Practical Diplomacy

[sith_happened]

Today the class was back in the Danger Shop, but instead of a press conference, it was set up to look like an extremely stuffy reception. Waitstaff of various species wove through the crowd offering appetizers and drinks as people made smalltalk and tried to look and be as interesting as possible.

Anakin hated these events. "Right," he said to the class. "A huge part of your job as a diplomat will be making and maintaining contacts, and excruciatingly dull receptions is an excellent time to do so. Your job today is to find and remember three separate beings' names and what they do while holding a glass of something and eating a plate of appetizers. It's not nearly as easy as it sounds. You must also give them a false name and backstory. Silly accents are entirely optional."

Comments

Re: Smalltalk like its your job!

[misshapen_spark]

Please, Yang had been the hostess for any event at her home over the years, and more than a few at Signal. 'Perk' of being Tai's oldest daughter.

She knew exactly how to make polite noises and not actually listen to anything while enjoying her drink. Names were easy. Hunters had to be able to pick up stuff like that quickly. Bothering to pay attention to the boring details of some drone's office job? Who caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaares?

Re: Smalltalk like its your job!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"What a simply marvelous event!" Sidon remarked, greeting Yang with his bright toothy smile and a general careful gesture of his hand holding his drink at the room as a whole. "Are you having a good time, my lady?"