update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/neviim/local/tycho/012.md

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-# Tycho Brahe#Artemis --- 2346
+# Tycho Brahe#Castor --- 2346
+
+    Convergence T-0 days, 0 hours, 28 minutes
 
 "This has...wait, don't leave yet, #Assist," Codrin said. "Is this really a clade-eyes-only message for both True Name and Turun Ka?"
 
 Both Sarah and Tycho sat up straighter.
 
-Ey shrugged, saying only, "It appears Codrin#Emissary has instructed the Artemisians on how to relay such in turn. I guess ey did a while back, actually, but this is the first time they've taken advantage of it. Or, well..." Ey trailed off.
+Ey shrugged, saying only, "It appears Codrin#Artemis has instructed the Artemisians on how to relay such in turn. I guess ey did a while back, actually, but this is the first time they've taken advantage of it. Or, well..." Ey trailed off.
 
-"Hard to tell how much time has passed up there?" Codrin#Artemis asked.
+"Hard to tell how much time has passed up there?" Codrin#Castor asked.
 
-"Yeah, haven't the faintest. Anyway, I'm not sure how you want to pass it over. I figured a separate sheet would be easiest and you can decide from there. The news from #Emissary seems mostly to be about the Odists, so perhaps that's what Turun Ka is getting. True Name got her own message in here." Ey nodded over to the skunk, handing her a separate sheet
+"Yeah, haven't the faintest. Anyway, I'm not sure how you want to pass it over. I figured a separate sheet would be easiest and you can decide from there. The news from #Artemis seems mostly to be about the Odists, so perhaps that's what Turun Ka is getting. True Name has her own message in here." Ey nodded over to the skunk, handing her a separate sheet
 
 Both of the Odists, having claimed the other table in order to have their own hushed conversation quickly moved over to rejoin the other three. They all watched as ey frowned, nodded, and skimmed quickly over the letter addressed to em.
 
@@ -16,13 +18,13 @@ Eir frown deepened. "Thanks. Here, hold on--" Ey quickly jotted *Message receive
 
 "Whatever that means," ey said, laughing and pocketing the slip. Ey prodded em in the shoulder and added, "Dear threatened to beat me up because of you, so thanks for that."
 
-Codrin#Artemis smirked. "Well, did it?"
+Codrin#Castor smirked. "Well, did it?"
 
 "No, of course not."
 
 "Just have to pull harder, then." Ey sighed and shook eir head. "Self-deprecating humor aside, tell them I miss them."
 
-Ey nodded. "Of course. I'd fork and merge back down if I could."
+Ey nodded. "Of course."
 
 "I'll see them soon enough, I guess. A few weeks, tops, though at this rate, I'm guessing only a matter of days. Tell--"
 
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ He rubbed his hands together and chewed on his lip thoughtfully. "It hasn't been
 
 "She didn't exactly come off as kind or polite in there, no."
 
-"Codrin mentioned something about that, about how they wanted the *History* released, but wanted to control how. Ey said that she'd acted as dramatic as she had in order to make the end result seem more sensational than reality."
+"Codrin mentioned something about that, about how they wanted the *History* released, but wanted to control how. Ey said that she'd acted as dramatic as she had in order to make the end result seem more sensational than realistic."
 
 Sarah laughed. "Well, I'd certainly call *that* subtle."
 

writing/post-self/neviim/remote/codrin/006.md

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ True Name nodded.
 
 Iska's expression had steadily grown more and more alarmed throughout the proceedings. "I do not--"
 
-"We will reconvene in fifteen minutes," Turun Ka said. Nothing in its voice changed from how it normally spoke, though it having spoke was enough to quell Iska to silence. "Representative Artante Diria, representative Iska, please convene to address this issue moving forward from a technical and psychological standpoint. When we return, we will indeed move on to another subject."
+"We will reconvene in fifteen minutes common time," Turun Ka said. Nothing in its voice changed from how it normally spoke, though it having spoke was enough to quell Iska to silence. "Representative Artante Diria, representative Iska, please convene to address this issue moving forward from a technical and psychological standpoint. When we return, we will indeed move on to another subject."
 
 Iska bowed their head in assent.
 

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

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# Codrin Bălan#Emissary --- 2346
+# Codrin Bălan#Artemis --- 2346
 
-During the short break, Codrin helped True Name compose her letter and, after he sent it, simply sat with her in quiet. The skunk remained still throughout, sitting on the edge of the bed and staring down at her knees. She looked small, and some part of em wanted to sit beside her and try to comfort her, but for the emotional and social distance between them, as well as her still jittery form.
+    Convergence T-0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes
+
+During the short break, Codrin helped True Name compose her letter and, after ey sent it, simply sat with her in quiet. The skunk remained still throughout, sitting on the edge of the bed and staring down at her knees. She looked small, and some part of em wanted to sit beside her and try to comfort her, but for the emotional and social distance between them, as well as her still jittery form.
 
 And so ey simply sat at her desk and watched her manage her breathing, keep her composure, meditate, or whatever it was that an Odist unbound did.
 
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ The rest of the delegates arrived shortly after, Tycho and Stolon both looking q
 
 Even so, the meeting was slow to get started. There were a few questions asked by both sides about history, but they all felt very careful, well constructed, and circumspect. It was plagued by silences and subtle glances to where Answers Will Not Help rested her head on the table.
 
-"From the sounds of it," Iska said. "Of the four organic species present, all began their projects of building embedding systems after a traumatic event. It seems to be a common feature of biological systems."
+"From the sounds of it," Iska said. "Of the four organic species present, all began their projects of building embedding systems after a traumatic event. It seems to be a common feature of biological systems. The desire to protect oneself or one's species from trauma is a common feature of all life."
 
 "We ran-existed in simulation space. There was no difference-change from post-biological life-existence and living in embedded form," Turun Ko added. "We are unable to add-explain to the topic of trauma. Apologies."