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Hello! This is my little interactive introduction for getting to know us better!
(And also to help me learn Twine. <.< )
What would you like to learn about?
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[[Headspace!|Void]]
<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/981771f9431cc245754fbdff9a6ffed1/tumblr_o0gmrgwioh1ql3g7co1_540.png" alt="System Family Portrait 2016: Rogan and Mac are kissing each other, and Mac has one leg in Rogan&quot;s lap. Rogan has proprietary hands on both Mac&quot;s and Biff&quot;s thighs, and Mac&quot;s hair has reached Disney Princess levels. Miranda has her hair long again, pulled back. Sneak is tall and built like a strapping farmbirl, with pigtails and overalls. Mori is leaning into Biff happily and he has an arm around her. Falcon is in turtleneck and slacks, and Gigi is a small girl in a black turtleneck and a green dress." />
<<set $readpages to 1>>Okay, our system members are generally split into two groups: Alters and Outsiders
All of us alters identify as coming from the original girl who (hypothetically, at least) was the first tenant of our vessel. We have certain shared skills, personality traits, and a family resemblance. We see ourselves as siblings! We're also all left-handed.
Who would you like to know about?
[img[Gigi, creepy little girl|https://68.media.tumblr.com/b002aac3731adece7b78d3478d936552/tumblr_ohld8vPjDV1ql3g7co3_250.png][Gigi]]\
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[img[Mori, teen rebel| https://68.media.tumblr.com/1af074c33f1f268bc5832fc6446037e1/tumblr_ohld8vPjDV1ql3g7co4_250.png][Mori]]\
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[img[Miranda, classy lady |https://68.media.tumblr.com/6ee6115dc42864245c271e0a3097d49e/tumblr_ohld8vPjDV1ql3g7co6_250.png][Miranda]]\
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[img[Rogan, the bear |https://68.media.tumblr.com/e5e3195468f194b489d0552b52973f7b/tumblr_ohld8vPjDV1ql3g7co7_250.png][Rogan]]\
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[img[Sneak, that's me! |https://68.media.tumblr.com/08feb2668e46e77f3affec7d4b0d48b6/tumblr_ohld8vPjDV1ql3g7co8_250.png][Sneak]]\
Outsiders come from somewhere else. They aren't part of the family, don't have access to shared skills or memory, and they're all right-handed.
[img[Biff, tough guy |https://68.media.tumblr.com/3db7025d8ab0541d9fcbecef4203be70/tumblr_ohld8vPjDV1ql3g7co1_250.png][Biff]]\
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[img[Falcon, middle-aged mystery |https://68.media.tumblr.com/eb9c50257ac0e002dc44a2c4b4e4269a/tumblr_ohld8vPjDV1ql3g7co2_250.png][Falcon]]\
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[img[Mac, princess |https://68.media.tumblr.com/a3dfbf6c318e2c3b14fb72b137010ff8/tumblr_ohld8vPjDV1ql3g7co5_250.png][Mac]]\
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<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>>Our headspace is a big smoggy blackish brownish void with no horizon or ambient temperature. It's very neutral, semi-sentient, and malleable into all sorts of objects! Miranda thinks it's a personification of our subconscious, since it grew up organically around us over the years. It looks kind of like this!
<img src="https://68.media.tumblr.com/b3a25d411910d5be696b0b525daf37f9/tumblr_ohkugzOubp1ql3g7co3_400.jpg" alt="a picture of grayish brownish smoke" />
In the Void, we have a House. Me, Rogan, and Miranda built it. It looks like this!
<img src="https://68.media.tumblr.com/8ce95c610af9af58c082578bdfdf6b3d/tumblr_oib64mnQku1ql3g7co1_540.png" alt="a three-story mutant igloo made of adobe, with three round rooms stacked on top of each other, plus three small rooms attached around the back of the first story. From the top, it would look like a paw print." />
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<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>>LB Intro! :DSneak! (of LB Lee)<strong>Name</strong>: Rogan
<strong>Age</strong>: Same as [[Vessel]]
<strong>Jurisdiction</strong>: Money
<strong>Secret Weakness</strong>: Bad movies
<strong>Likelihood He'll Talk To You</strong>: Super-high!
Rogan is the one people see most, especially online. He's our breadwinner, making most of the comics and resources you see on this site! He also writes stories and is the public face for a lot of our craft fairs, conventions, lectures, and so on.
He's also the system lint trap, taking on stress and trauma so the rest of us don't have to. Sometimes he does it even when he really, really shouldn't.
Rogan's been married to [[Mac]] since 2009. He's also been dating [[Biff]] since 2015.
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<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/7340c677116776b73d6c42213963a572/tumblr_oi7qvtXIhP1ql3g7co7_540.png" alt="a black and white pencil drawing of Rogan, a stocky hairy brown man in jeans and a sleeveless T-shirt. He's gained weight since then.">
<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>><strong>Name</strong>: Sneak (that's me!)
