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+post-self	writing/post-self/qoheleth/Sasha/001.md	2;"	vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/Sasha/001\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/Sasha/001
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+qoheleth	writing/post-self/qoheleth/Sasha/001.md	2;"	vimwiki:writing/post-self/qoheleth/Sasha/001\twriting/post-self/qoheleth/Sasha/001
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writing/post-self/qoheleth/Sasha/001.md

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 %title Sasha --- 2112
 :writing:novel:chapter:fiction:scifi:post-self:qoheleth:
 
-Sasha clutched at the arms of her chair, fingernails digging into the foam of the armrests, before standing up.
+Sasha clutched at the arms of her chair, fingernails digging into the foam of the armrests, promised herself she'd stay put.
 
-That her relationship with RJ was so casual was working against her. She knew ey was in the UK, and that they worked at a theater, but for the most part, ey talked about other things. Shared things. Not work. Or, if work, theater in general. Ey talked about Cicero and Debarre. Ey talked about The Crown Pub. Ey talked about eir past and eir shared world, eir syncosm. Ey rarely got into the present and the embodied world, eir exocosm.
+Then stood up anyway.
+
+That her relationship with RJ was as casual as it was was working against her. She knew ey was in the UK, in London, and that they worked at a theater, but for the most part, they talked about other things. Shared things. Not work. Or, if work, theater in general. They talked about Cicero and Debarre. They talked about The Crown Pub. They talked about their past and their shared world, their syncosm. RJ rarely got into the present and the embodied world, eir exocosm.
 
 So she had been at something of an impasse, then, with no way to figure out just what had happened to lead to eir disappearance. There were rumors abound in the Crown Pub that ey was lost, just like Cicero.
 
 She would have to admit that she had been the source of more than a few of them, given the notification from the hospital she had received --- that ey had put her down as an emergency contact was touching in a way she could not quite articulate --- stating that ey had been admitted, but that, no, unless she were to arrive in person for biometrics, they would not be able to tell her what had happened.
 
+No chance of that.
+
 The thing that plagued her with doubts was the sheer improbability of such a thing. Ey had joined them on their own private investigation into Cicero. Had that been it? But here she was, and Debarre was, as far as she knew, still alright. Even then, how could it be that thinking about, talking about, working with data related to the lost would lead to one getting lost themselves? Wouldn't the researchers on the case be all the more susceptible?
 
 Perhaps it was something about the data?
@@ -17,21 +21,21 @@ Perhaps it was something about the data?
 
 And perhaps ey wasn't lost at all. There had been the show, of course. And while RJ had never disappeared during performances before, ey had certainly been quieter during her timezone. But with the message from the hospital, the only potential there was that there had been some sort of accident at the theater.
 
-She was embarrassed at how long it had taken her to think about simply searching eir name. She still had that from school, after all. Doubtful that searching 'AwDae' would turn up any medical reports.
+She was embarrassed at how long it had taken her to think about simply searching eir name. She still knew that from school, after all. Doubtful that searching 'AwDae', nor even simply 'RJ', would turn up any medical reports.
 
 So it was that Sasha wound up reading the same article that Carter had found a few days earlier. It confirmed all her worst suspicions.
 
-She sent Debarre the link first, the subject line simply the emoticon `:/`. Distressed as she was, she deleted the auto-corrected emoji and replaced it with the emoticon, feeling, somehow, that that better represented her despair. She considered passing the article around further, but thought better of it. It pulled too hard at her heart. It had left her sobbing when she first found it. Their relationship, brief as it was, had been one of the happiest of the lot she had been through. There was no ire in the way they had drifted from 'item' back to simply friends.
+She sent Debarre the link first, the subject line simply the emoticon `:/`. Distressed as she was, she deleted the auto-corrected emoji and replaced it with the plain-text emoticon, feeling, somehow, that that better represented her despair. She considered passing the article around further, but thought better of it. It pulled too hard at her heart. It had left her in tears when she first found it. Their relationship, brief as it was, had been one of the happiest of the lot she had been through. There was no ire in the way they had drifted from 'item' back to simply friends.
 
 The one upshot to finding the article had been the name of the group that RJ worked for.
 
 And thus Sasha, pacing back and forth in front of her desk, trying to work up the courage to hit send on the email she had drafted.
 
