Ethics [Thursday, November 19, 1st period]

[sith_happened]

Today Anakin's desk was covered with droid babies in bassinets.

Each baby had a tiny stuffed Ewok tucked next to it. Shh.

"Today we talk about lust," Anakin said. "Or rather, the unintended consequences that can happen when you take action without precautions."

He smiled. "Meet your little projects for the next two weeks. They're heavy, they cry, and they will record everything you do with them. So if you stuff them into a closet for the duration, believe me, I'll know."

After all, he'd built all of them.

He reached for a list of paper. "Some of you I've paired together, some of you are single parents." His smile turned a little evil. "Some of your babies are a little fussier than others."

Comments

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[glacial_queen]

"If we're going for expressions, we could name him Arthur and watch both of them boggle," Karla suggested with a grin. She created several brightly colored balls of witchlight and sent them dancing around the baby's head.

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[thatsamilkshake]

"I think it might be too late to pull that one off," Francine said, slightly more fascinated than the baby by the witchlight, even though it did have light sensors. "Merlin and I named our son after him in some future that's not ever happening."

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[glacial_queen]

Still fairly clueless about what happened, Karla winced and reached out to pat Francine's shoulder. It would have been a lovely time for her to say a few things, as any Black Widow would do; properly sympathetic and also insightful things, things that would put everything into perspective.

...Karla had nothing.

"If we name the baby Merlin, do you think we can rope him into baby-sitting his namesake?" she asked instead.

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[thatsamilkshake]

Oh Karla.

For any number of reasons. Let's go with the one Francine was likely to answer, though. "...Probably. But why? I don't mind watching him."

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Y-you don't?" Karla's own fear and dread had made her assume that Francine was just more resigned to having him. "You like babies? You aren't worried about hurting him or dropping him or accidentally breaking him?"

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[thatsamilkshake]

"I've babysat little babies before," Francine said. "Honestly they're the easiest. It's when they start to run around under their own power that you've got to watch out!" Which didn't make her like them any less; it just wore her out faster.

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[glacial_queen]

"But they're a little more durable then," Karla said, hooking a lock of hair behind her ear. "Not all floppy and breakable like these. I mean, I could probably catch the baby with Craft if I dropped him--" the emphasis on 'him' strongly suggested there had been a dropped baby in the past, yes "--but it might mess up his development or something."

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine hadn't been taking the 'what if I drop him' entirely seriously before now; she gave Karla a concerned look. "When was the last time you held a baby?"

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[glacial_queen]

"Eight years ago?" Karla said in a tiny voice, her reply sounding more like a question than an answer. "But I caught her before she hit the ground!"

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[thatsamilkshake]

"So you were what, eight? Seven? You're not going to drop a baby now," Francine assured her.

Re: Pair #6: Francine Peters & Karla

[glacial_queen]

The look Karla gave Francine was dubious at best. "I can try to hold Merlin," she said, "but don't yell at me if Professor Skywalker fails us after I dop him on his head."