u/Space_Mouse_2502

We can all teleport around our headspace, and sometimes that means switching places with another system mate. Like, system mates 1 & 2 are talking, then all of a sudden system mate 2 is system mate 3 continuing the thought, while system mate 2 is now on the other side of the room (presumably where system mate 3 was). It doesn’t happen often, but it’s interesting when it does. Like, “Oh! You're not who I was talking to a split second ago.” I think it probably has to do with us being a median, having a shared identity.

I’m spinning off the spin u/WriterOfAlicrow came up with. Pick two numbers in the range 0-12. Yes, we’re including 0. The second number will tell you one or two things about the first number. Using the same number twice (ie having someone tell about themselves) is allowed.

A while after the sappy one first showed up there was a point where I, the whole, realized I understood exactly half of her, so decided to split her into the sappy one and another system mate. They now see each other as siblings, and the sappy one is the other’s caretaker.

That sort of thing seems to be happening again. We’ve got to know the negative one a lot since he first showed up, and we actually value him now. We’ve progressively noticed that he has layers that weren’t visible at first because of how loud he can be in the headspace, and over the last few months he’s developed into a subsystem of three. We’ve been referring to them collectively as (negative one name), or separately as (negative one name) 1, 2, and 3, but we’re starting to consider giving them distinct names which would likely split them into separate system mates. What’s different this time is we already have a pretty good idea what all three of them are like.

We’ve similarly been considering splitting the smart one into an academic and a task handler. We’ve held off on that for a few reasons, but could still see it potentially happening at some point in the future. *shrug*

We’ve been considering adding some new areas to the headspace, such as system mate specific rooms (are they already there???). Today we had a great idea regarding that. In Steven Universe, the temple has rooms for each of the original main cast, and the rooms are all accessed from the same door. The gems access their rooms through the door via their gems, and fusions of multiple gems also have their own room. While we don’t have gems, we think it would be cool if our rooms were accessible from the same door only to the corresponding system mate in that way, and “fusion rooms” could work for if some system mates are blendy but would still want to access their room. 

That was the whole. The creative one specifically typing now. Headspace upkeep has been part of my job, since I have the most experience with visualization. Part of the issue I’m facing here is, can we have system mate rooms that I don’t have immediate access to when I’m the one upholding the space of the headspace? Do I just imagine what sort of room they might like, and say that’s their room? I don’t expect answers on this platform, it’s just what I’m considering. 

I, the sappy one, am presiding(fronting)! I don’t preside often, but it’s really fun! I’ve only presided a few times before. Most of the time it’s with others, and this is no exception. There was one time I solo presided, but we were in our evening routine and I did not know what to do next, so I asked for someone else to preside again. This time we were again doing some chores, but thankfully I had one of the task handlers around to tell me what to do. The others tell me that’ an unusual experience for us, someone having difficulty remembering normal stuff, but chores just aren't my department. Had some music playing at the same time. It’s so fun to sing and dance with my close system mates! And it’s been so long since I last presided! I do often do stuff in the background, but I hope next time doesn’t take as long. Have a lovely evening, or whatever time it is! - The Sappy One 🩷

As far as we know we don’t have any fictives, but we sometimes like to share quotes from media with each other. There are definitely some we use more than others. It’s also common for the quotes to be used in a metaphorical way. When quotes come from TV the quote is usually played as a clip with both visual and audio. It’s fun, but it also makes it harder to tell who played the clip. I thought it was mostly all different headmates using clips for communication, but after taking some time to write out a bunch of common to semi-common examples I realize it’s mostly the humorous one. I also realized we share a lot of Seahawk clips. 

Communication examples

“No sappy lines allowed!” “Huh?!” Aika and Akari, Aria the Animation

“Turns out birds here don’t want your autograph, they just don’t like littering, which is reasonable!” One-One, Infinity Train Documentaries

“Don’t set it on fire.” “No promises!” Mermista and Seahawk, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

“I’m exhausted.” “Oh really!? You're exhausted!?” Haru and Kyo, Fruits Basket

Funny examples

“Remember, you can’t spell escape without companionship! Companion-shape? Companion-escape? Conscapionship? Conscapation?” One-One, Infinity Train 

“This was a terrible plan. Why didn’t you stop me?” “Because you didn’t tell us! Why didn’t you tell us!?” “If I told you, you would have stopped me.” Seahawk and Swiftwind, She-Ra and the Princess of Power

“You lost that crown?” “I would prefer not to lie to you.” Hilda and Woodman, Hilda

“The teacher didn’t like my hair, or my attitude, so I guess I have no choice but to get a peircing.” Haru, Fruits Basket

Examples of funny communication, at least according to the humorous one

“‘We’ll see,’ promised Sir Topham Hatt.” Sir Topham Hatt, Thomas and Friends

*shrugs and makes razzbeary noise* Fin, Adventure Time

“I hate it when people [unintelligible mumbling]” The lighthouse keeper, 90s Moomins 

“Lose washer! Run for your lives!” Clickclack, Dinotrux

Just there, I guess, IDK

“Not just the toilets Kwazi.” Captain Barnacles, Octonauts

“Sneaking around the corner. AAAGHGHGHGH!!” Vitruvius, The Lego Movie

“That is so smart! And bad. We’re all gonna die.” Entrapta, She-Ra and the Princess of Power

“Not destiny, Amelia, mathematics. My algorithms are built to account for the fact that anything can happen on the train. There are exceptions, of course, but given enough time, yes. Anything.” One, Infinity Train

Sidenote, I consider Haru and One-One plural.