Nebula 16

[zombiemessiah]

VIDEO|CW: ZOMBIE RELATED STUFF

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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[fivemilesdeep]

[He thinks through that for a moment and sighs. He knows Murphy's world is cruel, and he knows that cruelty is normal - or at least a new normal, if it's only been that way for six years - but why this? It's one thing to ask where people stand on killing; it's another thing entirety to run them through these scenarios.]

Why are you doing this? Is this fun?

[He legitimately does not understand you, Murphy.]

[zombiemessiah]

[He shrugs and spreads his hands.] I don't think I was gonna at first. I was just thinking about how surprised this one Kirin guy seemed that I don't like to fight. But so many people had the 'no exceptions' opinion I just rolled with it.

And I'm curious. Someone can do something for more than one reason.

[fivemilesdeep]

...so it's not 'because it's fun' - it's 'because you can.'

[It's not a judgment so much as it is confirmation. From what he's hearing, Murphy heard 'no exceptions' and pushed it.]

[zombiemessiah]

That's not what I said. But it sounds like that's what you want to hear.

[And it means Murphy would have to admit getting mad about all of the two friends he has being called bad things for their choices.]

[fivemilesdeep]

[His eyes narrow a bit. Don't you turn this around on him.]

You ask a question, you get an answer, and then you push it with scenarios. You're doing it to satisfy your curiosity. How is that not 'because you can?'

[zombiemessiah]

[Oh he's absolutely going to do that, because he's a turd.]

Nope. Not doing this.

You go take care of whatever business you've got going on.

[And he is peacing out of this conversation because he knows that when being catty devolves into real arguing you say more shit about your emotions than you really want to say. Or, you know, let yourself acknowledge any emotions.]