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[ask-archiveler]

((OOC: some rules and info plus disclaimers before we get started, so please read under the cut for full info!

--Dark Themes--

As Archive is an imoral angel, sometimes they get carried away by their curiosity. This can lead to some things that will be tagbed as "tw dark themes" and if I feel like it gets worse, I will add a community label.

Some dark themes I have planned are kidnapping, experimentation, and religious trauma.

(Due to the religious aspects of it I will only be diving into Heaphestus/Greek gods and The "Christian" god aka the mormon god as those ar ethe only religious I feel like I know enough about to be able to write on it willise tw religion when going more into that aspect.)

--Shipping--

I am 100% ok with shipping as that is one part of what made me want to make Archive an actual character! Just go ahead and ask, and im good with it! Archive is polyamourus for full shipping potential.

--Art--

Just tag me or send it to me I wil lbe very thankful and might even return the favor at a later date.

I am also ok with him being depicted differently. The only rule is no Genderbent versions, please.

--Archive's info--

Archive uses they/them, and he/him pronouns interchangeably and Pansexual as well as Poly (as previously stated).

Archive is the version of himself that was sheltered by the heavens and never grew as a person, unlike @ask-young-archiveler , who learned and grew by talking to people.

--The Mod--

I am Gold (any pronouns), and I run the oncleer archives as well as these two roleplay blogs feel free to ask about me on my main or the onceler archives.

[onceler-archives]

I mentioned I would say why I've absent a while ago and have gotten busy, so I'll quickly explain my absence and guess when I will be able to come back.

Currently, I am trying to move out of my abusive household, I have a confirmed moving date and need to prepare. Other than that, personal things have been really stressful, and this blog takes a surprising amount of energy from me.

I expect I will have energy and time to be able to take proper care of this account near the middle of April. Thank you all for your patience and the recent followers!

[ask-archiveler]

((Little explanation here as well for why I've been gone))

[lorax-ascending]

Merry Thneedmas to @goldenmiffen03 , my partner for this years exchange! I couldn't decide whether to draw Archiveler or Maaskelah, so i drew them both!

[ask-archiveler]

Oh my this is such a nice portrait of my!

Thank you oh so much. I shall keep this and cherish it for a long time.

[ask-archiveler]

Magic not-an-anon, if it’s okay: you’re a nubcat now. That’s My Attack. (/reference)

mrrow

((Archive is now a nubcat for 5 asks!))

[ask-archiveler]

“May I askth a bit of a personal question? Where are ye on the hierarchy of angels? Thine appearance reminds me of a Throne or Seraphim…”

Well, that certainty is a personal question...

I am actually not that high up on the hierarchy. My family has always been on the lower half of the middle class.

However, through hard work, I have actually gotten to a higher status than my family.

[ask-the-monkler-amen]

“Oh, well. That is certainly much different than my assumption on how the hierarchy of angels functioned… and did ye say gods?”

[ask-archiveler]

Yes, gods plural. I mainly work under Heaphestus, god of creativity. But in technicality, I "belong" to the god of christianity.

But I insist you not to become doubtful in your faith. Even if all gods and religions exist and are true, so is the God's love for their worshipers.

[ask-the-monkler-amen]

“… this is a lot to take in. I shall remain steadfast in my belief in Him, the Lorax and divine will. But other gods? Other universes? Other realities?”

“Heaphetus, yes I read of him in the Iliad, quote, “who is a shame and disgrace in heaven to me, so that straightway, picking him up in my hands, I hurled him into the broad sea; but by Thetis of silvery feet, great Nereus’ daughter, he was received; then she with her sisters provided his nurture”

What is working for him like then?”

[ask-archiveler]

Yes, that is the one, disgraced for not being perfect enough for the other gods. He is a kind and gentle god, much more than the others I have encountered.

He gives me the work to archive the creative works of all the souls involved in our smaller multiverse circle.

Now, a similar question I have for you: What is it like being a monk for the Christian god?

[recordkeep-ler]

[Archive shows up with a soft nock to the door, but opens it without waiting for a response.]

"Record! It seems I missed a whole month. Did anything happen while I was gone?"

-@ask-archiveler

[Oh boy.]

