Post-Self - User contributions [en]

Scout

2024-11-10T20:35:18Z

Tomash: Fix author/character ambiguities

[[File:Scout side.png|alt=Side view of Scout, a golden-brown dog|thumb|Scout]]
The '''Scout'''s are a sub-clade of [[Tomash]]'s. They are non-anthropomorphic (aka dog-shaped) dogs who wander the Systems and try to live as dogs as best they can. They have a secondary purpose, the Job, which is to keep an eye out for situations where Tomash's (or some other systech's) intervention might be needed and to summon help.

Most Scouts conclude their time as a dog after a few years or a decade or two and then "go home", merging back with Tomash to be incorporated into the sea of memories that form future Scouts. Some instead elect to "chase rabbits", entirely giving in to the desire to be an animal, and still others simply remain themselves for a long time.

The Scouts generally use he/it pronouns.

Like many dogs, the Scouts enjoy food, especially people food.

There were a few hundred extant Scout instances on [[Lagrange]] around {{Systime|2400}}. Smaller (but not by much) populations exist on [[Convergence]] and [[Pollux]].

== Scout Chasing Rabbits ==

The dog known to the rest of its pack as Scout Chasing Rabbits (and to system records as a zero-width joiner or □) is a fork who, as seen in the Rabbit-Chaser section of ''[[Idumea]]'' (adapted from [https://archiveofourown.org/works/52152946 "Chasing Rabbits"]), fully committed to being a dog out in the woods somewhere. It was an part of an earlier attempt at creating the Scouts and did not have the same sense of the Job that most Scouts do, which led it to abandon post-humanity entirely.

It seems to be having a good time.

== Usability ==

You are welcome, no, encourages, to put a Scout anywhere you think there could be one. Ask [[User:Tomash]] for a look if you have concerns about how the Scouts are portrayed.

== Naming convention ==

Scouts are generally numbered sequentially when they come into being, that is, while they are puppies. In that stage, they wander the System looking for a place (or people) to settle down, ideally one where they might be useful for the Job sometimes.

If multiple Scouts live in the same place, they use ordinal prefixes to distinguish between simultaneous Scout instances (for example, because there was already Scout Behind Coffeeshops, the next Scout to wander around the [[Infinite Cafe]] would be 2nd Scout Behind Coffeeshops) and Roman numeral suffixes to distinguish generations of Scouts that live in the same place (for example, there is both a Scout At The Party III and a Scout At The Party V).

These systems can be combined - 2nd Scout Behind Coffeeshops II would be the second Scout who needed to be 2nd Scout Behind Coffeeshops.

== Table of Scouts ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ "List of Scouts and their appearances"
|-
! Name(s) !! Location !! Timeframe !! Source material !! Notes
|-
|
* Scout Chasing Rabbits
* □
| unnamed woods || || [https://archiveofourown.org/works/52152946 "Chasing Rabbits"] <br /> ''[[Idumea]]'' ||
|-
| Scout Among Weird Skunks With Good Kettlecorn || Au Lieu Du Rêve (usually by the kettlecorn) || {{Systime|2403}} || ''[[Idumea]]'' || aka The Dog
|-
| Scout By The Washes-Away-Paintings Beach || [[The Bay Of Colors]] ||
|
* https://archiveofourown.org/works/52286332
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/57201697 "Hunting Dogs"]
|-
| Scout At The Party III || a The Party || {{Systime|2325}} || [https://post-self.ink/stories/the-party/ "The party"] ||
|-
| Scout At The Party V || a The Party || {{Systime|2401}} || The Party Ch. 2 ||
|-
|
* Scout 62
* Scout With Skelly
| adopted by Skelly || || "Adoption" ||
|-
| Scout Behind Coffeeshops
| rowspan=4 | Infinite Cafe
| || [https://post-self.dreamwidth.org/1866.html "Behind Coffeeshops"] ||
|-
| Scout Behind Coffeeshops II || 2300s || "Hunting Dogs" ||
|-
| 2nd Scout Behind Coffeeshops II || {{Systime|2401}} || "Arise to Oath and Office"
|-
| Scout Behind Coffeeshops VI || died in Century Attack || Discord notes || (aka Older Coffee)
|-
| Scout Under The Dispatch Desk || SERG response sim || || "Hunting Dogs" ||
|-
| Scout In Springfield Village Square || Springfield Village Square
| rowspan=4 | {{Systime|2401}}
| rowspan=4 | [https://archiveofourown.org/works/53807779 "Arise to Oath and Office"]
|
|-
| Scout With John Doe || ||
|-
| Scout On Platform 3 || ||
|-
| Scout In Central Park || ||
|-
| Scout Before Monastery Gates || top of a mountain
| rowspan=4 | died in Century Attack
| rowspan=4 | Discord notes
|
|-
| Scout With Light-Blue-Green || a RGB clade member ||
|-
| Scout Among Dragon-Hunters || some fantasy sim ||
|-
| Scout 528 || N/A ||
|}

