update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/neviim/index.md

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Stolon talking with Tycho very informal and slangy, also a bit spotty on English
     * [O] [Codrin Bălan#Artemis](remote/codrin/003) --- Exchanges notes with Codrin#Castor, hinting at swap with WAQ/AWNH - 2192
     * [-] 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-->
     * [O] [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
-    * [o] [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
+    * [O] [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
     * [o] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/010) --- Ioan, May, End Waking, A Finger Pointing, Douglas meet up to talk about thing; what does it feel like, etc - 1938
     * [o] [Tycho Brahe#Castor](local/tycho/010) --- Compares utility differences between forking/time manipulation (mostly Tycho, but also TN/WAQ) (day 3 after lunch) - 1965
     * [o] [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

writing/post-self/neviim/ioan/010.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The dinner that Do I Know God After The End Waking had prepared for them was...r
 
 It was a venison stew with parsnips and onions, thickened with tack and stretched with some barleycorns. 'Woodsy' was not quite the right word, and neither was 'simple', for the skunk had spent the better part of an hour doting over the kettle ey'd hung over a low fire, adding salt in what Ioan felt were miserly pinches, as well as pepper and nutmeg as though they were the most precious items in the world to him.
 
-When asked where he got the spices, barley, and tack in a forest, the skunk had laughed, shaken his head, laughing, and said, "I am not a fucking ascetic, Ioan," then gone back to cooking.
+When asked where he got the spices, barley, and tack in a forest, the skunk had laughed, shaken his head, and said, "I am not a fucking ascetic, Ioan," then gone back to cooking.
 
 So, rustic stew it was.
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The skunk shook his head. "I am enjoying the ability to taste something again af
 
 He rolled his eyes and flipped her off.
 
-The other Odist fit neatly into the pattern of a human Michelle, though over the centuries, she had opted for a form that was a little taller, a little slimmer, and bore more heavily styled hair. More chic, perhaps. She was prone to grand gestures and grand outfits in all black or all gray or all red. She had also leaned into hedonism, more so than any of the other Odists Ioan had met. She ate heartily, drank more than all of them --- though this mostly manifested as a ruddy glint to her cheeks and a more wicked grin than usual --- and brought with her a very comfortable-looking camp chair.
+The other Odist fit neatly into the pattern of a human Michelle, though over the centuries, she had opted for a form that was a little taller, a little slimmer, and bore more heavily styled hair. More chic, perhaps. She was prone to grand gestures and grand outfits in all black or all gray or all red. She had also leaned into hedonism more so than any of the other Odists Ioan had met. She ate heartily, drank more than all of them --- though this mostly manifested as a ruddy glint to her cheeks and a more wicked grin than usual --- and brought with her a very comfortable-looking camp chair.
 
 Even having worked with her for nearly a decade as a playwright and under her direction as an actor, ey continually found emself surprised by her simple desire to enjoy life, put on good plays, and be friends with everyone she could. It was a simplicity that was lacking from so many of her cocladists that ey'd had a chance to meet.
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ End Waking nodded, speaking toward the fire. "And so I screamed and I ran, and w
 
 "Or perhaps it was just an instant," A Finger Pointing said.
 
-End Waking's words came with a finality that seemed to draw the memory to a close, though nothing about the words had felt memorized or rehearsed. "And so I went mad."
+End Waking's words came with a finality that seemed to draw the memory to a close, though nothing about the recitation --- monologue? --- had felt memorized or rehearsed. "And so I went mad."
 
 "Jesus." Douglas's whisper broke the long silence that followed. "And you're afraid that's what would happen on Artemis?"
 

writing/post-self/neviim/local/tycho/010.md

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# Tycho Brahe#Artemis --- 2346
+# Tycho Brahe#Castor --- 2346
+
+    Convergence T-1 day, 3 hours, 55 minutes
 
 "I would like to ask a few questions about forking versus skew," Tycho said, when a lull between the two parties ran long enough that he felt comfortable doing so.
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ There was another long moment of thought before the secondracer nodded. "Again,
 
 Why Ask Questions frowned. "Uncomfortable how?"
 
-"The, *lu*...level of interaction decreases as one's skew increases. Above plus one, sound does not transmit to common time and touch is reduced in impact. Above plus five, movement becomes difficult and one feels...*baenåt*...restrained, perhaps. Movement takes effort. The effort required to move slows one down to where positive skew is no longer effective."
+"The, *lu*...level of interaction decreases as one's skew increases. Above plus one, sound does not transmit to common time and touch is impossible. Above plus five, movement becomes difficult and one feels...*baenåt*...restrained, perhaps. Movement takes effort. The effort required to move slows one down to where positive skew is no longer effective."
 
 The two Odists exchanged a look, and a brief glance at Codrin showed the writer looking more intently at them than at Iska.
 
@@ -98,9 +100,9 @@ A cone of silence dropped over their side of the table and Codrin turned to True
 
 The skunk frowned. "Why?"
 
-"You were very intent on it," ey said. "And I was wondering if it's something that might be relevant to the rest of us or if it was something destined for True Name#Emissary."
+"You were very intent on it," ey said. "And I was wondering if it's something that might be relevant to the rest of us or if it was something destined for True Name#Artemis."
 
-There was a silent pause where True Name looked first at Codrin, then at Why Ask Questions, then back again. "I had intended to send it to #Emissary, but I take your meaning. In short, Jonas and I have thoughts on an appropriate level of discomfort and danger within a society in order to maintain stability. A system that restricts violence by mechanics such as these may --- and that is a very big 'may' --- speak to one that falls below that acceptable threshold for us."
+There was a silent pause where True Name looked first at Codrin, then at Why Ask Questions, then back again. "I had intended to send it to #Artemis, but I take your meaning. In short, Jonas and I have thoughts on an appropriate level of discomfort and danger within a society in order to maintain stability. A system that restricts violence by mechanics such as these may --- and that is a very big 'may' --- speak to one that falls below that acceptable threshold for us."
 
 ""Pain, anxiety, the need for something greater, these are all essential for survival. Without them, the world would be an impossibly dangerous place", you mean." Codrin quoted.