[UA] Lavomancy

[Matthew Rowan Norwood]

> I Remain Clean By Exposing The Filth In Others:  The adept
> maintains cleanliness by soiling others.  He washes his
> hands constantly and keeps his nose out of trouble but
> gossips fiercely about other people and besmirches their
> reputations.  Physical filth inflicted on others is good
> too.
> 
> I Must Make The World A Cleaner Place By Absorbing Its
> Filth:  This is, I believe, closer to someone else's idea
> of a school.  The adept is obsessed over cleaning
> everything except himself.  Naturally, he has to get clean
> at some point.  If he washes someone's car, he's not likely
> to stay filthy himself.  However, he cleanses everything
> physcially, emotionally, and psychologically by being an
> odious turd.  He brings out the better in others by being
> the worst.  He insults someone, which brings that person's
> family out in support of the someone.  Likely, this person
> could get beaten up quite a bit.

Wonderful. Much more lucid than my responses. And the first idea is much
more evocative of the kinds of personalities who might use this
school... has anyone seen "Serial Mom"? This is the perfect school for
the "beautiful crowd" or the "perfect suburban housewife" who spreads
gossip about everyone else.

-Matt Norwood

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