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<p>There was a flurry of activity down the short hall from the entryway, several instances of May blinking into and out of existence, along with several more of the same man they’d seen at the shop. She was forking close enough to each instance of him to exercise the collision algorithms of the sim, knocking him this way and that to keep him away from her. She was screaming, “Get the fuck out! I am not her! Get <em>out!</em>“</p>
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<p>“May!”</p>
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<p>A few of the skunks looked over to the door, and then suddenly another was beside em, grabbing eir free hand. With a wrenching sensation, a sudden change in light and sound and gravity, the three of them stumbled out of Arrowhead Lake’s default entry point.</p>
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<p>May pulled eir paw roughly free of eir hand and whirled to face them, shouting, “What the fuck did you do?!”</p>
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<p>May pulled her paw roughly free of eir hand and whirled to face them, shouting, “What the fuck did you do?!”</p>
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<p>Tugging her own paw free, True Name darted away, looking around wild-eyed. “How secure is this place?”</p>
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<p>“I think May and I are the only ones who even know it–“</p>
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<p>She quickly ran a few paces into the woods, peering between the trees.</p>
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<p>Ey couldn’t tear eir eyes off the other skunk, and it took em a few seconds to even work up the concentration to reply. “Shortly before we left, one of her two merges said that Jonas was looking for her.”</p>
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<p>“He has not answered yet,” she said. She’d regained her composure, staring at Zacharias steadily. “We will speak with him. Tell Jonas message received and leave me the fuck alone.”</p>
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<p>He once more bowed with a flourish. “I live to serve, Rintrah my dear!” he said, sing-song. “Any other messages for me to relay while hungry clouds swag on the deep?”</p>
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<p>“Yes, tell Jonas to quit sending his most foppish lackeys,” she shot back.</p>
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<p>“But my dear! I am here specifically to drive the point home! You are in so far over your head that even ‘little loverfox’ is a part of your fate.” He laughed gleefully. “Oh, it sounds so evil, does it not? Cartoonishly so! There is no way that I can even begin to talk about this without sounding like a mustache-twirling villain. That I might say things like ‘encompass your doom’ just tickles me pink. You have done so well, True Name. It is simply time to step aside. We will see you soon, yes?”</p>
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<p>“But my dear! I am here specifically to drive the point home! You are in so far over your head that even ‘little loverfox’ is a part of your fate.” He laughed gleefully. “Oh, it sounds so evil, does it not? Cartoonishly so! There is no way that I can even begin to talk about this without sounding like a mustache-twirling villain. That I might say things like ‘encompass your doom’ just tickles me pink. We will see you soon, yes?”</p>
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<p>True Name nodded. “Yes. Now, fuck off.”</p>
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<p>“Righto!” He turned and winked to May, adding, “So wonderful to see you again. Cannot say I share your taste in partners, but times change, I suppose. Mx. Bălan, I look forward to speaking soon.”</p>
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<p>And with that, he stepped out of the sim.</p>
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<p>Still grinning, True Name nodded. “That is quite enough of the topic, yes. I am going to go outside for a bit and then I am going to go to bed.”</p>
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<p>“I–“</p>
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<p>“Do not make it weird, True Name,” May said, laughing. She held out a paw toward the skunk “Just fucking call me May already.”</p>
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<p>“Right. May,” True Name said, gingerly resting her paw in her up-tree instance’s.</p>
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<p>“I do not know how you get from this world to that one, either, should that even be something you want, but,” she said, taking a deep breath. “So long as you come by that path earnestly and we discuss it in the moment, it is your path to take. Ioan?”</p>
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<p>“I do not know how you get from this world to that one, either, should that even be something you want, but,” she said, taking a deep breath. “So long as you come by that path earnestly and we discuss it in the moment, it is your path to take. Do you have any thoughts, Ioan?”</p>
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<p>Ey held up eir hands. “Don’t look at me. I don’t have a clue.”</p>
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<p>They laughed.</p>
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<p>“We’ll see, I guess,” ey said, shrugging. “It’s all way too much for me to take in right now.”</p>
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<p>“Of course, my dear,” May said, giving her paw a squeeze. “Go and walk. There will be time for discussions to come, especially once we are finished with this unpleasant political business.”</p>
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<p>“E.W.?” he said. “What’s up? You okay? Is the tent?”</p>
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<p>“The tent is fine, my dear,” he replied. “I apologize if I interrupted, but I have some news regarding May Then My Name, Ioan, and True Name, and you requested that I message you. Besides, I need to speak about it with someone other than them. Someone not an Odist.”</p>
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<p>He frowned down to the lawn, kicking at a tuft of crabgrass. “Well, if you’re getting in touch, I’m assuming it’s urgent.”</p>
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<p>There was a sense of a sigh from the other end. “I am sorry, my love.”</p>
