Ethics [Thursday, April 24]

[sith_happened]

As Anakin paced around the Danger room, he looked like he hadn't really gotten a good night's sleep in a few days.

Which was very true. Spending time in a swamp wasn't great for the back.

"Welcome to your Ethics final," he said, pacing around the room. "I will provide you with a series of scenarios. Go through each and provide the answers that best fit what you have learned through this class. Then explain your choice."

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Scenario #4

[sith_happened]

There is a dangerous vampire loose on the island. He should probably be stopped. Problem is, you don't know where he is, or how to fight vampires.

Do you:

a) Stay inside and try to come up with a plan that involves daylight, stakes, and automatic flamethrowers.
b) Go outside doused in meat scent and get killed.
c) Go outside unprepared and get killed.
d) Go outside prepared and get killed anyway.

Yes, Anakin thought these were your only options.

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[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

a) and then e) You call Mr. Skywalker to discuss a spell that you have found in your learnings and ask him if he thinks it is wise or if he could help you with the things needed for this.

She did remember that he had said he would help her if she had a question about her magic and her spells, after all.

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[raspberryturk]

Reno snorted when he read the answers to this one. At least the exam ended on a humorous note. Or something.

He didn't circle anything.

Can 'wait around until someone else figures out what to do about the vampire' be an option? It ain't my job to do the thinking, or the getting killed.

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[ashockingbitch]

E, Jenny wrote. Go outside doused in meat scent and, when the vampire appears, summon a portal to the surface of the sun. Endgame.

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[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

e. Call Dawn Summers and get her big sister and friends to come kick some butt.

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[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Oh for the love of...

E. I FLY GIANT ROBOTS FOR A LIVING. I call Holland, whine, and borrow the Devilfish so I can step on him. I doubt even a vampire can get up and walk away from having a two-story tall LFO runs him over.

THEN we go with option A, and the flamethrower. The Devilfish has lasers, will that work instead of a stake?

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[the_merriest]

Rikku circled both "a)" and "d)".

I stay inside and plan and I try not to go after the crazy vampire guy, unless he's killed any of my friends, in which case I snap and go after it with bombs and guns and get killed for being stupid.

In very, very small letters underneath she wrote: In all fairness, I did go out doused in meat scent when there was a crazy vampire around but that was just because we were joking about it and it seemed really funny and okay I get that it wasn't and we probably could've gotten killed and all that but we would have deserved it for being idiots and that's not quite ethics in the same way, that's 'I shouldn't be allowed to have stupid ideas late at night and think they're funny' and I won't do it again, honest.

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[remember5th.livejournal.com]

e) -- the same as option D, but without the dying part, if possible. Sometimes it's worth dying.

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[wannabehunter]

Jo crossed out the last half of d before circling it. We knew what we were doing!

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[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

A vampire is a demon, and as a priest, my aid might end up being necessary. If it was, then I would go outside and trust in Vkandis Sunlord and the very dangerous, very armed, very prepared people I would have with me to keep me from dying. If it wasn't, I would stay inside and safe, and pray for those who couldn't.

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[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber was beginning to wonder about this test. She circled A. Why would I want to get myself killed?

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[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

A. Or find people whose profession it is to find and kill vampires - we have a number right here on the island - and tell them what's going on.

Yeah, this brought back a lot of bad memories. Not that she'd had any ideas Angel was even on the island, much less turned into Angelus when she'd run into him that night.

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[blessed_twice]

E. Go out prepared and kill the vampire.

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[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Having just barely survived a vampire attack, Hoshi picked A without having to think.

I'd probably stock up on holy water and rock salt too, just in case.

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[withoutverona]

There didn't seem to be many good choices here, but Romeo knew anything that ended in getting killed was the wrong answer. So he marked a.

And wrote, I would do my best to come up with a plan that kept everyone alive and safe. Though, in truth, if the fiend took anyone I cared for, it would take a team of wild stallions blocking my path to keep me from going after him, prepared or qualified or not.

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[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

Adah didn't even look at any of the other options beyond Go outside, and simply circled A.

She also added to it, "And then find someone else to go through on following out that plan. You know where I (crookedly) stand on options that involve action. Besides, the one time my sisters and I did try to set a trap to catch a demon, one of us ended up dead, so I think I'll pass on the whole vampire hunting, thanks, and leave it in the hands of the fifty million other students at this school stupid enough to deal with it."

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[absolutesnark]

Once again, Summer didn't choose any.

I'd let the fighty types take care of the problem. I'd only be in the way.

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[blackmagic-eve.livejournal.com]

Oh, totally A. Except can we add "trying to enact said plan from inside the house"?

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[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Adam looked over the answers, frowning slightly and finally circled a. Definitely option a. Though, ultimately, if I had to go outside, I would.

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[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew circled A, totally ignoring the fact that he had taken part in a little midnight vampire hunt himself - woefully unprepared.

When dealing with vampires, it is best to plan well, incorporate lots of firepower, and have at least one (if not more) Slayers on hand.

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[harrydresden.livejournal.com]

This question did not merit a glare.

A. Also ask Bob what to do.

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[athosborn.livejournal.com]

Teyla had a feeling that A was most likely the proper answer.