fandomhigh | Prophecy in Theory and Practice, Tuesday Second Period (11/27)

The usual arrangement of breakfast food and hot drinks was laid out, and as soon as all were present, Aziraphale began his lecture.

"Today's topic is on the ethics of prophecy. Specifically, the difference between 'knowing' and 'telling'. Some people believe that a seer is obligated to share his or her information, especially with the subject of a prophecy, or when the outcome of the prophecy is negative. Others feel that knowledge of the future is like any other kind of knowledge, and is the property of the seer to do with as he or she desires.

"What I want all of you to discuss is this: Are seers obligated to inform the subjects of their prophecies? Are they ethically responsible for the outcome of a subject's actions, once informed? Or, are they ethically responsible for the outcome if a subject is not informed?"

Once the discussion was finished, Aziraphale handed around a set of runes to each student, along with a handout on rune casting. "Your hands-on activity today is to practice rune casting, either for yourself or for a partner."

[ooc: ~~Please wait for the~~ OCD is up and class is in session.]

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"Are seers obligated to inform the subjects of their prophecies? Are they ethically responsible for the outcome of a subject's actions, once informed? Or, are they ethically responsible for the outcome if a subject is not informed?"

Alone or choose a partner.

After they ping in.

Ask questions during class, or catch him afterwards.

Cooooffeeeee.

Annette got herself a nice hot cup of tea and sat down.

"I think if the suject asks for their proghecy then yes, the seer can tell it. But I don't think the seer should be responsible for the subject's actions. That's not exactly fair..."

Annette was looking over her runes, thinking that if she could actually read them, it would be pretty dang cool.

Neil came in and got himself a mug of cider.

She had her head down, bruised cheek against her forearm. It was just ugly. And she was kind of tired so she was resting.

Neil sat quietly at his desk, taking notes but it was sort of an automatic gesture, not anything deliberately focused.

In fact, he looked fairly unfocused as he stared ahead, his expression worried and slightly withdrawn.

Chris arrived and availed himself of the coffee.

"I think it depends on the person and what kind of relationship the seer has with them," Chris said. "I mean, if a random stranger has a prophecy about someone, they can't really be responsible. But if your best friend had one, then they should be."

Chris looked for a partner.

"Hey, man, you okay?" Chris asked quietly, leaning close to Neil.

Chris was there. Still in a remarkably cheerful mood. Mostly because he didn't listen to radio. Ignorance is bliss.

Andrew came in and sat as far away from everyone as possible.

Andrew was there and very tired looking.

Neil jumped a little, as he hadn't heard Chris come over but then he relaxed and gave the other boy a wan smile.

"Hello, Chris." Neil said and he looked down at his hands. He was really grateful for Chris and his family for having him over for Thanksgiving. It might have ended up really confusing matters but Neil had seriously appreciated it and now ... well actually now it seemed weird not to talk to Chris like a friend.

"It's ... things are, weird with Andrew right now."

Chris nodded. "I noticed that you guys seemed a little off over the weekend, but I thought maybe it was just a reaction to the absolute insanity."

"No, the insanity was kinda nice," Neil said with a quick grin.

Then he sobered and plucked at the edge of his notebook.

"I ... wasn't here, at Fandom when ... I mean that week when Bart died. I'd been called home and then couldn't get back till after everything had happened."

"Oh."

Chris looked down at his desk for a moment. "And you're feeling bad that you weren't here for Andrew?"

Lana Lang

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