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<p>There was a sense of a sigh from the other end. “I am sorry, Debarre.”</p>
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<p>“Fuck, I’m sorry, E.W. That came out way snarkier than intended. I understand. I only meant to ask if it was the type of thing where I should fork and come by right away.”</p>
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<p>“Please,” End Waking said, sounding relieved. “There is nothing to be done, but I am very impatient to speak with someone.”</p>
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<p>“You? Impatient?” Debarre laughed. “I’ll be right over.”</p>
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<p>“But you’re visiting her!”</p>
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<p>“On business, such as it is. May Then My Name has asked me over a few times.” The skunk finally looked at him, gaze level and expression flat. “Did you not say that you would rather she not die?”</p>
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<p>“Yeah, but that doesn’t mean that you need to interact with her. I don’t want her to get offed by some asshole politician, but I also don’t particularly want her in my life.”</p>
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<p>End Waking shifted from his crouch to sitting cross-legged on the bank of the river. “I do understand that, yes. I do not particularly want her in mine, either, but I am now a part of hers, whether she likes it or not. I have been able to help her process some aspects of the merge and also tell her more of how I feel to her face. Once this is over, she will not need to be a part of my life any more if I so desire, and I can move on to defining myself through something other than penance.”</p>
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<p>End Waking shifted from his crouch to sitting cross-legged on a rock on the bank of the river. “I do understand that, yes. I do not particularly want her in mine, either, but I am now a part of hers, whether she likes it or not. I have been able to help her process some aspects of the merge and also tell her more of how I feel to her face. Once this is over, she will not need to be a part of my life any more if I so desire, and I can move on to defining myself through something other than penance.”</p>
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<p>Debarre scratched a claw through the dirt of the bank, worrying a pebble free so that he could throw it into the river while he thought. Finally, he nodded, saying, “Okay, I get that. What will you define yourself as, then? Like, don’t get me wrong, I’m happy you aren’t her, and in part specifically <em>because</em> you aren’t her, but that’s not the only reason I love you.”</p>
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<p>“I do not know, my love,” he said after a long silence. “If I am defined by not being her, by not being what I was, then what is left? I cannot say my love for you, because all of the clade has that to some extent. I cannot even say that I have being an Odist, because, after all these years and with all of her changes over the last few months, I am not even sure that I am that.”</p>
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<p>“You can be just End Waking,” Debarre said gently. “Like, you can just drop the clade and be that nerd who lives in the woods.”</p>
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<p>“I have never caught anyone hitchhiking on you, though I have on May Then My Name and Ioan.” He shrugged, gathered up the line of fish. “But speaking of fat, can we go back to cook these? I am not ready for you to stay over, but I would like to eat dinner with you, if you are up for it.”</p>
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<p><em>Note:</em> With the events of the last ten years, there’s been a lot changes shaking out in the clade when it comes to relationships. Collecting all of these here so that I can keep them handy for when things doubtless need further shaking out in the future. For the sake of comfortable through-reading, all eyes-only metadata has been stripped, but trust that everything was eyes-only to the named recipients. I’ve kept the timestamps as the message-sent time in the metadata. It’s been thirty years and I’m still struggling with transmission delays.</p>
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<li>Exposition<ol>
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<li><a href="001.html">Codrin#Castor → Ioan</a>: tearful letter re: Sorina</li>
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<li><a href="002.html">Ioan → clade</a>: first meeting with True Name</li>
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<li><a href="003.html">Codrin#Castor → clade</a>: on convergence</li>
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<li><a href="004.html">Sorina → Ioan</a>: greetings (on S+L day)</li>
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<li><a href="005.html">Codrin#Castor → Ioan, #Pollux</a>: Struggling re: Sorina and silence</li>
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<li><a href="006.html">Sorina → Ioan</a>: I love you letter</li>
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<li><a href="007.html">Codrin#Pollux → clade</a>: Dear’s partner is gone, serene is back</li>
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<li class="done1"> Exposition<ol>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="001.html">Codrin#Castor → Ioan</a>: tearful letter re: Sorina</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="002.html">Ioan → clade</a>: first meeting with True Name</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="003.html">Codrin#Castor → clade</a>: on convergence</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="004.html">Sorina → Ioan</a>: greetings (on S+L day)</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="005.html">Codrin#Castor → Ioan, #Pollux</a>: Struggling re: Sorina and silence</li>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="006.html">Sorina → Ioan</a>: I love you letter</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="007.html">Codrin#Pollux → clade</a>: Dear’s partner is gone, serene is back</li>
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<li>Development (footnote saying that at this point, comms include exclusionfor requested parties, given to all on the same day)<ol>
