Summer Session 2, Scoobying Workshop #3, Afternoon 7/25/2006 (Main Campfire)

[soldtoarmenians]

[Roster]

This time there's a widely-spaced row of folding chairs in the open area near the main campfire. However, astute observers (AKA those with eyes) will notice that there's only enough chairs for about half the campers in the workshop. Xander waves people back to the usual logs to actually sit down after they sign in, though, leaving the chairs empty except for two rolls of tape on the seat of each. One duct, one gaffer.

He walks over and picks up both rolls from one of the chairs, holding them up in one hand. "So I'm switching the order around a bit from last session, because I just got back from a con and haven't had the chance to preplay a new pie-facing encounter just to keep things from getting too predictable. Today I thought we'd play around with a role on the team that everybody thinks is a bad one, but it can actually be an advantage if you look at it right: The One Who Always Gets Kidnapped." No, he's not looking pointedly at Dawn. Only because he doesn't know he should be looking at Dawn...

Xander waves his tape-filled hand. "I know it doesn't seem useful, since it means your team has to drop what they're doing and go and rescue the person, maybe pay a ransom or at least have to let the bad guy get away with something. I'm not saying getting kidnapped is a good thing, on its own. But.

If there's somebody in your gang who always does seem to be the one who's snatched or trapped or drugged or... lured into the house of a sexy biology teacher on a pretext that in retrospect seems unbelieveable even to them and ends up in a cage waiting to be munched on, and you know you're that person, you can do two things:

You can get good at getting away so your team doesn't have to save your ass, and you can also use the advantage of knowing somebody's gonna bean you over the head and you'll wake up in his lair. Scope out the setup. Figure out where he keeps his Doomsday Weapon, not dirty."

"Get him to go muahahahahahaha--" Xander's muahahaha is deep and booming, which y'all shuld be impressed by considering the, well, hyena-like nature of his usual laugh. "--and reveal his sekrit plans, then scraminate outta there. If you plan it ahead of time, you could even get kidnapped on purpose to put some kind of trap in place, or keep him occupied while the rest of your team storms the castle."

"So." Still holding the rolls of tape, he ticks things off on the fingers of his left hand. "You can help your team by being a spy or a distraction. You can make things easier on them by learning to rescue yourself if you didn't get kidnapped on purpose. And if nothing else, it can help you can develop your other skills by using them to try to get away. Natural talents I've seen help with this would include whining, screaming really loud, turning into pudding and okay that was only on Bitterwoman but it worked for Pudding Girl and you gotta admit you never thought that power would come in handy, and bribing the kidnapper with really good chocolate chip cookies."

"But I bet there's all kinds of things you guys can put to use, so that's what we're gonna do today - a little kidnapping roleplay, also not dirty."


[OPEN! Posted early but open for as long as people want to play this week, considering it's a partners activity.]

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[swerval_zero]

Zero Hopeless-Savage

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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

V. Cally.

Abduction ZOMG!

[soldtoarmenians]

"Everybody find yourself a partner - or groups of three are okay, if things don't come out exactly even. (Or I'm preeeeeeetty sure we might have a random passer-by who's here every week who'd be willing to help in a pinch.)

Decide who's gonna be the kidnapper and who's gonna be the One(s) Who Always Gets Kidnapped - then you get to do a little non-dirty bondage and tape your prisoner to a chair. In honor of my little sister, even if she's not in the workshop this time and as far as I know may not be coming back to Fandom, woe, because I haven't seen her yet, I'm still providing a non-duct option for the otherwise-inclined.

(I'll mosey around and make sure nobody's actually in danger here - don't cut off circulation. Also, using tape directly on the skin of excessively hairy people is just mean, yo. Which I realize most kidnappers are? But let's not get that realistic, plzkthx.)

Then the kidnappee has to use everything in their arsenal to try to get away. Lie, cheat, joke, steal doughnuts, use anthing you've learned here or stuff you already knew, as long as you don't actully bend, fold, spindle or mutilate each other.

Whether you break out or sneak out or convince the bad guy to let you go, it's all good. Bonus style points if you actually get him to reveal his evil plans before you get away. Nobody wins or loses here - it's just for fun and to see how creative you can be.

Kidnappers, you get to... well, practice your MUAHAHAHAHAHA laugh."

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[swerval_zero]

Zero looked around for somebody to kidnap her. Ha. Like one person could take her out under normal circumstances.

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge, who is not in this class, waves to Zero. "Wanna be kidnapped?"

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[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Sakurazaki has always been the one to charge in and rescue those being kidnapped (well, except that one time, but the enemy had used a naked Ojou-sama against her, which was totally playing dirty), so she looks around eagerly for someone who might want to let her play the part of the kidnapee for a change.

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker hasn't talked to Sakurasaki since the time she fell asleep in the common room, so she shrugs and walks over. "Hi. Kidnapper or kidnapped? I have no real preference."

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[chasingangela]

Angela cannot imagine a circumstance when she would be the kidnapper. Ever. So she looks around to see if anyone is willing to kidnap her.

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[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie walked over to Angela.

"Hey, do you wanna pair up?" she asked. "I'm Marie, by the way. And I think someone told me your name is really Angela?"

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter to Isabel if she's the kidnapper or the kidnappee. She waited for someone to pair up with.

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[dorky-broots.livejournal.com]

"Hey, need a partner?"

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn automatically took a seat in one of the chairs and waited for someone to kidnap her. She figured it was probably best to go with her strengths.

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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally walked over and waved at Dawn. "Lookin' for a kidnapper?"

Talk to Xander

[soldtoarmenians]

What it says, yay, if you so desire.

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow was there, still looking a tiny bit on the tired side, but otherwise okay. As she waited for Xander, she kept an eye out in case anyone needed an extra partner.

[ooc: ping here if that last instance turns out to be true]

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[soldtoarmenians]

Xander, on the other hand, was looking like somebody'd smacked him upside the head with a ten pound bag of chocolate - vaguely concussed, but not exactly unhappy about it. "Hey not-here girl," he said, smiling.

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge is here and despite the non-bounciness of yesterday, is looking pretty damned bouncy today.

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[soldtoarmenians]

Xander is looking kinda goofy whenever he glances in that direction. Funny, that.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

It's been a while since Isabel had talked to her former roomie. So she waved when he walked past. "Hey stranger!"

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[soldtoarmenians]

"Hey, yourself!" Xander grinned at her, a tad dorkily. Not that he'd stopped grinning a tad dorkily for most of the workshop, granted. "I hear somebody wrote your name across the sky - what, you can't get voicemail like the rest of us?"

OOC

[soldtoarmenians]

Ded from Writercon, omg. Wish I'd brought all my fellow FH peoples home in my pocket!

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

I HAD BREAKFAST WITH YOU THIS MORNING OMG!

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[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Those would have had to have been mighty big pockets.

*clings*

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[mycanonhatesme]

*clings* We shall have to meet again, hopefully before another two years have passed. :)