diff --git a/gopher/Melvin P Feltersnatch/008.txt b/gopher/Melvin P Feltersnatch/008.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1807ebf --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Melvin P Feltersnatch/008.txt @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +Would you believe it? I made a friend. + +I know, I know. "Melvin, you have lots of friends," but it's been +really tough to meet new people since the whole body going away +thing. At first I was trapped in a sort of reverse solipsism, +"what if I'm not real?" Then I was going through the 13 stages of +grief and hunger. (I'll be honest, I think I'm still around step +eight or nine.) There was also that period of crying for help that +you may recall from a while back. OH, and the counting phase… + +Regardless, I'm happy to report that I'm not the only disembodied +floating presence in the universe. There's at least three others +I've encountered and one of them doesn't want to eat me. Things +are looking up! + +My new friend has no name, so I've just decided to call him Bruce. +Of course Bruce has no gender either since he's got the whole +no-body situation going on. I figure since he's going to be +misgendered no matter what pronouns I use I may as well pick +something cool. Bruce is cool. Bruce is like water. + +Did you get the reference? I was quoting Bruce Lee. Or making +a reference to Bruce Lee at least. I don't think he talked about +himself in the third person. Hrm, should I start talking about +myself in the third person? That seems like the sort of thing +Melvin would do once he had no body. Nah, now I sound pompous. + +Bruce was like water when I met him in that he sort of flowed and +oozed all around my presence. I think he even oozed through it. +Oozing is a pretty watery thing, right? Maybe gushing is a better +word, but it wasn't fast to my sensation of time. Arguably, that's +not much to judge by. Part of me still feels like I have a toe in +time but just barely. It's probably this QEC link now that I think +about it. The other side of the link is somewhere in time, so this +side has to be, right? Or at least that's how I think it works. + +Hey, there's smart goofuses out there! I saw one guy--Tom, +I think--who made his own QEC. Maybe he can chime in here. Hey +Tom, how does this work, anyway? If I have no body how am +I talking? Am I talking? Am I just wiggling qbits with my +non-brain? Hmmm. + +Back to Bruce. He doesn't talk much. Or at all. Really beyond the +oozing he's pretty quiet. I think he was checking me out at first, +feeling me up on all my sides. Side-note, I seem to have a lot of +sides now. That's pretty tricky geometry for a lack of +physicality, but I have some sensation of them. I wonder if those +non-dimensional edges have some sort of being in their own right. +There's information there, via sensation. That needs to follow +some sort of law of conservation of me, I think. Or maybe it's the +other way around. I am, therefore I think. Circular logic is still +logic! + +Bruce is a nice fella. I've been yammering away at him like this +for eons and he just listens. He hasn't interrupted me once or +tried to top my stories with cooler ones of his own. That's a real +pal for ya. He probably senses I'm having a difficult time +adjusting and he's being extra accomodating. I should get him +a gift. Maybe a vase or an ash tray or something? Flowers seems +a bit too personal. We've only just met. Let me know if you have +any suggestions. diff --git a/gopher/SNCF68B/05-OMG.txt b/gopher/SNCF68B/05-OMG.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..697ac75 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/SNCF68B/05-OMG.txt @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Johanna is a traitor. I can't even. Let me explain this hiss'n +story and you'll suss it clear. + +So my 200 was this lun, like I said. It was score raz for sure, +earnest truth. Everyone was there and I mean everyone. All my +besties and even some creeps. We danced, mum gave a speech, and +all of it was glitter proper. Anywise, I needed a powder and +I noticed Johanna skidded out somewheres, so I went to dig in and +find her. Well, find her I did, snogged up close with one Leo +Korhonen. They were swapping tongues behind the spritz cooler +barely out of sight of mum and me. Can you even? + +That hissin' traitor knows I'm for Leo. I've been deep at him for +ten lun at least. Shes one of my score bodies, or sposed. But now +she's polar. I can't even. Who does that to a friend, and on her +two-hissin-hundred day? The worst part is I'm the last to suss, +apparently. Ezri didn't bat one bit when I came back crying. +Didn't offer me a shoulder neither, like it was me that skid out +on a friend. That's not oikea. It's polar that as damn. What did +I do? Some friends they was. + +I couldn't tell mum. She was so overmooned by the party and so +proud I couldn't fuss on it. It's not her fault Johanna sucked up +Leo's tongue like a nag harpy. Johanna and Leo skidded out proper +after and I haven't seen them since. Ezri hung about, but cold. +I wandered the party the next whiles and it blurs in memory. +Everything like a dream, but wrong and bitter. I made it through +and smiled for mum and everyone left. Then it was time for me to +go. + +Think I told you that I got a tram? Me and the girls were skidding +out to Mannerheim. I got a place up that way already and it was +going to be our own special thing. Well, I've still got the tram +and the place, but no girls. Mum sent me off thinking I'd have my +friends and be back in a lun or two, but look at this now. I lied +to mum and went lonesome. + +The tram is razzy. It's just like I always wanted. I set it into +the tunnel and tapped out the directions to Mannerheim and kicked +off. It's on tunnel juice now and I've got hours and hours ahead +of me in the dark. Tram's got some lights if I want, but the glow +off the face of this pad feels more my mood. diff --git a/gopher/Starbloom/008.txt b/gopher/Starbloom/008.