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<li><a href="008.html">Aurel → clade</a>: Hi. Summary of <em>Mitzvot</em>, asking after TN, note that replies from other TNs were identical, proving they’re in on it w/ Jonas, PS thoughts on whether or not Ioan and Michelle would have wound up together, b/c Sasha, parallel + intermittent monogamy, gender w/ nicknames, musing on clades + how they might have actually fared prior to uploading (e.g: would that disagreement b/w In Dreams+Hammered Silver w/ them manifest as fights or something?)</li>
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<li><a href="009.html">Codrin#Pollux → clade</a>: Moping re: partner</li>
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<li><a href="010.html">Sorina → Ioan</a>: wonders about seeking out new partner to feel fulfilled before getting in touch with exes, never dated before, so what now? (sent before receiving Aurel’s letter)</li>
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<li><a href="011.html">Ioan → Codrin#Pollux</a>: musing re: never been in a relationship before means never having to break up before (even if it’s only temporary). Talked to May, who asked if it was like Rareş?</li>
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<li><a href="012.html">Sorina → Aurel and Ioan</a>: Why are we in so many relationships with Odists? That is, what do we get out of our relationships with each other?</li>
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<li><a href="013.html">Codrin#Pollux → clade</a>: life with Serene and Dear, other Odist merges, but result doesn’t stick around.</li>
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<li><a href="014.html">Codrin#Castor → clade</a>: to Sorina opening discussions</li>
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<li class="done1"> Development (footnote saying that at this point, comms include exclusionfor requested parties, given to all on the same day)<ol>
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<li class="done2"> <a href="008.html">Aurel → clade</a>: Hi. Summary of <em>Mitzvot</em>, asking after TN, note that replies from other TNs were identical, proving they’re in on it w/ Jonas, PS thoughts on whether or not Ioan and Michelle would have wound up together, b/c Sasha, parallel + intermittent monogamy, gender w/ nicknames, musing on clades + how they might have actually fared prior to uploading (e.g: would that disagreement b/w In Dreams+Hammered Silver w/ them manifest as fights or something?)</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="009.html">Codrin#Pollux → clade</a>: Moping re: partner</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="010.html">Sorina → Ioan</a>: wonders about seeking out new partner to feel fulfilled before getting in touch with exes, never dated before, so what now? (sent before receiving Aurel’s letter)</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="011.html">Ioan → Codrin#Pollux</a>: musing re: never been in a relationship before means never having to break up before (even if it’s only temporary). Talked to May, who asked if it was like Rareş?</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="012.html">Sorina → Aurel and Ioan</a>: Why are we in so many relationships with Odists? That is, what do we get out of our relationships with each other?</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="013.html">Codrin#Pollux → clade</a>: life with Serene and Dear, other Odist merges, but result doesn’t stick around.</li>
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<li><a href="015.html">Sorina → clade</a>: apology to Codrin, short, but promises more</li>
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<li><a href="016.html">Codrin#Pollux → Ioan + May</a>: talking w/ partner re them moving on</li>
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<li><a href="017.html">Codrin#Castor → clade</a>: to Sorina on moving on, tell us about yourself (nevermind Artemis, just you)</li>
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<li><a href="018.html">Ioan → Codrin#Pollux</a>: May on immortality vs. relationships. Note from TN#Castor that she isn’t unhappy for Sasha, that to move beyond the clade so completely maybe takes more courage than she has</li>
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<li><a href="019.html">Sorina → clade</a>: finding her way back into being comfortably solitary</li>
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<li><a href="020.html">Codrin#Pollux → clade</a>: moving on w/o partner, w/ Serene</li>
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<li><a href="021.html">Aurel and Ioan → clade</a>: updates re: the clade fading to comfortable obscurity (doubtless TN’s stanza is still active, perhaps others strive, but just folk now), Aurel in and out of existence, passes on Sasha’s work, incl redacted version for Dear. To Sorina: and yet that comfortable solitude remains, always takes a week off after being asked to leave just to be alone.</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="015.html">Sorina → clade</a>: apology to Codrin, short, but promises more</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="016.html">Codrin#Pollux → Ioan + May</a>: talking w/ partner re them moving on</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="017.html">Codrin#Castor → clade</a>: to Sorina on moving on, tell us about yourself (nevermind Artemis, just you)</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="018.html">Ioan → Codrin#Pollux</a>: May on immortality vs. relationships. Note from TN#Castor that she isn’t unhappy for Sasha, that to move beyond the clade so completely maybe takes more courage than she has</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="019.html">Sorina → clade</a>: finding her way back into being comfortably solitary</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="020.html">Codrin#Pollux → clade</a>: moving on w/o partner, w/ Serene</li>
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<li class="done0"> <a href="021.html">Aurel and Ioan → clade</a>: updates re: the clade fading to comfortable obscurity (doubtless TN’s stanza is still active, perhaps others strive, but just folk now), Aurel in and out of existence, passes on Sasha’s work, incl redacted version for Dear. To Sorina: and yet that comfortable solitude remains, always takes a week off after being asked to leave just to be alone.</li>
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