some alt system terms that my sysmates and i use!!
GENERAL
system : house ;; keyring ;; the unit ;; the block ;; sisasystem : neighbors down the street alter/headmate : kid ;; resident ;; roomie ;; tenant ;; critter body : house ;; apartment ;; building ;; home innerworld : the house ;; the apartment ;; the halls ;; the woods ;; the yard ;; the back lot frontspace : front hall ;; living room ;; porch ;; doorway ;; front room fronting : holding the keys ;; at the door ;; on watch ;; on shift ;; up front ;; in the living room ;; running the house not fronting : upstairs ;; in the back room ;; tucked away ;; in the attic ;; in the basement ;; in the woods ;; resting switching : passing the keys ;; changing shifts ;; handing off ;; swapping rooms splitting : a new kid ;; new arrival ;; another key ;; a new room opening dormant : locked away ;; lights off ;; shut in ;; out of the house fused : blended in the halls ;; one room now fragment : small spark ;; loose thread
ROLES
host : house key ;; front key ;; keeper of the door co - host : spare key ;; second key ;; side door key gatekeeper : latch ;; lock ;; deadbolt ;; front door protector : guard ;; watcher ;; porchlight persecutor : broken glass ;; bad night ;; big bad caretaker : lamp ;; blanket ;; hand warmer little : toy box ;; crayon ;; pillow ;; cookie tin
MISCELLANEOUS
walk - in : found in the yard brainmade : house-grown introject : brought home from somewhere else ;; borrowed from outside introject source : outside source dormant alter : asleep in the attic ;; boxed away ;; in the back closet frequent fronter : front hall regular ;; porch-sitter ;; couch potato internal / rare fronter : attic dweller safe to interact : open door unsafe to interact : locked door
