#the other leading option was the beginning of a sex scene between Spinder and Isabel that I rechoreographed

[void-botanist]

Dead darlings tag game

Thank you @touloserlautrec for the tag!

Rules: Share a part of your writing you love that got cut for the greater good. It doesn't matter if it's a line or a paragraph. It doesn't matter if you might work it back in. If it's not currently in a WIP and you want to share, please do.

In an earlier version of TFA, Mizzat is the first to encounter (still deactivated) Syndy when Hoven brings her to vis university. It was all very exciting and dramatic but in the end I decided it added too many extra names and steps on Hoven's journey - this was the big thing that made me decide that Anni and Gweltsen were already friends.

For context, "K" is the person Hoven came to talk to, the professor that led Mizzat's build team and was a friend of Gweltsen's. "H" is Hoven.

Dez: She really is okay, though, right? Just off? Mizzat: Yes. Vi hadn’t stopped typing when Imjen interrupted with, But what about K’s grant project? How is his team going to have time for Sintii? Mizzat: I’m getting to that let me type Imjen responded with a four by three emoji grid composed of weary face, mouthless face, and melting face, which he understood as yeah yeah, I’m shutting up, but how dare you call me out for literally melting with anticipation over here. Mizzat: While we were in the meeting, K sent an email to Anni to ask if he could pass her information on to H. Dez: !!!!!!!!!!!! He deliberated his next move for all of a quarter second before adding, should I message her she’s at work right now and going straight to his chat with her. She was online for some reason. Most likely she was just looking something up on her node and had chat open in the background, which half the time made it say she was online when she wasn’t really. Imjen: do it came the notification from the side of his display region while up from the bottom came a message from Anni. Dr. K just sent me an email about an android?

I'll tag @vacantgodling, @sarahlizziewrites, and @kudzucataclysm, plus anyone else who wants to join in!