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[camouflage]

Let's talk hypotheticals.

You're crossing a suspension bridge. You have to reach the other side at any cost. The bridge is wide enough only for one person to pass at a time.

A man approaches from the other side with a gun. How do you cross?

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[sketchycharacter]

i shoot him before he can shoot me and step over the body

[camouflage]

What if it's someone you're close to?

[saveyourserpent]

[Dad what the hell is this even for.]

What kind of gun?

[camouflage]

The lethal kind.

[DONT BE A SMARTASS]

[shashka]

[ . . .

this sounds familiar. ]

Do I know the man?

[ it really does sound all too familiar.

also u ok bro? ]

[camouflage]

[nah man]

Maybe. It's foggy. You wouldn't know who it was until it's too late.

[nishizono]

tell him to get out of my way. make him shoot himself if he won't.

[camouflage]

And if it's someone you care about? Your life depends on crossing this bridge.

[prorenataa]

Shoot him, knock his body of the bridge, keep going.

[ Why is this even a fucking question? ]

[camouflage]

After shooting him, you realize it's someone you knew. Do you have any regrets afterward?

[a soldier's gotta know the people in his unit. even if this isn't a unit but more like just a bunch of people who never asked for this shit and would probably rather die than work together most of the time. actually, this is a bad metaphor.]

[Private]

[warandpeace]

[He's already predicting the mix of passionately defensive answers as well as the overly brutal simplifications. But Kaz knows there's a lot more to this.]

Still have a lot on your mind?

[private]

[camouflage]

[bb goes the brutal simplification route almost every time. HES FINE]

Maybe.

( ghosting. )

[alterplex]

[ Venom isn't here to answer— of course he isn't— but he tracks the replies to the post, because vigilance is a virtue.

(he wonders if anyone will pry deep enough into the question to come to the conclusion of grief-sparing; if Ishmael would even want to hear it, for that matter.)

He'll have to remember to send Ishmael a cigar, later. ]


Obtained 'Cassette Tape' [ SUSPENSION BRIDGE ].

[lavelly]

[Somebody needs a distraction. BB is the unlucky winner.]

why is it so imperative to cross the bridge

[camouflage]

[he's ready for the slew of bullshit answers and questions. he needs the distraction, too, honestly.]

Something you cherish is on the other side. If you don't cross, you can't get it.

[otiosity]

i do a spectacular flip over his shoulders and we continue on our merry way. maybe he just has the gun for aesthetics.

[camouflage]

He kills you the moment you move towards him. Game over.

[ruffboi]

I brandish my weapon to intimidate him so he makes mistakes. Then I charge the bridge, using my shield and evasive maneuvers to avoid being hit by bullets. I break his wrist to disarm him, and then bash him with my shield and push him off the bridge into the water below.

[camouflage]

He's not intimidated by you at all. Unless your shield is as tall and wide as your body, he shoots you.

[you didn't even roll an intimidation check JEEZ]

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[inconsequence]

He shoots me in the head.

Everyone rejoices.

[camouflage]

So you want to be shot?

[brokeassgoing]

go back home the opposite way, take a shit and go to bed

[camouflage]

[infuckingcredible]

Thanks for answering.

['chose non-violence, has no higher aspirations']

[beautifulspaceraptor]

Overload. Loot. Continue.

[camouflage]

Overload?

[no matter what he's assuming that's the violent option.]

[nyx_it]

Shoot the ground
When he flinches, rush him

[camouflage]

When you rush him, you discover it's someone you're close to. What now?

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[notyourrookie]

Knock him out and step over him.

[camouflage]

Do you knock him out only because you don't know him? Or because that's your first instinct?

[morethan084]

Is the gun aimed at anyone? Or is it in a holster?

[camouflage]

It's drawn. The moment you move closer to the bridge, he'll aim at you with intent to kill.

[chaoticlootral]

Are we writing screenplays for action movies of our lives? I'm into it, I'm into it.

Transmutate the gun in his hand into a rubber chicken, so he feels like a doofus! Oh, could just, you know, destroy the bridge and send him plummeting to oblivion with my amazingly powerful wizard spells that mean I don't have to use dumb shit like bridges? You can never go wrong with a few Magic Missiles either.

If we're not talking cool scenes in a movie then I'd let Magnus deal with it, because this sounds like a boring fight.

[camouflage]

[






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Let me simplify the question. Would you or would you not kill someone, potentially someone you care about, to get something you desperately wanted?

[because what the fuck are magic missiles]

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[startpoint]

Is it too pedantic to ask what kind of gun it is first?

[camouflage]

The kind that will kill you.

['no']

[nicearsenal]

What's on the other side?

[camouflage]

Something you cherish. If you wait too long, it'll disappear.

[cadeuces]

[ So she's read some of the other replies, sees the options he's given, and... Well.

Can't blame a lady for being a little concerned, can you? ]

This is quite the question.

You've told others it could be someone familiar— for myself, personally, there would be no reason for anyone to shoot. I could simply backtrack until they've crossed then continue on my way without conflict.

[ She's well-known as a doctor, after all. Non-violence would be the default assumption, whether she carries her gun or no. ]

If it came down to another minute or two gone or someone's life, the answer should be obvious. I'd negotiate and concede position to a better alternative.

Have you come across a situation like this? How would you handle it?

[soldiergenes]

[ It's an extremely specific scenario. Not just a bridge, but a suspension bridge. Snake can only imagine that Big Boss has lived this himself, or at least something similar. Either way, the fact that he's reaching out to people over the network at all is unexpected.

Snake has been in situations where he had no choice but to kill someone he cared about. He doesn't think he needs to explain his own decisions to Big Boss. But... it's hard not to be curious. ]

This doesn't seem like the kind of scenario that would trip you up.

[ So... what's going on here? ]

[camouflage]

It doesn't.

[he's been tripped up about this his WHOLE LIFE]

It's a stress-management scenario I heard a scientist ask once. [not a total lie. there WAS a scientist and it had been meant for MANAGEMENT.] Wanna take a stab at it?

[chaoticluptral]

hmmmm i've never been down with these sorts of hypotheticals, y'know? you get railroaded and shit in an attempt to quantify the unquantifiable or just end up having to be so fucking reductive it doesn't even matter.

that said i use mage hand to toss him over my shoulder and continue on

[camouflage]

1st: mage hand? 2nd: you toss him over the bridge or just over you?

[sugaroutlaw]

throw them off the bridge.

[camouflage]

At this height, there's a good chance they'll die. Does that matter to you?

[notglitching]

[Some people answer questions. Some people read all the answers. Some people snark.]

Assessment: faulty.

Values ("someone you care about", "something you want") dependent on specifics of scenario.

[Rinzler's going for two out of three.]

[camouflage]

[this is the most militant tone he's ever read in his life]

Ask for specifics.

[gh0stamidstthec0mbat]

Without killing him?
Stealth cloak, might jump over him,
Reach the other side.

[camouflage]

You can kill him or not kill him. That's up to you. Whatever decision you make is right, as long as you get to the other side.