#norsten

[5/7/2014 10:43:39 PM] Kels: https://31.media.tumblr.com/afbb541a5a6e4cbf67aa41e48dbd57aa/tumblr_mw6631nKeg1sbl77jo1_500.gif [5/7/2014 10:43:52 PM] Kels: if colie is an elephant and ave is an owl who is the cute puppo [5/7/2014 10:44:15 PM] Sheralee: uM actually [5/7/2014 10:44:23 PM] Sheralee: I was thinking Ameenah is more like a racoon? [5/7/2014 10:44:27 PM] Sheralee: ^^; idk lol [5/7/2014 10:45:12 PM] Kels: !!!!!! yes [5/7/2014 10:45:24 PM] Sheralee: ALSO [5/7/2014 10:45:28 PM] Sheralee: http://aquietrevolutionary.tumblr.com/post/84751847980/sci-universe-cat-and-owl-are-best-friends [5/7/2014 10:45:31 PM] Sheralee: i saw this and was like [5/7/2014 10:45:34 PM] Sheralee: v inspired [5/7/2014 10:45:40 PM] Sheralee: and I feel like we should add a new character [5/7/2014 10:45:47 PM] Sheralee: who is this cat to Aves' owl [5/7/2014 10:46:14 PM] Sheralee: prob an old buddy from his assassin school [5/7/2014 10:46:48 PM] Sheralee: who is like a v close but also v platonic friend that sometimes comes and hangs around before going off and doing their own thing for like, months at a time in between visits [5/7/2014 10:47:21 PM] Kels: yes. they can be The Tsundere [5/7/2014 10:47:28 PM] Kels: bc cats are that way [5/7/2014 10:47:32 PM] Sheralee: yeah [5/7/2014 10:47:38 PM] Kels: this is the cutest gifset [5/7/2014 10:47:44 PM] Sheralee: The Tsundere who also happens to really like being around Aves [5/7/2014 10:47:52 PM] Sheralee: and, if possible, is even LAZIER than Aves is [5/7/2014 10:47:56 PM] Sheralee: Ameenah is amazed [5/7/2014 10:48:50 PM] Sheralee: also like, going off the gifset at least [5/7/2014 10:49:31 PM] Sheralee: I feel like cat person would be actually pretty openly friendly towards Aves, and tsun towards everyone else [5/7/2014 10:50:02 PM] Sheralee: while Aves is friendly (read: flirtatious) w/ everyone, but particularly tsundere towards cat person [5/7/2014 10:53:29 PM] Kels: good good [5/7/2014 10:54:14 PM] Sheralee: see: [5/7/2014 10:54:23 PM] Kels: agh I’m imagining this being a guy looking something like nathan stewart-jarret maybe [5/7/2014 10:54:32 PM] Sheralee: link to pic? [5/7/2014 10:54:38 PM] Kels: or like masc of center [5/7/2014 10:55:08 PM] Sheralee: ohHHHHHH YES [5/7/2014 10:55:12 PM] Sheralee: THAT IS A GOOD HEADCANON YES [5/7/2014 10:55:29 PM] Kels: ya sorry my internets slow [5/7/2014 10:55:43 PM] Sheralee: haha is okay [5/7/2014 10:55:45 PM] Kels: ya like tall handsome Black demidude [5/7/2014 10:55:49 PM] Kels: with glasses [5/7/2014 10:55:51 PM] Sheralee: I just went and looked him up and wOW YES [5/7/2014 10:56:05 PM] Sheralee: so like [5/7/2014 10:56:26 PM] Sheralee: Colie & co returning from a day of adventuring (running away from the police) [5/7/2014 10:56:59 PM] Sheralee: and as soon as they enter the door, NSJ is like "yo! guess who!" [5/7/2014 10:57:07 PM] Sheralee: with this gigantic ridiculous grin [5/7/2014 10:57:21 PM] Sheralee: Aves: *facepalms* Goddammit.... [5/7/2014 10:57:34 PM] Sheralee: Ameenah: I thought for sure I locked the doors??? [5/7/2014 10:57:45 PM] Sheralee: Aves: You did, this guy is just an asshole [5/7/2014 10:57:55 PM] Sheralee: NSJ: Hey now!! [5/7/2014 10:58:40 PM] Sheralee: NSJ: Is that any way to introduce your best bud? [5/7/2014 10:59:32 PM] Sheralee: Aves: You'll be my "best bud" when you pay me back for bailing you out last year *glaring but also kiiiiiinda sorta smiling* [5/7/2014 11:00:10 PM] Sheralee: NSJ: Pffff don't sweat the small stuff. Hey! Who's this? [5/7/2014 11:00:57 PM] Sheralee: Colie: I'm...Colie. ^_^ Nice to meet an old friend of Aves *very polite and shit, even tho ze has NO FUCKING IDEA what's going on* [5/7/2014 11:01:18 PM] Sheralee: Ameenah: *kinda glaring* Ameenah. Nice to meet you. [5/7/2014 11:01:52 PM] Sheralee: NSJ: Oooooooh nice. ;) So Avie, baby. Got proper trio thing going now, huh? *nudge nudge* [5/7/2014 11:02:02 PM] Sheralee: Aves: I'm going to kill you [5/7/2014 11:02:43 PM] Sheralee: Ameenah: *muttering* not if I get to him first (for implying that she would EVER have sex w/ Aves, GROSS!) [5/7/2014 11:02:59 PM] Sheralee: aaaaand that's how he's introduced to the group [5/7/2014 11:11:53 PM] Kels: ohmgy ogsjdsdg [5/7/2014 11:11:55 PM] Kels: perfect [5/7/2014 11:12:13 PM] Kels: he’s really good at getting through like windows and up fire escapes and stuff like some assassins creed shit [5/7/2014 11:19:33 PM] Sheralee: xD I was thinking he was good at picking locks, but that works too [5/7/2014 11:19:38 PM] Kels: both [5/7/2014 11:20:04 PM] Kels: maybe he’s kind of into tech though also so once colie gets around the weirdness a little bit they talk tech and become strangely friendly [5/7/2014 11:20:50 PM] Sheralee: haha yeah [5/7/2014 11:21:16 PM] Sheralee: they'd both geek out over cool gadgets and shit [5/7/2014 11:21:29 PM] Sheralee: also lmao I forgot what Ameenah's specialty was? [5/7/2014 11:21:43 PM] Sheralee: (I really need to keep a record of our norsten convos somewhere haha)

