Scoobying Workshop #2, Afternoon 5/30/2006 (Main Campfire)

[soldtoarmenians]

[Roster]

There are drinks set out on a folding table near the unlit campfire, and a couple of baskets filled with apples, oranges, and bananas, because sometimes you have to balance out all the doughnuts/twinkies/s'mores, after all. There's also a cardboard box at each end of the table, as yet unopened. Xander is standing in front of the table handing out cups.

"You'll probably each want something to drink, because I'm gonna make you talk, and some of you might be the type to get dry throats when you do this kind of talking.

Last week we looked at one specific job someone might have on a team; this time, we'll go with a skill that can be useful for anybody when you're trying to support your fellow Scooby-types -- or your flashy superpowered leader, if you have one. I figure we'll probably switch back and forth between those two things each week for most of the workshop, and look at putting them together towards the end.

So what skill comes in really handy when you're trying to investigate a crime, stop the bad guys, rescue the princess or otherwise save the day for goodness, justice, puppies, and truth?

The ability to lie your ass off.

I know that sounds kind of contradicty, like 'jumbo shrimp' or 'bad pie,' and some of you guys may not be down with bending the truth until it squeaks, but the fact is that sometimes you' might have to, at least for a while. You may need to cover for your friend with the secret identity, or your entire group that just cut class to go slay vampires dragons, or yourself, if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time. And hey, maybe you'll get lucky enough not to need it -- but it's a skill you should have, just in case."

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[OPEN! Take your shoes off; set a spell.]

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[dbiers.livejournal.com]

D'ann Jamie Madrox

Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[soldtoarmenians]

So here's the game, which I completely cop to lifting...uh I mean, didn't remotely steal, from our esteemed and crazy ex-dean and journalism professor Spider Jerusalem. He was trying to teach us how to spot other people telling whoppers, though, and I want you guys to work on being good liars.

Everybody go around the circle, introduce yourself, and tell us two true things and one convincing lie. To make it more fun and let people get to know each other better, though, they should all be about something you did during the week since the last workshop.

(If you weren't here for the last workshop, or happened to be stuck in a Pokeball locker somewhere for the last few weeks, feel free to reach back a little further and make them about stuff you did since you got to Fandom Island, or even before that.)

Once people have done that, get up, mingle and go around trying to guess which of each person's statements is the lie. Give your reasoning, so the liar can get some feedback on how to make them more believable if you guessed right, or what they're doing right if you guessed wrong. Try not to read the answers eavesdrop on each other's guesses before you made your own, though.

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[Or, in practical terms: everybody reply to this with a comment containing your three statements. Then reply to each other's statements with your guesses; you don't actually need to wait until everybody's made all their statements. Let people know if they guessed right or wrong, and carry on the discussions for as long as you like.]

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[nadiathesaint]

If there was one thing Nadia was skilled at, it was lying. "Let's see,
1. On Saturday I met a talking moose and a talking squirrel in the woods.
2. On Sunday, I had a delicious brunch at Luke's.
3. And Yesterday, I did absolutely nothing very interesting at all."

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie thinks carefully before revealing his statements.

1. I'm the result of genetic tinkering of a mad scientist from an alternate reality.
2. I grew up in Kansas on a farm.
3. I totally made out with Nadia's boyfriend this morning in the First Aid workshop.

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[pitifulcatdemon.livejournal.com]

Shiro pulled at the cap covering his ears. Two truths and a lie? Somehow that seemed easier then it actually was:

"1-I know the king of Hell personally
2-I get along fantasticlly with my roommate
3-I'm a demon"

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair spent a lot of time thinking over what he had done last week before answering.

1. I got two new pets last week.
2. I made my cabinmates sing Kumbayah.
3. I meditated outside.

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[multiplez]

Z can lie like a lying thing when she has to.

"One: My best friend is in jail. Two: I turned seventeen on Sunday. Three: I asked my karate teacher for his autograph."

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Lying is what a Slytherin does best. Or that was what Draco liked to think.

