Ethics [Monday, April 16, 5th period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was standing next to his desk watching a little girl in a pink hat coloring a picture.

He looked exhausted.

"Okay," he said when the students arrived. "This week we're scheduled to talk about the ethics of parenting. I didn't make the little ones appear!" he said quickly. "I was going to give you egg babies instead."

He pointed at the crate of eggs on his desk. "So you're still getting paired up because it's your final project for class, but I'm sure many of you have more insights on this area than you would have, oh, say, Saturday." He smiled wryly. "And I'm guessing a life of celibacy is looking fairly appealing."

He pulled out a list of names. "Anyway. Here are your parenting teams. Take an egg, name it, give it a backstory, and bring it back in one piece this time next week. Listen for your name, then pair up and chat.

Marco and Molly
Katara and Sam
Balthier and Turtle
Irulan and Dean
Walter and Valentine
Jake and Blair
Kaoru and Neil
Draco and Steerpike
John and Jaye."

Anakin smiled. "So...anyone have stories to share?"

Comments

Talk to your fake egg parent!

[sith_happened]

Pair up and figure out fake feeding schedules and who's not going to accidentally hard-boil the fake kid.

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter sat down to wait for Valentine. This seemed more than a touch redundant, not that he could fault Anakin for his scheduling. Who would have planned for sudden appearances of kids?

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine sat across from Walter, eying the egg thoughtfully.
"Are you sure we can't eat it?"

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Yes. I'm sure," Walter said, pulling a marker out of his book bag. "Unless you really want to fail this project."

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[sneerkite]

Steerpike hadn't, actually, noticed the sudden influx of kids. He'd been off the island all day yesterday, tracking down a decent mask to cover the burns on his face.

Now, though, well. He was rather amused.

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco, thankfully, hadn't had a kid pop up and impose on him this weekend. So he was also pretty amused at seeing everyone else take care of actual kids.

"So...do you want to name the egg?" said Draco.

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[sneerkite]

"Certainly," Steerpike shrugged. "How about 'Satan'?"

[ooc: Yes, it's actually canon for Steerpike to name something that.]

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco was trying to figure out what was up with the talk of the kidlets and waiting for Molly.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly went to sit by Marco. "I think any of us with a kid should be exempt from this assignment."

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

"You look kind of young to have to a kid." Marco pointed out.

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Balthier, huh? Turtle was not sniggering into her hand as she waited to pair up with him, really.

Actually, she was pretty happy with the pairing. It wasn't, like, Jake or anyone, but at least it wasn't Marco or Valentine, ugh.

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[strahl-pirate.livejournal.com]

Parenthood huh? Balthier didn't exactly have any good examples to go by.

He eyed the egg with a raised eyebrow. "What do you say? Shared custody?"

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Sure." Turtle said, chin resting on her arms folded in front of her as she stared at it. "We're naming it Alice."

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[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake was holding on to a thermos mug full of coffee while his head was firmly attached to the desk. "I am never having kids."

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"How many did you end up with?" Blair asked with a smirk.

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake lifted his head slightly to reply. "Four, but I managed to leave one with Parker. That kid was pure evil, I swear. How many did you get?"

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[likethegun]

Sam waited for Katara, and wondered if there would ever be a time that the word "children" wouldn't make him twitch.

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara sat down next to Sam and tried not to headdesk. She thought she'd left her daughters safe in the room. But that wasn't a guarantee the firebender wouldn't burn it down.

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[likethegun]

Sam really, really hoped that Maggie would be able to watch Joy without any trouble, and wondered if Anakin would let them out early. "Hey," he said. "You look like I feel. No offense."

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John? Trying to make Umberta calm the hell down. Aeryn had agreed to watch D'Argo but she refused to watch the demonspawn. Umberta, for her part, is happily skipping circles around John and hitting him with her wand.

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[fates_jaye]

Jaye's toting around two weetinies. OJ is still waving frantically at Anakin while Emily's trying to see how many Jolly Ranchers she can fit in her mouth.

"I hate everything," Jaye says. "I say we boil the damn egg. Take a stand on procreation."

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John nods grumpily at the blond demonspawn is taunting Lysander and Anakin. "For once, we agree."

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

This assignment? Totally going to be a breeze, Dean thought. Especially in comparsion of trying to run herd on the tribe of Winchester kids that they've been doing the last 24 hours or so.

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Children puzzled Irulan and whether fictional or real.

Re: Talk to your fake egg parent!

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"So did you end up with any kids?" Dean asked curiously.