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    Statement of Jonathan Sims-

    D’VILLE (struggling)

    NO! He’s- DEAD!

    ARCHIVIST (speaking over him)

    -regarding his death. Statement taken directly from subject. Statement begins.

    [NOTABLY, D’VILLE’S TONE CHANGES AS HE BEGINS TO SPEAK. IT IS QUIETER AND LESS ROUGH.]

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    25 Apr 2026

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    Tim was right.

    Maybe he hadn’t really made it out of the museum whole.

    Maybe there was no more Jonathan Sims left to save.

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    Even though he survives the Unknowing, Tim can’t find it in himself to forgive his boss.

    Lucky for him, Jon doesn’t forgive himself either.

    When Jon makes amends in the only way he thinks will matter, Tim is left grappling with the shadow that remains.

    Written for the Rusty Quill Big Bang 2022.

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    12 Apr 2026

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    He fell into a deep bow, smiling the whole while. “I’m the ringmaster, of course.”

    “Is that skin— Is it yours?” Old wood groaned as the Archivist shifted his weight. “Originally.”

    “It is!” the ringmaster said as he swooped back upright. “Nikola decided I wore it well, so she let me keep it. Why do you ask?”

    The Archivist gave him another once-over. “You just… you look familiar. Like someone I know.”

    On relearning, reconnecting, and redefining.

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    14 Apr 2026

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    Gerard Keay is 10 years old the very first time he tries to run away from home, right around the time that Jonathan Sims has just come into possession of his first Leitner.

    Or: One dropped stone can change the way the whole ocean moves.

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    14 Apr 2026

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    > HE’S ON THE NO FLY LIST
    > this college really just hires anyone
    > why did he imply fratricide in his email about cancelling class
    > He really said “you know how it goes” about being on the no fly list 

    A transcript of the class group chat from the fall semester of Dr. Stanford Pines' Physics I lecture.

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