Well, there was a mass resurgence of nubcats recently! It’s the first influx of this phenomenon in at least a few years, I didn’t think I’d ever see them come back, much less find myself in the middle of it— oh, and I got turned into one myself. Still working on an updated report on what that was like.

In terms of new Once-lers, I—

[Probably should have been keeping a closer eye on them and actually written them down. Oops..? Rec stumbles over his words for a second before catching himself.]

Some of the more notable new Once-lers have been Shinigami-ler, Clocksmith-ler, Crow-ler, QTip-ler, JSPaint-ler, and Dabloon-ler. I’ve— Yeah, I’ve been keeping tabs on them.

[He carefully leaves out Pen-ler and hopes Archive won’t notice the omission.]

[ask-archiveler]

[They nod at the nubcat explination]

"Yes, I saw that I missed that. I am a bit worried I might get one too. As I do not know how much I could get done with paws."

[They nod again then peark up a little bit realizing something missed.]

"You missed Catholic Monkler, Wanderler, Gingerbread, and Penler. That one seems a bit odd. There is not one but three sentient items now."

[recordkeep-ler]

[Oh, so Archive already knows about Pen-ler.. Shoot.]

Oh yeah, those four too! Not sure how I missed Wander-ler, I literally got an ask about him less than two weeks ago.

Not sure about the influx of sentient items, although it’s not unusual per se..? I was a little worried about potential alternate selves hiding in my tent for a while, though.

[Rec tries to steer the conversation away from Pen-ler.]

Anyway.. The anon responsible for turning everyone into nubcats— or maybe it’s two anons, I’m still not clear on that— the point is, they’re still out there somewhere.

[ask-archiveler]

"Wanderler seems interesting I plan to try and speak with all of the Oncelers I can once this headache goes away."

"Personally, I find the objects very interesting."

[They hum a little bit and nod.]

"The text the anons used seemed to be two distinct ones, I just find it a tad odd. Now, besides a quick catchup, I was wondering if you'd be willing to help me with something"

[recordkeep-ler]

[Good point about the text, Rec muses.]

Yeah, it’s either two people or a single anon pretending to be two people.

[He immediately stands up straight and tries to make himself look more presentable upon hearing Archive’s request for help.]

Sure, what do you need help with?

[ask-archiveler]

[He rubs his temples again then summons a scroll and quickly skims through it.]

"I need your help in finding out if a onceler I have only heard of is real or not."

"I have heard of this onceler called 'dust bunny onceler,' which was the size of dust bunnies and lived in an attic."

[He folds up the scrill then sighs]

"Honestly, if you could offer me any information, I would be grateful. Even if its a confirmation if he's real or not."

[recordkeep-ler]

[That sounds.. plausible, even if Rec can’t think of a URL along the lines of “dustbunny onceler”.]

Wait there for a second.

[He opens one of his folders labeled “D” and begins shuffling through his documents, reading off the (mostly deactivated) list of Once-lers in that file.]

Drawn Once-ler, Duct Tape Once-ler, Don’t Ask the Once-ler..

[He blinks.]

Huh. I never thought I’d say this, but it doesn’t look like there’s a Once-ler for that. QTip-ler recently posted about being scared of dust bunnies, if that counts? Those weren’t sapient and they definitely weren’t Once-lers themselves, though.

[ask-archiveler]

"Well, that makes sense, bound to found one that does not exist eventually."

[Another sharp pain in their head force them to wince and put a hand up lightly rubbing it.]

"It was supposedly arround pre 2019, but I have only heard of one person peak of them who later vanished that year"

[They close almost all of their eyes and quint with the remaining.]

"Do you happen to have any painkillers? I assume they will be strong enough for me, but anything could help."

[recordkeep-ler]

Yeah, it..

[Rec re-sorts his documents and puts them back in the appropriate folder.]

It sounds entirely plausible, I get what you’re saying! A lot of Once-lers from the pre-2015 era of the multiverse tend to slip through the cracks when it comes to documentation, just because they were so many of them— it’s possible that this one existed, but missed being documented in any notable way.

[Painkillers.. Rec thinks for a moment.]

I might have some over-the-counter stuff on that shelf next to my desk, hold on..

