update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/neviim/index.md

@@ -134,20 +134,20 @@ Stolon talking with Tycho very informal and slangy, also a bit spotty on English
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe](local/tycho/003) --- Tycho#Artemis catches up on recent developments (instructions for interfacing with their version of the Ansible, instructions on course change to stay in closer contact for longer), meets up with Answers Will Not Help, who is surprisingly open about news management. - 3038
     * [X] [Codrin Bălan](local/codrin/003) --- Meets Sarah Genet to talk about joining the amanuensis team, talk about what that would even look like, decide nice to have a total nobody Odists don't know/care about, laughs that this is the most organized project yet - 2801
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe](local/tycho/004) --- Tycho, True Name, Answers Will Not Help, other astronomer (Paolo Verda), and System tech (Sovanna Soun) fork to basically create a massive workforce to get all this done as fast as possible, .com - 1924
-    * [X] [Codrin Bălan](local/codrin/004) --- Meets up with the Artemis team at dinner, somewhat tense around True Name, but learns a bit more about the current status and how well under control it is (or how tightly controlled Odists are keeping it) - 2168
+    * [X] [Codrin Bălan](local/codrin/004)\*\*\* --- Meets up with the Artemis team at dinner, somewhat tense around True Name, but learns a bit more about the current status and how well under control it is (or how tightly controlled Odists are keeping it) - 2168
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](local/tycho/005) --- Tycho has a dream about meeting the Artemisians, wakes and talks with TN about preemptive cultural exchange so that they know more about each other, works with Why Ask Questions thinking she's Answers Will Not Help. - 1758
     * [X] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/001) --- Ioan gets word from Castor - 1844
     * [-] SPLIT <!--[Interlude](interlude/001) --- Ioan and May discuss news, but also Codrin's notes about feeling dragged along - 3624-->
     * [X] [Codrin Bălan](local/codrin/005) --- Tycho#Tasker, Sarah, have dinner with Codrin, Dear, Dear's partner, talk about jobs, what they used to do, how odd it is to have one. Tycho gets message re: Artemisian culture and importance of time-bending, and shares with table, Tycho says TN refuses to accommodate on Castor. - 2324
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](local/tycho/006) --- Tycho watches news disseminate with True Name, learns of various reactions. - 2222
-    * [X] [Codrin Bălan](local/codrin/006) --- Walk with Dear, talking about what to expect/not expect (actual understanding may take decades, some other stuff), Dear admits that this might be one it's glad to sit out b/c its existence relies on being able to understand, they talk about that - 2082
+    * [X] [Codrin Bălan](local/codrin/006)\*\*\* --- Walk with Dear, talking about what to expect/not expect (actual understanding may take decades, some other stuff), Dear admits that this might be one it's glad to sit out b/c its existence relies on being able to understand, they talk about that - 2082
     * [X] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/002) --- True Name shows up - 1838
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](local/tycho/007) --- They work out a date, start making preparations e.g: building the DMZ out a bit, forks for who's going, senses how little input he will have but keeps to himself, letting #Tasker know to talk with Codrin back at house on prairie - 2174
 * [X] Experience - exchange of emissaries, discussions, knowledge share
     * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Castor](local/codrin/007) --- divvying up tasks (e.g: #Emissaries talk about politics, society, history, #Castores talk about science, language, astronomy), forking, watching remote team head off, then forking and transiting DMZ border to welcome and orient emissaries. - 1490 (expand)
     * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Artemis](remote/codrin/001) --- First entry into the meeting hall, a dome in the middle of a compound, disoriented, unable to fork, time feels weird, introduced and oriented, ey finds out about WAQ/AWNH switch, remembers what they were for, frown; AWNH and TN are kind of freaking out b/c time slipperiness feels like being lost. - 2403
     * [X] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/003) --- May had a cry - 1804
-    * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Castor](local/codrin/008) --- starts out simply recording, Tycho too overwhelmed to speak, notices Turun Ko, discusses roles during a lull, TN frowns, Emissaries are set up with sandbox sim for downtime however they please; catches up with Tycho and Sarah Genet about how learning is going (hint: everyone's baffled) - 1875 (expand)
+    * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Castor](local/codrin/008)\*\*\* --- starts out simply recording, Tycho too overwhelmed to speak, notices Turun Ko, discusses roles during a lull, TN frowns, Emissaries are set up with sandbox sim for downtime however they please; catches up with Tycho and Sarah Genet about how learning is going (hint: everyone's baffled) - 1875 (expand)
     * [-] MERGED ABOVE <!--[Codrin Bălan#Artemis](remote/codrin/002) --- starts out simply recording, Tycho too overwhelmed to speak, notices Turun Ko, discusses roles during a lull, TN frowns-->
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](remote/tycho/001) --- overwhelmed at meeting them all, introductions go around, working out specialties and such, gets a bit excited talking about astronomy and how much there is to learn, TN frowns, though she's still struggling b/c lost-alike sensations Tycho learns about time from Turun Ka and that this is how they managed to work fast: modifying time rather than forking. They explain forking and merging in turn, compare with Artante's experience - 2195
     * [X] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/004) --- Ioan and May are super gay and sad - 1501
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Stolon talking with Tycho very informal and slangy, also a bit spotty on English
     * [-] SPLIT <!--[Interlude](interlude/002) --- Ioan and May (who indeed have a cry) discuss how it feels to know that the talks are taking place and may be over by the time they hear about it - 3319-->
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Castor](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
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](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 #Artemis being about social aspects - 1725
-    * [X] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/010) --- Ioan, May, End Waking, Debarre, A Finger Pointing, Douglas meet up to talk about thing; what does it feel like, etc - 1938
+    * [X] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/010)\*\*\* --- Ioan, May, End Waking, Debarre, A Finger Pointing, Douglas meet up to talk about thing; what does it feel like, etc - 1938
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Castor](local/tycho/010) --- Compares utility differences between forking/time manipulation (mostly Tycho, but also TN/WAQ) (day 3 after lunch) - 1965
     * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Castor](local/codrin/009) --- After watching similar discussion of TN misunderstanding, meets up with Sarah Genet over break, discusses note from Codrin#Artemis (day 3 lunch) - 2251
     * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Artemis](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 - 3208
@@ -187,4 +187,6 @@ Stolon talking with Tycho very informal and slangy, also a bit spotty on English
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe](local/tycho/016) --- invests fully, ceremony a la Sasha's eulogy, see both local and Artemis view from him - 1553
 * [X] Epilogue
     * [X] [RJ](interlude/005) --- RJ dies during upload, drat, another loss...but wait? What's this? Something worked, something's still going, something's still there. No RJ, but the world - 1858
+
+\*\*\* --- Added bits about whether or not they're real.
     

