15 BRAINS ; anonymous text

[livable]

Scenario: Zombies exist. They are conscious beings, look just like humans (no rotted flesh), except they have super strength and have to eat human brains or they'll lose their minds and go full Romero-style like in the movies. Probably a couple hundred of them in terms of population. Most of them don't kill humans, they buy brains off of coroners or funeral directors for premium prices just to keep from becoming murderers because while yes, they do feel hunger when they look at a human person, they also used to be a human and aren't typically psychopaths unless they already were before they died. They also sometimes get glimpses of the memories of the humans they eat. It can be spread via scratching, biting, and sexual contact. It's not spreadable to anything but in-species (so zombie rats can only infect rats, zombie humans can only infect humans).

What do you do about the zombie population?

(Disclaimer: This is hypothetical. Been watching a lot of B horror and got curious!)

[ She has been watching B horror movies, anyway. All replies from Liv are anon text unless otherwise stated. ]

Comments

Anon Text | RIGHT ON TIME right

[reachnotflexibility]

Hate to break it to you, but that is not how husks work.

ditto SURE

[livable]

Good thing I'm not talking about husks.

[reachnotflexibility]

Sentient zombies might be cool in the movies, but I've seen the real deal. Trust me, you do not want to get too close to them.


...Though I suppose there could be different variations from different universes. Hmmm. Never thought about that before. Still not sure how safe I'd feel living with something that wants to eat me all the time, though.