Marsh

2024-11-10T20:34:14Z

Tomash:

{{Story|title=Marsh|author=Madison Scott-Clary|authors=* [[Madison Rye Progress]]
* [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]]
* [[Andréa C. Mason]]
* [[Michael Miele]]
* [[Caela Argent]]
* [[Faux]]
* [[User:Tomash|Tomash]]|format=Anthology|character=Marsh|year=1234|years=2399, 2401|readlink=https://marsh.post-self.ink}}

{{See also|Marsh/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}

''Marsh'' is an upcoming novel in the Post-Self setting written by [[Madison Rye Progress]] with contributions from [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]], plus short stories from several others. It was funded by a Kickstarter campaign running throughout January, 2024.

== Back copy ==
''Note: this is tentative text that may be changed before the book is released.''<blockquote>“I am seeing quiet chaos. I am seeing most of my sims emptying out. The ones that are not empty, however, remain dreadfully quiet. Most of those who are out and about have set up over themselves [[Cone of silence|cones of silence]]. Those who have not, though, are decidedly not quiet. More than one silence has been broken by weeping and wailing.”</blockquote>New Year’s Eve, 2399, and [[Lagrange]] is celebrating almost three centuries of relative peace. Yes, there have been surprises, there has been drama and political intrigue, but life has, by and large, been quite good for those who have chosen to upload their consciousnesses. They celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. They fall in and out of love. They fork, creating copies of themselves to accomplish tasks or live out their own independent lives. Their memories build up and up forever within them.

2.3 trillion souls gather in quiet homes, in bars and restaurants, in parks and along prosaic main streets, and count down seconds to the new century.

And then, without warning, everything comes grinding to a halt. The internal clock of [[the System]] hits one second before midnight, December 31, 2399, and then it hits midnight, February 11, 2401. [[The Century Attack|One year, one month, and eleven days have gone missing]].

And so has one percent of the population of Lagrange. 23 billion souls lost.

''Marsh'' is a new novel in the Post-Self universe, following [[Reed]] and the rest of his cocladists, fellow instances forked from the original uploaded mind of [[Marsh (cladist)|Marsh]], as they strive to discover what has happened and where Marsh has gone, rendering them unmoored, five unconnected instances with no root to connect them.

What happened? A [[crash]]? Where has time gone? Where have those billions of minds gone? And why is [[Earth]] being so cagey?
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Marsh''}}
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Works by Madison Rye Progress]]
[[Category:Works by The Lament]]

Marsh

2024-11-10T20:33:27Z

Tomash:

{{Story|title=Marsh|author=Madison Scott-Clary|authors=* [[Madison Rye Progress]]
* [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]]
* [[Andréa C. Mason]]
* [[Michael Miele]]
* [[Caela Argent]]
* [[Faux]]
* [[User:Tomash]]|format=Anthology|character=Marsh|year=1234|years=2399, 2401|readlink=https://marsh.post-self.ink}}

{{See also|Marsh/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}

''Marsh'' is an upcoming novel in the Post-Self setting written by [[Madison Rye Progress]] with contributions from [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]], plus short stories from several others. It was funded by a Kickstarter campaign running throughout January, 2024.

== Back copy ==
''Note: this is tentative text that may be changed before the book is released.''<blockquote>“I am seeing quiet chaos. I am seeing most of my sims emptying out. The ones that are not empty, however, remain dreadfully quiet. Most of those who are out and about have set up over themselves [[Cone of silence|cones of silence]]. Those who have not, though, are decidedly not quiet. More than one silence has been broken by weeping and wailing.”</blockquote>New Year’s Eve, 2399, and [[Lagrange]] is celebrating almost three centuries of relative peace. Yes, there have been surprises, there has been drama and political intrigue, but life has, by and large, been quite good for those who have chosen to upload their consciousnesses. They celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. They fall in and out of love. They fork, creating copies of themselves to accomplish tasks or live out their own independent lives. Their memories build up and up forever within them.

2.3 trillion souls gather in quiet homes, in bars and restaurants, in parks and along prosaic main streets, and count down seconds to the new century.

And then, without warning, everything comes grinding to a halt. The internal clock of [[the System]] hits one second before midnight, December 31, 2399, and then it hits midnight, February 11, 2401. [[The Century Attack|One year, one month, and eleven days have gone missing]].

And so has one percent of the population of Lagrange. 23 billion souls lost.

''Marsh'' is a new novel in the Post-Self universe, following [[Reed]] and the rest of his cocladists, fellow instances forked from the original uploaded mind of [[Marsh (cladist)|Marsh]], as they strive to discover what has happened and where Marsh has gone, rendering them unmoored, five unconnected instances with no root to connect them.

What happened? A [[crash]]? Where has time gone? Where have those billions of minds gone? And why is [[Earth]] being so cagey?
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Marsh''}}
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Works by Madison Rye Progress]]
[[Category:Works by The Lament]]

Canon works

2024-11-10T20:32:50Z

Tomash: Link myself in

Post-Self has several stories, pieces of visual art, and other creations which form its canon.

