Ethics, Friday, September 25, 2020

[sith_happened]

"Right, so today some of you will be getting visitors," Anakin said, starting the discussion as he entered the classroom, "which leads rather neatly into our discussion this week: lying. Will you tell your visitors the entire truth about this island? Will you shade the truth? Will you straight up lie to their faces if they see a gremlin or a teal deer? And if you choose to lie, why do you chose that option?"

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Sign in 9/25

[sith_happened]

Like you're about to lie your faces off.

Re: Sign in 9/25

[grayskollar]

Adora

Re: Sign in 9/25

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina Argentum

Listen to the lecture!

[sith_happened]

Or sulk about how no one is coming for you.

Re: Listen to the lecture!

[grayskollar]

Adora wasn't sulking, she just looked very, very sad.

Re: Listen to the lecture!

[mother_forker]

Eleanor was more afraid of someone she knew actually showing up. Not that she was worried about her parents showing up. They'd have to be conscious that they had a daughter for them to show up.

Re: Listen to the lecture!

[gospel_of_oblivion]

Yeah, Yana knew no one was coming for her. Strange and Wong had Responsibilities, and they just weren't going to make it. That's why she often went home once or twice a month on the weekends, so they could be at the Sanctum in case of emergency.

It was fine. Really.

Re: Listen to the lecture!

[nicedragonsfinishlast]

Okay, but what about looking terrified at the prospect that someone was coming for you? Was that an option?

Discuss!

[sith_happened]

Will you tell your visitors the truth? Will you lie? Will you find complete strangers and lie to them? Why?

Re: Discuss!

[bookbeltof_love]

"I, like, never lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!," she said earnestly, lying to one of her fake dads with a grin.

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

Anakin laughed at her. "Oh, of course."

Re: Discuss!

[grayskollar]

"I guess I'd tell them the truth." Not that she was getting any visitors anyway.

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[sith_happened]

"All of it, including the squirrels?" Anakin asked.

Re: Discuss!

[mother_forker]

"Kind of hard to lie about it when there are people here who look like they are out of a fashion catalog or a sci-fi movie," Eleanor said with a shrug. "That being said, I'd lie just to mess with their heads."

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

"What would you tell them?" Anakin asked.

Re: Discuss!

[gospel_of_oblivion]

"I don't have people coming, but Strange and Wong already know everything about this place," Illyana said bluntly. "I wouldn't need to lie."

And no one from Xavier's knew where she was, thank the Elder Gods. She didn't want to be found.

She glanced at her classmates. "If you need me to lie to someone for you, though, I'll do it."

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

"Why would you lie for others?" Anakin asked, interested to understand her thought process.

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[thebeastofhouston]

"I mean, I could lie, technically. Nevada's not coming. But there wouldn't be any point in it, except I guess for--oh no. I never told my mom I was rooming with a boy."

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

"And will she mind?" Anakin asked.

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[toottootmagicflute]

"Why would I lie?" Wei Wuxian asked, confused. Not that he had a problem with fudging the truth sometimes, but he couldn't see what about Fandom needed to be hidden.

Re: Discuss!

[sith_happened]

"Well, there are some students who come from dimensions without aliens, or electricity, or squirrels that spy on you," Anakin said, "and they think their visitors will find it strange."

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[nicedragonsfinishlast]

"Uh..." Julius squirmed. He was more about 'lying to everyone else about his family' than the other way around. "I guess it would depend on who showed up?"

Re: Discuss!

[mylandmyrules]

"M'not much for lyin'," Nell said, "But pretty much no matter what I said they'd think I was lying. Not that anyone will be here since no one knows where I am."

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

If you want him to lie to your visitors, too.

OOC

[sith_happened]

Mwahaha Anakin's gonna have such a long weekend.