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[ Link's mental space feels like being outside, so depending on where you are, you might not realize that someone has started Communion with you. Since joining the Zenith, the landscape of Link's mind has gone from idyllic, sunny forests to icy, overcast mountains. A frigid wind blows against your face, carrying the scent of firewood and meat roasting over an open flame. The diminutive Hylian is not sitting by the fire, but standing at the edge of a rocky ledge, his back turned. ]

There's going to be another Oracle soon. I can feel it. The rest of you can feel it too, right? That... pulling feeling.

[ He sighs. ]

If we lose this one, it's over. The Meridian isn't going to go easy on us. I know them... I know how badly they want to win. To them, the stakes couldn't be higher.

So let's talk. About what we're going to be up against, and... well, planning ahead isn't really something we can do, but at least we can warn each other of the dangers that individual Meri pose.

And I... I want to say something, too.

[ He sits down where he stands, his feet hanging off the cliff. There's a sense that he knows this isn't going to go over well, but it's important enough to him to say it anyway. ]

Killing the other guy before they kill you is what war is. That's normal. But Kenos is different. Death doesn't work the way it should here. We don't die permanently. You can neutralize someone threatening you by just dissipating them. There's nothing to gain by destroying their soul after you're no longer in danger.

So, I don't think any of us should shatter anyone ever again.

If you claim someone's Shard, you should protect it. If you feel that you can't do that, give it to someone else.

...I'm not stupid. I know a lot of you aren't gonna agree to this. And the Meris probably won't either. I'm sure they want revenge for what happened to Quetzalcoatl, and those of you who lost the Shards Yima gave you probably aren't feeling very merciful right now either...

But if we don't come to some kinda agreement now, that's going to become normal. Things are gonna get really bad. I don't want that. So... can we talk about it, at least?

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[oh gross

Anyway—]

There is a book on his mythology in the Tomes if you would like further information.

I will read this book.

[Time to do shady things to salads.]

...Are the books about all of us there?

I haven't been through the whole of the library's stock, but I would say no. A lot of people come from variations of Earth that are mostly similar. Considering the base of those all seem to be the same, it is very likely that they only keep such things that have a high chance of consistency across worlds.

There are an infinite number of worlds. Strange that so many of them would be variations on Earth.

Tsk...

Ah, well. Something for the scholars to puzzle, I suppose.

The true moral of the story is to be so unimportant that no one records your entirety into their history.

Y'know, not sure how much all the shit from our world applies here, but I'll just say, yeah. You're totally right, for the record.

[ like just go have a happy normal little afterlife instead of getting stuck in the throne of heroes or whatever, that shit kinda sucks ]

Of course I'm right. The idea of being a Servant or even a Counter Guardian sounds woefully annoying.

[AND YET—]

You bet. Huge pain in the ass. Definitely not worth it unless you're one of those real goody two-shoes types. A hero among heroes, that kinda thing. Stick in the mud, more like.

[ He laughs, though this does make him realize he should probably explain Ryouma, huh... He'll get around to that. ]

'Course, us Divine Spirits have way less of a choice in all that shit than mortals, but. Kinda part of the gig. Mortals are always gonna be better off goin' along to their afterlife once they finally kick the bucket.

I wonder, I wonder! Would there be a little book about you too, Mr. Black Sun? Should I educate myself more on your grand deeds as well? If you're upset I was so dismissive our first time you should just say so.

[She's just being a pain, sorry.]

...I mean, I hope so.

[ Mumbled, and definitely with a pang of POUTING!! Because he'll actually be a little bit pissed if the Egyptian pantheon got a book (or multiple!) and his doesn't get shit! ]

If you wanna read 'em, be my guest. It's Quetzalcoatl's stories that are fuckin' embarrassing, not mine. [ unfortunately, he's right. she's the cringe god... ]

[She can't help it. That little pang just begets a light of amusement on her end. It seems like someone must have helped her a little with that discord issue.]

I'll take a look, just for you, I suppose. We can't have you in low spirits going into a challenge.

[ no wait bring back the discord ]

It’s not low spirits. Not like you’re gonna find anything in there like a secret cum weakness.

[ Unfortunately. He will just say it. ]

What is it about mages that makes them go “oh, yeah, I’ll give this all powerful god a hard time”, seriously? Every single one of you that I’ve met is the same.

Hm? You've not met any cowardly ones who will throw away their dignity and just kiss your feet?

[No Shinji types? Fr?]

Then perhaps you just attract a certain type of mage, Tezcatlipoca.

[ The description causes an immediate flare of disgust, since that's definitely not someone he'd respect, so... ]

...Maybe you've got a point there.

[ Even if they're a know-it-all with a smart mouth, that's still better than someone with no pride at all. ]

I mean, not that I've met many. Daybit is the first one I'd really count as meeting until I got here, since the magecraft during the Empire was pretty damn different.

Perhaps you can consider it fate, oh omniscient and almighty god.

[Another joke, but it's one that's thrown out with little bite. Tossed into the pot, but she moves onto the next ingredient.]

In any case, I'll have been around almost a year now, so as long as it's not someone new I could probably tell you quite a bit about most people.

[ THIS PUNK... But whatever annoyance he feels is easily tempered by an offer of information, even if it comes with a grumble first. ]

...Well. I asked Set about it, and he recommended Claude, Dimitri, and Yuri to me. So anything you know about them I'd be interested in.

[ A pause, and then: ]

Also Rudbeckia.

How interesting that he mentioned three people from seemingly the same world — if their shared goddess is anything to go by. I know little about Claude other than his connection to Hayame [thanks Post Harby Oracle Papers] and his involvement in some of these communion posts. He comes off playfully aloof, but I spoke with him once on why the world I come from doesn't deserve to be brought back. In that moment he was sensitive, and sober. My conclusion is that he's simply smart enough to keep his business private. I have no information on his abilities or temperament otherwise.

Dimitri has a heart so soft that it's easily broken. He once attempted to kill me in a fit of rage. He has inhuman strength and an overly forgiving nature — as long as it is taken advantage of before he snaps. I'd venture to guess he'd only go so far as to kill others as a last resort. He's insensitive to magic, and because of that I was able to spy on him for some time.

Yuri is a fellow Harbinger. Closed off, secretive, and clever. I know little about his abilities but the fact that he shares an Aspect speaks volumes, in my opinion. Though he too has a soft spot for those who show him any amount of humanity. Most Meridians seem to have this trait. He assisted me in the Harbinger Oracle when he should have left me be.

Rudbeckia is... trickier. I don't see much of her, though I had tried nurturing her to Zenith in the past. She seems to cling to Set for protection, and insists she's a noncombatant. If anything I'd consider her less of an enemy and more a liability. If she's ignored, whatever non-violent activities she commits during the Oracle could still count in Meridian's favor. If she's targeted, one would probably incite the wrath of Set — and Meridian as a whole — for picking off such a "helpless" individual.

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