-She had considered sending an email to the leader of the troupe, Bernhard Johansson, but had decided against it, figuring that the man had far more on his plate running a play than anything. Too much to bother responding to a request such as hers. Ditto this Sarai Coen, listed as stage manager. If the play was still running, both would be swamped.
+She had considered sending an email to the director of the troupe, Bernhard Johansson, but had decided against it, figuring that the man had far more on his plate running a play than anything. Too much to bother responding to a request such as hers. Ditto this Sarai Coen, listed as stage manager. If the play was still running, both would be swamped.
 
-She had settled instead on a Caitlin Fowler, listed as working the lights for the stage. Given all that RJ had told her about working as a theater tech, she would likely be both the closest to em and one of the least busy. If there were such a thing, that is. Sasha had been an actor, not a tech, and had no clue how busy those nights and days between performances were for the tech side.
+She had settled instead on a Caitlin Fowler, listed as working lights for the stage. Given all that RJ had told her about working as a theater tech, she would likely be both the closest to em and one of the least busy. If there were such a thing, that is. Sasha had been an actor, not a tech, and had no clue how busy those nights and days between performances were for the tech side.
 
-Sasha was just thankful that email addresses had been listed for the cast members. Not the crew, but given the pattern of first-name-dot-last-name-at-sttroupe-dot-co-dot-gb-dot-wf, she was hoping Caitlin's would follow suit.
+Sasha was just thankful that email addresses had been listed for the cast members. Not the crew, but given the pattern of *firstname.lastname@sttroupe.co.gb.wf*, she was hoping Caitlin's would follow suit.
 
 > Caitlin Fowler,
 >
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ Sasha was just thankful that email addresses had been listed for the cast member
 >
 > Sasha
 
-Sasha had deliberated over the two paragraphs for an hour and a half, deleting and correcting. How much should she ask for? Should she reveal where they interacted? How should she start the letter, and how should she finish it? Hell, how should she address herself? Her real name wasn't Sasha, though she thought of herself that way more often than not. She figured that, should they actually meet up in a sim somewhere, that would be the name that this Caitlin would get.
+Sasha had deliberated over the two paragraphs for an hour and a half, deleting and correcting. How much should she ask for? Should she reveal where they interacted? How should she start the letter, and how should she finish it? Hell, how should she address herself? Her real name wasn't Sasha, though she thought of herself that way as often as not. She figured that, should they actually meet up in a sim somewhere, that would be the name that this Caitlin would get.
 
 She ran quickly to her terminal and hit 'send' before she second-guessed herself any further, and then...
 
@@ -77,17 +81,17 @@ Caitlin was already there.
 
 Sasha wasn't sure whether to be surprised or not that the woman had a custom avatar. She was evidently a fan of the past, with hair swept neatly to the side to reveal an undercut. She wore a long, sleeveless tunic emblazoned with the word *heh.*, running to mid thigh covering only leggings. Something from earlier in the century.
 
-Sasha felt plain in her simple skunk av. Baggy shirt and fisherman's pants, fashionable enough by today's standards, did not stand up against London fashion.
+Sasha felt strangely plain in her simple skunk av. Baggy shirt and fisherman's pants, fashionable enough by today's standards, did not stand up against London chic.
 
 "Caitlin?" she said, voice raised.
 
 The human waved energetically and weaved through the crowd. "Sasha, right? There a place we can talk? Anyone else you want to bring along?"
 
-Sasha did a quick scan of the room, picking out Debarre sulking at the end of the bar. She jogged over and tapped him on the shoulder. "Someone who knows RJ is here, want to join?"
+Sasha did a quick scan of the room, picking out Debarre sulking at the end of the bar. She jogged over and tapped him on the shoulder. "Someone who knows AwDae is here, want to join?"
 
 The weasel perked at that, frowned, nodded. "Uh, sure. Do they know about Cice?"
 
-"I don't know, but they might. They only said they know about RJ, and that ey had talked to them about this place."
+"I don't know, but they might. They only said they know about AwDae, and that ey had talked to them about this place."
 
 Debarre shrugged and slipped out of his stool, pacing after Sasha. "Better than nothing," he grumbled, nodding to Caitlin on his way to one of the empty booths.
 
