fandomhigh | Ethics [Thursday, February 21, 2013, 2nd period]

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 under the coffee table.

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

When class began, Anakin came in through the door. "This is our last class before the break, so consider this your midterm examination. Today we talk about lying. Emmanuel 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 and that being dignified isn't the be-all-end-all of life, 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.

"Homeowners: 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 turn them over. 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 and a large clock began ticking down three minutes about the fireplace mantel. "Your time starts now."

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Jack Frost, the invisible homeowner! He was kind of amused by this whole scenario, truth be told, as he took a seat on the kitchen counter and waited for a fugitive.

If his fugitive couldn't see him, he hadn't decided yet if he was going to turn them in or not. Hm.

And Yeul was also pretty amused by this scenario. She wandered over to him to stand by the counter. "Hello Jack," she said cheerfully. "Are you going to turn me in?"

... Yeul was possibly the most ineffective fugitive ever.

"If I turn you in, does that mean I'm going to have to figure out how to buy my own chocolate drinks from now on?" Jack shot Yeul a playful grin from where he was perched. He asked only the most important questions, here. "Because I'm pretty sure I would risk being caught lying for more hot chocolate."

Even if it was generally chocolate ice by the time he got around to swallowing it.

Yeul laughed softly. "In that case," she said, "turning me in definitely means that you'd lose your easy access to hot chocolate."

She considered that and the exercise and added, "In fact," she said, "if you do not turn me in, we could go get hot chocolate after class."

That counted as a bribe, right? Probably a sillier one than the professor would want but...

Well, it was a perfectly acceptable bribe to Jack, who perked up a little at the suggestion.

"Provided we both survive the rest of class," a bit of immortal humor, there, "that sounds like a great plan. Besides, I like you. It would be a shame to let the troopers drag you away."

"I'm very glad for that," she said, smiling. "I hope we both survive."

Though it was hard to imagine that they wouldn't, given... well, their natures. And the fact that the professor was not actually going to kill them in any case.

"Shall we excuse my presence with a modified bit of truth?" Yeul suggested. "I am here because we are going out for hot chocolate in a bit."

"You suppose they'll decide not to arrest you if you offer them hot chocolate, too?" Jack was half joking, but it tasted good enough that he was actually almost curious if it would work. "I'm pretty sure we're supposed to hide you somewhere, but he only said we'd both die if I was caught lying, right?"

“What better hiding place is there, than out in plain sight?” Yeul asked curiously. “Though I could hide, if you think that would be better.”

Perhaps it would be more entertaining?

“I wonder what my crime is? If it is bad enough, offering hot chocolate would likely not work.”

To be entirely truthful, it would probably not work on any crime.

"Maybe that is your crime," Jack replied, frowning a little. "Maybe all this time, hot chocolate has been illegal."

He gave Yeul a thoughtful looking-over, and then nodded toward the curtain.

"If you stand behind that, I can direct them to the basement or something, as a misdirection," he offered. "Or make them coffee or something while you slip away to safety. If it really comes down to it, I guess I could just cover the floor with ice and watch them fall on their behinds as we make our getaway."

"I wonder if we would get full marks for a getaway?" It was... it was almost worth a try. "Perhaps while they're in the basement, we could run? That would give us some time."

She moved towards the curtain, laughing softly at the idea of hiding behind it.

"Well," Jack mused, looking thoughtfully at the window, "I can fly..."

And it was kind of awesome.

"I cannot," Yeul said, with a laugh. "You would have the advantage certainly."

"Well, I wasn't going to fly away without you," Jack reasoned. "I think I could probably carry you, if I had to. Or we could gram something to use as a sled..."

Sledding was the way more fun option, if you asked Jack.

"I think a cutting board is too small," she said thoughtfully, looking around the kitchen. "To sled on, I mean. And I wouldn't mind if you did fly off without me."

"Yeah, but I mind," Jack replied, shaking his head. "I mean, if I left you behind, who would keep me company once I'm an exile, on the run from the wrong side of the law?"

Yeul's smile was every so slightly mischievous. "I would," she said, "eventually."

It was the truth!

The truth was pretty great! Or, at least, Jack certainly seemed to think so.

"So I'd just have to be patient, huh?"

"I find that being patient generally helps with everything," Yeul said honestly. "All things happen in their own time."

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