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fandomhigh2019-12-06 12:53 am
betterthanaplan) wrote in fandomhigh2019-12-06 12:53 am
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Badass Bitch Survival Guide, Friday, period 1
The students' usual teacher was conspicuously absent as the students came in, today. They might suspect that she was testing them in some way again. Perhaps there were hidden cameras!
Or perhaps their teacher had had to leave the island completely, and the moose was only just bullying her replacement down the hallway.
Much like his first day in his own class, Duke made his entrance at a stumble, having been shoved into class at antler point.
"You know, where I'm from, we eat moose steaks!" he shouted. From the hallway, the moose made about the sound you might expect from a creature that size. Duke shuddered faintly and turned to the class.
"Right. Hi. I'm Duke Crocker, normally the pirate class teacher. Your usual teacher has decided to skip town or something, and I guess I was the most badass bitch they could find to take over, so here I am."
He was pretty sure this was Rosa's revenge for the whole attempted hijacking of her heist, yes.
"Now, I have no idea what you might have covered in here other than stealing axes from teachers' classrooms, but having met the good detective, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that people skills were maybe not involved. Which is a shame. I don't care how badass you think you are, you're not going to make it very far without at least a minimum of networking."
He hopped up onto the desk to sit cross legged, looking over the students.
"Absolutely everyone you meet in this world — or any other — wants something. I don't care who they are, how they were raised, what their beliefs are, unless they're Siddhārtha himself, they want something. And if you can find out what that something is and provide it, you can get what you want out of them. For a lot of people on Earth, what they want is money. Or, well, power, really, but under capitalism, it's the same thing. Earlier this semester, what you all seemed to want was a particular hatchet, and the bragging rights that getting it would net you. AKA status, which means we're talking about power again. Seriously, once people get past the basics of survival, most things they want boil down to power."
He had such a positive outlook on life, didn't he.
"Now technically, desiring things is, like, the root of all suffering or whatever. But it's also pretty much the root of all human society, so being successful — and 'bad ass' — requires knowing four things, and making good use of them. One: what do you want? Two: what do you have to offer that other people might want? Three: what does person who has what you want want? And four: how do you get them what they want in a way that means they owe you what you want? So let's do that today. Pair up or mill about or whatever, and figure out what you want and what you have to offer. Then try to arrange some trades. Swap lunches or wardrobes or shoes full of candy or whatever. And if the person you're talking to wants something that you don't have, see how easy it might be to get it for them.
"And, uh. Don't be afraid of IOUs. You can leverage a lot out of someone owing you a favor."
Or perhaps their teacher had had to leave the island completely, and the moose was only just bullying her replacement down the hallway.
Much like his first day in his own class, Duke made his entrance at a stumble, having been shoved into class at antler point.
"You know, where I'm from, we eat moose steaks!" he shouted. From the hallway, the moose made about the sound you might expect from a creature that size. Duke shuddered faintly and turned to the class.
"Right. Hi. I'm Duke Crocker, normally the pirate class teacher. Your usual teacher has decided to skip town or something, and I guess I was the most badass bitch they could find to take over, so here I am."
He was pretty sure this was Rosa's revenge for the whole attempted hijacking of her heist, yes.
"Now, I have no idea what you might have covered in here other than stealing axes from teachers' classrooms, but having met the good detective, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that people skills were maybe not involved. Which is a shame. I don't care how badass you think you are, you're not going to make it very far without at least a minimum of networking."
He hopped up onto the desk to sit cross legged, looking over the students.
"Absolutely everyone you meet in this world — or any other — wants something. I don't care who they are, how they were raised, what their beliefs are, unless they're Siddhārtha himself, they want something. And if you can find out what that something is and provide it, you can get what you want out of them. For a lot of people on Earth, what they want is money. Or, well, power, really, but under capitalism, it's the same thing. Earlier this semester, what you all seemed to want was a particular hatchet, and the bragging rights that getting it would net you. AKA status, which means we're talking about power again. Seriously, once people get past the basics of survival, most things they want boil down to power."
He had such a positive outlook on life, didn't he.
"Now technically, desiring things is, like, the root of all suffering or whatever. But it's also pretty much the root of all human society, so being successful — and 'bad ass' — requires knowing four things, and making good use of them. One: what do you want? Two: what do you have to offer that other people might want? Three: what does person who has what you want want? And four: how do you get them what they want in a way that means they owe you what you want? So let's do that today. Pair up or mill about or whatever, and figure out what you want and what you have to offer. Then try to arrange some trades. Swap lunches or wardrobes or shoes full of candy or whatever. And if the person you're talking to wants something that you don't have, see how easy it might be to get it for them.
"And, uh. Don't be afraid of IOUs. You can leverage a lot out of someone owing you a favor."
Re: Let's make some deals!