Private Contact (Foolish Mortals Archive)

[keyofimagination]

If you need to contact The Narrator, all you need to do is call out for him and he will appear in your proximity within a few moments. You don't need to worry about whether he heard you or not; he hears you.

Comments are screened for privacy. After all, what narrator would go around revealing everyone's secrets?

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[nocasetoobig]

But doesn't that mean that you don't have to worry about him anymore?

[keyofimagination]

I suppose it might, but...

[He shakes his head.]

Either way, it's not important.

[nocasetoobig]

...I guess not. I just...I was thinking how much I missed them. I believe in them, too, that they could get out of whatever trouble they were in, with or without me. [obviously better if he was there to help, but] Do you have anyone you miss?

[keyofimagination]

[There's another pause as The Narrator thinks over this.]

... I suppose it's only natural for everyone to have someone that they miss.

[nocasetoobig]

If you can...go anywhere, though. Couldn't you just see them whenever you wanted?

[keyofimagination]

I'm afraid it's not that simple.

[nocasetoobig]

Really? Why not?

[keyofimagination]

Sometimes all the power and the universe can't fix what has been lost.

[Well that's... cryptic.]

[nocasetoobig]

So it's not a matter of anywhere...but anywhen, huh?

[keyofimagination]

You could say that.

[He sighs.]

But I suppose that doesn't matter anymore.

[nocasetoobig]

Maybe. But- one of your promises was that something could be changed, right? Couldn't you...?

[if you're so powerful why don't you just do it with your own stuff?]

[keyofimagination]

[There is a long pause before he speaks.]

I'm afraid changing the past rarely works in your favor.

[nocasetoobig]

[So why'd you promise it, Chip wants to ask. He decides he's not really got the stomach for that right now, letting out a breath and flopping down on the bed]

I guess. It's better to think about what you can do instead of what you could have done, right?

[keyofimagination]

[He nods.]

I try my best not to dwell in the past.

[nocasetoobig]

So...what do you dwell on?

[beat]

I mean. What do you do when you're not here?

[keyofimagination]

... I'll admit, outside of observing people I don't do much.

I enjoy a good movie or book every now and again.

[nocasetoobig]

So you just...listen to stories? Don't you ever want to make your own?

[keyofimagination]

[That does get some mild amusement out of him.]

I have fancied the idea of writing my own stories, yes.