[It doesn’t take him long to find them. He’s gotta deal with the inevitable headaches that come with his job somehow, after all. He dumps two pills out of the bottle and hands them to Archive.]

[ask-archiveler]

[Archive takes them and immediately downs them without any drink.]

"Thank you.

[They look around Rec's room, and notice something interesting.]

"So, you still live in your tent-house-thing correct. Does that mean you are still on good terms with your lorax?"

[recordkeep-ler]

Relatively speaking, I’d say so..? After discovering the multiverse, I never actually cut down that first tree. Too many unpredictable factors, y’know?

[He’s a little embarrassed to admit that as a Once-ler. But he knows that cutting down that first tree is often the catalyst for what defines a Once-ler for the rest of the foreseeable future, and he’d rather stay where he is rather than open the path for hundreds of different possible fates.]

[… Besides, he thinks, I can’t pull off green. He realizes he’s been spacing out in the midst of fretting over the nature of his existence and quickly starts talking again.]

But yeah, the Lorax! He’s kind of annoying sometimes, but he’s probably also the reason I haven’t really gone off the deep end from documenting the multiverse.

[ask-archiveler]

"The first tree? As in the one that usually summons the Lorax? That us avery interesting difference you have."

[Archive smiles and makes himself comfortable sitting down at a chair.]

"I have never cut down a tree either as we dont really have too many of them in the heavens."

[They chucke a little bit gianing a genuine smile.]

"I guess you could say I fell off the deep ages ago."

[recordkeep-ler]

[Rec nods.]

Yeah, I’m.. I’ll be honest, I’m not really sure why the Lorax showed up if I never cut down any trees, but I guess me walking up to a tree and looking like I wanted to chop it down was enough?

[Well, what actually happened was Rec hesitantly preparing to cut down a tree in hopes that a new gimmick would be a reprieve from the stress of his job, and then freezing up in terror at the uncertainty of fate, dropping the axe blade-first into the dirt. The axe is still sitting there, rusting away.]

[He laughs sheepishly at Archive’s remark of “falling off the deep end”.]

I mean.. at least we’re not alone in this?

[ask-archiveler]

“May I askth a bit of a personal question? Where are ye on the hierarchy of angels? Thine appearance reminds me of a Throne or Seraphim…”

Well, that certainty is a personal question...

I am actually not that high up on the hierarchy. My family has always been on the lower half of the middle class.

However, through hard work, I have actually gotten to a higher status than my family.

[ask-the-monkler-amen]

“Oh, well. That is certainly much different than my assumption on how the hierarchy of angels functioned… and did ye say gods?”

[ask-archiveler]

Yes, gods plural. I mainly work under Heaphestus, god of creativity. But in technicality, I "belong" to the god of christianity.

But I insist you not to become doubtful in your faith. Even if all gods and religions exist and are true, so is the God's love for their worshipers.

[ask-archiveler]

“May I askth a bit of a personal question? Where are ye on the hierarchy of angels? Thine appearance reminds me of a Throne or Seraphim…”

Well, that certainty is a personal question...

I am actually not that high up on the hierarchy. My family has always been on the lower half of the middle class.

However, through hard work, I have actually gotten to a higher status than my family.

[ask-archiveler]

Is it easier to forgive or forget?

[His perfect posture falters for a moment then he stands up straight again]

Well, this is a more difficult question than I assume you know. Because I am a diety, I literally can not forget anything.

Angels and most higher beings, including gods, demons, and imps, all have the ability to remember their whole life as far back as being one years of age.

So, for your question, I would have to say forgive because I can not forget.

[handcrafted-in-germany]

70 cute questions ... go ahead

[needsthneeds-blog]

01: Do you have a good relationship with your parents?

02: Who did you last say “I love you” to?

03: Do you regret anything?

04: Are you insecure?

05: What is your relationship status?

06: How do you want to die?

07: What did you last eat?

08: Played any sports?

09: Do you bite your nails?

10: When was your last physical fight?

11: Do you like someone?

12: Have you ever stayed up 48 hours?

13: Do you hate anyone at the moment?

14: Do you miss someone?

15: Have any pets?

16: How exactly are you feeling at the moment?

