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[aforethought]

FORM: Crystals
SENDER: Melys
RECIPIENT: Everyone!
WHAT: IC Would-you-rather
WHEN: Now-ish
WHERE: ~Everywhere~
NOTES: Threadjack like mad, please.

[ without preamble, ]

So here’s what: You make up two choices. Maybe they’re both shit, or maybe they’re both alright, but you say them — then you gotta say which one you’d pick, if you had to.

And maybe why. And then everyone else’s gotta answer too. Like this, 

Would you rather not be able t'lie, or only be able to? 

— And no one gives a damn for who you’re fucking or who fucked you over, so don’t go dragging that mess in here or I’ll puke on your shoes.

Comments

[serannas]

I'd rather not be able to lie. You could get into some bad situations, sure, but if you're always lying, no one's ever going to trust you or want to be around you.

Here's a silly one: would you rather only be able to hop everywhere, or crawl everywhere?

[aforethought]

Shit, I dunno. Works out alright for nobility, don't it.

[ 'let's keep politics out of this', she said, shortly before dragging in politics ]

D'you still got both your legs in these or is that why you're hopping?

[serannas]

I guess so. But they know people only want to be around them to suck up. It's rare for them to have loyal friends.

[ Take it from her. She used to date a magister's son and heard all his stories. ]

Both legs. So people will be confused as to why you're doing one or the other.

[aforethought]

Yeah, I'll shed an ocean of tears on that.

[ who gives a damn for loyalty when you've got a full belly every night? loyalty's never done her a bit of good. ]

Can you switch legs?

[ she may be overthinking this ]

[serannas]

[ Hey, she's just pointing it out. That's all. ]

Yes, but only when you wake up in the morning. So Sunday it's all the right leg, Monday is the left.

[aforethought]

Pass. You tried hopping for more'n a minute at a time? It's piss. Crawl long enough, and maybe some poor sap'll carry you.

[ that's not exactly how reynolds put it but reynolds is fuck knows where, and no reason to pretend there's no one listening to correct it ]

[serannas]

That was my thought. You hop around and people will give you a wide berth, but you crawl and people will be more likely to help.

[elegiaque]

Someone might be moved to pity by my crawling and carry me around, whereas if you hop about you just look like a twat. I'd crawl.

[serannas]

That was my thought. But I wanted to see if anyone was really adverse to crawling.