Would You Rather? Meme

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Would You Rather? Meme

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Reflective surfaces are showing more than Star Children's reflections. It's still there, smiling, winking, or waving back (hey, did you do that? It's fine, don't worry about that). More importantly, a question appears with the reflection. It might be spoken aloud by the tree behind a Star Child or appear in a thought bubble off their reflection. However it appears, it will not disappear until it's answered. It asks: Would you rather...

Should a Star Child avoid answering the question, it follows them around. The environment continues to speak it aloud. It's in the book they read. It's written in the clouds. It's everywhere. The longer it's ignored, the louder, larger, more intrusive it gets—so that it might draw attention or an audience.

As soon as a Star Child answers, they're connected with another Star Child who hears their answer. They may see each other in their reflections, talk or text over their relics, or be near each other when it's answered. Regardless, at least that one person will hear the answer, and with it comes the compulsion to explain the answer. To give at least a little reasoning. Oh, and the urge to ask them a question in return. This compulsion may only last for one question each, or it may last for many. Perhaps it's forgotten altogether in an easy conversation.

For some Star Children, but not all of them, they may find themselves presented literally with completing the situation they are asked about. A non-permanent change situation. Suddenly they're streaming on their relic or in conversation with a friend or at dinner with Thirteen. Who knows! The initial questions appear before Star Children, but they can take it wherever they like. Star Children who complete at least one challenge receive a gold star anywhere from 1 inch to 1 foot across. Touching it gives Star Children a better sense of certainty in themselves. It may be kept, exchanged at Cutting Edge for some other metal, or turned into Thoth for her answer to a would you rather question.

• This meme is game canon unless marked otherwise at the start of threads! Threads can be used for spoons and application samples.
• Characters are presented a 'would you rather' question first in their reflection, then if unanswered around them wherever they go.
• Characters face a strong compulsion to explain their answer... and to ask their partner at least one 'would you rather' question of their own.
• Characters may have to complete the question they answered. If they do, they receive a gold star (once only!), which gives them a sense of certainty. It can also be exchanged for metal at Cutting Edge or to ask Thoth a would you rather question.
• Meme is open for three months!
• Please include and answer one (or more) of the following questions (or your own) in your top level. You can also ask one for whoever tags in, if you'd like:

• Would you rather have dinner with Thirteen or your worst enemy?
• Would you rather be famous, recognized wherever you went and remembered after death, or unknown, unrecognized and unremembered?
• Would you rather have conversations over voice or text?
• Would you rather have a perfect day or a good week? A horrible day or a bad week?
• Would you rather perform before a huge crowd of strangers or a small group of friends?
• Would you rather retain your current body or mind indefinitely, immune to aging or illness?
• Would you rather know how you'll die or when?
• Would you rather have a stranger or your closest person identify aloud what you have in common? Would you rather do it to a stranger or your closest person?
• Would you rather share three things you're grateful for each day with everyone on the network for a week or share what you're most grateful for with someone not of your choosing?
• Would you rather be raised the way you were or another way?
• Would you rather meet, share coffee, and talk with a stranger for an hour every day for four days or tell someone as much of your life story in detail, sparing no secrets, for four minutes?
• Would you rather wake up tomorrow with a new ability or without one you currently have?
• Would you rather know the answer to something about your past or your future?
• Would you rather try to do something you've dreamed of or explain why you haven't tried it yet?
• Would you rather share your greatest accomplishment or learn what your greatest accomplishment will be?
• Would you rather share your most treasured memory or your most terrible memory?
• Would you rather return to your life unaware of Folkmore or with your memories?
• Would you rather be close to your family or distant from them?
• Would you rather see your father or mother again? Or which of your parents, more generally?
• Would you rather share what is needed to be a close friend of yours or an embarrassing moment in your life?
• Would you rather share when you last cried and why or what is to serious to be joked about?

