuum," Anakin said. "There are numerous other groups who are invested in making you fail in your operation, or even just knowing what you're doing. Today we're going to have an exercise about being aware of your surroundings, dodging a tail, and tailing a target yourself."

"One would think this is an easy exercise, but it is not," Obi-Wan said mildly. "There is a veritable treasure trove of ways in which people can keep track of not just your movements, but your communications. You may also wish to consider leaving your communications devices at home."

Anakin nodded. "Even on this primitive planet--" ANAKIN, "--there are hundreds of phone apps designed to look like one thing that are really serving as recording devices. Flashlight applications, for instance."

"So do make sure to check your cell phone," Obi-Wan said. "The sim may make use of it as well."

The sim would definitely make use of it because Anakin was a cheating cheater. "Remember that your appearance can be changed--so can the way you walk, how you hold yourself, and so on and so on. Your job is to not be noticed."

Comments

Be sneaky!

[sith_happened]

You have been given a small envelope. Your job is to get from one spot in the market to a coffee shop on the other side of it, drop the envelope off at the mailbox without being spotted, and then take public transportation away from the scene.

All without Anakin or Obi-Wan finding you. So...good luck with that.

Re: Be sneaky!

[vrajna_kralis]

You didn't start sneaking until you knew the lay of the land. That was just common sense. So before going over to the coffee shop, Hyacinthe found an out of the way spot in the market where he could pretend browse through items while actually keeping watch on the crowds, the way they moved, and anyone paying attention to him. He didn't stay in one spot long, both to get a view from different angles and also to hide the fact that he wasn't really buying anything.

Re: Be sneaky!

[boneyard_girl]

Really, there was nothing to see here. Just a parent with a...slightly enthusiastic child, getting some apples at the market before getting a coffee for mom and dropping off their mail, and then taking the bus home.

Like a normal, socially-conscientious, hipster, family.

If the stop for apples and coffee (paid for with cash) gave them time to make sure they weren't being watched, well, that was a bonus.

Re: Be sneaky!

[era_two_triangle]

Peridot had even left her phone behind for this outing! It had been hard, but the promise of appearance enhancers from head to toe was more than enough to distract her from the loss, however temporary any of it was.

She was occasionally stopping to look into reflective surfaces in order to make faces at herself, though. Which was basically an enthusiastic little kid thing anyway.