Move 22 Recap - Revision history

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 Sasha asks, "Did you have a timeframe for your return, or a contact for retrieval?"  Mikodez scoffs: "When they ask like that, it's not for volunteers. I was surprised when I wasn't immediately shot following the interview.  What this batch of interviewers at the Academy said was that everything was 'pending Rahal review'."  The subsequent boredom seemed calculated, Mikodez thinks.  He says, "I fucking hate this scenario," adding a critique of the ways that, as a Shuos training scenario, the situation would be unbalanced and ill-designed.  Sasha thinks this sounds like her father's critiques of Naxorian explanations of theodicy; Iawa asks for clarification.  Mikodez says that either this is a compelling but unsubtle training simulation, with ham-handed references to Liozh classics, or he has been let loose on the past: "Isn't someone inventing the mothdrive soon?"  Sasha finds his analysis inconsistent: "I thought you didn't want to hurt the mothling, and now you want to research how to bind it into a starship?"  Mikodez says he has never encountered a voidmoth, nor has he seen the moth Alaric claims is on board.  The moth's humming, due to its concern for the mothlings, interrupts.  Mikodez spreads his hand on the floor to feel the vibration, then reacts with enthusiasm, asking how to communicate with the ship's moth and where to find Crowned-With-Eyes.  Sulen objects that the conversation has veered off topic, and Ashari tightens the enthrallment.
-Sasha asks Mikodez about his siblings, and he provides dry autobiographical detail; Sasha is unnerved by this demonstration of Ashari's enthrallment powers.  She asks Mikodez about his "sister" Istradez.  Sulen objects to the tangent; they believe people's feelings about their families should be private.  Mikodez says, "It's been years since I last saw her"; Sasha assumes that this is an evasion referring to time travel.  She asks what the current Istradez told Mikodez, when they met on the station.  Mikodez says, "After I tried to shoot him, he said he hadn't thought that I hated him to that extent. And I don't hate him, just suspicious people who claim to be my family from the future."  Sasha asks when Mikodez decided ''not'' to hate Istradez; Mikodez says he will resume hostilities if this is a simulation, or if Istradez turns out to be an impostor.  Sasha glances at Sulen for confirmation; they glare at her, but confirm that he is telling the truth as he now understands it, though his assessment may change when not under enthrallment.  Ashari asks whether there are last questions, and Sasha shakes her head.  She wonders why Mikodez' file said to keep him safe, but doesn't want to tell Ashari that she read the command files.
+Sasha asks Mikodez about his siblings, and he provides dry autobiographical detail; Sasha is unnerved by this demonstration of Ashari's enthrallment powers.  She asks Mikodez about his "sister" Istradez.  Sulen objects to the tangent; they don't want to be a hexarchate inquisitor any longer, and believe people's feelings about their families should be private.  Mikodez says, "It's been years since I last saw her"; Sasha assumes that this is an evasion referring to time travel.  She asks what the current Istradez told Mikodez, when they met on the station.  Mikodez says, "After I tried to shoot him, he said he hadn't thought that I hated him to that extent. And I don't hate him, just suspicious people who claim to be my family from the future."  Sasha asks when Mikodez decided ''not'' to hate Istradez; Mikodez says he will resume hostilities if this is a simulation, or if Istradez turns out to be an impostor.  Sasha glances at Sulen for confirmation; they glare at her, but confirm that he is telling the truth as he now understands it, though his assessment may change when not under enthrallment.  Ashari asks whether there are last questions, and Sasha shakes her head.  She wonders why Mikodez' file said to keep him safe, but doesn't want to tell Ashari that she read the command files.
-==analysis==
+==Recruitment and Realignment==
-does Remi know that "Sasha" and "Bayan" are the same person?
+Alaric builds rapport with both Remi and the moth through his efforts to awaken the mothlings.  Meanwhile, Gerae appears quite ready to make friends with Virmad.  The team as a whole will have to decide whether containing Gerae or welcoming him poses greater risks.
