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This post doesn't actually start the story - I couldn't find a way to make this story work without giving out a background first, so here it it. In this post, we will choose our characters - I like writing double desperations (gives both male and female desperation fans something to enjoy), so we have to create one man and one woman, and then throw them in to the Brave New World.

I will wait for at least three votes before I continue this ... and will probably update only on the weekends (Hopefully there are at least 3 people interested, and I don't have to abandon my first interactive :-P) 

The World 

There have been some scientific discoveries and environmental degradation with the net result being human pee has been recognized as the best fertilizer. So bathrooms everywhere have become unisexual (because let's face it, who'll upgrade two sets of toilets when you can upgrade just one?) and fitted with new urinals, which collects the pee and processes it for the farmers. The urinals are low enough for women to comfortably squat over, and after the initial resistance, men and women both have come around to the new order of things. 

And of course, wasting this useful fertilizer by peeing anywhere except an urinal has become a criminal offense. Not just your average drunk and disorderly either. It carries a fine of up to 50% of your annual income and a jail term of up to 3 years or both. Jail has never been awarded, but is a real threat anyway.

However 10 years after the changes came about, people are perfectly happy with the arrangements actually - no more reports of mass female desperation because they were unwilling to "expose themselves at the urinals" and what not. And no one complains about having to "hold it" till you reach a proper urinal. There are enough of those, and everybody should do their bit for the environment after all.

But nothing lasts forever, does it? The happy state lasted only till the scientists went and made another discovery - the best fertilizer is produced when the bladder is at least 80% full. But normal human beings start feeling the need to pee at just 50%. By 75% full most people would go out of their way and pee. And yet, only at 80% full does the body produce the particular proteins which makes for a better fertilizer. After that, the longer you hold, the better fertilizer you produce. So the scientists started lobbying for regulations to encourage people to "hold on" and "eliminate unnecessary peeing".

Of course that led to chaos. Someone invented a bladder-o-meter that could tell you pretty accurately how full you were, in less than a second. Some environmental fanatic fitted a couple of bathrooms with these - the bathroom doors would open only if your bladder was at least 80% full. The general public was outraged and vocally protested their "right to pee". The government was caught in between and didn't know what to do.

Ultimately, as usually happens, an uneasy consensus emerged. A bladder-o-meter would be installed on every toilet door. It would scan you to determine how full you are. But it won't close the doors on you - if you're not 80% full, it would only gently remind you to do your bit for the environment. You could choose to ignore the advice and go in, or you could come back later. No judgement, or so they claimed.

But it would keep track of your bladder percentage every time you do choose to go in (and believe me, there were plenty of protests from the privacy activists; but since when does anyone hear them anyway). You can log in to a website to see how full you are on average when you do pee. It would maintain this data for a whole year, awarding bonus points if you hold particularly large amounts, and deducting points if you consistently have an average of less than 80%. So yes, your right to pee had now been gameified, with actual cash prizes for the "best holders". And these weren't prizes to sneeze at either - the government had to show it took the scienctists seriously!

And of course some people/companies would start using your bladder scores in the way banks use your credit scores to "measure your virtue". They won't call it so, but so it is. So you better be good at holding.

6-months in to this regime, the chaos is still on in full force. But people must adjust as best as they can.

The characters 

The characters are a man and a woman, both in their mid-20s. Old enough to remember the days when you could just pee in a toilet, but young enough to have bought on to the "do what is best for the environment". 

You can choose, for each character

Name:
Looks: Height (), Body Type (), Hair color (), Skin color ()
Bladder capacity: Small (fills to 80 in 2 hours), Average (4 hours), Large (7 hours), Extreme (12 hours)
Shyness: Shy (hates admitting they need to pee), Average (will admit to a need when desperate, but hates going to the bladder-o-meter to find they are below 50% or such; that's just embarrassing), Not at all (will check their fullness at every chance)
Friends or dating? Best friends, not sexually interested in each other/Best friends, interested in each other/Dating

The scenario:

We will follow these two on a day out. You'll get to choose what they drink (and how much) and what activities they do. 

To start with, they've both woken up (in their separate houses/dorms) and plan to meet for breakfast at a local cafe. You choose, for each character

Bladder percentage:
Do they pee before leaving the house:
What do they order for breakfast:
 

Voting Rules -->

The scenario with the most vote wins, obviously.

You are allowed to change your vote. I will count the last post.

If you are allowed to "create your own scenarios" I will mention it specifically :)

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Guy:

Jack. 5’10, on the skinny side, light skin wth blond hair, small bladder, shy. 

Gal:

Alex, 5’5, average body type, medium bladder, not shy. 

Just friends. 

Jack peed early in the morning, being woken up by his bladder. Went back to sleep and since woken up hasn’t peed. Bladder at 45%. Orders a croissant and a coffee for breakfast. 

Alex bladder at 60%. Hasn’t peed since waking up. Orders cereal. 

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Guy: Bladder size: Small. Shyness: Shy

Girl: Bladder size: Average. Shyness: Not shy.

They're friends but interested in each other.

The girl doesn't pee before she leaves. Maybe she tries to pee before she leaves but her roommate is in the bathroom showering. Bladder at 60%. The guy wakes up late and rushes so he doesn't have time to pee before he leaves. Bladder at 60%. The girl orders coffee and orange juice with her food while the guy just orders coffee with his food.

 

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Name: John
Looks: 5'10, Lanky, brown
Bladder capacity: Small (fills to 80 in 2 hours) (or very small)
Shyness: Shy (hates admitting they need to pee)
Friends or dating? more than friends but both are unsure about taking the next step

 

Bladder percentage:50%
Do they pee before leaving the house:no. too rushed and they forget.
What do they order for breakfast: cereal juice and coffee

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