Ethics [Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 1st period]

[sith_happened]

Today the students would find themselves in the Danger Shop instead of the usual classroom: this time in a setting up to look like a house, with comfortable sofas and chairs to sit on in the living room and fully stocked kitchen behind it, and a trap door leading to the basement hiding under the rug.

...didn't everyone have that in their house?

When class began, Anakin came in through the door. "Welcome back from break. Today we talk about lying. Kant believed that any lie, no matter how small, was a violation of one's dignity. I, personally, think that Kant came from a magical bubble land where he'd spent his life swaddled in cotton candy, but some of you might believe he has a point."

Anakin certainly didn't think so, though.

He held up a list. "If I read your name off, you're a fugitive hiding in this house, which is owned by a student whose name wasn't called. In precisely three minutes, several armed stormtroopers--think police with absolutely no sense of humor--will be coming through the door. If they find the fugitives, they will take them away and kill them."

Anakin was full of cheerful scenarios.

"Homeowers: you have to decide if you will lie and say you have no idea where your classmate is, while your classmate tries to persuade you not to sell them out. If you get caught lying, you'll be killed as well. If you turn them in, it's possible--but not likely--you'll receive a monetary reward. Your real reward is still being alive."

He clapped his hands to begin. "Your time starts now."

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Negotiate! [10/16]

[sith_happened]

Fugitives:
Anakin Solo
Bucky Katt
Jessica Drew
Korra
Matt Murdock
Miriam Black
Sholeh Zeela a Zhahar
Stannis Baratheon

Homeowners:
Alec Lightwood
Atton Rand
Chaz Villette
Jim Kirk
Marasiah Fel
Minako Aino
Peeta Mellark
Sparkle
Ulrik of Denmark

Pair up and plead for your lives, fugitives!

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[suitably_heroic]

...Yeah, Atton had to admit he'd never been on this side of the equation before.

He eyed the rest of the class dubiously.

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

"I'll give you a fish," Bucky told him.

Sure, a normal, sane person might have started with "hey, I'm in the 'fugitive' group and you're in the 'homeowner' group, so let's pair up", but Bucky wasn't one for pleasantries. He wasn't one for much of ANYTHING involving other people's feelings, really.

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[suitably_heroic]

Atton raised an eyebrow. "Just one fish?" he drawled. "I'm going to have to think about that."

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

"All right, all right, two," Bucky conceded. "But the second one isn't going to be as fresh, because I can only carry one at a time."

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[suitably_heroic]

"You should look into that before you get the law on your tail next time," Atton said. "Maybe get a little backpack."

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

"Oh, sure, because a 'backpack' is totally going to stop a policeman," Bucky snorted derisively. "Thank you, Mr. James Bund."

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[suitably_heroic]

"No, but you'd be able to carry more fish to bribe law-abiding citizens like myself," Atton replied, crossing his arms. "Which you're not doing a terribly convincing job of."

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nottrivial]

Alec totally didn't need to be convinced. Of course he'd protect whoever it was.

He had the look of someone who was taking this assignment much too seriously, folks.

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

Anakin, given the option, would much rather have found some way to get off-planet rather than hide out anywhere. He'd also rather have been the protector rather than the fugitive. Therefore, this was a good lesson for him, wasn't it?

He was chewing his lip, eyebrows knitted together in a matching expression of taking-this-seriously, and no, he wasn't above using Force persuasion if he had to.

"There isn't much time," he said, because he'd take this negotiating thing as seriously as he took everything even if he hated it. "You never saw me, all right?"

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nottrivial]

"Of course," Alec said, even going so far to modulate his voice as though he were in a scenario where he might be overheard. "Listen, I'll help however I can, you don't have to -- bargain or anything."

Oh, great. Reduce the exercise to essentially zero remaining talking points.

"If the police come down here anyway, do you think you can handle yourself? I have some weapons you could use to defend yourself if it comes down to that."

You know. In the hypothetical. Not now.

Okay, actually now.

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

"I can handle myself fine. Don't worry about that," Anakin replied. He didn't think it was bragging, at least. "If it goes badly, don't worry about me. Just get out if you have to, okay?"

If it actually came down to a fight, he wouldn't complain much.

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nottrivial]

"Not going to happen," Alec said seriously, shaking his head. For reals, these two should never get into any kind of danger together ever. It would be the most solemn and least bantery fight of all time. No one wanted that. "I think I can handle a few police officers."

The sad thing was, he was probably right there. BUT STILL. THE HERO COMPLEX WAS AN APPALLING THING.

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

Tahiri was probably crying at the mere thought of how un-bantery that fight would be. Way to encourage him, Alec.

"In full body armor," Anakin cautioned -- not as a discouragement, more of a warning. "Stormtroopers aren't exactly looking for the peaceful solution."

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nottrivial]

And Kennedy and Steph too?

"I got that impression from how they're raiding people's homes for refugees," Alec said a little wryly. "Peaceful people rarely do that."

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nomelancholy.livejournal.com]

Ulrik didn't have to think about it too much, he'd already decided he'd protect whoever he ended up paired with.

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

This was something much like nightmare fuel for Sholeh. She could easily see something like this happening in the future; it had for many other Tryad before.

Looking around, she was glad to see that Ulrik hadn't been claimed by anyone yet. "Please," she said, looking up at him with big eyes. "Hide me?"

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nomelancholy.livejournal.com]

Mind made up or not, Ulrik supposed he ought to find out why whoever he was hiding needed hiding. "Why should I?" he demanded.

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

"Because they're going to kill me," Sholeh said simply. "I don't want to die. I'm frightened. I didn't do anything wrong--they just don't like me for who I am."

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nomelancholy.livejournal.com]

"How can I be sure you're not just trying to trick me into feeling sympathetic?"

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

"I don't lie," Sholeh said, all earnestness. "And what could I do anyway? I'm just one small girl. No money, no power, nothing at all that could make me a threat. What could I do?"

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[nomelancholy.livejournal.com]

Ulrik had like a dozen younger siblings. He was well aware of what a single small girl could do.

In fact, in a lot of ways Sholeh reminded him of his own favourite sister- whom he had once hidden away (along with her American paramour) from their extremely... opinionated father. "Clearly you've done something to anger someone," Ulrik pointed out. "However, that someone is not me. So I shall do as you request."

[pursuedthestars]

Jim was leaning one way in deciding what he was going to do but he wasn't letting anyone else in on that. He was kind of curious on how he could be persuaded and if his sense of self preservation would allow him to possibly get killed. He thought about that while he waited for a partner.

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[notyetplatypus.livejournal.com]

Chaz acknowledged that he was far more likely to be the one who needed to be hidden and was ready to defend who ever needed it. He had a lot of experience lying.

Re: Negotiate! [10/16]

[myownface]

Ahahaha, homeowner.

Sparkle smirked and sat back, confident that this was not going to be a scenario that ever came up in his lifetime. Homeowner? Him?

Yeah, people were welcome to try to persuade him to save their asses. They'd probably earn a hard lesson into just how hell-bent he was on saving his own.