Photography 101; Tuesday, Third Period [11/14].

[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto was, of course, getting the short end of the stick this week. He had every intention of being in for class that day, but, thanks to being woken up bright and early with a baby that was very clearly not feeing well, those intentions were thrown right out the window in favor of other, more important things.

He did manage to pop over to the school to at least put up a sign on the classroom door, as well as shooting off a text to his students to let them know about the situation:

Sorry, everyone!
No Photography Class Today
Due to a Sick Kiddo!

Enjoy the day off and go take some awesome pictures for next week!

--Prompto--

Believe him, he would much rather be talking about photography than cleaning up baby puke all day, but there they were!

[[ lol I have a very small WiFi window for posting today, you can tell where my priorities are, and I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SHAME ABOUT IT. ]]

Philosophies of Good and Evil, Tuesday

[unusual_sith]

Lana welcomed them all to the class with a smile for the students and a coffee for Atton. Because sometimes the Force was helpful, and something told her he needed one.

She sipped her own and set it down to address the students. "Philosophy in this area of Earth has something called 'the problem of evil'. What it means is that since many of those here assume the existence of an all-powerful, omniscient, benevolent god, how do those people explain the existence of evil?" She shrugged. "Honestly, I don't understand the whole premise, so we can skip that part. Frankly, it's not necessary. If we assume that most individuals aren't evil, how do you explain evil?"

She spread her hands. "Of course, you may not believe that, either. And that's entirely fair. Is that how you explain evil - that there are more evil beings than good or neutral ones? Or are evil people stronger or more persuasive than good ones? Surely if most beings are either good, or at least self-interested enough not to want the universe to end, destruction shouldn't ever win. So, why does it? Do good people not care enough?" She leaned back against the desk. "Explain the existence of evil to me."

Atton clutched the coffee as if he needed it to live, which might not be entirely inaccurate. “You know, fix that millennia-old existential problem for us in the space of, oh, an hour,” he said. “Anyway, as far as I can deduce from some of you Earthers, the whole ‘omniscient god’ part of the issue is that you’d think that a guy with all the power in the world who just wanted to do good would just, I don’t know, prevent evil things from happening in the first place.” He sipped his coffee. “If you ask me? The actual answer is that the universe hates us and likes to watch us suffer. And people, on the whole, are self-involved morons who love tripping over each other’s feet.”

Beat.

“I guess that problem wasn’t hard after all.”

Lana rolled her eyes.

Archaeology For Fun and Profit! - Tuesday, First Period

[good_for_six]

Today the Danger Shop was set up to look a lot like the kind of highly reputable place full of highly reputable people where you'd expect a rogue archaeologist and dashing pirate to spend their time.

"So far, we've covered many topics." Had you, Aphra? Had you really? "But now we come to a very important one, the profit."

"Because cultural importance is all well and good," Isabela added, "But you can't eat it."

"And you would not believe how cut-throat a grant application process can be," Aphra said. "These guys are far safer, trust me."

"In any case, your task today is to take your completely legitimately acquired objects and find a completely legitimate buyer."

"And not get shot."

"Or stabbed!"