My roommate and I called it quits. I could barely take her problems (fighting on cellphone with bf at 2am is not acceptable, alarms, accusing me of stealing things) and she couldn’t take the fact that I’m a messy person. The way it was handled was just absolutely horrible though and it has caused me an immense amount of stress. I haven’t worked on homework or on my novel in a few days.
I decided to make the tattoos a big deal. And I also decided that if you were given something, a privilege, a status, that is embedded in your skin like ink, it can be taken away. Violently, but it can be taken away. And that would mean the end of a family and society and place of belonging. Risking treason against your clan must carry serious consequences. And I’ve found those consequences for a character now named Mallow. I thought it sounded appropriate.