17: Ever made out in the bathroom?

18: Are you scared of spiders?

19: Would you go back in time if you were given the chance?

20: Where was the last place you snogged someone?

21: What are your plans for this weekend?

22: Do you want to have kids? How many?

23: Do you have piercings? How many?

24: What is/are/were your best subject(s)?

25: Do you miss anyone from your past?

26: What are you craving right now?

27: Have you ever broken someone’s heart?

28: Have you ever been cheated on?

29: Have you made a boyfriend/girlfriend cry?

30: What’s irritating you right now?

31: Does somebody love you?

32: What is your favourite color?

33: Do you have trust issues?

34: Who/what was your last dream about?

35: Who was the last person you cried in front of?

36: Do you give out second chances too easily?

37: Is it easier to forgive or forget?

38: Is this year the best year of your life?

39: How old were you when you had your first kiss?

40: Have you ever walked outside completely naked?

51: Favourite food?

52: Do you believe everything happens for a reason?

53: What is the last thing you did before you went to bed last night?

54: Is cheating ever okay?

55: Are you mean?

56: How many people have you fist fought?

57: Do you believe in true love?

58: Favourite weather?

59: Do you like the snow?

60: Do you wanna get married?

61: Is it cute when a boy/girl calls you baby?

62: What makes you happy?

63: Would you change your name?

64: Would it be hard to kiss the last person you kissed?

65: Your best friend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do?

66: Do you have a friend of the opposite sex who you can act your complete self around?

67: Who was the last person of the opposite sex you talked to?

68: Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with?

69: Do you believe in soulmates?

70: Is there anyone you would die for?

[idiotbox1986]

12. Have you ever stayed up 48 hours?

-Yes. Doing business is not easy :’)

Choose one or more questions and answer (as your onceler oc) and tag a few of your friends (of course you don’t have to answer necessarily if you’ve been tagged:} )

If you are not tagged, you can still reply and reblog ^√°

@truffulahugger-tori @noritaro @auntiesissysweetie @thneedparade @qtip-ler @ask-the-monkler-amen @recordkeep-ler @pen-ler @ask-archiveler @ask-crow-ler @ask-the-clocksmith-ler @rafatello @tisal-zest

[ask-archiveler]

69: Do you belive in soulmates?

Yes, I do. In my world at least, they are very much true and a work of the god Aphrodite but they donot work in the way people think they do.

Why do I have this feeling of dread with some of these questions?

((Ooc: i usually hate tagging people, but i really hope that we can get some of these questions going so everyone who's active in the fandom rn gets a few

@ask-the-monkler @ask-cryptidler @communist-onceler @ginger-ler @coppyler @crue-ler @shinigami-ler

))

[pen-ler]

Hello, penler! It is nice to meet you. I have a strange question to ask you.If you do not mind, would you consider your ink your blood?"

-@ask-archiveler

Hello! Yes, it is, it seems to me that this can be considered!

After all, I cannot live long without ink, and as soon as they run out, I urgently need new ink...

[ask-archiveler]

Very interesting...

[recordkeep-ler]

[Archive shows up with a soft nock to the door, but opens it without waiting for a response.]

"Record! It seems I missed a whole month. Did anything happen while I was gone?"

-@ask-archiveler

[Oh boy.]

Well, there was a mass resurgence of nubcats recently! It’s the first influx of this phenomenon in at least a few years, I didn’t think I’d ever see them come back, much less find myself in the middle of it— oh, and I got turned into one myself. Still working on an updated report on what that was like.

In terms of new Once-lers, I—

[Probably should have been keeping a closer eye on them and actually written them down. Oops..? Rec stumbles over his words for a second before catching himself.]

Some of the more notable new Once-lers have been Shinigami-ler, Clocksmith-ler, Crow-ler, QTip-ler, JSPaint-ler, and Dabloon-ler. I’ve— Yeah, I’ve been keeping tabs on them.

[He carefully leaves out Pen-ler and hopes Archive won’t notice the omission.]

[ask-archiveler]

[They nod at the nubcat explination]

"Yes, I saw that I missed that. I am a bit worried I might get one too. As I do not know how much I could get done with paws."

