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<li class="done3"> <a href="local/codrin/005.html">Codrin Bălan</a> — Tycho#Tasker, Sarah, have dinner with Codrin, Dear, Dear’s partner, talk about jobs, what they used to do, how odd it is to have one. Tycho gets message re: Artemisian culture and importance of time-bending, and shares with table, Tycho says TN refuses to accommodate on Castor. - 2324</li>
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<li class="done3"> <a href="local/tycho/006.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — Tycho watches news disseminate with True Name, learns of various reactions. - 2222</li>
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<li class="done3"> <a href="local/codrin/006.html">Codrin Bălan</a> — Walk with Dear, talking about what to expect/not expect (actual understanding may take decades, some other stuff), Dear admits that this might be one it’s glad to sit out b/c its existence relies on being able to understand, they talk about that - 2082</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="ioan/002.html">Ioan Bălan</a> — True Name shows up - 1838</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/tycho/007.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — They work out a date, start making preparations e.g: building the DMZ out a bit, forks for who’s going, senses how little input he will have but keeps to himself, letting #Tasker know to talk with Codrin back at house on prairie - 2174</li>
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<li class="done3"> <a href="ioan/002.html">Ioan Bălan</a> — True Name shows up - 1838</li>
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<li class="done3"> <a href="local/tycho/007.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — They work out a date, start making preparations e.g: building the DMZ out a bit, forks for who’s going, senses how little input he will have but keeps to himself, letting #Tasker know to talk with Codrin back at house on prairie - 2174</li>
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<li class="done2"> Experience - exchange of emissaries, discussions, knowledge share<ul>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/codrin/007.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — divvying up tasks (e.g: #Emissaries talk about politics, society, history, #Artemises talk about science, language, astronomy), forking, watching remote team head off, then forking and transiting DMZ border to welcome and orient emissaries. - 1490 (expand)</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/001.html">Codrin Bălan#Emissary</a> — First entry into the meeting hall, a dome in the middle of a compound, disoriented, unable to fork, time feels weird, introduced and oriented, ey finds out about WAQ/AWNH switch, remembers what they were for, frown; AWNH and TN are kind of freaking out b/c time slipperiness feels like being lost. - 2403</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/codrin/007.html">Codrin Bălan#Castor</a> — divvying up tasks (e.g: #Emissaries talk about politics, society, history, #Castores talk about science, language, astronomy), forking, watching remote team head off, then forking and transiting DMZ border to welcome and orient emissaries. - 1490 (expand)</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/001.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — First entry into the meeting hall, a dome in the middle of a compound, disoriented, unable to fork, time feels weird, introduced and oriented, ey finds out about WAQ/AWNH switch, remembers what they were for, frown; AWNH and TN are kind of freaking out b/c time slipperiness feels like being lost. - 2403</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="ioan/003.html">Ioan Bălan</a> — May had a cry - 1804</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/codrin/008.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — starts out simply recording, Tycho too overwhelmed to speak, notices Turun Ko, discusses roles during a lull, TN frowns, Emissaries are set up with sandbox sim for downtime however they please; catches up with Tycho and Sarah Genet about how learning is going (hint: everyone’s baffled) - 1875 (expand)</li>
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<li class="rejected"> MERGED ABOVE <!--<a href="remote/codrin/002.html">Codrin Bălan#Emissary</a> --- starts out simply recording, Tycho too overwhelmed to speak, notices Turun Ko, discusses roles during a lull, TN frowns--></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/tycho/001.html">Tycho Brahe#Emissary</a> — overwhelmed at meeting them all, introductions go around, working out specialties and such, gets a bit excited talking about astronomy and how much there is to learn, TN frowns, though she’s still struggling b/c lost-alike sensations Tycho learns about time from Turun Ka and that this is how they managed to work fast: modifying time rather than forking. They explain forking and merging in turn, compare with Artante’s experience - 2195</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/codrin/008.html">Codrin Bălan#Castor</a> — starts out simply recording, Tycho too overwhelmed to speak, notices Turun Ko, discusses roles during a lull, TN frowns, Emissaries are set up with sandbox sim for downtime however they please; catches up with Tycho and Sarah Genet about how learning is going (hint: everyone’s baffled) - 1875 (expand)</li>
