voidtreckernet | Nebula 16

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Alright. Alright. One of those opinion posts.

[For those that don't know Murphy, the man on the screen outright just looks likes Voltaire wet dream, complete with red skin, Satan aesthetic, black suit with a red shirt and he's got the voice of a story-telling podcaster.]

Moral Quandary Time! Where do you draw the line in killing people? Are you a 'no, never' person? A 'only in self-defense person'? A 'the world'd be better without this person' person? Maybe even a 'You killed my father, prepare to die!' type. Or, maybe? All it would take is something that'll line your pockets.

Maybe the setting counts. Somewhere like my world, where billions of undead roam hungry and the living trample each other to survive. Definitely one where even the softest heart would be hard-pressed to stay their hand. Or you go to one of those colorful, magical places where the grass looks like astroturf and there are rainbows with no clouds. But you found out all the cute, adorable fuzzy things there were slowly going to cause the extinction of five other species.

This isn't just a question about murder philosophy. Missions are tough and some just want to help and some of us are desensitized. You might need someone who can easily do what you'd struggle with. Then again, you might need someone with a little more patience so you don't snap someone's neck.

[Murphy withholds the question about whether someone would rather him get information one way or the other if it came down to a choice. He'll wait on that one 'cause he's sure the initial answer would be, 'I would rather you do neither.]

Also hello to the new people! Hiiii. Yeah. You might get mindfucked. There's a lot of that recently. I'm sure someone else with a healthy dose of PTSD can fill you in on how that went.

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Okay, so... I'm technically dead. I've told people before that you can't kill what's already dead but uh... I was about to put the beat down on someone at the time [and then he got distracted and he got shot and that sucks].

So, call it a personal interest. If someone's died before and not inherently 'evil', would you see them as 'living'?

The ghosts in my world have an entire other dimension to themselves. There's laws and a Christmas truce and entire civilizations in there. Not to mention ghosts who were born in there and have never been alive. So you know, what else would you call that apart from living?

[He makes a face.]

And the only people who say ghosts are inherently evil are the human ghost hunters who've never had an entire conversation with one.

[Which included his parents and ex-girlfriend, but that was a whole other issue. ]

...Ghosts can be born there? Ghosts can fuck? They have a whole other dimension?

[He's completely derailed. He wants a whole other dimension!!!]

Well, that makes sense. Can't say the zombie experience is much different in that regard. Some can talk but even less humans can listen.

"Please do not phrase like that. I think I'm going to have to find some brain bleach now." Danny makes a face. "But yeah, there's kid ghosts."

He nods. "My parents named it the Ghost Zone. Its like a mirror dimension of my world. But the ghosts call it the Infinite Realms, which describes it a lot better."

He rubs his forehead. "Yeah.... that sounds about right. Human scientists in my world think all ghosts are evil, and lean towards shoot first and ask questions never. And it really doesn't help that most of the ghosts that come to the human world are the ones who want to cause trouble. The ghosts who just want to be left alone are smart enough not to go anywhere near ghost hunters."

I would think the kid ghosts were dead kids. I saw a baby die and become a zombie and maul a soldier to death. It skittered around on all fours. Did not like that... Actually now I'd probably not be as freaked out as I was then.

[Life in the apocalypse is... weird.]

Then again my daughter was born to be like me, so-

[Yeah, apocalypse real weird there too. Anyway!]

That sucks, though. I get a lot of that. I mean, I kind of get people defending themselves against the brainless ones but some can communicate just fine now.

"Youngblood might have been alive once," Danny says thoughtfully. "But Box Lunch definitely wasn't. Considering she came right out and told me who her parents were. And she was every bit as annoying as both of them combined."

"Who does the naming conventions for the ghosts in your world, band promoters or racehorse owners? Because those are really intense names for children, born into ghosthood or not."

"None of them ever told me? But I think they mostly just name themselves. Or pick up nicknames from somewhere. Youngblood likes to play at being a pirate. And Box Lunch is the kid of the Box Ghost and the Lunch Lady." Danny makes a face. "They're both super annoying, and she somehow managed to be more annoying than both of them combined."

Excuse him, he's gonna laugh at 'Box Lunch' being Box Ghost and Lunch Lady for a little while. It's so dumb and hilarious.

Once he's better? "So... so there was this sharpshooter that traveled with us? Went by Ten Thousand, but we all called him 10K. And this one wild kid decided to emulate him? Doc called him 5K and I think that's about the second funniest name thing I've heard. I think Box Lunch might take the top now."

Danny resolves never to reveal that he'd spent the first few months of his career as a superhero being called Inviso-Bill. Never let the local media name your superhero identity.

"Eh, makes sense to me. I figure if you can make a pun out of your name, might as well go for it."

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