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fandomhigh2022-01-25 03:58 am
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Rage Against the Machine: Etc, Etc, Etc; Tuesday, Second Period [01/25].
This week, the class was not meeting in the classroom sim! Instead, when they arrived, they would find themselves in a small but sleek sort of space-diner of sorts, very Atomic Age retro-chic with a pastel pink and white color scheme, with a...very specific menu theme. The place was pretty lively, with an interesting mix of troopers in their familiar armor, people in fancier robes or clean-cut uniforms, a few white-collar office drones (both flesh and mechanical!), and a handful of working stiffs clearly fresh out of a long shift. There was also a cat (with fur the color of a perfectly cooked pancake) stalking around the place and occasionally inviting herself onto a table and plopping down in the middle of it, no matter what the people at that table had to say about it.
So, currently, the only place for them all to sit was right up at the counter behind which Summer was standing, grinning and eager to get into the class.
"Welcome," she told them, "to Hello Jello!, a mock-up of the jello cantina I was running as a spy operations base for the resistence back in the old days."
Of like, you know, a few years ago.
"Now," she continued, "the planet where we were located was the Imperial Center at the time, and it's an ecumenopolis...meaning the whole planet is just one big city. The area of the city we're in right now is very close to the Imperial Palace, which is definitely why you'll see a lot of troopers moving in and out of this place. They take security very seriously around here, which makes planting a secret spy base right in the middle of it a risky move, but...with great risk sometimes comes great reward, and when someone thinks they're in a safe space, it's sometimes amazing what they might let slip.
"This close to the Emperor," she added, "almost no one is going to be blatant, though. But that's where deductive reasoning can come in handy, if you're trying to collect info from word-of-mouth, and that's kind of what we're going to be working on today. This place is a little more relaxed and casual than a bar cantina...and less likely to land anyone in a cantina fight. I hope! But try and see if you can pick up on anything that might be helpful in a resistence against the Empire. What can you observe without being too suspicious in watching? What might you be able to overhear without people thinking you're an eavesdropping creep? Maybe you can try and make friends that won't immediately question your motives? And then we'll 'close up' for the day and have a jam session on what you may have been able to pick up, overhear, deduce or otherwise find out that could be helpful."
So, currently, the only place for them all to sit was right up at the counter behind which Summer was standing, grinning and eager to get into the class.
"Welcome," she told them, "to Hello Jello!, a mock-up of the jello cantina I was running as a spy operations base for the resistence back in the old days."
Of like, you know, a few years ago.
"Now," she continued, "the planet where we were located was the Imperial Center at the time, and it's an ecumenopolis...meaning the whole planet is just one big city. The area of the city we're in right now is very close to the Imperial Palace, which is definitely why you'll see a lot of troopers moving in and out of this place. They take security very seriously around here, which makes planting a secret spy base right in the middle of it a risky move, but...with great risk sometimes comes great reward, and when someone thinks they're in a safe space, it's sometimes amazing what they might let slip.
"This close to the Emperor," she added, "almost no one is going to be blatant, though. But that's where deductive reasoning can come in handy, if you're trying to collect info from word-of-mouth, and that's kind of what we're going to be working on today. This place is a little more relaxed and casual than a bar cantina...and less likely to land anyone in a cantina fight. I hope! But try and see if you can pick up on anything that might be helpful in a resistence against the Empire. What can you observe without being too suspicious in watching? What might you be able to overhear without people thinking you're an eavesdropping creep? Maybe you can try and make friends that won't immediately question your motives? And then we'll 'close up' for the day and have a jam session on what you may have been able to pick up, overhear, deduce or otherwise find out that could be helpful."
Re: Class Activity: Spies Like Us - RatM, 01/25.
That turned out to not be a problem since she was rather fascinated by the jello and was perhaps a bit more focused on that aspect rather than the listening and observing part.