[They nod again then peark up a little bit realizing something missed.]

"You missed Catholic Monkler, Wanderler, Gingerbread, and Penler. That one seems a bit odd. There is not one but three sentient items now."

[recordkeep-ler]

[Oh, so Archive already knows about Pen-ler.. Shoot.]

Oh yeah, those four too! Not sure how I missed Wander-ler, I literally got an ask about him less than two weeks ago.

Not sure about the influx of sentient items, although it’s not unusual per se..? I was a little worried about potential alternate selves hiding in my tent for a while, though.

[Rec tries to steer the conversation away from Pen-ler.]

Anyway.. The anon responsible for turning everyone into nubcats— or maybe it’s two anons, I’m still not clear on that— the point is, they’re still out there somewhere.

[ask-archiveler]

"Wanderler seems interesting I plan to try and speak with all of the Oncelers I can once this headache goes away."

"Personally, I find the objects very interesting."

[They hum a little bit and nod.]

"The text the anons used seemed to be two distinct ones, I just find it a tad odd. Now, besides a quick catchup, I was wondering if you'd be willing to help me with something"

[recordkeep-ler]

[Good point about the text, Rec muses.]

Yeah, it’s either two people or a single anon pretending to be two people.

[He immediately stands up straight and tries to make himself look more presentable upon hearing Archive’s request for help.]

Sure, what do you need help with?

[ask-archiveler]

[He rubs his temples again then summons a scroll and quickly skims through it.]

"I need your help in finding out if a onceler I have only heard of is real or not."

"I have heard of this onceler called 'dust bunny onceler,' which was the size of dust bunnies and lived in an attic."

[He folds up the scrill then sighs]

"Honestly, if you could offer me any information, I would be grateful. Even if its a confirmation if he's real or not."

[recordkeep-ler]

[That sounds.. plausible, even if Rec can’t think of a URL along the lines of “dustbunny onceler”.]

Wait there for a second.

[He opens one of his folders labeled “D” and begins shuffling through his documents, reading off the (mostly deactivated) list of Once-lers in that file.]

Drawn Once-ler, Duct Tape Once-ler, Don’t Ask the Once-ler..

[He blinks.]

Huh. I never thought I’d say this, but it doesn’t look like there’s a Once-ler for that. QTip-ler recently posted about being scared of dust bunnies, if that counts? Those weren’t sapient and they definitely weren’t Once-lers themselves, though.

[ask-archiveler]

"Well, that makes sense, bound to found one that does not exist eventually."

[Another sharp pain in their head force them to wince and put a hand up lightly rubbing it.]

"It was supposedly arround pre 2019, but I have only heard of one person peak of them who later vanished that year"

[They close almost all of their eyes and quint with the remaining.]

"Do you happen to have any painkillers? I assume they will be strong enough for me, but anything could help."

[recordkeep-ler]

Yeah, it..

[Rec re-sorts his documents and puts them back in the appropriate folder.]

It sounds entirely plausible, I get what you’re saying! A lot of Once-lers from the pre-2015 era of the multiverse tend to slip through the cracks when it comes to documentation, just because they were so many of them— it’s possible that this one existed, but missed being documented in any notable way.

[Painkillers.. Rec thinks for a moment.]

I might have some over-the-counter stuff on that shelf next to my desk, hold on..

[It doesn’t take him long to find them. He’s gotta deal with the inevitable headaches that come with his job somehow, after all. He dumps two pills out of the bottle and hands them to Archive.]

[ask-archiveler]

[Archive takes them and immediately downs them without any drink.]

"Thank you.

[They look around Rec's room, and notice something interesting.]

"So, you still live in your tent-house-thing correct. Does that mean you are still on good terms with your lorax?"

[recordkeep-ler]

[Archive shows up with a soft nock to the door, but opens it without waiting for a response.]

"Record! It seems I missed a whole month. Did anything happen while I was gone?"

-@ask-archiveler

[Oh boy.]

Well, there was a mass resurgence of nubcats recently! It’s the first influx of this phenomenon in at least a few years, I didn’t think I’d ever see them come back, much less find myself in the middle of it— oh, and I got turned into one myself. Still working on an updated report on what that was like.