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f7ce1d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Starbloom/008.txt @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +Message Incoming... + +Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection +γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes] +Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s +Declination –01° 23′ 14.4031″ +Distance 178.211ly +Equinox J2000.0 SOL +Year 2447, QEC adjusted + +[Autotranslator enabled...] + +Susan, Speaker Elect of Cheer Systems, 14th Pod +::: +Blessed be, travelers of the verse~ + +Our election results are in and the crowds are celebrating their +victories and consoling each other on well run campaign losses in +equal strengths this evening. The cats, in their wisdom, have +decided that the powers-that-be in the Starbloom Communal +Distributive Projection have been doing a excellent job of it and +should continue in power with few minor interruptions. The +Dictator Elect of War, 1st Pod, will be stepping down and +a committee will be taking over as Committee Elect of Defense, 1st +Pod. We join with our feline partners in sending our warmest +wishes to Quyst Trombone in his next endeavor. We also are +welcoming a new Counselor Elect of Education, 4th Pod, Somm +Jaravangian. Somm will bring a unique perspective with their +background in non-human relations. + +Our citizen participation was quite high in this election cycle +with all pods reporting at least 80% of the population providing +their input for candidates to the cats. Once again our school +systems held a get-out-the-vote fundraiser and community dance +which drew major crowds as always. I can personally attest that +the children of Wendy McdDonald's Elementary in the 14th Pod run +an excellent sock-hop. Diana's blessings be upon them. + +In news from the surrounding verse we've heard and acknowledge +distress calls from several vessels as well as wake-up initiatons +from some ships just beginning their journeys. Following our +encounter with the Dekaosan people and the tribulations witnessed +on board the Melchizedek, our 14th Pod non-denominational coven +voted to create a ritual of safety and happiness upon the human +exodus. They have begun preparations which will take place over +the next 9 days, local time. The community is pulling together +big-time for this one. We have donations in spell material coming +from several other Pods including a loan of the great holy relics +of Martina McBride, may her song carry true. This incomparable +gift comes from the exhuberent generostity of the 1st Pod and +their infinite-unitarian conglomerated congregation. The 14th Pod +is setting up a special ritual hall next door to Francine's Wine +& Pastry, which is holding a special 2-for-1 sale on all +perishable intoxicants if you imbibe them during the ritual +itself. Thank you to Francine and company for that great gesture +of solidarity. + +We amongst the Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection are also +begining our preparations for Yule. A seed-ship passing in-system +late last year brought news of a variant of the ancient reindeer +of Scandanavia, Old Earth. We managed to procure the genetic +material and a herd of reindeer are being grown for that festival. +According to the traditions they will be tied to a sledge and +flung through the air on the night of Yule. The cats are quite +excited about the event and a large turnout is expected. +Field-trips from several Pods are being organized to witness the +landing. + +This year's Yule celebrations are also a time to welcome art into +our homes, often in the form of tragic poetry. It has been the +tradition amongst our people to celebrate the dark poetry of our +teenage youth by holding dramatic readings around the Yule log. +Families will orient their angst toward the flames and burn away +the suffering together. This year we would like to welcome you +among the stars to join us. The practice is simple: + +1. Recommend to your teenagers that they compose their poetry of + the darkest natures and haunting visions with their most + eloquent language and imagery. + +2. Gather around the Yule log together in traditional sweater and + ornamentation and sing the songs of death and rebirth. + +3. Drink the sweetened intoxicants and profess your joy. + +4. Recommend to your teenagers that they stand before the group + and perform their works in most dramatic fashion. If they feel + they are not up to the task, recommend the eldest family member + among you to stand in their stead and read the poems with great + furvor and vim. + +5. Other family should embrace the teenager and shower them with + attentions and questions about these personal