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

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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]

Comments

Re: What Kind of Friends?

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

D's list of people to contact for the missing included the person's current friends, family, employer, employees, teachers and schoolmates, and people from the person's past.

Her list of people to 'friend' included the rich, the powerful, the practical and the knowledgeable. In short, she included nearly everyone she could think of because you never knew who would be able to help in the end - whichever end that may be.