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<li class="rejected"> MERGED ABOVE <!--<a href="remote/codrin/002.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> --- starts out simply recording, Tycho too overwhelmed to speak, notices Turun Ko, discusses roles during a lull, TN frowns--></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/tycho/001.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — overwhelmed at meeting them all, introductions go around, working out specialties and such, gets a bit excited talking about astronomy and how much there is to learn, TN frowns, though she’s still struggling b/c lost-alike sensations Tycho learns about time from Turun Ka and that this is how they managed to work fast: modifying time rather than forking. They explain forking and merging in turn, compare with Artante’s experience - 2195</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="ioan/004.html">Ioan Bălan</a> — Ioan and May are super gay and sad - 1501</li>
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<li class="rejected"> MERGED ABOVE <!--<a href="local/tycho/008.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> --- overwhelmed at meeting them all, introductions go around, working out specialties and such, gets a bit excited talking about astronomy and how much there is to learn, TN frowns, though she's still struggling b/c lost-alike sensations--></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/003.html">Codrin Bălan#Emissary</a> — Exchanges notes with Codrin#Artemis, hinting at swap with WAQ/AWNH - 2192</li>
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<li class="rejected"> MERGED ABOVE <!--<a href="local/tycho/008.html">Tycho Brahe#Castor</a> --- overwhelmed at meeting them all, introductions go around, working out specialties and such, gets a bit excited talking about astronomy and how much there is to learn, TN frowns, though she's still struggling b/c lost-alike sensations--></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/003.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — Exchanges notes with Codrin#Castor, hinting at swap with WAQ/AWNH - 2192</li>
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<li class="rejected"> SPLIT <!--<a href="interlude/002.html">Interlude</a> --- Ioan and May (who indeed have a cry) discuss how it feels to know that the talks are taking place and may be over by the time they hear about it - 3319--></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/tycho/009.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — Talks with Sarah Genet about what the two parties are learning and how its impacting his view of the System and Artemis - 1920</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/tycho/002.html">Tycho Brahe#Emissary</a> — Watches TN try to have a discussion with Turun Ka regarding history, and it is an exercise in mutual misunderstanding, starting to feel out of his league with #Emissary being about social aspects - 1725</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/tycho/009.html">Tycho Brahe#Castor</a> — Talks with Sarah Genet about what the two parties are learning and how its impacting his view of the System and Artemis - 1920</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/tycho/002.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — Watches TN try to have a discussion with Turun Ka regarding history, and it is an exercise in mutual misunderstanding, starting to feel out of his league with #Artemis being about social aspects - 1725</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="ioan/010.html">Ioan Bălan</a> — Ioan, May, End Waking, A Finger Pointing, Douglas meet up to talk about thing; what does it feel like, etc - 1938</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/tycho/010.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — Compares utility differences between forking/time manipulation (mostly Tycho, but also TN/WAQ) (day 3 after lunch) - 1965</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/codrin/009.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — After watching similar discussion of TN misunderstanding, meets up with Sarah Genet over break, discusses note from Codrin#Emissary (day 3 lunch) - 2251</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/004.html">Codrin Bălan#Emissary</a> — Talks about current status during break, suggests ideas to Tycho about what he could be paying attention to re: politics/society/history in terms of the stars, leads to question of whether there were others that they’ve met along the way but didn’t join them arising, but told not to ask yet - 3208</li>
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<li class="rejected"> MERGED ABOVE <!--<a href="remote/codrin/005.html">Codrin Bălan#Emissary</a> --- Compares political differences between forking/time manipulation (Mostly TN, but Codrin/Sarah), AWNH is acting strange, sends note back to #Artemis hinting that it was Tycho that noticed--></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/tycho/011.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — Tycho, getting bored, directs talk to origins and path they’ve taken. Inexact answers, which has TN intrigued. She talks with the group after to discuss possibility that they might be being shady rather than just leaning on “oh we manipulate time” (day 3 after lunch/break) - 1635</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/tycho/010.html">Tycho Brahe#Castor</a> — Compares utility differences between forking/time manipulation (mostly Tycho, but also TN/WAQ) (day 3 after lunch) - 1965</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/codrin/009.html">Codrin Bălan#Castor</a> — After watching similar discussion of TN misunderstanding, meets up with Sarah Genet over break, discusses note from Codrin#Artemis (day 3 lunch) - 2251</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/004.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — Talks about current status during break, suggests ideas to Tycho about what he could be paying attention to re: politics/society/history in terms of the stars, leads to question of whether there were others that they’ve met along the way but didn’t join them arising, but told not to ask yet - 3208</li>
