Riddles

[ceasetoexist]

Hey, you know what I love? Being droned for a week and a half for absolutely no friggin' reason. No. That's just great.

Anyway, I'm bored, so lets play a game. Got a riddle for you. Well, I guess it's more like a logic puzzle then a riddle, but they're close enough to be the same thing. Whatever. So here it is:

Three duelists are standing off against one another. Technically, everything about each duelist seems similar: each has a gun and is the same distance apart from the others. Despite this, each duelist has a different possibility of hitting his opponents. Duelist A has a 90% chance of firing and hitting either oppoennt. Duelist B, however, only has a 60% chance of firing and hitting an opponent.

You are Duelist C. You have a 30% chance of firing and hitting either opponent. You can't run; running will have both of them automatically draw their guns on you. So you have to stay and do something. So, the question is who do you fire at in order to survive?

Comments

[off-beet.livejournal.com]

Invisible creatures that float and infest people's heads. Rather poor tempered.

Yes, you're quite right.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I've heard of stupider things, so I can believe it. How do you get rid of them?

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[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

Your answer is also a reasonable one. [Kyrie's too old to say 'cool' and not feel silly.]

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Well yeah, of course it is!

[Aaaand there's his ego, doing an amazing recovery to smash the little bit of scrutiny he was feeling towards his own answer there. Amazing how it can take just one sentence to make his floundering pride get back up and Hulk righ the fuck out.]

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[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Was it fun?"

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Fun? No.

Scary and kind of thrilling? Yes.

[And you get used to having people threaten you and point weapons at you after awhile.]

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[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I think I will stick to thrills that are actually fun."

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[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

[She laughs a little. Oh Pokey, you are so adorable.]

That's the spirit!

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I'm not saying I go out and get into them, I'm saying they're still fun to watch.

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[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"I don't think so. It's kind of outdated and stupid."

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

You're stupid!

[Kneel before the crushing might of a twelve-year olds logic.]

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[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry kid. I'm sure they're real cool to watch on cartoons."

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[teawithpuzzles.livejournal.com]

Now would you like an easy or a hard one?

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Ah, Pokey, it's you! I was worried you were gone for good!

Hmm. I think I'd try to get them to fire at each other and duck! [He laughs.]

[artwithknives.livejournal.com]

...shoot yourself in the foot. You survive and you're out of the duel.

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

Simple. You fire at nothing.

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

[Long pause.]

Your drone is hideous.

[In other words... Hi.]

[yournewoverlord.livejournal.com]

Hm... are they shooting in a triangle? As in A aiming at B?

[off-beet.livejournal.com]

They are actually alarmingly intelligent.

Raddishes, though turnips will work as well if they are particularly discolored.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Oh, good one jerkwad! That was hysterical. I don't watch cartoons.

[And he just says that with pride like you WOULD NOT believe.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

..What? Like you force feed them those things, or what?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

A hard one!

[Yeah, he doesn't bother thinking this through at all. You can hear his smugness practically oozing out of his mouth when he speaks.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Pfft, and let this town take me over? No way!

[Because we all know that Pokey is just a major badaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA]

That's a good idea, but how would you get them to shoot at each other?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[You know what Shiki? He just laughs at that. But it isn't the sardonic laughter the little bastard usually pulls out. He sounds genuinely and childishly amused at that answer.]

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

That's right.