THE HORRORS OF OBLIVION | [@]MERIDIAN
[D's communion into Meridian aligned minds is like a very polite knock at the door, except when the door is finally opened, a rush of icy wind blows in. No warmth or mirth can be found in the space of his mind, though it's a surprisingly gentle, dark void despite the chill. It's familiar for anyone who has had a communion with him, but probably kind of eerie for those who haven't.
It's also pretty quiet now actually.]
I made an attempt to Reincarnate the late Tribune. [He delivers this all very clinically, very factual.] It failed, but not because he hadn't been willing.
Something else had been inside him. [Can Nothing be something?] It had cleaned his soul out, if he had one at all, and left him as a husk. There was no soul to shift into another body.
It spoke through him. It said, "We never would have been able to Enter without the Choices that have been made."
[:wooper:]
It's also pretty quiet now actually.]
I made an attempt to Reincarnate the late Tribune. [He delivers this all very clinically, very factual.] It failed, but not because he hadn't been willing.
Something else had been inside him. [Can Nothing be something?] It had cleaned his soul out, if he had one at all, and left him as a husk. There was no soul to shift into another body.
It spoke through him. It said, "We never would have been able to Enter without the Choices that have been made."
[:wooper:]
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Have you always been able to [ ... ] 'reincarnate' people?
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No. [On the contrary, he has put so many people in the dirt (not innocent).] It's an ability I recently learned when I Harmonized more with Meridian.
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[ That's actually kind of relieving to hear. He can only handle so much OPness from the various other members of the house. And now that that's out of the way— ]
Were you able to get a sense of what had been inside Cyrus's body?
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Before you woke up beneath the Tree, did you have a dream? About something watching you.
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.....Yes. Are the two related?
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That's what it felt like when it touched me after it pulled me in. Fear and hunger.
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It pulled you in?
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Something grabbed my soul and pulled me into another space, but my body never left the other side.
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How long were you in that other space for?
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I don't know after being pulled in, but once I was out, it had only been a few minutes.
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How are you feeling now?
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I'm alright.
[But Eustace, maybe more than others, can feel him somewhat irritated by this.]
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If you're sure. [ He's not convinced but man-to-man communication insists on a certain level of privacy. ] Should we be looking for this [ how does he even describe it ] soul-sucking presence?
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I don't know if we have to look. It felt as if it was already here. But, yes, we should try to find it.
Or find a way to keep it at bay until we can figure out what's going on.
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[ He shouldn't be volunteering himself for this because Dokja will freak out but also he's going to do it anyway. ]
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don't look at literally anything else in this post to see what d is doing]
As it pushed me out, it was eating stars. Worlds, I imagine. It's likely waiting on its next meal.
It may have entered Cyrus's body after he died, but I can't be sure until I learn more, especially about the crafted Shards.