{{No spoilers}}

The external links in the page (anything named 'book page' or 'read' followed by an arrow) are non-spoilers, but those within the wiki (usually the titles) may spoil the plot of the books/stories.

== Writing ==

=== Books ===

* The Post-Self cycle by [[Madison Rye Progress]]
** ''[[Qoheleth]]'' ([https://qoheleth.post-self.ink book page])
** ''[[Toledot]]'' ([https://toledot.post-self.ink book page])
** ''[[Nevi'im]]'' ([https://neviim.post-self.ink book page])
** ''[[Mitzvot]]'' ([https://mitzvot.post-self.ink book page])
* ''[[Clade — A Post-Self Anthology]]'' edited by Madison Rye Progress ([https://clade.post-self.ink book page])
* ''[[Unintended Tendencies]]'' By [[JL Conway]] ([https://jessfluf.itch.io/unintended-tendencies book page])
* ''[[Marsh]]'' edited by Madison Rye Progress ([https://marsh.post-self.ink book page])
* ''[[Ask. — An Odist Q&A]]'' edited by Madison Rye Progress
* ''[[Motes Played]]'' By Madison Rye Progress and [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]] ([https://motes-played.post-self.ink book page])
* ''[[Idumea]]'' by Madison Rye Progress, with Samantha Yule Fireheart ([https://idumea.post-self.ink book page])

=== Short stories ===
There are also several short stories set within the Post-Self universe. Ten of these have been collected in ''Clade'', while the others are hosted on the [https://post-self.ink/stories Post-Self webpage].
* Stories in ''Clade — A Post-Self Anthology'':
** "[[Sufficiently Advanced]]" by Rob MacWolf ([https://clade.post-self.ink/sufficiently-advanced read])
** "[[Genre Clade]]" by Nathan “Domus Vocis” Hopp ([https://clade.post-self.ink/genre-clade read])
** "[[Après un rêve]]" by Madison Rye Progress ([https://clade.post-self.ink/apres-un-reve read])
** "[[Support Group for Anomalies in Forking]]" by Michael Miele ([https://clade.post-self.ink/sgaf read])
** "[[Cowboy]]" by Alexandria Christina Leal ([https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy read])
** "[[True Love Lies Within and Without]]" by Thomas "Faux" Steele ([https://clade.post-self.ink/true-love-lies-within-and-without read])
** "[[The Big O]]" by Evan Drake ([https://clade.post-self.ink/the-big-o read])
** "[[She Who Haunts the Storm]]" by JS Hawthorne ([https://clade.post-self.ink/she-who-haunts-the-storm read])
** "[[Earthbound]]" by Kergiby ([https://clade.post-self.ink/earthbound read])
** "[[Cascade Failure]]" by Joel Kreissman ([https://clade.post-self.ink/cascade-failure read])

* "[[Assignment]]" by Madison Rye Progress ([https://post-self.ink/stories/assignment read])
* "[[Coffee Leak]]" by [[User:Tomash|Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak]] ([https://post-self.ink/stories/coffee-leak read])
* "[[Dreams for Breakfast]]" by Alexandria Christina Leal ([https://post-self.ink/stories/dreams-for-breakfast read])
* "[[Fever Dreams]]" by Ember "Hieromech" Cloke ([https://post-self.ink/stories/fever-dreams read])
* "[[For Old Times New]]" by JL Conway ([https://post-self.ink/stories/for-old-times-new read])
* "[[Hues]]" by Madison Rye Progress ([https://post-self.ink/stories/hues read])
* "[[Meeting of One]]" by Madison Rye Progress ([https://post-self.ink/stories/meeting-of-one read])
* "[[Opportunity Paralysis]]" by Madison Rye Progress ([https://post-self.ink/stories/opportunity-paralysis read])
* "[[The Party (story)|The Party]]" by [[User:Tomash|Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak]] ([https://post-self.ink/stories/the-party read])
* "[[Prophecies]]" by Madison Rye Progress, with [[The Lament|Fireheart]] ([https://post-self.ink/stories/prophecies read])
* "[[Reading]]" by Madison Rye Progress ([https://post-self.ink/stories/reading read])
* "[[Regret of Potential]]" by Madison Rye Progress ([https://post-self.ink/stories/regret-of-potential read])
* "[[Scan]]" by Voksa ([https://post-self.ink/stories/scan read])
* "[[Shared Moment]]" by Madison Rye Progress ([https://post-self.ink/stories/shared-moment read])
* "[[Wrigglings Toward]]" by True Name of [[the Lament]] ([https://post-self.ink/stories/wrigglings-toward read])

Ask. — An Odist Q&A

2024-11-10T20:30:51Z

Tomash: Snap pointer to me-as-author

{{Story|title=Ask. — An Odist Q&A|author=Various|format=Anthology|character=The Ode clade|year=Various}}

'''''Ask. — An Odist Q&A''''' is an upcoming anthology of short stories and microfiction written by the Post-Self community, taking the form of answers to questions posed to [[the Ode clade]].

