update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/neviim/index.md

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Stolon talking with Tycho very informal and slangy, also a bit spotty on English
     * [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
     * [-] MERGED ABOVE <!--[Tycho Brahe#Castor](local/tycho/008) --- 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-->
-    * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Artemis](remote/codrin/003) --- Exchanges notes with Codrin#Castor, hinting at swap with WAQ/AWNH - 2192
+    * [X] [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-->
     * [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
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ Stolon talking with Tycho very informal and slangy, also a bit spotty on English
     * [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
     * [-] MERGED ABOVE <!--[Codrin Bălan#Artemis](remote/codrin/005) --- Compares political differences between forking/time manipulation (Mostly TN, but Codrin/Sarah), AWNH is acting strange, sends note back to #Castor hinting that it was Tycho that noticed-->
-    * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Castor](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) - 1635
+    * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Castor](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) - 1635
-    * [X] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/011) --- Ioan and Codrin#Pollux exchange notes - 3124
+    * [X] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/011)\*\*\* --- Ioan and Codrin#Pollux exchange notes - 3124
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](remote/tycho/003) --- There's a conversation between TN and Turun Ka around how the various races manage sentiment. Tycho is surprised at it being frank, Sarah suggests that she might be working on many levels, Codrin starting to worry about their sanity - 1764
 * [X] Intensity - manipulations fail b/c whoops the Artemisians are way, way better at this
     * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Artemis](remote/codrin/006) --- Discusses openly about news from Artemis and some of the problems the Systems have had in the past, Artemisians describe some of their own. AWNH and TN are both struggling now, each getting occasional flickers of Sasha/Michelle. They call a brief break, Turun Ko says take as long as you need b/c time is maleable, AWNH cries, refuses. - 1963
-    * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Castor](local/tycho/012) --- Writes #Artemis a note during a lull about what the two parties are learning and how he's reevaluating the History. (day 3 afternoon break) - 1304
+    * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Castor](local/tycho/012)\*\*\* --- Writes #Artemis a note during a lull about what the two parties are learning and how he's reevaluating the History. (day 3 afternoon break) - 1304
-    * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Artemis](remote/codrin/007) --- AWNH breaks down (revealing she's AWNH, not WAQ), quits, break immediately called, TN is having a REALLY HARD TIME, Turun Ka shows up, TN comes clean, talks about getting lost, Turun Ka says Artante's race ran into similar, but stops her from talking about AWNH further for now - 2109
+    * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Artemis](remote/codrin/007)\*\*\* --- AWNH breaks down (revealing she's AWNH, not WAQ), quits, break immediately called, TN is having a REALLY HARD TIME, Turun Ka shows up, TN comes clean, talks about getting lost, Turun Ka says Artante's race ran into similar, but stops her from talking about AWNH further for now - 2109
     * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Castor](local/codrin/010) --- TN gets news re: AWNH (a fork enters the space, quits, merges - Artemisians like huh???), calls halt to meeting, preempts everyone getting news separately by announcing what happened, Codrin and Sarah confirm they've heard, tries to gloss over the swap quickly (b/c of course she's planned), but Turun Ka speaks up, says that this is part of confirmation required. For what? Tune in next time... - 1884
     * [X] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/009) --- Ioan meets up with True Name at a neutral place to talk about the cracks showing, death of Death Itself and I Do Not Know; growing empathy for True Name - 2326
     * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Artemis](remote/codrin/008) --- Codrin, Sarah, Turun Ko, Artante meet up (while TN talks with Turun Ka, Iska, and Tycho chills with Stolon) and discuss actual point of meetings: to determine whether humanity is a suitable fifthrace. None of the Artemisians know/will say what the gating factors are, but think they're close - don't tell TN (are they supposed to know? Shrug, but implied if they tell TN, that's a point against them) - 2046
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Stolon talking with Tycho very informal and slangy, also a bit spotty on English
     * [X] [Codrin Bălan#Castor](local/codrin/011) --- Codrin gives Turun Ko a copy of *On the Origin of Our World* (against TN's suggestion, but she is in damage-control mode), which, after it reads it, turns out to be the penultimate step towards moving forward with accepting as fifthrace. Yay Codrin - 2599
     * [-] REJECTED too much rambling <!-- [Tycho Brahe#Castor](local/tycho/013) --- Steals time with Stolon on break, joined by Iska and Sarah, talk about joining Artemis, what races have learned from each other re: science. -->
     * [X] [Ioan Bălan](ioan/008) --- Sarah Genet gets in touch. May is feeling rough, so she mostly talks with Ioan, who talks with May after, feeling better. - 2708
-    * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](remote/tycho/005) --- Watching talks resume, starting to think y'know what, fuck it, maybe he'll just stay if allowed. Stolon's neat, the science is good, and having this to look forward to has given him more purpose in life. Interrupts talk to mention such regardless of glares from TN. Silence from Artemisians, one can assume internal chatter, then "that was the final gating step - wanting to join. We will welcome you as fifthrace" - (Deferred: from there they will learn all they want, have X days to do exchange, share entire libraries back and forth on data band, can keep format however they want on Castor. TN FROWNS but WHATEVER FINE) - 2257
+    * [X] [Tycho Brahe#Artemis](remote/tycho/005)\*\*\* --- Watching talks resume, starting to think y'know what, fuck it, maybe he'll just stay if allowed. Stolon's neat, the science is good, and having this to look forward to has given him more purpose in life. Interrupts talk to mention such regardless of glares from TN. Silence from Artemisians, one can assume internal chatter, then "that was the final gating step - wanting to join. We will welcome you as fifthrace" - (Deferred: from there they will learn all they want, have X days to do exchange, share entire libraries back and forth on data band, can keep format however they want on Castor. TN FROWNS but WHATEVER FINE) - 2257
 * [X] Integration - DMZ expands, several upload to Artemis
     * [X] [Tycho Brahe](local/tycho/014) --- Fresh out of talks, merges back with #tracker in sim, looks up at the sky, new big feelings, TN shows up w/champagne. She's kind of sad, but guess it went okay, says she's trying to be earnest about just wanting to have something to celebrate with someone else, but isn't sure she knows how anymore. Cracks showing as growth collides with eternal memory. - 2233
     * [-] REJECTED too much unless I think of another purpose [Ioan Bălan](ioan/007) --- Ioan and May speculate on how True Name must be taking it Pollux, suggest Codrin's grand gesture for Dear being bringing the polycule to the DMZ, more on stability re: Odists.