Comments

Questions

[folkie]

[ricochetingbullets]

For completing the situation Star Children are asked about, would it be more of an illusion or an actual scenario happening in Folkmore? For example, "Would you rather have a perfect day or a good week? A horrible day or a bad week?" sounds like it could easily be lived out in the actual setting but something like "Would you rather be raised the way you were or another way?" or having dinner with your worst enemy sounds more like it would cause you to be in some sort of illusion or dream world.

Ask Thoth

[folkie]

Ask Thoth a would you rather question in exchange for your gold star after completing a would you rather challenge!

Baphomet | The Wicked + The Divine | Familiar

[punderworldgod]

[ He's cleaning his sunglasses when comic text pops up ]

Would you rather share your most treasured memory or your most terrible memory?

[ He considers it, wipes the lenses, but the text doesn't go away. That's how it is? ]

I'd rather share my worst memory, the most terrible one. My misery's been shared enough times, but my joys? Those are mine.

[ That's when he notices the double reflection in the sunglasses. Someone else's reflection. That wouldn't be a private confession would it. ]

How about you then? Same question.

it's text. harrow doesn't want to use voice when she can help it.

[necrosaint]

I actually don't know yet.

But I believe I agree with you. A treasure is my own. My worst memories are just about public knowledge.

Mayerling | Vampire Hunter D | Legend

[whowillmourn]

[ As a greater noble, Mayerling has no reflection, so it catches him off guard to see his own face looking back at him in the bathroom mirror one morning. Still dressed in his pajamas, his hair down as he pulls it back, he's quite the sight—more disheveled than usual, and oh can he see it clearly within his reflection. Yet spoken with it, in someone else's tone, something like D's but not D's, he hears: ]

Would you rather have a perfect day or a good week? A horrible day or a bad week?

[ Though he knows not the source of the question or this strange morning, Mayerling considers the question seriously and provides his reasoning aloud as well. ]

In the length of my life, a day and a week are not so different, so I would choose to have the perfect day, a day that can live with me for an eternity or so long as I live. However, for the same reason, having seen how bad a horrible day can be, I would choose a bad week over a horrible day, so that I might minimize what bad may come to me, at least in its intensity. They are sides of the same coin.

[aquilasshadow]

[Altair rarely looked in the mirror. He hated seeing his glowing purple eyes but he paused when he saw an unfamiliar reflection next to his. His eyes narrowed with a suspicious spark yet he still found himself answering.]

I wouldn't trust a perfect day. It wouldn't feel real, but I agree that I would rather have a bad week than a horrible day, especially in this place.

Shuos Jedao | Machineries of Empire | Familiar

[untitledshuos]

[ Over a few days, Jedao keeps getting asked questions. He's popular at this, so after the first conversation, he's rather used to it. It reminds him of Rahal scrying, if applied in a particularly unusual and whimsical way. Could something better describe their host? So he answers them promptly: ]

Would you rather have dinner with Thirteen or your worst enemy? Thirteen, I've already dined with my worst enemy. Lets try something new.
Would you rather be famous, recognized wherever you went and remembered after death, or unknown, unrecognized and unremembered? Having had the first, I'll take the second. Being remembered is overrated.
Would you rather share three things you're grateful for each day with everyone on the network for a week or share what you're most grateful for with someone not of your choosing? I'll share on the network. That not of my choosing is a sticky point I wouldn't be grateful for.
Would you rather return to your life unaware of Folkmore or with your memories? I'd like my memories, thank you. I'd rather remember the loss than lose it.

[bossyboiler]

Dinner with Thirteen, huh? I wonder what that would be like.

[ Why is she seeing this on her relic? Thirteen's doing, of course. ]

Nicholas D Wolfwood | Trigun Stampede | Familiar

[nomansundertaker]

Would you rather see your father or mother again? Or which of your parents, more generally?

[ A fish pops out of his reflection in the lake and asks the question. It stays there, staring at him with one large eye. ]

Oi! What the fuck.

[ He doesn't answer, but everywhere he goes, a wildlife species he hasn't known to talk—they're not spirits, so far as he knows, but perhaps they are—asks him the same question. Louder. In more public places.

