makyo
/
zk
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Projects Releases Wiki Activity

update from sparkleup

This commit is contained in:
Madison Scott-Clary 2022-10-05 22:10:39 -07:00
parent af11c144d0
commit 24d9762d2b
1 changed files with 11 additions and 7 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

18
writing/post-self/mitzvot/033.md
View File

@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The busiest section of the library was far and away the wing that had been built
Ey stayed away from this for the day. Ey wanted cozy, not awe-inspiring. Ey stayed away from this for the day. Ey wanted cozy, not awe-inspiring.
Eventually, having loaded up on a few random finds --- trashy sci-fi, some contemporary phys-side fiction from decades after ey'd uploaded, even a bit of furry fiction from early in the 21st century ey considered bringing home to show May --- ey parked emself in the glass garden and arrayed the books out before em on the table. Finally, having loaded up on a few random finds --- trashy sci-fi, some contemporary phys-side fiction from decades after ey'd uploaded, even a bit of furry fiction from early in the 21st century ey considered bringing home to show May --- ey parked emself in the glass garden and arrayed the books out before em on the table.
The sci-fi proved to be a little *too* trashy for eir tastes, and while the contemporary fiction was certainly intriguing, it was far too dense for reading when ey was trying to have a lighter, easier day. The furry book struck a nice middle-ground, at least, even if ey couldn't keep the species straight in eir head. The sci-fi proved to be a little *too* trashy for eir tastes, and while the contemporary fiction was certainly intriguing, it was far too dense for reading when ey was trying to have a lighter, easier day. The furry book struck a nice middle-ground, at least, even if ey couldn't keep the species straight in eir head.
@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ She tilted her head thoughtfully. "I do not feel the pressure of merge conflicts
Not knowing what to say to that, ey simply nodded, feeling the flush of warmth to eir cheeks. Not knowing what to say to that, ey simply nodded, feeling the flush of warmth to eir cheeks.
"Yes, see? Look at you." She laughed. "It is complex for all of us. We are all hyper-aware of boundaries, not even wishing to test them. May is...of me, and now I am of her, so that boundary is smaller between us, perhaps, but we are all three very aware of *your* boundaries." "Yes, see? Look at you." She laughed. "It is complex for all of us. We are all hyper-aware of boundaries, not even wishing to test them. May is...*of* me, and now I am of her, so that boundary is smaller between us, perhaps, but we are all three very aware of *your* boundaries."
"You're telling me," ey said, smiling cautiously. "Every time I think about it, I just wind up feeling super awkward and freeze up, so I have no clue as to how to even begin to approach it." "You're telling me," ey said, smiling cautiously. "Every time I think about it, I just wind up feeling super awkward and freeze up, so I have no clue as to how to even begin to approach it."
@ -406,7 +406,11 @@ She laughed, shaking her head. "I do not think I ever will, but there is little
"I sent him a simplex message," she said. "I will ping again tomorrow if he has not replied." "I sent him a simplex message," she said. "I will ping again tomorrow if he has not replied."
"If he has not had another tree fall on him," May grumbled. "And you, Ioan?" "If he has not had another tree fall on him," May grumbled.
True Name winced. "A truly unpleasant experience."
"And you, Ioan?"
Ey shrugged. "I've got my notes all in order. I don't want to do it at all, but I'm ready, I guess. Did you talk with Debarre about this?" Ey shrugged. "I've got my notes all in order. I don't want to do it at all, but I'm ready, I guess. Did you talk with Debarre about this?"
@ -414,7 +418,7 @@ Ey shrugged. "I've got my notes all in order. I don't want to do it at all, but
True Name smirked, leaned over and tugged at May's tail. "You have, yes." True Name smirked, leaned over and tugged at May's tail. "You have, yes."
May pulled her tail around to hug it protectively. "Yes, yes. I know. I am perhaps as struck by the need to help as Ioan." May pulled her tail around to hug it protectively. "I know. I am perhaps as struck by the need to help as Ioan."
The conversation trailed off from there, Ioan and May cozying up and chatting via sensorium messages once True Name had started to doze, using May's thigh as a pillow. She caught em up on gossip from Debarre --- one of his boyfriends visited and was, apparently, quite the looker --- and ey accused her of leaving em for the weasel, as ey always did when she visited him. The conversation trailed off from there, Ioan and May cozying up and chatting via sensorium messages once True Name had started to doze, using May's thigh as a pillow. She caught em up on gossip from Debarre --- one of his boyfriends visited and was, apparently, quite the looker --- and ey accused her of leaving em for the weasel, as ey always did when she visited him.
@ -444,11 +448,11 @@ She tucked her snout up under eir chin, rubbing it against eir jaw at the tickli
"I guess after a certain point, it just felt like the anxiety about touch was wildly out of proportion to whatever worries I had. We have other friends we get cozy with." Ey grinned, adding, "She just about fell over when she tried to sit on the beanbag. Would've been funny if she hadn't also started panicking." "I guess after a certain point, it just felt like the anxiety about touch was wildly out of proportion to whatever worries I had. We have other friends we get cozy with." Ey grinned, adding, "She just about fell over when she tried to sit on the beanbag. Would've been funny if she hadn't also started panicking."
"I think she is struggling with touch-hunger, yes." "I think she is struggling with touch-hunger."
"She said as much, yeah." Ey shrugged, then mumbled an apology for jostling her. "I guess I'm just used to the fact that one just pets skunks." "She said as much, yeah." Ey shrugged, then mumbled an apology for jostling her. "I guess I'm just used to the fact that one just pets skunks."
"That is just what one does," May asserted. "And, I will note, not what you are doing right now." "That is just what one does," May asserted. "And not, I will note, what you are doing right now."
Ey laughed and ruffled a hand over her ears before petting the fur down again. "Fine, fine. But that's what I mean, I guess. It's just how skunks are, in my experience. I'm sure some of it's my denseness around this sort of thing at play, but what made me anxious was her freaking out. She's done a pretty good job of taking our concerns to heart, but I hadn't picked up on her own anxieties until then. I'm over it, but she clearly isn't." Ey laughed and ruffled a hand over her ears before petting the fur down again. "Fine, fine. But that's what I mean, I guess. It's just how skunks are, in my experience. I'm sure some of it's my denseness around this sort of thing at play, but what made me anxious was her freaking out. She's done a pretty good job of taking our concerns to heart, but I hadn't picked up on her own anxieties until then. I'm over it, but she clearly isn't."
@ -468,7 +472,7 @@ The context shift had just been so fast, though, and despite all the differences
She frowned, nodded. "I will not ask you to betray that, of course." She frowned, nodded. "I will not ask you to betray that, of course."
"Maybe I'm more stressed than I'm giving myself credit for, if my mumbling's getting bad enough to break someone's confidence." "Maybe I'm more stressed than I'm giving myself credit for, if my mumbling's getting this bad."
The skunk's expression softened and she leaned forward to touch her nose to eirs. "I do not blame you. There is so much going on these days." The skunk's expression softened and she leaned forward to touch her nose to eirs. "I do not blame you. There is so much going on these days."