THE HORRORS OF OBLIVION | [@]MERIDIAN

[damnpire]

[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:]

Comments

[kaientai]

I suppose I just assumed since I felt him in Communion when he died.

[ Now that he's thinking about it, he realises he'd thought Cyrus and Yima both had to be Shardbearers if only given the Kenosians' particular reverence for them. He'd expect their elected Tribune to be among them and never really thought about it more deeply than that. ]

People die all the time, and we don't sense their passing, so how could that be if he didn't have one?

[damnpire]

[Hmm.]

There had been no soul when I tried the spell. If he had a Shard, was it stolen at his death, or was there never one at all?

[kaientai]

Well, that sure is a hell of a question, isn't it?

[ It's not an appropriate time to laugh, but given how truly horrifying this is, it's the best of limited options. ]

As for the rest of that..? [ Yikes. ] Have you got any theories? Has anything like this been seen in Kenos before?

[damnpire]

[Laughing makes the bitter pill a little easier to swallow...]

With how little there are of records, I don't know much more than you unfortunately. The libraries are sparse. Speaking to those who are the oldest here we can confirm might offer some information.

The Church of Springstar holds as much information as the seat of the governing body, I believe.

[kaientai]

Ah, right. The Church. [ hmm. ] Well, if that's all, then I suppose it can't be helped.

[ It's tiring to even think about adding another powerful institution almost guaranteed to be hiding secrets to the mix. ]

We need answers, but I'm not at liberty to look into it myself at the moment. That being said, if you discover anything significant in the future and don't mind keeping me in the loop, I'd be interested to hear about it.

Of course, I wouldn't ask you to do it for nothing, so you can always ask if you ever need a hand with anything!

[damnpire]

It isn't satisfactory, but I'm not surprised.

[A Church having a huge chunk of authority, he means. Why is it always the Church......?]

I'll let you know if I find anything else. You don't have to worry about repayment.