<strong>Age</strong>: Five years younger than the vessel (twenties)
<strong>Jurisdiction</strong>: Pinch-hitter
<strong>Secret Weakness</strong>: Superheroes, adorableness!
<strong>Likelihood Ze'll Talk To You</strong>: High!
It's me! I like doing arts and crafts, and [[Rogan]] says I'm more creative than him, but I know I have a harder time finishing what I start. <.< I like working with bright colors, cutting and pasting, and making little things out of scrap materials! My current interest is house-building! (I am unlikely to ever make a house. But I'm still interested in how it works!)
I'm also the little system priesty. Because I know I'm the most protected one here, I feel it's my job to remember those system members who've passed on, and give thanks for the things they've done for us.
I really like making friends! :D
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<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/1434ef33ec5229376d51e150230de805/tumblr_oi7qvtXIhP1ql3g7co1_540.png" alt="a picture of me, Sneak, back when my hair was spiked with the tips dyed black. I am wearing rainbow patchwork armsocks and am flailing my little arms, going 'Moogly googly, moogly googly!' I'm a very tall white person with blond hair and blue eyes.">
<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>><strong>Name</strong>: Patrick "Mac" MacIntire
<strong>Age</strong>: Eight years older than the [[Vessel]]
<strong>Jurisdiction</strong>: Social services paperwork
<strong>Secret Weakness</strong>: 80s musicals and fat babies
<strong>Likelihood He'll Talk To You</strong>: High
Mac usually fronts with [[Rogan]]. (Our front roster often goes in pairs.) He likes to cook, dance, and work out. He loves Broadway musicals and dance musicals; Bob Fosse is his favorite! He's a very physical person; him and [[Biff]] get along because of that and are work-out buddies.
Because Mac is the most easygoing and steady of us, he's ended up with the unpleasant job of handling social services paperwork and phone calls. (Rogan used to do it, then [[Miranda]], but they both burned out.) He also helps act as Rogan's brakes sometimes.
He's been married to Rogan since 2009.
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<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/8fa3d873be736ff8bf2da506b99e107c/tumblr_oi7qvtXIhP1ql3g7co4_540.png" alt="Mac, a very tall man with long red hair, dressed up for Christmas, with a red nose, headband with antlers, and a gift-wrapped box!">
<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>><strong>Name</strong>: Biff
<strong>Age</strong>: Eight years older than the [[Vessel]]
<strong>Jurisdiction</strong>: Household matters
<strong>Secret Weakness</strong>: Hot apple cider
<strong>Likelihood He'll Talk To You</strong>: Uber-low
Biff fronts a lot, usually together with [[Mori]], but he rarely actually talks to anybody outside the system; he relies on her to do the talking for him. He MIGHT send you a text message. Maybe. But usually, you'll mostly see the stuff he does, rather than hear from him.
Since Biff is really good at cooking, cleaning, shopping, and laundry, he got the job of handling those tasks. Mori helps him out with them. The one thing he doesn't do is dishes.
Biff mostly likes to be physically active or working with his hands. He doesn't like fiction, but he'll watch TV shows about science and stuff sometimes.
Biff has been dating [[Rogan]] since 2015, but really, Mori's his best bro. They go way, way back, and their friendship is more important. He and Mori are also roommates.
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<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/026beebf59a80ece594ad440598dfd40/tumblr_oi7qvtXIhP1ql3g7co3_1280.png" alt="A black and white drawing of Biff, a buff biracial freckled man with frizzy hair pulled back in a ponytail, a towel over one arm, and a sponge in his hand.">
<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>><strong>Name</strong>: Miranda
<strong>Age</strong>: Same as [[Vessel]]
<strong>Jurisdiction</strong>: Diplomacy
<strong>Secret Weakness</strong>: Buddhism
<strong>Likelihood She'll Talk To You</strong>: Okay
Miranda is calm and quiet most of the time. She's a backrunner, meaning she doesn't front a whole lot, but she's usually around if you specifically want to talk to her. She sometimes calls herself our "omniscient narrator;" she's really good at taking a step back from things and being able to sum it up and write it down for our records. Her influence is definitely more in-system than externally obvious, though!
Because Miranda is someone who likes to watch and listen and usually is a little more detached from our life, her job is to handle thorny social situations that require careful planning. She also oversees [[Mori]], who handles the REALLY unpleasant social stuff.
Miranda is single. She still likes boys though.
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<img src="https://68.media.tumblr.com/3c4fbdc8178bcc6ece805920ed0e8ee7/tumblr_oib243bS1S1ql3g7co1_500.png" alt="A full body colored drawing of Miranda, a willowy white woman with blond curly hair, a swirly skirt, and a white blouse.">
<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>><strong>Name</strong>: Mori, or M.D.
