( in actuality, comfortable might be a little bit of a stretch, but john has spent the better part of the last few years becoming accustomed to remaining at the very least functional in the most dreadful of circumstances. before, his time had been composed of creating of himself a patchwork compendium of other people's fears and traumas with the added stressor of attempting to foil the rituals that would allow the Powers that fed from those fears and traumas from gaining a foothold in the physical world and bending it to their whim. there's a kind of low electric current of panic and dread that one becomes accustomed to when living on a world which teeters so precariously on the brink of banal and catastrophe, but when it comes to kenos and the state of the world he had left behind... as far as he's concerned, the end of the world has already come. it's here. they live within it; its just that they are presently preserved within a protective bubble. the eye of the storm.
most Meridian do not agree. they don't need to. it doesn't matter to him whether or not their worlds are truly "still out there" or if they have already sunk into Oblivion. if they haven't yet, he would see to it. it's not a conviction he makes out of malice or pettiness or cruelty; to him, he can only make his decision for his own world, and it needs to be put out of its misery. after all, he was the one that had put it into such a horrific state, even if he hadn't done it knowingly or purposefully.
he nods; unfortunately it's not even a unique name, given there is another Shard-Bearer named john, but it's the name he has. he could, of course, give her his title, his role — in many ways it wouldn't be inaccurate to say "the Archivist" is a more appropriate moniker for him, but... let's just say he has a negative connotation for people who refer to him by that. )
Miss Midna. It's a pleasure and an honour, I assure you. ( the smile he musters always looks faintly out-of-place. not necessarily forced; it's just the way his face is lined seems to indicate he spends a lot more time frowning. ) And if that's your conviction, I'm sure it'll be the case.
( couldn't be him. ironically, he hates the scrutiny. )
It's only to our collective detriment that new Shard-Bearers are kept in the dark about our situation here. If you have any further questions, I'd be happy to answer them.
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most Meridian do not agree. they don't need to. it doesn't matter to him whether or not their worlds are truly "still out there" or if they have already sunk into Oblivion. if they haven't yet, he would see to it. it's not a conviction he makes out of malice or pettiness or cruelty; to him, he can only make his decision for his own world, and it needs to be put out of its misery. after all, he was the one that had put it into such a horrific state, even if he hadn't done it knowingly or purposefully.
he nods; unfortunately it's not even a unique name, given there is another Shard-Bearer named john, but it's the name he has. he could, of course, give her his title, his role — in many ways it wouldn't be inaccurate to say "the Archivist" is a more appropriate moniker for him, but... let's just say he has a negative connotation for people who refer to him by that. )
Miss Midna. It's a pleasure and an honour, I assure you. ( the smile he musters always looks faintly out-of-place. not necessarily forced; it's just the way his face is lined seems to indicate he spends a lot more time frowning. ) And if that's your conviction, I'm sure it'll be the case.
( couldn't be him. ironically, he hates the scrutiny. )
It's only to our collective detriment that new Shard-Bearers are kept in the dark about our situation here. If you have any further questions, I'd be happy to answer them.