In terms of new Once-lers, I—

[Probably should have been keeping a closer eye on them and actually written them down. Oops..? Rec stumbles over his words for a second before catching himself.]

Some of the more notable new Once-lers have been Shinigami-ler, Clocksmith-ler, Crow-ler, QTip-ler, JSPaint-ler, and Dabloon-ler. I’ve— Yeah, I’ve been keeping tabs on them.

[He carefully leaves out Pen-ler and hopes Archive won’t notice the omission.]

[ask-archiveler]

[They nod at the nubcat explination]

"Yes, I saw that I missed that. I am a bit worried I might get one too. As I do not know how much I could get done with paws."

[They nod again then peark up a little bit realizing something missed.]

"You missed Catholic Monkler, Wanderler, Gingerbread, and Penler. That one seems a bit odd. There is not one but three sentient items now."

[recordkeep-ler]

[Oh, so Archive already knows about Pen-ler.. Shoot.]

Oh yeah, those four too! Not sure how I missed Wander-ler, I literally got an ask about him less than two weeks ago.

Not sure about the influx of sentient items, although it’s not unusual per se..? I was a little worried about potential alternate selves hiding in my tent for a while, though.

[Rec tries to steer the conversation away from Pen-ler.]

Anyway.. The anon responsible for turning everyone into nubcats— or maybe it’s two anons, I’m still not clear on that— the point is, they’re still out there somewhere.

[ask-archiveler]

"Wanderler seems interesting I plan to try and speak with all of the Oncelers I can once this headache goes away."

"Personally, I find the objects very interesting."

[They hum a little bit and nod.]

"The text the anons used seemed to be two distinct ones, I just find it a tad odd. Now, besides a quick catchup, I was wondering if you'd be willing to help me with something"

[recordkeep-ler]

[Good point about the text, Rec muses.]

Yeah, it’s either two people or a single anon pretending to be two people.

[He immediately stands up straight and tries to make himself look more presentable upon hearing Archive’s request for help.]

Sure, what do you need help with?

[ask-archiveler]

[He rubs his temples again then summons a scroll and quickly skims through it.]

"I need your help in finding out if a onceler I have only heard of is real or not."

"I have heard of this onceler called 'dust bunny onceler,' which was the size of dust bunnies and lived in an attic."

[He folds up the scrill then sighs]

"Honestly, if you could offer me any information, I would be grateful. Even if its a confirmation if he's real or not."

[recordkeep-ler]

[That sounds.. plausible, even if Rec can’t think of a URL along the lines of “dustbunny onceler”.]

Wait there for a second.

[He opens one of his folders labeled “D” and begins shuffling through his documents, reading off the (mostly deactivated) list of Once-lers in that file.]

Drawn Once-ler, Duct Tape Once-ler, Don’t Ask the Once-ler..

[He blinks.]

Huh. I never thought I’d say this, but it doesn’t look like there’s a Once-ler for that. QTip-ler recently posted about being scared of dust bunnies, if that counts? Those weren’t sapient and they definitely weren’t Once-lers themselves, though.

[ask-archiveler]

"Well, that makes sense, bound to found one that does not exist eventually."

[Another sharp pain in their head force them to wince and put a hand up lightly rubbing it.]

"It was supposedly arround pre 2019, but I have only heard of one person peak of them who later vanished that year"

[They close almost all of their eyes and quint with the remaining.]

"Do you happen to have any painkillers? I assume they will be strong enough for me, but anything could help."

[recordkeep-ler]

[Archive shows up with a soft nock to the door, but opens it without waiting for a response.]

"Record! It seems I missed a whole month. Did anything happen while I was gone?"

-@ask-archiveler

[Oh boy.]

Well, there was a mass resurgence of nubcats recently! It’s the first influx of this phenomenon in at least a few years, I didn’t think I’d ever see them come back, much less find myself in the middle of it— oh, and I got turned into one myself. Still working on an updated report on what that was like.

In terms of new Once-lers, I—

[Probably should have been keeping a closer eye on them and actually written them down. Oops..? Rec stumbles over his words for a second before catching himself.]