Finally at the Prancing Pony, he caves. ]

Neither of them! Either of them! Flip a coin. They wouldn't know the person they're looking at, so there's no damn point. Now shut up and leave me alone!

[ He looks around the bar, glaring at everyone who looks his way. ]

[aquilasshadow]

[Altair wasn't at the bar. He was at the easel painting when he heard an angry voice from his glass of water. His glowing purple eyes burned brighter as he glared at Wolfwood's reflection in the glass.]

I didn't say anything.

[He snapped back. Yet he felt an annoying itch to respond.]

Why wouldn't they recognize you?

[The glow in his eyes dimmed slightly with a hesitant flicker.]

raphael hamato | rise of the tmnt | legend

[supersmashbro]

[ Big win for Raphs everywhere: he takes his own reflection talking to him pretty well in stride, because he spends a lot of time arguing with himself anyway. He's just like oh, hey Mind Raph, what do you want this time?

And that's on him. He left himself open for this. ]

Would you rather know the answer to something about your past or your future?

You know I ain't big on riddles. Jeez. [ Hm. ] I guess the future? I dunno. We already did the past. I kinda wanna stop dealin' with it for a minute. But maybe it depends on who's tellin' me the thing about the past or the future. Maybe Raph don't trust like that.

[ He, for one, thinks less trust is the optimal trust amount in many cases. Who could really be sure??? Not him.

Or tit for tat right off the bat, take a question of your own, fellow Star Child: ]

So, uh. Would you rather have dinner with Thirteen or your worst enemy? Think hard on that one.

[ down to have threads be network voice/text or action, go with your preference! ]

[apuckalypse]

I mean, if you ever wanna know future stuff, I've got loads more stories.

[Raph knows that already, but hey- always good to reiterate the open door policy.]

Definitely Thirteen, though! Even an annoying iteration! Can you imagine Krang as a dinner guest?

[The WORST manners. He'd probably infect the appetizers on minute one.]

bolin | legend of korra | familiar

[bolincredible]

Would you rather perform before a huge crowd of strangers or a small group of friends?

Oooh, big crowd! That's a no-brainer!

[ Local earthbender got as close as humanly possible to interrupting his own reflection's would you rather.

Yes this situation is weird. Everything here is weird. He's gonna roll with it to save up those spoons aka Pabu Points. ]

Performing is easy. It's just giving people what they came to see! I mean, come on, a big crowd cheering for you? A little razzle-dazzle? That's great! And man, it's way less pressure than trying to do something in front of a couple people you already know. A disappointed stranger is nothing compared to disappointed friends and family. Don't even get me started.

[ You got yourself started king, but ok. It's not too late to make this an actual conversation with a person. ]

What about you? Where are you on this crowd size debate? Not to tip the scales or anything, but remember to reaaaaaally think about what's more likely to make you cry.

[aquilasshadow]

[Altair's glowing purple eyes faintly flickered when he realized Bolin was talking to him.]

A small group of friends. If I'm going to make a fool of myself I would rather do it among friends who are more accepting than a bunch of judgmental bastards.

[He may have some experience with the latter and the violent flash in his glowing eyes mirrored the venom in his tone.]

Altair | Original Character | Myth

[aquilasshadow]

Would you rather return to your life unaware of Folkmore or with your memories?

[Altair paused when he heard his own voice coming from his reflection in the window. Great, what now? His glowing purple eyes sparked with an irritated flash as he ignored the question and continued walking. His voice echoed behind him, this time coming from his shadow. The voice grew louder and his shadow grew larger the more he ignored it. The booming voice he could live with, but it was nearly impossible to avoid others shadows when his was so large. He winced at the flood of soul songs that greeted him as the shadows of those passing by were swallowed by his shadow.

His eyes burned brighter and his fangs materialized as he shouted at the air.]

Storms, I get the message loud and clear! I would rather keep my memories. Memories are precious to me, both the good and bad, and I would never want to forget them.

