preparing for the last war

did you know that, in Switzerland, there's a legal requirement that all housing includes a large enough bomb shelter for everybody?!

it's one of those Cold War relics that is, for whatever reason, still on the books, and apparently still followed.

(no idea whether the fallout shelters are... actually that robust... against nuclear fallout... but yeah)

this amusing fact came up while i was talkin' w/ some peeps about how a lot of Hong Kong's coronavirus response has been driven by "SARS was extremely terrifying for us specifically, so fuck that noise, next time some mystery respiratory bullshit happens we will be prepared," which sure is panning out better investment-wise so far than these lil' nuclear bomb shelters, as charming as they are

The Signet of His Lords (new fic) + notes

There are a hundred lessons the queen wants to teach her son before he leaves her.

Pre-game, Almyra. ~3k words.

(aka I wrote some self-indulgent pregame fic with Claude and his mom, come join the ride)

Here at AO3.

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