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[absinthe_eyed]

I have a hypothetical question.

If someone does something that isn't terrible but is widely considered wrong, will it hurt or benefit that person if they confess?  Furthermore, are there cases in which breaking the rules is permissible?

[Action - Westerberg High (backdated to this afternoon)]

[After the altercation with Rudy at yesterday's club

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[bullybreaker]

[ This isn't the principal you fear, but the girl who has got a warrant out for your head. You punched her boyfriend, and thus fractured her own pride which encompasses their relationship and Rudy Miller.

There's also the simple fact of her being angry. Angry that someone touched a person she cares about. But Rudy never lied to you Justin-- he doesn't rat; this was all Mindy deducing the truth from obvious clues. This post is just the glue that sets it all.

She's around the corner from wherever Justin has situated himself, spying on him like a hawk with the discretion of a lion stalking its prey. ]

[absinthe_eyed]

[Justin, having had his utter lack of worth reinforced by his latest exchange with Rudy, puts his laptop away and moves to leave. He turns the corner, paying no attention to Mindy. He doesn't even know her, really.]

[bullybreaker]

[ They don't intersect; they cross the hallway in opposite directions, in what would be an everyday scene. At the moment they pass each other, a small hand snaps out to grab Justin's upper arm, clenching hard. ]

Pendleton, right?

[absinthe_eyed]

[He looks from her tiny hand to her face. She looks harmless, but most people don't use his last name unless he's in some kind of trouble. Justin replies with a good deal of hesitancy.]

Yes?

1/2

[der_freischuetz]

If you aren't proud of it or want anyone to know, you don't tell your heart's secrets~.

But that wouldn't make it very interesting now, would it? So I'd say confess! Put your soul at ease and you shall be forgiven- or not.

[der_freischuetz]

...Hypothetically speaking, of course!

[absinthe_eyed]

No thank you.

[der_freischuetz]

You were the one asking.

Why would LJ do that? Fffff.

[absinthe_eyed]

E-MAIL to ANGELA MONTENEGRO

The nonhypothetical situation on which the hypothetical question was based has since been settled. The answer, apparently, is that when someone makes the foolhardy assumption that he is significant enough to have enemies and punches a presumed enemy in the nose, retribution in the form of aforementioned presumed enemy's girlfriend arrives before any confessions are necessary.

IT LIES.

[absinthe_eyed]

E-MAIL to ANGELA MONTENEGRO

First, second, and third, in no particular order: I punched Rudy Miller when he beat me at chess during the club rush yesterday, assuming that his superior mannerisms and casual insults were personal attacks. He corrected me today, stating that my assumptions were based on a desire to be acknowledged when, in truth, he doesn't care enough about me to bother with personal attacks. He further enlightened me by explaining that I'm a sore loser with anger issues and no self-control, which would explain why I didn't consult anyone before acting.

...It was an eerily accurate character reading on his part. He even told me that, if our positions had been reversed, I would have reported him. Given the fact that I'm reporting him in spite of the fact that he didn't do anything affirms that.

Fourth, we did. It was a good discussion.

And now I'm proving Rudy right further by seeking justification and validation.

[goodboysgood]

Hurt, of course.

[absinthe_eyed]

Thank you.

[Now go back to your own school, accent-having student-stealing guy.]

[goodboysgood]

That much is quite obvious. What you're doing is confusing practicality with morality.

[Yah boo sucks to be you, Justin.]

[absinthe_eyed]

I'm not confusing them. I haven't decided which is more important.