Some of the more notable new Once-lers have been Shinigami-ler, Clocksmith-ler, Crow-ler, QTip-ler, JSPaint-ler, and Dabloon-ler. I’ve— Yeah, I’ve been keeping tabs on them.

[He carefully leaves out Pen-ler and hopes Archive won’t notice the omission.]

[ask-archiveler]

[They nod at the nubcat explination]

"Yes, I saw that I missed that. I am a bit worried I might get one too. As I do not know how much I could get done with paws."

[They nod again then peark up a little bit realizing something missed.]

"You missed Catholic Monkler, Wanderler, Gingerbread, and Penler. That one seems a bit odd. There is not one but three sentient items now."

[recordkeep-ler]

[Oh, so Archive already knows about Pen-ler.. Shoot.]

Oh yeah, those four too! Not sure how I missed Wander-ler, I literally got an ask about him less than two weeks ago.

Not sure about the influx of sentient items, although it’s not unusual per se..? I was a little worried about potential alternate selves hiding in my tent for a while, though.

[Rec tries to steer the conversation away from Pen-ler.]

Anyway.. The anon responsible for turning everyone into nubcats— or maybe it’s two anons, I’m still not clear on that— the point is, they’re still out there somewhere.

[ask-archiveler]

"Wanderler seems interesting I plan to try and speak with all of the Oncelers I can once this headache goes away."

"Personally, I find the objects very interesting."

[They hum a little bit and nod.]

"The text the anons used seemed to be two distinct ones, I just find it a tad odd. Now, besides a quick catchup, I was wondering if you'd be willing to help me with something"

[recordkeep-ler]

[Good point about the text, Rec muses.]

Yeah, it’s either two people or a single anon pretending to be two people.

[He immediately stands up straight and tries to make himself look more presentable upon hearing Archive’s request for help.]

Sure, what do you need help with?

[ask-archiveler]

[He rubs his temples again then summons a scroll and quickly skims through it.]

"I need your help in finding out if a onceler I have only heard of is real or not."

"I have heard of this onceler called 'dust bunny onceler,' which was the size of dust bunnies and lived in an attic."

[He folds up the scrill then sighs]

"Honestly, if you could offer me any information, I would be grateful. Even if its a confirmation if he's real or not."

[ask-archiveler]

[Archive gets up and winces at a throbbing pain in his head and put a hand up to it.]

"Uuuggg what happened?"

[His butler assistant, Hollem, rushes over to him at the sound of him being awake and offers him a glas of water and an explanation.]

"Sir, it seems your god Hephaestus has been under the weather latley, causing you to have fallen unconscious during most of November."

"Oh, Gods, have I missed anything improtant? " [besides, of course, all the work it will take to catch up for the lost month They reach over and take the water glass.]

"Sir, it seems you missed the 'nubcats' and a few more oncelers coming into existence, but nothing you can't easily handle."

[They rubbed their heads. They may have to visit Record to make sure he has been keepingup his part of the deal.]

[recordkeep-ler]

Hello Recordkeepler, [Archiveler Bows]

From my understanding we have a similar goal in mind. Would you be interested in working with me to keep record of every onceler across the multiverse?

-Archiveler [@ask-archiveler]

[ask-archiveler]

[Archive snickers]

"Now, where would you like to start?"

[Their smirk is constant as they speak]

[recordkeep-ler]

Hmm..

[Rec hadn’t expected Archive to ask for his input first. He takes a deep breath, trying to think. Transferring his records to Archive’s namesake sounds like a good idea, but that’d also mean they could easily hold his most prized possession over his head..]

[Better start with something small.]

I’d like to ask for your info on some of the more recent Once-lers you’ve documented. It’s gonna be a while before I start covering them fully, but I think getting started on their files would be a good idea.

[And it’d give me some time away from scrolling through the Wayback Machine all day. He thinks.]

[ask-archiveler]

[Archive pulled out a scroll and skimmed through it quickly.]

"Let's see, of course there is you. Decendents are not technically oncelers but there was a new one just today. Reviveler, and an alternate version of Alter got a job at mcdonalds if you count au branches. Ooo and Doctorler who is trying to find someone. He may be difficult do to the traveling."

[They look up from their scroll and over to Rec.]

