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[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

My, things really are getting interesting! Deep introspection on the human state, theatrical attacks upon the City of Angels, a dastardly politician - isn't that a surprise - becoming leader of an elite group focused on the destruction of our very lives. It's all so thrilling!

Alas, I still languish in this prison. Really, I could be doing so much more outside of these walls! Tyki, James, you both owe me a visit and a kiss for playing so nice in here for this long! [Protip: he couldn't break out if he tried.] Now that I'm thoroughly bored, why not follow the bandwagon for once and pose a moral quandary? You all seem quite fond of them.

You're in a room with a man wielding a gun and holding two children hostage - one is six, the other fourteen. He tells you that you may choose one to let live, and that the other will die. If you make a move, he will kill one of the children at random and seriously injure the other; no, I don't care what your powers are, we're playing with the rules of the game. You have no weapons on your person. If you move quick enough, you may overpower the man and take away his gun - but it won't save the children.

Now which one to let live, hm? The younger one? Or the older?

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[spacetimeguard.livejournal.com]

The younger one. I'd rather save both, but the younger one I'd try and save first.

And you deserve to be in prison.

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

And why the younger? Is this child more deserving than the older?

And I've heard the line dozens of times; do come up with some new material.

Voice;

[erasemeplz.livejournal.com]

The younger.

Voice;

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

The more influenced, of course. You could convince the child that it's all really a dream, that it never happened. They've more of a chance to move past this little trauma.

[tyrael.livejournal.com]

Neither.

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

Oh? And how would you manage that?

[pacifisted.livejournal.com]

If moving kills one of them?

Then don't move.

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

Mm. Let's say he's like every other human in existence and has little to no patience. You've a time limit that lasts as long as he can wait.

[spiritgun]

Both.

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

And how would you accomplish such a feat?

(Voice)

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Shut up, prick.

The choice you're giving us isn't a choice at all.

(Voice)

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

My, aren't you charming? And people wonder why I loathe modern children! They're all unlearned urchins.

It's enough of a choice. Whose life is worth more to you? And I never once said those were your only choices - others are coming up with much more creative ones.

[voice]

[doubleoohbaby.livejournal.com]

I can only hope you mean the other James.

[voice]

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

Now James, you know that you're one of my favorites - for now, anyway! Don't be coy.

voice.

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

That's a sick story. And I think I'd die to save both.

voice.

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

Would it be better or worse to tell you that it's based in absolute truth? And my, what altruism. You're such a martyr. After you die, who's to say he doesn't kill both of the children anyway?

[voice]

[soultospare.livejournal.com]

You're an ass. You're also the man with the gun, I'm assuming, and no matter which we choose, you'd kill them both and use their blood as tacky hairdye.

[voice]

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

Hmph. I don't use guns, Megan. I've already said he'll only kill one if you play by the rules - but if you'd really rather let them both die, that's your choice.

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[insourarmor.livejournal.com]

People on this network are so fond of hypothetical situations that make no sense.

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[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

The only winning option would be to walk away. Nobody's figured this out yet.

In the end, it's just a beautiful convict posing a question she thought up on a dime. People take these things so seriously.

[voice]

[fangsmile.livejournal.com]

If you let the six-year-old die, the fourteen-year-old will remember, and make you pay for it. So let the older one die, and tell the younger one it never happened.

[voice]

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

As fine a choice as any! After all, the younger child is easier to lie to - the elder one would suffer horrible trauma for the rest of their life, and forever hold it against you. Now the younger you could convince it was all a terrible dream. It's evilly wondrous!

[voice]

[filthyreality.livejournal.com]

Younger, of course. Fourteen year old are pricks. Though so is the guy holding them hostage. Pricks everywhere!!

[voice]

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

The younger ones are more receptive to learning manners - the entire situation is full of abhorrent people. If I could choose, I would kill all of them. He'll be busy with the children, won't he? It takes either a disinterested or an amoral person to win this situation.

[voice]

[rock-it-punch.livejournal.com]

Both. I'm a freakin' superhero. I do what I want.

[voice] lmfao Santo

[hesakillerqueen.livejournal.com]

He has a gun to their head - the slightest move forward and he pulls the trigger and ends a life in a flash of violent crimson. I wonder exactly how fast a landmass can really be.