#the notebook collector

[fruitstickerr]

finished two pages of my fruit sticker collection 🍈🍉🍊🍋🍌🍍🥭🍎🍏🍒

[regular-gnome]

huh...

So when the Archivist find a planet capable of sustaining life but currently without life, they... Release single celled organisms? ...Just to archive them in the future? That's so odd to me.

Why not just wait, is archiving some sort of deep-seated urge or instinct that they NEED to do? Isn't it counterproductive to not just let life naturally develop, or is artificially creating new life apart of the reason they exist?

The short answer (its kinda a tdlr, the text got long)

So life develops slowly and needs stable conditions, what is hader when things like stars have finite lifespans (our Sun is already halfway through!). The Starchildren can’t create life or bring it back, and not all planets have the right conditions for it to start in time when planet is habitable, but might adapt once it’s there. They treat planets bit like gardens in a region where apocalypses are common, with the Archive serving as a storage for seeds, saplings, and tools. Its more usable and not as much lifeless museum of life

Most planets do well on their own, so only parts are collected but beyond that left alone, and some are destroyed or struggle to progress beyond microbes. In those cases, they might step in to improve conditions or remove threats. Sometimes, they just observe how life adapts to what chaos it has. If it can.

There are also personal reasons for work, things like attachment or desire for control, but their mission began when the first life-sustaining planet was destroyed, leaving them alone in the void believing everything was lost forever. When life SLOWLY re-emerged on other worlds, they began preserving and protecting it, spreading across the void.

Long answer under the cut

Life in general develops extremely slowly. Earth is around 4.5 bln years old (Ga), it's estimated that it took around 1,1Ga to go from anoxygenic bacteria to aerobic bacteria (after some ox producing bacteria ruined the party for all those who couldnt deal with it, also called Great Oxygenation Event). From there, it took roughly 0,5 Ga for eukaryotic cells to develop. Shortly after (like 0.1 Ga), life transitioned from single-celled to multicellular organisms. In comparison it took 1.7 Ga for evolution to progress from algae to humans—about 1.6x faster than the journey from primordial soup to microbes

There could be planets capable of supporting life that are just off the mark, preventing organic material from developing well enough. Some might have all the right conditions but lack the right combination of energy sources, maybe too far from a star, maybe something else. But, once life forms and we get a "Last Universal Common Ancestor" (LUCA) It could spiral to the point where, as on Earth, almost no surface remains untouched by life (you really don’t want to know how many bacteria are on your phone). But thats only really because life got a really good footing here. If a catastrophic event wiped out all complex life, bacteria adapted to extreme would probably be fine and maybe evolve further.

If primitive cells formed under specific conditions and those suddenly changed, all that progress could halt or go back entierly to a primordial soup (Going with the Heterotrophic Theory, this is my gen favourite term for this, soup). And there is another aspect. Suns are not eternal; our sun, at ~4.5 Ga, is already halfway through its lifecycle before becoming a red giant. At that point, Earth will lose its "habitable" status. If Earth went through a hard reset, and assuming everything went the same, next intelligent life might be one witness their star’s death, sooo there is a finite window of habitability.

Each evo step is faster than the last one, Archivists intervene at mostly early stages making the beginning bit smoother, more controlled. They aim to make planets with potential more habitable or stoping them from losing it. For example they might create an atmosphere if one lacks it but is otherwise perfect, and past that let life develop naturally.

And even with perfect conditions, factors like astronomical events could mess up whole process. In the infinite space it's not really a question of if but more which planet heads into a catastrophe, so they stay around. Archive functions like a backup, preserving progress where possible. If a planet faces extinction, they might change the enviroment, whatever is esponsible for it, maybe introduce creatures more capable of surviving—or even short-lived organisms, some that arent meant to survive but will provide enough short term nutrients for the native organisms to pull through.

That being said they usually try to avoid too much interferance, sometimes its just patching up small element before it becomes an problem. But sometimes they will just stay clear. If one is doing okay or particularly fascinating they'll stay back and watch how it adapt to the unique environments. World where due to temperatures the only habitable zone is on the edge of a star’s light? Organisms adaptation might give some insight for future and give templates for backing up similar ecosystems elsewhere. But there are limits to their interference. If saving a planet requires more effort than its results justify, they let it fade, something Wayfarer was upset about

There’s also a personal element. Archivists sometimes release life forms they’re familiar with—ancestors of creatures they once befriended. While they know these won’t develop into the same beings, it’s comforting to see familiar traits re-emerge (and to know how to deal with them). When universe is so hellbend on reminding of inevitable end, its a small victory.

