text.

[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?

[shashka]

[ . . .

this sounds familiar. ]

Do I know the man?

[ it really does sound all too familiar.

also u ok bro? ]

[camouflage]

The lethal kind.

[DONT BE A SMARTASS]

[nishizono]

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

[saveyourserpent]

You know as well as I do that details can change the way you go about doing things.

[TOO BAD]

[camouflage]

[nah man]

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

[camouflage]

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

[camouflage]

This gun will kill you instantly if you take any longer to think about your decision.

[GOD]

[shashka]

[ is my son being held hostage? is a question that he resists asking. he knows this story.

but, he'll keep playing along for the time being. whatever purpose John has for this... he might as well see it through. and then talk to him. ]

I shoot the gun out of his hand.

[ no seriously does he have to go into your room and check on u bro? ]

[nishizono]

the only person i cared about made me promise to take her off life support.

if you really wanna make this scenario challenging, you should ask if you'd shoot yourself if you saw yourself crossing the bridge.

unless that might actually happen?

[saveyourserpent]

Is the man even bloody pointing it at anything?

[YOU CAN'T FREAK HIM OUT WITH A HYPOTHETICAL GUN]

[camouflage]

[implying john is in his room like a normal person]

He doesn't back down. He lunges.

[he knows that ocelot knows what he's talking about. but hey, it's interesting to hear what he'll say. besides, this is his version of working through shit.]

[shashka]

[ well. at least he's trying to work through some of it. ]

I ready my stance and wait to see who it is.

[ so, is he going to be playing the part of his mother or his father in this little reenactment? ]

[camouflage]

This isn't an exercise in how you see yourself. Asking if people would shoot themselves is pointless and a little too armchair.

This is just about what you'd do under pressure. Nothing more.

[well, actually, it's more about getting to know the people beyond the ingress without actually talking to them all face-to-face. also, note-taking.

anyway, nish is written down as 'unhesitating, no attachments, non-violent warning, violent action']

[camouflage]

At you now.

[how about a real life boot in your ass YOU DIDNT HAVE TO ANSWER THIS IF YOU DIDNT WANT TO ELI!!!!]

[saveyourserpent]

Is he aware of the new capabilities of his weapon?

[YOU CAN'T TELL HIM WHAT NOT TO DO]

[prorenataa]

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

[ Why is this even a fucking question? ]

[camouflage]

It's your friend.

[unfortunately, john knows he can't really use the 'it's someone you care about' line due to the fact that ocelot just doesn't operate like that. he and adam are the first ones to make decisions that would cause other people to crumble under the pressure.]

You can't back down now that he's seen you. You both have your orders. One must live and one must die.

[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.]

[nishizono]

[ huh. this is more interesting than he'd expected it to be. ]

i've done it anyway.

but i guess it depends, what kind of pressure do you really mean. dying is temporary for some people, so getting shot wouldn't be that scary. if i saw a guy i didn't like i'd just kick him off the bridge. if they were nice to me, maybe i'd make them walk back. if it were miwa and she was awake... i guess first one to die loses.

how important is it to cross the damn bridge? what's on the other side?

[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?

[camouflage]

[.............................what]

What.

[shashka]

[ he could honestly say that it depends on which friend. if it were someone like Sergei, or even Venom, the answer would be blatantly clear. (Venom at least, would understand. Sergei... well, he'd be dead, so it isn't as though it'll matter to him.)

but if it were John...(and he knows what he's asking) ]

What do you think I'd do?

[ it's a hypothetical situation, but he knows exactly what the outcome would be.

in the end, he had far more of his father in him than his mother. ]