update from sparkleup

writing/post-self/marsh/audiobook-samples.md

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+%title Dialogue snippets for *Marsh* audiobook.
+
+[toc]
+
 ## Main characters
 
 ### Reed
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 ### Dry Grass
 
-A technician and Reed's accidental love interest. Cis woman, generally confident. Centuries old neurological damage left her with some language issues, leading to slightly clipped speech that she tries to keep gentle all the same, and a pathological aversion to contractions.
+A technician and Reed's accidental love interest. Cis woman, generally confident. Tries to keep her voice gentle and motherly.
 
 #### Grieving a sister
 
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ Reed's partner. Cis woman with vaguely snarky lesbian vibes.
 
 ### Need An Answer
 
-One of the emergency council. Cis woman and competent political leader. As with Dry Grass, centuries old neurological damage left her with some language issues, leading to slightly clipped speech and a pathological aversion to contractions. 
+One of the emergency council. Cis woman and competent political leader. Slightly clipped speech. See note on Odists below. 
 
 #### Briskly chairing a meeting
 
@@ -114,4 +118,44 @@ Angery. Cis female, butch energy, just kind of mad.
 
 > Okay, okay, I’ll give you that one. That was pretty good. Still atrocious, but at least the good kind of atrocious. I’m sorry for the other night.
 
+### Rush
 
+Marshan focused on sims. Also aggressively enby in a ve/ver way
+
+#### Full of awe and wonder
+
+> What is this place? Other than a swamp, I mean.
+
+#### Sad at a funeral
+
+> I guess I’m just sorry this happened. Sorry in a commiseration way. Sorry that we’re here at all, standing around like a bunch of jerks while you’re…uh, gone, or whatever. But I’ll miss you, Marsh. We all will. We’re all here, you know. All of your clade. Pierre and Vos are here, too, and Dry Grass, all wishing that you were here with us. I’m sorry you’re not, I’m sorry you didn’t get our merges first.
+
+### Vos
+
+One of Marsh's partners. Cis female, alto, tall and strong.
+
+#### Fucking furious
+
+> What did you say to me? Tell me. What did you fucking say?! What did you say? What did you say, whoever you are? You said it every fucking year! What did you fucking say?!
+
+#### Sad, tired
+
+> I don’t want to say this is hitting any one of us harder than the other, but…well, we care for him. That was our dynamic, I mean. He’s young and full of emotions, so we occasionally fall into that parent role. It hit him hard, and so he needs care, but…
+
+## Others
+
+* **Jonas:** Cis male. Smarmy politician.
+* **Debarre:** Cis male. Snarky politician.
+* **Pierre:** Cis male. Young and terrified.
+* Other Odists (all suffer the same neurological trauma mentioned below):
+    * **Serene:** Cis female. Snarky, bit sad.
+    * **Warmth In Fire:** Aggressively enby. Playful and fun and little, but prone to big feelings.
+    * **Hold My Name:** Aggressively transfem. Snarky, trickster vibes.
+    * **A Finger Pointing:** Cis female. Lilting, like a theatre teacher who is always a drink or two ahead of everyone else.
+    * **Beholden:** Cis female. Smirks instead of smiling, but also big feelings.
+    * **Motes:** Cis female child. Just a kid who likes to play.
+    * **Answers Will Not Help:** Cis female. Just kind of a smarmy asshole.
+
+### Note on the Odists
+
+All of the Odists stem from a person who suffered a neurological trauma far back in the past. It has left them with some difficulties with language. When speaking, they enunciate clearly as though onstage for a play and have a pathological aversion to contractions. They speak fluently and smoothly, however, as though trying to mask further issues. After all, they were a theatre teacher back then.

writing/post-self/marsh/index.md

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 * [.] [Nasturtiums](Nasturtiums)
 * [.] [Kaddish](Kaddish)
 * [ ] [So Far](so-far) 
+
+## Other stuff
+
+* [Audiobook samples](audiobook-samples)