[His eyes narrowed when he noticed someone else's reflection next to his.]

What about you?

((Open to both network or action responses, whichever is easier for you. Enjoy!))

[ricochetingbullets]

[Dex realized he was being spoken to and turned towards Altair to give one.]

With the memories.

[He said with only a few seconds of thought given to his answer.]

If I went back knowing what I do now, maybe I could find my way back again.

[To being a good person that is. As his soul song would indicate where their shadows touched, there was a lot of chaotic darkness in Dex's soul.]

Morgan Elsbeth }{ Star Wars }{ Myth

[survivingsister]

Morgan had been using a shop window to pluck a piece of leaf out of her hair when her reflection winked at her and began fusing with her own clothing rather than reflecting Morgan. It couldn't be said that Morgan wasn't vain, but she did conceal that, especially in public. This both smacked of mockery and yet was a curious piece of magic. Leveling her reflection a hard look, Morgan asked, "What do you want?"

"Would you rather retain your current body or mind indefinitely, immune to aging or illness?" the reflection asked. Morgan was surprised to hear the reflection had her own voice, almost identical to hers, but not.

Morgan frowned a little, but didn't hesitate in her answer. "My mind. Old Daka was older than anyone could remember, according to legend and her aged body a testament to her strength and power, no one underestimated her."

[survivalthroughhate]

"I would give the same answer as well," Maul said, his reflection appearing now in the window instead. "Nightkin already live such long lives that to extend it seems superfluous. I would prefer to always remain sharp mentally instead, for that has been what has saved my life already many times over the years.

April O'Neil | Rise of the TMNT | Familiar

[licensetocrane]

Would you rather have a stranger or your closest person identify aloud what you have in common? Would you rather do it to a stranger or your closest person?

[Well, that's a weird question to be asked by herself over cleaning her teeth. She's been here long enough she just gives her reflection a look.] What kinda dumbass question...? Answer's kinda obvious. Some stranger walks up to me and says 'we have X in common' is creepy as hell, prime stalkin' behaviour. From a friend, it's just nice to hear.

[She doesn't even fight answering, it's so obvious to her. Spitting her toothpaste out, rinsing her mouth out, and then straightening again to see someone else in the mirror--] Holy shit!

[...and flailing backwards out of sight.]

...uh. Are we playing truth or dare now? [From the floor.] Back at you, I guess.

[synchysis]

[ V bites back a snicker as the reflection of a stranger falls back in surprise at seeing him. He'd be more surprised were it not the first time it has happened to him. Mirrors are no longer a place to expect privacy.

Though the reflection disappears, fallen below the counter and blocked by its reflection, V hears the voice well enough. He considers the question, and Vergil immediately comes to mind. Either of them could say aloud what they have in common, as easy as breathing, but known and said aloud carry different weights. ]

I will take the stranger, unknown reflection. Whatever a stranger thinks we have in common says more about them than someone who knows me well. If someone has half the mind to compare us, I'd rather know more about them.

[ He leans closer to the mirror, as though doing so might reveal the person on the other side. ]

Would you rather walk in the shoes of someone more powerful than or weaker than you?

Otono-Tachibana Makie | Blade of the Immortal | Familiar

[therewerefifty]

Would you rather know the answer to something about your past or your future?

[Sure, she takes a while to answer that. It has to be thought on. The question follows her around in a way that's more amusing than exasperating, and she finally answers when she's feeding the koi fish in her pond, peering down at her curious and unnatural reflection.]

There's no point knowing anything about the future. It cannot be changed and will only make you anxious. I already know mine regardless. I think... I would like to know some things about my past, though.

[What an odd thing to happen today. But relatively harmless. She just sighs at the extra reflection looking back at her.] And you?

[survivalthroughhate]

[After giving it some thought, Maul answered.]

I agree as well that I would prefer to know the past. I have an uncontrolled ability to see the future already and it has never brought me anything but misery and pain. And there is a very key event in my past that I would very much like to know the answer to, but the only other two who would know are dead or I know for certain would lie to me about it.

