Laying Low for Beginners, Thursday, Period 1

[uncertain_dume]

The kid at the front of the room today, for better or for worse, was definitely the teacher of this class, yes. He was a bit on the short side, being only fifteen and not having quite hit a growth spurt just yet, with a brown robe over his too-practical-to-be-fashionable tunic and pants, all of which were in shades of white, black, or brown.

Oh, and he had the same stupid hair as Anakin. It was a whole thing.

He probably felt about as out of place as he looked, if that was any consolation.

"Uh, hi," he said, awkwardly. "I'm Caleb. And I guess I'm a teacher today." It would be good practice for when he was a Master himself, someday. Right? "I'm supposed to be teaching about laying low, but that's a little bit out of my area of expertise, but I think I've figured out a lesson that can benefit everyone in the room anyway. It's actually pretty simple. The whole lesson? Ask questions."

If Master Kenobi or Master Windu had been in the room to hear him tell that to a whole class full of students, they probably would have groaned and buried their faces in their hands. Caleb had a bit of a reputation at the Temple as the one who did entirely too much of that.

"The thing is, you can't really lay low unless you know what kind of situation you're in and what you can use to your advantage. And maybe you'll find yourself on a planet you don't know, or in a situation you haven't encountered before, and simply observing might not be enough. But maybe somebody else will know that one thing you need that can get you through." He ran a hand through his hair, embracing that awkward tell he'd mentioned he once had in a class he couldn't remember teaching, now. "You do need to be careful about who you're talking to and what questions you're asking, I think. I mean, if you ask the wrong person something that immediately identifies you as someone that should be in a lot of trouble, at best they'll try to distance themselves from you, and at worst they'll try to kill you. But if you ask the right questions, if you work your way toward the answer you're trying to get to maybe a little sideways, so that they answer it without even realizing that's what you were looking for, then that's even better, right?"

Yeah, he needed a lot of work before he could ever even think of teaching a Padawan of his own someday. This was way too awkward.

"So, today, we're going to ask questions. That's the whole assignment. There's this game that's entirely about doing that, where one person asks questions and the person answering them can only say yes or no. The one asking the question gets twenty attempts, and if they can't guess what the first person is thinking about in those twenty turns, they lose. So, everybody team up. One of you pick something on the island that your partner is likely to be at least sort of familiar with, and give that a try."

Yes, Caleb was assigning a game of Twenty Questions today. Which was probably at least slightly more fun than Kanan's planned lesson of self-evaluation and trying to figure out your own weaknesses, so enjoy this, guys. This, and snickering at his hair.

[OOC: Have at!]

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Twenty Questions!

[uncertain_dume]

Pair up! One of you think of something on the island, the other one ask yes-or-no questions in an attempt to figure out what that something is!

Yes, 'that stupid braid in tiny Kanan's hair' is absolutely fair game, here.

Re: Twenty Questions!

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine was ready to pair up, and not choosing the braid because that felt way too obvious.

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[intotheout]

"Do you want to go first? Or should I?"

Did it count as the braid if she picked Caleb's entire look?

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Depends. Is it the braid?" Sabine checked.

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[intotheout]

"Nope," Tip said.

It wasn't now.

"That's one. 19 left."

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

"All right, is it in town?" she asked.

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[intotheout]

"Yes," Tip said. "That's two."

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Is it in a shop?" If it was, this was going to get much harder for Sabine.

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[intotheout]

". . . Sometimes?" Tip shrugged. "Wait, I'm supposed to say yes or no. I'm going to go with probably no, right now."

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Sometimes?" she repeated, thinking. "Is it a person?"

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[intotheout]

"Yup! That's four."

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Do they work in a shop?" Sabine asked.

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[intotheout]

Tip thought about that for a few moments. "No," she decided.

She didn't keep track of where everyone worked.

Re: Twenty Questions!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Oh! Oh!" said Sidon, clearly excited about something. "I have an idea! Would anyone like to try and guess?"

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[justice_undone]

"Of course," Breq said, not really surprised about Sidon being excited. She would have been worried if he wasn't.

Re: Twenty Questions!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Wonderful!" Sidon beamed back at Breq, because he thought he just might be able to fool her with this one, but only time would tell! "Go ahead, then, ask away!"

Re: Twenty Questions!

[justice_undone]

Breq thought for a moment, expressionless, then asked:

"Is it something that can be found on the island?"

Re: Twenty Questions!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Sidon was bouncing slightly, clearly giving off enough expression for the both of them.

"Yes!" he said proudly. "Yes, absolutely!"

Re: Twenty Questions!

[justice_undone]

"Something that belongs to you?" she asked, finding herself caught up in the game. She had seen it played many times, or versions of it, but never participated herself.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

That question in particular made Sidon laugh. "Why, yes!" he said. "As a matter of fact, it certainly does!"

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[justice_undone]

"Is it a weapon?"

That sounded potentially heroic.

Re: Twenty Questions!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Oh, it was very heroic! But still, Sidon paused a little before he answered, considering it carefully.

"No," he said. "Not traditionally, anyway."

Anything, after all, could be a weapon.

Re: Twenty Questions!

[justice_undone]

That was true.

"Is it an item used to prepare food?"

Those could often be used as weapons.

Re: Twenty Questions!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"No," Sidon said, chuckling at the idea. "It most certainly is not."

Re: Twenty Questions!

[justice_undone]

Now Breq got it. Or she thought she did. They still had plenty of questions left though, and she could just as well ask a few more.

"Is it something you can wear?" she asked.