1. My family with worth millions.
2. I got kicked out of my old school.
3. I've been viciously attacked by a wild animal before.

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

1) I was late to work last week.

2) I wrote a letter home last week

3) I made s'mores at my campfire last week.

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

D gazed down at her flip-flops while she marshaled her thoughts zomg crashination and foreign coffee! then said,

"One, I caused someone to take flight from my cabin just by introducing myself.
Two, I lost half of my socks thanks to my dresser being invaded by soup cans.
Three, I helped one of my cabinmates conquer a crafty balloon."

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[smartestone]

Hermione has to think a bit. Also, she's not the best liar.

"1. My parents are both dentists.
2. I once turned into a cat, sort of.
3. I failed two exams last year."

Just saying the third one almost makes her hyperventilate.

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Ummmm," Rory said, frowning. Lying? Not so much with being her strong point.

"1. My dog flies,
2. A deer once hit my car,
3. I had ancestors on the Mayflower."

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

1. I spent a day at the beach.
2. I interfered with someone else's love life.
3. My commanding officer is a 7-foot-tall talking bipedal blue dog.

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordelia thought for a moment before speaking.
"Okay. 1. I haven't slept in my cabin since we moved down here.
2. I missed half of last semester due to home dimension obligations.
3. I've been kidnapped by vampires."

Re: Tell Each Other Sweet Little Lies

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

1. I have no idea why the stickbugs keep going on about underwear.
2. I think Meerkats rule.
3. I'm not planning on turning in pictures of rainbow stickbugs to Veronica.

Chat Amongst Yourselves

[soldtoarmenians]

Talk, pass notes, skywrite, whatever, about stuff not directly related to the telling of naughty untruths. Unless you feel like being naughty with each other. But not like that. Any of that and I'll at least ask you to leave and go find yourselves a shack someplace.

How Well Did You Do?

[soldtoarmenians]

Count up how many people guessed correctly. Or fudge it if you're tired of waiting around for enough people to sign in to make the count. There's sixteen people in this workshop in theory so if it's eight or less, you're doing a pretty good job for a beginner; grab yourself a t-shirt from the box to the left of the table. If it's more than eight, you probably need some more practice, so while you're working on that, grab a t-shirt from the box to the right of the table to help you lull people into a false sense of security.

Re: How Well Did You Do?

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia grabbed a shirt from the box on the left (since five people had guessed wrong and if the class has twelve people, that made it mathematically impossible for 8 or more to guess right). She read the shirt. Three times. And thought about what it meant.

And her brain exploded.

Re: How Well Did You Do?

[pitifulcatdemon.livejournal.com]

Wahoo, free stuff! Now that was something Shiro could get his mind around.

He snagged a t-shirt for himself. And then, becuase he sorta felt bad, he snagged a frog one for James.

Re: How Well Did You Do?

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge bounces over to the table and grabs a t-shirt from the box on the left. And totally beams when he sees what colour the shirts are.

Re: How Well Did You Do?

[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordy sulkily picked up a tshirt from the right, and noted that the colour totally didn't match her complexion at all and she would never wear it.

"I'll send it to Wesley," she muttered. "They can use it to wrap wounds or clean up blood spills or something.

WTF IS WRONG WITH ME. You saw nothing.

Re: How Well Did You Do?

[multiplez]

Z grabbed a shirt from the box on the left and bounced off. Yay, free clothes!

Talk to Xander

[soldtoarmenians]

What it says! If you need/want to, before during, or after.

Re: Talk to Xander

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

There may have been a Willow waaaaaaaaay in the back.

She may have been holding up a sign written on notebook paper which read "I am not actually here."

She may have also waved excitedly to Xander if he happened to look in her direction.

OOC

[soldtoarmenians]

1. I do not like sausages.
2. My favorite color is green.
3. I am not bugnuts.

Re: OOC

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

1. This class is pure crack!
2. I love it!
3. I did not have Chinese food for lunch.