Crystals | OTA

[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

[aforethought]

That's a quick path t'doom, [ she ought to know ] Gotta be real fancy before anyone wants your honest opinion.

Alright. Now you do one.

[lionheartedman]

Having your entire life consist of nothing but lies, though. It sounds like a quick way to lose yourself.

[ He's not sure if the comment about needing to be important to pull it off is a dig at him or not. Not that he'd blame anyone for it. ]

Would you rather... not be able to sleep, or be plagued by horrible nightmares every time you do?

[ Well, that wasn't what he meant to say. Shit. ]

[aforethought]

Shit, man. Keep it light.

[ she sucks in a breath through her teeth. ]

That's just that Vint symbol, anyway. The dragon what eats itself.

[lionheartedman]

It's still a question. Or did I not do it correctly?

[aforethought]

Yeah, and what I got's still an answer. One's the same as th'other, just a bloody loop. 'S like asking whether y'prefer —

[ she fumbles to come up with a fitting metaphor, falls short, ]

— Chicken or the egg, you know?

[lionheartedman]

[ Cullen thinks about it for a moment. ]

Chicken.

1/3

[aforethought]

That ain't —

2/3

[aforethought]

3/3

[aforethought]

Why chicken.

[lionheartedman]

[ Cullen shrugs, though obviously Melys won't be able to see it. ]

I like chicken more than I like eggs.

[aforethought]

You gotta have a better answer than that.

[lionheartedman]

Apparently I don't. The rules to this game seem to be rather lax. You can say that not sleeping is the same as having nothing but nightmares, and I can decide that it's chicken over egg because I like chicken.

[ All right, she probably couldn't hear the shrug, but surely she can hear the smile? ]

[aforethought]

[ this is not the stupidest argument she’s been in lately, somehow, and it takes her a moment to decide not to go dragging after the point. ]

Can't soft-boil nightmares.

[ she grouses, but it's mostly on principle ]

[lionheartedman]

[ That makes him laugh. It's not particularly robust, but it's the first time he's laughed at all in a good while. ]

You can't broil insomnia, either.

All right, my turn. Would you rather... eat nothing but sweet foods or nothing but salty foods?

[elegiaque]

If you start eating an all frilly cake diet, you're going to be Commander Tubbyford and we'll have to roll you in and out of your office. I'm saying salty, for Puppy's sake.

[lionheartedman]

I assure you that you are the only person I eat frilly cake with.

[elegiaque]

So what you're saying is that in my lack of a sweet tooth, I am actually a hero to the people.

[lionheartedman]

One of the many reasons, yes.

[elegiaque]

More people could learn from how you appreciate me, Commander, honestly.

( #shutupgwen )

[lionheartedman]

I'm happy to offer instruction to any pupils you'd care to send my way.

[ #leaningintoit ]

[faithlikeaseed]

All right, hold up, what about foods that are both? Where do those fall for the purposes of this question?

[lionheartedman]

Since the point is to choose one thing over another, I believe the question must be about sweet or salty foods, excluding anything that is both sweet and salty.

More's the pity.

[faithlikeaseed]

[Forlorn sigh.]

Right, right.

I'd give up sweet, in that case.

[lionheartedman]

Apparently so would I, for the sake of the Inquisition as a whole.

[ Beat. ]

I probably would, regardless. Sweet can be too sweet after a while.

[aforethought]

Only eat salt, you'd die right quick. 'S like drinking the ocean.

[ but.........eating it ]