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[fuckyou_chorus]

[IN THE MIDDLE OF CAMP, THERE IS SUDDENLY A BOX. more specifically, a box, a sign that says VOTE, and a stack of ballots with the following options:

Poll

... welp.]

(( VOTERS GET A BALLOON. mingle and go nuts o7 ))

Comments

[sharpasfire]

[immediately pops the balloon she's given]

This hardly inspires civic mindedness.

[chicksdigfuzz]

[keeping his balloon away from you]

What's it inspire, then?

[sharpasfire]

[hey, it's my prerogative to destroy my own property]

Mistrust and irritation. Being given the illusion of a choice, but not the option to understand what you're choosing is encouraging helplessness.

[chicksdigfuzz]

You didn't have to do the ballet, either. That was a choice.

[sharpasfire]

Yes, that's my point. It's not really a choice, considering they'll do whatever it is with or without input.

[chicksdigfuzz]

Just because they do whatever they want doesn't mean you don't have a choice.

[sharpasfire]

And I chose. Then I expressed my opinion of this farce on the balloon they gave me. I think it's a very succinct message.

[chicksdigfuzz]

I think the balloon got your message loud and clear, anyways. It's up in the air on whether or not the people who set this up did.

[sharpasfire]

Either way, it was cathartic. I could return that hot air back to them.

[chicksdigfuzz]

Nah, you should save it. You never know when you'll need some hot air.

[sharpasfire]

As long as there's oxygen around, I'll be able to provide the heat.

[chicksdigfuzz]

Well, you are pretty hot, I'll give you that.

[sharpasfire]

I actually meant in a literal sense.

[chicksdigfuzz]

Heat powers? I know a few people with those.

[sharpasfire]

There were about a dozen fire users the last time I took note. Although that always changes with the changing population.

It's not that unusual where I'm from.

[chicksdigfuzz]

There are that many? How hasn't this place burned down yet?