Torn Between Games

[diggitydank]

So you're considering either exsilium or cityofariel?

Two verrrry different towns to consider, mun.

Dystopias? Isn't Gotham enough? I may need to take away your books if all they're going to do is inspire you to throw me in these random places.

So it's down to a choice between futuristic dystopia with time travel or modern dystopia with sex.

And it's going to take you until November til you apply me at either one.

Good times.

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[starburster]

Daddy. Daddy.

[diggitydank]

I- Uhm- What?

[starburster]

What is 'sex', Daddy?

[diggitydank]

...

[ Oh crud. What has he done? ]

It's, uhm- Something older people do together with their bodies.

[starburster]

What do their bodies do?

[diggitydank]

... [ Deep breath. ]

Simplest way of saying it is... They connect.

[ And now he's fumbling. ]

It's uh- something a little scary sometimes. And sometimes people like to use it for trouble. It's best when the people involved love each other. Like mommy and daddy do. [ Did. Do? ]

[gothamredbird]

Huh. Interesting options.

[diggitydank]

Considering all the places I could have been thrown? Those are apparently the best of all possible worlds.

[gothamredbird]

You'd think, in an infinite multiverse, that there would be options other than "dystopian".

[diggitydank]

It's apparently the only way to have a good time.

So which would you pi- er, hope your mun'd pick?

[gothamredbird]

Er, well, I'd want to have more information.

Like, what does it mean, "with sex"?

[diggitydank]

Take 1984 and Brave New World, with the government using sex as the means of keeping the population docile.

You don't comply, you get taken for "reprogramming." Whatever that entails.

[gothamredbird]

Wow, okay, I think I'd take the other one. Probably. What does "with time travel" mean?

[redwingingit]

The dystopian theme seems to be pretty popular.

[diggitydank]

Wellll- the way it got explained to me... Going back in history to make changes for the sake of the future.

Again, fighting against a corrupt government.

[gothamredbird]

Definitely have to go with time travel. At least you'd get to see different eras.

Do you have a preference?

[diggitydank]

Very much so. Maybe people are venting anxieties.

[diggitydank]

Either way I'm being told what to do, but I guess being told to travel in time sounds better than being told when to sleep with someone.

Then again, the sleeping with someone might not do as much damage as messing with time.

[redwingingit]

...fighting totalitarianism helps them relax? [He frowns, thinking for a moment on that.] I suppose I can see that.

[diggitydank]

Er. Well - just, the way I hear things are for most muns.

[ He shrugged. ]

I've long grown used to being a whipping boy.

[redwingingit]

My mun does dressing rooms and memes, so I wouldn't know what's typical, sir.

...I hope you at least be allowed somewhere where you'll be the most comfortable at.

[secondchances]

Uhhhhhh. [Awkward.]

Something something the road not taken? Whatever that means.

[Whatever you do less of, Dick.]

[catwoman]

My, my. I didn't know you were the naughty type.

[strapping]

Yo diggity.

[diggitydank]

Mm, well, thank you. I appreciate it.