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!"

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[formulator]

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

[dueltails]

No. [ Bluntly said. ]

[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.

[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?

[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]

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.

[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]

That's stupid.

[ Quickly adding on: ] You're stupid.

Who lets their fate be decided by a board? Ugh, who lets their fate be decided on someone else's accuracy? Why don't you just man up and tell them where you want to go.

[ ... ] That's what I'd do if any of these places were good for me.

[ Because that's clearly what the problem is and not her own player's indecisiveness. ]

[formulator]

"We'd all end up being turned into" what? What are you talking about?



...Wait, do I even want to know the answer to that question?

[manhandled]

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

[He'd know.]

[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]

Probably not. [...but that wouldn't get them anywhere, would it?] But ponies. [Hey look, it's Severa!]

[twitchyswordhand]

I wouldn't! If it was somewhere I wouldn't want to go I'd just grab some of the others and we can go defy fate again! It's not like the first time we had to do something like that.

[......] So, uh, what are you looking for, anyway?

[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.]

[dueltails]

What do you think the others are going to do? Drag you out of the trouble you've gotten yourself into? [ Hmph. ]

I'm looking for a palace at least. None of this sharing a room or bathroom with any of these fools.

[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.

[formulator]

....Ponies. [ Said with as much deadpan as she can muster.

There might be a nervous tic around her brow though. ]

[twitchyswordhand]

Yeah. Noble steeds of various rainbow hues touched by the marks of destiny, prancing about in search of adventure. [Although there'd be a lot of them with Naga cutie marks.]

[twitchyswordhand]

A palace? [Stare, gawk. Startled, ultimately deeply unsurprised, but still startled.] Where are you going to get a palace?

[twitchyswordhand]

I... [Actually, no, the worst part is that he can't argue.]

[twitchyswordhand]

It just shouldn't be this hard. [Grump.]

[dueltails]

There's bound to be a world out there with a palace just for me. When I find it, I guess I could be persuaded.

[ ... ] Maybe if there's enough gold to line my pockets, I could settle for something slightly smaller.