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WOULD YOU RATHER-



1. Post with your character.

2. In your comment, have your character ask a question. Would you rather ________ or _________, where the blanks are anything your character would like to know from anyone who might respond. Maybe they're asking out of curiosity. Maybe they have a dilemma of their own. Who knows.

3. Respond to other characters, whatever catches your own character's interest or whatever they'd like to talk about. Maybe they can't decide between the two. Maybe it's an easy answer. Maybe they think the question sucks. Discuss. Chat. Take turns.

4. ????????

5. Profit.

Comments

[57times]

[ She knows his name, she knows it was attached to weapons for a long time, but sadly, she's not an expert on his company or what he's created in the more recent past. Everything in the media has been pretty figuratively on fire for what feels like the last decade, British new very much included. Her work partner - an American who knows too much for his own good - would probably be able to fill her in about Tony and his work, but she figures asking the man himself could be more interesting. ]

So, really lowkey stuff then? Nothing major. Just a hobby.

[ Is there a smile involved here somewhere? Possibly. ]

[titaniumalloyman]

[Tony's just going to assume she's been living under a rock somewhere in the midwest and find it quaintly adorable. Her words make his eyes widen in a mixture of affront and delight.

Nothing major.]

Yeah. The only thing I'm really proud of is the coffee maker I made that shocks Barton when he tries to use it. Everything else is just bored tinkering.

[57times]

[ Size-wise, the UK could probably be compared to a rock, if one was erring on the dramatic side of things. ]

Mm, yeah, makes sense. You seem pretty attached to the stuff. Coffee, that is.

Anyway; I think it's your go.

[titaniumalloyman]

[He just expects Brits to know him. Don't they worship the name Stark everywhere? Oh no, wait. They revile the name Stark most places. Damn. Everyone's a critic.]

Pretty sure I could survive longer without air than coffee. It gets ugly when people try to cut me off.

Apocalypse levels of ugly.

[There's a pause as he considers a scenario for his turn.]

If you spontaneously developed an enhancement, would you rather you could feel people's emotions or hear their thoughts?

[57times]

At the risk of sounding like an utter stereotype, switch coffee out for tea and I'm right there with you.

[ Not that anyone's tried to cut her off, but the sentiment's still there. ]

I think either would drive me crazy eventually, but...I guess the second one. [ Dealing with her own emotions is hard enough, thanks. At least thoughts she can process with a little more ease. ]

Would you rather know exactly how you'll die, or the exact day and time?

[titaniumalloyman]

I would like to suggest an alliance. Anyone takes your tea or, more importantly, my coffee, and we show them the combined might of people in caffeine withdrawal.

[He drags a hand through his hair, mussing it up as he considers the options she's given him. Neither is something he'd want to know, but]

Going with when instead of how. If I knew how I would try to stop it and that way there be madness. When would just assure me that whatever brave and heroic things I do before then will end in success.

Well, survival, anyway.

[57times]

[ Pfft. 'More Importantly'... ]

Might be a little tricky when I'm back across the pond. Although I suppose breaking more noses over sabotaged coffee is a perfectly reasonable excuse to travel.

[ It's a hard one, and not the most uplifting - but it's one she was posed not long ago and kinda stuck with her. ]

I used to think the same, but...I don't know. Either way, it wouldn't exactly be comforting.

[titaniumalloyman]

Please. I've used my private jets for things way less important than Avenging coffee. And sometimes tea.

[He fiddles with a pen; passing it from hand to hand and twirling it sometimes like a baton. It's how he thinks.]

If you knew when you were going to die, would you kill yourself ahead of time or let the "proper" time come?

[57times]

The fact that it's 'jets' plural makes me hate you slightly more.

[ She says with a rare absence of the simmering loathing usually reserved for Tony's sort. There may even be a slight twitch of a smile there, even if it does fade a little with what he asks next. ]

Maybe. I think I'd consider it if I knew how, if it was going to be drawn out or painful or related to my job. When, though...[ She shrugs. ] It'd depend. I'm planning on having more dogs when I'm older - no way is future me going to leave them alone sooner than she has to.

[titaniumalloyman]

[Tony snorts inelegantly.] Please. You're hopelessly charmed by my dogged determination.


It's your turn, future dog lady. Which, by the way, is only one step up from being a future cat lady. Slightly less offensive odor.

[57times]

If by 'hopelessly charmed' you mean 'sick to the back teeth but coping like a trouper', then yes, absolutely.

It's a title I'm prepared for. [ To go existential, or gross? Those are the best sort of questions if the rounds she's played with Matt are anything to go by. ]

Would you rather produce balsamic vinegar instead of saliva, or sweat mayonnaise?

[titaniumalloyman]

[He puts a dramatic hand to his chest.] You break my heart, do you know that? Tear it out, toss it down, and stomp.

Can you imagine trying to hug people on a warm day with mayo sweat? The balsamic would taste awful, but at least I'd still be semi-presentable, which is why it is my choice.

Would you rather smell like manure, or sound like nails on a chalkboard?

[57times]

I'm glad you included the 'stomp' - I put a lot of work into that part.

Oh, the latter, easily. I couldn't handle smelling like that for a day, let alone all the time. Much easier to just not talk.

Would you rather be famous whilst alive but forgotten completely after your death, or live your life in obscurity but be revered posthumously?

[titaniumalloyman]

It shows. Your stomping technique is flawless. I would tip my hat to you if I wore hats.

Famous while alive. What's the point of fame if you don't get to enjoy it?

[57times]

I'll take a figurative hat-tip, I'm not fussy.

Depends on how bothered you are about being remembered once you're gone.

[titaniumalloyman]

[He mimes the tipping of an invisible hat.]

I don't know. I mean, I plan for there to be monuments. Statues, towers, maybe a pyramid in the Iron Man colors. Nothing too gaudy. So, about as bothered as the average person?

[57times]

And what if part of the fine print of that question was 'after your death, there'd be no evidence of your legacy or work whilst alive', including towers and statues and godawful pyramids?

[titaniumalloyman]

'Godawful'? Excuse you.

Should we get really fatalistic? Eventually, no matter which option I choose, I get forgotten. Maybe not immediately, but sooner or later this planet - this solar system - is gone and every memory with it. It's guaranteed, same as McDonald's Monopoly every year.

So, definitely famous while alive to enjoy it.

Would you rather date someone you love, or date someone who loves you? The two are mutually exclusive.

[57times]

I'm not apologising.

Yeah, that's true. Still sticking with my answer though; I'd want to know someone would miss me, even if it was only until they went and died as well.

[ Now there's a question - one that's followed by a few moments of quiet as she puts some thought into her answer. ]

Someone who loves me. At least then I could maybe keep my fingers crossed that I end up feeling the same way.

[ For someone who keeps almost everyone at arms length, the idea of not being loved at all and just forgotten about really gets under her skin. ]

Would you rather have one wish granted now, with wishing for more wishes not being an option, or have five wishes granted a decade from now?

[titaniumalloyman]

[He shakes his head, smiling; amused.]

My God, you're a romantic. I should've known. No, really. I should have. I usually have a better sense for these things.

[He's actually a little disappointed in himself.]

I'm a futurist; I'm always looking ahead. I'll take five wishes in a decade.

[57times]

[ She has to laugh at that, if only a little. ]

I've been called a lot of things, but 'romantic' is certainly new.

Probably should have seen that coming.