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fandomhigh2024-02-09 09:35 am
died8yearsago) wrote in fandomhigh2024-02-09 09:35 am
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So You Want to Be a Detective; Friday, First Period [02/09].
When the class got into the danger shop that morning, they'd find it set up to be a very familiar place. A bar, in fact, where everyone might possibly know your name. No, not that one, but Caritas, because, let's face it, it's a small town, who doesn't know everyone's name here unless you were Rosa and actually actively made sure to forget most people's names?
For example, if it weren't for this class activity that required her to know them, she wouldn't even know what half the people in her class were named. Probably.
Anyway, not only might the bar seem somewhat familiar, but the set-up might be familiar, too. In that there were tables set around and a big timer/gong/buzzer/whatever means that never seemed to clearly defined to signify rounds.
Oh, yeah. This was speed-dating.
"So," Rosa said, smirking at any sign of recognition or realization on her students' face, "sometimes, when you're a detective trying to suss out information, you have to go undercover in situations you might not normally be in, trying to fit in while still digging up what you need to know. And, in the spirit of Valentine's Day coming up next week, we're throwing you into a little scenario of speed dating, where you all are trying to figure out which of your fellow daters," her finger danced almost accusingly around the room at everyone, "is cheating on their partner who has hired you to find out if they are, in fact, cheating. You don't know who this person's partner is, so you have to try and be subtle, because if you make it too obvious, they'll do a run for it. We'll do four rounds, three minutes each, and see what you can get out of them in that time and we'll get back together at the end and start pointing fingers.
"Any questions before we begin, other than 'do I have to?' in which case the answer is, yes, you do."
For example, if it weren't for this class activity that required her to know them, she wouldn't even know what half the people in her class were named. Probably.
Anyway, not only might the bar seem somewhat familiar, but the set-up might be familiar, too. In that there were tables set around and a big timer/gong/buzzer/whatever means that never seemed to clearly defined to signify rounds.
Oh, yeah. This was speed-dating.
"So," Rosa said, smirking at any sign of recognition or realization on her students' face, "sometimes, when you're a detective trying to suss out information, you have to go undercover in situations you might not normally be in, trying to fit in while still digging up what you need to know. And, in the spirit of Valentine's Day coming up next week, we're throwing you into a little scenario of speed dating, where you all are trying to figure out which of your fellow daters," her finger danced almost accusingly around the room at everyone, "is cheating on their partner who has hired you to find out if they are, in fact, cheating. You don't know who this person's partner is, so you have to try and be subtle, because if you make it too obvious, they'll do a run for it. We'll do four rounds, three minutes each, and see what you can get out of them in that time and we'll get back together at the end and start pointing fingers.
"Any questions before we begin, other than 'do I have to?' in which case the answer is, yes, you do."
Re: Round One: Irene Adler/Amaya Blackstone - SYWTBAD, 02/09.
(The fact that it didn't even occur to her that the first pairings were very clearly just based on alphabetical order as they all would appear on the roster was a good indication of just how badly some people actually did need this class).
But she had to remind herself that not only was this not a real 3MD, but her goal was strictly to find out information and not just try to use it as a business opportunity, as was her natural inclination in this setting. So enjoy this opportunity to witness Amaya attempting to be flirty with you, Irene, as if you were a stranger, as if she would ever be flirty with a stranger while all the while being very aware of the fact that you were about as far away from a stranger to her as anyone would probably ever get.
"Well, I could ask you," she drawled, and it all sounded very comfortable, very normal, really!, "the same question, but I'd reckon we'd have just about same answer. Why does anyone show up to a bar on a Friday....morning but to hopefully get to know someone a little better?"