DIRECTED TO MERIDIAN, OPEN TO ALL.

[twohand]

[ In the midst of the Advocate's beginnings, perhaps a few world adventures in ( ignore pax's belated posting in that case ), there is a quiet presence that coalesces within the minds of all. An Advocate, dusk-skinned and thoughtful as he addresses all present. Even his voice is morose, a little saddened by what he has taken notice of — though that is mostly on behalf of Meridian. He cannot imagine what it must feel like, to look upon something familiar and have it not be exactly what they want. ]

They're dying. These worlds — they're already lost, they're torn up and left in pieces, they're dreams of what was; please don't make them suffer when you can bring them a gentle end. Even if you fight to restore them in the long run, choosing to save them now is torturous. It is asking someone with a terminal illness to fight on, when they ought to be given the ability to rest.

[ He sounds like he is pleading with the Meri, a call not to stand so firmly with their impossible desire to restore all that they make such a glaring mistake. ]

All things have a right to live, I agree. But, all those same things also should have a dignified end. I am only asking that you understand this, and choose to help us give what is left of these worlds the ending that I wish our worlds could have had.

This time, please... just this time. I am asking on their behalf, for all to choose a difficult thing — but, the thing that only we now have the power to do for them.

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[kaientai]

Sorry, not gonna happen.

[ This goes much deeper than Meridian for Ryouma, so Drizzt will find him an immovable object. ]

Not everything that's dying has a terminal illness, you know?

In any case, if these — or any — worlds want anything, it's to survive. That's true of my world, which isn't unique, so I know that must be true of all the others.

My duty is to fight for all the people in every world that can't fight for themselves, so that's what I'll do.

[twohand]

Were we given the fullness of their last days and staying with them, I would agree that we are fighting for them, and I would be fighting there with you.

[ Like Ryouma, this is beyond Meridian and Zenith — and it is painful to hear that life has more value than death, as if being dead terminates the beauty and importance of someone and they have no more worth once dead. ]

But, we are not. We are choosing how they die.

[kaientai]

Yes, and..? You say that like you expect it to change my mind.

[ Ryouma gives little thought to death if he can help it. It's a waste of precious, finite time better spent living. He had formed that belief in life, and he still believes it, having experienced death. ]

Death will come for everything and everyone eventually. Since it's an inevitable outcome, there's no point in worrying about it. It will happen when it happens.

What you don't do is give up and smother someone prematurely because you believe it will spare them a different death. You can't know how they will die or how they perceive their last moments. The worst thing you can do is assume you know best how someone else should face their own end.

I am what the World summons when its existence is threatened, so needless to say, I've had some experience with the looming threat of the end of everything.

[ Not who, but what. He's not special. If he's learned anything, the World will use whoever and whatever it can, by any means necessary. ]

You choose to see suffering. Existence has always been about the struggle to survive despite all the forces seeking to destroy you. To deny them that at the end would be denying them that dignity you're so worried about.