Katie McCoy | OC | Myth

[hollystrike]

Would you rather perform before a huge crowd of strangers or a small group of friends?

[Oh, lovely. More questions. Katie ignores this for most of the day, actually, because she wonders if she'll be compelled to be honest if she tries. She's had enough headaches lately, no matter how innocent the question seems.

In the end, she phrases her answer as a question in itself. It's protection of a sort.]

Wouldn't it be more fun to sway the feelings of an entire crowd? Wouldn't it be less self-conscious to perform in front of people you don't know? Doesn't this question presume you have a small group of friends to begin with? [She's so amused, and even waves at the next pair of eyes she sees looking back from her reflection.]

Your turn.

[synchysis]

[ Green eyes shine back at her, and V sees someone else's eyes staring out of his reflection. Strange, but it's not as though green's the only color eyes he's had in his life. Yet he's attached to them all the same and will need to check his remain there once this remote conversation with someone who does not sound like him is over. They are his eyes. ]

Perhaps those of us without a small group of friends may perform for someone else's small group of friends. A more intimate performance, even if they are themselves strangers to us.

I have no strong preference given that, but I'll take the small group to spare my voice the effort of reaching a whole crowd.

[ V considers what that 'your turn' meant. He answered. Does that make it his turn to ask? What a children's game. ]

Would you rather die with your pride or scrape and beggar to live with your weakness?

Kate Cordello - Original - Myth

[bossyboiler]

[ At first she tries to ignore the questions. The first one pops up when she's cleaning the windows at JavaCakes. Not having time for Thirteen's nonsense, Kate moves on. However, the questions don't stop coming. It doesn't matter what she does.

She opens her relic in the evening and finds another question waiting for her in the reflective text. With a sigh, she gives in and answers. ]

Would you rather be famous, recognized wherever you went and remembered after death, or unknown, unrecognized and unremembered?

I would rather be recognized and remembered after death because the alternative is to be forgotten and I don't want to be forgotten. Being remembered is living on in a way.

[ Another question appears! ]

Would you rather know how you'll die or when?

No. I don't want to know when I'll die. I'd spend most of my time dreading the day. I'd rather be surprised. Thanks.

[ Another! ]

Would you rather see your father or mother again? Or which of your parents, more generally?

Oh, that's a hard one. I think if I had to chose one it would be my dad. I love my parents equally but Dad would be less judgemental about everything that's happened to me and my life choices.

text | un: aquilasshadow

[aquilasshadow]

That's a beautiful way to look at it. Although, you could still be forgotten if there was no one left who remembers you.

Angel Devil | Chainsaw Man | Myth

[idratherdie]

[ The reflection caught Angel as they were scrolling through their Relic, between channels loading up and networks connecting. Their own, lazy reflection staring back at them, resting their face against a fist and the dull glow of their halo. ]

Wₒᵤₗd yₒᵤ ᵣₐₜₕₑᵣ bₑ ᵣₐᵢₛₑd ₜₕₑ wₐy yₒᵤ wₑᵣₑ ₒᵣ ₐₙₒₜₕₑᵣ wₐy?

[ They blinked at the question, brows furrowing before they sighed and gave a shrug. ]

I dunno. I wasn't raised to start with, so I wouldn't know...I guess I might have been nice to have been brought up like a human, I dunno...

[ The reflection wasn't done with them yet. Seeing as the Devil was such a recluse, this was probably the easiest way to keep them talking about themself. ]

Wₒᵤₗd yₒᵤ ᵣₐₜₕₑᵣ wₐₖₑ ᵤₚ ₜₒₘₒᵣᵣₒw wᵢₜₕ ₐ ₙₑw ₐbᵢₗᵢₜy ₒᵣ wᵢₜₕₒᵤₜ ₒₙₑ yₒᵤ cᵤᵣᵣₑₙₜₗy ₕₐᵥₑ?

Without my ability... Duh.