[5/6/2014 11:07:22 PM] Sheralee: kels serious question [5/6/2014 11:07:24 PM] Sheralee: re: norsten [5/6/2014 11:08:05 PM] Sheralee: what would you feel about adding elements of afrofuturism to the world? [5/7/2014 5:54:40 PM] Kels: i have no familiarity with afrofuturism so i’m going to ask you to explain the concept to me [5/7/2014 8:11:27 PM] Sheralee: I mean, I don't know a whole lot myself, but the sense I get is that it's basically sci-fi but w/ black people? [5/7/2014 8:11:38 PM] Sheralee: so it's more of an aesthetic than a genre, but like [5/7/2014 8:11:59 PM] Sheralee: Janelle Monae could be described as afro-futurist, esp in a lot of her music/art covers for her albums [5/7/2014 8:12:25 PM] Sheralee: and I've reblogged titles of books that have afrofuturistic elements and whatnot, but I've yet to be able to buy/read any of them [5/7/2014 8:13:11 PM] Sheralee: N.K. Jemisin's "The Killing Moon" could also potentially be described as afrofuturistic [5/7/2014 8:18:30 PM] Sheralee: so basically my idea is is that, if we incorporate afrofuturism into Norsten, what we could potentially do is place Norsten within Africa (where depends on what kind of geographical setting/climate we want + further background on the political landscape of different African countries imposed on the future,) but again with this same idea of centralizing in order to avoid climate crisis and political outrage [5/7/2014 8:19:25 PM] Sheralee: if we were to go the route of afrofuturism, that means we would predominantly make all the characters dark-skinned POC (which would be very interesting imo, esp in a dystopian sci-fi) [5/7/2014 8:20:42 PM] Sheralee: we could also incorporate non-western mythos on the world, to create a different sort of religious climate that's neither atheist nor hyper-christian as would be the case in most American or Western-based dystopias [5/7/2014 8:22:51 PM] Sheralee: obv that would require a good deal of research (which I'm not at all opposed to doing, I think afrofuturism is a really cool aesthetic and I'd love to learn more about it) [5/7/2014 8:23:59 PM] Sheralee: but of course the problem exists of us both being white, and I'm not really sure what the stance is of using different cultural aesthetics in literature/if that counts as cultural appropriation? [5/7/2014 8:33:55 PM] Sheralee: my thinking is that, without really claiming the label of afrofuturism for the story (since that is something that is particular to black creators), we could still tap into some of the thematic concepts and images that are part of it, as a way to 1) create a really unique and diverse world, deliberately working against the dominant Western-centric approach to sci-fi and dystopia and 2) really make this story as radical as it can possibly be--which is at least my main goal with it anyway [5/7/2014 8:36:18 PM] Sheralee: from this: http://www.racialicious.com/2012/10/19/racialicious-crush-of-the-week-dr-jakeya-caruthers/ [5/7/2014 8:36:25 PM] Sheralee: "So many manifestations of Afrofuturism are deeply invested in non-normativity and most times it’s a liberationist project. Some of Afrofuturism’s anxious interest in the body–commodification, control, and violence, embodied citizenship, etc.–speak rather directly to some of our current problems and conversations. For sure, it jibes well with progressive activism around dis/ability in the ways that some Afrofuturist thought actively rejects a corrective approach to bodily difference. To be sure, that doesn’t characterize every Afrofuturist approach (see “P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)”), but you can definitely find it. In general terms, if the dystopic thread of black speculation calls up a spirit of healthy suspicion orrighteous political rage, I think we could stand to get a taste!" [5/7/2014 9:07:25 PM] Kels: sounds interesting! i second your concern about us both being white, though [5/7/2014 9:07:47 PM] Sheralee: yeah [5/7/2014 9:08:01 PM] Sheralee: I'm not really sure who to ask about that/if it's even an appropriate question TO ask [5/7/2014 9:09:02 PM] Kels: I could get behind that aesthetic, though. [5/7/2014 9:09:18 PM] Sheralee: saaaaaame like [5/7/2014 9:09:22 PM] Kels: granted only one (?) of the established Norsten denizens is canon Black [5/7/2014 9:09:34 PM] Sheralee: have you SEEN some of janelle monae's videos? [5/7/2014 9:09:34 PM] Kels: though i think coley is Afro-desi [5/7/2014 9:09:38 PM] Kels: i have! i love her! [5/7/2014 9:09:45 PM] Sheralee: I thought Aves was afro-desi? [5/7/2014 9:09:47 PM] Kels: *colie [5/7/2014 9:09:54 PM] Sheralee: anyway, point being [5/7/2014 9:10:09 PM] Sheralee: if we moved to an afrocentric setting, suddenly NO MORE WHITE PEOPLE [5/7/2014 9:10:22 PM] Kels: Aves, I’ve drawn thinking he was Korean, but that doesn’t mean he’s not Black also [5/7/2014 9:10:32 PM] Sheralee: true [5/7/2014 9:11:07 PM] Sheralee: but like, it also kinda works logically too, if you think about it [5/7/2014 9:11:32 PM] Sheralee: since the places w/ the most extreme climate degradation/pollution would be the places that have been industrialized the longest [5/7/2014 9:11:51 PM] Sheralee: and also the places where a lot of labor NOW is being exported [5/7/2014 9:12:09 PM] Sheralee: i.e.: China, India, Mexico, Brazil, etc. [5/7/2014 9:12:35 PM] Sheralee: which is not really the case for most African countries, so we can posit the history being sort of: [5/7/2014 9:13:15 PM] Sheralee: as the rest of the world is dying off from