Would you rather?

[Jubal]

Superhero I think? I could do a decent line in spouting silly technobabble if needed etc.

Would you rather find yourself in an accidental marriage to a hyena, or have a giant blocking all your region's main water sources with big rocks and demanding payment for you to access them?

[The Seamstress]

I'm not sure if being married to a hyena would go well, we don't have much in common except the occasional hysterical laughter, so I'd have to choose the rocks... I just hope the giant demands a fair & reasonable fee.


Would you rather be unable to hear anything but birdsong, or unable to see anything but trees?

[Jubal]

I think birdsong? Probably? People could still talk to me through a sufficiently well-trained parrot or lyrebird at least...

(I am sorry to report that the giant's fees were not reasonable: the above were both problems faced by protagonists in Somali folk-tales )

Would you rather English breakfast tea or Irish breakfast tea?

[The Seamstress]

Uhm, chamomile tea? (Sorry, I don't like black tea that much...)


Would you rather give away all your earthly possessions and move to a mountain monastery worshipping The Great Unknown Deity, or become an itinerant preacher of the Temple of Torpedo-Bees?

[Jubal]

Oh, itinerant preaching, definitely. A chance to see the world? And I get to talk about bees?


Cloak or cape?

[The Seamstress]

Cloak.

Writing or talking?

[Jubal]

Hm. I'm probably better at writing, but I actually quite like talking to people solely because I don't do it very much, and because human voices are quite pretty and interesting things. So on balance talking.

Teatowel or beach towel?

[The Seamstress]

Beach towel. Anything I can wrap myself into is preferrable.

Fight 40 wibulnibs or 40 angry sheep?

[Jubal]

Wibulnibs because they'll probably already be drunk, and because forty sheep is actually a lot of mass of sheep: if that many animals go for you in a herd it'd be very hard not to just get trampled.

Elevenses or midnight snacks?

[The Seamstress]

Midnight snacks.

Would you rather travel to Tokyo or to Seoul?

[Jubal]

Ooh, difficult. Both seem scary and big honestly, I'd rather be in a smaller city in either country. I'm going to go for Tokyo I guess?

Would you rather work in a mine or on an offshore oil rig?

[The Seamstress]

I think I'll have to choose the mine, if it doesn't get too claustrophobia-inducing. At least I'd have a chance to find some cool crystals.


Would you rather be a chamois terrorising mountain climbers, or a trout biting fishermen's calves?

[Jubal]

Chamois! It sounds a good life.

Would you rather be a runesmith or a master engineer?

[The Seamstress]

Hm, after I googled definitions... I think I'd rather be a runesmith.


Would you rather have perfect handwriting/calligraphy skills or perfect manuscript-illuminating skills?

[Jubal]

Calligraphy I think! But either would be cool.

Would you rather be a river or a lake?