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<h1 id="true-name-2125">True Name — 2125</h1>
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<p>The Council of Eight met before the news of the secession amendment being passed was spread widely among those who tracked such information sys-side. They agreed, without even needing to talk about it, that it would be nice to have a small celebration of success before everyone was doing it. Something comfortable, cheerful, with friends.</p>
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<p>The Council of Eight met before the news of the secession amendment passing was spread widely among those who tracked such information sys-side. They agreed, without even needing to talk about it, that it would be nice to have a small celebration of success before everyone was doing it. Something comfortable, cheerful, with friends.</p>
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<p>To that end, they met at Debarre’s house, a low, rambling house plugged squarely into the side of a hill, walk-out basement looking out over a wooded lawn. The neighborhood had several such houses, widely spaced, where a few of Debarre’s friends that he’d met both on and off the system had set up a comfortable living, enough space to be alone, enough friends to make it worthwhile.</p>
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<p>The plus-side of the house, in particular, was that the patio for the walk-out basement was under an overhanging deck, protecting the occupants from the slow but steady snowfall.</p>
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<p>“I don’t understand why you had to make it cold,” user11824 grumbled.</p>
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<p>Jonas nodded. “Makes sense. Do you think we’ve left many patterns?”</p>
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<p>She shook her head. “No, not really. But I think it best to get in the practice. I would like to begin to think on the scale of centuries, and if we are to do that, I think it best to shape history both as we go and in retrospect.”</p>
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<p>“Good plan,” he said, slouching back into the couch and grinning.</p>
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<p>“If you are thinking of calling me a politician, I would like to cordially invite you to consider the consequences.”</p>
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<p>“If you are thinking of calling me a politician, I would like to cordially invite you to consider the consequences of your actions.”</p>
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<p>“Fuck around and find out, eh?”</p>
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<p>The skunk grinned toothily, tail giving a lazy swish.</p>
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<p>“Fine,” he drawled, rolling his eyes. “So, are you at least happy with the way things are going?”</p>
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<p>“Oh, of course. It is a good first step. There is almost no chance of the decision being reversed down the line, and if we make it another fifty years, the concept of the System or any individuals living here remaining under the wing of any national entity will have left the collective subconscious. It will also work to our advantage that there is no un-uploading. An irreversible process that lands one in a place that appears to have no influence on the outside world will nullify much of our detractors.”</p>
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<p>“Fine,” he sighed, rolling his eyes. “So, are you at least happy with the way things are going?”</p>
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<p>“Oh, of course. It is a good first step. There is almost no chance of the decision being reversed down the line, and if we make it another fifty years, the concept of the System or any individuals living here remaining under the wing of any national entity will have left the collective subconscious. It will also work to our advantage that there is no un-uploading. An irreversible process that lands one in a place that appears to have no influence on the outside world will nullify many of our detractors.”</p>
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<p>“Just ensure they upload, right.”</p>
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<p>True Name nodded. “Yep. And once the Council is out of the way, we should be good to go.”</p>
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<p>“And how do you propose to do that?” he asked.</p>
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<p>“It will be easy enough. Just take on more and more responsibility under the guise of helping out, start accepting less and less assistance, then begin suggesting that, since it is all going so smoothly, maybe it is not needed anymore. If we work with phys-side techs in order to drop the reputation cost of forking and sim creation, that will also help.”</p>
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<p>“Think any of them will complain?”</p>
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<p>“Not until it is too late, and by then, it will all be too easy to form another Council, right?”</p>
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<p>“Not until it is too late, and by then, it will all be too difficult to form another Council, right?”</p>
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<p>Jonas nodded. “Works for me. Shall we start divvying up tasks, then?”</p>
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<p>The skunk nodded. “There is much to be done.”</p>
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<p>Page generated on 2021-09-22</p>
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<p>Page generated on 2021-09-25</p>
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