PL Season 1 – Lefeng

  • Planting Life in a Dying City: Season 1, Season Finale

    Season Content Notes: Natural disaster/death, ableism Tears leaked down Lefeng’s cheeks. Dripped on eir dead hands. It was done. They had a family. Enough of one. Tears dropped faster now. Ey choked back a sob. As quietly as ey could, ey moved away, to the far corner of the compound. Ey crouched down, leaning against…

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  • Planting Life in a Dying City: Season 1, Episode 11 — The Grandparents

    Season Content Notes: Natural disaster/death, ableism While Chotaikytsai spoke with eir visitor, Lefeng and Kolchais continued discussing what they needed to build a new home. “I don’t know how much any of it will cost, but we also need money for food and drink and the bathhouse,” Kolchais was saying, “And no matter how much…

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  • Planting Life in a Dying City: Season 1, Interlude — Tschoum

    Season Content Notes: Natural disaster/death, ableism Tsouchm got breakfast, as usual, from a rundown cooking-family by the docks that catered to the familyless. Ey sat and ate alone, unusual among even the family-less in eir stubborn individuality. When ey was younger it had seemed a fine thing to make emself a reverse of the society…

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  • Planting Life in a Dying City: Season 1, Episode 10 – The Decision

    Season Content Notes: Natural disaster/death, ableism When they returned to the compound, Chotaikytsai had gotten Chestef to take a nap and was working the garden. Kolchais tried to join em but Chotaikytsai took one good look at Kolchais’ face and insisted ey sit down and eat something. Ey had done enough today. Kolchais protested that…

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  • Planting Life in a Dying City; Season 1, Episode 9 – The Abandoned

    Season Content Notes: Natural disaster/death, ableism Lefeng rose early the next morning. The hospitality family offered fruit and a strange kind of flatbread. Ey took the flatbread and ate it a small bit at a time. By the time ey finished, the sun was rising. Ey roused Paiokp and Chestef and waited, as patiently as…

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  • Planting Life in a Dying City: Season 1, Episode 8 – The Weaver

    Season Content Notes: Natural disaster/death, ableism They set out early the next morning to speak with the weaver. But navigating the city was difficult and it took them until mid-morning to find the compound of the Colorworkweaving family. The gate was broken off the hinges and leaned against the inside of the wall. In its…

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  • Planting Life in a Dying City: Season 1, Episode 7 – The City (Part 2)

    Season Content Notes: Natural disaster/death, ableism At the area the guard directed em to, Lefeng laid out eir tent-leather as a blanket to sit on. There was room on the blanket for the leather and other things ey had brought to sell. The market was quiet, with only a handful of people haggling. Several near-adults…

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  • Planting Life in a Dying City: Season 1, Episode 6 – The City (Part 1)

    Season Content Notes: Natural disaster/death, ableism Lefeng crouched down to examine the trail. That morning it had widened, from a narrow forest trail to a packed dirt path. Now, the dirt had given way to what looked like logs. As thick around as Lefeng’s arm, they lay perpendicular to the road, pressed deep into the…

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  • Planting Life in a Dying City: Season 1, Episode 5 – The Idea

    Season Content Notes: Natural disaster/death, ableism Lefeng was washing eir clothes when the golden-eyed one approached em. Ey walked hesitantly, eyes down and fist clenching and unclenching. Scared? Had ey ever seen the golden-eyed one scared? Lefeng didn’t think so. “Are you okay?” Had the villagers done something? “I’m…” the once-fisher stopped. Cleared eir throat.…

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  • Planting Life in a Dying City: Season 1, Episode 4 – The Orphans (part 2)

    Season Content Notes: Natural disaster/death, ableism “I want to go home.” Lefeng opened eir eyes. The youngling stood in front to Lefeng, staring defiantly into eir eyes. “Youngling…” “No! You tell me they are gone. That they all died like Baba Chestef last year. But Baba Chestef was buried. Even when Auilefengk was lost in…

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