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<h1 id="ioan-balan-2346">Ioan Bălan — 2346</h1>
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<p><em>Convergence T-plus 0 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes</em><br />
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<em>(Lagrange–Pollux transmission delay: 7 days, 3 hours, 53 minutes)</em></p>
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<p><em>Convergence T-plus 30 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes</em><br />
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<em>(Lagrange–Pollux transmission delay: 30 days, 14 hours, 41 minutes)</em></p>
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<p>Ioan,</p>
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<p>I must admit, I’m really not sure what to say about all of this. Thank you for waiting until you have a substantial amount to send to me, at least. Dear threw a little tantrum about about this “We have received messages over the last few days” bit, but I appreciate having an initial digest to work with so that I’m not left a fretting mess (as you say you were) by the simple news that, oh look, aliens! I threatened to bundle it up in blankets until it was immobile for a few hours, though, and it calmed down. I may do so anyway.</p>
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<p>How is May Then My Name taking it? You mention True Name, but have you heard from any other Odists? Any other friends? If Lagrange is anything like Pollux, people are talking about little else.</p>
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<p>The news broke over here much as it sounds as though it did on Lagrange: with tightly controlled excitement. There is no doubt that the powers that be continue their work across all three Systems, but it’s always fascinating to see. The amount of bafflement was outweighed by the amount of excitement. The excitement also outweighed the amount of fear. Everyone’s eager for every scrap of news that they can get.</p>
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<p>How much of the delay in sending word to us was due to True Name and her friends? I imagine she had words about the first message, at least, but a whole week’s worth of messages feels like a good deal must have been going on.</p>
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<p>No matter, though. We’re all eagerly awaiting every little snippet that we can get from you. I know that you won’t get this for another, what, seven days? Eight? And that seven or eight days from when you sent it! I know you won’t get it for a few weeks, is what I’m saying, but please know that you’re free to pass on information directly from here on out! We’ll be learning plenty from the news we’re allowed to see over here, anyway, so any juicy tidbits in addition to that will be greatly appreciated.</p>
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<p>No matter, though. We’re all eagerly awaiting every little snippet that we can get from you. I know that you won’t get this for another, what, thirty days? Thirty-one? And that a month from when you sent it! I know you won’t get it for a wwhile, is what I’m saying, but please know that you’re free to pass on information directly from here on out! We’ll be learning plenty from the news we’re allowed to see over here, anyway, so any juicy tidbits in addition to that will be greatly appreciated.</p>
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<p>I am continually confronted with the ways in which we have diverged. May Then My Name and Dear#Castor mentioned how upset they were by the idea of time manipulation, but my Dear…well, it did not seem pleased with the idea, but its reaction was not nearly so visceral. It simply got a sour look on its face and said <em>“I do not like the idea of a place where I cannot fork. Can you imagine a place so boring?”</em></p>
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<p><strong>BĂLAN CLADE-EYES-ONLY MATERIAL</strong></p>
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<p>The last few years have seen a drastic reduction in the amount of times that Dear has overflowed. I don’t know if ey’s been passing on every instance from Castor, or if you have been passing on every letter in turn, but it sounds like the same is true of Dear#Castor as well, for which I’m thankful.</p>
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<p>Codrin,</p>
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<p>Wonderful as always to hear from you. This will, of course, reach you long after the point where I could answer any pertinent questions about Artemis that I have not already done so by forwarding on what I’ve learned, myself. The amount of updates quickly got to the point where it didn’t feel worth it to try and summarize them at all, so you’re getting them all. Besides, you can summarize as well as I.</p>
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<p>Dramatic, isn’t it? Convergence! I just sent you a letter earlier today about the latest from Tycho on Artemis, so I don’t have too much to add, really.</p>
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<p>I’m curious about how things are working out over there with True Name and the leadership. We haven’t heard anything yet from Castor about how she’s doing over there, but it’s always good to get a fuller picture of how things are going when they are, yet again, involved in something enormous.</p>
