dear_mun | Introducing: The Archeologist That Accidentally Led to The Collapse of Earth

It's no surprise you're confused by her claim. The event she's referring to didn't occur until long after your initial discovery, if you're who my mundane claims you are.

[He's not even going to mention the oddity of this. Time travel? Must be Tuesday.]

[For better or worse, Masuda wouldn't mention how bizarre Margulis looked, but his thoughts would show up plain as day on his face. While his clothes in themselves weren’t too odd (they were strange, but not too outside of Masuda’s time period, and there were countless people on Earth who enjoyed wearing such things, or would have liked to have if they could afford them), the amount of swords he was carrying was..more than a little unsettling, along with the actual words that came out of the man's mouth.

Where did he get so many swords? Why did he need or want so many? And why was he speaking like he was 99% sure that he knew whom he was talking to and what the outcome of his research was, even though there wasn’t any way he could have known?

Unless he was from the future.

But, Masuda wasn't an archeologist or a scientist for nothing. So, despite his confusion and bewilderment, he tried to keep himself together enough to ask a few questions, to get the truth out of the situation.]

How do you know about my discovery, Sir? And what exactly is the event that both your and my Mundane know about? How..how could my research and discovery end the world?

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There's not a person alive who doesn't at least know of the Zohar, save those cut off from all information about the world at large. As for what happened to the planet you call Earth...the details are lost, but it was the result of underestimating that artifact you discovered. It is indeed powerful, and a grand asset if handled properly, but it has the capacity to bring ruin if mishandled. Most likely, it activated beyond humanity's control during investigative experiments and brought forth the darker side of this world.

In my era, we refer to the beings that follow the Zohar as the Gnosis. If they appeared in the wake of a research accident with the Zohar, then the abandonment of Earth would have naturally followed.

[As Masuda processed everything Margulis said, the look on his face slowly darkened, like a lightbulb going out in slow motion.

This man truly was from his future. All things considered, the fact that they could meet like this shouldn't have been too shocking, but..nonetheless, it was still incredible to meet someone from his future.

Less incredible was the actual information he had to bring to the table. That was more horrifying than anything else. The fact that he didn't know all the details of how the Zohar worked-didn't exactly know how it could go out of control-didn't prevent him from thinking of a nuclear meltdown, and what the equivalent would be if the Zohar was mishandled or neglected somehow.

Which meant that he was responsible somehow for the Zohar going out of control, for beings to somehow appear and destroy lives and buildings alike all over the world, and for the eventual abandonment of Earth.

But..even as that all sunk in, he couldn't stop probing for more knowledge. He had to know everything he could about this, especially if he was responsible.]

What do you mean by beings? What kind of destruction could they have caused? And..what do you call Earth now? From the way you refer to it, it sounds like the planet's name changed after all this.

A discovery, hm?

[She's linked to KOS-MOS and she can find what's going on in her own mundanes mind. Mary is all smiles but there's a tightness to her eyes, a little anxiety in her stance.]

[Normally, Masuda's face would just light up at any opportunity to go on about his discoveries, mind-boggling or not, but..the way that this woman was dressed made him pause for a few moments, his puzzled thoughts showing up right on his face.

With the way she was dressed, this woman looked like she could have easily belonged in an old painting of Greece-some portrait of a marketplace depicting various religious groups getting into a tussle and others standing on the sides as members of some Legion came to break it up.

But, there were people nowadays who wore clothes like hers for various reasons, so maybe it wasn't quite as strange as his first impression made it appear to be.

With that in mind, Masuda gave Mary a small smile, one that only needed a few minutes of talking about his passion to fully blossom.]

Yes, a wonderful discovery! To be quite honest, I wasn't entirely sure what would happen when I put my small plate of the Zohar into that carving, though I was sure it would reveal something to us. I never expected the real thing to just..appear out of nowhere, like a ghost! It certainly lived up to it's name though..and I would love to hop off this wall so I can study it further. Apparently, in ancient times, people used it as some energy source, some thinking that it gave them a connection with God, and others not. It certainly seems to have the power to affect the Earth's atmosphere. But I won't know that for sure unless my Mundane lets me go.

[And that was the time his smile needed. Despite the fact that probably everything he was saying was a major warning bell or red flag to Mary.]

The-

[Her smile wavers, and she tries very hard to suppress any panic. She'd expended so much energy, so much power, trying to keep humanity from accessing the Zohar.

And his information about it was thorough. It makes her wonder just who funded his research but the answer comes quickly. Wilhelm. She can't think of anyone else who would benefit from finding it.]

Bury it. Humanity can't-

It's dangerous.

[This time, Masuda actually noticed the woman's body language, and it, along with what she was saying, put a confused look on his face as he slightly tilted his head, like a puzzled parrot.

The Zohar was an ancient relic, long lost to time and little thought of by people who hadn't read the records and books about it. And all that information was limited and extremely hard to come by, so..]