the effects of long-term capitalism on the food/climate/environment [5/7/2014 9:13:58 PM] Sheralee: several African countries are rising as dominant global powers, recieving an influx of immigrants/growth of urbanization [5/7/2014 9:16:30 PM] Kels: understanding this is relatively near-future? [5/7/2014 9:16:41 PM] Sheralee: more like [5/7/2014 9:16:48 PM] Sheralee: ender future, sort of?? [5/7/2014 9:17:24 PM] Sheralee: so like "this could potentially be 100 years from now!!" *~wiggles arms convincingly~* [5/7/2014 9:17:40 PM] Kels: where on the continent? i’d maybe suggest somewhere that is currently seeing some development and has an extensive history of trade/more mixed demographic, like south africa or maybe botswana [5/7/2014 9:17:59 PM] Sheralee: yeah, South Africa would be good [5/7/2014 9:18:02 PM] Kels: because, for instance, there’s a sizable south asian demographic in south africa as well because of dutch and british colonization [5/7/2014 9:18:08 PM] Kels: also indonesian [5/7/2014 9:18:32 PM] Sheralee: yeah, so it already has a lot of diversity, and a really rich history we can develop on [5/7/2014 9:18:47 PM] Sheralee: iiiiiiiiiif we wanted, we could also do something like [5/7/2014 9:19:22 PM] Sheralee: instead of say, branching out from the present? go back to further in the past and branch out from there [5/7/2014 9:20:41 PM] Sheralee: i.e.: West Africa being able to hold onto its cultural and economic power somewhat like China did during the colonial/imperial age, so that it could still emerge afterward and become hugely wealthy again like it was before imperialism [5/7/2014 9:20:52 PM] Sheralee: (again, not too dissimilar from what China effectively did) [5/7/2014 9:24:12 PM] Sheralee: but that would mean even more messing with history I guess and would probably make the future look kind of confusing, since if that were the case, mass deportation of slaves wouldn't have really been a thing [5/7/2014 9:28:45 PM] Kels: ya [5/7/2014 9:29:22 PM] Kels: my brain is a little fried so while this sounds like a cool idea to me i don’t have too much substantial stuff to contribute, could i take a rain check on the world building maybe? [5/7/2014 9:29:37 PM] Sheralee: yeh yeh that's totally cool!

[4/18/2014 9:31:02 PM] Sheralee: https://24.media.tumblr.com/f7ba744b6db031616372c14441da25f3/tumblr_n3vn29sVNG1s2yegdo1_400.gif [4/18/2014 9:31:08 PM] Sheralee: it a colie [4/18/2014 10:17:59 PM] Kels: Tiny child with big floppy ears!! [4/18/2014 10:18:19 PM] Kels: Elephant babes are really cute [4/18/2014 10:18:22 PM] Sheralee: fun fact about colie: ze has aang-lvl big ears [4/18/2014 10:19:25 PM] Sheralee: ze usually covers it w/ hir hair, but like, whenever ze gets hir hair cut, everyone is like "whoa i never realized your ears were so big" [4/18/2014 10:20:59 PM] Kels: !!!!! True Ze is probably a good listener

[4/18/2014 2:13:26 AM] Sheralee: do youuuuu know ruroken? [4/18/2014 2:14:02 AM] Sheralee: rurouni kenshin, I mean [4/18/2014 2:14:29 AM] Kels: nope unfortunately my 90s (?) anime knowledge is very limited [4/18/2014 2:14:43 AM] Sheralee: same I mean...besides ruroken I don't know much, xD [4/18/2014 2:14:49 AM] Sheralee: ummm...nvm then [4/18/2014 2:15:08 AM] Sheralee: hmm...maybe a picture w/ Colie and Aves and Ameena all together? [4/18/2014 2:15:20 AM] Sheralee: it's movie night and they're all eating popcorn [4/18/2014 2:16:01 AM] Sheralee: Aves picked a horror movie bc he likes getting Colie to cling to his arm (he's /that/ asshole who does that xDD) [4/18/2014 2:16:11 AM] Sheralee: but Ameena actually gets more terrified of horror movies than Colie does [4/18/2014 2:16:29 AM] Sheralee: Colie clings to Aves' arm bc ze likes the comfort of it and ze knows that Aves likes it [4/18/2014 2:16:37 AM] Sheralee: Ameena actually gets genuinely terrified [4/18/2014 2:16:54 AM] Sheralee: and throws her popcorn up in the air at a particularly bad jump scare [4/18/2014 2:17:17 AM] Sheralee: while Colie (leaning on Aves) just looks over like "u ok??" [4/18/2014 2:17:27 AM] Sheralee: and Aves sits there like a grumpy owl [4/18/2014 2:18:22 AM] Sheralee: cuz he doesn't want his cuddle time w/ Colie interrupted and also he knows that somehow he's gonna end up cleaning up the popcorn mess [4/18/2014 2:26:05 AM] Kels: aves as a grumpy owl + popcorn party omgG [4/18/2014 2:26:28 AM] Sheralee: cuz I feel like [4/18/2014 2:26:38 AM] Sheralee: we have a better sense of what aves and colie look like now?? [4/18/2014 2:26:45 AM] Sheralee: than when u first started drawing them?? [4/18/2014 2:29:01 AM] Kels: mmhmm! [4/18/2014 2:29:32 AM] Sheralee: plus ameena needs to join the cast too wow i've gotten so attached to her so quickly but she belongs right w/ them

