The grandest contribution offered by newborn immortality is the ever-living memories of the dead. Our lives become a ceaseless eulogy. -* [X] CHAPTER Ioan 2349 - * [X] Coffee date - Nov 2349 — Ioan and TN get coffee, which they’ve been doing about once a month or so for a few years now. - * [X] May’s monologue, Ioan’s critique — May’s writing a monologue, so she delivers what she has to Ioan who offers a critique. It’s about her own history, so they get to talking about her past - * [X] Coffee date - Dec 2349 — Ioan talks about adapting Perils for stage, gets to talking with TN about the conservatives’ side, realizes TN#Castor never told her about the Name business - * [X] Meet Cute — Ioan and May talk about how much they wind up talking about TN; Ioan, on a whim, heads out for a walk at Arrowhead, conversation with TN about how much they wind up talking about May; ey draws conclusions about how much they think still think about each other -* [X] CHAPTER Debarre? 2350 - * [X] Something innocent — something innocent to break it up a bit. Debarre and End Waking being really furry, maybe? Rebuilding the rammed earth back wall of the tent? Maybe a flood took the old one out? - * [X] May’s No Way 1 — Still resentful of TN but conflicted about Ioan seeming to be getting a lot out of talking with her, how much to trust her, discusses with Debarre, hints at considering EW merging down. -* [X] CHAPTER Ioan 2350 - * [X] Ioan’s No Way 1 — Feeling weird about being stuck in the middle, fighting against the need to fix things (walk around lake at first, then dinner out with May; they shouldn’t be homebodies just because I am) - * [X] Coffee date - Jan 2350 (TN’s No Way 1) — Assassination attempt (actual assassination may not be until most of the way through a few thousand words after talking with May), the fact that Ioan’s been meeting with TN’s root instance hits home -* [X] Conflict — After assassination attempt on TN, learn about TN getting pushed out by Jonas, May offers to merge down, turns into big discussion -* [X]
-+The grandest contribution offered by newborn immortality is the ever-living memories of the dead. Our lives become a ceaseless eulogy.
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- CHAPTER Ioan 2349
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+- Coffee date - Nov 2349 — Ioan and TN get coffee, which they’ve been doing about once a month or so for a few years now.
+- May’s monologue, Ioan’s critique — May’s writing a monologue, so she delivers what she has to Ioan who offers a critique. It’s about her own history, so they get to talking about her past
+- Coffee date - Dec 2349 — Ioan talks about adapting Perils for stage, gets to talking with TN about the conservatives’ side, realizes TN#Castor never told her about the Name business
+- Meet Cute — Ioan and May talk about how much they wind up talking about TN; Ioan, on a whim, heads out for a walk at Arrowhead, conversation with TN about how much they wind up talking about May; ey draws conclusions about how much they think still think about each other
+- CHAPTER Debarre? 2350
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+- Something innocent — something innocent to break it up a bit. Debarre and End Waking being really furry, maybe? Rebuilding the rammed earth back wall of the tent? Maybe a flood took the old one out?
+- May’s No Way 1 — Still resentful of TN but conflicted about Ioan seeming to be getting a lot out of talking with her, how much to trust her, discusses with Debarre, hints at considering EW merging down.
+- CHAPTER Ioan 2350
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+- Ioan’s No Way 1 — Feeling weird about being stuck in the middle, fighting against the need to fix things (walk around lake at first, then dinner out with May; they shouldn’t be homebodies just because I am)
+- Coffee date - Jan 2350 (TN’s No Way 1) — Assassination attempt (actual assassination may not be until most of the way through a few thousand words after talking with May), the fact that Ioan’s been meeting with TN’s root instance hits home
+- Conflict — After assassination attempt on TN, learn about TN getting pushed out by Jonas, May offers to merge down, turns into big discussion
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+To hone is to trade ends for perpetual perfection
The danger in ceaseless memorialization is just how close it lies to idolatry. To elevate the dead to such a status as false god (for what being that is limited to the perfection of memory is not false?) is to ceaselessly perfect the imperfectable. * [X] CHAPTER Ioan 2350 * [X] May’s No Way 2 — Upset about the situation; that it’s politics is bringing up a lot more bad feelings about True Name