feelings. Then + the poem can be tossed into the flames and everyone can sing + again songs of death and rebirth. + +6. (Optionally) drink additional sweetened intoxicants and profess + more joy. + +The response here has been just so joyous. May your own familial +blessings be as bountiful. + +Finally, I have been asked by our Senior Committee on Cheese +Culture and Propaganda to ask any terran communities passing by +the Lucky Homes if you would be willing to trade bacteria. We have +an excellent collection here and are always open to expanding our +horizons in the culinary sciences. + +As always and forever, blessed be. +. diff --git a/gopher/Trobairitz/parting-the-veil-01.txt b/gopher/Trobairitz/parting-the-veil-01.txt index 808270a..cdc679a 100644 --- a/gopher/Trobairitz/parting-the-veil-01.txt +++ b/gopher/Trobairitz/parting-the-veil-01.txt @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ mountains creep closer bit by bit. Sinda hesitated at the door and took a deep breath. It's just -Borzin she reminded herself. +Borzin. Things can't be that different. *** diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index b93603c..f7b6dd0 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +0Melvin P Feltersnatch - Bruce /Melvin P Feltersnatch/008.txt +0Starbloom - Election Results /Starbloom/008.txt 0Melchizedek - Emergency Recording from Shuttle 001 /Melchizedek/027.txt 0Starbloom - Election Day /Starbloom/007.txt 0Malaluatori - Matter_Of_Time /Malaluatori/MatterOfTime.txt diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml index d63d83d..48d0cdc 100644 --- a/gopher/rss.xml +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -2,6 +2,195 @@ Cosmic Voyage gopher://cosmic.voyage Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + Melvin P Feltersnatch - Bruce + tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melvin P Feltersnatch/008.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melvin P Feltersnatch/008.txt + Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:29:47 GMT + +Would you believe it? I made a friend. + +I know, I know. "Melvin, you have lots of friends," but it's been +really tough to meet new people since the whole body going away +thing. At first I was trapped in a sort of reverse solipsism, +"what if I'm not real?" Then I was going through the 13 stages of +grief and hunger. (I'll be honest, I think I'm still around step +eight or nine.) There was also that period of crying for help that +you may recall from a while back. OH, and the counting phase… + +Regardless, I'm happy to report that I'm not the only disembodied +floating presence in the universe. There's at least three others +I've encountered and one of them doesn't want to eat me. Things +are looking up! + +My new friend has no name, so I've just decided to call him Bruce. +Of course Bruce has no gender either since he's got the whole +no-body situation going on. I figure since he's going to be +misgendered no matter what pronouns I use I may as well pick +something cool. Bruce is cool. Bruce is like water. + +Did you get the reference? I was quoting Bruce Lee. Or making +a reference to Bruce Lee at least. I don't think he talked about +himself in the third person. Hrm, should I start talking about +myself in the third person? That seems like the sort of thing +Melvin would do once he had no body. Nah, now I sound pompous. + +Bruce was like water when I met him in that he sort of flowed and +oozed all around my presence. I think he even oozed through it. +Oozing is a pretty watery thing, right? Maybe gushing is a better +word, but it wasn't fast to my sensation of time. Arguably, that's +not much to judge by. Part of me still feels like I have a toe in +time but just barely. It's probably this QEC link now that I think +about it. The other side of the link is somewhere in time, so this +side has to be, right? Or at least that's how I think it works. + +Hey, there's smart goofuses out there! I saw one guy--Tom, +I think--who made his own QEC. Maybe he can chime in here. Hey +Tom, how does this work, anyway? If I have no body how am +I talking? Am I talking? Am I just wiggling qbits with my +non-brain? Hmmm. + +Back to Bruce. He doesn't talk much. Or at all. Really beyond the +oozing he's pretty quiet. I think he was checking me out at first, +feeling me up on all my sides. Side-note, I seem to have a lot of +sides now. That's pretty tricky geometry for a lack of +physicality, but I have some sensation of them. I wonder if those +non-dimensional edges have some sort of being in their own right. +There's information there, via sensation. That needs to follow +some sort of law of conservation of me, I think. Or maybe it's the +other way around. I am, therefore I think. Circular logic is still +logic! + +Bruce is a nice fella. I've been yammering away at him like this +for eons and he just listens. He hasn't interrupted me once or +tried to top my stories with cooler ones of his own. That's a real +pal for ya. He probably senses I'm having a difficult time +adjusting and he's being extra accomodating. I should get him +a gift. Maybe a vase or an ash tray or something? Flowers seems +a bit too personal. We've only just met. Let me know if you have +any suggestions. +]]> + + + Starbloom - Election Results + tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/008.