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dear_mun2012-06-12 10:36 pm
missesthewar) wrote in dear_mun2012-06-12 10:36 pm
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On a plot idea for a PSL...
Zombies? Seriously?
Why are people so eager to set the Dead loose?
Clearly they've got nothing better to do. Only, you know, mine actually does and shouldn't need to throw me into deadly situations with my worst enemy because it's 'interesting.'
Do they even know what they're talking about?
Hordes of shamblers? Runners? Ones with some learning capability that can use basic tools? Those weird ones from that one game, ah, you know the lot; Smokers and Hunters and Jockeys and Tanks and what have you? You see the ones about the Screamers? And does this include zombie dogs?
And then, what sort of infection is this? Radiation? Voodoo black magic curses rise-from-the-grave? Rage virus? Pharmaceutics gone wrong? Mutated strain of the flu?
I suppose it doesn't really matter. I can do zombies. Zeds are easy. A bullet through the skull is a dead undead, right?
[ Someone certainly has a vast knowledge of the undead. ]
Hordes of shamblers? Runners? Ones with some learning capability that can use basic tools? Those weird ones from that one game, ah, you know the lot; Smokers and Hunters and Jockeys and Tanks and what have you? You see the ones about the Screamers? And does this include zombie dogs?
And then, what sort of infection is this? Radiation? Voodoo black magic curses rise-from-the-grave? Rage virus? Pharmaceutics gone wrong? Mutated strain of the flu?
I suppose it doesn't really matter. I can do zombies. Zeds are easy. A bullet through the skull is a dead undead, right?
[ Someone certainly has a vast knowledge of the undead. ]
[Oh, joy, his favorite person. Just who he wanted to deal with.]
Mine doesn't. She says her knowledge of zombies is limited to general knowledge and some terrible film called "Plan Nine from Outer Space".
But knowing my mun, I imagine she'll want something at least vaguely plausible--pharmaceutics or a virus or something. Not that zombies are all that realistic, no matter what you do.
Oh, I imagine that's right up your alley. Mindless destruction is just your cup of tea.
Mine doesn't. She says her knowledge of zombies is limited to general knowledge and some terrible film called "Plan Nine from Outer Space".
But knowing my mun, I imagine she'll want something at least vaguely plausible--pharmaceutics or a virus or something. Not that zombies are all that realistic, no matter what you do.
Oh, I imagine that's right up your alley. Mindless destruction is just your cup of tea.
The Dead are bad enough without having to deal with living enemies too. I'm sorry.
Yes, well, not exactly my idea of a pleasant outing, either.
[He waves a hand casually.]
Boring. Predictable. Cliche. And completely over-done. Where's the creativity, John?
Boring. Predictable. Cliche. And completely over-done. Where's the creativity, John?
[He runs his hand over his face and shrugs ruefully.] Oh well, our muns seem to think we can form an alliance. I think they're rather too optimistic.
[John's rolling his eyes at you, Sherlock.]
Only you would complain that their particular method of destroying the world is too boring...
Only you would complain that their particular method of destroying the world is too boring...
[Sherlock sighs as if John has over-stayed his welcome.]
Because it's not original...
Because it's not original...
[He's torn between annoyance and amusement--not unusual with Sherlock.]
Okay. What would you come up with if you were told to come up with an original method of destroying the world?
Okay. What would you come up with if you were told to come up with an original method of destroying the world?
Well, cooperation is the best way to survive. That, and a large amount of running water. Unless they're the kind that aren't bothered by that.
Jim likes zombie movies. And novels. And I'm unsurprisingly good at zombie shooters. The writer is just as well versed and states the both of them have plenty of zombie movies, fiction, and games under their belt. Also something about Umbrella Corporation-slash-Tricell, but god knows what there.
Of course zombies aren't realistic. The undead dead aren't physically viable, are they? At least pharmaceuticals and viruses give 'em a bit of a possibility but I'm more interested in whether or not these bastards are going to be a problem athletics-wise.
Right you are. At least one of us is prepared with several firearms, a large cache of ammunition, explosives, appropriated riot gear and sharpened machetes at the ready, yeah?
Of course zombies aren't realistic. The undead dead aren't physically viable, are they? At least pharmaceuticals and viruses give 'em a bit of a possibility but I'm more interested in whether or not these bastards are going to be a problem athletics-wise.
Right you are. At least one of us is prepared with several firearms, a large cache of ammunition, explosives, appropriated riot gear and sharpened machetes at the ready, yeah?
[He tries to give her a reassuring grin, but mostly it turns out worried-looking.]
Not the best time to have dead bodies around, I'm afraid.
Not the best time to have dead bodies around, I'm afraid.
Get rid of five percent of the world's water supply....
[Sherlock has an answer for everything.]
It probably wouldn't even take that much. Water on this planet is in a delicate balance.
[Sherlock has an answer for everything.]
It probably wouldn't even take that much. Water on this planet is in a delicate balance.
Well....they're still decaying, so that's sort of a good thing.
[John's mouth opens, then shuts.]
All right, that'd do it.
All right, that'd do it.
Yeah, definitely.
[Oh, well, nothing either of them can do about it. Muns are stubborn idiots.]
You been all right?
[Oh, well, nothing either of them can do about it. Muns are stubborn idiots.]
You been all right?
[Very much so.]
Me? Yeah. I mean, I suppose I can't complain. You?
Me? Yeah. I mean, I suppose I can't complain. You?
Oh, mine seems to get a great deal of entertainment from throwing me and Sherlock into the most unpleasant situations possible to 'see what happens.'
[But he still shrugs to say 'but it's not important'.]
[But he still shrugs to say 'but it's not important'.]
[She nods in understanding.] Mine just seems hell-bent on finding me a bloke. But of course a lot of that ends up being strange situations, so I get where you're coming from.
Discovery channel's done it.
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