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<li class="rejected"> MERGED ABOVE <!--<a href="remote/codrin/005.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> --- Compares political differences between forking/time manipulation (Mostly TN, but Codrin/Sarah), AWNH is acting strange, sends note back to #Castor hinting that it was Tycho that noticed--></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/tycho/011.html">Tycho Brahe#Castor</a> — Tycho, getting bored, directs talk to origins and path they’ve taken. Inexact answers, which has TN intrigued. She talks with the group after to discuss possibility that they might be being shady rather than just leaning on “oh we manipulate time” (day 3 after lunch/break) - 1635</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="ioan/011.html">Ioan Bălan</a> — Ioan and Codrin#Pollux exchange notes - 3124</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/tycho/003.html">Tycho Brahe#Emissary</a> — There’s a conversation between TN and Turun Ka around how the various races manage sentiment. Tycho is surprised at it being frank, Sarah suggests that she might be working on many levels, Codrin starting to worry about their sanity - 1764</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/tycho/003.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — There’s a conversation between TN and Turun Ka around how the various races manage sentiment. Tycho is surprised at it being frank, Sarah suggests that she might be working on many levels, Codrin starting to worry about their sanity - 1764</li>
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<li class="done2"> Intensity - manipulations fail b/c whoops the Artemisians are way, way better at this<ul>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/006.html">Codrin Bălan#Emissary</a> — Discusses openly about news from Artemis and some of the problems the Systems have had in the past, Artemisians describe some of their own. AWNH and TN are both struggling now, each getting occasional flickers of Sasha/Michelle. They call a brief break, Turun Ko says take as long as you need b/c time is maleable, AWNH cries, refuses. - 1963</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/tycho/012.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — Writes #Emissary a note during a lull about what the two parties are learning and how he’s reevaluating the History. (day 3 afternoon break) - 1304</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/007.html">Codrin Bălan#Emissary</a> — AWNH breaks down (revealing she’s AWNH, not WAQ), quits, break immediately called, TN is having a REALLY HARD TIME, Turun Ka shows up, TN comes clean, talks about getting lost, Turun Ka says Artante’s race ran into similar, but stops her from talking about AWNH further for now - 2109</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/codrin/010.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — TN gets news re: AWNH (a fork enters the space, quits, merges - Artemisians like huh???), calls halt to meeting, preempts everyone getting news separately by announcing what happened, Codrin and Sarah confirm they’ve heard, tries to gloss over the swap quickly (b/c of course she’s planned), but Turun Ka speaks up, says that this is part of confirmation required. For what? Tune in next time… - 1884</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/006.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — Discusses openly about news from Artemis and some of the problems the Systems have had in the past, Artemisians describe some of their own. AWNH and TN are both struggling now, each getting occasional flickers of Sasha/Michelle. They call a brief break, Turun Ko says take as long as you need b/c time is maleable, AWNH cries, refuses. - 1963</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/tycho/012.html">Tycho Brahe#Castor</a> — Writes #Artemis a note during a lull about what the two parties are learning and how he’s reevaluating the History. (day 3 afternoon break) - 1304</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/007.