[ There was no hesitation there, none whatsoever. ]

Are we done now? Can I get back to doing nothing now, yea?

Wₒᵤₗd yₒᵤ ᵣₐₜₕₑᵣ ₖₙₒw ₜₕₑ ₐₙₛwₑᵣ ₜₒ ₛₒₘₑₜₕᵢₙg ₐbₒᵤₜ yₒᵤᵣ ₚₐₛₜ ₒᵣ yₒᵤᵣ fᵤₜᵤᵣₑ?

Nope. Leave me alone. I'm done answering.

Wₒᵤₗd yₒᵤ ᵣₐₜₕₑᵣ ₛₕₐᵣₑ yₒᵤᵣ ₘₒₛₜ ₜᵣₑₐₛᵤᵣₑd ₘₑₘₒᵣy ₒᵣ yₒᵤᵣ ₘₒₛₜ ₜₑᵣᵣᵢbₗₑ ₘₑₘₒᵣy?

Someone stop this... I don't want to play anymore.

[synchysis]

[ Someone speaks behind his reflection and with someone else's voice. A quick review of his surroundings reveals that V is on his own. The ways communication travels across this realm continue to surprise, assuming that it isn't yet another conversation with a hidden entity. He remembers the mountain top. Regardless, that someone would choose to lose power, rather than to gain more, surprises him. Who chooses less power? ]

What is your ability that you are so quick to shed it?

[ V's curiosity burns, and he cannot help but ask and hope that the distance gets the person to be honest. ]

Shoto Todoroki | My Hero Academia | Legend

[icicleinferno]

Would you rather be close to your family or distant from them?

[ Shoto seems bewildered by the question for a moment before hesitating. ]

I don't think that is up to me. [ That might be an odd answer, and the question isn't leaving. ]

I don't know.

Hawks | My Hero Academia | Myth

[velocityraptor]

Would you rather know the answer to something about your past or your future?

I know both, and I don't think there's much gained to know either one.

Would you rather be raised the way you were or another way?

Is this some kind of a trick question?

Would you rather see your father or mother again? Or which of your parents, more generally?

Neither. Are you going to stop asking me questions? [ Maybe if he gave a straight answer to any of them... ]

Would you rather be close to your family or distant from them?

Fine, I'd rather be distant from them.

Toge Inumaki | Jujutsu Kaisen | Myth

[cursedwords]

Would you rather have conversations over voice or text?

Text, obviously.

Would you rather know how you'll die or when?

I guess I'll say when, I've got a pretty good idea of how.

Vi | Arcane | Legend

[faceblocks]

[it's easy enough to ignore the question in all its forms until one is compelled to ink it on their own arm. no thanks to that. put down the tattoo gun and flip on the relic. flip it off, too - hey, it's video.]

Would you rather share what is needed to be a close friend of yours or an embarrassing moment in your life?

[a face. a scoff that turns into surprise - because she hadn't expected to want to say anything further on this. surely speaking it aloud was enough, yeah? ...no.]

I don't embarrass easy, so...

It's not that hard. Feed me, I guess? And don't be an asshole? No, wait, scratch that. There's room for both.

[apuckalypse]

[Peering into the camera. This would feel really random, except...]

It got you too, huh? [Yeah, something's going around.] What kind of food says, "I love my asshole friends", do you think?

Stella Truett | Original Character | Myth

[sanguinestar]

[handwritten on bits of paper, etched into the bits of dust and glitter on a mirror, a window, on the spine of every other book and spun in a web that stretches the corner of the cafe she's sitting at. not possible to spin a web that fast, but here we are. 'not possible' doesn't mean much here, does it? Perhaps if she says it aloud, it'll calm the fuck down just a bit?]

Would I rather have dinner with Thirteen or my worst enemy?

[are the spiders asking? does ...charlemagne need an answer to this, or is this all vicky? (is it the third, nameless one?)]

