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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?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It's very easy to live with pride but no honour. Anyone who's practically swimming in wealth and power is usually full of how clever they are with no mention of the people whose backs they broke to make it to the top. But honour has, hmm, nuance, I suppose. There's personal codes and then there's cultural codes. And everyone's personal code might look slightly different, really. What counts as honourable for me may not count as such for you, wouldn't that be so? [She grins cheerfully.]

None of that answers the question, mind. But I'm the sort of person who takes pride in what honour I have. Therefore if I'm not living by honour, I'm not living by pride either. My own personal honour, of course. There are some cultural codes that require you to kill yourself if you fail in certain ways, which has always seemed rather pointless to me.

[...technically she still hasn't answered the question. Not outright, anyway.]

Pride without accomplishment is hollow, and the world holds many hollow men.

Yet I understand that honor then is a form of restrictions, limitations, self-imposed by which one manages to succeed. That accomplishment provides pride one hopes is more substance. And a noble death to any unfortunate honorable soul who dies not breaking their virtues.

[ By that standard, V has no honor because he set aside what principles Vergil had in order to live. Life or pride. Life or honor. He chose life. No matter who he has to get help from or how, he repudiates shame.

His conversation with Vergil comes to mind, one stipulation, one term of honor, where it concerns Nero. It is not that V lacks morals altogether, but so many of them turn to pointless dust in the face of death. ]

A waste for everyone, save whoever wants that person dead.

[They're not so different. Katie thinks of honour as a noble concept and plays at it, but she'll choose life every time. Or love, which can look like honour to some, but really isn't.]

A very deep conversation to be having with my not!reflection this fine morning. Do you happen to know why you're sharing my mirror? [She's more amused than genuinely curious. In Folkmore, it usually comes down to Thirteen had a whim.]

[ A deep conversation but an interesting one, far better than small chat. V enjoys this tête-à-tête with the stranger. They are not on opposing sides so much as opposite mirrors. ]

I have only just arrived in recent days, so I would hope you would have an answer for us both.

I've only been here a few days longer than you, but as I understand it, one should always point fingers at the resident fox spirit when odd things occur. Welcome to Folkmore, though. Do you like it so far?

I believe she promised whatever happenings might push me toward my "potential," so that is no surprise to hear. Thank you, it's a charming place with the internal logic of a poem.

Oh! What a fantastic way to put it. And do you think you have a potential that can be reached?

So long as any of us live, we may potentially do anything. We will grow and change to meet the world around us. Is there some height to be reached? I do not know, but there is something to the reaching.

The journey to find out is the fun part. For a given definition.

[She waves at the mirror.] Katie McCoy. Nice to meet you, mirror ghost.

There are so many definitions.

[ V gives a bow and adds a flourish with his cane. ] You may call your mirror ghost V.

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