Stealth and Deception #7, Cafe Fina, Wednesday Morning

[badassbutler.livejournal.com]

Recieving a handwaved e-mail to appear at Cafe Fina, the students found themselves a lavish breakfast spread. Alfred sat at the head of the table and motioned for them all to sit.


"Good morning. Welcome to our last class. It was brought to my attention recently that some of you, those who already have training in Stealth and Deception, have been somewhat bored by this class. That, since I am teaching only the basics, you are being taught things you already know. I apologize for this, but I was expecting that the people who signed up would be less taught in the skill and I did not want to leave behind those that were beginners."

He shrugged. "Now, however, I would like to draw upon that skill. If you are one of the people I have perviously mentioned, please, stand up and share with the class an important detail or aspect of Stealth and Deception that you believe I may have missed. Or, if you are a beginner, now is an ideal time to ask any burning questions you may have."

"Thank you for coming to signing up for this class and staying in it, and I hope that it was both enlightning and entertaining for you. I certainly enjoyed teaching you all."

Comments

Experienced Advice

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If you know something, say it

Re: Experienced Advice

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Break up the pattern of your movement." Pippi piped up. "If you aren't sure you can't keep from making noise while you walk, at least make it sound like something other then somebody walking... Or swimming. When people who are on watch hear a noise, they listen for repetition and patterns."

Re: Experienced Advice

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia didn't stand up, and was, in fact, staying pretty low in her chair and keeping an eye on the windows, but she spoke up nonetheless.

"One of the most important things I've learned is that your confidence is key in an undercover or infiltration situation. You can have the best disguise in the world, but if you look like you're nervous, people will notice you and question why you're there. Unless you're trying to be noticed, like in a distraction situation, you want to be as confident as possible. Look like you know you belong there and people are much less likely to question whether or not you do."

Re: Experienced Advice

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"People have certain expectations based on what they see when they look at you." Walter looked down at his own attire. "You can use that to your advantage when you have no choice but to be seen. Right now, people look at most of us and see kids and think certain things. Or domestic staff - people who have domestics often start to see them as part of the furniture after a while."

Which just went to show that money did not always equate to intelligence.