[ABANDONED] It's A Quarter Past Unfair

[Daarwyrth]

The idea for this was sparked from conversation in the Got Issues Discord, so special thanks to Sylestone for making me think of the idea

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CURRENT DRAFT:

[Title] It's A Quarter Past Unfair

[Validity] None(?)

[Description] During a contest among the world leaders of @@REGION@@ to find the best national dilemma to present to the international community, some stately heads noted they were allotted less time to complete the competition in because of different timezones, with you chief among those running out of time prematurely.

[Option 1] "Oh, surely this must have been an unintentional oversight on the part of the jurors," notes your perpetually too cheerful Minister of Foreign Affairs, @@HIS_1@@ smile reminiscent of something straight out of uncanny valley. "We simply need to bring the case before them, ask them nicely to allot more time to the affected nations, and we'll all live in a happy-ever-after, happy-ever-after, happy-after-after-happy-after..."

[Effect 1] @@LEADER@@ keeps asking nicely to stop with the nickname 'Pretty Please'

[Option 2] "Hit @@HIM_1@@ on the head or something, can't you see @@HE_1@@'s stuck?!" exclaims your Minister of Trade and Commerce, before snapping @@HIS@@ head in your direction. "Stuck like we are in these useless timezones! Do you know how many @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@ we're losing because it's sleepy time in the United Federation? Damn the timezones! Put together an international committee to establish a uniform timezone across @@REGION@@ so we can finally see our dough rolling 24/7. Now, what are you waiting for? Chop, chop, chop, we don't have all day!"

[Effect 2] the sun never sets in @@REGION@@ according to economists

[Option 3] "Uhm, can I ask why we're wasting time on this competition?" inquires a young idealistic aide, looking rather uncomfortably. "I mean, what about the Bigtopian refugee crisis? Or the crazy wildfires and floods in Ausblic? Like, shouldn't we be establishing an international cooperative to fix actual problems across @@REGION@@?" @@HE@@ says, while another aide suddenly beams up. "Oh hey, that could be our entry to the contest!"

[Effect 3] @@LEADER@@ is leading the effort to actually be useful to @@REGION@@

[Daarwyrth]

[Reserved for future drafts.]

[Ioavollr]

Hi! I think this proposal looks really good, I've got just a few nitpicks below:

some stately heads noted they were allotted less time to complete the competition in because of different timezones

This is cumbersome, I think it works better without the "in" (struckout)

@@LEADER@@ keeps asking nicely to stop with the nickname 'Pretty Please'

This is a bit of a garden path sentence: it sounds like the leader is asking to stop his their own action for the first half. Maybe "stop calling them 'pretty please'" would emphasize the verb and flow a little better

I like the premise of the second option, but it's a little all over the place; maybe being more explicit with the references to the first option would help.

I like option 3, but it might be a little too sensible, I'd like the fallout to have a little more unintended consequense