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Adventuring Survival Tactics, Period 4, A Classroom, 2/16/07
The Doctor had beanbags in the classroom again. He gestured everyone in, then, when everyone was situated. He shut the door, turned, and began to speak.
"I've blown up planets, stabbed, shot, maimed, manipulated, lied, cheated, stolen, and a mess of other fiddly things that, when you don't look at the big picture, sound really, really bad. Now do not interpret what I'm saying as 'the ends justify the means' because that's just bollocks, that. What I'm saying is, the world isn't black and white. Hell, it isn't even grayscale or sepia tone. You can say 'I'll never kill a man, ever', but when he's coming at you, slavering spit and blood red eyes, large sharp rock gripped in his calloused hands, well, you do what you can to make sure he doesn't brutalize your skull into a pulp, don't you?"
He paused to let that sink in. "I've rigged ATMs to spit out free money, because I needed it to get by. I've lied to those I've loved, manipulated them so I could destroy great evil. Did that make it right? Well, I can't say anymore. I've had to deal with the lawes of millions of governments, counties, countries, planets, and even the laws of time. And you know what? I've probably bent almost all, if not broken them completely. And this is not me telling you all to go out and knock over a bank, or lie to those in authority. It's to tell you one thing."
He grinned.
"It's easy to pass judgement, but even harder to apply the rules to yourself. Forgive and forget, nice concept. Forgive and remember, that's, reality, that. I'm also saying that you can't prescribe your values on anyone else. You're all very young people, and I'm the only one here qualified to make those sorts of calls. And no, I'm not getting holier-than-thou, as that would imply I think myself holy. No. I'm just simply better than all of you. Sucks to hear, doesn't it? Eventually, you'll probably go on to do great things. You all have tons of potential, beautiful shining potential. Me, I've done lots of dark things, as I said. I've also saved the entire human race on countless ocassions. If it weren't for me, life itself would never have started on this silly rock, and you apes wouldn't have even gotten into trees, let alone came down from them."
His grin turned to a smirk.
"And now, a practical example. The Key to Time, an artifact in six pieces, scattered through the universe. I gathered them, and you know what they did, once all assembled? The power of a god. And not like that Ares and Hades chaps, oh no. At that moment, the entire universe could change itself according to my will. So, here we go. What would you do if you had that power? If anyone wants to ask after class, I'll let you know what I did. But I think I'd like to hear what you all have to say on the matter."
[ooc: Sorry for lateness. Windows spontaneously rebooted overnight and killed the unsaved text file I had of the partially written class.Wait for OCD, danke Huzzah! OCD Up!]
"I've blown up planets, stabbed, shot, maimed, manipulated, lied, cheated, stolen, and a mess of other fiddly things that, when you don't look at the big picture, sound really, really bad. Now do not interpret what I'm saying as 'the ends justify the means' because that's just bollocks, that. What I'm saying is, the world isn't black and white. Hell, it isn't even grayscale or sepia tone. You can say 'I'll never kill a man, ever', but when he's coming at you, slavering spit and blood red eyes, large sharp rock gripped in his calloused hands, well, you do what you can to make sure he doesn't brutalize your skull into a pulp, don't you?"
He paused to let that sink in. "I've rigged ATMs to spit out free money, because I needed it to get by. I've lied to those I've loved, manipulated them so I could destroy great evil. Did that make it right? Well, I can't say anymore. I've had to deal with the lawes of millions of governments, counties, countries, planets, and even the laws of time. And you know what? I've probably bent almost all, if not broken them completely. And this is not me telling you all to go out and knock over a bank, or lie to those in authority. It's to tell you one thing."
He grinned.
"It's easy to pass judgement, but even harder to apply the rules to yourself. Forgive and forget, nice concept. Forgive and remember, that's, reality, that. I'm also saying that you can't prescribe your values on anyone else. You're all very young people, and I'm the only one here qualified to make those sorts of calls. And no, I'm not getting holier-than-thou, as that would imply I think myself holy. No. I'm just simply better than all of you. Sucks to hear, doesn't it? Eventually, you'll probably go on to do great things. You all have tons of potential, beautiful shining potential. Me, I've done lots of dark things, as I said. I've also saved the entire human race on countless ocassions. If it weren't for me, life itself would never have started on this silly rock, and you apes wouldn't have even gotten into trees, let alone came down from them."
His grin turned to a smirk.
"And now, a practical example. The Key to Time, an artifact in six pieces, scattered through the universe. I gathered them, and you know what they did, once all assembled? The power of a god. And not like that Ares and Hades chaps, oh no. At that moment, the entire universe could change itself according to my will. So, here we go. What would you do if you had that power? If anyone wants to ask after class, I'll let you know what I did. But I think I'd like to hear what you all have to say on the matter."
[ooc: Sorry for lateness. Windows spontaneously rebooted overnight and killed the unsaved text file I had of the partially written class.
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