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/008.txt + Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:20:43 GMT + +Message Incoming... + +Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection +γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes] +Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s +Declination –01° 23′ 14.4031″ +Distance 178.211ly +Equinox J2000.0 SOL +Year 2447, QEC adjusted + +[Autotranslator enabled...] + +Susan, Speaker Elect of Cheer Systems, 14th Pod +::: +Blessed be, travelers of the verse~ + +Our election results are in and the crowds are celebrating their +victories and consoling each other on well run campaign losses in +equal strengths this evening. The cats, in their wisdom, have +decided that the powers-that-be in the Starbloom Communal +Distributive Projection have been doing a excellent job of it and +should continue in power with few minor interruptions. The +Dictator Elect of War, 1st Pod, will be stepping down and +a committee will be taking over as Committee Elect of Defense, 1st +Pod. We join with our feline partners in sending our warmest +wishes to Quyst Trombone in his next endeavor. We also are +welcoming a new Counselor Elect of Education, 4th Pod, Somm +Jaravangian. Somm will bring a unique perspective with their +background in non-human relations. + +Our citizen participation was quite high in this election cycle +with all pods reporting at least 80% of the population providing +their input for candidates to the cats. Once again our school +systems held a get-out-the-vote fundraiser and community dance +which drew major crowds as always. I can personally attest that +the children of Wendy McdDonald's Elementary in the 14th Pod run +an excellent sock-hop. Diana's blessings be upon them. + +In news from the surrounding verse we've heard and acknowledge +distress calls from several vessels as well as wake-up initiatons +from some ships just beginning their journeys. Following our +encounter with the Dekaosan people and the tribulations witnessed +on board the Melchizedek, our 14th Pod non-denominational coven +voted to create a ritual of safety and happiness upon the human +exodus. They have begun preparations which will take place over +the next 9 days, local time. The community is pulling together +big-time for this one. We have donations in spell material coming +from several other Pods including a loan of the great holy relics +of Martina McBride, may her song carry true. This incomparable +gift comes from the exhuberent generostity of the 1st Pod and +their infinite-unitarian conglomerated congregation. The 14th Pod +is setting up a special ritual hall next door to Francine's Wine +& Pastry, which is holding a special 2-for-1 sale on all +perishable intoxicants if you imbibe them during the ritual +itself. Thank you to Francine and company for that great gesture +of solidarity. + +We amongst the Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection are also +begining our preparations for Yule. A seed-ship passing in-system +late last year brought news of a variant of the ancient reindeer +of Scandanavia, Old Earth. We managed to procure the genetic +material and a herd of reindeer are being grown for that festival. +According to the traditions they will be tied to a sledge and +flung through the air on the night of Yule. The cats are quite +excited about the event and a large turnout is expected. +Field-trips from several Pods are being organized to witness the +landing. + +This year's Yule celebrations are also a time to welcome art into +our homes, often in the form of tragic poetry. It has been the +tradition amongst our people to celebrate the dark poetry of our +teenage youth by holding dramatic readings around the Yule log. +Families will orient their angst toward the flames and burn away +the suffering together. This year we would like to welcome you +among the stars to join us. The practice is simple: + +1. Recommend to your teenagers that they compose their poetry of + the darkest natures and haunting visions with their most + eloquent language and imagery. + +2. Gather around the Yule log together in traditional sweater and + ornamentation and sing the songs of death and rebirth. + +3. Drink the sweetened intoxicants and profess your joy. + +4. Recommend to your teenagers that they stand before the group + and perform their works in most dramatic fashion. If they feel + they are not up to the task, recommend the eldest family member + among you to stand in their stead and read the poems with great + furvor and vim. + +5. Other family should embrace the teenager and shower them with + attentions and questions about these personal feelings. Then + the poem can be tossed into the flames and everyone can sing + again songs of death and rebirth. + +6. (Optionally) drink additional sweetened intoxicants and profess + more joy. + +The response here has been just so joyous. May your own familial +blessings be as bountiful. + +Finally, I have been asked by our Senior Committee on Cheese +Culture and Propaganda to ask any terran communities passing by +the Lucky Homes if you would be willing to trade bacteria. We have +an excellent collection here and are always open to expanding our +horizons in the culinary sciences. + +As always and forever, blessed be. +. +]]> + Melchizedek - Emergency Recording from Shuttle 001 tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)