writing/post-self/neviim/local/tycho/014.md

@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ She laughed, not unkindly. "I am happy for you, Dr. Brahe."
 
 "Thank you."
 
+The skunk sighed, and he was pleased to hear in it more contentment than frustration. "What do you think now? Are they real, or are we dreaming them?"
+
+"I don't think it matters," he said after a long pause.
+
+"No?"
+
+"No. Even if they're a dream, I'll join them. Even if this was all a dream, I'm happy to have been a part of it."
+
 "And have you any further thoughts on uploading as the stage of civilization most likely to breach the Great Filter?" She sounded earnest, almost excited. "I must confess that the thought has been lingering in the back of my mind since our last conversation here. Old sci-fi dreams dog me still."
 
 "Oh, definitely feeling like I'm stuck in some crazy science fiction novel," he said. "Uploading, furries, launch vehicles, and now aliens? At this point, why not? It makes as much sense as any of this."

writing/post-self/neviim/remote/codrin/007.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Silence fell once more around the table. Answers Will Not Help pushed herself to
 
 True Name, struggling to hold her own form together, reached out to tug at Answers Will Not Help's sleeve. "Please, my dear," she murmured. "Representative Why Ask Questions, please sit down. I know it is--"
 
-"I am not her! I am not her. She is another me, who dreams when she needs an answer. I am Why Ask Questions When The Answers Will Not Help, who knows God when she dreams. Don't...I..."
+"I am not her! I am not her. She is another me, who dreams when she needs an answer. I am Why Ask Questions When The Answers Will Not Help, who knows God when she dreams. Dreams! If I dream, am I no longer myself? Don't...I..."
 
 True Name froze. Everyone froze.
 

writing/post-self/neviim/remote/tycho/001.md

@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ Turun Ka stood from where it had crouched. "Yes. Please feel free to return to y
 
 The soft-furred secondracer stood still for a moment, squinted. "You should be locked to common time for the time being. It is very difficult to synchronize skew with you, though. I don't know why. I will contact a system technician during our break."
 
-"If I walk backward, time moves forward. If I walk forward, time rushes on," she gasped out, then laughed hoarsely. "If I stand still, the world moves around me."
+"If I walk backward, time moves forward. If I walk forward, time rushes on," she gasped out, then laughed hoarsely. "If I stand still, the world moves around me!"
 
 True Name jolted at the brief recitation, standing quickly and taking her cocladist by the elbow. "Come on, my dear. Let us get to the unison room."
 
 Tycho looked to Codrin, who only frowned.
 
-Something had happened, just then. Something of import. He had no clue as to what it had been, though and neither did he understand how, he realized, but he knew that it was something distressing. Something wrong.
+Something had happened, just then. Something of import. He had no clue as to what it had been, though and neither did he understand how, he realized, but he knew that it was something distressing. Something wrong. 

writing/post-self/neviim/remote/tycho/005.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ He tentatively tried labeling the idea that coiled within him with 'restlessness
 
 "We are well aware of this feeling," Artante was saying. "After millennia, one gets bored easily, and there's--"
 
-"I want to stay here," he interrupted, surprising even himself. "Even if we don't become fifthrace or anything. I want to stay here. I want to stay on Artemis."
+"I want to stay here," he interrupted, surprising even himself. "Even if we don't become fifthrace or anything. Even if this is all a dream. I want to stay here. I want to stay on Artemis."
 
 Stunned silence fell around the table. Even he felt some of that shock. The words were out of his mouth before he'd even had the chance to check them for truth, and yet they bore as much truth as any mathematical theorem that he knew. They were *true.* They were *correct.*