[4/17/2014 9:54:33 PM] Sheralee: kels [4/17/2014 9:54:34 PM] Sheralee: kels [4/17/2014 9:54:35 PM] Sheralee: kels [4/17/2014 9:54:37 PM] Sheralee: "#dystopian brunettes who could wreck my shit" [4/17/2014 9:54:40 PM] Sheralee: we need one [4/17/2014 9:54:46 PM] Sheralee: in our Norston story [4/17/2014 9:56:16 PM] Kels: nooo cause then i d have to make a self insert shed make out w [4/17/2014 9:56:25 PM] Sheralee: yes good [4/17/2014 9:56:27 PM] Sheralee: let's do it [4/17/2014 9:59:16 PM] Kels: fric k [4/17/2014 10:00:03 PM] Sheralee: i also wanna cameo relating to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7aDstrDMf0 [4/17/2014 10:00:13 PM] Kels: https://31.media.tumblr.com/eaf4427431527ea077c754f696084406/tumblr_n43n7sD4Oj1to7nm0o4_250.gif [4/17/2014 10:00:25 PM] Sheralee: cRYING [4/17/2014 10:00:29 PM] Sheralee: I will come help!! [4/17/2014 10:01:10 PM] Kels: do you wear a short skirt and looooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggg jacket shera [4/17/2014 10:01:19 PM] Sheralee: xD kiiiiiiiiinda [4/17/2014 10:01:26 PM] Sheralee: idk man, I heard this song a few months ago [4/17/2014 10:01:40 PM] Sheralee: and I'm just kinda like "do I wanna be her, or do I wanna kiss her?" [4/17/2014 10:01:43 PM] Sheralee: the real questions [4/17/2014 10:01:48 PM] Kels: both tho [4/17/2014 10:01:53 PM] Sheralee: bUT YEAH [4/17/2014 10:02:01 PM] Sheralee: we should have a dystopian brunette somewhere in there [4/17/2014 10:02:13 PM] Sheralee: and we should have the girl in this song in there [4/17/2014 10:04:23 PM] Sheralee: specifically, she'll be an upper-class woman, who has a lot of privilege in this corrupt world, and is not central or even secondary to the story, but like, in the distance, is putting together information about this world from within the inner circles, even though she can't (or won't) step in to actually create any drastic change [4/17/2014 10:04:35 PM] Sheralee: kinda like, have you seen Ms. Fisher's Detective Agency at all? [4/17/2014 10:04:50 PM] Kels: nope [4/17/2014 10:04:57 PM] Sheralee: ah, okay [4/17/2014 10:05:13 PM] Sheralee: she's a rich white woman in colonial Australia who works to solve mysteries [4/17/2014 10:06:03 PM] Sheralee: and she's cool and witty and snarky and wild at times, but she's also v privileged in a lot of ways, and doesn't necessarily challenge her own privilege, even though she's very dedicated to helping people who have less than she does [4/17/2014 10:06:06 PM] Sheralee: if that makes sense? [4/17/2014 10:07:38 PM] Kels: yes it does! [4/17/2014 10:08:16 PM] Sheralee: anyway, I want someone like that, bc I think she'd be a really cool/interesting character, just not someone who should be the focus of the story in any way [4/17/2014 10:08:21 PM] Sheralee: but buuuuuuut [4/17/2014 10:08:27 PM] Sheralee: tell me more about this dystopian brunette [4/17/2014 10:11:10 PM] Kels: idk i think i;d have to draw her maybe she’s just in and out and conveniently leaves important information out that helps colie ave and ameena somehow [4/17/2014 10:11:29 PM] Sheralee: wait okay [4/17/2014 10:11:41 PM] Sheralee: do we want colie/aves/ameena to just...be it for the team? [4/17/2014 10:11:58 PM] Sheralee: cuz trio groups can be way fun, but I'm not against adding more to the group [4/17/2014 10:13:08 PM] Kels: can she be the villain turned awkward friend [4/17/2014 10:13:21 PM] Sheralee: yesssssssssss [4/17/2014 10:13:25 PM] Sheralee: zuko style

[4/16/2014 4:26:49 PM] Kels: https://31.media.tumblr.com/d71c6e07986543cfd8ff8e296ef981f6/tumblr_mf61bfvet61rylzllo1_500.jpg its aves [4/16/2014 8:33:26 PM] Sheralee: aves: u said WHAT bout my enbyfriend?? [4/16/2014 8:33:30 PM] Sheralee: u gonna pay motherfucker [4/16/2014 8:50:20 PM] Kels: !!!!!!! [4/16/2014 8:50:23 PM] Kels: i love owl!aves [4/16/2014 8:50:52 PM] Sheralee: he's a little trash piece fluffball that will fuck ur shit up [4/16/2014 8:50:57 PM] Sheralee: what's not to love? [4/16/2014 8:51:08 PM] Kels: nothing everything is to love [4/16/2014 8:51:37 PM] Sheralee: i bet he takes naps on elephant baby!Colie's head during the day [4/16/2014 8:52:12 PM] Kels: ya dude and then when colie wants to be a lil goof or when ze’s gonna wake aves up ze sprays some water on him [4/16/2014 8:52:26 PM] Sheralee: OH YEAH [4/16/2014 8:52:50 PM] Sheralee: and Aves gets all huffy and puffs up and chirps at Colie /very sternly/ [4/16/2014 8:53:04 PM] Sheralee: and Colie just elephant giggles (or something idk) and scampers away [4/16/2014 8:55:10 PM] Kels: TINY PUFFY ANGRY OWL [4/16/2014 8:55:33 PM] Sheralee: this is Aves always [4/16/2014 8:55:38 PM] Sheralee: when he's not sleeping anyway [4/16/2014 8:55:46 PM] Sheralee: which is most of the time [4/16/2014 8:56:46 PM] Kels: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/432910726639153152/p_nm9y_8.jpeg [4/16/2014 8:56:59 PM] Sheralee: DID U KNOW [4/16/2014 8:57:03 PM] Sheralee: fun fact about aves: [4/16/2014 8:57:10 PM] Sheralee: he is the shittiest waker-upper EVER [4/16/2014 8:57:37 PM] Kels: the more we talk about aves and his bad habits the more endeared i feel to him like ahh yes he is truly my son [4/16/2014 8:57:52 PM] Sheralee: he's one of those ppl that doesn't go to bed until 4 in the morning on a regular basis, usually some level of drunk [4/16/2014 8:58:24 PM] Sheralee: collapses into bed and curls up in a blanket that's like two sizes too big for his bed so that he's all bundled in a cocoon [4/16/2014 8:58:48 PM] Sheralee: and he MIGHT, voluntarily wake up between 1-3pm the next day, maybe [4/16/2014 8:58:58 PM] Sheralee: he's usually always up by 4 pm at the latest [4/16/2014 8:59:25 PM] Sheralee: but woe upon anyone who tries to wake him up before noon unless you want to get punched in the face [4/16/2014 