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."

Comments

Re: Pair up and tell the truth

[dark_slippy_thing]

"I have the vague notion that his sort of business is the killing and pain sort." Valentine shrugged. "How in the world do you people think that faces like yours can convey any sort of expression at all? I can't tell when you're happy, or angry, or... hungry. You need a mask to show that."

Re: Pair up and tell the truth

[sneerkite]

"It's quite simple, actually. When I'm happy, I look like this."

Re: Pair up and tell the truth

[dark_slippy_thing]

"See, to me, that isn't simple. To me, that's a squishy pink mass doing something sort of... yucky, actually." He pointed briefly and subtly toward Vader. "With a face like that, you know he means business all of the time. Not the nice sort of business, either. Though I imagine there's profit to be had somewhere in looking nasty. With your face, it's just sort of..."
He shrugged. He was running out of ways to say 'your faces all look the same and I find them disgusting, put on masks, all of you.'

Re: Pair up and tell the truth

[sneerkite]

"You are a strange, sad man, and I can find no more profit in continuing our association."