Ethics [Thursday, November 9, 6th period]

[sith_happened]

Vader swept into the room and slammed the door behind him as usual.

"Immortality," he intoned, pacing in front of the class, mental walls incredibly strong. On this topic most of all, he had no interest in students poking around in his head. "Many beings have made life-altering choices in order to avoid dying, or to try to avoid someone they love dying. They've broken under torture, they've made pacts with powerful beings, they've sold their souls like a commodity. They've cloned themselves, murdered thousands, created machines to stop the passage of time."

Vader's cape billowed out around him as he turned. "Today's discussion is not about why all sentient and mortal beings seem to fear death. Today, you shall discuss what you would be prepared to give up if it would guarantee that you would live forever."

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Re: What would you do to live forever?

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"I'm not saying it's an easy choice," Rory said. "But you don't know what you're doing when you mess with things like that. You can't anticipate what'll happen down the road."

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[sith_happened]

"Of course I can," Vader replied. "I am Sith."

Not that Rory had asked that...

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"If you get your visions like Jedi do, then it's not very clear," she replied, crossing her arms. "The Force shows all possibilites, no matter how remote. You can't absolutely predict the future."

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[sith_happened]

"Sith can," Vader snapped. "We are more powerful than the Jedi."

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"No, just more evil and, thanks to you, more alive."

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[sith_happened]

"Perhaps they should have tried cheating death," Vader snarked back.

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"No, being smart, they wouldn't," she replied.

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[sith_happened]

"Really," Vader said dryly. "And if you could have changed the fate of your Jedi, would you? If you could tell him what was coming for him?"

Vader was an evil son of a bitch.

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory was quiet for a long, long moment.

"I would have saved him," she finally said. "If I could. The choice would have been his, though." She shrugged a little helplessly. "He died fighting. I'm not sure Anakin would want to stay alive if it meant he couldn't do what he loved."

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[sith_happened]

"Skywalker wasn't nearly as noble as you're remembering him," Vader replied, then moved on to the next student.