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[bastardofipswich]

[ BEHOLD... a teen witch sitting on his bed. He seems way too energetic, considering he's indoors and doing nothing. (lbr he's nursing a magic-high right now, and it's got him feeling both restless and aimless at the same time.) ]

Hey, show of hands, who here's got too much free time right now? [ HE'LL START. Look at that hand go up. ] Come on, at least one of you watching raised your hand, too. So let's do something about it. Get drunk in public, find a corner to loiter on, a shop to vandalize, you know, normal kids' stuff.

[ He grins. ]

Kidding! [ With a shrug and a careless wave of his hand. ] I'd get up to way worse than that if I wanted to be a public menace. [ Still kidding? EH. ]

Anyway, I can't be the only one here with nothing better to do, so who wants to play a game of Would You Rather? Look, I can even start:

[ He claps his hands together and makes a show of thinking. ]

Would you rather... Have superpowers, but die young. Or be perfectly average, and live a long, painfully uneventful life?

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[wiccant]

Okay. . ( given chase's magic? he hopes he doesn't die off soon. )

Would you rather be poor but help people or become rich by hurting people?

[bastardofipswich]

[ He actually has to think on this, because he's pretty sure he'll be judged HARDCORE if he goes with his real answer. ]

How poor? And how much hurt are we talking here?

[wiccant]

Enough money that you don't live in a box, but not enough to live comfortably. And the amount of hurt's equivalent to how much riches you're getting.

[bastardofipswich]

Oh, then I'm gonna have to go with some hurt. That's capitalism, baby.

[wiccant]

I'd rather be poor and help people.

Your turn.

[bastardofipswich]

Not surprised.

Would you rather... stay in one city for the rest of your life-- no trips out of town-- or be forced to move to a different city every year?

[wiccant]

Depends on the city. I live in New York City, it's got enough of everything.

Forced to live in a small city? Definitely move every year.

[bastardofipswich]

I was gonna go with 'move,' myself, but I hadn't considered New York...

[wiccant]

In New York, you can be in Sacramento, Seattle, and San Francisco all at once.

[bastardofipswich]

Wouldn't be a bad place to settle. You know, if not for [ VAGUE GESTURE AROUND. ] all of this.

[wiccant]

Don't like the city you're in?

[bastardofipswich]

What, back home or here? This place is just fine. Ipswich is boring as Hell. Same with Haversfield, where I grew up.

[wiccant]

Back home. I can see that. Growing up in the city, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

Would you rather lose all of your money and valuables or all of the pictures you have ever taken?

[bastardofipswich]

I mean... technically I already lost both when I got here. [ But in the interest of playing the game: ] I'd lose the pictures. [ Grin. ] I'm a terrible photographer.

[ Also he can't imagine there's any pictures he'd want to save ANYWAY... ]

[wiccant]

I'd lose the money and valuables.

( which should be. obvious enough, really. )

I'm sure you're not that bad.

[bastardofipswich]

[ Chase laughs. ] Trust me, I could make a boring landscape go all shaky cam.

[wiccant]

You're doing just fine right now.

( with whatever he's using. )

[bastardofipswich]

I'm just holding a phone up to my face. [ Not the same as taking a still shot. THOUGH IT'S MOOT ANYWAY, since he's just trying to cover up for the fact that he has no friends or family he'd even want to keep pictures of. ]

[wiccant]

Congratulations, you're halfway to taking a decent selfie.