A small group, chit-chatting.

– the_gathering: panel, wide, large – Markdown, CSS, USD, Smalltalk, Python and Wind sit together on a grassy hill, chatting. GML stands nearby, looking at the ridge.

@background: early-morning mist, soft sunlight on grass, a few dragons flying, distant paraglider silhouettes, low to the ground.

– usd_talking: panel, square – USD leans forward, eyes tracing a blue dragon skimming gravel below.

@bubble: text, small, italic
“Look at that blue dragon—she’s catching lift right off the gravel streaks.”

@detail:
Dragon is quite low, barely clearing the hillside tree line. The gravel patch is a mix of light and dark, with some patches glistening in the sunlight.

– python_reply: panel, wide – Python nods thoughtfully, adjusting his scripting gloves.

@bubble: “Yeah, I see it. She’s timing her turns perfectly. I’m not sure I could do that. I’d probably end up in a tree.”

– smalltalk_laughs: panel, square – Smalltalk laughs, coffee cup in hand, turning to GML.

@bubble: “Remember that time?”

@cup: brown, green, paper A coffee cup with a kite logo and a travel lid.

– smalltalk_anecdote: panel, wide – @bubble: “One misplaced bracket and the whole code tree spiraled. I thought I was going to end up in that tree too!”

@background: A misty cloud over the ridge looks suspiciously like a bracket.

– markdown_reflection: panel, tall – Markdown gazes toward the ridge, at the whispy clouds suddenly appearing and looking suspiciously like brackets.

@markdown.thoughts: cloud, text, small, handwritten
“Brackets always sneak back in. And in the retrospective, they are nearly always a hazard.”