TurnIntoABird



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    In later years: in interviews, on first dates, with the people at work, that was his story: he liked the name because it reminded him of a fond childhood memory, that in difficult moments, there could be humor and joy. And sure, that was true. But there was another element to that, the part that he knew that the majority of people would never really understand. Klavier liked the ambiguity. What was the gender of an inanimate object like a piano? He wasn’t a girl, or a boy, or neither, or both. He was just Klavier.

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    Five times people didn't understand Klavier's gender, and one time someone did.

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    “A demonstration?” Jon asks, and the words come out very level, very careful. He’s still frozen in the same position, like he’s afraid he might spook off a bird that’s miraculously landed on him by moving.

    Tim opens his mouth to reply, but only manages it on the second try.

    “Yeah,” he says. “Hands on, you know. Let you get to see the thing for yourself.”

    “And you would be tying up…” Jon says, trailing off into a silence that begs to be filled, answered.

    “You,” Tim confirms, and he thinks he sees Jon shiver as he says it. “I couldn’t-- can’t tie myself up, after all.”

    “But I can’t-- I don’t do that,” Jon says, as if remembering himself. He almost sounds disappointed. “I don’t-- I don’t enjoy sex. I’m very certain of that much, I made sure. I can’t--”

    “Who said anything about sex?”

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    Tim shows Jon the wonders of bondage.

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    “Are you drinking?” Lana asks, concerned.
    Ema just shrugs.
    Then, as if to make a point, she pours herself a glass; the wine sloshes deep red against the sides. Deep red like blood.

    October 2024. Between her dead-end job as a detective, a difficult case, and a deep sense of drifting apart from her friends and family, things are taking their toll on Ema Skye.

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    About a month after the trial that defined the airwaves, changed the lives of quite a handful of people, and gave Ema way more work than she needed, she gets a phone call. From Klavier Gavin. Inviting her to drinks.

    What could go wrong?

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    Ema stares into her Americano, watching her distorted face stare back at her. It’s cold now, she hasn’t even taken a sip, and she just wasted five dollars.

    Usually, the voice in her head would be telling her to chug it cold so she doesn’t waste money she doesn’t have. But instead, the voice has been locked out of her mind. It’s banging on the door, demanding to be let in to scream every negative thought that has been bubbling up since she checked her email this morning. 

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