zk/writing/sawtooth/index.md

%title Sawtooth, ID
:writing:furry:fiction:sawtooth:universe:

In which sad queer animals experience Idaho.

## Titles

* [X] Collection: *Restless Town*
    * [X] Story: [Disappearance](disapperance)
    * [X] Story: [Acts of Intent](acts-of-intent)
    * [X] Story: [A Theory of Attachment](a-theory-of-attachment)
    * [X] Story: [Overclassification](overclassification)
    * [X] Story: [Fisher](fisher)
    * [X] Story: [You're Gone](youre-gone)
    * [X] Story: [Every Angel is Terrifying](every-angel-is-terrifying)
    * [X] Story: [What Defines Us](what-defines-us)
    * [X] Story: [Centerpiece](centerpiece)
    * [X] Story: [The Fool](the-fool)
* [o] Collection: *A Wildness of the Heart* (WT)
    * [O] Story: [Gigs](happy-lesbians)
    * [o] Story: [Aposematism](aposematism)
    * [o] Story: [Chaotic Element (WT)](chaotic-element)
    * [o] Story: [Limerent Object (WT)](limerent-object/index)
    * [O] Flash: [Morning Of](morning-of)
    * [X] Flash: [Sorting Laundry](folding-laundry)
    * [ ] Story: [5150 (WT)](5150)
* [X] Story: [What Remains of Yourself](what-remains-of-yourself)
* [X] Story: Foxes and Milkshakes:
    * [X] [G](foxes-and-milkshakes-g)
    * [X] [X](foxes-and-milkshakes-x)
* [.] Novel: [Party](party/index)
* [o] Poem: [Malina](malina)
* [.] Story: [Ritual](ritual)
* [.] Story: [Robbed (WT)](robbed)
* [o] Story: [Running Away (WT)](running-away)
* [X] Flash: [Valentimes](valentimes)
* [.] What if I did a lewd series based on some biological quirks turned kinks?
    * [X] Species denial - [What Remains of Yourself](what-remains-of-yourself)
    * [o] Tying - [Stuck](stuck)
    * [ ] Scruffing
    * [ ] Scentplay
    * [ ] Estrus
    * [ ] Barbs

## Rules

* Interspecies relationships allowed (if frowned upon by older generations), but no hybridization
* Scent plays a big role, and similar anatomical considerations
* However, species plays only a slight role in size
* Sawtooth natives are Idaho native species
* "Noble birth" is shown through domesticated species, however, it has lately become largely discredited, and is starting to dissolve

## Notes

### Setting

Sawtooth, ID:

* Slightly larger version of Twin falls (maybe 60k).
* Public transit akin to Fort Collins.
* University town.
* Some tech.
* Very restless.

### Characters

Aiden
:   Male fox, married to Sélène, works at a small tech company with Aaron.

Aaron
:   Male cat, married to Erin, works at a small tech company with Aiden.

Amber
:   Female ringtail, homeless, stays with Dani.

Avery
:   Trans woman mountain lion, student, gets tarot reading from Malina.

Cyril
:   Male badger, married to Malina.

Dani
:   Female otter, works in campus library archives with Erin.

Elise
:   Female ferret, married to Joan, helps run the party.

Erin
:   Female mink, married to Aaron, works in campus library archives with Dani.

Joan
:   Female ferret, married to Elise, helps run the party.

Lee
:   Deceased female cat, married to Markus, has very abusive family.

Malina
:   Female badger, married to Cyril, works at The Book and the Bean and does tarot readings.

Markus
:   Male coyote, married to Lee, gets in a fight with Lee's mom at The Book and the Bean.

Matthew Lederer
:   Male mink, works with Aaron and Aiden, winds up in a relationship with Erin.

Sélène
:   Female fox, married to Aiden, went to school with Dani.

[unnamed runaway]
:   Female weasel, married to Jarred, runs away to Oregon and becomes news in Sawtooth.

### Connections

* Aiden from *A Theory of Attachment* secretly seeing Aaron (his coworker) and Erin from *Party*.
* Sélène from *A Theory of Attachment* reads news of the main character from *Disappearance*.
* Dani from *Overclassification* knew Sélène from *A Theory of Attachment*.
* Malina from *A Theory of Attachment* helps at The Book and the Bean as a barista; Dani and Amber meet her there.
* Dani works with Erin.
* Avery from *The Fool* is Alex from *What Remains of Yourself*
* Malina from *A Theory of Attachment* is the badger from *The Fool*
* Markus and Lee's mom/stepdad get in a fight in The Book and the Bean, Malina helps
* Winter from *lesbians* winds up working with Malina at The Book and the Bean, gives ride to MC from *Disappearance*
* Malina used to work as a CPA at the place where MC from *Disappearance* used to work

## Predictive text goofiness

makyo.io/botnik-sawtooth

I can get you home.

There was a soft tap at the door.

All the same comfortable weeks i lived here in the middle of her cold room.

Tea would do fine.

Anyone's mind was quiet for a moment before shaking her head.

Rough patches had largely been replaced by more comfortable stasis.

Oozing tendrils of too much anxiety.

Quick kiss to make it through the day. You sure that's what i was thinking?

Beneath her coat was a whole identity.

"I think dozed off." She hesitated, then added without overwhelming embarrassment, "She said she had work in the morning."

The otter washed her paws and subtle shifts in her coat. "I do manage, and I do okay."

The ringtail stared in disbelief.

"You are adorable with your life to make. I don't have a lot to be."

It was a strange thing to be, but i was going to have to be a jittery mess.

You sure you want the rest of my life? Wondering if you need to apologize?

Studio is all the same.

Nigh on february and i don't know why.