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davywavy ([personal profile] davywavy) wrote2006-05-17 10:26 am

day of the Triffids - Inspired by a conversation with [livejournal.com profile] twicedead

Oh no! It's the end of civilisation! The Triffids have risen up and overrun the earth and the necrophagic vegetables are devouring people like it's going out of fashion. You are one of the lucky ones. You are holed up in a safe location with large stocks of food and weaponry and as safe from the Triffids as can be.
One day, a survivor shows up at your stockade and through the kindness of your heart you take him in to protect him from said carniverous cucumbers. However, it quickly turns out that this survivor is a wrong 'un and he's not changing his ways, either - not only does he sneer and spit and call you names, but he also beats up and molests your missus and steals some of your valuable food supplies and clean water. What do you do?

[Poll #730506]

[identity profile] angusabranson.livejournal.com 2006-05-17 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
That's just torturing him. A quick death is better - even if he does deserve to hurt more.

By popping a cap in his legs and then throwing him out he's as good as dead. He certainly won't be able to out run the Triffids so you're just leaving him to sweat out his final hours/minutes until the inevitable happens.

Also, apart from it being more humanitarian to kill him quickly, if you did pop his knees there is always the chance he 'might' survive and then come back looking for revenege.

No. A quick clean kill. Too many people (most notably James Bond Villains) have made the mistake of not just doing the job straight and allowing the person to come back and ruin their plans/survival.

[identity profile] tooth-fairy.livejournal.com 2006-05-17 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't going to throw him out, just make him immobile and keep him in the safe house.