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

"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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"Yeah... that's it. Man you're good at this. I always pick classes I'm not good at to improve but everyone in them seems so good at them..."

Parker grinned. "The trick is not to ask yes-or-no questions," she said, having some mercy on him. "Things that people have to deny or explain are easier. So, should I guess the specific mutation, or do you want to go back to asking me questions for a while?"

[ooc: and I go to beeed! night!]

"I think you're close enough. I'll just show you if you have a water bottle or something and you want to know." He sighs. "I'll try again on you though."

"A water bottle?" Parker blinked. "And fire away."

"Err... nevermind the water then... It's not important." He looks a bit exasperated. "Okay so... does your secret only include you?"

Filing that away and trying to make sense of it, Parker absently says, "No. Why a water bottle? Would iced tea work?"

"Uhh... I supose... It would make me a bit sticky. But sure. Dump it on me. I'll probably take a shower after anyway."

Parker's intrigued enough to grin, and hold up her iced tea. "If you're sure." She up-ended her drink over Ranma, and waited expectantly.

Soon after the tea soaks him, his appearence changes. His hair changes to a bright red and his anatomy is noticabley that of a girl's. He sighs sightly and tries to get some of the tea out of his hair. His voice as he speaks sounds higher pitched like a girl's would. "See it's not exactly an easy secret to hide."

"Holy hell. So much for any swimming you might do this summer. That's got to be a bitch to dress for." Parker blinked at Ranma wide-eyed, then grinned. "So it's not a pill, or a spell, you just-- change gender when wet? How the heck do you shower?"

"No it's not like that... It's a curse. Long story but... when I'm hit with cold water I turn into a girl. Hot water changes me back. Setsuna made me go to that 4th of July beach thing in this horrible swimsuit..." He shudders.

"I'm sorry to hear that." Parker tilted her head, studying him, and said, "You're very cute as a girl? But that does sound like an uncomfortable problem. Is there any way to break the curse?"

Ranma wants to die at being called cute as a girl. "Yeah.... I gotta find this special pond in China. I will go find it someday." He doesn't really want to mention the fact that he had an oportunity to un-curse himself with Bel's little teleporting trick but for some absurd reason didn't want to go. He's still a bit worried by the connotations of that choice...

"That sounds fairly simple, at least. No double-binding loopholes about never knowing true happiness." Parker smiled. "And it's your turn to ask questions. Unless you want to give up for now?"

The bit at the start makes him laugh. "Sorry. No I don't. I got side-tracked. Okay so it's not just about you... does it include a friend or your family?"

Parker smiled lightly. "Family. The other curse I was thinking of was Angel, who graduated in May. A vampire cursed with a soul. Rather complex and extremely frustrating." She paused. "So was the curse."

"Most curses are. I try to... ignore it. Sorry about your friend. I have one like that." John Connor he wants to say. Ugh that guy... "Family huh...Is it about your parents?"

"No." She paused, thinking. "No. And I try to stay as far away from magic as I can, not being able to work it at all. The most I've done is make sand move a micrometer with my mind. And I still think Bridge might have been helping."

"Oh and I'm not very fond of magic or anything either. Curses and things like that aren't good to me you know?" He recalls two other curses of sorts that effect him and tries to smile. Turning into a cat and having hair that grows endlessly are relatively harmless. But certainly inconvinent. "So... someone else in your family... then is it some relative... like.... a grandma or aunt or something?"

"A relative, yes." She tilted her head, smiling. "Persistence is good in this. You're doing better, I think."

"Well.. hmm... is this person in your... what's that word...? Immediate family?" He's mostly good with English, at least much better than his slop of Japanese.

"Yes," Parker said quietly. "And I'm trying to deal with my secret the way you are. Just getting used to it. Telling people."

He nods. "Hey... If it upsets you I really don't want to intrude...I feel pretty bad asking so many questions of someone I don't know that well anyway." He really doesn't want to upset her in any way. He's not good at dealing with such things.

((ooc: Ranma-mun must escape the house. The air is thick with the headache-inducing smell of enamel paint. I'll be back later tonight. like 12 or so Central time. It's been such a nice conversation though. Thanks! Please let me compliment you on your awesomeness! Later!))

"It doesn't upset me, so much as makes me think of other things that do. And I have to get used to it, so. FIre away." She smiled slightly. "Hey, you told me about your transgendering under water; it's the least I can do."

[ooc: No problema, and right back atcha!]

"So is it a sibling then?" He tries to speak gently.

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