Lying and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Class #5

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Jarod was sunburned, but relaxed, as he stood in front of the class. "Hello. So, you're trying to find someone, and their trail has gone cold. Or, you're running a con, and you need to make sure you don't get caught. So, what else do you need? You need friends. Or, if not friends, confederates who won't be bought--because you have common interests, or loyalty, or they owe you a favor, or whatever."

"So, today's project is to make a list of people you would look for, if you wanted to find a missing person, or a list of people you might want to make friends with if you wanted to protect yourself. Then, I want you to explain how you would go about doing that."

He yawned. "Excuse me. Anyway, that's a short class assignment, but be prepared for next week--I'm going to want you to have an idea in mind of what kind of character you'd want to be, and next week, you'll be learning how to dress the part."

[ooc: No Jarod until 6, yadda]

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Work

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Write out your assignments, chat with each other, etc.

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi is scribbling diligently.

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker started the two lists, for missing persons, and self-protection.

1. Angelo.

Wait, no. Too hard to explain.

1. Private Detective (Angel)

Actually he was number one on both lists. But maybe 'giving souled vampire copy of prophecy, tormenting into dating blonde warlord' wasn't the kind of thing you could use more than once to make friends with someone.

How to Make Friends:

1. Bribery

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[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter started to work on his assignment. It wasn't a very good list, but it was a list. And he was working on it.

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack leaned one elbow on the desk and his head on his hand, and started work on the assignment.

The list of who he'd make friends with, and how he'd make it happen, didn't take long. Some of them he'd actually used.

The list of who he'd look for was a lot harder - except for the person at the top of the list. That one was just obvious. But he finally managed something he was happy with, handed it in, then folded his arms on the desk, rested his chin on top of them, and relaxed, waiting for class to finish.

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[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler stared at his paper for a long time.

He knew what he would do. He'd look for a guy with a broken nose and empty eyes, and trade on who that person thought he was until he got whatever he wanted.

He assumed that wasn't an option in Jarod's world, so he twirled the pen between his fingers as he waited for words to come.

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[fates_jaye]

Jaye writes her sentence, and then kind of sits there folding a piece of paper over and over. And over. And over. And over. And over. And now she can't fold anymore. New piece of paper, then.

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[multiplez]

Z knew what she would do. She would go ask an alien that lived in a dumpster and ate garbage. It seemed like Piggy knew something about everything. But she had a feeling that was not the answer Jarod was looking for, so she tried to come up with a better list.