diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md index b232579b..95ed101b 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Nearing the 200th anniversary of System secession from humanity, the System and * [o] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Blue](launch/launch/Codrin-blue/002) - Makes up with Dear, who gives suggestions on some names to interview and how to go about them - 1373 * [o] [Secession: sys-side: True Name](secession/sys/True-Name/002) - Meets with Jonas to discuss latest post from Yared, picking up on secession undertones, Jonas admits to own clade standing in for him (explain that reputation doesn't exactly go down, but is spread among instances (changed later)). - 2587 * [o] [Launch: phys-side: Douglas](launch/phys/Douglas/005) - Douglas walks the station, processing news of Michelle's death, then talks with May - 3969 - * [ ] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Green](launch/launch/Codrin-green/003) - Author who wrote an outline for a book, has been writing them independently on launches and sending back to editor sys-side, who is compiling them; mentions as postscript for Ioan only that given what ey learned about early clade, should maybe pass on communications between LVs encrypted + * [o] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Green](launch/launch/Codrin-green/003) - Author who wrote an outline for a book, has been writing them independently on launches and sending back to editor sys-side, who is compiling them; mentions as postscript for Ioan only that given what ey learned about early clade, should maybe pass on communications between LVs encrypted - 2963 * [ ] [Secession: sys-side: Michelle](secession/sys/Michelle/003) - Debarre meets with Michelle to talk about AwDae, Ode Clade, losing control of herself, why keep the name secret (AwDae wasn't supposed to defect to S-R Bloc, even if ey helped form the System - total lie, though), reiterates promise that her new clade won't overtake the Council of Eight * [ ] [Launch: sys-side: Ioan](launch/sys/Ioan/005) - Musician who set up transmission of music between sys/phys, gets #Green's note, discusses with May * [ ] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Blue](launch/launch/Codrin-blue/003) - interviews Zeke/Ezekiel, who has gone a bit sideways, now a prophet, having a hard time reconciling two launches/diverging futures, points Codrin towards True Name as something sinister diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-green/003.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-green/003.md index 2add3ebd..e53acec1 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-green/003.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/launch/launch/Codrin-green/003.md @@ -131,3 +131,55 @@ Dear gasped, paw to muzzle. *"A curse! Codrin! I am shocked."* They gathered around the table on the couch where Codrin could lounge against Dear with eir feet up in its partner's lap. *"So, how was it, really? Was he really that bad?"* Dear asked. + +"You didn't tell me that he was so...so..." + +*"Pompous? That his head was so full up his ass that he could smell his breath?"* + +Codrin laughed and poked the fox in the side. "Yeah, those things. I'm guessing you don't think too highly of him, either?" + +*"Not particularly, no,"* Dear said, brushing fingers through Codrin's hair. *"I was more wondering if a writer --- a writer in particular, I mean --- might have some ideas that you could glean for this project of ours."* + +"I suppose." Ey kept silent for a moment, simply enjoying the physical contact. "Though, come to think of it, his current project sounds interesting enough." + +"The dual text thing?" Dear's partner asked. + +"Yeah. Did it tell you about that?" + +"Mmhm. It sounds interesting, at least on the surface. We'll have to see how the execution works out, though. It could be stupendously boring." + +"I wouldn't be surprised." + +*"It is not a bad idea for a project such as he is wont to do,"* Dear murmured, sounding distant. *"I would not have turned down the opportunity to do such myself, if the types of projects that I do fit that framework."* + +"The thing is, I don't think it'll work for ours." Codrin shrugged against Dear's thigh. "I don't think spoiling Codrin#Blue is something we really need to worry about, and I'm sure Ioan will keep sending us interesting stuff." + +"Probably best to not, actually," Dear's partner said. + +"Right. Come to think of it, even Rankin said that he started with an outline to keep the two instances organized. We could probably do with more organization between the three of us." + +*"Or the three of our groups, at least. Perhaps Blue launch and Ioan taken together will provide us with a good idea of where we should be working next"* + +"Do you want to send Ioan a note to start coordinating?" + +*"I just did."* + +There was a sensorium ping, a view of the office where Ioan had begun work so many years ago. + +"I should've known." + +*"I am more predictable than you give me credit for, my dear."* + +"So, while he was being a pompous ass, did he actually have anything to add to the conversation besides that one idea?" + +Codrin shook eir head. + +*"He always was a one-trick pony."* + +"He also kept talking about idioms that applied mostly to phys-side and how they stick around here, on that note. But still, it's a worry I struggle with." + +*"That you struggle with it, that all of us mere mortals struggle with it, is what keeps us separate from them."* + +"'Them'?" Dear's partner laughed. "You make them sound way more organized than they really are." + +*"They do not need to be. They are all the same."*