update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/neviim/index.md

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Stolon talking with Tycho very informal and slangy, also a bit spotty on English
     * [o] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](local/tycho/009) --- Talks with Sarah Genet about what the two parties are learning and how its impacting his view of the System and Artemis - 1920
     * [o] [Tycho Brahe#Emissary](remote/tycho/002) --- Watches TN try to have a discussion with Turun Ka regarding history, and it is an exercise in mutual misunderstanding, starting to feel out of his league with #Emissary being about social aspects - 1725
     * [o] [Codrin Bălan#Artemis](local/codrin/009) --- After watching similar discussion of TN misunderstanding, meets up with Sarah Genet over break, discusses note from Codrin#Emissary (day 3 lunch) - 2251
-    * [ ] [Codrin Bălan#Emissary](remote/codrin/004) --- Talks about current status during break, suggests ideas to Tycho about what he could be paying attention to re: politics/society/history in terms of the stars, leads to question of whether there were others that they've met along the way but didn't join them arising, but told not to ask yet
+    * [o] [Codrin Bălan#Emissary](remote/codrin/004) --- Talks about current status during break, suggests ideas to Tycho about what he could be paying attention to re: politics/society/history in terms of the stars, leads to question of whether there were others that they've met along the way but didn't join them arising, but told not to ask yet - 1804
     * [ ] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](local/tycho/010) --- Compares utility differences between forking/time manipulation (mostly Tycho, but also TN/WAQ) (day 3 after lunch)
     * [ ] [Codrin Bălan#Emissary](remote/codrin/005) --- Compares political differences between forking/time manipulation (Mostly TN, but Codrin/Sarah), AWNH is acting strange, sends note back to #Artemis hinting that it was Tycho that noticed
     * [ ] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](local/tycho/011) --- Tycho, getting bored, directs talk to origins and path they've taken. Inexact answers, which has TN intrigued. She talks with the group after to discuss possibility that they might be being shady rather than just leaning on "oh we manipulate time" (day 3 after lunch/break)

writing/post-self/neviim/remote/codrin/004.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Tycho laughed. "Yes, though I feel like we've been here for at least a week by n
 
 "And it's easy to take a long, lazy break," Sarah said. "But yeah. Day three, I guess. What are your thoughts, Codrin?"
 
-Ey leaned back against the column outside the unison room, arms crossed, and looked up at the clear sky above the open atrium. The blue was more intense than ey remembered from Earth or any of the sims ey'd been in. Some part of em always felt as though ey was falling up into it, whenever ey stared up like this.
+Ey leaned back against the column outside the unison room, arms crossed, and looked up at the clear sky above the open courtyard. The blue was more intense than ey remembered from Earth or any of the sims ey'd been in. Some part of em always felt as though ey was falling up into it, whenever ey stared up like this.
 
 "I'm tired," ey said at last. "Some of that's from just how long it feels like we've been running, and how I feel like I need to be *on* for all of that time, but part of it is our other emissaries."
 
@@ -96,6 +96,52 @@ Sarah shook her head. "To make sure I'm following, you think they may have spott
 
 Codrin rubbed eir hands over eir face, willing away the tiredness that kept threatening to come back. Every time ey felt like ey was getting a hold on the situation ey was stuck in, some other bit of info would be brought to light and eir grasp would slip once more.
 
-Now here this was. Perhaps the Artemisians had run across more than just races two through four on their journey. Perhaps there had been failed convergences beyond just the fo
+Now here this was. Perhaps the Artemisians had run across more than just races two through four on their journey. Perhaps there had been failed convergences, not counted among the existing three and the fourth they were living through.
+
+Tycho's comment about 'not making the cut' carried with it additional consequences, as well. It implied that there was a barrier to entry that one could make or not. This, in turn, implied that there were a set of requirements for getting to join as a race.
+
+Ones that had never been mentioned.
+
+There may very well be steps to take that had never been provided to them.
+
+When ey shook away the rumination, ey found both Tycho and Sarah looking at em. "Sorry if I was mumbling. Tycho, hold off on actually asking about this for now, but keep thinking about it, alright? At least let me run it past True Name first."
+
+The astronomer nodded.
+
+"On that note, we should probably start getting ready again," Sarah said.
+
+They broke after that, Tycho walking another lap around the courtyard and Sarah making for the pitcher of water, while Codrin went to rouse the Odists.
+
+Ey fetched True Name first. The skunk was already awake --- or perhaps had never managed to fall asleep for the nap she always talked about --- and sitting up blearily in bed.
+
+"Good afternoon, Mx. Bălan."
+
+"Morning," ey corrected gently. "Next break will be lunch. Manage to get any sleep?"
+
+She shook her head. "I am guessing that it is time to head back?"
+
+Ey nodded. "I have a question about a topic Tycho brought up, first, if that's alright. If you need to wake up a bit more first, that's fine. I can ask later, but I'd at least like it on the docket."
+
+"I do not know that I will be feeling any better later," she said, attempting a smile. "Ask me now, and if I am unable to answer, ask me again at lunch."
+
+"Alright." Ey sat on the chair next to True Name's bed. "Sarah and I suggested that Tycho start making educated guesses about their route and if that might be reflected in historical inflection points."
+
+The skunk frowned, but nodded for em to continue.
+
+"He mentioned that there might have been some planets on their path that were inhabited but not welcomed as one of the races."
+
+"Ones with life? Ones with uploads?"
+
+Ey shrugged. "Perhaps, yes. In particular, he said that if the race had uploaded, maybe they wouldn't want to join, or wouldn't have, in his words, 'made the cut'."
+
+The skunk stared down at her paws in her lap, the claws on her thumbs tapping gently together. "That is a good observation from our friend. What question do you have for me about it?"
+
+"Should we ask more directly about it? I told him not to until I'd talked with you."
+
+"Thank you. Yes, he should hold off for now. It may be best to ask about the sentiments within the society during those inflection points first. Coming at it sideways like that will allow us to phrase the question about other convergences more effectively."
+
+Ey nodded. "If there was strife, it may not have been a good convergence, you mean."
+
+"Precisely." The skunk wobbled to her feet, accepting Codrin's offer of a hand to steady herself. "Come. Let us see how Why Ask Questions is doing. Better, I hope"
 
 Talks about current status during break, suggests ideas to Tycho about what he could be paying attention to re: politics/society/history in terms of the stars, leads to question of whether there were others that they've met along the way but didn't join them arising, but told not to ask yet