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!]

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Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Elizabeth, hi!" he replied, suddenly thinking that maybe this might not be so bad. "Nice to see you, want to be my partner, and do I get a hug?"

Re: Class Assignment

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth grinned. "Yes and yes," she said, leaning over to wrap her arm around his shoulders. "How you doing?"

Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I'm good, much better now," he said, returning the hug with enthusisasm. "How did you survive the weekend?"

Re: Class Assignment

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth groaned. "With flowers and begging for forgiveness," she admitted.

Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

He smiled sympathetically. "Yeah, there's a lot of that going around. But you got it sorted out?" he asked, and then had to add, "And you know it wasn't really Sam's fault, right?"

Re: Class Assignment

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth grinned. "Yeah, it's my own for not knowing better than to eat her cooking," she said, winking. She nodded, blushing slightly. "All sorted out."

Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Okay, excellent." Jack grinned hugely at her. "So, want to try and guess my secret?"

Re: Class Assignment

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Okay, let's see," said Elizabeth, nodding; her cheeks still tinged slightly pink. "Hmm, underneath your playboy exterior all you really want to do is settle down and get married and have a family?" she laughed, winking at him.

Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack dramatically clutched a hand to his chest. "That's it! You've uncovered my secret dream!" he proclaimed. "How ever will I go on?" Laughing, he shook his head. "Except not quite."

Re: Class Assignment

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth giggled. "Okay, is your secret to do with you and you alone?" she asked.

Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Now, really, what are the chances of anything to do with me not involving at least one other person?" He smiled innocently. "So I'm going to go with no on that one."

Re: Class Assignment

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth grinned. "Pretty small, but I thought I'd better check anyway. Does it involve one or more other persons?"

Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"More than one." Jack's grin? Halfway between pure smirk and pure smug.

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[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"At the same time?" asked Elizabeth, smirking herself.

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Yup."

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[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Do I know these people?" asked Elizabeth curiously.

Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I'd be very surprised if you did."

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[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Okay, so it's about you and several other people from when you weren't in Fandom?" said Elizabeth.

Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Eyes twinkling, he nodded. "You're on exactly the right track."

Re: Class Assignment

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Mm, is it sexual in nature?" she asked, still grinning.

Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Eventually, but it didn't start out that way." Winking, he added, "I was pretty sure it was going to, though."

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[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth laughted. "Did they start out in a position of power over you?"

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I have to say yes, they did. They definitely held the upper hand." He couldn't hold back a snicker, but he quickly got it under control. "Again, I didn't know it, though."

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[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Why didn't you know that?" asked Elizabeth, tilting her head curiously.

Re: Class Assignment

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Because they didn't tell me?" he offered, being a smart ass. "Because there was no way that I could tell they had the upper hand when we started. I didn't figure it out until about halfway through."