Ethics [Monday, January 15, 5th period]

[sith_happened]

Precisely on time, Darth Vader swept into the room and slammed the door firmly behind him.

"Today we talk about lying," he said, his masked face scanning the faces in front of him as he prowled around the classroom.

"Everyone lies," he stated flatly. "To hide things, to manipulate others, to avoid...unpleasantness." There was a definite hint of scorn in his voice at that last example. "In class today, you are required to pair up and only tell the truth." His cape whirled behind him. "And I can tell if you are not. Such disobedience will result in detention."

He paused for a moment. "And I don't believe in that axiom where if you cannot say something nice, you don't say anything at all. I do not require you to be nice. I require you to be honest." He glanced down at the student roster. "If everyone comes to class today, there will be an odd number. That final person will be interrogated by me."

He crossed his arms over his chest, his mechanical breathing the only sound for a moment. "Name. Place of birth. Classes you are taking," he barked out. "Proceed from there."

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Re: Talk to Vader after class

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara came up to Vader after class. "Did you blow up a planet?" she asked, getting right to the point.

Re: Talk to Vader after class

[sith_happened]

Vader stared down at her. "I did."

He hadn't done anything to stop it, after all.

Re: Talk to Vader after class

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Why?" she asked. She hoped the answer was going to be something rational even though she couldn't think of one.

Re: Talk to Vader after class

[sith_happened]

"It was an interrogation tactic," Vader said. "We required information. We provided an incentive to tell the truth." Pause. "Then we followed through on our threat."

And if that wasn't a terrifying thought...

Re: Talk to Vader after class

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

She stared, aghast. "And the lives of lots of innocent people were fair payment for this 'information?' I guess you did it because your focus determined your reality?" She sounded sarcastic at that last.

Re: Talk to Vader after class

[sith_happened]

"Her focus determined that reality," Vader snarled. "If she had given us what we wanted to know, that wouldn't have happened."

Another pause. "Probably."

He crossed his arms over his chest. "And don't dare to judge my methods."

Re: Talk to Vader after class

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"You're blaming the person you were interrogating for your actions?" she asked in disbelief. "I don't have to judge your methods. It's obvious."

Re: Talk to Vader after class

[sith_happened]

"Detention," Vader snapped.

He was in that kind of a mood today.