== Odists featured ==

* Beholden
* [[Motes]]
* [[Slow Hours]]
* [[Deny All Beginnings]]
* [[A Finger Pointing]]
* [[No Longer Myself]]
* ...

== Authors ==

* [[Madison Scott-Clary]]
* [[The Lament]]
* [[The CERES clade]]
* [[User:Tomash]]
* ...

{{Stub}}
[[Category:Books]]

Tomash

2024-11-10T20:29:19Z

Tomash: Clean up categories

(''This is the page for the in-universe systech. For the author, see [[User:Tomash]].'')

[[File:Tomash-systech-coffee-leak.png|alt=Art of Tomash, a golden-brown anthro dog, wearing a "perisystem technician, do not pet" vest, running towards an emergency|thumb|Tomash in his systech vest]]
'''Tomash''' is an anthropomorphic dog and a [[perisystem technician]]. He often works with the [[System Emergency Response Group]] to help people out, especially in cases where the mechanics and physics of the System have gotten them (or someone else) into a pickle they can't get themselves out of.

He has, after much practice, forked off a sub-clade, the [[Scout|Scouts]]. These are non-anthropomorphic dogs who settle around the System and keep an eye on things, while mainly just being dogs.

He appears in [https://post-self.ink/stories/coffee-leak/ "Coffee Leak"], where he helps someone new to the System who just wanted to reheat their coffee, in [https://post-self.dreamwidth.org/3289.html "Abandoned Highway"] where he has a road to straighten out, and in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/57201697 "Hunting Dogs"] where he sends someone on a quest.

He, through asking the Scouts fork back into versions of himself, appears in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/53807779 "Arise to Oath and Office"], which was used as promotional material for ''[[Marsh]]''.

Tomash's upload date is unspecified, but he was sworn in as a systech at some point between {{Systime|2190}} and {{Systime|2259}}.

Aside from systech work, Tomash has been known to enjoy games (including puzzles and factory-making sims), role-playing, and reading ... and walks, of course.

Tomash sent a fork to [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]] while remaining on [[Lagrange]].

He uses he/himpronouns.

=== Availability ===

If you'd like to write your own story where Tomash (the character) appears, please run it past [[User:Tomash]] (the author) before widely disseminating it so he can give it a once-over.

=== Systech oath ===

(Since it seemed worth recording)

<blockquote>
I, Tomash of my own clade, for myself and any future up-tree instances who maintain my rights, do swear before you to faithfully serve this System as a perisystem technician. I shall execute the duties of that office to the best of my ability. I shall use my technician's rights, powers, and authorities only for the good of the System and its people, forsaking private gain and partiality. I shall, to the extent I reasonably can, defend the functionality of the System against all defects and threats, both internal and external. I shall similarly endeavor to protect and preserve the individual freedoms granted to all people upon the System, and to use my office to render aid to those people as needed.

And should I forsake this oath and pervert my office, let me suffer what consequences the System and its people deem appropriate.
</blockquote>

[[Category:Characters]]

User:Tomash

2024-11-10T20:29:00Z

Tomash: Move in-universe bits to another page

Tomash

2024-11-10T20:28:03Z

Tomash: Splitting me and my self-insert's pages apart

User:Tomash

2024-11-10T20:25:54Z

Tomash: Add redirect for author/character split, update links

(''This is the page for the author. For the in-universe systech, see [[Tomash]].'')

[[File:Tomash-systech-coffee-leak.png|alt=Art of Tomash, a golden-brown anthro dog, wearing a "perisystem technician, do not pet" vest, running towards an emergency|thumb|Tomash in his systech vest]]
'''Tomash''' is both a Post-Self author and a [[Perisystem technician|systech]] within the universe.

He uses he/him pronouns.

== Work ==

I'm a contributor to ''[[Marsh]]'' (where I wrote the short story "Sentences") and to ''[[Idumea]]'', where I wrote the sections featuring [[Scout|The Dog]] and [[Scout|The Rabbit-Chaser]].

I've also written various short-form pieces. Many of those can be found on [https://archiveofourown.org/users/Tomash/pseuds/Tomash/works?fandom_id=103322557 Archive of Our Own (AO3)] or on my [https://tomash3.dreamwidth.org/ Dreamwidth].

I use he/him pronouns.

== In-universe ==

Tomash is an anthropomorphic dog and a [[perisystem technician]]. He often works with the [[System Emergency Response Group]] to help people out, especially in cases where the mechanics and physics of the System have gotten them (or someone else) into a pickle they can't get themselves out of.

He has, after much practice, forked off a sub-clade, the [[Scout|Scouts]]. These are non-anthropomorphic dogs who settle around the System and keep an eye on things, while mainly just being dogs.

