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[nanomitesss]

Dear City,

I have something of a hypothetical dilemma, purely for the sake of discussion. Say one has been HYPOTHETICALLY beaten to a pulp by a child no older than eleven.  What would be an age-appropriate retaliation?  This obviously calls for some manner of revenge, but I suspect killing a child would be frowned upon by the populace-- not that I ever would kill a child, even in a completely fabricated situation with no bearing on reality. [Haha... ha... Yes.] Turning the other cheek is out of the question, as both cheeks are quite bruised (not literally).  What would you do if you were in my this hypothetical situation?

Yours,

Beaten and Bitter

[OOC: So Mindy beat up Rex during the Grab Bag Weekend :CCC  ALSO HI, I KNOW I'M SUPER BEHIND ON TAGS, I WILL GET TO THEM THIS EVENING WHEN I RETURN FROM WORK.  This muse just sort of got away from me for a while, but now he's back.]

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text: anonymous (not cursed just trollin')

[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

Dear Beaten and Bitter,

Get over it.

Signed,

laughing at your expense

[nanomitesss]

THIS ISN'T THE TYPE OF THING ONE JUST GETS OVER!

[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

YOU DESERVED IT.

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[thenormalsquint]

[Angela is in a state of sighing heavily.]

[nanomitesss]

I DID NOT. The situation HARDLY called for violence!

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[nanomitesss]

[HEY, YOU WEREN'T THE ONE WHO GOT BEATEN UP HERE.]

text; (and not even anon. Because. He gives no fucks.)

[worldofourown]

If the child was capable of drubbing an adult, that child is a threat to society.

Kill it.

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[hatedbyfanboys]

Contact the police. They may be a minor but they commit an assault.

[errandry]

and this is all TOTALLY HYPOTHETICAL, huh. was it a real kid?

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[nanomitesss]

Tempting though that is, I don't think the rest of the city would agree with you...

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[worldofourown]

Half the City is full of twits.

Do as you please.

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[nanomitesss]

And a completely unprovoked assault, at that! Of course, going to the police would mean I would have to go public with my injuries. [And he'd much rather hide away until he's looking... good... again.]

Hypothetically, that is.

[nanomitesss]

A hypothetical kid.

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[nanomitesss]

It isn't so much their opinions as it is possible retaliation that I'm concerned about. Even if an accident were arranged, I'm sure I'd turn up on the short list of suspects. [Especially now that this curse is making him a chatty cathy. Oh, how he'd like for it to be over already.]

That is, if this were a real situation and not one I made up purely as a thought exercise.

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[worldofourown]

Of course.

[He TOTALLY believes you. Not.]

Perhaps - hypothetically - you can hire someone to do the job. If this one little child distresses you so much.

[errandry]

yeah, but a hypothetical immortal kid with a thousand and sixty-seven fighting years' experience, or a REAL kid?

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[hatedbyfanboys]

The more evidence, the better.