Practical Diplomacy, Friday, March 8, 2019

[sith_happened]

"There are a lot of people out there who have no idea what powers a diplomat has," Anakin began, "and some of that is because different places give their diplomats different levels of authority. One thing that will be true, though, is that people, finding out what you do, will make completely unreasonable requests from you. Today's assignment is learning how to tell them no in a way that doesn't offend them but also means they won't be asking you again because they found your response to be unclear."

He paused. "And shooting at them isn't allowed."

Another life lesson from Obi-Wan Kenobi, kids!

"So settle in and I'll send a series of unreasonable beings at you for you to shoot down. Again, not literally."

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[sith_happened]

Already tired of people's bullshit.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Prince Sidon

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[unusual_sith]

Lana Beniko

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[justice_undone]

Breq

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[chirpchirpchirp]

Vette

Get asked unreasonable questions!

[sith_happened]

"No" is a complete sentence, but sometimes beings just don't want to hear it.

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[unusual_sith]

Lana was absolutely going to Force-whammy the first annoying person who tried her. It was a time-honoured method!

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[sith_happened]

In came the first victim. "Hi," the being said, smiling with far too many teeth. "I need to get my mother-in-law's housekeeper to another planet."

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[unusual_sith]

Lana opened her mouth to get rid of the person as requested, then cocked her head. "Why?"

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[sith_happened]

The person immediately looked shifty. "Why would that matter? I just need her gone."

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[unusual_sith]

Lana glanced sideways at the being. "You want her gone, I want to know how much it's worth to you? What's so important about her and why should I help you?"

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[sith_happened]

"You should help because you're a diplomat and helping is what you do," the being said. "And I want her gone because it's that or killing her and exile is much better."

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[unusual_sith]

"Helping your government and mine is what I do," Lana pointed out. "What will helping you personally do to help that?"

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Grinning far too much for someone who'd just been told they were going to be annoyed for the rest of the class period, Sidon was genuinely excited for this, because he really actually did enjoy these exercises. He prided himself in the ability to handle anything that might be thrown at him with his certain brand of charm and grace, and it was really only in classes like these that he ever got the chance to really test himself on those grounds.

Because very few people in real life really wanted to attempt to potentially annoy the very large shark prince if they could help it...

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[sith_happened]

"I have a huuuuuuge favor to ask," said the woman bouncing up to him. "I need to you take this package through the airport for me, okay?"

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[justice_undone]

As a ship, saying no hadn't been an option, but Breq had seen enough people do it, and learnt how to recognize when saying it was warranted.

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[sith_happened]

"Can you help me?" a frazzled looking man asked, approaching her.

Talk to Anakin

[sith_happened]

Who didn't say you couldn't mindwhammy people to make them go away. Cough.

OOC

[sith_happened]

I've gotten hit up for visa requests at airports and I'm not even the diplomat. Wtf.