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[saudades]

hiiii everyone! you can call me dazai.

since we're all supposed to work together and get to know each other, i thought it would be fun to play a little icebreaker game that's popular on my earth ♥

it's called would you rather! the rules are pretty simple:

✦ post a hypothetical between two difficult choices
✦ have others choose between them, and offer their own hypotheticals in return
✦ go back and forth until you don't feel like playing anymore

noooormally, it'd be cheating to say something like both, or neither, but if you can come up with a really interesting alternative, i'll allow it~

feel free to respond to each other, as well! can't just let me go having all the fun, after all.

here's a few to get us started:

1) would you rather hurt someone to protect yourself, or get hurt protecting someone else?
2) would you rather be unable to have your favorite meal again, or be unable to get drunk again?
3) would you rather betray your boss or abandon your best friend?

[wdym these are weird questions, he's so normal. it's just a gaaaaame and definitely not a covert means of information gathering or anything. come on and play :)]

Comments

[ingestion]

can't say I know anymore than anyone else here would.

I actually just arrived last month myself.

[saudades]

then how am i supposed to be doing things to prove my world's worthiness, hmmm? all we can do is wait, isn't that right?

[ingestion]

you could always try reaching out to her and seeing what she finds agreeable.

or maybe make some friends with the people here? there are plenty of ways to kill time.

[saudades]

playing a game is a great way to make friends though, wouldn't you say?

[ingestion]

and you've been successful at it? with these questions?

seems kinda difficult to learn about anyone this way.

[saudades]

do you make friends in a single conversation? that’s quite impressive!
at any rate, i’d say this game has been rather illuminating, actually~

[ingestion]

not with that attitude.

I guess I'm happy for you then? at least you've succeeded in killing some time.

[saudades]

is that so? please do advise me on the correct attitude to have, then! i’m in your hands, sensei ♥

1/2

[ingestion]

( what the hell...

is a 'sensei'. she's going to have to do some research. )

right....

2/2

[ingestion]

best of luck to you?

[saudades]

people here are really stingy about sharing their wisdom. it’s so unfortunate! how am i supposed to act in a way you’ll approve of if you don’t explain what you’re looking for???

[ingestion]

I don't even think we're still on the same page here.

but I guess I can answer your other questions? the first two I skipped if that helps.

[saudades]

[He really would like the answers to those questions, but it wouldn't fit with the character he's constructed here, so--]

nooooo that's not what i mean

if you think there's something wrong with my attitude, or how i'm approaching the game, then it's best to be upfront, isn't it? how else can i learn anything?

[ingestion]

( she's going to have to kick herself later for getting into this mess. )

I guess you could start by sharing your own answers to those questions.

[saudades]

oho? i could do that
but are you sure you don't want to ask me your own questions? that is meant to be the point of the game, after all.

[ingestion]

kinda hard to be too curious about someone you barely know.

but sure, how long have you been in etraya? do you think you'll succeed in saving your world?

( going for the heavy hitting questions sure, but heather is genuinely curious about his answers, especially for the second one. after all, if he isn't that invested in saving his world, or if he is, that would answer a few things for her. )

[saudades]

[Dazai could be normal about this and answer them, but of course, when does he ever take the straightforward path about anything? Instead:]

bzzt, neither of those are would you rather questions at all! come now, don't tell me you're a cheaaaater~