first statement } audio; un: archivist

[aparticularlyhollowlaugh]

[oho, what’s this? a new voice on the network?]

Erm … I suppose it’s customary in a situation like this to introduce myself. [he lightly clears his throat before continuing:] My name is Jonathan - erm, Jon. Sims. [and he really has to bite down on the impulse to add the archivist after that.] I am somewhat new here and have yet to meet many of you. [which is intentional, on jon’s part.] But I - I actually just have a question, seeing as - if I understand the situation correctly - we are all from different places.

[jon hesitates for a moment and takes a deep breath to steady his nerves. public speaking is so much less comfortable than reading statements into a tape recorder.]

Have any of you heard of something called The Vast?

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[aparticularlyhollowlaugh]

[ah. so he and martin are together, in the future - a future, at least. that's - hm. jon isn't sure how he feels about that. conflicted is a word for it, and again, he thinks that it's probably a good thing martin isn't here anymore, because if he were? jon wouldn't be able to shove down this - whatever it is he's feeling at the moment. sad? anxious, hopeful? jon only vaguely remembers the sound of martin's voice talking to him while he was comatose in the hospital.]

I see ... [he smiles thinly again, a weak attempt at brushing off the sudden churn of emotion inside of him.] It's difficult to imagine Martin truly livid about anything. I suppose it's a good thing he - well, he must've been sent back to where he belongs, right? That's better. For him, I mean.

[11calls]

He definitely was angry, Jon. It was an entire thing when he yelled at Navi and was extremely upset that you didn't match up timeline wise then either. Which obviously sucks when you know, they're not quite the same people that they know at that point.

But yeah, I think it's definitely better. And if it's any consolation, he's probably back with that future version of you. And you're with the past version of him.