You know, if someone could get their poison into Krispy Kreme, they'd be golden.
You'd be snarfing, your co-worker would fall over dead, you'd pause to think "Poor fuck," and grab the remnant of his Boston Creme before he hit the ground.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 8:24:18 am PST #3303 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 03, 2004 8:24:37 am PST #3304 of 10001
What is even happening?
Abby & Martha 4evah!!!!!!!!!!!1111 *cough*
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 8:25:35 am PST #3305 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seven people died of cyanide poisoning between 29 September and 1 October 1982, all after having taken Tylenol. Although the case is officially listed as "unsolved," it appears this was a bona fide random poisoning and not an attempt to cover up the murder of one individual by randomly killing six others.
DXMachina - Dec 03, 2004 8:26:36 am PST #3306 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Did you know the Tylenol scare that prompted all the safety caps and packaging, etc was later proven to have been comitted by a family member, not a matter of anyone tampering on the shelves randomly?
Except that more than one person died in the original incident. Snopes says that it was the later copycat attacks that were directed. [link]
Hee. X-post.
Liese S. - Dec 03, 2004 8:26:52 am PST #3307 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
OOooh! I just totally got a plot point for my not-nanowrimo-no. Wonder what happens to a woman between her first kill and the second. What makes her turn serial and not just, you know, your everyday household murderer.
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 8:27:33 am PST #3308 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
You have friends, right? Co-workers? You have to think outside the box, or you just get lost in the annals of history.
Yeah, but if the entire Java department at t very large corporation drops dead unexpectedly, it does tend to draw attention. Especially police attention.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 8:29:33 am PST #3309 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
if the entire Java department at drops dead unexpectedly, it does tend to draw attention
I'm thinking if my entire extended family dropped dead, attention would be drawn too.
Liese S. - Dec 03, 2004 8:30:06 am PST #3310 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Maybe their Krispy Kreme poison can be slow working. And randomized! Maybe it can be nanobot Krispy Kreme infection that can be triggered by radio control!
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 8:31:09 am PST #3311 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And randomized!
You totally randomise. Put them in a bit of the Boston Creme mix, and Bob's your uncle.
Liese S. - Dec 03, 2004 8:31:21 am PST #3312 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hey, that's a good question. Is the longer time to apprehension related to a longer span between crimes? It seems like it would take longer to court, marry, kill, rinse, repeat than it would to just kill all the nurses in the Philadelphia area or something.