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[beholding_archivist]

You have reached Jonathan Sims, the Archivist.

Due to being currently, and hopefully only temporarily, unavailable, I can not take your call at this very moment. I apologize for this inconvenience, but leave you with the option to leave me message so I can get back to you later. Thank you.

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[ezra_of_lothal]

"If -" Ezra hesitates, choosing his words carefully. "If, when all of this is over on Agra 10, however it falls out, and we're both here, and we get a choice about what happens to us next?"

That's a lot of ifs, he knows, but there's only so much he's willing to let himself get worked up over so much that he can't control here. "If we can face some of our problems together - I'd like to help with tracking those Powers down."

[beholding_archivist]

"Thank you, Ezra." Jon replies with a simple smile. "And I certainly hope that for once we will be given a choice."

Without a choice, Jon has no idea what sort of world he would even end up in. Or if he would simply wake up dead. Naturally he'd much rather go with Tony, get to see a different type of Earth. Find his place in it, hopefully.

[ezra_of_lothal]

Ezra smiles back.

"On something - well, it could be important, but less heavy. You've been trying to keep records since you got here, right?"

[beholding_archivist]

Jon raises his brows at that, clearly intrigued.

"I am, yes. Some are recorded on tape, others written down. Why?" He wonders.

[ezra_of_lothal]

"Because I think we could use more records. Data collection? I was thinking of starting to keep a journal."

[beholding_archivist]

The Archivist nods with a little chuckle. "Oh, we could definitely use more records. And I know a few people already do try to keep journals. It's a good idea to start one yourself, Ezra."

And maybe share certain parts of it with the library?

[ezra_of_lothal]

"So...how are you organizing your records?" Ezra asks. "I can make a guess at how long I've been here, if I think about, except not really, because the day is a little longer than Lothal's natural days or the Imperial Galactic standard, so."

[beholding_archivist]

"I make sure to label every tape and every statement I collect or record and keep an index." He gestures lightly in the direction of the library. "I have worked as an archivist for some time. You get to know several indexing systems when spending a year trying to organize an archive your predecessor has actively spent literal decades to keep in disarray."

[ezra_of_lothal]

Ezra gets up to gets a better look at the library. He's still not sure what kind of indexing Jon means. Keywords? Titles?

"I want to ask why someone would run an archive and try to sabotage it at the same time, but I guess they thought is the best way to slow down something bad happening?"

[beholding_archivist]

Jon nods. "Precisely. Gertrude was... She knew what she was doing. For the most part. She had hoped that keeping the Archives in disarray would hold off the apocalypse long enough for her to form a plan on how to deal with it for good. In the end... She didn't anticipate getting murdered. Or for her successor to be... Well. As unprepared as possible."

[ezra_of_lothal]

"Let me guess, someone else was making sure you were as unprepared as possible?" Ezra asks, dryly as he looks over the materials in the small library.

[beholding_archivist]

"Pretty much." Jon approves. "Technically, I wasn't even qualified for an archiving position. But- I was easy to manipulate."