<strong>Age</strong>: Eleven years younger than the [[Vessel]] (early twenties)
<strong>Jurisdiction</strong>: Social awfulness
<strong>Secret Weakness</strong>: Biff; subprime mortgages
<strong>Likelihood He/She/They'll Talk To You</strong>: Very High
Mori is uber-snarky! They will use any pronouns you give him; she really doesn't care. They're really incisive and perceptive, and like reading about the seamy underbelly of corporate business and finance, like Enron and the subprime mortage crisis. Oh, and stage magic. Basically, she likes learning how people can be fooled, so he can avoid it happening to them.
Mori was the big trauma-taker of our system until [[Rogan]] took over for him. She has now taken on the job of handling the really, really awful social interactions that nobody else wants to deal with, under [[Miranda]]'s supervision.
[[Biff]]'s their best bro and dude-mom though; they go way back!
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<img src="http://66.media.tumblr.com/19453c7e32b7390137fc521f96f2df7f/tumblr_o9rllwoWrc1ql3g7co1_400.png" alt="A black and white drawing of Mori, who's a scrawny androgynous brown teen with an undershave. He's declaring, 'I choose you! BIFFASAUR!' Off-panel, someone says 'That's not a Pokemon', to which she responds, 'YES IT IS.' There is then a small inset panel of a Pokeball bouncing off Biff's head."> <img src="https://68.media.tumblr.com/bca4fdc7fd8179d063e4b22d25045c40/tumblr_oib243bS1S1ql3g7co2_540.png" alt="a pen and ink sketch of Mori from the back, shirtless and smoking. A tattoo of a skull with wings is on his back.">
<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>><strong>Name</strong>: Gigi
<strong>Age</strong>: Young
<strong>Jurisdiction</strong>: Danger
<strong>Secret Weakness</strong>: Green tea mochi ice cream
<strong>Likelihood She'll Talk To You</strong>: Low
Gigi is a back-runner; she fronts very rarely these days. She is quiet and shy, and she has trouble speaking sometimes, so doesn't talk a whole lot. All of her favorite role models are creepy little girls from horror movie, and she likes to act like them sometimes, trying to sneak up on us or move around the [[Void]] like a spooky ghost, but she mostly just does that for fun. She's not actually that scary! And she's not allowed to sneak up on corporeal people anymore.
Gigi mostly handles physically dangerous situations. She can bring on a huge adrenaline storm when she fronts, which can be really tiring afterward. But these days, she mostly rests, which I think is much better for her.
[[Falcon]]'s totally her bestie!
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<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/e9f85103233bf3ef200c160235368cce/tumblr_oi7qvtXIhP1ql3g7co6_540.png" alt="an old drawing of Gigi, a tiny little white girl with very pale skin, hair, and eyes. She's in a skirt, slippers, and a headband, holding a sword in front of her. Her throat is stitched shut, which is no longer the case.">
<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>><strong>Name</strong>: Falcon Stranger
<strong>Age</strong>: Middle-Aged
<strong>Jurisdiction</strong>: ???
<strong>Secret Weakness</strong>: Crime procedurals on TV
<strong>Likelihood He'll Talk To You</strong>: Nonexistant.
Falcon is a mystery in an enigma wrapped in a trenchcoat. He's been coming here since 2002 and we still don't know very much about him. He's not here very often, pretty much never fronts, and talks to people even less. He just comes and visits sometimes and then he's gone again!
Since he's not really a full-time resident, or barely even part-time, he doesn't have a system job. He does sometimes act as referee if we're having a full system meeting and need someone to look on.
I have no idea if Falcon has any relationships. He hasn't told me. He's totally besties with [[Gigi]] though; they joined the system pretty close to the same time, so have a special bond.
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<img src="http://68.media.tumblr.com/399e8e976e6db1d0e3aa3aaed9b2e431/tumblr_oi7qvtXIhP1ql3g7co5_400.png" alt="an old pencil drawing of Falcon, a middle-aged white man with black wavy hair. He's in profile, complete with trenchcoat.">
<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>>LB Lee is our group name. It isn't the name of any individual here. If you don't know who you're talking to, or want to talk to us as a whole, you can call us 'LB' and 'they.' Just remember that it's like a company, or a family; we're not actually a single person named LB, and our communal body doesn't match any of our self images exactly. But we've tailored it to be as comfortable a home for us as possible!
We participate in a lot of events in the Boston area. Perhaps you've seen us or our work around, or come to <a href="http://lb-lee.dreamwidth.org/794370.html">one of our events</a>!
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<<set $readpages to $readpages + 1>>Thanks for reading our little intro! I hope it was helpful<<nobr>><<if visited("SystemMembers")>> and taught you about us<</if>><<if visited("Void")>> and you learned a little about the Void<</if>>!
<<if $readpages gte 10>> Wow, you read the whole thing, practically!<</if>><<endnobr>>
If you're multiple yourself and are looking for resources, try the <a href="http://healthymultiplicity.com">healthymultiplicity.com</a> index page!
Or <a href="http://healthymultiplicity.com/loonybrain/InfoHome.html">go back to LB's Info Page</a>!