Ethics [Thursday, September 13]

[sith_happened]

"Today we discuss lying," Anakin said as he closed the classroom door precisely on time. "Everyone lies. 'Of course that doesn't make your butt look big.' 'You like her, I like her.' 'I'm totally okay with you moving on.' 'Everything's fine, why do you ask?' It's how the world goes around because no one wants to be trapped in a conversation where someone whines at you for hours on end about how awful their life is."

He looked around the room. "Trust me. Everyone's life is terrible. They're just not telling you about it. Be grateful."

He reached onto his desk for a piece of paper. "Today we're conducting an exercise to see how well you pass this particular social ritual, then we'll discuss whether you think it is necessary. We're playing two truths and a lie. I'll tell you three things about myself and you have to decide which one is the falsehood. Then you'll all tell three things and we'll see how well you can either read each other or keep things hidden."

He gave them a small smile. "I'm very good at this." He schooled his face to absolute neutrality, put his mental blocks up to bar the Jedi in the room from gaining an advantage, then recited: "I've never been beaten in one-on-one space flight combat. I'm not afraid of anything. I named my children after people I met in Fandom." His eyes challenged them to call him out. "Who's next?"

Comments

Two truths and a lie

[sith_happened]

Ping in with your three things and everyone else can guess.

Re: Two truths and a lie: Anakin Skywalker

[sith_happened]

"I've never been beaten in one-on-one space flight combat. I'm not afraid of anything. I named my children after people I met in Fandom." Which one, based on what your character knows about Anakin, seems not to fit?

Re: Two truths and a lie: Anakin Skywalker

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Irulan assessed what she knew of Anakin, he was a brilliant pilot so there was merit to his boast about never losing and his attitude about certain things reminded her of battle hardened Saudukars so she could also believe that he feared nothing so that left...

"You lied about naming your children after the people you met in Fandom."

Re: Two truths and a lie: Anakin Skywalker

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"How can someone not be afraid of anything?" John asked, rather than taking a guess.

Re: Two truths and a lie: Anakin Skywalker

[solo_sword]

Jaina had had every intention of keeping herself just that much more guarded, because after her conversation with Luke, she wanted to at least try and listen objectively. That third thing surprised her, though, and also might have broken her brain a little trying to figure it out if her brain wasn't already a veteran of wars with Fandom timeline weirdness.

"The second one," she said.

Re: Two truths and a lie: Anakin Skywalker

[jedi-qui.livejournal.com]

Qui-Gon tilted his head to the side and regarded Anakin. "Everyone is afraid of something," he said.

Re: Two truths and a lie: Anakin Skywalker

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

With most people, lies were so easy to see through, depsit how good people where in guarding their expression, but Anakin gave nothing away, not even to her. "There's always something to fear," she said quietly.

Re: Two truths and a lie: Anakin Skywalker

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"To live without fear is to not live," Aravis said quietly. "I don't believe that's true."

Re: Two truths and a lie: Anakin Skywalker

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

"The second one," Sora nodded. Because everyone was afraid of something.

Re: Two truths and a lie: Anakin Skywalker

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"That's FOUR things," Sokka said, having mistakenly counted 'I'm very good at this' as one of Skywalker's statements. "...So... the fact that you were going to tell us three things was the lie?"

Re: Two truths and a lie

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

"I'm going to be the Empress of the Known Universe. I love headdresses. I interact with people very well." Irulan clasped her hands and waited for anyone to contradict her.

Re: Two truths and a lie

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River smiled mysteriously. "I corrected my older brother's spelling when I was three. I've won prices for my apple sculptures. I can kill you with my brain."

Re: Two truths and a lie

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

"I have never missed a target with my bow. I have kissed the King of Briton. I once raided a prison."

Re: Two truths and a lie

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I'm bad at math. I've played golf since I was six. I'm scared of clowns." John slouched back in his seat and waited to hear what people thought.

Re: Two truths and a lie

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Um, I can't cook, I've never worn leather pants and...I've never been bitten by a gremlin," Gavin said. They were lame but it was all he could think of.

Re: Two truths and a lie

[solo_sword]

"I've helped stop a government coup. I've never actually flown in battle. I can fix just about anything you put in front of me."

Re: Two truths and a lie

[henryoredward.livejournal.com]

"I come from a reputable family," Henry said, thinking as he spoke, "I have a tendency to work very hard on projects, and the things I do tend to turn out very well."

Hmm. There was a bit of truth in the lie, but it was so overwhelmingly incorrect when taken in a general sense, Henry thought it fit.

Re: Two truths and a lie

[jedi-qui.livejournal.com]

Qui-Gon considered for a moment and then spoke carefully. "I have never questioned my calling to be a Jedi. My earliest clear memory is of a rock. I have never been in a bar fight."

Re: Two truths and a lie

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I've been married, my best friend is a prince, and I've killed someone," Aravis said quietly, waiting to see who would get it.

Re: Two truths and a lie

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

"My brother used to be a suit of armor, he and I tried to bring back our mother after she died, my arm and leg are made out of metal," Ed said, fiddling with the glove on his right hand.

Re: Two truths and a lie

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

Sora had to think a moment. "Uhh... I traveled the universe with a three foot talking duck and a five foot talking dog thing. I got turned into a monster once and my two best friends are girls."

Re: Two truths and a lie

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

"I'll make this easy," Sokka said.

"I can hit a moving target with a boomerang at a hundred paces. I've stolen from the library of the Great Knowledge Spirit. And I've got a cute ponytail."

Re: Two truths and a lie

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"I'm Canadian, I'm deathly allergic to peanuts, and I built an atomic bomb in grade six," Rodney smirked a little as he finished speaking.

Re: Two truths and a lie

[sound-loyalty.livejournal.com]

Kabuto shrugged, smiling slightly. "I've never passed the Chuunin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto_ninja_ranks#Chunin) exams. I'm nearly blind without my glasses. I'm second-in-command to one of the most hunted ninja of all time." He settled back, feeling a little bit smug.

Re: Two truths and a lie

[honoraryphd.livejournal.com]

"I changed my last name to sound much more threatening, I've lead a rebellion, and I remember my entire life, even when I was in the womb," Victor said.