On indecision.

[twitchyswordhand]

Hey, mu-... [Wait.]

O' Scribe of Fortunes! No...Dictator of Fate? Channeler of Worlds! Crafter of Thespianiac...Thespianish...Thesp-...something Futures. Speaker of the Forgo- nah. [Although he's filing that one away for later. Maybe for when he's older, when he's a mysterious old swordsman. He could find a protege and tell him or her about worlds lost, futures regained, maybe dying a heroic death once he found some dragon...like, an ice dragon's kid or whatever...and singlehandedly helped restore human/dragon relations and made it so that both races could live in harmony, harmony, o'-



Wait, wasn't he going to do something else here?

...

Oh yeah!]

If you're going to throw darts at names on a board the least you could do is shout, "DECISIVE DECISION-FORGING DART STRIKE!"

Comments

[formulator]

I'm not sure shouting that will in any way improve our situation.

[twitchyswordhand]

Of course it will! It'll help my...uh, mun channel the heroic powers within her and empower her to make a decision! Plus, it'll sound cooler.

[formulator]

Honestly, if she could come to a decision so easily, I doubt that you'd even be talking here. We'd both be thrown into some weird game without so much as a second thought.

[twitchyswordhand]

You mean like the one where we'd all end up being turned into...

[Brr. Let's not talk about that one.]

It can't hurt. I mean, shouting my attack names helps me focus during training. Plus, you can play games with it like 'guess the breath attack' or 'guess what weapon this attack name is for.' Like Striking Seven-Heaven Piercing Thrust or Five Lightning Bolt Dragon Burst.

[dueltails]

No. [ Bluntly said. ]

[twitchyswordhand]

[... ... ............ :<

Yes. That's an emote. It's violating all the rules of tag bracket etiquette, I know, but...but. It seemed appropriate. It seemed really appropriate given the emasculation that just happened from that one, blunt, small word.

But you didn't have to shoot him down. Make it like it never happened and his suggestion was nothing. He didn't even need your love. But you treat him like an idiot and it feels. So. Rough.]

But...hey! Why not?

[dueltails]

[ ...

Speaking of breaking tag etiquette, Severa comes with a billion ellipses. Possibly even more than Owain. It's part of being an ice queen. ]

Who throws darts at names to make a decision? [ There's not even enough time to guess before: ] Idiots. That's who.

Are you saying your person or whatever is an idiot?

[twitchyswordhand]

Er, not exactly. She just...

You know what? Sometimes heroes are just indecisive and need help focusing on what really matters. And, in this case, need a little bit of help deciding on their fate and the fate of others through darts thrown at a dart board. [...] It was either that or pens.

[manhandled]

You shouldn't put pressure on her, Owain. The ladies don't like it.

[He'd know.]

[twitchyswordhand]

Come on, it's throwing darts! Why use a pointy object if you're not going to have some fun with it?

[Although...that's a good point. He'd definitely know.]

[manhandled]

Maybe that's the problem. You're trying to have fun instead of encouraging her.

[...yes, but let's not dwell on that now.]

[twitchyswordhand]

So...you're saying I should encourage her to not have fun...?

[No, no, let's.]

[heritors]

[ A dart board? This is how her future is being decided? Gods, what if they get stuck in some strange world where something terrible happens to all of them... ]

... Perhaps exercising patience would be best. A rash decision wouldn't help our case at all.

[twitchyswordhand]

[No, it would probably be something less classy like a borrowed corkboard and that's not helping, is it?]

Maybe you're right. It's just... [Ngrngh. Gogogo and all that.]

[heritors]

[ ... No, not really. Sorry about that. ]

Just...?

[formulator]

Just that, statistically speaking, the odds of everybody remaining in concert goes down the longer the decision is drawn out.

Sorry for interrupting, I'm just explaining it far better than Owain ever could.

[yay_danger]

...Don't you ever shut up?

[whose kid is this again?]

[formulator]

When he sleeps.

1/2

[yay_danger]

Hello, Robin. [hee, she initiated conversation!!]

[yay_danger]

[a contemplative look.] Hmmm...

[there's got to be a hex she can use]

[twitchyswordhand]

[Oh hey, it's Noire's scary mom.

...]

Sometimes? [He'd splutter and bluster more but...she's scary, yo.]

[yay_danger]

Only sometimes?

[...is she smiling?] Lucky for you, I'm pretty adept with a needle and thread.

Let the ham-battle commence.

[tyrant_flughude]

Hmhmhmhm, yes, I have heard of the art of calling out the names of attacks to make them more powerful. You think it would make decision-making more effective as well?

[Maybe he should try it himself sometime.]

So...it has come to this.

[twitchyswordhand]

Wait, you ha-...of course! Imagine how much more powerful your decisions are if, when you are upon the cusp of making them, you shout out your attack, channel your blazing soul, gather your courage, and strike with whatever it is you have at hand!

It's no good! I'll have to use... that!

[tyrant_flughude]

[Of course he's heard of it! His universe runs on parodying clichés!]

It makes perfect sense. Your decision will become reinforced by your zeal, strengthening your resolve. Why, it's brilliant!