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

[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?

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Stand in the middle and make a big racket? Then duck in time, hopefully! Ah, afraid I've never been so good at riddles.

[Well, he *used* to be, once upon a time.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Ah, but what happens if they're quick enough to hit? It's an interesting way to try and cheat it, but it isn't very likely.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Ally myself with A then and tagteam B, I suppose!

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Huh. Interesting. Never really heard someone suggest that before, but if you set it up before the duel, I guess that could work.

[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?

[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.