Ethics [Thursday, October 27, 2016]

[sith_happened]

Today's Ethics class was outside. In the preserve, which was a huge step up from a desert, if you asked Anakin.

Yes, well. Which one of them had spent time in a desert lately? Either way, Obi-Wan was there, looking only... slightly tense. "We believed that perhaps it was time to remind ourselves of the spirit of charitable giving," he said, "Ethics, after all, is not simply about theory."

"And," said an unexpected addition to the teaching group today, "that's why I'm here today." Kanan grinned easily as he shrugged his shoulders. That jack-of-all-trades thing came in handy sometimes. "As you can probably tell from the chill that's starting to settle into the air, it's coming on wintertime, and some of the island's residents... frankly, are too dumb to come in from the cold. So-" he held up a handful of printouts of plans for simple livestock shelters, "we're going to build a bunch of smaller versions of these. And then we're going to wallpaper the insides with bad, preachy fanfiction from the internet. For the teal deer."

Apparently they liked that sort of thing? Kanan was just going to roll with it.

Anakin stared at Kanan. "The deer read fanfiction."

Kanan just shot Anakin a grin. "The deer like words. The fanfiction was just convenient."

"I do not," Obi-Wan said, "Want to know what manner of fanfiction it is."

He and Anakin had experiences. Experiences.

Anakin shuddered slightly. "Me either. Pair up, if you'd like, and build the teal deer some shelter. I recommend speaking briefly if you don't want them to harass you."

"Then I won't tell you," Kanan said cheerfully, and then he motioned to a pile of tools and building supplies. "Everything you need is over there. If you have any questions, I've built one or two of these things in my time. Or you can just enjoy the fine reading materials that have been provided, but we'll probably judge you for it."

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Sign in 10/27

[sith_happened]

Being handy!

Not handsy. Dante.

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[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka Tano

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[era_two_triangle]

Peridot

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[crimson_sister]

Lucille Sharpe

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[giveherahand]

Mara Jade

Listen to the lecture

[sith_happened]

Or speculate about the guest star.

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[snipsnspecks]

Well, this wasn't at all suspicious, really. Ahsoka for one definitely wasn't wondering what they were up to...or feeling a weird, irrational pang of jealousy about Kanan being up there with Ankin and Obi-Wan.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[giveherahand]

Mara had a bad, bad feeling about this combination of teachers in the front of them.

None of it showed on her face, though.

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[crimson_sister]

Eventually Lucille couldn't hold back her curiosity.

"Excuse me, what is fan fiction?"

The word fiction was included, but fiction about fans? Hadn't they gone out of fashion? And what had they to do with animals?

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[sith_happened]

"They're stories written by fans--writers who are not expecting to be paid for their work--about television shows, movies, other books, real people..." Anakin said. "Generally romantic in theme."

With a weirdly large amount set in coffee shops.

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[crimson_sister]

"It sounded strange to write stories about fans," Lucile replied with a nod. "Romantic?" That sounded potentially promising.

Build teal deer huts!

[sith_happened]

Or read moddable fanfiction. Or both!

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[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka didn't actually mean to read the fanfiction, but it was just there and she didn't have anything better to do.

Then she found a page that made it clear who it was about.

Thanks for that trauma, Isabela Kanan.

Re: Build teal deer huts!

[crimson_sister]

Building teal deer huts or reading fan fiction? She might not be familiar with the latter, but it was reading.

It would prove an interesting experience.

Re: Build teal deer huts!

[era_two_triangle]

Peridot loved building things. She really did. But when she realized that the deer shelter didn't have automatic doors or crystalline staircases, some of the magic was sucked out of the project.

So she let herself get distracted by the 'fan fiction' that was meant to be one of the building supplies as she attempted to prop up one of the walls that it was stapled to. She was a little small to be any good with the wall, but trying to puzzle out what those parts of human anatomy were or what their purpose might possibly be was giving her incentive to keep on trying.

It was an educational exercise.

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[crimson_sister]

"This is very bad literature," Lucille felt the need to inform Peridot. "You will find much better in the library."

She was reading it herself with some interest though. This made clear what Professor Anakin had been talking about last week, when he had been worried about stories being written about him.

Re: Build teal deer huts!

[giveherahand]

Mara's face was screwed up in distaste at the story in front of her. "This only works if the person is triple-jointed and has three arms."

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[uncertain_dume]

"So pretend he's a particluarly flexible besalisk," Kanan offered, making his way over with a couple of pieces of plywood under one arm. You know. For shelter building purposes. "I didn't write the stuff, I just hit 'print' on it."

He might also have read a lot of it. And laughed and laughed and laughed...

"Speaking of hands, I don't suppose I could borrow yours? I need someone to hold this in place while I hammer."

Re: Build teal deer huts!

[boneyard_girl]

Ada was happy to get busy building huts, and was hard at work, not even slightly distracted by the idea of the fanfiction.

Besides, she could always ask Isabela to read her some later.

Talk to Anakin, Obi-Wan or Kanan!

[sith_happened]

Who are lurking over to the side right now.

Re: Talk to Anakin, Obi-Wan or Kanan!

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan was over here, being... ethical or something. But mostly he was here if anybody needed someone to tell them how to hold a hammer.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin was there, too, casting slightly suspicious looks at Kanan and Obi-Wan when he didn't think they were looking back.

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[saddeserthermit]

Obi-Wan knew exactly why Kanan was here, and he was not speaking to Anakin.

So he drifted along the fringes, keeping an eye on Mara.

Re: Talk to Anakin, Obi-Wan or Kanan!

[giveherahand]

Mara finally glanced over at Obi-Wan, raising her eyebrows at him.

OOC

[sith_happened]

Blerg. Head colds suck.