A Big Box of "Yes"

[sirhugs]

MC receives a large empty box via parcel delivery. Attached is a note from their best friend which reads "This box is not empty. It is full of potential. All you need to do is to say "yes" until you have filled the box with "yeses". Enjoy your Big Box of Yes."

How might we guess hilarity might ensue?

 

[Dirty_Old_Pervert]

The box is, in fact, a curse.

As long as our hero is in possession of the box, she (it could be he, but I think of the MC as "she") has to say "yes" to everything anybody asks her to do, no matter what. She need not tell anybody she is under this curse, but she HAS to say yes. If she even tries to say "no," "yes" involuntarily comes out of her mouth, and if she tries not to do something she has been asked to do, somehow her body involuntarily does it anyway.

Each time she is asked to do something and does it, a pebble, with the word "yes" inscribed on it, appears in the box. Attempts to discard the box, destroy the box, or fill the box up with fake pebbles are fruitless -- the box simply reappears with the correct amount of pebbles. The curse will last until the box is full of pebbles, at which point the MC must pass the box on to someone else.

Is our hero angry at her "best friend" for giving that box to her? Of course, but there is little she can do about it since the best friend is the one person in the world who knows she is under the influence of the box. In any case, it occurs to her that her best friend's attitude toward her -- the way she used to always be willing to go with her wherever she wanted, help her move, lend her money, etc. may have been because her best friend was once being controlled by the box.

 

[sirhugs]

The box is, in fact, a curse.

As long as our hero is in possession of the box, she (it could be he, but I think of the MC as "she") has to say "yes" to everything anybody asks her to do, no matter what. She need not tell anybody she is under this curse, but she HAS to say yes. If she even tries to say "no," "yes" involuntarily comes out of her mouth, and if she tries not to do something she has been asked to do, somehow her body involuntarily does it anyway.

Each time she is asked to do something and does it, a pebble, with the word "yes" inscribed on it, appears in the box. Attempts to discard the box, destroy the box, or fill the box up with fake pebbles are fruitless -- the box simply reappears with the correct amount of pebbles. The curse will last until the box is full of pebbles, at which point the MC must pass the box on to someone else.

Is our hero angry at her "best friend" for giving that box to her? Of course, but there is little she can do about it since the best friend is the one person in the world who knows she is under the influence of the box. In any case, it occurs to her that her best friend's attitude toward her -- the way she used to always be willing to go with her wherever she wanted, help her move, lend her money, etc. may have been because her best friend was once being controlled by the box.

sounds like the bf is due some bdsm

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Sounds like another version of the the game of "Yes" where the husband or wife can only answer 'yes' to question or suggestions. Actually, I have a story about a game of Yes in my list of things to finish before I die.

 

[LupusDei]

Before I opened the tread, by the title alone, I thought that he receive a big box with nothing but "YES" spelled out inside somehow. There's no letter or anything. So it is an answer with no question. But there might be subtle clues. Maybe he thinks he recognize the handwriting in those three letters. Maybe the color of the wrap is a distinct tone matching color with a particular dress. Maybe there's fragrance... Maybe it does have certain sense in his own mind. But nothing of it is certain, and perhaps the clues are contradictory even. So he seemingly should go and ask a girl out for a guaranteed "yes" given in advance, but with one?

(Or guy might be just as indecisive that he would never have made the move without the encouragement of the magic box nobody at all sent to him, but granting at least a single yes from whoever he asks, or something like that.)

 

[Dirty_Old_Pervert]

Before I opened the tread, by the title alone, I thought that he receive a big box with nothing but "YES" spelled out inside somehow. There's no letter or anything. So it is an answer with no question. But there might be subtle clues. Maybe he thinks he recognize the handwriting in those three letters. Maybe the color of the wrap is a distinct tone matching color with a particular dress. Maybe there's fragrance... Maybe it does have certain sense in his own mind. But nothing of it is certain, and perhaps the clues are contradictory even. So he seemingly should go and ask a girl out for a guaranteed "yes" given in advance, but with one?

(Or guy might be just as indecisive that he would never have made the move without the encouragement of the magic box nobody at all sent to him, but granting at least a single yes from whoever he asks, or something like that.)

That is a much happier story than what I was thinking, reflecting a better score on the Rorschach test.

 

[Dirty_Old_Pervert]

Sounds like another version of the the game of "Yes" where the husband or wife can only answer 'yes' to question or suggestions. Actually, I have a story about a game of Yes in my list of things to finish before I die.

Or the Adult version of Ella Enchanted.

 

[Zionisacat]

Or someone who habitually says "Yes." to any and every question or request is given a box holding a finite amount of yes's they are allowed to use that day. They get to the end of the day and are expecting some sexy time with their dom/me but find themselves unable to say yes because they've used them all.

