Hi DylanGameDev
Re: Question #1: also nope, you don't to use my story if you have a better one.
Just remember that you don't have to use the whole story; you can use a page, a scene, even a paragraph.
Also, the point of the story is to make a contribution to the social / racial justice movement, which it does (hopefully) by
a) emphasizing the value of Intuition as a way to protect the movement, and
b) creating a vision of the future that's attractive and nourishing.
All that said, again, if you have a cool story and a can parlay it into a cool commercially viable game , that's totally okay and I'm all for it. Can't wait to see it.
Good luck,
Marcus