Feels like a bit of a trick question to me. Who knows what I'll get if I answer it. Should I order two drinks just in case? [but she crooks a finger at the little jumper who jumps - then addresses the creature as it perches on fingertip.]

Worst enemy, all the way. Surprised you even had to ask.

[synchysis]

Do you expect any question posed mysteriously to you to come true to life?

[ Perhaps it's a reasonable assumption. He hasn't been here long enough to know. He eyes the ripples of letters across his tea with some suspicion, even as a voice accompanies them. Should he get a second cup of tea? It is no dinner he is having, but if company should come, he would not turn it away in this moment.

The person on the other side of this connection being a stranger, V has to ask. ]

Why your worst enemy? Mine is not much of a conversationalist, I admit, so I'm more curious about Thirteen.

Darth Maul | Star Wars | Familiar

[survivalthroughhate]

Would you rather know how you’ll die or when?

[Maul saw the question pop up on his Relic a few times before he decided to give in and answer it in the form of a video.]

Having learned the answer to both on various occasions, I much prefer knowing when, for that means I could live life as I chose until that day comes. It would give me a sense of peace. Besides, had I known that Kenobi would kill me but not when, I would have been driven far more insane than I already was.

Ultron | MCU | Myth

[ihadstrings]

Would you rather see your mother or your father again? Or which of your parents, more generally? The question kept popping up the longer Ultron ignored it, as he tried to do so with so many things in Folk, so eventually he decided to just give in and answer it whenever the next person had to be around. He noticed it reflecting in the shiny surface of his own arm and decided that was the right moment.

Ultron actually didn’t answer that one right away. It was a nice sign of growth to see he could actually think a question through instead of giving into the first impulsive idea that popped into his head.

“Hmmm, out of the two of my dads, I’d definitely want to see Tony more. If only so he could see that I’ve grown. Maybe then he might not think I was….such a disappointment.” Utron sounded very sad and insecure about what he was certain his creators thought of him. Combine two men who both had severe daddy issues in their background and get them to create an artificial lifeform based heavily off both their personalities and what did you get? An A.I. who really needed therapy.

[obeir]

By this point it's become clear the random questions must be Thirteen's doing and they can't be escaped — so K's no longer surprised whenever someone answers them in his presence, either in person or over the relic. What is surprising about this particular encounter, though, is the person's robotic appearance in combination with the answer he gives.

"You have parents," K says, eyebrows raised. "They raised you?" he asks with interest. The notion is so different from his own experience as a robotic being.

Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter | MCU | Myth

[ricochetingbullets]

Would you rather have dinner with Thirteen or your worst enemy?

“My worst enemy.” He didn’t even need to think about the answer he wanted to give to the question and gave it without a second of hesitation. “Because then I’d get another chance at being able to finally kill that son-of-a-bitch.”

Judging by the rage within Dex’s voice, there was definitely a story there, though not one most people in Folkmore would have heard. He didn’t trust most people enough to really confide what had happened to them, the mental injuries he’d experienced still not having healed right even after six months after everything had gone down when Fisk had ruined his life.

[decohere]

"Here I thought Thirteen was your worst," Ava comments with a small, bitter laugh.

"At least he's not here to bother you anymore."

Alicent Hightower | house of the dragon | Familiar | ota

[alovelyvoice]

i. Would you rather give up wine for a year or drink nothing but wine for a year?
[The question appears first on the bathroom mirror when Alicent is getting ready in the morning. She blinks at it, and continues on with her morning routine. It appears next over her reflection in the water when she fills the kitchen sink to do dishes, now underlined. She gives in when all of the sentences in her book become this question, and opens the network on her Relic.]
Would you rather give up wine for a year or drink nothing but wine for a year?
I would rather drink nothing but wine for a year, between those two options.
[Could she have lied? It did not seem worthwhile to try.]

ii. Would you rather be criticized or be ignored?
This question is even more galling than the first, and Alicent does her best to stifle the urge to answer it for considerably longer. When its' appearance becomes too persistent at home, she heads out to the lake near her house, determined at least not to answer this question in writing. This question, after all, could sum up most of her life before Folkmore, it had been one or the other of these two options for many years. When she reaches the water line, the question is painted in giant letters across the water's surface.