Those are some words about methods, when it comes to why they even start its bit diffrent. The Starchildren’s mission stems from witnessing the first total extinction of life on a first developed planet. Unable to create life or reverse what had happened, they were confronted with the vast emptiness of the void and believed all was lost, that was it. And then saw the painfully SLOW emergence of life elsewhere, collectors agreed on a mutual goal to prevent life fading out of existance, not taking for granted it will work out. Bit ironic joke of fate that ones suited to live in isolation of void are also one to seek company. When the only other comapny is one that lives in blink of an eye its easy for the unguided Starchildren with almost divine power develop some quirks and complexes (not an excuse, just a reason).

But maybe its by design, just the right trait to have something always watching tirelessly over the gardens, ensuring there is someone there. I wouldn't say there isn't a quiet internal push for it, a drive that took root in the right environment and grew into a lifelong mission. Magic, like energy, isn’t created—it once formed part of Everything. When Everything awakened, it wanted to be more, sought to ensure there would always be something

[kevkebus-subh]

[whatsinmypen]

Went with the orange, and this nib is incredible! Granted, it doesn't seem to love my Clairefontaine paper, but on Midori and Leuchtturm it was smooth as butter and super juicy. Perfect with some Iroshizuku fuyu-gaki!

Pen: Platinum Classic Maki-e Phoenix (M)

Ink: Iroshizuku fuyu-gaki

Notebook: Clairefontaine Neo Deco A5

[3ggling]

The sun, the moon, the earth, the stars

[alrightymoose]

collector sketch as my attempt to escape art block

[kaasi-legacy-designs]

done with the first half of my Security training.

[oh-no-its-dragons]

Noooo why must they be A5 size and lined?!?

Kingdom of Threads, if you're reading this? A6ish and unlined please!

[aestheticcreations1]

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[wol-blackthorne]

Transcription of Tural Travelogue

(Dawntrail All Quests Spoilers ahead)

[Master Post]

4A/2S [4th Astral Moon / 2nd Sun] - Finally back in Tural. Found a notebook in the markets. Ameliance would likely have provided one had I returned to Sharlayan, but I wanted to get some notes down soon. To commit to memory less volatile than mine:

The tour guide in canal town, who loved sharing history with visitors and ended each tour at the wishing fountain. I wished to be friends with Sphene in the end. Perhaps the boys will keep her company until we can meet again.

A librarian. She assured me the books were no mere projection. The history of Alexandria is, at least in part, preserved there.

A boy who had misplaced his brother. In searching, we realized the boy was Turali, and his brother was outside the dome, likely alive and well. Look for a blond train engineer missing a brother in Yyasulani.

A girl who had put together a scavenger hunt showing her favorite locations in the golden city. The hunt led to the passphrase "Would you be my canary." [sic "I Want to Be Your Canary"]

Otis, as his memories preserved. He's with his Queen now.

Krile's parents, Millala descendents of the South Sea Isles who crossed the rift after C4[sic, 5th Calamity]. Continue investigating the isles! Left Krile's birth name: Maya. Researchers of Preservation, studied Key.

Keeper of animals, Millala. Regretted not fighting harder to keep scorpions out of the Volcane preserve.

Engineer who designed state of Sphene above the Meso Terminal.

Cahcuia. Erenville's mother. I'm honored to have met her.

Sphene. She loved her people to the end. I hope she rests well with her people in the sea.

I'm left with the Key to interdimensional fusion. Of all the things for Theia to have left. She couldn't have known my current work, but perhaps she guessed at it.

Don't tell Lolorito yet. Not sure how Key works or if fusion required. Localized around gate? Security.

[the-au-collector]

So what you’re saying is a fantasy world could, theoretically, have a “blood” river

Geological horror. You find a geode and crack it open and the crystal lining its walls is human blood that can't be genetically matched to anyone. You find a human skeleton but every one of the bones is made from rock, a rock that you know can't be whittled into those shapes. You find layers of clay and loam that sport ancient fossils at the top and the still-rotting corpses of modern animals at the bottom.

[fruitstickerr]

finished three pages of my fruit sticker collection 🍈🍉🍊🍋🍌🍍🥭🍎🍏🍒

[cambo-writes]

is today the day i finally stop malding abt being bad at video games and finally get into an rpg or something

[morelikesin]

The amount of ideas I have that I'm too embarrassed by so I never post them. Sliving 🩷

[whatsinmypen]

Pen: Pelikan M205 (fine)

Ink: Akkerman Treves Turquoise

Notebook: Artist's Loft

[cinderpresss]

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