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<p>“Or curse.”</p>
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<p>She grinned, “Your words, not mine. But, well…with the understanding that I cannot tell you everything that I am working on, I will say that there is much to be done when it comes to shaping sys-side sentiment around all of the various new tech.”</p>
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<p>“Oh?”</p>
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<p>“The expanded ACLs on cones of silence, for example. It is nice to be able to obscure the occupants, yes? No more hiding one’s mouth or expression. But how does one pass on the knowledge of the upgrades to the System? There are various feeds, yes, but even something as small as that requires some thought put into how to announce it. Do we hail it as a technological advancement, or do we put a tone of resignation on it, as though we have been given something no one wanted? Perhaps we announce it with a resounding chorus of “fucking <em>finally</em>”.”</p>
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<p>“The expanded ACLs on cones of silence, for example. It is nice to be able to obscure the occupants, yes? No more hiding one’s mouth or expression. Limiting sensorium messages into or out of them by individual or clade is also quite nice for guaranteeing information security. But how does one pass on the knowledge of the upgrades to the System? There are various feeds, yes, but even something as small as that requires some thought put into how to announce it. Do we hail it as a technological advancement, or do we put a tone of resignation on it, as though we have been given something no one wanted? Perhaps we announce it with a resounding chorus of “fucking <em>finally</em>”.”</p>
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<p>“It seems to have gone over well, at least.”</p>
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<p>“It did, yes.” She grinned, then, with a tilt of her head, ey felt the ACL-scape of the cone they were within shift, and there was a subtle blurring to the world around them as she opaqued the cone from the outside. “Now considers the effects of A/V transmission between sys- and phys-side.”</p>
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<p>Ey blinked and sat up straighter. “Wait, what?”</p>
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<p>“Alright,” ey said, wiping eir face. “Want dinner?”</p>
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<p>I do not hold regrets for the path that has led us to this point, as I have accomplished much that I set out to do, and, while the cost has been great when it comes to my interpersonal relationships (and, as you mentioned, my stress levels), it all very much still feels worth it.</p>
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<p>Consciously or not, I make it a point to ask you how she is doing and to engage with her at one degree of remove because this is still a way to maintain that level of connection after so long a time of disconnect.</p>
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<p>Writing this has been both stressful and cathartic, so I appreciate having the chance to do so. While communications with my counterparts on Castor and Pollux have been somewhat scant of late, both of them have mentioned that they are striving to find situations in which they can be vulnerable and earnest. As I am sure you understand, this is still quite difficult for us.</p>
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<p>Let us meet up on Secession day for our next coffee date. Is 10:00 amenable?</p>
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<p>Let us meet up on Secession day for our next coffee date. Is 11:00 amenable?</p>
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<p>I wish you and her both a delightful holiday. If you are comfortable bringing up the topic of me with her today and would like to get a laugh out of her, please say simply, “Jingle Bells stage blocking.”</p>
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<p>Sincerely,</p>
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<p>The Only Time I Know My True Name Is When I Dream of the Ode clade</p>
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<p>Ey laughed and shook eir head, standing to go stir the stew by way of ruffling over her ears. “Skunks are so weird. I’ll just have to trust you on that.”</p>
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<p>Ioan was surprised by just how harried True Name looked during their coffee date. The skunk’s blouse was wrinkled, her normally orderly fur mussed atop her head, and her whiskers all abristle. She looked as though she’d not slept for a few days and certainly not changed outfits since then.</p>
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<p>All the same, her arrival was much the same as all the others had been, with her smiling brightly to em, ordering her coffee, and joining em on the couch in order to set up a cone of silence.</p>
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<p>“Good morning, Mx. Bălan. I trust you are well?”</p>
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<p>“Uh, I’m fine, I guess.” Ey frowned, continuing carefully, “What about you, though? You look…well, terrible.”</p>
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<p>The skunk’s smile faltered, betraying the exhaustion that plainly lay beneath. With another blink, the cone’s ACLs changed to opaque it from the outside. “I came in a rush, my dear, I apologize for my appearance.”</p>
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<p>“You don’t need to apologize, True Name. I’m just worried. Lots of Secession Day preparations?”</p>
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<p>“Of a sort, yes. Things have been rather stressful the last few days.” She laughed, shook her head, and added, “Well, more than a little. I have been stretched very thin and…struggling.”</p>
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<p>“Struggling?”</p>
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<p>The skunk’s eyes darted around the coffee shop, scanning each face within at least twice. “I am not comfortable expanding on that at the moment.”</p>
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<p>Ey held up eir hands disarmingly. “Of course. Are you at least excited about the day?”</p>
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<p>“When I have the chance to slow down, I can feel some of that excitement. This provides me a good chance to do so. Twenty-five years since Launch and both LVs are continuing on in their journey with very few problems. Two and a quarter centuries since secession and life continues smoothly here.”</p>
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<p>“That seems to fit with your goals pretty well.”</p>
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<p>She gave a slight bow of acknowledgement. “That it does, my dear.”</p>
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<p>“You and Jonas planning anything for yourselves, at least?”</p>
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<p>“There will be a gathering, yes,” she said. “Today at noon.”</p>
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<p>“‘A gathering’? Not a party?”</p>
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<p>She shrugged. “His words, not mine. I do not know what he is planning.”</p>
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<p>“Well, hopefully a good one.”</p>
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<p>“Agreed. This will limit my time here, of course, I hope that you understand, and I may be distracted as several of my forks merge down to limit conflicts while there.”</p>
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<p>Ey nodded. “That’s alright. I’ve got stuff to work on, too.”</p>
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<p>(( TN looking particularly harried. They talk about Secession day and 25th anniversary of Launch, but the whole time she’s really visibly anxious. The topic of Jonas comes up and that spikes, with her scanning the crowd. They slowly get back to talking about ??? and then she starts to get a real panicked look as more of her instances go offline, starts freaking out, looking outside, at the crowd. She spots Guowei and scrabbles along the couch to grab em by the wrist and slip out of the sim to home, hollering for em to grab May, who’s already dealing with an intruding assassin, which she does by forking into an overlapping space and letting collision algos bounce him out of the way, even as they’re trying to bounce all those forks from the sim. Ioan grabs May and goes to Arrowhead lake where basically all three have a panic attack (TN wades out into the lake and screams, May eventually goes to retrieve her) while TN explains the assassins. She wonders who could’ve sent them (Jonas has been drumming up imagined foes of late), but May asks who might know to send them after her root instance (Ioan like huh??? you’ve been meeting me with your root instance?), at which TN blanches (under her fur, presumably) ))</p>
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