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Chapter 30

Final part of the small moral emergency trilogy.

The system fails.

Penelope attempts to be less weird.

Jack makes several logistical corrections.

Nobody is rescued.

Something does come back.

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Chapter 29

This one is about what happens when you notice something ugly in yourself and then attempt to correct it using the worst possible internal management system.

Penelope does learn a lesson.

Unfortunately, she immediately makes the lesson weird.

Everyone is trying. Everyone is tired. Nothing technically happens, which is one of the more violent forms of happening.

A system is developed.

The system is deranged.

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Chapter 28

This one is about a coffee lid, unfortunately.

It is also about the tiny laundering machine in my brain that occasionally takes something morally sticky, runs it through a gentle cycle, and hands it back labeled Respectful Behavior.

Which is inconvenient, because sometimes it is respectful behavior.

And sometimes there is a second thing behind it with its little awful hands on the wheel.

I don’t think shame fixes much. I do think naming the thing can. Or at least it gives you half a second more than you had before – which, apparently, is sometimes the whole moral structure.

Anyway. Coffee lid. A completely normal beverage accessory. Naturally it ruined my life.

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Chapter 27 

An accommodation arrives.
Penelope attempts a small act of domestic gaslighting.
Jack does not participate in this lie.

Everyone is normal about the bathroom.

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Chapter 26

A demonstration is requested.

Penelope offers a lukewarm review.

Corrective measures are taken.

Someone says something emotionally devastating on the rug.

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Final Update to Long Term

Hi everyone,

There it is, Chapter 10, concluding this little story. I hope you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for reading, for your lovely comments, and for your support. Take care!

If you have any questions, need someone to talk to, or would like to post your story on the story blog, feel free to contact me at lovis.johnson123@gmail.com.

All the best,

Lovis  

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Hi everyone!

Tiny housekeeping note: I’m going to take a short pause from posting.

The story isn’t going anywhere. Jack and Penelope remain, tragically, Jack and Penelope.

Thank you so much to everyone reading, commenting, messaging, lurking fondly, and generally being very kind about this whole thing. It means a lot. An annoying amount, actually.

Back soon-ish.