 

[sirhugs]

Or someone who habitually says "Yes." to any and every question or request is given a box holding a finite amount of yes's they are allowed to use that day. They get to the end of the day and are expecting some sexy time with their dom/me but find themselves unable to say yes because they've used them all.

awwwww....so sad

 

[LupusDei]

Or someone who habitually says "Yes." to any and every question or request is given a box holding a finite amount of yes's they are allowed to use that day. They get to the end of the day and are expecting some sexy time with their dom/me but find themselves unable to say yes because they've used them all.

It's like you haven't ever played the children's game "yes, no, black, white."

It's a social game played in parallel with other activities. The rules are simple: those four words are banned from lexicon. You can agree, but can't use the word "yes" to do so, you can disagree, but you can't use word "no" explicitly. Nor can you use words "black" or "white" to characterize anything. For whatever reason, talking to anyone at all during the game.

The list of banned words can be extended, but it must come in pairs of clear extremes. So, perhaps good - bad, old - new, and similar. Extreme case would be that no categorical statement at all can be uttered.

Whoever slips first loses the round. What consequences that brings is up to the group.

It's a game often encouraged because it does nudge use of full, or at least longer sentences.

And yes, of course the others in the know would intentionally sabotage and try to manipulate you into a corner hard to escape without one of the banned words.

 

[sirhugs]

It's like you haven't ever played the children's game "yes, no, black, white."

It's a social game played in parallel with other activities. The rules are simple: those four words are banned from lexicon. You can agree, but can't use the word "yes" to do so, you can disagree, but you can't use word "no" explicitly. Nor can you use words "black" or "white" to characterize anything. For whatever reason, talking to anyone at all during the game.

The list of banned words can be extended, but it must come in pairs of clear extremes. So, perhaps good - bad, old - new, and similar. Extreme case would be that no categorical statement at all can be uttered.

Whoever slips first loses the round. What consequences that brings is up to the group.

It's a game often encouraged because it does nudge use of full, or at least longer sentences.

And yes, of course the others in the know would intentionally sabotage and try to manipulate you into a corner hard to escape without one of the banned words.

never heard of that game.
Might be a good story.

 

[BoundaryWaters]

Sounds like a game I played with a SO. We agreed that we would wholeheartedly honor any request made by the other. We did have one safeguard: the party being requested could point out potential problems with the requestee's request which had to be considered...

"So if we get arrested for having sex on our front lawn. And I call your mom to bail us out of jail, do I tell her it was your idea, dear?"

But the rule was if the requestee reaffirmed the request, it was granted.

It was a whole lot of fun until unrelated events occurred ending play...

 

[sirhugs]

Sounds like a game I played with a SO. We agreed that we would wholeheartedly honor any request made by the other. We did have one safeguard: the party being requested could point out potential problems with the requestee's request which had to be considered...

"So if we get arrested for having sex on our front lawn. And I call your mom to bail us out of jail, do I tell her it was your idea, dear?"

But the rule was if the requestee reaffirmed the request, it was granted.

It was a whole lot of fun until unrelated events occurred ending play...

do the unrelated events make up the sequel?

 

[BoundaryWaters]

We had children together.

Which for the most part continued the always saying yes concept. But without a sexual component. The rational discussion of alternatives part became a bit less rational for a while. We both had to say no to a few less practical requests. Hence we do not have a rhinoceros, three zebra, or a giraffe in our backyard. But we can look back on it and laugh.

Our circle of friends increased as we discovered others in the same boat that we were in. We all loved our kids. We just needed some adult play time too. That led to some interesting and fun times with other parents where the sex was not removed from the equation.

 

[sirhugs]

We had children together.

Which for the most part continued the always saying yes concept. But without a sexual component. The rational discussion of alternatives part became a bit less rational for a while. We both had to say no to a few less practical requests. Hence we do not have a rhinoceros, three zebra, or a giraffe in our backyard. But we can look back on it and laugh.

Our circle of friends increased as we discovered others in the same boat that we were in. We all loved our kids. We just needed some adult play time too. That led to some interesting and fun times with other parents where the sex was not removed from the equation.

I hope the hippo in your pool is not too lonely.

 

[BuckyDuckman]

Is our hero angry at her "best friend" for giving that box to her? Of course, but there is little she can do about it since the best friend is the one person in the world who knows she is under the influence of the box. In any case, it occurs to her that her best friend's attitude toward her -- the way she used to always be willing to go with her wherever she wanted, help her move, lend her money, etc. may have been because her best friend was once being controlled by the box.

This part really intrigues me. There are multiple realizations about your best friend, starting with - maybe they were never your best friend? Missed opportunities because you didn't realize "they always say 'yes!'" And then the horror of realizing, "OMG, they KNOW I have to say 'yes!'" Do you avoid that person or do you decide they are owed some payback for all the times they had said "yes" to you?

Intriguing.

 

[sirhugs]

This part really intrigues me. There are multiple realizations about your best friend, starting with - maybe they were never your best friend? Missed opportunities because you didn't realize "they always say 'yes!'" And then the horror of realizing, "OMG, they KNOW I have to say 'yes!'" Do you avoid that person or do you decide they are owed some payback for all the times they had said "yes" to you?

Intriguing.

or because you love saying "yes" and seeing what happens next?