Philosophy of Choice [Monday | Period 1]

[not_in_the_book]

"Choose," Ronan said. Behind him, in the Danger Shop created hallway, were two doors, identical save for a word on each: "yes" on one and "no" on the other.

Stepping back, Ronan gestured at the doors. "Choose," he repeated.

[OCD up!]

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Sign In

[not_in_the_book]

Confusedly?

Re: Sign In

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy

Re: Sign In

[forhisfriends.livejournal.com]

Simon Bellamy

Choose a Door

[not_in_the_book]

Yes or no? Either way, you find yourself alone on the other side, in another hallway, two more doors in front of you.

[I'll grab pings here when I get off work, starting at about 4PM Eastern. Please to not be modding the next set of doors! :D ]

Re: Choose a Door

[myownface]

Okay, sure. Sparkle was game, why the hell not?

And he was feeling fairly optimistic today, after an evening spent eating Sholeh's marshmallows yesterday.

With a shrug, Sparkle chose the Yes door.

Re: Choose a Door

[not_in_the_book]

On the other side of the door, Sparkle would find two more doors. ... Marked with familiar signs.

"Choose," came Ronan's voice, although he was nowhere to be seen.

Re: Choose a Door

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Surreal looked at the doors, looked at Ronan, called in a book and sat down on the floor to read.

Someone was a bit cranky after finding out there was an entire Day of Fathers here, and she wasn't even allowed to stab Kartane someone on it, yes, and was taking her contrariness out on everyone else in the world.

[ooc: feel free to just toss her through either door if needed!]

Re: Choose a Door

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan looked over at Surreal as the others chose their doors and smirked a bit.

A moment later, as he walked by, a small piece of paper dropped onto her book; it read, We'll be a few minutes; feel free to sit tight and keep reading until then. Well chosen, Surreal.

He was pretty sure she was just being contrary, yes, but he'd discuss that in the debrief.

Re: Choose a Door

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy was quiet as she thought about the choice and then swallowed.

"No."

Re: Choose a Door

[not_in_the_book]

"No, you won't choose?" Ronan asked, raising an eyebrow at her. "Pick a door, Cassidy."

Re: Choose a Door

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

The thoughts of everyone around him existed as a constant stream of mental 'noise'. Sometimes, he managed to quiet that noise down until it was a soft background hum... and then sometimes he opened himself to it fully, deliberately.

Like right now, as he was trying to figure out if there was actually a right or wrong choice to make here, his eyes going wide and unfocused as he listened for any sort of clue from Ronan's thoughts.

...Nothing. Well. That was frustrating.

With the slightest shake of his head, he reined in the telepathy as best he could again and opened the door marked 'Yes'.

Re: Choose a Door

[not_in_the_book]

Congratulations, Toby! You have won... two more doors!

Welcome to your next choice: "Upstairs" and "Downstairs".

Re: Choose a Door

[serial-quitter.livejournal.com]

There didn't seem to be a lot to consider, so Ryan closed her eyes and picked a door at random. She ended up going through the Yes door.

Re: Choose a Door

[not_in_the_book]

Welcome, Ryan, to another hallway. On your left is a door labelled "Left"; the door on your right is helpfully labelled "Right".

Re: Choose a Door

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy chose 'Yes'. Why not?

Re: Choose a Door

[richieryan.livejournal.com]

Richie was feeling a bit contrary today. The No door was definitely the way to go.

Debrief

[not_in_the_book]

After finally making their way through the hallways, the students found themselves outside in meadow, no doors -- or hallways -- to be seen. "So what do you all think the point of this was?" Ronan asked, looking around at the class.

Re: Debrief

[myownface]

"To see how long we'd wander stupidly through doors until we picked something different?"

Sparkle made himself comfortable right there on the grass, thank you. Ah, sitting.

"I kind of wanted to keep going just to see if you'd pull out more Giants, though."

Re: Debrief

[not_in_the_book]

"There's some Cranberries in there, actually, too," Ronan explained, "and a couple of references to a Canadian group called the Arrogant Worms.* Rocks and trees, and such."

He nodded, too. "And yes, that is basically the point of it," he agreed. "Wanting you to see other choices -- to recognise that if something isn't working one way or the other, or if both choices before you are bad, then find something else."

[*Because I think I'm funny.]

Re: Debrief

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

"At first I thought it was a lesson about how you have to make on the spot choices without having any information on what either choice could lead to."

Re: Debrief

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Making us dance- metaphorically speaking- for your amusement?" Toby said flippantly.

Re: Debrief

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

"If I did everything some male I don't know told me to do, I'd be a sorry sight." Sorry, everyone, Surreal was gonna gloat at you. "Go into doors that I don't know where they lead? Aye, that will get me jumped."

Speak to Ronan and the TA

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan was around for you; wait for the TA to ping in!

Re: Speak to Ronan and the TA

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"This is ridiculously metaphorical," Elphaba remarked, mainly to herself.

OOC

[not_in_the_book]

This'll be something of a heavy-interaction class; I'll be here all evening, starting at about 4PM Eastern, and I'm happy to SP it all week if anyone wants.