# AXIS DECK: temperature (emotional temperature). 14 cards, TMP01-TMP14. All original writing.
# Adult charge is constant, so every card is a way for feeling to be held, not an absence of it.
# deck-description: Emotional temperature. How feeling is carried in the air of the place.

## TMP01 | Banked Warmth
short: Banked Warmth
essence: banked warmth, coals under ash
text: Keep the emotional temperature at banked warmth: coals under ash, affection that does not announce itself, a readiness that waits to be asked.
warmth: warm

## TMP02 | Anticipation at the Brim
short: Held Breath
essence: anticipation at the brim
text: Keep everything on the verge: a held breath, a glass filled to the meniscus, the evening's first note about to be played.
warmth: neutral

## TMP03 | Rueful Tenderness
short: Rueful Tenderness
essence: rueful tenderness
text: Let tenderness be rueful: people who have seen too much and still lean in, humour as a form of mercy.
warmth: warm
registers: lived-in, dignified, craft, playful, luxury

## TMP04 | Cool Composure, Lit From Within
short: Cool Composure
essence: cool composure lit from within
text: Let composure be cool and lit from within: manners like polished stone, feeling visible only as a faint warmth at the edges.
warmth: cool
registers: luxury, civic, dignified, devotional

## TMP05 | Festive Tension
short: Festive Wire
essence: festivity with a wire of tension in it
text: Let celebration carry a wire of tension: laughter slightly loud, toasts slightly long, someone in the corner not saying something.
warmth: warm
registers: playful, lived-in, devotional, luxury, dignified

## TMP06 | Quick Wit
short: Quick Wit
essence: quick, dry wit and attraction carried by understatement
text: Let the air be quick and dry: sentences arrive with their timing already cut, attraction travels by understatement, intelligence is the main currency of charm.
warmth: neutral

## TMP07 | Hushed Reverence
short: Hush
essence: hushed reverence
text: Let hush govern: voices lowered, movements considered, the sense that what is happening matters more than anyone present.
warmth: cool
registers: devotional, civic, luxury, dignified, lived-in

## TMP08 | Weary Affection
short: Late-Shift Affection
essence: weary, late-shift affection
text: Let the mood be late-shift affection: tired, kind, unperformed, people who have worked together too long to pretend and who love each other somewhat for it.
warmth: warm
registers: lived-in, craft, dignified, civic, playful

## TMP09 | Dangerous Calm
short: Dangerous Calm
essence: a dangerous calm behind courtesy
text: Let a dangerous calm sit over everything: everyone is courteous, no one is quite relaxed, and a decision is being made behind politeness.
warmth: cool
registers: luxury, civic, craft, dignified

## TMP10 | Restless Appetite
short: Restless Appetite
essence: restless appetite for the evening
text: Let appetite run restless: for food, music, attention, change; a roomful of people not yet sure what they want but very sure they want it tonight.
warmth: warm

## TMP11 | Open-Handed Generosity
short: Open Hands
essence: open-handed generosity
text: Let generosity be open-handed: more plates than guests, more chairs than needed, the quiet pride of people who give without counting.
warmth: warm
registers: lived-in, devotional, playful, dignified, craft

## TMP12 | Wistful Late Hour
short: Wistful Hour
essence: the wistful late hour of a thinning party
text: Let the late hour be wistful: the party thinning, the best conversations just beginning, everyone aware of an hour that will not come again.
warmth: neutral

## TMP13 | Defiant Dignity
short: Defiant Dignity
essence: defiant dignity in modest circumstances
text: Let dignity be defiant: modest circumstances, impeccable bearing, the refusal to be less than oneself in any light.
warmth: neutral
registers: dignified, lived-in, civic, craft

## TMP14 | Bright Disarray
short: Bright Disarray
essence: bright, delighted disarray
text: Let delight be a little chaotic: plans collapsing joyfully, costumes half on, the sound of people making the best of a funny mistake.
warmth: warm
registers: playful, lived-in, dignified, craft
