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:]

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[damnpire]

[As a usually straightforward, logical man, all he has for Shez is the option of a clean death. Of course, he doesn't want it to come to that. Even being returned by the Tree? He doesn't want Shez having to die by his comrades' hands.]

I did. I think they're related, based on the feelings I received of being afraid, being hunted. The dreams others had, too. Like Byleth. They're related to what I saw and felt.

The Oblivion may not necessarily be evil, but it is against what we're trying to do as Meridian. What this place has done with rebirth. It is the end of all things, and we're returning after death, and we're trying to bring our worlds back.

[sheezit]

[ And Shez would legitimately appreciate the straightforward, clean death by D's hands. It's something he's already had to be confronted with back home, and at the time he'd made peace with the idea his friends might have to cut him down, but the truth is he doesn't wish that upon them. Incidentally: ]

... so he did tell you about it, huh? Byleth, I mean. [ aka, the reason why Shez doesn't want his friends to go through the same as he did when he had to kill Byleth('s Shadow) in that maze. ] I kinda figured he'd had a dream like that, too, but I guess this is confirmation.

[ And it makes him feel even worse about the whole ordeal! But! It's fine! He's fine!! He'll focus on what he can do and try to ignore the nagging feeling that he may or may not be too closely related to this Oblivion coming for them all! ]

Y'know, someone here told me something like that-- that the magic in this place has a will of its own, sort of like the instinct to survive. Maybe even the end of all things is just trying to survive, too, like the rest of us. But even if this Oblivion is not evil [ and that's him being generous for his own sake, too ] we still gotta fight it back for as long as we can. Honestly, even Zenith should realize that.

[ If all things end, doesn't that mean they won't be around to create that new world of theirs, either? ]

[damnpire]

[Dang, he gave Byleth away a little. It's fine... It is fine so long as D understands Shez and Byleth are roommates friends. Allies?]

He probably didn't want to worry you.

[The worrying is worse now!!]

I agree. Their new world is also in danger of being consumed. I don't know if this entity is picking sides.

[It's just hungry.]

I'll see if any of them will tell me anything without mentioning what happened.