Challenge #03065-H157: All Life Feeds on Death
“How do you think I feel seeing you eat a salad??”
A die-hard vegan’s ship crash-lands on a planet that’s what appears to almost be a haven world, lots of small animals, lots of plant life, absolutely paradise. Except…that the vegan sees a plant suddenly snap shut when an animal gets too close and the animal is eaten.
The cogniscents there are green, skin, hair, eyes, and they move with a slight rustling. They are descendant of carnivorous plants that have learned to become intelligent to survive. – Fighting Fit
Some cogniscent beings just naturally come to blows. Be it conflicting biological needs, conflicting environmental necessities, or conflicting ideologies. It’s just better for everyone if they’re kept at least forty SDU[1] away from each other at all times. Some… do not have that option before they discover each other.
Human Lass was from the Ethical Superiority of Vigann. Ze had left to become a missionary of sorts and spread the good word of a clean, plant-based existence. Once the entire universe was completely in harmony, there would be no more need for wars, violence, or any nasty feelings at all. It was a lot of work to reform the universe, and Vigann made sure it was always sending out explorers to spread the good word.
It was astonishing how many cogniscents refused to listen to it. They used utter nonsense like the phrase “obligate carnivore”, or “unsustainable aspirations”, or “ridiculous pseudoscience.” Lass was not discouraged. For every two hundred die-hard unbelievers, there were as many as seven who could be convinced to begin cleansing themselves of the alleged necessity of animal abuse and the products made from it. That was until she crashed on the Phloranian colony P'taal.
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(Source: peakd.com)
Challenge #03044-H121: Unclean! Unclean!
Militant vegans, for years after she managed to escape their world, attempt to kidnap Harro, and later their children, and their grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to “pay for crimes against their world”. Each time they try, they’re stopped rather firmly and placed into prison. Good thing Harro, and their family, are quite fierce about self-defense and have a lot of defenders. The militant vegans, within their cells, and the ones from their homeworlds, both refuse to accept their “heros” have committed crimes and are prison for it, and that each kidnap attempt is going to wind each kidnapper into the prisons as well. It’s hard to rehab those with such closed minds.
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-02970-h047-the-lifelong-argument – DaniAndShali
Usually, when these things happen, the polity they belong to declares their actions to be that of a “lone wolf” with or without any other adjectives. However, Plabari does not believe in wolves, canids, or other carnivores. Therefore, their turn of phrase is “wild ungulate”. Not that they have many of those in their polity either. They went extinct for some reason after the wild lands were all turned to croplands that were protected from unwanted herbivores.
Never let it be said that a Plabari can draw a line between “cause” and “effect”. That would spoil everything that they’ve been working for. If they encounter no proof that a fully vegan lifestyle is not possible for all living things, then they can’t have an existential crisis. And for those who would defy the clean and pure way of life? The only answer is death.
Thusly, Plabari Jens has gone out to become a wild ungulate and strike a blow for justice. The offending filthy carnivore, Harro Silentfoot was no longer able to be found, then one of her descendants would do. They could still be found. Jens picked the nearest one and took the shortest possible path to where they lived. It was quite a shock to discover that the Cogniscent Rights Committee intercepted her “for questioning.”
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(Source: peakd.com)