>>5556869This is no story; rather, is a collection of skits for two participants about Ssazsha, a semi-reptilian humanoid woman known as a yuan-ti. The yuan-ti, according to this work, are an evil serpentine race beholden to dark gods, who aim to infiltrate and subvert human society to further their malicious goals. As a part of her mission, Ssazsha takes on the human name of 'Sasha' and becomes a resident of a nondescript town, marrying a young shoemaker named Stedd Workman as a cover.
The details of Ssazsha's mission are never made clear. She spends her days pretending the part of Stedd's spouse, and relaying her observations to her superiors through missives. Rather, the focus seems to be on the other side of the yuan-ti's life; the Workman Home is described the picture of poverty, and Stedd makes barely enough to save with his craft. Despite this, he labors with gusto, happy to provide for his family and spend his spare time with his wife.
Every tale seems to adhere to the same formula. Ssazsha attempts some banal task which is commonly delegated to surfacer females and either fails spectacularly or succeeds through blind luck, then reports the lesson she has learned to her masters. In one episode, she tries her hand at baking a cake - some sort of sweet surfacer confection - but accidentally uses salt in place of sugar for the recipe. In another, she tries to wash her husband's clothing, but through her ineptitude all of Stedd's laundry is somehow dyed pink.
