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[kenosnpcs]

This is a post where you'll find a header in the comments for Aetós, Agapitos Voreen, and Florence Deshayes respectively.

As a reminder from our course correction, your OOC understanding of their places in their factions should not influence IC reactions, especially to Agapitos and Florence. Aggressive threats and demands are likely to be ignored, because this would be very out of the blue to them! ( You can be mean to Aetós, though. They're a dick, and they just won't respond. )

Timewise, Agapitos and Florence's posts are shortly after Shard-Bearers awake after the repose (roughly a day to give people a chance to get their bearings/go get a haircut/etc), and Aetós's portion is later in the month.


Please note, new tag-ins will not be responded to after April 23rd. However, tagging each other throughout this post is welcome. Threadjack to your heart's content!

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[damnpire]

[IT'S JUST OUT THERE WHETHER D LIKES IT OR NOT. Aetós having to babysit the rise of an entirely new foundation is so funny.]

I found it inside the former Tribune after his death. He had something like a Shard before, but no soul at that time. The Oblivion in him spoke to me.

[He had kept a chunk of this between himself and Meridian at the time until they maybe learned more in the wake of Zenith's assassination attempt. But it's been a long time. May as well dump the can of already opened worms out.]

[kenosnpcs]

Yes. I heard. I examined his Shard shortly after you shared this information.

[ teehee ♥ ]

The Tribune is a conduit of Meridian in a way that even the highest Tiers are not. I believe that extinguishing that connection through Zenith created a hole, however brief. A gap that Oblivion could use. [ a pause ] I imagine it's more convenient to have a vessel.

[damnpire]

[(onion cat meme) YOU]

What did you find?

[About the Shard, he means.]

After what it said, I assumed the same. Should we be concerned with this happening again to others who are Harmonized greatly with their side, or is this only something dangerous for those with a specialized higher bond?

[kenosnpcs]

[ (knifecat) ]

An absence. It was emptied out rather than... Hm. You could consider the standard process an evacuation. Micro-fractures in the crystal. Instability. It could not be reused.

I think it is possible that the same could happen to those who are more highly Harmonized, yes. It is still a significant reservoir of Meridian or Zenith, even if it is not as great as the Tribune. However, the cracks have grown larger while you all slept, as you have seen. So, it may be possible even for lower Harmonization.

How likely that is, I do not know. There has not been an observable case as of yet. Perhaps there will not be.

[damnpire]

[Hmmmm. Well, that's fucked up.]

I understand.

[He gets what Aetós is trying to say. He gets what these things mean as an answer. The presence of his mind swims, churning with thought.]

In dealing with Oblivion research, is it still true for you that collateral will be as low as possible as a form of negotiation between you and our assistance? I'm aware those like you have removed yourself from emotional attachments in favor of progress, but not many here trust your methods.

[kenosnpcs]

Excised my emotional attachments is more accurate. It is a side effect. But a useful one.

Regardless. Yes. I am willing to keep my work limited to the areas that directly benefit both parties. The hardship my subjects face will be mutually beneficial.

[damnpire]

[The lack of immediate response is consideration by the way his mind continues to churn.

There's no curious or wanting interest, only a resignation for answers and results. He does not trust Aetós any more than most others. But he's an altruist, through and through, and if it can be him, then that is one less other person it has to be. He has a lot of experience anyway.]

As long as the experimentation relates to acquiring more information about Oblivion, then I accept.

[kenosnpcs]

Good. I was hoping there were rational minds among you. Or altruists.

I will contact you when I have made preparations. As well as any others that volunteer. Working together will be the most efficient.

[damnpire]

[🥹...]

Very well. I am D.

[He does not think Aetós needs a name to find him by any means, but he has weird manners.]

I'll be waiting.