8:59:45 PM] Sheralee: something Ameena found out unfortunately bc she's an early to bed early to rise kinda person [4/16/2014 9:00:20 PM] Sheralee: and hadn't been warned before hand when she comes into Aves' room at 10 am and is like "GET THE FUCK UP U LAZY ASS" [4/16/2014 9:00:34 PM] Kels: omg nooooo [4/16/2014 9:00:41 PM] Sheralee: turns on all the lights and opens the blinds and yanks off the blankets [4/16/2014 9:00:58 PM] Sheralee: and Aves curls in on himself and utters this HORRIFIC MOANING like he's actually dying [4/16/2014 9:01:59 PM] Sheralee: and Ameena, ofc, not going to put up with this bullshit, tries to pull on his arm to get him to uncurl from the fetal position on his bed like "Wake up, jeeeesus do you have ANY IDEA WHAT TIME IT IS???" [4/16/2014 9:02:07 PM] Sheralee: and then... WAPOW [4/16/2014 9:02:20 PM] Sheralee: basically [4/16/2014 9:02:20 PM] Sheralee: xD [4/16/2014 9:02:46 PM] Sheralee: Aves throws his pillow on to her, waking up only enough so he can slam her with it [4/16/2014 9:02:58 PM] Kels: [benny hill theme playing] [4/16/2014 9:03:12 PM] Sheralee: and then leaps for the blanket and pulls it back over himself while Colie comes in like "whoa whoa whoa calm down everybody" [4/16/2014 9:07:28 PM] Kels: OMG [4/16/2014 9:07:39 PM] Kels: for a long time to come ameena doesn’t even approach that part of the living space [4/16/2014 9:07:53 PM] Kels: but may passive aggressively make loud noises before 4 pm [4/16/2014 9:08:07 PM] Sheralee: I feel like Ameena and Aves have a budding kismesis relationship throughout the story [4/16/2014 9:08:52 PM] Sheralee: which only really starts after Ameena finally starts to feel comfortable with them [4/16/2014 9:09:32 PM] Sheralee: bc when she first arrives, ofc she's scared of being in a new place and everything, and it's even worse with the whole assassination plan [4/16/2014 9:09:49 PM] Sheralee: and it takes her a while to get over that and really start to take up space w/i the group, you know? [4/16/2014 9:10:19 PM] Kels: http://ruinedchildhood.com/post/82939818472/ omg [4/16/2014 9:10:24 PM] Sheralee: mostly with Colie's help, bc ze really wants her to be part of them [4/16/2014 9:10:39 PM] Sheralee: and Aves too, is encouraging--at first at least [4/16/2014 9:10:48 PM] Sheralee: but then when Ameena's personality really starts to emerge [4/16/2014 9:10:55 PM] Sheralee: she and Aves clash on basically EVERYTHING [4/16/2014 9:11:04 PM] Sheralee: but in more amusing than serious ways, you know? [4/16/2014 9:11:21 PM] Kels: !!!!! [4/16/2014 9:11:21 PM] Sheralee: also haha yeah I saw that [4/16/2014 9:11:43 PM] Kels: yes aves and ameena could become like weird pseudo siblings [4/16/2014 9:12:25 PM] Sheralee: where Ameena is clean and precise and diligent and punctual--largely bc these things have been trained into her via her job in a factory [4/16/2014 9:12:34 PM] Sheralee: and Aves is...the exact opposite of all those things [4/16/2014 9:14:19 PM] Kels: a walking tornado of shit and trash [4/16/2014 9:14:24 PM] Sheralee: basically

[4/8/2014 12:44:21 AM] Sheralee: so like, I've been thinking about Norsten ladies, right? [4/8/2014 12:44:45 AM] Sheralee: and we have Aves' mentor/teacher for one, and Aves' ex-friend person [4/8/2014 12:44:51 AM] Kels: just imagine a tiny woman screaming and shoveling tofu and salad into her mouth its me [4/8/2014 12:44:58 AM] Kels: ya [4/8/2014 12:45:24 AM] Sheralee: cries why are u so adorable okay [4/8/2014 12:45:43 AM] Sheralee: but yeah, so Colie doesn't really have any other characters attached to hir--yet! [4/8/2014 12:46:20 AM] Kels: factory friends ? if such a thing is possible? [4/8/2014 12:46:25 AM] Sheralee: mm...maybe! [4/8/2014 12:46:33 AM] Sheralee: someone that Colie would want to go back and save [4/8/2014 12:46:38 AM] Kels: most of colie’s tech friends should be women/fem-of-center JS [4/8/2014 12:46:47 AM] Sheralee: yeah yeah [4/8/2014 12:47:14 AM] Sheralee: cuz they'd be in the lower ranks of technology production like where colie is [4/8/2014 12:47:42 AM] Sheralee: which is combined feminized/devalued labor AND necessitates small delicate hands for the job [4/8/2014 12:48:46 AM] Sheralee: so in that case [4/8/2014 12:48:55 AM] Sheralee: we shouldn't pull a supernaturalist [4/8/2014 12:49:04 AM] Sheralee: where two of them escape and only one of them lives (Colie) [4/8/2014 12:49:32 AM] Sheralee: ...how do you feel about the Colie/Aves pair turning into a found family of sorts? [4/8/2014 12:51:32 AM] Kels: ya tbh i get a sense that [4/8/2014 12:51:45 AM] Kels: colie is the kind of person who just attracts an extended chosen family [4/8/2014 12:51:53 AM] Sheralee: yeah [4/8/2014 12:52:04 AM] Sheralee: and aves is a loner but he also needs people to pull him out of his bullshit [4/8/2014 12:53:50 AM] Sheralee: so Colie, once ze escapes from the factory w/ Aves' help starts living w/ Aves right [4/8/2014 12:54:16 AM] Sheralee: and at first it's a kinda pseudo-peaceful domestic thing that they sorta naturally fall into [4/8/2014 12:54:41 AM] Sheralee: except that Aves is still an assassin and is still out killing people and getting paid for it [4/8/2014 12:55:00 AM] Kels: ya i feel like that would cause problems [4/8/2014 12:55:08 AM] Sheralee: