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[heartofthestar]

You have been talking to Hythlodaeus.

[Little question there. She has explained some of history to many people here, but at no point had that particular name ever come into play. Only one other currently here knew it now.]

Meteion -- and by extension, her sisters, collectively known as the Meteia -- was a specific sort of lifeform known as an entelechy, designed to interact with an energy called dynamis rather than aether. Hermes, the overseer of the lifeform testing grounds we called Elpis, created her with the intent that her kind would travel to other stars, interact with other life forms, and transmit back the knowledge they gained through their bond to Meteion herself, who would remain at his side.

Hermes sough an answer to a question he believed only he had: what is the purpose of life? Our own society appeared to have an answer he could only view with pained skepticism, and so he sought answers from outside that society. The Meteia, however, did not find the answer to the question he posed. They found the ruins of other civilizations, or civilizations whom their existence and questioning led to destruction.

How often have I said, most particularly here, that suffering is ever a component of living? Inherently and without exception, for the very laws of existence that necessitate life also necessitate suffering. As the Meteia learned this, they drew the very conclusion you have heard: that only in nonexistence lies salvation. To end suffering, one must end life.

I regret to say that she, or they, had the power to cause this to happen. Hermes, in the depths of his own despair and anger, gave her reign to do as she would -- a test, he called it, for mankind. Should we find a way to survive her efforts, we would have earned our right to exist. If not, we were flawed creations, and thus should be discarded.

I -- we -- tried to stop her, but she made good her escape, and all I could do was mark her, that we might know where she was even though we could not reach her. At the edge of the universe, she sang her song, and across the void it traveled. Eventually, it did indeed prove the end of our flawed society... but not of mankind.

[devilishkouhai]

[ So it WAS another life forms fault for intervening into society. BB feels a bit better at this prognosis, yet, the answer Venat offers leaves BB unsettled, lingering in quiet discomfort. Meanwhile, the Moon Cell continues to churn out calculations and begin to figure out the value of this realization quantumly. ]

Are you able to gather any evidence at this time and present the findings in a more concrete manner, or are they currently based solely on personal accounts?

BB does not doubt these findings; she just wishes to evaluate them thoroughly.

[heartofthestar]

I have no reason to doubt Meteion's report in its broad strokes, though I believe no small amount of it to be self-fulfilling, but I can indeed attest to a world that met its untimely end: the Dragonstar, as we name it. A race of beings known as the Omicron, once biological but now purely mechanical in nature, waged war upon dragonkind simply because that was their nature. So strong was their ultimate weapon, known as Omega, that the strongest of all dragons had no choice but to flee the dying star with seven of his eggs in hand. That dragon, Midgardsormr, found his way to Etheirys, to make a pact with myself as Hydaelyn, and settle upon our star to raise his brood.

From this we can see that one civilization met its end, and another lost its way into a self-destructive spiral of eternal war. We can also infer that many other civilizations met their end at the hands of the Omicron.

It may perhaps be unnecessary to say that Ancient society is another failed civilization, as well.

🦋🌙 This statement will have consequences..

[devilishkouhai]

[ Midgardsormr - the Dragon in Norse God, one of the few True Dragons in existence? Interesting. ]

I see, though, in hindsight, BB's words may hold little significance. As an entity existing solely to oversee civilization, BB mourns all that was and all that could have been in every place she sang her song.

[heartofthestar]

Meteion was a symptom, an agent, not a cause. Those who had the strength to face and overcome despair could not be affected by her song. It was, in that respect, simply a more direct and literal manifestation of the struggle that all must face.