diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md index 221595b1..e7241b6b 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/index.md @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Nearing the 200th anniversary of System secession from humanity, the System and * [o] [Launch: sys-side: Ioan](launch/sys/Ioan/008) - Ioan interviews historian keenly interested in staying close enough to earth to keep cataloging, has picked up on some of the patterns; also wants to be close to Ioan, weaseled her way into the interview - 2150 * [o] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Castor](launch/launch/Codrin-castor/005) - Interviews True Name, who was tasked by Michelle as political side of launch, first time sys and phys have worked together in meaningful way in ages, tickled to see Douglas Hadje, nudges him through *channels* to apply for launch director (look at that manipulation go) - 2839 * [o] [Launch: phys-side: Douglas](launch/phys/Douglas/007) - Learns more about the clade, but still not about names, mentions some concerning stuff re: patterns phys/planet-side - 1855 - * [ ] [Secession: phys-side: Yared](secession/phys/Yared/007) - Introduces secession amendment himself, it goes over poorly initially, contacts Demma who reassures him that it will swing in secession's favor after some unsavory strings are pulled, told to keep pressing sys-side on secession + * [.] [Secession: phys-side: Yared](secession/phys/Yared/007) - Introduces secession amendment himself, it goes over poorly initially, contacts Demma who reassures him that it will swing in secession's favor after some unsavory strings are pulled, told to keep pressing sys-side on secession * [ ] [Launch: sys-side: Ioan](launch/sys/Ioan/009) - Ioan, already worried, interviews Do I Know God After The *End Waking* (skunk male, druid type) at eir home, who was tasked by True Name and Jonas to meddle with phys-side finance late 2100s to increase sys-side population by paying for uploads (as Ioan was), liberal now, regrets his actions; points em to Jonas still on system; conversation with both End Waking and May about what she meant about system being more subtle viz dandelions (even after all this time, it's still a dream, May's been dreaming with em, not uncommon for emotionally entangled people) * [ ] [Launch: launch-side: Codrin#Pollux](launch/launch/Codrin-pollux/006) - Finds Yared, Debarre, and user11824, who talk about how the council was undermined, then overridden by Jonas/Odists after secession, Yared talks about Toledot Yeshu, Demma as Paul (left unsaid whether or not Demma was influenced by anyone sys-side, implied no; phys-side still had its own politics, then) * [ ] [Secession: sys-side: True Name](secession/sys/True-Name/006) - Meets with Debarre, who says he understands better now, thanks her for all her work; after he leaves, meets up with *Life Breeds Life,* But Death Must Now Be Chosen (human male, scholar type) to help keep up appearances during secession work that the clade isn't growing, minimize actions in history so that the clade doesn't appear to have done anything, that Michelle was on the Council and the clade just helped. diff --git a/writing/post-self/toledot/secession/phys/Yared/007.md b/writing/post-self/toledot/secession/phys/Yared/007.md index 03c07f23..d2dcd912 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/toledot/secession/phys/Yared/007.md +++ b/writing/post-self/toledot/secession/phys/Yared/007.md @@ -33,4 +33,24 @@ > > November 28, 2124 +The response to the proposal was immediate and dramatic. +Yared had not know what exactly it was that he was expecting, but it certainly was not an immediate division within the DDR, with one half being suddenly and intensely for the referendum and its amendments, each for their own reasons, and the other half being suddenly and intensely against the referendum for completely separate reasons. + +It was not that he'd not expected some division, but the divisiveness of the amendment itself was shocking. Where once there had been general consensus on the issue of individual rights and the L5 launch amendment, there was suddenly no guarantee that the referendum itself would actually pass. It had been a foregone conclusion, and now, in the matter of minutes, the entire thing seemed to be crumbling around him, and, with his name attached as DDR signatory, he was responsible. + +His instinct was to leave. To run. To hide. Some adrenal reaction drove him to leave, to back out of the 'net, throw on his [hat] and nearly sprint from his apartment. + +He made it the several blocks up to the undeveloped patch of ground before he calmed down enough to realize that, not only had he left behind any chance of responding to the flurry of comments on the referendum and its amendment (unless he wanted to use the intentionally clunky interface for doing so on his phone), but also any chance of syncing up with True Name and Jonas on the events. + +Now, here he was, huddling at the base of a scraggly tree like some hunted thing, an animal seeking only to never be seen by unknown predators. Now, here he was, completely alone. + +And yet he couldn't force himself to rise. Couldn't force himself to get up from his crouching position, couldn't force himself to walk back to his apartment or, really, anywhere else, couldn't even force himself to pull his phone from his pocket and get in touch with...well, who would he even contact? The only one he interact with in the subject --- really, the only one he interacted with offline in any sincere capacity --- was Councilor Demma. + +Given this reaction, that seemed ill-advised. + +Alas, with a thrill up his spine along the exocortex and a gentle ping from his implants, his phone began to ring. A glance at the screen confirmed his fears. + +Demma. + +"Shit, shit." He stood, paced around the tree in a circle. "Shit. Shit, goddamn."