livestage ([personal profile] livestage) wrote2025-05-30 01:25 pm

CIRRUS NETWORK

You find yourselves in a surprisingly sterile room. It's entirely white, almost blindingly so. There are a few beanbag chairs to sit on, though perhaps not enough for your entire family. On one of the walls, there's a laminated poster of a wheel. At the center of the room is a table with a glass case on top. If you lift the case, you'll find a single red button. Behind a glass panel on the wall is a monitor that is currently off.

Curiously, it does not seem as though you can actually destroy anything in this room (save for a simple note by the button), regardless of how much you may try. The glass will never shatter. The poster cannot be torn into pieces. Furthermore, your blessings and powers are off and none of your personal belongings are actually on your person.

A simple note lays by the button on the table, a reminder of your directive: Will you push the button?
thefaultinthestars: (080)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] thefaultinthestars 2025-05-31 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks gramps. I'll agree to a decision by vote as long our side wins.
1212081518: (parents will get inside you)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] 1212081518 2025-05-31 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
How absolutely magnanimous and even handed of you.
thefaultinthestars: (220)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] thefaultinthestars 2025-05-31 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's what people always say about me.
1212081518: (invent what is considered uninventable)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] 1212081518 2025-05-31 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[snorts]

And yet you're the one arguing to keep your Family safe.
thefaultinthestars: (095)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] thefaultinthestars 2025-05-31 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
I don't see how those things are in conflict?
1212081518: (don't trust your imaginary freedom)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] 1212081518 2025-05-31 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
They aren't really. Beyond the sarcasm. You could say it's an aspect of selfishness, to protect your own. But you could think of it as something noble too.
thefaultinthestars: (080)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] thefaultinthestars 2025-05-31 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Why not both.

Why do you want to push it?
1212081518: (democracy can make you rich)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] 1212081518 2025-05-31 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
So Loon doesn't look like a kicked puppy.
thefaultinthestars: (067)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] thefaultinthestars 2025-05-31 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
...is Loon your brother?
1212081518: (invent what is considered uninventable)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] 1212081518 2025-05-31 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's him. So my investment is only indirectly personal.
thefaultinthestars: (080)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] thefaultinthestars 2025-05-31 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly, that's a great reason and I appreciate your brother even more.
1212081518: (we should all probably challenge joy)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] 1212081518 2025-05-31 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
...

Thank you...?

I'm sure he appreciates the sentiment also.