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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Fragment: Professional Ethics'' (short story)}}{{Short Story | {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Fragment: Professional Ethics'' (short story)}}{{Short Story | ||
| title1= ''Fragment: Professional Ethics'' | | title1= ''Fragment: Professional Ethics'' | ||
| image1= | | image1= Professional Ethics - Title.png | ||
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| hero(es)= [[Professor Awesome]]<br>[[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]] | | hero(es)= [[Professor Awesome#Kim and Jenny's neighbour|Professor Awesome]]<br>[[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]] | ||
| villain(s)= [[Coach Haggard]] | | villain(s)= [[Coach Haggard]] | ||
| featuring= [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Greg (Professional Ethics)|Greg]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Billy (Professional Ethics)|Billy]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | | featuring= [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Greg (Professional Ethics)|Greg]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Billy (Professional Ethics)|Billy]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
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| previous = ''[[Fragment: Heavy Reading (short story)|Heavy Reading]]'' | | previous = ''[[Fragment: Heavy Reading (short story)|Heavy Reading]]'' | ||
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}}'''''Fragment: Professional Ethics''''' was a short story by [[Scott Sanford]] in 2022. It was the seventh of Sanford's “Fragments” shorts. To date this is the only one of Scott | }}'''''Fragment: Professional Ethics''''' was a short story by [[Scott Sanford]] in 2022. It was the seventh of Sanford's “Fragments” shorts. To date this is the only one of [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]] not to directly feature [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]]. | ||
== Contents == | == Contents == | ||
===Plot === | ===Plot === | ||
[[Professor Awesome]] is working in his bedroom when [[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]] arrives and asks him what he’s up to. | [[Professor Awesome#Kim and Jenny's neighbour|Professor Awesome]] is working in his bedroom when [[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]] arrives and asks him what he’s up to. | ||
He explains that he was cornered by [[Coach Haggard]] at school and browbeaten into building a mad science device to do something about the hormonal excesses of junior high school kids. He’s currently building an area effect [[heteronormalizer]] that will totally do that “as far as Coach Haggard knows.” Also, he is grossly overcharging for this gadget. | He explains that he was cornered by [[Coach Haggard]] at school and browbeaten into building a mad science device to do something about the hormonal excesses of junior high school kids. He’s currently building an area effect [[heteronormalizer]] that will totally do that “as far as Coach Haggard knows.” Also, he is grossly overcharging for this gadget. | ||
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He asks if this is unethical. Kim allows that it’s unethical to sell something under false pretenses, but also that the situation is awful and the coach deserves what he gets. Professor Awesome agrees that he won’t make a habit of it. | He asks if this is unethical. Kim allows that it’s unethical to sell something under false pretenses, but also that the situation is awful and the coach deserves what he gets. Professor Awesome agrees that he won’t make a habit of it. | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | |||
====Jenny Everywhere==== | |||
* This story features [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|the usual Jenny]] used in [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]]. | |||
====Universes==== | |||
* This story takes place in the “[[Universe (Parallax)|default universe]]” of [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]]. | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
===Background=== | |||
When releasing the story on Dreamwidth in 2022, [[Scott Sanford]] appended some commentary to the story: | |||
{{quotebox| I was trying to make progress on some serious stories. What I got instead was the return of [[the Puritan Streaker]]. And then this came out.|Scott Sanford}} | |||
===Read online=== | ===Read online=== | ||
The story is available on [https://scott-sanford.dreamwidth.org/45798.html#professional the author's Dreamwidth website]. | The story is available on [https://scott-sanford.dreamwidth.org/45798.html#professional the author's Dreamwidth website]. |
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