Ethics [Monday, February 12, 5th period]

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

There was not, for once, a pissed off Lord of the Sith sweeping into the Ethics classroom.  Instead, Katara bounced in a few minutes late.

"Hi!  So Professor Vader went away and couldn't be here today.  But I was given lesson plans so we can still have class."  She grinned and looked far too pleased to be in charge.  "I know we'll miss him horribly.  We're supposed to talk about immortality today.  And what you'd give up to get it for yourself or a loved one."

Katara wrinkled her nose, then consciously lowered her voice to a deep growl and tried to mimic Vader's stalk across the room.  "Many beings have to make life-altering choices in order to avoid dying, or to try to avoid someone they love dying."  She paused, trying both not to giggle and to remember the notes she had puzzled out.  "They torture, they make pacts with the spirits, they sell their souls, they give up their faces."  Katara had the mimicry in full swing and while a 15 year old girl could only sound so much like Vader, she had the walk and was giving the voice her best shot.  "They massacre like the Fire Nation, clone themselves and try to stop time even though that's a silly idea."

She spun around, trying to be half as pretentious imposing as their teacher.  "Today we are to discuss what you would give up in order to live forever."  Katara glanced at her notes.  "And 'you wouldn't' is not an acceptable answer."

[OOC: Wait for OCD please is up!  I'm going to be going to bed in a short while, but I'll be up by 7:15 EST to play]

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Re: What Would You Do To Live Forever?

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly was just going to skip the part about arguing that she wouldn't choose to live forever.

"If I decided that I wanted to live forever, it wouldn't matter what I gave up," she said. "If I became immortal, I wouldn't be human anymore and the things I cared about as a human would no longer be important. The lives of my loved ones wouldn't matter to me anymore since I would outlive them. It would be easier to sacrifice them first and save myself the heartache of watching them all grow old and die."

Re: What Would You Do To Live Forever?

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara gave Molly a grateful look skipping over that part. "What if you were immortal because you were reborn over and over into a new life each time?"

Re: What Would You Do To Live Forever?

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly tilted her head in thought. "That would be different," she said. "Would I have to give up something in every life? I mean, if I originally agreed to give up my true love to start the whole thing, would I have to give up my true love in every life time? Because I don't think I could do that."

Re: What Would You Do To Live Forever?

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"I...don't know," Katara said thoughtfully. "I suppose...if you knew you were going to be reborn and your love or brother was going to die forever. In a way you would be." The thought made her sad.

Re: What Would You Do To Live Forever?

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Losing them repeatedly would be worse," Molly said quietly.

Re: What Would You Do To Live Forever?

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara nodded. "Yeah. It would be. Even if they weren't the same people."

Re: What Would You Do To Live Forever?

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly just nodded in agreement.