He appears in [https://post-self.ink/stories/coffee-leak/ "Coffee Leak"], where he helps someone new to the System who just wanted to reheat their coffee, in [https://post-self.dreamwidth.org/3289.html "Abandoned Highway"] where he has a road to straighten out, and in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/57201697 "Hunting Dogs"] where he sends someone on a quest.

He, through asking the Scouts fork back into versions of himself, appears in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/53807779 "Arise to Oath and Office"], which was used as promotional material for ''[[Marsh]]''.

Tomash's upload date is unspecified, but he was sworn in as a systech at some point between {{Systime|2190}} and {{Systime|2259}}.

Aside from systech work, Tomash has been known to enjoy games (including puzzles and factory-making sims), role-playing, and reading ... and walks, of course.

Tomash sent a fork to [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]] while remaining on [[Lagrange]].

=== Availability ===

If you'd like to write your own story where Tomash (the character) appears, please run it past Tomash (the author) before widely disseminating it so he can give it a once-over.

=== Systech oath ===

(Since it seemed worth recording)

<blockquote>
I, Tomash of my own clade, for myself and any future up-tree instances who maintain my rights, do swear before you to faithfully serve this System as a perisystem technician. I shall execute the duties of that office to the best of my ability. I shall use my technician's rights, powers, and authorities only for the good of the System and its people, forsaking private gain and partiality. I shall, to the extent I reasonably can, defend the functionality of the System against all defects and threats, both internal and external. I shall similarly endeavor to protect and preserve the individual freedoms granted to all people upon the System, and to use my office to render aid to those people as needed.

And should I forsake this oath and pervert my office, let me suffer what consequences the System and its people deem appropriate.
</blockquote>

[[Category:Creators]] [[Category:Characters]]

User:Tomash

2024-11-10T04:03:36Z

Tomash: Update pronouns, LV investment status

[[File:Tomash-systech-coffee-leak.png|alt=Art of Tomash, a golden-brown anthro dog, wearing a "perisystem technician, do not pet" vest, running towards an emergency|thumb|Tomash in his systech vest]]
'''Tomash''' is both a Post-Self author and a [[Perisystem technician|systech]] within the universe.

He uses he/him pronouns.

== Work ==

I'm a contributor to ''[[Marsh]]'' (where I wrote the short story "Sentences") and to ''[[Idumea]]'', where I wrote the sections featuring [[The Dog|Scout]] and [[The Rabbit-Chaser|Scout]].

I've also written various short-form pieces. Many of those can be found on [https://archiveofourown.org/users/Tomash/pseuds/Tomash/works?fandom_id=103322557 Archive of Our Own (AO3)] or on my [https://tomash3.dreamwidth.org/ Dreamwidth].

== In-universe ==

Tomash is an anthropomorphic dog and a [[perisystem technician]]. He often works with the [[System Emergency Response Group]] to help people out, especially in cases where the mechanics and physics of the System have gotten them (or someone else) into a pickle they can't get themselves out of.

He has, after much practice, forked off a sub-clade, the [[Scout|Scouts]]. These are non-anthropomorphic dogs who settle around the System and keep an eye on things, while mainly just being dogs.

He appears in [https://post-self.ink/stories/coffee-leak/ "Coffee Leak"], where he helps someone new to the System who just wanted to reheat their coffee, in [https://post-self.dreamwidth.org/3289.html "Abandoned Highway"] where he has a road to straighten out, and in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/57201697 "Hunting Dogs"] where he sends someone on a quest.

He, through asking the Scouts fork back into versions of himself, appears in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/53807779 "Arise to Oath and Office"], which was used as promotional material for ''[[Marsh]]''.

Tomash's upload date is unspecified, but he was sworn in as a systech at some point between {{Systime|2190}} and {{Systime|2259}}.

Aside from systech work, Tomash has been known to enjoy games (including puzzles and factory-making sims), role-playing, and reading ... and walks, of course.

Tomash sent a fork to [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]] while remaining on [[Lagrange]].

=== Availability ===

If you'd like to write your own story where Tomash (the character) appears, please run it past Tomash (the author) before widely disseminating it so he can give it a once-over.

=== Systech oath ===

(Since it seemed worth recording)

<blockquote>
I, Tomash of my own clade, for myself and any future up-tree instances who maintain my rights, do swear before you to faithfully serve this System as a perisystem technician. I shall execute the duties of that office to the best of my ability. I shall use my technician's rights, powers, and authorities only for the good of the System and its people, forsaking private gain and partiality. I shall, to the extent I reasonably can, defend the functionality of the System against all defects and threats, both internal and external. I shall similarly endeavor to protect and preserve the individual freedoms granted to all people upon the System, and to use my office to render aid to those people as needed.

