I got this one from Left 4 Dead. I don't want to kill off any more player characters, or go through recruitment again. So this is what I'm going to do:
Tim is now IDLE.
Tom is now IDLE.
Your NPCed actions may be hilarious until you remotely detonate your player, or you regain some modicum of interest and wish to do the hokey-pokey backwards, or make the naitives think you're insane (because you probably are, by now).
Yay better people!