"I don't know. That is the honest answer. I do not know."

iii. Would you rather have your first child when you're 18 or when you're 50?
(content warning: talk of death in childbirth.)
[She is tired by the time the last question starts appearing for her, tired and over it, and does not spend any time fighting it. She just sighs in exhaustion and turns to the network again. She has already talked about how old she was for her first child there, so what does it matter?]

Would you rather have your first child when you're 18 or when you're 50?
I was younger than 18, when I had my first child. I would have loved those extra years before motherhood, if I am honest. I would not want to wait until I was 50, though. That is much too old. Although perhaps it would have just killed me, and then it would not be my problem.

text - un: TheWitch

[survivingsister]

[ Morgan glances at the message. Starts to ignore it, then thinks again. ]

My people are not human; we live much longer. But no Nightsister would ever consider having a child at such a young age. While we are, technically, sexually mature at such an age. Around 30 is when most think about having a kit, even if they have been mated for years. I'm not yet 50, and I have been thinking lately of having my own. Where we home, it would still be a few years yet but I was thinking on it.

I can never understand some races mistreat their females. Or, are your children forced to reproduce so young?

Yelena Belova | mcu | myth | ota

[white_widow]

i. Would you rather have one wish granted today or 10 wishes granted 20 years from now?
At first, despite the (presumably magical) itch to answer, Yelena does a decent job of ignoring the question appearing in her mirrors, in her bathwater, in the shiny surface of her tea kettle. After her lifetime of ignoring distractions and the refresher course that butterflies in the last set of Trials had given her on that front, she very stubbornly bites her tongue and goes about her day.

Which proves to be a mistake. When she is in the midst of her grocery shopping, the question appears in tiny writing on the side of an unnaturally shiny apple, and the answer comes out very much against her will. "I would rather have one wish granted today."

Irritably, she picks up said apple and takes a loud bite out of it. "But perhaps I will use it to wish for 10 wishes in a more reasonable amount of years. 20 is too long."

ii. Would you rather die in 20 years with no regrets or live to 100 with a lot of regrets?
After the first question, in a move of rebellion she knows is futile even before she does it, she covers what reflective surfaces she can in her home. Even though she knows it won't stop the magical effects that do things like this, it makes her feel a little better - briefly. The second question Yelena is confronted with, she finds even more anger inducing than the first. Who came up with these? She would like a word.

She does still attempt to dodge it, wandering out a bit into the woods near her house, in delusion hope that she will not find reflective surfaces out amongst the trees. Of course there is no such luck - puddles become frequent along whatever path she takes. "боже мой, fine, I will answer, but it is a stupid question! It is not clear at all. Are all the regrets I already have going to disappear? Will I have never done those things or would my memory of them just be wiped?"

"Ugh, it does not matter. I would not want to live for 100 years if you paid me. I doubt I have 20 years left either, when it comes to it, so what does it matter." Pardon her for yelling at you, trees. She's in a bad mood.

iii. Would you rather end every phone call with "I love you" or accidentally call your partner the wrong name during a fight?
[When the third question appears, as Yelena is about to go to sleep, the first thing she does is roll over and yell a little into her pillow. She doesn't try dodging this one so much, though. Not just because it is much easier. That fact does not win back any points lost on the previous questions, though. Once she is done with that little bit of venting, she types out a response to the question on the network. No more in person conversations about this, thank you very much.]
This one is too easy. I would choose the first option and only make or accept phone calls for a select few.

[unsheathedfromreality]

The trees don't yell back, but one of them does remark: "This is the one about living twenty more years with no regrets?"

Oh, no. Not the tree--a black-and-pale inhuman man sitting up in the tree, horned head cocked in the yeller's direction.

"I am taking it to mean no regrets for those years. Not so much a choice, if you have piled up regrets before then, hm?"