And should I forsake this oath and pervert my office, let me suffer what consequences the System and its people deem appropriate.
</blockquote>

[[Category:Creators]] [[Category:Characters]]

Scout

2024-11-10T04:02:45Z

Tomash: Behold, dogs

[[File:Scout side.png|alt=Side view of Scout, a golden-brown dog|thumb|Scout]]
The '''Scout'''s are a sub-clade of [[Tomash]]'s. They are non-anthropomorphic (aka dog-shaped) dogs who wander the Systems and try to live as dogs as best they can. They have a secondary purpose, the Job, which is to keep an eye out for situations where Tomash's (or some other systech's) intervention might be needed and to summon help.

Most Scouts conclude their time as a dog after a few years or a decade or two and then "go home", merging back with Tomash to be incorporated into the sea of memories that form future Scouts. Some instead elect to "chase rabbits", entirely giving in to the desire to be an animal, and still others simply remain themselves for a long time.

The Scouts generally use he/it pronouns.

Like many dogs, the Scouts enjoy food, especially people food.

There were a few hundred extant Scout instances on [[Lagrange]] around {{Systime|2400}}. Smaller (but not by much) populations exist on [[Convergence]] and [[Pollux]].

== Scout Chasing Rabbits ==

The dog known to the rest of its pack as Scout Chasing Rabbits (and to system records as a zero-width joiner or □) is a fork who, as seen in the Rabbit-Chaser section of ''[[Idumea]]'' (adapted from [https://archiveofourown.org/works/52152946 "Chasing Rabbits"]), fully committed to being a dog out in the woods somewhere. It was an part of an earlier attempt at creating the Scouts and did not have the same sense of the Job that most Scouts do, which led it to abandon post-humanity entirely.

It seems to be having a good time.

== Usability ==

You are welcome, no, encourages, to put a Scout anywhere you think there could be one. Ask [[Tomash]] for a look if you have concerns about how the Scouts are portrayed.

== Naming convention ==

Scouts are generally numbered sequentially when they come into being, that is, while they are puppies. In that stage, they wander the System looking for a place (or people) to settle down, ideally one where they might be useful for the Job sometimes.

If multiple Scouts live in the same place, they use ordinal prefixes to distinguish between simultaneous Scout instances (for example, because there was already Scout Behind Coffeeshops, the next Scout to wander around the [[Infinite Cafe]] would be 2nd Scout Behind Coffeeshops) and Roman numeral suffixes to distinguish generations of Scouts that live in the same place (for example, there is both a Scout At The Party III and a Scout At The Party V).

These systems can be combined - 2nd Scout Behind Coffeeshops II would be the second Scout who needed to be 2nd Scout Behind Coffeeshops.

== Table of Scouts ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ "List of Scouts and their appearances"
|-
! Name(s) !! Location !! Timeframe !! Source material !! Notes
|-
|
* Scout Chasing Rabbits
* □
| unnamed woods || || [https://archiveofourown.org/works/52152946 "Chasing Rabbits"] <br /> ''[[Idumea]]'' ||
|-
| Scout Among Weird Skunks With Good Kettlecorn || Au Lieu Du Rêve (usually by the kettlecorn) || {{Systime|2403}} || ''[[Idumea]]'' || aka The Dog
|-
| Scout By The Washes-Away-Paintings Beach || [[The Bay Of Colors]] ||
|
* https://archiveofourown.org/works/52286332
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/57201697 "Hunting Dogs"]
|-
| Scout At The Party III || a The Party || {{Systime|2325}} || [https://post-self.ink/stories/the-party/ "The party"] ||
|-
| Scout At The Party V || a The Party || {{Systime|2401}} || The Party Ch. 2 ||
|-
|
* Scout 62
* Scout With Skelly
| adopted by Skelly || || "Adoption" ||
|-
| Scout Behind Coffeeshops
| rowspan=4 | Infinite Cafe
| || [https://post-self.dreamwidth.org/1866.html "Behind Coffeeshops"] ||
|-
| Scout Behind Coffeeshops II || 2300s || "Hunting Dogs" ||
|-
| 2nd Scout Behind Coffeeshops II || {{Systime|2401}} || "Arise to Oath and Office"
|-
| Scout Behind Coffeeshops VI || died in Century Attack || Discord notes || (aka Older Coffee)
|-
| Scout Under The Dispatch Desk || SERG response sim || || "Hunting Dogs" ||
|-
| Scout In Springfield Village Square || Springfield Village Square
| rowspan=4 | {{Systime|2401}}
| rowspan=4 | [https://archiveofourown.org/works/53807779 "Arise to Oath and Office"]
|
|-
| Scout With John Doe || ||
|-
| Scout On Platform 3 || ||
|-
| Scout In Central Park || ||
|-
| Scout Before Monastery Gates || top of a mountain
| rowspan=4 | died in Century Attack
| rowspan=4 | Discord notes
|
|-
| Scout With Light-Blue-Green || a RGB clade member ||
|-
| Scout Among Dragon-Hunters || some fantasy sim ||
|-
| Scout 528 || N/A ||
|}

User:Tomash

2024-11-10T02:59:42Z

Tomash: /* In-universe */ Ooh, there's a systime template, I should use that

[[File:Tomash-systech-coffee-leak.png|alt=Art of Tomash, a golden-brown anthro dog, wearing a "perisystem technician, do not pet" vest, running towards an emergency|thumb|Tomash in his systech vest]]
'''Tomash''' is both a Post-Self author and a [[Perisystem technician|systech]] within the universe.