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — AWNH breaks down (revealing she’s AWNH, not WAQ), quits, break immediately called, TN is having a REALLY HARD TIME, Turun Ka shows up, TN comes clean, talks about getting lost, Turun Ka says Artante’s race ran into similar, but stops her from talking about AWNH further for now - 2109</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/codrin/010.html">Codrin Bălan#Castor</a> — TN gets news re: AWNH (a fork enters the space, quits, merges - Artemisians like huh???), calls halt to meeting, preempts everyone getting news separately by announcing what happened, Codrin and Sarah confirm they’ve heard, tries to gloss over the swap quickly (b/c of course she’s planned), but Turun Ka speaks up, says that this is part of confirmation required. For what? Tune in next time… - 1884</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="ioan/009.html">Ioan Bălan</a> — Ioan meets up with True Name at a neutral place to talk about the cracks showing, death of Death Itself and I Do Not Know; growing empathy for True Name - 2326</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/008.html">Codrin Bălan#Emissary</a> — Codrin, Sarah, Turun Ko, Artante meet up (while TN talks with Turun Ka, Iska, and Tycho chills with Stolon) and discuss actual point of meetings: to determine whether humanity is a suitable fifthrace. None of the Artemisians know/will say what the gating factors are, but think they’re close - don’t tell TN (are they supposed to know? Shrug, but implied if they tell TN, that’s a point against them) - 2046</li>
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<li class="rejected"> MERGED ABOVE <!--<a href="remote/tycho/004.html">Tycho Brahe#Emissary</a> --- While all the above is happening, Tycho steals some time with Stolon to try and talk science, but they both wind up talking about being in over one's head and the futility of politics vs stability of science - 1040 - TODO merge up--></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/codrin/011.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — Codrin gives Turun Ko a copy of <em>On the Origin of Our World</em> (against TN’s suggestion, but she is in damage-control mode), which, after it reads it, turns out to be the penultimate step towards moving forward with accepting as fifthrace. Yay Codrin - 2599</li>
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<li class="rejected"> REJECTED too much rambling <!-- <a href="local/tycho/013.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> --- Steals time with Stolon on break, joined by Iska and Sarah, talk about joining Artemis, what races have learned from each other re: science. --></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/codrin/008.html">Codrin Bălan#Artemis</a> — Codrin, Sarah, Turun Ko, Artante meet up (while TN talks with Turun Ka, Iska, and Tycho chills with Stolon) and discuss actual point of meetings: to determine whether humanity is a suitable fifthrace. None of the Artemisians know/will say what the gating factors are, but think they’re close - don’t tell TN (are they supposed to know? Shrug, but implied if they tell TN, that’s a point against them) - 2046</li>
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<li class="rejected"> MERGED ABOVE <!--<a href="remote/tycho/004.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> --- While all the above is happening, Tycho steals some time with Stolon to try and talk science, but they both wind up talking about being in over one's head and the futility of politics vs stability of science - 1040 - TODO merge up--></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="local/codrin/011.html">Codrin Bălan#Castor</a> — Codrin gives Turun Ko a copy of <em>On the Origin of Our World</em> (against TN’s suggestion, but she is in damage-control mode), which, after it reads it, turns out to be the penultimate step towards moving forward with accepting as fifthrace. Yay Codrin - 2599</li>
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<li class="rejected"> REJECTED too much rambling <!-- <a href="local/tycho/013.html">Tycho Brahe#Castor</a> --- Steals time with Stolon on break, joined by Iska and Sarah, talk about joining Artemis, what races have learned from each other re: science. --></li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="ioan/008.html">Ioan Bălan</a> — Sarah Genet gets in touch. May is feeling rough, so she mostly talks with Ioan, who talks with May after, feeling better. - 2708</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/tycho/005.html">Tycho Brahe#Emissary</a> — Watching talks resume, starting to think y’know what, fuck it, maybe he’ll just stay if allowed. Stolon’s neat, the science is good, and having this to look forward to has given him more purpose in life. Interrupts talk to mention such regardless of glares from TN. Silence from Artemisians, one can assume internal chatter, then “that was the final gating step - wanting to join. We will welcome you as fifthrace” - (Deferred: from there they will learn all they want, have X days to do exchange, share entire libraries back and forth on data band, can keep format however they want on Castor. TN FROWNS but WHATEVER FINE) - 2257</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="remote/tycho/005.html">Tycho Brahe#Artemis</a> — Watching talks resume, starting to think y’know what, fuck it, maybe he’ll just stay if allowed. Stolon’s neat, the science is good, and having this to look forward to has given him more purpose in life. Interrupts talk to mention such regardless of glares from TN. Silence from Artemisians, one can assume internal chatter, then “that was the final gating step - wanting to join. We will welcome you as fifthrace” - (Deferred: from there they will learn all they want, have X days to do exchange, share entire libraries back and forth on data band, can keep format however they want on Castor. TN FROWNS but WHATEVER FINE) - 2257</li>
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<li class="done2"> Integration - DMZ expands, several upload to Artemis<ul>