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<p>Hell, on that note, how is the sentiment overall? There’s been a lot of chatter; on the night of the announcement, we had to cancel a performance due to how excited everyone was. A Finger Pointing was quick to capitalize this, and went on a tear of digging up every single production that she could find about aliens to start scheduling. When she found a relative paucity of such, she started digging into sci-fi, going all the way back to R.U.R. I have, surprising no one, been contracted to write one for the occasion, and I’ve been doing so with what information that I have.</p>
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<p>(Also, to your question: yes, End Waking and Debarre have settled back into dating. I do wish you’d gotten a chance to meet End Waking. He is a delight to be around in his own coarse, woodsy way.)</p>
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<p>At time of writing, there is only a small amount of news. The talks will have started by now, but the last bit of clade news that we received from Castor was more about mechanics. They have decided to ensure that there is no radio communication between the DMZ and Artemis just for safety’s sake, so all communication between those tagged #Castor and those tagged #Artemis is done through an instance Codrin has tagged #Assist. #Assist will transit the border between LV and DMZ and exchange notes with #Artemis then send them to Artemis itself via radio. It all sounds very convoluted, but I’m sure they have their good reasons for it. The upside is that we may get a few messages during the talks from #Assist.</p>
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<p>I’ll pass on the snippets of secondrace language that I’ve received so far. Codrin promises that the grammar and dictionary will be forthcoming, but says that True Name has suggested that any large messages from Artemis be sent after a thorough evaluation. I can’t tell if that means an evaluation of their contents or an evaluation of the Artemisians’ intent.</p>
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<p>I’ll pass on the snippets of secondrace language that I’ve received so far. Codrin promises that the grammar and dictionary will be forthcoming (probably in the next few days, if I’m calculating the transmission times right), but says that True Name has suggested that any large messages from Artemis be sent after a thorough evaluation. I can’t tell if that means an evaluation of their contents or an evaluation of any hidden intent on the part of the Artemisians.</p>
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<p><strong>BĂLAN CLADE-EYES-ONLY MATERIAL</strong></p>
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<p><strong>CODRIN BĂLAN#POLLUX INDIVIDUAL-EYES-ONLY MATERIAL</strong></p>
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<p>This is in confidence.</p>
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<p>I’ll keep you up to date either way.</p>
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<p><strong>END CODRIN BĂLAN#POLLUX INDIVIDUAL-EYES-ONLY MATERIAL</strong></p>
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<p>While I’m sure that another Odist has already passed on this information, you should know that two Odists have quit recently, May One Day Death Itself Not Die and I Do Not Know, I Do Not Know, leaving behind no forks. The Ode is now ninety-seven.</p>
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<p>May and In Dreams were there at the end, and this has led to an increased sense of urgency when it comes to the clade approaching their affliction. To that end, May and In Dreams are getting in touch with a psychologist recommended from folks on Castor (the Sarah Genet mentioned in the messages I’ve been forwarding) to discuss paths forward.</p>
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<p>May and In Dreams were there at the end, and this has led to an increased sense of urgency when it comes to the clade approaching their affliction. To that end, May, True Name, and In Dreams are working with a psychologist recommended from folks on Castor (the Sarah Genet mentioned in the messages I’ve been forwarding) to discuss paths forward.</p>
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<p>These events took place during May’s aforementioned overflowing spell, which led to it being prolonged to nearly a week. She has made it through, and my nose remains intact despite getting tackled, as usual. She has recovered well despite some lingering depression, but this, in combination with some of the news from Castor which you also will have received before this, has me more worried for her than usual. She may be a little terror, but she is my little terror.</p>
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<p>All of them seem to be dealing with this in their own way. May and Dear overflow in their own ways, End Waking’s desire for solitude will override his relationship with Debarre for a time, and now this over on the Death Itself stanza.</p>
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<p>Can you do me a favor when you get a chance, and let me know how True Name#Pollux is doing in this respect in particular? Doesn’t need to be anything too in-depth, but, well, she is a part of this as always, and clearly there is something going on with her here.</p>
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<p>Ioan Bălan</p>
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