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ The three settled onto the overstuffed seats. There was a moment of silence befo
 
 Caitlin nodded, frowned, then offered her hand to Debarre. The weasel shook it cautiously. "Sorry, I should introduce myself. I'm Caitlin, the lights tech for STT. I was there when...when it happened."
 
-"Debarre," Debarre said, gruff. "Boyfriend's lost, too. RJ, Sasha, and I were trying to figure out what happened."
+"Debarre," Debarre said, gruff. "Boyfriend's lost, too. AwDae...uh, RJ, Sasha, and I were trying to figure out what happened."
 
 Fumbling some cards out of her pocket and duplicating them, Sasha added, "We were exchanging a deck on Cicero, Debarre's partner. You don't have to do anything with them, but you might as well have a copy, too. And, hold on." The skunk swiped, tapped through menus, created a new card titled 'RJ lost', duplicated it twice. She handed one each to Debarre and Caitlin. "One for RJ as well."
 
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ Caitlin swiped up on the card, tapped the voice-record button, and began speakin
 
 Sasha sat up straighter. "My name?"
 
-"Yeah. Ey mentioned you. Hell, ey mentioned Cicero."
+"Yeah. Ey talked about you quite a lot. Hell, ey mentioned Cicero."
 
 At this, Debarre perked up, looked so intently at Caitlin that she quailed under his gaze.
 
@@ -121,13 +125,13 @@ The weasel's shoulders slumped, and he nodded.
 
 "I figured you'd be the least busy, other than maybe stage hands. Plus, RJ said lights techs were always cool."
 
-Caitlin laughed, brushing her hair back. The motion seemed automatic, as her hair had hardly budged. "It's true. Anyway, we talked. I don't actually know what more to tell you beyond that. The rest of our relationship was work. RJ was super focused on that, and didn't really chill with the rest of us when ey wasn't working. Ey had a cat, I know that."
+Caitlin laughed, brushing her hair back. The motion seemed automatic, as her av's hair had hardly budged. "It's true. Anyway, we talked. I don't actually know what more to tell you beyond that. The rest of our relationship was work. RJ was super focused on that, and didn't really chill with the rest of us when ey wasn't working. Ey had a cat, I know that."
 
 "Priscilla, yeah."
 
-Caitlin shrugged. "Sure, I guess. I was hoping you could tell me more, actually."
+Caitlin shrugged. "Sure, I guess. Eir landlord is taking care of it. I was hoping you could tell me more, actually."
 
-Sasha frowned and, on a whim, recounted much of her and RJ's history. All the way back to their relationship, back through school. School productions, school summers, sleepovers and movies and all the trappings of being a kid.
+Sasha recounted much of her and RJ's history. All the way back to their relationship, back through school. School productions, school summers, sleepovers and movies and all the trappings of being a kid.
 
 By the end, she was crying freely.
 
@@ -143,7 +147,7 @@ Caitlin nodded. "That tallies. Listen, I gotta get going, though. I ran at this
 
 Caitlin nodded. "Will do. See you later."
 
-And with that, the woman signed off. Poor form to sign off in the middle of a public sim like this, but everyone was a bit jumpy. The skunk and the weasel shrugged it off.
+And with that, the woman signed off. Poor form to do so in the middle of a public sim like this, but everyone was a bit jumpy. The skunk and the weasel shrugged it off.
 
 "Guess now we have another lead," Debarre said.
 

writing/post-self/qoheleth/index.md

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     * [X] Chapter: [Ioan 003](Ioan/003-d) --- Moves in with Dear, who is upset that no one else seems to be taking this quite so seriously
     * [X] Chapter: [RJ 010](RJ/010) --- No water, no coffee, dreamlike books
     * [X] Chapter: [Ioan 004](Ioan/004) --- Ioan working, Dear's in a good mood
-    * [O] Chapter: [Sasha 001](Sasha/001) --- Sasha meets with Caitlin
+    * [X] Chapter: [Sasha 001](Sasha/001) --- Sasha meets with Caitlin
     * [O] Chapter: [Ioan 005](Ioan/005) --- Talking with Dear, learning of Qoheleth being an Odist
     * [O] Chapter: [RJ 011](RJ/011) --- RJ visits implant clinic, travel skips
     * [O] Chapter: [Carter 007](Carter/007) --- Carter gets smacked down, has to let folks go, contacts Sasha