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

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[gonnabeajedi.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh! I'm gonna be a Jedi and fight bad guys!" OJ says happily.

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[fates_jaye]

"He was playing with the action figures and making whoosh whoosh noises at three o'clock in the freaking morning," Jaye explains.

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[sith_happened]

Anakin kissed the top of Qui-Gon's head. "That's the time to be mediating," he scolded lightly.

For a guy who was trying to maintain a reputation as a badass, he was holding onto the kid pretty tightly.

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[fates_jaye]

"No, no, no, screw meditating," Jaye says. "Time for sleep! Three am is sleep time!"

She pauses. "Think meditating will keep them quiet? Cuz the other one is so full of sugar I don't think she'll ever sleep."

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[sugarhighomg.livejournal.com]

As if on cue, Emily spits one of the Jolly Ranchers onto the floor so she can say, "Do you have candy?"

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[sith_happened]

"No. Especially no if you spit food onto my floor," Anakin said, giving her a look.

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[sugarhighomg.livejournal.com]

"I was gonna choke," she says innocently.

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[sith_happened]

Anakin looked far from convinced. "Put it into the trash can, please."

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[sugarhighomg.livejournal.com]

Emily rolls her eyes and sighs dramatically, but she picks it up and walks it to the trash can, throwing it inside to hear it *CLONG* on the bottom.

She runs back and takes a seat, pulling out a new one and starting to unwrap it. "Done!"

Re: Talk about your totally real kids

[sith_happened]

"Thank you," Anakin said politely.