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<p>And through it all, hundreds of Odists and Jonases worked behind the scenes to ensure that every potential possibility was summarized and provided to the team through meeting after meeting, presentation after presentation, quiz and questionnaire.</p>
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<p>Every time Codrin thought <em>hey, this is almost like–</em>, ey was brought up short by all of the ways it wasn’t. It was organized and guided, but without the careful precision that ey now knew to be the case for the <em>History</em>. It was hectic and <em>ad hoc</em> but without the spur-of-the-moment surprises that came with <em>Perils</em>.</p>
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<p>Consequently, ey kept finding emself stumbling when presented with a pattern that fit one project and then failed to fit completely.</p>
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<p>At last, though, they had dotted all of the ‘i’s they could find and crossed all the ‘t’s that they could think of and gathered — forks of them gathered, at least — to begin the final preparations.</p>
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<p>At last, though, they had dotted all of the ‘i’s they could find and crossed all the ‘t’s that they could think of and gathered — the #Artemis forks of them gathered, at least — to begin the final preparations.</p>
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<p>The five of them trickled into the boardroom. They’d been told to dress ‘nice, but comfortable’, which didn’t change anything for True Name. Why Ask Questions had dressed in a matching outfit. Tycho had swapped out a plaid flannel shirt for a very plain white one, but remained in his jeans. Sarah had opted for a blouse and slacks that fit well with her middle-aged, mid-career psychologist aesthetic.</p>
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<p>It left Codrin feeling somewhat overdressed for the occasion, but ey shook it off as best ey could. A few years prior, ey’d written a short paper on traditional clothing styles that had been ported into the System, many of which had seen a resurgence, up where cost was no longer a barrier. Ever since, ey’d taken to dressing in various levels of traditional Romanian garb from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and for this project, that meant an embroidered, wide-sleeved blouse and a simple, ankle-length wrap-around skirt, over which was layered a fotă, an over-skirt rather like an apron in rich, embroidered red, with a simpler panel of fabric hanging from the back.</p>
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<p>Ey had even braided eir hair. Ah well.</p>
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<p>“Alright,” a Jonas said. He held a clipboard with a checklist he appeared to be reading from. “Greetings. True Name?”</p>
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<p>They proceeded down the line, each reciting their version of the greeting.</p>
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<p>They proceeded down the line, each reciting their version of the greeting while an instance of Answers Will Not Help judged and corrected them.</p>
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<p>“I find it interesting,” Sarah had mentioned when she had first started her work on the limited set of the language they were set to learn. “That we are given classes of modifiers to use. It’s like an eroded form of grammatical gender, or perhaps a caste distinction that has lost its power dynamic.”</p>
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<p>“This ‘worker’, ‘leader’, ‘neutral party’ business?” ey had asked.</p>
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<p>At this, Dear had perked up. <em>“How do you suppose it has lost its power dynamic?”</em></p>
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<p><em>“What do I get?”</em></p>
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<p>“There’s no prefix for ‘weirdo’. Sorry, Dear.”</p>
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<p>Ey recited eir greeting when eir turn came, but only from the most automatic portion of emself remaining. The rest was spent thinking about how much ey’d miss eir partners. How much ey’d miss home. </p>
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<p>Jonas ticked a box on his clipboard. “Fork and tag your new instances #Emissary.”</p>
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<p>Jonas ticked a box on his clipboard. “Fork and tag your new instances #Castor.”</p>
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<p>Codrin and the two Odists doubled up immediately. Sarah Genet took a few seconds, and Tycho apologized profusely thirty seconds later when he was finally able to manage the feat.</p>
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<p>“I’m still not used to it, sorry.”</p>
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<p>Jonas waved away the comment. “You’re fine, Tycho. Not everyone is True Name.”</p>
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<p>Both instances of the skunk made a rude gesture at him.</p>
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<p>“Yeah, well, fuck you too.” He laughed. “Alright. The rest of the tasks will be specific to each group, so–” He forked, and the new instance continued, “–#Emissaries, with me to Emissary Staging#553a49c. The rest to Artemis Staging#ad89ae3.”</p>
