Ethics [Tuesday, February 3, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

When the Ethics class arrived in the Danger Shop, they stepped into an entirely different world.

An incredibly dry, hot one. That smelled really bad.

Anakin waved his hand around the room. "Welcome to the embodiment of gluttony," he said, "the palace of a Hutt."

He concentrated on the controls on the far side of the room, and the simulation sprung to life: dozens of beings drinking, eating, and dancing, with all activity centered around a vile slug of a beast laying on the raised dais at the front of the room.

In a place of honor on the wall was a man, face twisted in a silent scream but his features obscured beyond recognition, encased in silver. Anakin ignored it as he walked past to point at the creature on the dais. "That," he said, nose wrinkling in disgust, "is a Hutt. This particular version was named Jabba, one of the most powerful crime lords in the galaxy." A grim smile turned the corners of his mouth up. "At least until he met my children."

He shook his head. "That is neither here nor there. Today is an interactive experience for you, class. Take a good hard look around. See the effects that gluttony can have."

His eyes went flat. "Touch any of the dancing girls and you'll regret it. That's a promise."

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Explore Jabba's Palace!

[sith_happened]

Pair up with another student or wander around on your own! Listen to the band, chat up a bounty hunter or two, try a tasty live snack, go look at the guy on the wall. Anakin's dead serious about the dancing girls, though. You try to put the moves on one and he'll drop you in detention. And then he'll start to get upset.

He has a Thing about slavery.

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley just sort of eyed Jabba from a distance, his stomach sort of unsettled.

This lesson kinda hit close to home, for him.

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[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"This is kind of disturbing," Joan whispered.

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"At least you're not looking at what you think you might look like in thirty years," Hurley said, with more honesty than he expected.

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[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan frowned. "You don't have to end up like that if you don't want to. The future isn't set in stone."

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I guess I'd never be able to afford all this," Hurley said. "Good point."

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[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"That wasn't what I meant," Joan said. "You shouldn't be so negative."

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[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke wasn't exactly comfortable here. Seriously, one look at the dancing girls told her that if she had weird-colored skin, she'd probably be the slug guy's type. And that thought was enough to give her nightmares for months on end.

The wall guy might've been kind of hot once upon a time though. Before he was part of a wall.

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[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Doing okay?" Peter asked.

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[gobrookeyourself]

"I think I know how pretty boys feel when they get sent to prison," Brooke said.

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[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Anybody tries touching you goes through me," Peter said. "Though yeah, this place is creepy."

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[gobrookeyourself]

"You're so good to me," Brooke smiled. "And seriously, there's realism, and there's me wanting to ditch this faux field trip for somewhere less dank and slug-accommodating."

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[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"I could get us some light," Peter said. "But something tells me we don't want to see anything here in a better light."

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[wantstodirect]

Tony had to stop and look at the man on the wall. It was a sadistic sculpture and he wondered who the artist was.

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[i_vanquish_evil]

The guy in the wall is interesting. Van Helsing can't recall seeing someone encased in a metal and preserved mid-motion before this. Strangely, the slug-creature doesn't seem to bother him all that much.

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[talks2objects.livejournal.com]

Dor wandered around the palace and found himself standing in front of something that resembled a fish bowl.

But it wasn't fish inside.

Hmm.

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[future_sandworm]

Leto studied this Jabba with some curiosity, and then let his attention shift to the creatures around him. Not the dancing girls - they were clearly slaves - but the loyal servants. Just how strong would their loyalty be?

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela was watching a different group of the palace's inhabitants. Namely those who were armed. "Security here looks awfully lax," she mused.

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[future_sandworm]

"You think so?" Leto asked.

[SP warning for the rest of the evening!:(]

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Well, there are a lot of people armed here, but they don't carry themselves like bodyguards." She waved at a few. "They are watching out for themselves, and I suspect they don't work well as a team."

She lifted an eyebrow. "You suspect otherwise?"

[No problem!]

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[future_sandworm]

"First impressions might deceive," Leto said. "Someone like this would have bodyguards, or he would not be able to keep his position."

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[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Helen wasn't certain why anyone would want to touch the dancing girls. She certainly wasn't going to, nor was she going to eat or drink anything.

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[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco studied Jabba for a while. "I've seen uglier aliens." He said and frowned.

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[likethestore.livejournal.com]

K-Mart just stood there with a look of disgust on her face.

This was almost worse than zombies.

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[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

Zayne walked around, trying to blend in. Of course, trying to blend in hardly ever worked for Zayne and this time was no different. For one thing, he smelled like he had showered sometime in the past week, unlike some of the beings here.

He stopped by the guy on the wall. He couldn't help but wonder how exactly he ended up there.