Would you rather?

[The Seamstress]

Hm, depends on what I'm using it for, but generally, wool.

Be a fern or be moss?

[Jubal]

Oh this is really difficult. I'm currently feeling more moss because I'd like to be more bunched up and squishy, but in general I feel like having fern fronds would be nice.


Your least favourite city is being smited by a god making a very misguided attempt to impress you. Would you rather send a flood, or fire and brimstone?

[The Seamstress]

Fire and brimstone, probably. (I hope the residents will be evacuated beforehand? I don't care for the ugly city, but I don't want any humans or animals to be harmed.) I'm rather scared of floods so I wouldn't wish that on anyone, not even my most hated city.

Be able to float a few inches above the ground, or to walk up walls and on the ceiling like a bug?

[Jubal]

Does the float thing work over water etc? If so, that, if not, the wall walking.


Have a naked mole-rat or an olm as your magic familiar?

[The Seamstress]

They're both slightly creepy tbh, but probably the olm? They resemble axolotls a bit, and axolotls are kinda cute.

Have paws instead of hands, or bird legs instead of human legs?

[Jubal]

Bird legs. I would hate either but no opposable thumbs is not something I'm willing to contemplate.


Would you rather have feather crests instead of hair, or have a (longish, non-prehensile) hairy tail?

[The Seamstress]

The feathers I think, the tail would probably get in the way and be annoying more often than not.

Be a human-sized ladybird or a human-sized great diving beetle? (You're still your human self, you just look like a bug.)

[Jubal]

Ladybird, because I would rather still be able to go on land. Though in either case I would presumably die very fast because at human size the exoskeleton wouldn't be self-supporting and would crush my internal organs.


Would you rather get an extra hour of daylight every day forever, and you age commensurately slower so you genuinely get more time, or get an extra day of holiday every month forever, with no commensurate reduction in pay but it is just replacing a regular working day?

[The Seamstress]

Extra daylight and slower ageing sounds like a good deal.

Time-travel and go collect & write down fairytales with the Brothers Grimm, or do so alone today in a region of your choice?

[Jubal]

Probably do it alone today. I mean, I don't speak C19th German so I'm not sure how well the Grimms and I would do.


Mongolian/Steppe horse or Suffolk Punch?

[The Seamstress]

Suffolk Punch!

Books or more books?

[Jubal]

MORE BOOKS

Boots or more boots?

[The Seamstress]

Uh... boots? I don't need more boots.

Never be silly again or never be serious again?

[Jubal]

I wouldn't feel I could be unable to be serious when people need me to be so I'd have to pick the former. But it would be a much less liveable world.

Replace your alarm clock with a very time sensitive goose, or replace your most commonly used form of transportation with a camel?

[The Seamstress]

Goose alarm, I guess? Camels are scary.

Glitter pen or normal pen?