Aromatic-Wing4723

Aromatic-Wing4723 t1_j6lxoib wrote

Reply to [WP] Out of all the superpowers out there, you consider yours the most sadistic; you can save any number of innocent people from death in the face of danger, but to gain that ability, you must kill an innocent person. Named after the infamous moral thought experiment, you are... Trolley Man. by MarauderOnReddit

Rule one: I only take volunteers.

This is probably the most important rule.

I can’t coerce someone into doing it, either. Well, I could, but… I don’t think I could live with myself afterwards.

My power doesn’t allow me to kill, I have to do that on my own. So I’ve learned the best ways to do it. The most painless.

Guns can cause to much collateral damage, so I primarily use knives.

I think it’s better, that way. More personal. Makes it harder to view a life as worthless if you can look someone in the eyes as they die.

Rule two: Only use in disasters.

I could cure thousands of people of illnesses of all kinds. But if I do, medical knowledge will never progress. As much as it hurts, no matter how many sob stories I hear, I can’t do it. It with only cause more problems in the long run.

That’s why I never want my identity revealed. Not because of the killing. Killing isn’t easy. Not for me.

But the constant begging to save people when I know that it will only doom others in the long run.

I want to help. I do so badly.

And sometimes I do. Just for one or two people. Only for those that have no connection to me. Those that haven’t asked. Just to soothe my splintered soul.

And on I continue.

Another day, another crack added to the spreading litchenburg pattern across my heart.

Edit: typos

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Aromatic-Wing4723 t1_j4aqvch wrote

Reply to [PM] Give me something out of the box, something abstract. It doesn't have to entirely make sense. I'd like to try to write an unreliable narrator, maybe? by Thunderingthought

My dream:

Person 1: hey guys, I got a nuke

Person 2: cool!

Me: wtf how

P1: we should use it

Me: wtf no!!! Why do you have a nuke? Why is it handheld? Why did it come in a box that says shortcake?!?

P2: that’s a great idea!

Me: NO!!

P1: okay, I’ll arm it, [my name]has to throw it.

Me: argh!

P1: hands me armed nuke

P1: it’s on a timer

Me: you fuckers don’t get out of it that easy. If I’m throwing the nuke you’re coming with me.

All: run away from bunker

Me: throws nuclear potato

All: book it back to the nuclear bunker

Me: seals door

And that’s it that’s the dream

I hope you have fun with that.

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