yeah definitely [4/8/2014 12:55:19 AM] Sheralee: cuz Colie's not a killer and would probably be really mad about it [4/8/2014 12:55:28 AM] Sheralee: but that wouldn't stop Aves from doing it I think [4/8/2014 12:59:03 AM] Sheralee: Colie also wants to go back to the factory to save one of hir friends from back there, a black bi lady who was hir roommate and in charge of placing a particular chip in the computers (which at this point are just mobile phones that wrap around people's wrists) [4/8/2014 1:00:46 AM] Sheralee: that particular chip was a data-gathering/funneling chip, which allowed the company to gain information that it could use to get an edge on other technologies, as well as predict stocks and politics (since their techonology sold to all the big shots in the city and they don't know about the spying) [4/8/2014 1:02:33 AM] Sheralee: and Colie's friend, Ameena (?), knows about this, but she's under severe secrecy policies to keep that information from getting out, so Colie doesn't know what she knows [4/8/2014 1:03:15 AM] Sheralee: all Colie knows is that she's being watched more harshly than anyone else, more quickly punished, and hates every minute there but can't get out just like ze couldn't get out [4/8/2014 1:03:42 AM] Sheralee: ofc, back at Aves' house, tensions are rising each time Aves goes out and does a job [4/8/2014 1:04:10 AM] Sheralee: Colie offers an ultimatum: "Help me get Ameena back, and you can keep killing to your heart's content and I won't try to leave." [4/8/2014 1:04:25 AM] Sheralee: Aves doesn't go for it tho, because he says it's too dangerous to try and go back there [4/8/2014 1:05:18 AM] Sheralee: eventually, in a rare show of anger, Colie blows up and leaves, and Aves tries to pretend that he's happy to see Colie go (he's really not) [4/8/2014 1:05:45 AM] Sheralee: however, when Colie doesn't come back for a few days, Aves gets /really/ worried [4/8/2014 1:05:59 AM] Sheralee: but he can't do anything about it bc, as far as he knows, Colie's left him for good [4/8/2014 1:06:16 AM] Sheralee: so he sits and stews and surreptitiously looks around for hir [4/8/2014 1:06:41 AM] Sheralee: but the city is big and one person is very easy to miss, so Aves doesn't find hir [4/8/2014 1:07:12 AM] Sheralee: What's going on is, Colie is staking out the company, looking for any way ze can get in and get Ameena out [4/8/2014 1:07:47 AM] Sheralee: it takes about a week, w/ hir bumming meals and sleeping on benches or in alleyways to do it, but ze finally does manage to make a plan [4/8/2014 1:08:25 AM] Sheralee: during a particular time of the night, one of the main guards is very lazy, and has no direct supervision to keep him in check [4/8/2014 1:09:41 AM] Sheralee: it's assumed that the cameras and security measures can back up all the security guards, but w/ colie's skills, ze's able to hack into the security system and create a loop to feed the cameras [4/8/2014 1:11:05 AM] Sheralee: so, when this very lazy guard comes in one night, and eventually starts dozing off as he always does, Colie sneaks in, and dashes right for the barracks (which ofc ze knows where they are, but no one else outside the factory would know to look) [4/8/2014 1:11:42 AM] Sheralee: there aren't any labels or anything on the doors, but ze still remembers the room ze came from, and finds it again [4/8/2014 1:12:15 AM] Kels: i feel like something bad is about to happen I’m nervous [4/8/2014 1:12:39 AM] Sheralee: Ameena's not in the room--she's been moved [4/8/2014 1:13:20 AM] Sheralee: which ofc freaks Colie the fuck out, but then ze remembers the high-security barracks at the end of the row [4/8/2014 1:14:11 AM] Sheralee: considering how Ameena was treated before ze left, ze figures that she's probably been moved there [4/8/2014 1:14:46 AM] Sheralee: when ze gets there tho, there's another guard--this one not nearly as lazy, and still on the lookout [4/8/2014 1:17:11 AM] Sheralee: Colie's gotten too far at this point to back out now though, so the only thing for it is to knock him out and hope he stays knocked out long enough for him to get in the door [4/8/2014 1:17:59 AM] Sheralee: ze's able to sneak up and land one good knockout blow on the gaurd, which puts him down for a little bit [4/8/2014 1:18:45 AM] Sheralee: but Colie mistimes it, and by the time ze's gotten through the lock and opened the door, the gaurd is already up again and sounding the alarm [4/8/2014 1:19:29 AM] Sheralee: Ameena is inside, already awake because of the ruckus, and they have to rush the fuck out of there [4/8/2014 1:20:52 AM] Sheralee: fortunately, Colie knows hir way around the place, so they're able to avoid being blocked, but once they're out of the building making the mad dash for the gate they're clear targets for the guards, who manage to get a shot into Ameena's calf just as they're climbing over the wall [4/8/2014 1:21:32 AM] Sheralee: On the other side, Colie picks Ameena up and runs w/ her the rest of the way (she's tiny so ze can do this without much trouble at all) [4/8/2014 1:21:41 AM] Sheralee: and they manage to escape that night [4/8/2014 1:22:02 AM] Kels: does ze bring her back to aves? like is than option?? [4/8/2014 1:22:22 AM] Sheralee: yeah, bc there's