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<p>Ey lingered for a few seconds and thought. One thing this project had that none of the others had had was the feeling of stepping away from home and leaving it behind completely. There would be no coming home for dinner after a day of interviewing or researching. There would be no returning to the tightly controlled chaos that had become the comforting dynamic among eir polycule. Ey stood, watching the others step away, including the other version of emself, and soaked in the sensation of longing.</p>
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<p>Ey lingered for a few seconds and thought. One thing this project had that none of the others had had was the feeling of stepping away from home and leaving it behind completely. There would be no coming home for dinner after a day of interviewing or researching. There would be no returning to the tightly controlled chaos that had become the comforting dynamic among eir little family. Ey stood, watching the others step away, including the other version of emself, and soaked in the sensation of longing.</p>
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<p>When ey stepped through to the DMZ staging sim, ey was greeted by a nearly identical boardroom to the one ey had just left. There were, ey noted, far more whiteboards lining the walls, not to mention far more Odists and Jonases at work just beyond.</p>
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<p>Ey was instructed to create a #Assist instance to leave behind and ferry messages, who was led off to some other briefing.</p>
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<p>“We have an hour,” Jonas said. “So let’s finalize our plans for information gathering.”</p>
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<p>Codrin pulled out a chair at the table and sat between Tycho and Sarah. “Will this be mostly on Tycho?”</p>
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<p>The astronomer shrugged. “We’re the science side, yeah, but we can exchange all the math we’d like without meeting like this. I think it’d be better to say that we’ll be talking about the differences in how we learn and proceed through science. It’ll be good to learn what we can, and I plan on asking a ton of questions, but it’s almost more Sarah’s arena.” He grinned, added, “Don’t get me wrong, though. I’ll still be more in my element than Tycho#Emissary.”</p>
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<p>“And I observe.”</p>
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<p>She nodded. “As always, yes, though I do not believe you will need to remain silent. Feel free to ask your own questions.”</p>
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<p>“What will you do?”</p>
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<p>The skunk smiled and lifted her shoulders in a shrug. “What I do best, my dear Codrin. I will guide the lines of questioning, perform risk analysis, and assess lines of control and weakness.”</p>
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<p>The skunk smiled and lifted her shoulders in a shrug. “What I do best, my dear. I will guide the lines of questioning, perform risk analysis, and assess lines of control and weakness.”</p>
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<p>Ey had been prepared to make a mental note to pull apart her answer to come up with a way to divine her true intentions, but so honest was her answer that ey was wrong-footed into silence.</p>
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<p>They talked through a few more plans, though there was nothing that they had not already covered on the docket. Another short language quiz. First questions they’d ask. A quick run-down of what textual descriptions of their races they had sent — firstrace seemed to be a sort of flexible synthetic creature equally comfortable on two or four legs, secondrace a relatively short being on two legs covered with a coat of fur, thirdrace what sounded like a sort of lizard, though it wasn’t clear if they walked on two or four legs, with fourthrace sounding surprisingly human.</p>
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<p>They’d been startled by the System’s inability to receive anything but text, so the descriptions had seemed hasty. <em>Something to ask about,</em> Codrin thought.</p>
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<p>They talked through a few more plans, though there was nothing that they had not already covered on the docket. Another short language quiz. First questions they’d ask. A quick run-down of what textual descriptions of their races they had sent. They’d been startled by the Castor’s inability to receive anything but text, so the descriptions had seemed hasty. <em>Something to ask about,</em> Codrin thought.</p>
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<p>All five of the party sat up with a start from a sensorium message, a little thrill of adrenaline, alerting them to the time.</p>
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<p>Codrin was startled at the lack of fanfare that their departure received. The Jonas who had been running the debriefing waved, and none of the others in the room did more than look over their shoulders as they were shunted over to the DMZ and ey was left blinking in the dappled sunlight of the meeting area.</p>
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