Baskerville

Hello hello! This is long overdue, so here's our intro!

The colour-coding is very important, by the way. We use it to signal who is talking if multiple people contribute to a post.

You can call me Bask, Basky, or Void. My pronouns are he/they, and I am a trans man, aroace, and gay. I have autism and ADHD too, so if I say something that comes across mean or otherwise negatively, apologies in advance.

However, I'm also plural! I am the main (Atlas doesn't like the term 'host', it makes him feel like a parasite, so we avoid and replace it whenever possible), with seven alters: Atlas McClary and Silas Flint and some fictives, listed below. Atlas is the first alter, and Silas, we're proud to announce, has formed! He's not completely steady, but he is available for interaction. While Atlas does have his own blog now (@mcclarly-im-right), he may still make posts on this blog. Those will be tagged 'atlas posts'. Posts talking about him will be tagged 'atlas posting'. Silas will also likely make posts here. Those will either have no tags or be tagged 'silas posted'. Posts talking about him will be tagged 'silas posting'.

Note: As stated above, we're a system. When making posts, especially posts pertaining to my alters or our plurality in general, we will likely mix I/me and we/us pronouns

We are a semi-traumagenic/endogenic/tulpa system. Having said that, people who are anti endo, anti tulpa, and anti willo DNI.

We also have a side blog so that everyone in our system can communicate with our lovely mutuals without confusion: @the-collective-directive

Posts we wanted to pin but since you can only have one pinned post, I'm linking them:

System Ask Game (now open for all alters)

Typing Quirks and Indicators

More alter stuff below the cut:

hello hello! thanks for stopping by again troodon!

colour-coding: Bask, Akito, Hannya, Keener, KK (he has no colour for now just to make it less confusing! if anyone has any idea how to add different/custom colours on the blr, pls let us know!)

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for me, switching used to feel like a daydream that i don't remember, so to speak. i would zone out, and then 'wake back up' later not knowing what i'd done or how i got where i was, if we moved. after syscovery and me embracing everyone and thing, it's become more like a cutscene, almost. sometimes i 'cede control' and allow someone else to front, other times it's more of a 'hey, we're fronting/co-fronting' heads up-esque nudge. and it does vary between alters! (sorry for the copy but i low-key didn't know how else to answer lol)

to me, switching isn't that different from how it looks in Ghostwire, which i guess makes sense. i can let someone handle something, or i can handle it myself. it's a lot more voluntary on my part, but i can take control by force. i prefer not to though. i also usually co-front with KK, since that's what we're used to

As for I, switching is an act of respect. I do not seek power, nor the right of rule. I seek nothing but harmony, cohabitation. Some emotions are too large, too heavy for the system. Those responsibilities thus fall on I to cleanse. The only negative I can find is that my hands hurt in even this body.

Switching is something unavoidable. It's necessary. Oftentimes, I'll take over when we need to get something done, and my reminders aren't enough. I also take over social situations that need a certain professionalism Silas isn't capable of.

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it varies by situation and who's switching in! if hannya's switching in, for example, it takes longer since he deals with all the really heavy stuff. kk and keener switch in really quick since they're protectors, especially when they're a threat/perceived threat. atlas and silas have what i'd call medium-length switches. they don't have a lightning fast response time, but they don't take as long as hannya. they're chill like that :) (Of course we have to switch in quick. God knows your reaction time isn't fast enough. Why do you think i'm always telling you and Akito that you gotta move faster than that?)

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so far, only i've gotten frontstuck. it's decently often, though it has started letting up since we started working on how to make switches smoother. to get unstuck, i usually play the source material of our fictives, wear one of my alters' rings, or listen to music so that i can only hear my thoughts and theirs

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all the time! it's less frequent now that we're all more aware of each other, but sometimes i'll go back to the old 'zone out, not know what happened'. it usually happens when i'm stressed

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it depends on the alter. atlas and i can switch on command, and silas and keener are working toward it. it used to be difficult, but we've gotten way better with practice. i'm hoping that one day we can all switch on command. maybe there's a trigger phrase, maybe it's just a 'hey, i'm switching out, [___] take my place' or a 'heads up, i'm switching in'. i don't mind!