nowhere else to go [4/8/2014 1:22:52 AM] Sheralee: so even tho Colie is still mad at Aves, ze knows that Ameena can't survive out on the streets with a bullet wound in her leg [4/8/2014 1:24:15 AM] Sheralee: so they go back, and Aves FREAKS OUT at first bc 1) excitement/relief/terror that Colie is back and 2) Who is this new person where did she come from were you followed oh god a bullet wound ARE YOU BEING CHASED?? [4/8/2014 1:24:38 AM] Sheralee: Colie finally gets him to calm down and lays Ameena on the couch [4/8/2014 1:24:58 AM] Sheralee: and she's in pain, obviously, but she's also like "It's cool, I got this. Do you have any bandages??" [4/8/2014 1:25:33 AM] Sheralee: and eventually Aves is able to find some bandages, and she directs Colie on what to do [4/8/2014 1:25:50 AM] Sheralee: she's seen bullet wounds before and has a good general idea on how to take care of them [4/8/2014 1:26:39 AM] Sheralee: when that's done, she rests (mostly because Colie insists on it) [4/8/2014 1:27:01 AM] Sheralee: and then ze and Aves get into a very heated but whispering argument about what to do [4/8/2014 1:27:16 AM] Sheralee: now, I'm not sure if it should go in one of two branches [4/8/2014 1:28:02 AM] Sheralee: 1) security personnel from the company show up at their door (bc they followed Colie) and threaten to kill everyone there so all three of them are on the run [4/8/2014 1:28:34 AM] Sheralee: or 2) Colie /wasn't/ followed, and the company hires Aves to kill Ameena in order to keep the secrets she holds on the down low and not get the police involved [4/8/2014 1:33:08 AM] Kels: honestly of the two the second sounds the most interesting to me because [4/8/2014 1:33:40 AM] Kels Lund: it provides some conflict for aves because maybe it would be a good job and he doesn’t really care necessarily about ameena, but colie cares about ameena and aves cares about colie [4/8/2014 1:33:52 AM] Sheralee: yeah [4/8/2014 1:34:05 AM] Sheralee: it's less likely, but way more interesting in terms of character development [4/8/2014 1:34:35 AM] Kels: what probably happens is that ameena recuperates, and would possibly on the run w help from colie? [4/8/2014 1:34:48 AM] Kels: aves is hired to hunt her down and take her out, but there’s some conflict for him, and he can’t let colie know [4/8/2014 1:34:58 AM] Kels: that would bring colie’s objection to his occupation to a head [4/8/2014 1:35:22 AM] Sheralee: so is colie w/ ameena or aves at this point? [4/8/2014 1:35:31 AM] Kels: i’m not sure, i guess [4/8/2014 1:36:00 AM] Sheralee: bc like [4/8/2014 1:36:13 AM] Sheralee: if Colie were w/ aves, and ameena were on the run [4/8/2014 1:36:25 AM] Sheralee: aves would probably kill ameena for the money and not tell Colie [4/8/2014 1:36:39 AM] Sheralee: bc he is /that/ much of an asshole lbh [4/8/2014 1:36:47 AM] Sheralee: but if Colie were w/ Ameena [4/8/2014 1:37:01 AM] Sheralee: either both in Aves' house, or both on the run again [4/8/2014 1:37:06 AM] Sheralee: Aves wouldn't be able to do it [4/8/2014 1:39:42 AM] Sheralee: cuz like [4/8/2014 1:39:47 AM] Sheralee: Aves is a survivor, right? [4/8/2014 1:40:06 AM] Sheralee: it will take a /while/ for him to start understanding the value of life as just...life [4/8/2014 1:40:18 AM] Sheralee: and not life + wealth or life + social status or w/e [4/8/2014 1:41:06 AM] Sheralee: and his entire training has basically been "do what rich people tell you and you'll be able to live in relative comfort" [4/8/2014 1:41:18 AM] Kels: [ps I’m still here I’m just going to comment less frequently bc I’m studying] [4/8/2014 1:41:38 AM] Sheralee: so even tho he's unaffiliated w/ any gang, he's still taken that to heart [4/8/2014 1:41:44 AM] Sheralee: [kk] [4/8/2014 1:44:44 AM] Kels: i guess i’m interested in whatever is going to throw that line of thinking of his into the most contrast with colie’s ethics, probably demonstrate the difference in their backgrounds too [4/8/2014 1:44:51 AM] Kels: but i also don’t want to fridge ameena i guess [4/8/2014 1:44:58 AM] Kels: i’m hesitant to have aves kill her [4/8/2014 1:45:03 AM] Sheralee: yeah, same [4/8/2014 1:45:21 AM] Sheralee: I really don't want Ameena to die [4/8/2014 1:45:38 AM] Sheralee: tbh, I think Colie would stick w/ Aves once ze goes back [4/8/2014 1:45:45 AM] Sheralee: and Ameena would stick with Colie [4/8/2014 1:45:55 AM] Sheralee: bc atm, Aves' house is the safest place for them [4/8/2014 1:46:03 AM] Sheralee: so there'll be a scene probably [4/8/2014 1:46:22 AM] Sheralee: where Aves comes back from his drop point for missions [4/8/2014 1:46:48 AM] Sheralee: and Colie is all tense (as ze always is) to learn when the mission is happening [4/8/2014 1:46:59 AM] Sheralee: bc Aves will tell hir when but not who or where or why [4/8/2014 1:47:20 AM] Sheralee: but instead, Aves comes back and just gives this dark glare to Ameena [4/8/2014 1:47:27 AM] Sheralee: and is like "why are they after you?" [4/8/2014 1:47:42 AM] Sheralee: And Colie's like "whooooooa yo what's up what are you doing?" [4/8/2014 1:48:05 AM] Sheralee: Aves gives Colie the slip (unprecedented) [4/8/2014 1:48:35 AM] Sheralee: and Colie just stares at it for a really long moment, while Aves stares at Ameena [4/8/2014 1:49:43 AM] Sheralee: