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?

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"It would depend on what you mean by live forever," Jack said. "Do you mean never age? Or would you just keep getting older but never die. Because I only want to live forever if I can stay young and pretty."

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[sith_happened]

"Force forbid you become unattractive," Vader said sarcastically. "So would you find death preferable to...say...looking as I do?"

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack shrugged. "I have no idea what you look like under all that, so it's not really a fair question."

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[sith_happened]

"This is how I look," Vader growled. "It doesn't come off."

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Then yeah, I think I probably would. What's the point of life if you can't experience it fully? Taste and touch and the freedom to, to, I don't know, run naked through the school." Jack hesitated, then added, "If you can't have that, it's not really living, anyway. It's just not dying."

Re: What would you do to live forever?

[sith_happened]

"Not everyone's life can be so...fulfilling," Vader replied after too long a pause, then stalked off to harass a different student.