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 ==Fluffy, Gerae, and Virmad==
-Virmad asks for and receives permission from Gerae to enter his room.  Virmad finds Gerae lying on the floor petting Fluffy.  He suggests creating a bed for Gerae, who approves of the notion: "I know we're supposed to be all about asceticism as a way to hone the mind, but between you and me, I don't mind a ''little'' in the way of comforts."
+Virmad asks for and receives permission from Gerae to enter his room.  Virmad finds Gerae lying on the floor petting Fluffy.  He suggests creating a bed for Gerae, who approves of the notion: "I know we're supposed to be all about asceticism as a way to hone the mind, but between you and me, I don't mind a ''little'' in the way of comforts."  He also asks about the noise the moth is making.  Virmad says the noise is nothing, offers Gerae a hand up, and has the grid create a bed.  Gerae expresses his gratitude, then says, "I realize I have put you all into a difficult position, but--I can behave myself. Or make myself useful."  Virmad says that things are "a little...tense right now."  He promises to argue for letting Gerae out of his room once the moth leaves the station, though he's not actually sure whether this will make Ashari, Sasha, or the situation with Mikodez less tense.  He changes the subject by observing that Gerae seems to have found a friend in "the foreign scientist".
 ==Ashari, Iawa, Mikodez, Sasha, and Sulen; sounds from the moth==

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 ==Alaric, Remi, Yehan, the moth, and the mothlings==
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 Alaric and Yehan move the canisters to the newly converted mothling bay, where Remi meets them.  "Are they ''alive''?" he asks, furious.  Alaric says, "There has not been an explosion of fury and murderous rage from our engine room, so I'm guessing yes, for now."  He shows Remi the formula for the sedative; Remi says, "They must have gotten that from Vana," still enraged.  He suggests an antidote which can be applied topically.  Alaric says he'll try to explain the situation to the adult moth while the equipment in the medbay synthesizes the antidote.  Remi, now friendlier, asks whether he can observe the communication.  Alaric is happy to tell Remi all about the discoveries he and Sasha have made.  He constructs a message telling the moth that the mothlings will make more noise once they receive Remi's antidote.  The moth's distressed humming quiets, and it sends back a cartoon of mothlings and human "meatsacks" playing tag.  Meanwhile, Remi admires the communications progress, and remarks, "I wonder, are all moths educated in math and physics, or do they specialize the way we do?"  Alaric says that the moth's knowledge of chemistry strikes him as evidence that the moth has received some sort of education or other intellectual socialization.
 ==Ashari, Iawa, Mikodez, Sasha, and Sulen; sounds from the moth==

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 Sasha says, "I don't understand about the signifiers," adding a few more questions about Mikodez' movements.  Mikodez explains his visit to the mission briefing, with some tangents, then says with regret, "I can't control my variable signifier."  He tells Sasha more facts about signifiers in an attempt at distraction.  Sulen expands, "His signifier was Ninefox Smiling before.  It's Ninefox Crowned With Eyes now."  They continue, "Crowned With Eyes suggests he's more intelligent than his actions up till now would suggest, and the fact that it changed implies his sense of self is flexible."  They insist silently that Ashari is in control of their signifier and mentally flexible, too.  Sasha asks, "But why would that matter?  He's a fox either way."  Mikodez explains that it only matters "for faction postings" or "in hexarchate space."  Sasha asks Mikodez to tell her about the person who escorted him off the boxmoth.  Meanwhile, she queries the grid for information about Mikodez' signifiers, and variable signifiers under the hexarchate in general.  She learns that Shuos Academy cadets displaying Ninefox Crowned With Eyes are usually purged, due to the signifier's association with the infamous Jedao, and concludes that Mikodez' presence is a more elaborate method of purging him; she instructs Mikodez to continue with his account, now slightly more sympathetically.  Mikodez describes his escort as "About Ashari's height, dark eyes, didn't say much," which means this person is about Quill's size but appears to have different eye color.
