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

[yournewoverlord.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it. The writers never wanna commit to a thorough explanation.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Writers are awful. Especially when you have to go through translators.

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[teawithpuzzles.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you did.

[Lieeeees.]

If you wish for another puzzle to solve, feel free to contact me at any time.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Aha! See, I'm craftier than I look!

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Heh. Guess you are.

You may want to keep an eye on your dodo though.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Oh? He did get out a few times recently! I think he gets bored when I'm away at school, and manages to find a way out.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

You ever thought of, like, putting a leash on him or something?

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

[He sputters at that.] A leash?! Perish the thought. I could never do that to him!

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Well you're going to have to do something to keep him from getting out. What if the idiot gets hit by a car, or one of the freakier people here eats him?

[off-beet.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm sure they have at least seven uses.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...Okay.

Other then "eat them", what uses do they have?

[off-beet.livejournal.com]

I believe they may be used in calming draughts for certain types of bandersnatches.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Well normally I'd have a talk to him about this sort of thing, but without my magic I can't. I wonder if someone else in town could.

Then again, with the winter coming, he's more likely to stay inside now. Dodos aren't very fond of the cold, it seems.

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

If it's what you want. Sure.

[That'll be some good batting practice.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

So like...

Do you ever talk in a different tone of voice then the three I've heard you use? Like there's this, then anger, then just...creepy jerkwad voice.

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

...

You're keeping tack?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Pretty much yeah.

[No. There is absolutely nothing creepy about that, is there Slugger?]

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

[Mostly it's something he's never really thought about. But now that he is, there was a time when he went stammering incomprehensibly to Death the night when Grady attacked Susan. Like hell he's going to tell you about it, though.]

...No?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Amazing. Guess three tracks is better then one.

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[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"They don't have that saying in your world?

Take a deep breath, relax, and calm.

Zen or something like that."

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Oh, uh....

I knew that.

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[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Oh, okay. So yeah, if you feel yourself getting angry just take a deep breath and see how you feel after.

Wait, take a deep breath and then let it out."

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah, uh, okay. Think I got it. Thanks.

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[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Glad I could help.

So, how long have you been stuck here?"

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Five months.