writing/post-self/neviim/local/codrin/008.md

@@ -126,16 +126,28 @@ Standing, True Name bowed deeply once more. "Thank you once again for joining us
 
 Both delegations stood and returned their acknowledging gestures, whatever they might be, and each walked toward their respective rest areas.
 
-Codrin let True Name and Why Ask Questions pass em, catching Sarah's eye to walk slower. Once the Odists were several paces ahead, heads together and talking quietly, ey asked, "What do you make of it?"
+"What do you think?" Why Ask Questions asked. "Real or dream?"
+
+Tycho frowned. "It's too early to--"
+
+True Name elbowed him in the side and laughed. "She is being a brat. Do not fall for her trap."
+
+"Yeah, yeah, fuck you too," the other Odist said, grinning. "Do keep an eye out, though, my dear. We must act as though they are real for now, and we must not lose focus on the talks, but the answer may well be relevant later."
+
+"Do not confuse our scientist, please," the skunk said mildly, then winked to Tycho.
+
+If the comment had been meant to reassure Tycho, it fell flat. The astronomer's look of confusion only deepened.
+
+Codrin let the three pass em, catching Sarah's eye to walk slower. Once Tycho had wandered toward the coffee setup and the Odists were several paces ahead, heads together and talking quietly, ey asked, "What do you make of it?"
 
 She shrugged. "I'm not sure yet. The questions were all reasonable, but I wasn't really able to figure out if there was a direction to them. The question about mental health seemed to be earnest, as though they were looking for an actual solution to the problem, while Stolon's question about launching was very to the point. Hard facts, that sort of thing."
 
 Ey nodded.
 
-"Weird that they'd ask about our bodies living on after uploading, though," Tycho said, catching up with them. "What could they possibly do with that knowledge."
+"Weird that they'd ask about our bodies living on after uploading, though," Tycho said, coffee in hand. "What could they possibly want with that knowledge?"
 
 "Not sure," she said. "Maybe trying to figure out incentives for uploading? I really don't know."
 
 "I'm feeling kind of lost after all that." Codrin sighed, hunting down the partitioned 'room' ey'd claimed as eir own and stopping outside the door. "It's overwhelming. I have no idea what avenues to go down from here. I want to ask why Turun Ko speaks the way it does, I want to ask about their opinions on forking, I want to ask all these questions, but I'm not sure how welcome that'll be in my role."
 
-"I don't know about that either, as representative. I hope I get to ask more. Though, well..." Sarah glanced over to where True Name and Why Ask Questions had sat at a table, still talking earnestly within a cone of silence. "I don't know what's more interesting. The emissaries or the Odists." <!-- More action to justify this remark? -->
+"I don't know about that either, as representative. I hope I get to ask more. Though, well..." Sarah glanced over to where True Name and Why Ask Questions had sat at a table, still talking earnestly within a cone of silence. "I don't know what's more interesting. The emissaries or the Odists."