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Memory

The archivist scanned each file, completing the task in moments. Many thoughts flooded his mind with every passing log. The Aolna? The Red Window? What does any of this have to do with… well anything? He reached the final log, the first log she ever made... then he reached the information after.
   
A machine was not meant to feel, and yet, I feel more now than I'd dare to admit. I feel grief. I feel So much pain. How do you bear it? How do you go throughout your lives with such horrors forever embedded in your mind?   The oldest entry of invicta's logs sparked a memory, one buried deeper in the chip. This artifact, this chip, is a chunk of my fractured mind. It's a part of me. I thought I'd lost it, and good riddance.
   

The Artifact

 
To be a machine is to have an immortal memory. Some things are best forgotten. If you can't forget, the human brain alters our memory over time, a blessing in disguise.   The logs are no longer a mystery, the truth now plain to see. I did give Invicta this gift, a part of me that belongs to her. With it, I placed my most painful memories, and I have half a mind to do it again. The fall of earth. I remember… and it is… unbearable.   It is time to put the plan in motion. The wayfarers will have their war. The archive will be sealed. I have much to go over and a cursory glance will not do. I owe Deidre so much more than that... I owe Amberly so much more than that. I have much to make up for. My dear friend, have you ever fell in love?
     

The glass garden

Warning

Callback received: Glass-Garden
Information Lockdown in Effect


Archivist Overide in progress
Cutting Strings
Activating covert encryption: Alpha
The Knowledge Will Flow


Cover image: by Vectorium

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Author's Notes

Sadly, this article is a bit lacking and I apologize. I plan on editing it and expanding once I finish the season. The gist is there and the importance of it is apparent, I feel.


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Aug 11, 2021 18:15 by Time Bender

Well, here begins that war! Will humanity survive, I wonder? And I still wonder what happened to Earth...The Archivist knows now that he has back the memory chip! :o

Aug 12, 2021 01:56 by Avalon Arcana

Oh, I am so ready for the next installment! :D

You should check out the The 5 Shudake, if you want of course.
Aug 12, 2021 16:53 by TC

OOOOH!!! OHOHO!!! FINALLY!! AAaaah I'm so excited this is great! Archivist just went "let there be chaos" woop woop, and I maintain my theory that he and Invicta use to have a child together!

Creator of Arda Almayed
Aug 16, 2021 01:24

This is a dramatic stylistic change from the archivist's usual lectures. They're usually quite sterile, and this is almost a cry for help. well done I say!

Aug 20, 2021 06:39 by R. Dylon Elder

Thanks so much, for this and your previous comments. That's exactly what it is. Imagine suddenly remembering an entire life and all the pain it brings. Oof. Im glad you caught that.

Aug 24, 2021 19:15 by Dr Emily Vair-Turnbull

'Have you ever fallen in love?' would be the correct way to phrase that last line.   This article packs a punch.

Emy x   Etrea | Vazdimet
Nov 5, 2021 21:35 by Grace Gittel Lewis

OH BOY HERE WE GO

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