-Sasha asks, "Did you have a timeframe for your return, or a contact for retrieval?"  Mikodez scoffs: "When they ask like that, it's not for volunteers. I was surprised when I wasn't immediately shot following the interview.  What this batch of interviewers at the Academy said was that everything was 'pending Rahal review'."  The subsequent boredom seemed calculated, Mikodez thinks.  He says, "I fucking hate this scenario," adding a critique of the ways that, as a Shuos training scenario, the situation would be unbalanced and ill-designed.  Sasha thinks this sounds like her father's critiques of Naxorian explanations of theodicy; Iawa asks for clarification.  Mikodez says that either this is a compelling but unsubtle training simulation, "because you really didn't have to quote from the Classic of Web and Glint every other sentence," or he has been let loose on the past: "Isn't someone inventing the mothdrive soon?"  Sasha finds his analysis inconsistent: "I thought you didn't want to hurt the mothling, and now you want to research how to bind it into a starship?"  Mikodez says he has never encountered a voidmoth, nor has he seen the moth Alaric claims is on board.  The moth hums.  Mikodez spreads his hand on the floor to feel the vibration, then reacts with enthusiasm, asking how to communicate with the ship's moth and where to find Crowned-With-Eyes.  Sulen objects that the conversation has veered off topic, and Ashari tightens the enthrallment.
+Sasha asks, "Did you have a timeframe for your return, or a contact for retrieval?"  Mikodez scoffs: "When they ask like that, it's not for volunteers. I was surprised when I wasn't immediately shot following the interview.  What this batch of interviewers at the Academy said was that everything was 'pending Rahal review'."  The subsequent boredom seemed calculated, Mikodez thinks.  He says, "I fucking hate this scenario," adding a critique of the ways that, as a Shuos training scenario, the situation would be unbalanced and ill-designed.  Sasha thinks this sounds like her father's critiques of Naxorian explanations of theodicy; Iawa asks for clarification.  Mikodez says that either this is a compelling but unsubtle training simulation, "because you really didn't have to quote from the Classic of Web and Glint every other sentence," or he has been let loose on the past: "Isn't someone inventing the mothdrive soon?"  Sasha finds his analysis inconsistent: "I thought you didn't want to hurt the mothling, and now you want to research how to bind it into a starship?"  Mikodez says he has never encountered a voidmoth, nor has he seen the moth Alaric claims is on board.  The moth's humming, due to its concern for the mothlings, interrupts.  Mikodez spreads his hand on the floor to feel the vibration, then reacts with enthusiasm, asking how to communicate with the ship's moth and where to find Crowned-With-Eyes.  Sulen objects that the conversation has veered off topic, and Ashari tightens the enthrallment.
 Sasha asks Mikodez about his siblings, and he provides dry autobiographical detail; Sasha is unnerved by this demonstration of Ashari's enthrallment powers.  She asks Mikodez about his "sister" Istradez.  Sulen objects to the tangent; they believe people's feelings about their families should be private.  Mikodez says, "It's been years since I last saw her"; Sasha assumes that this is an evasion referring to time travel.  She asks what the current Istradez told Mikodez, when they met on the station.  Mikodez says, "After I tried to shoot him, he said he hadn't thought that I hated him to that extent. And I don't hate him, just suspicious people who claim to be my family from the future."  Sasha asks when Mikodez decided ''not'' to hate Istradez; Mikodez says he will resume hostilities if this is a simulation, or if Istradez turns out to be an impostor.  Sasha glances at Sulen for confirmation; they glare at her, but confirm that he is telling the truth, though his assessment may change when not under enthrallment.  Ashari asks whether there are last questions, and Sasha shakes her head.  She wonders why Mikodez' file said to keep him safe, but doesn't want to tell Ashari that she read private documents.