== Work ==

I'm a contributor to ''[[Marsh]]'' (where I wrote the short story "Sentences") and to ''[[Idumea]]'', where I wrote the sections featuring [[The Dog|Scout]] and [[The Rabbit-Chaser|Scout]].

I've also written various short-form pieces. Many of those can be found on [https://archiveofourown.org/users/Tomash/pseuds/Tomash/works?fandom_id=103322557 Archive of Our Own (AO3)] or on my [https://tomash3.dreamwidth.org/ Dreamwidth].

== In-universe ==

Tomash is an anthropomorphic dog and a [[perisystem technician]]. He often works with the [[System Emergency Response Group]] to help people out, especially in cases where the mechanics and physics of the System have gotten them (or someone else) into a pickle they can't get themselves out of.

He has, after much practice, forked off a sub-clade, the [[Scout|Scouts]]. These are non-anthropomorphic dogs who settle around the System and keep an eye on things, while mainly just being dogs.

He appears in [https://post-self.ink/stories/coffee-leak/ "Coffee Leak"], where he helps someone new to the System who just wanted to reheat their coffee, in [https://post-self.dreamwidth.org/3289.html "Abandoned Highway"] where he has a road to straighten out, and in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/57201697 "Hunting Dogs"] where he sends someone on a quest.

He, through asking the Scouts fork back into versions of himself, appears in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/53807779 "Arise to Oath and Office"], which was used as promotional material for ''[[Marsh]]''.

Tomash's upload date is unspecified, but he was sworn in as a systech at some point between {{Systime|2190}} and {{Systime|2259}}.

Aside from systech work, Tomash has been known to enjoy games (including puzzles and factory-making sims), role-playing, and reading ... and walks, of course.

=== Availability ===

If you'd like to write your own story where Tomash (the character) appears, please run it past Tomash (the author) before widely disseminating it so he can give it a once-over.

=== Systech oath ===

(Since it seemed worth recording)

<blockquote>
I, Tomash of my own clade, for myself and any future up-tree instances who maintain my rights, do swear before you to faithfully serve this System as a perisystem technician. I shall execute the duties of that office to the best of my ability. I shall use my technician's rights, powers, and authorities only for the good of the System and its people, forsaking private gain and partiality. I shall, to the extent I reasonably can, defend the functionality of the System against all defects and threats, both internal and external. I shall similarly endeavor to protect and preserve the individual freedoms granted to all people upon the System, and to use my office to render aid to those people as needed.

And should I forsake this oath and pervert my office, let me suffer what consequences the System and its people deem appropriate.
</blockquote>

[[Category:Creators]] [[Category:Characters]]

File:Scout side.png

2024-11-10T02:51:53Z

Tomash: A sideways view of Scout, taken from his refsheet (by Dulce Skull).

== Summary ==
A sideways view of Scout, taken from his refsheet (by Dulce Skull).

User:Tomash

2024-11-10T02:42:13Z

Tomash: Categories

[[File:Tomash-systech-coffee-leak.png|alt=Art of Tomash, a golden-brown anthro dog, wearing a "perisystem technician, do not pet" vest, running towards an emergency|thumb|Tomash in his systech vest]]
'''Tomash''' is both a Post-Self author and a [[Perisystem technician|systech]] within the universe.

== Work ==

I'm a contributor to ''[[Marsh]]'' (where I wrote the short story "Sentences") and to ''[[Idumea]]'', where I wrote the sections featuring [[The Dog|Scout]] and [[The Rabbit-Chaser|Scout]].

I've also written various short-form pieces. Many of those can be found on [https://archiveofourown.org/users/Tomash/pseuds/Tomash/works?fandom_id=103322557 Archive of Our Own (AO3)] or on my [https://tomash3.dreamwidth.org/ Dreamwidth].

== In-universe ==

Tomash is an anthropomorphic dog and a [[perisystem technician]]. He often works with the [[System Emergency Response Group]] to help people out, especially in cases where the mechanics and physics of the System have gotten them (or someone else) into a pickle they can't get themselves out of.

He has, after much practice, forked off a sub-clade, the [[Scout|Scouts]]. These are non-anthropomorphic dogs who settle around the System and keep an eye on things, while mainly just being dogs.

He appears in [https://post-self.ink/stories/coffee-leak/ "Coffee Leak"], where he helps someone new to the System who just wanted to reheat their coffee, in [https://post-self.dreamwidth.org/3289.html "Abandoned Highway"] where he has a road to straighten out, and in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/57201697 "Hunting Dogs"] where he sends someone on a quest.