Miss, how exactly do you know about the Zohar? It's not exactly common knowledge. And how can it be dangerous? There are probably some risks involved and ways it can be used to harm people, but..I honestly don't know how severe any of those risks could be. And I can't think of anyone who would know, considering that I only just rediscovered it.

[She starts to fidget, wringing her hands in her skirt. She had to protect this man, humans, if she could. Even if she's in a grave in his time. Even if she can't affect events of their world from here, she knows she has to try.]

It's a portal between the Upper and Lower Domains. The domain of God and of humans. I did use it as a power source for another device. And humans who touch it, die.

[As Masuda waited for an explanation, half-thinking that the woman would try to dodge his questions for some reason, he couldn't help but noticed how she fidgeted, couldn't help but wonder exactly what was making her so anxious, when she spoke again. And while she said little, the information packed into her sentences was enough to completely floor him.

The Upper and Lower Domain? God?

And while he'd written off her clothes as just being a stylistic choice or born of the environment she was living in, despite modern times, that idea was quickly ripped apart by everything she said. No one living now had used it. Only a handful of people living in his time period knew anything about it. Which only left one explanation, absurd though it was.]

Miss, who are you? And what are you talking about? The Upper and Lower Domain? Are you saying that a God actually exists? And what device did you power with the Zohar? What did you do with it?

[An endless fountain of questions, Masuda.]

My name is Mary Magdalene, I was created by the Collective Unconscious and protect humanity. [It's the one thing she can say without pause, without hesitation. Her fondness for humanity only grew since she'd been 'born' and decided to save them.]

I used the Zohar to power Zarathustra, a device to help humans ascend to the realm of God. So that you would never have to endure the collapse of the Lower Domain.

[If Mary had said this without revealing beforehand that she knew of the Zohar and claimed to have used it, Masuda would scarcely believed her. Even now, he found what she said strange and dubious, even if it was intriguing, and even if he couldn't explain exactly how she knew of the Zohar.

She claimed to be the demon-possessed woman that was saved by Jesus Christ. She claimed to be created by the Jungian Collective Unconscious in order to save the humans connected to it. She claimed that she used the Zohar to power Zarathustra and tried to ascend to the realm where God existed so that humanity could avoid the collapse of the universe.

All of it was far-fetched and ridiculous, and if not for her knowledge of the Zohar and one other thing, Masuda would have asked for proof and then written her off when none probably came.

The other thing being her knowledge of Zarathustra and how people in ancient times viewed it, considering the fact that it was even less well known than the Zohar. But..that didn't make the rest of what she said believable.]

I don't know how a Jungian theory could have created a flesh-and-blood human from sheer will alone, and nor do I see how Zarathustra could help you or anyone else reach a realm where some, supposed god awaits, along with safety.

But I don't know how you could have known about Zarathustra either. So, if you want me to believe you, you'll have to give me some proof of what you're saying.

By all technicalities, I only appear human. I am the personification of Animus, the counter to Anima, the universal failsafe.

I'm afraid there's very little I can do here to prove myself. The Zohar is absent so I cannot prove that interacting with it will spare me. And Zarathustra I know fell into Wilhelm's hands, but I also lack it's ignition key. It failed though, at least when it came to my vision for it.

[Wait...] Although, I may be able to- I need the maiden to access all of my power but I believe I still can...

[She takes a breath and closes her eyes, trying to remember how she'd done it. And then she's simply gone and appears instantly just a few feet behind Masuda.]

[As Mary continued to speak, Masuda looked more and more incredulous. She claimed to be the Jungian Animus archetype, opposite of the Anima one, which required two-or three, if what she was saying was actually true-questions to be answered: where was Anima, her supposed counter? And how was he the universe's failsafe? What kind of failsafe did the universe need? It wasn't a computer.

The fact that Zarathustra hadn't been found yet in Masuda's universe harmed Mary's credulity slightly, made her look like she was speaking without all of the facts, but..that was swept away when she spoke of her power, of needing some Maiden to completely access it, but maybe still being able to use some of it, before she closed her eyes, concentrated like she was trying to remember something she hadn't done or said in years, and..vanished without a trace.]

What?! How-?!

[As Masuda spun around, trying to both look for Mary and get his bearings at the same time (How had she been able to do that? Was she truly telling the truth? And if so, how did God and Jung fit into everything? Was Wilhelm ancient as well, given what she was saying?), he looked like a crazed, half-suffocating fish, and even when he saw that Mary was only behind him, that didn't do much to calm his nerves.]

How were you able to teleport behind me?

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.

[She just barely resists a chuckle but she remains all smiles. Maybe he has trouble believing her, she can't make him believe. That's never what they had done before and she wasn't going to start trying to force it now.]

I am not restricted by the same rules that you and the rest of humanity are restricted by. I can... teleport, heal wounds, what I do would be considered magic.

Introducing: The Archeologist That Accidentally Led to The Collapse of Earth

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