Diplomacy, Monday, August 29, 2022

[sith_happened]

It had taken Anakin a little bit of time to move the two-story tall steamer chest labeled "SITH" from in front of his door this morning, but it had made a satisfying splash when he'd thrown it into the ocean using the Force.

He swept into his class, robe flapping dramatically around his ankles, and turned to face his students. "Welcome to Diplomacy," he said, ignoring bags as they fell to the ground and him and them. "I was going to start with making sure everyone's on the same page regarding definitions but we have a rather more practical exercise to deal with."

He tucked the small, smoking, bag labeled "Mustafar" behind his robe. "Clearly today is full of information that most people are not, in general, comfortable sharing with strangers. So give me your name, your age, and two ways you have made this incredibly awkward day less so in a diplomatic way."

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Sign in 8/29

[sith_happened]

Full of issues.

Listen to the lecture!

[sith_happened]

Dodge the baggage.

Discuss!

[sith_happened]

Everyone can't just say "ignore."

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Maybe not about the bag that was smoking.

OOC

[sith_happened]

The house is empty!

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[napking]

Gray

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[giveittoyoursister]

Vi

Re: Discuss!

[napking]

Gray was sitting on a steamer trunk labeled 'DADDY ISSUES' and surrounded by rather large suitcases like 'Being Left Out' and 'Missing Everything' and, of course, 'Potentially Damned.' It was fine. This was fine.

...was that tag sticking out at the bottom of the pile the more specific 'Couldn't Kill My Dad'? Maybe!

"I'm Gray, my age is...complicated, but I'm a sophomore?" He hoped that would be good enough. "And I am not going to visit my brother today and end up upsetting him, and, um...I'm not asking anyone else questions, either." Even if he was really curious about that bag that appeared to be smoking.

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[cassandras_sister]

Allie Pressman

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[apocalypsehow]

Number Five Hargreeves

Re: Listen to the lecture!

[cassandras_sister]

Allie was trying to listen to the lecture. And then the extremely heavy backpack labeled "CASSANDRA" dropped right next to her and she about jumped out of her skin.

Re: Discuss!

[cassandras_sister]

"I'm Allie Pressman, I'm 17, and I'm not making this any less awkward, I don't even know how to do that," she said honestly.

Like how did you cope when you're in class and there's a big ol' duffel bag marked "EXECUTED A GUY" on your first day of a school you didn't know you were attending?

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[cassandras_sister]

FINALLY!

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[napking]

Gray had been starting to doze off when the backpack hitting the ground startled him back awake. He mouthed 'Thanks,' at Allie. Sleeping through the first class would have been embarrassing.

Re: Discuss!

[apocalypsehow]

"My name is Number Five," he said, powering on through the day like a true Hargreeves.

Did he also make an annoyed face at the 'murderous tendencies' briefcase next to him? Yes. But he really couldn't find fault in it.

"My age is also a complicated situation. And I could have just skipped this ridiculous class all together. Or set the luggage on fire."

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[cassandras_sister]

She mounted a 'welcome' back.

And tried not at all to check out his luggage.

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[outofthequiver]

Liberty Hazlett

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[napking]

There was a lot more of it than one might expect from interacting with Gray on a normal day, not least of which was the backpack he apparently couldn't take off.

Gray wasn't trying to spy on her own baggage or anything, but really, Allie, hadn't everyone executed at least one guy?

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[outofthequiver]

"I...I'm Liberty," said Libby, in a very small voice, definitely not her usual excited self when it came to going to classes, mostly because she was feeling all sorts of uncomfortable about the luggage she couldn't seem to escape, the most persistent of which seemed to be 'Banished' and 'Sinner', 'Brainwashed' and 'Abused' and a particularly cruel seeming 'Daddy's Little Disappointment.' It was almost enough that she thought about skipping class entirely and just hiding in her room and claiming she was sick (she just about nearly was, anyway, it wouldn't have even been a lie!), and, as she realized that that she was practically on the verge of tears, she really wished she had skipped this week.

"And I'm....mostly just trying to ignore them."

Clearly, she wasn't doing a very good job of it.

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[cassandras_sister]

Allie noted the bag, nodding her chin towards it to mouth 'Cute.'

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

"Why would visiting your brother upset him?" Anakin asked.

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[napking]

Gray scowled and shook his head.

Don't get him wrong. He would have found it way cuter if, say, it was a bag he'd actually bought to carry his stuff around and not one that had attached itself to him as a visible manifestation of his sin.

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

"Generally by not asking a lot of probing questions," Anakin said with a smile.

Ignore what he'd just done with Gray.

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[sith_happened]

"I dumped some into the ocean," Anakin offered. "But first I made sure it wouldn't float back here."

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[napking]

"Because he'd know some of these are related to the way my family treats me," Gray admitted. "Which is 'for my own good,'" he added with finger quotes, "but it still sucks to have to eavesdrop to know what's going on, because we might as well not include Gray in the family meeting, he'll just sleep through half of it anyway. And so on and so forth." Everything was fine.

After a little pause, he added, "And he might not want me to see his bags either. I don't know. Ray might not care that much."