Epiphany
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The Story of a Heartbeat
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Episodes:
Entry 54: 1 Poråkol 1892 [final entry]
Fri, 16 Mar 2018 03:12:58 +0000
The final entry is a letter from Salus to a younger daughter. It includes conlang content and some concluding remarks from the author.
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 01:03:21 +0000
Every few years, executions happen according to a humanized version of the old Sabaji Tveshi way. Salus watches from among the advisers.
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 01:17:35 +0000
Salus cannot describe the ceremony that made lim an adviser. However, le can describe the sacred text that inspired it — the oath-ritual the Karatha made thousands of years ago.
Fri, 23 Feb 2018 01:16:59 +0000
Salus goes to the Reclaimed Zone to see Sehutañi for the first time after the events of 28 Poråkol 1865.
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 01:02:25 +0000
The trial continues, this time with Liga's testimony — with the same questions asked over and over. Author's note: I was moving last week, and it was more complicated than expected! (A total ordeal, actually.) Apologies for missing a week. ~*^___^*~
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 01:07:49 +0000
Interplanetary politics has forced a real murder trial — which everyone in Tveshė knows is just a formality. Salus recounts some of Sehutañi's testimony.
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:36:31 +0000
Salus weaves in and out of a conversation with Karatau about the upcoming murder trial and Salus' safety.
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:05:57 +0000
Salus has a crash course in political marketing and learns what happened to Kelta.
Fri, 12 Jan 2018 01:48:00 +0000
Salus is thrust back into politics only a few days after ler awakening — this time, via a summons to the palace.
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 01:17:05 +0000
Salus awakens in the hospital after surgery and days spent drifting in and out of consciousness. The room is empty save for Liga.
Entry 44: 28 Poråkol 1865, part 2
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 01:29:42 +0000
Today is the fateful day. The assassin's target travels along ler high road towards an epiphany, Salus in tow — each acting out their place in the dance that is set. The rest is up to chance.
Entry 43: 28 Poråkol 1865, part 1
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 01:18:02 +0000
Today is the day that Daybreak might strike. Salus joins the procession, filled with trepidation over the inevitable.
Entry 42: 27 Poråkol 1865, part 2: An Addendum
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 01:15:48 +0000
Salus and Kelta have reached someone close to the assassination target.
Entry 41: 27 Poråkol 1865, part 1
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:06:59 +0000
Salus and Kelta come together the morning after the revelation. Due to the political environment, it's possible that Karatau Meiyenesi and the Kohjenya cannot work fast enough — but no one can afford to fail.
Fri, 01 Dec 2017 02:40:59 +0000
Salus has the opportunity to achieve everything le needs — the name of some 'lim,' the Daybreak Movement's assassination target.
Fri, 24 Nov 2017 04:30:24 +0000
Salus and Kati leave the house to find Karatau Meiyenesi waiting for Salus — who has a proposal.
Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:26:59 +0000
Salus returns to Deo, the librarian, in search of answers to burning questions about Aneti, the Kuresa family, and all of the other cracks in Salus' understanding.
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 23:52:25 +0000
Salus contemplates the wisdom of changing bedsheets and the embarrassment of ler prior naïveté about Liga and Equilibrium.
Thu, 02 Nov 2017 22:50:39 +0000
Salus and Suka have a conversation about the fight with Liga.
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 23:01:28 +0000
A storm comes, and Salus goes home — but not before following Aneti.
Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:53:37 +0000
Today is a Shiji festival day. Salus decides to use it to follow Aneti — both to have a feel for the latter's routine and to see if Aneti slips up.
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 22:00:47 +0000
The Chrysalis Interlude represents a turning point in the epic Impermanence. Salus turns to the words of this epic to enrich ler understanding of ler place in the matters at hand.
Thu, 05 Oct 2017 23:04:19 +0000
Salus has stopped using smart paper to record ler thoughts and reflects candidly on ler options moving forward against Sehutañi.
Thu, 28 Sep 2017 23:17:59 +0000
Salus has spent so much time trying to pry facts out of Liga. Now, after so much time in the dark, le finds limself on the verge of answers — and ultimatums.
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 23:32:11 +0000
Salus and Aneti visit the Necropolis on a day sacred to ancestors, where Aneti will make offerings — but Aneti has more on ler agenda than just giving sustenance to the dead.
Thu, 14 Sep 2017 23:41:02 +0000
Salus remembers when le first met Liga, shortly after Kelis' death — and while le now knows some of why Liga has been so reluctant to talk, that understanding doesn't help.
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 23:37:42 +0000
Deisurås comes to Salus' apartment building carrying documents from Liga and excuses for Liga's behavior.
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 22:32:59 +0000
As Salus prepares to leave for work, Liga calls — and this conversation brings out one of the arguments that has been budding between them for weeks.
Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:21:10 +0000
Salus gives excuses for being at the docks while Aneti reads a historical novel. Then, Salus is told by ler boss to research Code 1830-229-17.
Entry 25: 11 Poråkol 1865, Part 2
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 23:13:10 +0000
Salus goes to the docks and has a very awkward dinner with a few family members and the woman ler family wants to match lim with.
