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networkinthenight2019-09-03 04:23 pm
donttalktome) wrote in networkinthenight2019-09-03 04:23 pm
Entry tags:
- !npc,
- aziraphale (xy),
- clarke griffin (elizabeth),
- crowley (mj),
- davina claire (trix),
- daylight vis lornlit (melly),
- ignis scientia (helena),
- jason todd (raina),
- javert (rachel),
- jim hopper (priestly),
- jo harvelle (dee),
- kol mikaelson (jade),
- kuai liang (sydney),
- mollymauk tealeaf (chris),
- noctis lucis caelum (anya),
- noriaki kakyoin (laura),
- quentin coldwater (ireth),
- riku (dubsey),
- rosalind lutece (kit),
- rosinante donquixote (lauren),
- scarlett harker (brooke),
- vanitas (king),
- will ingram (leu),
- zihuan cao pi (gemini)
@dr; text
This is Dr. Ingram, for those who are new. I won't waste time with pleasantries here, as I'm not exactly in the mood.
It perhaps goes without saying that I didn't expect to be the one telling you all this.
Winters would've likely phrased it in his usual well-meaning, forthright way.
But he's not here anymore, so you get what you get.
Let's start off by correcting a misconception.
I don't like Robin, and I probably never will.
We don't get along, and though I see she's neglected to share the particulars on that subject, this doesn't seem like the best time to clarify.
But you see, while I don't like her, and I don't exactly trust her, I'm also not stupid enough to think that what she's doing up there is pointlessly malicious.
She isn't toying with us simply for her own amusement, and at the moment she isn't threatening us, but I swear to whatever nonsense ancient deity you worship that if you lot manage to antagonize her into a reset, I will personally blame you.
And yes, I will likely still be around to do so.
(Your security is better this time, Miss Keeper, but let's remember that nobody's perfect.)
But that's digressing.
I suppose it might be understandable that you think she's lying about being useful, given that you haven't been told what her purpose is.
She mentioned that she was watching for something, but not what that something is.
Somethings. Plural.
They don't have a name, at least not one we know, but over the years some unfortunates no longer with us have decided to call them the World Eaters, on the assumption that they might've had something to do with the state this world is currently in.
A bit dramatic if you ask me, but it gets the job done.
What we know about these entities is scarce.
They are massive, they are ruthlessly destructive, and they cannot be reasoned with.
They are attracted to clusters of activity, of light, because that's what they feed on.
You can see why all of this might be a problem for us specifically.
If the World Eaters reach Beacon, they will wipe us off the map with much more permanence than Robin could ever manage.
This place will no longer be a viable "home" for anyone unlucky enough to survive, and we don't know if there is another.
At the moment, we strongly doubt it.
As it stands, Beacon and its lighthouse, the bonfire, the lanterns— they might very well be the last sources of light on this planet.
If the World Eaters snuff them out, then that's it.
Eventually, they always catch wind of our presence. There's just too much here for them not to notice.
And that, for those of you who haven't put two and two together yet, is why resets occur.
Lantern light seems to attract them the most.
By eliminating the concentration of it, the World Eaters can be thrown off the scent yet again, for a while, at least.
Groups who aren't making progress toward a solution are reset early, because they'd only die anyway when the World Eaters find them and it isn't worth the risk.
By my estimations and those of others, we have roughly 22-24 months.
It's a generous time limit, but it is a time limit.
Do not forget it.
And don't give her a reason to reset us beforehand.
I'm willing to answer questions, but potentially not stupid ones.
And don't expect any reassurances.
Winters and his confidence in you are both gone.
It perhaps goes without saying that I didn't expect to be the one telling you all this.
Winters would've likely phrased it in his usual well-meaning, forthright way.
But he's not here anymore, so you get what you get.
Let's start off by correcting a misconception.
I don't like Robin, and I probably never will.
We don't get along, and though I see she's neglected to share the particulars on that subject, this doesn't seem like the best time to clarify.
But you see, while I don't like her, and I don't exactly trust her, I'm also not stupid enough to think that what she's doing up there is pointlessly malicious.
She isn't toying with us simply for her own amusement, and at the moment she isn't threatening us, but I swear to whatever nonsense ancient deity you worship that if you lot manage to antagonize her into a reset, I will personally blame you.
And yes, I will likely still be around to do so.
(Your security is better this time, Miss Keeper, but let's remember that nobody's perfect.)
But that's digressing.
I suppose it might be understandable that you think she's lying about being useful, given that you haven't been told what her purpose is.
She mentioned that she was watching for something, but not what that something is.
Somethings. Plural.
They don't have a name, at least not one we know, but over the years some unfortunates no longer with us have decided to call them the World Eaters, on the assumption that they might've had something to do with the state this world is currently in.
A bit dramatic if you ask me, but it gets the job done.
What we know about these entities is scarce.
They are massive, they are ruthlessly destructive, and they cannot be reasoned with.
They are attracted to clusters of activity, of light, because that's what they feed on.
You can see why all of this might be a problem for us specifically.
If the World Eaters reach Beacon, they will wipe us off the map with much more permanence than Robin could ever manage.
This place will no longer be a viable "home" for anyone unlucky enough to survive, and we don't know if there is another.
At the moment, we strongly doubt it.
As it stands, Beacon and its lighthouse, the bonfire, the lanterns— they might very well be the last sources of light on this planet.
If the World Eaters snuff them out, then that's it.
Eventually, they always catch wind of our presence. There's just too much here for them not to notice.
And that, for those of you who haven't put two and two together yet, is why resets occur.
Lantern light seems to attract them the most.
By eliminating the concentration of it, the World Eaters can be thrown off the scent yet again, for a while, at least.
Groups who aren't making progress toward a solution are reset early, because they'd only die anyway when the World Eaters find them and it isn't worth the risk.
By my estimations and those of others, we have roughly 22-24 months.
It's a generous time limit, but it is a time limit.
Do not forget it.
And don't give her a reason to reset us beforehand.
I'm willing to answer questions, but potentially not stupid ones.
And don't expect any reassurances.
Winters and his confidence in you are both gone.
@dclaire
but i'm assuming everyone else won't be.
why is that?
aren't we all dead, like what winters said?
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And no, I'm not sharing.
Somewhat defeats the purpose.
In any case, whether we're dead or not, and we probably are, there's apparently a state beyond death.
Call it whatever you want, but not everyone comes back when they're "killed" here.
Typically after a reset, no one does.
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and you're not sharing the reason how or why because it "defeats the purpose".
the purpose of what, though? the reset?
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I've only done it once.
And yes, it does defeat the purpose of the reset.
If everyone survived it, their concentration of lights would still attract the World Eaters.
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right.
does the lighthouse attract the world eater too, seeing it's another concentration of light?
and a huge one, at that.
it feels like being the keeper gives you the immunity of not being killed by the spirits during this reset.
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Since it's Robin's lantern, it probably does.
Being the Keeper does make her exempt.
She's the only one who has any means of detecting those monsters and having any sort of control over the spirits.
As much as I dislike the current resident, there has to be someone up there.
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are there other reasons she tried to do a reset other than, you know, a solution has not been found?
since your utter dislike is pretty obvious.
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Mostly because everyone was trying to kill each other.
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Some of them just lost it, as they say, and some of them were trying to provoke the entity under the church.
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