then Colie, trembling with rage, steps between Ameena and Aves, staring down Aves with as much ferocity as he was staring down Ameena [4/8/2014 1:50:18 AM] Sheralee: "You will not do it." [4/8/2014 1:51:35 AM] Sheralee: "I have to! Do you know what'll happen if I fail even ONE MISSION? We'll be out on the streets! Or worse!" [4/8/2014 1:52:22 AM] Sheralee: "I DON'T CARE! YOU CAN'T KILL HER!" [4/8/2014 1:53:50 AM] Sheralee: "What do you want from me then? If I fail once, my cred is ruined, and no one will hire me again. Who knows, if she's important enough, they might come after ME instead for not killing her!" [4/8/2014 1:54:02 AM] Sheralee: Colie seethes, because ze doesn't want EITHER of them to die [4/8/2014 1:54:10 AM] Kels: shit though ameena is straight up being told the person she’s living with has to murder her though [4/8/2014 1:54:45 AM] Kels: wowowow [4/8/2014 1:55:20 AM] Sheralee: Ameena's sitting there, hugging her knees trying to make herself small [4/8/2014 1:55:26 AM] Kels: ;n; babe [4/8/2014 1:55:41 AM] Sheralee: she trusts Colie, so while Colie is there she's not going to run, but she's /scared/ [4/8/2014 1:56:00 AM] Sheralee: she's probably only like...14 or 15 or something, significantly younger than both of them [4/8/2014 1:56:48 AM] Sheralee: so when there's a pause in the conversation, she's only barely able to speak up [4/8/2014 1:57:09 AM] Sheralee: "You could take me back, if you want to get rid of me" [4/8/2014 1:57:25 AM] Sheralee: Colie's immediately like "No. You're not going back to the hellhole. Over my dead body" [4/8/2014 1:58:38 AM] Sheralee: and Aves shakes his head like "If they've already made you a target, taking you back won't do any good." [4/8/2014 2:00:26 AM] Sheralee: at this point, Aves wilts a little, unable to hold strongly to something he doesn't even really want to do. [4/8/2014 2:01:41 AM] Sheralee: sighs and says "Look, I'm not gonna...I'm sorry. I'm not gonna kill you. I just..." and glances at Colie sheepishly "work a bad line of business I guess." [4/8/2014 2:02:30 AM] Sheralee: and Colie knows ze's won, so ze goes back to where Ameena is sitting and hugs her tightly while she cries into hir shoulder [4/8/2014 2:03:12 AM] Sheralee: Aves sits down across from them, and waits it out [4/8/2014 2:04:04 AM] Kels: I’m so invested in ameena right now omg [4/8/2014 2:04:49 AM] Sheralee: she came from a different orphanage than Colie, from a different, and much worse, part of town [4/8/2014 2:05:42 AM] Sheralee: and she still has siblings out there ~somewhere~, but it was the government's decision to put her in the system rather than let her live with them [4/8/2014 2:05:53 AM] Sheralee: she's still not really sure which would have been the better option [4/8/2014 2:06:13 AM] Sheralee: at the orphanage, she was kind of the "mom" of sorts [4/8/2014 2:07:13 AM] Sheralee: she was the one who bandaged up the other kids when they were hurt and helped prepare meals and stuff while the younger kids set the tables and told stories to everyone to help them go to sleep [4/8/2014 2:07:29 AM] Sheralee: this when she was only 9-10 [4/8/2014 2:08:18 AM] Sheralee: all the younger kids at the orphanage loved her, but she came there not long before she was "old enough" to be sent to work, which is when she went to the same company that Colie worked for [4/8/2014 2:09:15 AM] Sheralee: they shared a bunk because they worked next to each other in the factory line [4/8/2014 2:10:13 AM] Sheralee: and while it was too loud to talk in the factory, and conversation in the mess hall was discouraged (not outright banned, but discouraged), they developed a small way of talking by knocking lightly on the corner post of their bed [4/8/2014 2:11:06 AM] Sheralee: that, + constantly being within sight of each other and unintentionally spending nearly every minute of the day next to each other [4/8/2014 2:11:48 AM] Sheralee: made them incredibly close, and while Ameena was lonely and missed everyone back at her orphanage, she clung all the more tightly to the little bits of affection that Colie could give her [4/8/2014 2:12:17 AM] Sheralee: which Colie did easily, bc ze has a big heart--the sort that needs to give affection in order to feel fulfilled [4/8/2014 2:13:28 AM] Sheralee: so they probably worked together for about 3 years, enough so that their relationship was strong enough for Colie to risk death to go back and get her [4/8/2014 2:19:30 AM] Sheralee: wow i just made myself sad look at me go [4/8/2014 2:28:33 AM] Kels: aaaaaAWWAWAWAWAWWWWW NOOO MY HEART [4/8/2014 2:28:48 AM] Sheralee: there we go [4/8/2014 2:28:55 AM] Sheralee: delayed reaction but WORTH IT [4/8/2014 2:29:10 AM] Kels: my computer keeps doing things that makes me nervous [4/8/2014 2:29:21 AM] Kels: and my charger won’t charge when its plugged in???? ;n; [4/8/2014 2:29:27 AM] Sheralee: DDD8 awful! [4/8/2014 2:30:23 AM] Kels: i decided i need to back it up but yea [4/8/2014 2:31:13 AM] Kels: it is also an old thing and it probably has like dust and fluff and food inside of it [4/8/2014 2:31:33 AM] Sheralee: ahaha yeah [4/8/2014 2:32:59 AM] Sheralee: weh I need to go to bed [4/8/2014 2:33:07 AM] Sheralee: but I like ameena we should keep her y/y? [4/8/2014 2:33:22 AM] Kels: yes