The plan in more detail
Ok i’m back. I quickly skimmed through the start of “The Dice Man” and the underlying principle appears to be that at least one of the 6 dice options must have an obvious negative consequence. That’s ok for Luke Reinhart who is a fictional character in a book and only has a 1 in 6 chance of something untoward happening. Alan Lubin, on the otherhand, will be harnessing the mighty power of the Unazukin and will be subjected to the whim of a 50/50 chance. If I were to include options as potentially damaging as Mr. Reinhart I would be dead or banged up by the end of the week.
The decision making process seems like it will be straightforward enough though - draw up a list of two options and put them to Unazukin in a “penalty shoot out” style format until he/she (not sure what gender this thing is to be honest) has definitely agreed with one and vetoed the other.
I have toyed with a variety of processes. Bear in mind that Unazukin actually isn’t as black and white as you may think. There are varying levels of yes and no that he/she can reply with as he/she has 4 different replies:
definitely yes = two nods
yes = one nod
definitely no = two shakes
no = two shakes
For my decision making process I cannot have various shades of right or wrong, there is no room for fence sitting vaguery in my brave new world and so from now on 2 nods or 1 nod are both a resounding yes. Both 1 or 2 shakes of the head are both an emphatic no.
In my rush to define the process and excitement to get it underway it occurs to me that there is one important aspect that I have neglected to consider. Do I tell my angry girlfriend about the mini odessy that I am about to embark on? If I do tell her, I risk the wrath of her calling me for the time wasting. flippant idler that I probably am - cue endless conversations about our future and my lack of ambition or direction. If I don’t tell her - I risk her questioning my sanity if or when I start to make bizarre and unusal choices.
Oddly enough, I am genuinely unsure which is the lesser of these two evils and cannot choose between the two. It seems like it might be time for Unazukin to step up to the plate.
“Unazukin - Shall I tell angry girlfriend that from this point on I will be delegating important decisions to a battery operated kids toy?”
1 shake
hmmm.. now to offer up the other option. “Unazukin - shall I avoiding mentioning our bizarre little pact to the missus?”
2 nods
Thats pretty emphatic and almost scary if am to be honest. Unazukin sits there looking like butter wouldnt melt and advises me to basically lie to my other half. I said yesterday that there was something mildly malevolant about this and when she slowly nodded to me with her inexpressive little face I swear I got goosebumps as this pocket sized PG version of Chucky starting to impose it’s will on me. But ultimately a deals a deal and it looks like my bird is going to be kept in the dark about all this.