Practical Diplomacy, Friday, January 11, 2019

[sith_happened]

"Another peril of diplomatic life is having to attend local cultural events and pretending to be impressed," Anakin shouted over the sound of drums and some sort of weird horn thing that was being played with great enthusiasm and very little skill by the troupe dressed up in some form of local attire in the Danger Shop behind him. "Today I have five different scenarios that you will have to work through while maintaining a proper diplomatic expression--not laughing, not saying 'ew', and not saying no to any of the weird requests they will make of you."

The drummers behind him got even louder. You lucky, lucky students.

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Activity #3

[sith_happened]

Taking pictures with babies, hooray!

Except that when they hand you the little tyke (a small Twi'lek), it starts to scream and kick you and nooooo one is helping you out. The photo they take will be on the screens of every person on this planet in fifteen seconds....and smile!

Re: Activity #3

[in_sidon_we_trust]

....really, now. Did anyone expect to hand Sidon a wee little Twi'lek and have him not completely melt into goo over it, kicking and screaming or otherwise? He had to chuckle as he tried to get a grip on it with one arm while he tried to distract it...quickly!...with a waggling of his fingers and a little bouncing and a soothing rumble of his voice as he said, "There, there, now, little one, it's quite alright! Look over there, now! Your biggest smile, you can do it! I believe in you!"

His wiggling fingers pointed toward the crowd whether the baby was following them or not, as he turned his head and flashed his own biggest and brightest smile, just in time for the flurry of pictures to begin. At least he knew he would look good in the shots, and, if the baby followed suit, all the better. And, if it continued crying through the whole thing, well, it would be a humorous shot at the very least, because hatchlings would be hatchlings, and it couldn't be helped, and he hoped perhaps one day it was something its mother would pull out to embarrass it teasingly with its peers.

Re: Activity #3

[chirpchirpchirp]

Okay, you know what? Vette was perfectly fine with being handed a screaming, kicking Twi'lek child. She smiled brightly at the little kid, and then started cooing at it, softly singing a song she only remembered bits and pieces of in Ryl.

Bounced in place and took one of its hands and held her lekku in as reassuring a way as possible and... ow, her heart, a little.

Way to make her homesick, Skywalker.

Re: Activity #3

[unusual_sith]

Oh, Force, a child?

Lana took it awkwardly, then startled a little as it started to kick. She reached out frantically with the Force, trying to sooth it. If nothing else, she could always put it to sleep, but hopefully a bit of calming would do the work.

She tried to calm herself, too, in case the child could sense it, and smiled as best she could.

Re: Activity #3

[mylandmyrules]

Crying, kicking babies were not a novelty to Nell, and she was able to deftly manage this one with at least a reasonable facsimile of a smile.