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fandomhigh2013-11-05 12:28 pm
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Ethics [Tuesday, November 5, 2013]
"Good morning," Anakin said as he strode into the Danger Shop, which has been set up to look like an arena, complete with a cheering, weirdly insectile, crowd.
Anakin drew from what he knew and the last arena he'd been in had been full of Geonosians trying to kill him. Ahem.
"There is a story on Earth called the Lady or the Tiger," Anakin said, "where a princess had been conducting an affair with someone far below her station and her father, the king, found out. Being a slightly sadistic man, his version of justice involved an arena like this and two doors like those." He pointed to the giant doors. "Today, you're the unlucky sap caught with the princess. Behind one door is a woman more suited to your position in life: not ugly, but not a princess either. If you open that door, you get to marry her immediately and are not horribly eaten in front of a cheering crowd. Because behind the second door is a hungry tiger, which will try to horribly eat you."
Anakin shrugged. "Well, try to. This is the Danger Shop and I'm not allowed to actually get you horribly eaten."
There'd be paperwork.
"Your task is to, based on the sort of person you'd date, decide if you're about to be married or tiger chow, get directions about which door to open from the princes--" who looked weirdly like Anakin's first wife, but never you mind that, "then open the door and find out if you're right."
He smiled fiendishly. "This should be interesting."
Possibly only for Anakin...
Anakin drew from what he knew and the last arena he'd been in had been full of Geonosians trying to kill him. Ahem.
"There is a story on Earth called the Lady or the Tiger," Anakin said, "where a princess had been conducting an affair with someone far below her station and her father, the king, found out. Being a slightly sadistic man, his version of justice involved an arena like this and two doors like those." He pointed to the giant doors. "Today, you're the unlucky sap caught with the princess. Behind one door is a woman more suited to your position in life: not ugly, but not a princess either. If you open that door, you get to marry her immediately and are not horribly eaten in front of a cheering crowd. Because behind the second door is a hungry tiger, which will try to horribly eat you."
Anakin shrugged. "Well, try to. This is the Danger Shop and I'm not allowed to actually get you horribly eaten."
There'd be paperwork.
"Your task is to, based on the sort of person you'd date, decide if you're about to be married or tiger chow, get directions about which door to open from the princes--" who looked weirdly like Anakin's first wife, but never you mind that, "then open the door and find out if you're right."
He smiled fiendishly. "This should be interesting."
Possibly only for Anakin...