Lying and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Class #3

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

"Hello!" Jarod waved to the gathered students. The bandage was gone from his head, but the stitches were still visible. "Today we'll be learning about how to keep a secret, and I mean a real secret here, one that someone's life is depending on, by telling the truth."

"The kicker here is that someone will be asking you questions, trying to find out what the secret is. It's your job to answer their questions as completely as possible, but to still keep that secret. Then you'll switch. You'll each pick a secret of your own, and write it down on a piece of paper before you start. Then, your partner will write down what they think the secret is when they're finished, and show it to you. I'm trusting you to tell them if they got it right."

"Also, please feel free to have some coffee, juice, fruit, and bagels," he gestured at the table behind him.

[ooc: No Jarod until 6 pm EST, pair up and have fun!]

Comments

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"You're on the right track with the family stuff," she said. "Hobbies...I fence, and read a lot. And I write for the paper. I like school. I'm weird."

Re: Class Assignment

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"Do you and your Mother argue ever? And I like to learn, so what's wrong with like school?"

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes," she admitted. "Not recently. And not many people like school like I do. I get stared at for it sometimes."

Re: Class Assignment

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"Do your arguments have to do with your secret?"

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Rory said, nodding.

Re: Class Assignment

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"Was it something you did?"

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory thought for a moment. "Yes and no. It was more about something I didn't do."

Re: Class Assignment

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

Briar grinned. "Did you not doing this thing result in the kitchen burning down?"

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"No," Rory laughed. "But that's just because I know better than to try to cook, um, ever."

Re: Class Assignment

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

Briar laughed. "I can relate. Did you break something?"

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"A promise," Rory said.

Re: Class Assignment

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"Did you promise to do something or not do something?"

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"To do something," she said, nodding.

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[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"Did you forget to pick something up for her?"

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Nope," she said, shaking her head. "It's kind of a lame secret, to be honest."

Re: Class Assignment

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"I'm running out of ideas. You forgot to do something, right?"

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory shook her head. "I didn't forget."

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[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"Did you go off with a boy?" Briar asked with a grin.

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory's blush might have been counted as an affirmative.

Re: Class Assignment

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"So your big secret is that you didn't do something for you mother and instead went off with a boy?" Briar grinned. "I think you might share that with half the female population here."

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"No, it was bad," Rory said, facepalming. "I missed her graduation ceremony because I ditched school to spend time with a guy."

Re: Class Assignment

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"Graduation ceremony? How pissed off was she?"

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"More hurt than anything. Then I grounded myself and she told me to calm down." She paused. "Graduation is what comes at the end of school - it's a ceremony that symbolizes that you're done with all the work of your education."

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[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Briar didn't ask why Rory's mother was graduation when Rory was old enough to be sneaking out with a boy. "You put yourself in trouble? You're right, you are a little...different."

Re: Class Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"I'm weird," she agreed, nodding. "Mom's kind of never been the grounding type. I deserved it, though. So there's my deep, dark secret. Go you."