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[rhygret]

Sooooo.

Here's a bit of an awkward question:

How many of you guys have someone you don't exactly like holed up in one of those pods? And I don't just mean like "wow that guy's a dick" I'm talking more along the lines of "this guy is a GIANT dick and he will definitely try to kill us [ read: him ] when he wakes up."

Is there any way to...I don't know, pull the plug out of the pods? or something? Do you think we'd get in trouble for that?

[ A little casual accidentally-on-purpose murder never hurt anyone right? Like especially when it's for the greater good, which this totally is. ]

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[laveers]

It is a longship.

[ spaceships aren't real ships!!! ]

[tummyflowers]

Wait. What would happen to your old skeleton?

[shashka]

[ ask an ominous anonymous question, get an ominous anonymous answer. ]

You should try it sometime. There's nothing quite like it.

[ is he joking? serious? who really knows. ]

[valcurie]

I don't think you're doing a very good job of convincing either of us this isn't about you wanting something. Even if he's the genocidal leader of a children's army, that doesn't mean that taking his life should be easy. Some deaths are justifiable, I won't deny that, but killing someone still makes you a murderer. And you clearly don't wish to deal with all the consequences that come with your actions.

So what is it? Did he do something to you? Did he kill someone close to you?

[personalwar]

No, but the point is that she might be open to other options. I don't think she's gonna let you kill anyone, but if you can prove that this person is dangerous, maybe she'll lock him up.

[ Or even keep him in forced cryostasis. Which might be considered the same as death, but it's a loophole of sorts. 76 doesn't know if he actually wants to suggest it to this guy when he's already so set on murdering someone who's unable to even defend themselves. ]

[rhygret]

Okay yeah long is a good start, but what kind.

[ Rhys: knows nothing about ships that aren't made of metal, and even then he also knows nothing. ]

[rhygret]

Nothing! My skeleton is perfectly fine. All pieces where they need to be.

[rhygret]

[ Rhys regrets ]

I'll pass, thanks. Thaaaat's a little bit too methodical for me.

[rhygret]

All of the above? Or well. Not that second part, not to me specifically. But he's done that to a lot of people who aren't...me. It's complicated alright?

Getting rid of this guy is anything but easy alright. Last time it took and entire planet, a bunch of bandits, and a group of like...super-powerful and super-cool mercenaries to take him out. I'd like to skip all of that this time around, thanks.

[rhygret]

Oh... I don't know. Maybe that would work? According to someone else on here they're actually pretty okay if you want to wait until after they wake up to try and off them.

Weird right?

[ It's weird to him at any rate. He doesn't see the different in waiting to kill someone versus pulling a plug, but. #Aliens, so. Who really knows? ]

[valcurie]

All right, so it took the resources and heroes of an entire planet to take him out; if he's that resilient, what makes you think you can actually kill him in a pod? What if your attempt at something which worked for someone else, is not enough to take him out, and instead wakes him up?

Have you tried talking to the Orbiters? If they were able to get him in, they may be your best bet to keep him in there. If what they say is true than it would be in their best interest as well to keep him contained so that he could not undo all of their work.

[rhygret]

Because he's asleep...? That's the best time to do it right? It's not like he'll just snap awake and try to strangle me or anything if he's inside the chamber still.

[ Probably. ]

It sounds from what other people are saying like you have to wait until they wake up or they knock you out and remove you from the area.

[uglybug]

Yes, so Rocket said. Even so, I should have at least appealed to Darma against his continued survival.

[rhygret]

This is so weird so people always ask before they kill someone where you guys come from??

[obstinance]

maybe where you're from.

[ what kind of backwards society do you even come from, rhys. ]

even the simulations had dungeons. as medieval as it is, i don't think they're insane enough to bring legitimate murderers along for the ride and let it play out like it's some kind of battle royale.

[uglybug]

It came up in conversation?

I saw him in a pod and told Rocket. We talked about it then.

[Are you trying to confuse her or?]

[yourhatred]

And yet here he is. He can't hurt anyone while he's in stasis.
It would be best to leave things be.

Even if you were to succeed in killing him, that would be a bad precedent. After all,
you wouldn't want someone to kill someone you were trying to protect.

[rhygret]

[ A futuristic Corporatocracy okay IT'S NORMAL ]

Yeah and they planned to torture us in that simulation if you forgot. I'm pretty sure multi-dimensional beings don't exactly follow the same rules or laws as us when it comes to this sort of thing.

[rhygret]

[ Not...intentionally, no. That's just Rhys on a good day. ]

Rocket...wait, the raccoon??

[uglybug]

I do not know what a raccoon is.

He says he is not one, though.

[Aka yes that Rocket.]

[rhygret]

Protecting him was a big mistake in the first place, trust me.

[yourhatred]

That's not your decision to make.

[doggo]

Fairly certain it's a daily thing everywhere.

When he wakes up, is he going to tell us this same story about you?

[obstinance]

[ yes... normal... just like stallions encrusted in diamonds. ]

you might be surprised.
but if they're not following the same laws or rules, you can bet they're not going to throw you in a prison when you go around murdering people in their pods.

i mean, if you WANT to get thrown out an airlock by a multi-dimensional being, more power to you?

[valcurie]

How do you know that, for sure? Would you be willing to take responsibility for the consequences of accidentally waking him up?

But have you talked to them? Have you made an effort of your own?