Stars!!
relational database is the one (1) public piece of writing Ave and I have done together (as opposed to one of us writing a fic and soundboarding w/ the other or betaing it) and. yea. need to do more collabing with folk and ave specifically, it's just fun.
there're seeds in the shared docs for a specter n irene fic cause teehee funny bird w a gun and shark who both love the arts but i digress!
being able to explore the more extended bonds of the rhine lab folk, the interconnectivity, it's just, ideal. because ptilopsis is as much tied into the family, is no less part of it or important to the people within it, but is naturally a bit on the side because she's not as much part of the experiments surrounding ifrit. nonetheless she is beloved, and it's enjoyable to explore the what-if of 'how might she express romantic love, for the folk closest to her, with the way her person and personality is now', 'how might she be part of helping balance those she cares for'.
and ofc, there is the pride in writing yet another rare relationship and giving it weight