He, through asking the Scouts fork back into versions of himself, appears in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/53807779 "Arise to Oath and Office"], which was used as promotional material for ''[[Marsh]]''.

Tomash's upload date is unspecified, but he was sworn in as a systech at some point between 2190 and 2259.

Aside from systech work, Tomash has been known to enjoy games (including puzzles and factory-making sims), role-playing, and reading ... and walks, of course.

=== Availability ===

If you'd like to write your own story where Tomash (the character) appears, please run it past Tomash (the author) before widely disseminating it so he can give it a once-over.

=== Systech oath ===

(Since it seemed worth recording)

<blockquote>
I, Tomash of my own clade, for myself and any future up-tree instances who maintain my rights, do swear before you to faithfully serve this System as a perisystem technician. I shall execute the duties of that office to the best of my ability. I shall use my technician's rights, powers, and authorities only for the good of the System and its people, forsaking private gain and partiality. I shall, to the extent I reasonably can, defend the functionality of the System against all defects and threats, both internal and external. I shall similarly endeavor to protect and preserve the individual freedoms granted to all people upon the System, and to use my office to render aid to those people as needed.

And should I forsake this oath and pervert my office, let me suffer what consequences the System and its people deem appropriate.
</blockquote>

[[Category:Creators]] [[Category:Characters]]

User:Tomash

2024-11-10T02:39:12Z

Tomash: Un-redlinking myself

[[File:Tomash-systech-coffee-leak.png|alt=Art of Tomash, a golden-brown anthro dog, wearing a "perisystem technician, do not pet" vest, running towards an emergency|thumb|Tomash in his systech vest]]
'''Tomash''' is both a Post-Self author and a [[Perisystem technician|systech]] within the universe.

== Work ==

I'm a contributor to ''[[Marsh]]'' (where I wrote the short story "Sentences") and to ''[[Idumea]]'', where I wrote the sections featuring [[The Dog|Scout]] and [[The Rabbit-Chaser|Scout]].

I've also written various short-form pieces. Many of those can be found on [https://archiveofourown.org/users/Tomash/pseuds/Tomash/works?fandom_id=103322557 Archive of Our Own (AO3)] or on my [https://tomash3.dreamwidth.org/ Dreamwidth].

== In-universe ==

Tomash is an anthropomorphic dog and a [[perisystem technician]]. He often works with the [[System Emergency Response Group]] to help people out, especially in cases where the mechanics and physics of the System have gotten them (or someone else) into a pickle they can't get themselves out of.

He has, after much practice, forked off a sub-clade, the [[Scout|Scouts]]. These are non-anthropomorphic dogs who settle around the System and keep an eye on things, while mainly just being dogs.

He appears in [https://post-self.ink/stories/coffee-leak/ "Coffee Leak"], where he helps someone new to the System who just wanted to reheat their coffee, in [https://post-self.dreamwidth.org/3289.html "Abandoned Highway"] where he has a road to straighten out, and in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/57201697 "Hunting Dogs"] where he sends someone on a quest.

He, through asking the Scouts fork back into versions of himself, appears in [https://archiveofourown.org/works/53807779 "Arise to Oath and Office"], which was used as promotional material for ''[[Marsh]]''.

Tomash's upload date is unspecified, but he was sworn in as a systech at some point between 2190 and 2259.

Aside from systech work, Tomash has been known to enjoy games (including puzzles and factory-making sims), role-playing, and reading ... and walks, of course.

=== Availability ===

If you'd like to write your own story where Tomash (the character) appears, please run it past Tomash (the author) before widely disseminating it so he can give it a once-over.

=== Systech oath ===

(Since it seemed worth recording)

<blockquote>
I, Tomash of my own clade, for myself and any future up-tree instances who maintain my rights, do swear before you to faithfully serve this System as a perisystem technician. I shall execute the duties of that office to the best of my ability. I shall use my technician's rights, powers, and authorities only for the good of the System and its people, forsaking private gain and partiality. I shall, to the extent I reasonably can, defend the functionality of the System against all defects and threats, both internal and external. I shall similarly endeavor to protect and preserve the individual freedoms granted to all people upon the System, and to use my office to render aid to those people as needed.

And should I forsake this oath and pervert my office, let me suffer what consequences the System and its people deem appropriate.
</blockquote>

File:Tomash-systech-coffee-leak.png

2024-11-10T02:06:57Z

Tomash: Tomash the systech, with his systech token/vest on (showing PERISYSTEM TECHNICIAN - DO NOT PET), running towards an emergency, with the street distorting (and being filled with debug tags) around him. Art by RoxannaRachnid.

== Summary ==
Tomash the systech, with his systech token/vest on (showing PERISYSTEM TECHNICIAN - DO NOT PET), running towards an emergency, with the street distorting (and being filled with debug tags) around him.

Art by RoxannaRachnid.