Entry 24: 11 Poråkol 1865, Part I
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 23:16:24 +0000
Aneti sends Salus a text message by accident — a rookie move that could give Liga some of the access le needs.
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 22:36:56 +0000
Salus, back in the archives, discovers documents and materials that are perspective-changing — along with an old photograph of smiling people at a party. In that photograph, a woman sits. The camera glints off of ler elaborate locked hairstyle and braided headdress. Le holds a spoon in ler mouth, caught in the middle of eating …
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 23:12:16 +0000
Aneti rushes up to the rooftop in seclusion just as Salus is coming into work, and Salus decides to follow. Meanwhile, the satellite home is strained. Salus' cousin Gyetsuk keeps inviting the nuamė-not-nuamė Deisurås to eat breakfast, and no one — Salus especially — is amused by these breakfast visitations.
Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:52:50 +0000
Salus figures out one of the muffled sentences le overheard in Shiji and meets Karatau Meiyenesi, who claims to know Salus' grandmother very well. But Karatau Meiyenesi has red, nuamė-like eyes — just like Deisurås and Okiyot.
Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:18:19 +0000
Aneti comes over to the apartment for dinner with Salus, and the latter learns that Aneti's sister died and receives no ancestor rites from that family. The more important revelation happens during sex.
Thu, 06 Jul 2017 22:54:31 +0000
Salus ruminates over what le uncovered in the library and its implications for ler family. So many things about Sehutañi don't add up — and Salus has been losing sleep. One thing Salus is sure of: Whatever le does, le wants it to mean something in the long run.
Thu, 29 Jun 2017 22:58:58 +0000
Salus visits the Galasu Knowledge Foundation and meets Deo, a reference librarian, to learn more about the Daybreak Movement.
Thu, 22 Jun 2017 22:37:11 +0000
Liga and Salus finally touch base about Salus' work — but Liga is withholding information. How can Salus trust someone who never says what le means directly?
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 22:28:42 +0000
Salus' family is ready to play matchmaker between lim and an upstart woman from the Canyons two years younger, Kitesrati. The secret of Aneti's seduction means that Salus cannot say that le is overwhelmed by courting two women at once. Meanwhile, at the office, everyone has convened to honor a major party member's retirement.
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:36:51 +0000
Salus and Aneti visit Aneti's matriarchal home, this time while both are sober — a rare chance to glimpse Aneti's private life. However, things are never that simple.
Thu, 01 Jun 2017 22:04:26 +0000
Today is the summer solstice, 1 Poråkol. Salus attends the first day of the Water Festival with other Narahji in Galasu before le meets up with Aneti and learns how the Shiji celebrate the holiday.
Thu, 25 May 2017 22:59:41 +0000
Kati joins the Kekas Musical Ensemble, and Salus is happy for ler success. However, all is not well between Salus and Liga — and Salus is letting lim know.
Supplement 1: Gender in Epiphany
Sun, 21 May 2017 18:35:08 +0000
I went with gender-neutral pronouns for everyone in Epiphany because traditional gender roles are not identical to those practiced in most Earth cultures I know about. This episode is a cultural orientation for listeners to help you understand the world as Salus and ler fellow citizens of Tveshė see it, including gender's political and social contexts for jomela, kaju, yadzakma, ozkyev, men, and women.
Thu, 18 May 2017 22:36:06 +0000
To court Aneti, Salus treats lim as le would treat a Narahji woman — but the differences between Galasuhi Shiji and Narahji culture run deep.
Thu, 11 May 2017 22:54:27 +0000
Salus describes a memorable incident during ler fiancée's cremation before recounting a scare in the archives while using the Legislative Professional database to look up information on major ProMo leaders.
Thu, 04 May 2017 22:57:18 +0000
Sehutañi returns a forgotten gyena to Salus, giving Salus ler first opportunity to set the plan in motion ...
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:55:14 +0000
Inspired by the work and life of a dramatist from the second century, Salus clarifies ler position on the current situation to Liga.
Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:24:18 +0000
Salus contacts ler best friend, Suka, who has a cousin with connections. The three discuss what to do next when the odds are stacked against them and someone's life is in danger.
Thu, 13 Apr 2017 23:28:07 +0000
A straightforward errand turns into a nightmare of chance encounters. Content warning for bias-motivated violence.
Thu, 06 Apr 2017 22:00:37 +0000
Salus starts a new project for ler boss, which seems like routine busywork until le finds something mysterious.
Entry 5: 52 Hikol 1865, part 2
Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:24:28 +0000
Salus visits a temple for purification, makes lots of lists, and interacts with ler family.
Entry 4: 52 Hikol 1865, part 1
Thu, 23 Mar 2017 22:00:55 +0000
Salus recaps ler first time at a Dream Garden, a hologram-neural array entertainment center, and the beginnings of a very awkward situation.
Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:45:43 +0000
Salus, still new at journaling, describes ler day while waiting for ler coworkers to assemble for a night out.
Thu, 09 Mar 2017 22:32:13 +0000
Salus starts ler first day working for the Progressive Movement National Office.
Thu, 02 Mar 2017 23:25:54 +0000
Salus experiences ler first day in ler country's capital, Galasu, after the travel from Narahja Province. Visit http://kayeboesme.com/epiphany for a text version.