[recordkeep-ler]

Descendants? Does that mean you’re documenting every Once-ler’s kids too?

[He already knows that a few Once-lers have kids (or even grandkids), but that seemed like an odd thing to keep track of if Archive was just focused on Once-lers.]

[He’s heard of Doctor-ler— quite frankly, he’s surprised that there wasn’t one already, considering that “SuperWhoLock” seemed to overlap with the genesis of the Once-ler multiverse in terms of time frame. Lucky jerk has a real time machine, too.]

[He begins taking notes, absentmindedly wondering if there was indeed a Doctor-ler before this one and his blog was just lost to time before the idea was reimagined as this one. Well, it’d be on brand, that’s for sure. He pauses his notes once he gets to a certain undead(?) Once-ler.]

So to be clear, does Reviveler raise the dead or was he.. dead and then raised? The semantics of this are kind of confusing me.

[ask-archiveler]

"Yes the decendents. I keep track of everything inside of the Onceler Multiverse. It is my job to take note of all of it."

[They let out a sigh, it can be tiring and he does not fully get documenting all of it, but its not his decision.]

"Well it is unclear." [ They summon a different scroll in front if them and skim it quickly.]

"He has yet to either recieve or answer questions. This is the main way us oncelers comunicate and learn about each other so without that I franksly, do not know yet."

[They glare at the paper then with a flick of their wrist it vanishes.]

[recordkeep-ler]

All of it..

[Rec feels a very slight pang of sympathy for the strange (and quite frankly, terrifying) Once-ler. He thought he had his hands full just documenting his alternate selves, but to try keeping track of everything in the multiverse? That sounds like a pretty tiring existence, even for an omniscient being.]

[Archive answering his question about Rev snaps him out of his musings.]

Oh, I guess we’ll just wait and see where he goes from here, then.

[He tries to sound nonchalant, but regardless of what Rev’s alias actually means, the idea of death not being the end does creep him out a little bit. He blames the brief time he spent researching the first Truffula Flu incident.]

[ask-archiveler]

[Archive looks around as the conversation falls flat for a second (conversation not being their strong suit)]

"Would you like a tour? I could offer you whatever resourses you may require."

[recordkeep-ler]

[He’s hesitant at first; this does sound a lot like a ploy to kidnap him, even if he doesn’t think he has anything that would be worth kidnapping him for. But then again, he could use some time out of his tent (and despite what he told himself, going down to the river to clean his cooking supplies probably didn’t count).]

Alright, let me just write my friends a reminder..

[He shuffles through his paperwork to find a pencil buried underneath and writes down a quick note for the animals and Lorax reading: “DO NOT TOUCH, RIP, FOLD, OR DEFACE THESE DOCUMENTS! THEY’RE VERY IMPORTANT - The Once-ler”. For the moment, it doesn’t occur to him that most of the animals can’t read and have no reason to heed his message.]

Ready to go!

[He’s still on-edge, but he’s kind of excited. For as much research as he’s done on his alternate selves, he’s never actually met one in person, much less traveled to an alternate universe!]

[ask-archiveler]

[Archive's smile fades slightly as Rec thinks on this, of course he comes off as creepy often but they had no plans to harm this onceler (they could prove useful) so there truly was no intentional fear caused by Archive.]

"There are a few ways to travel universes mind the nausia try not to vomit on my things."

[Suddenly a flurry of eyes and feathers starts to circle aroudn them like a tornado it goes faster and faster with them atthe center. Then suddenly stops and the feathers fall, and the eyes blink out of existance or return to Archiveler.]

[recordkeep-ler]

[Rec realizes that he has no way of knowing for sure that he doesn’t get universe-traveling sickness, but the thought is quickly forgotten once Archive whisks him away.]

[ask-archiveler]

[As all of the feathers and eyes go away Archive spinds in front of Record and spreads their arms and wings out wide.]

"WELCOME TO MY ARCHIVES!"

[They smile an actual genuine smile rather than their usual creepy smile.]

"Now, due to our arangement being partners rather than... umm...My usual guests. Feel free to ask at any time to stop and I can take you back home with instructions to the spell to return at a later date."

[recordkeep-ler]

[Rec stares at the archives with a mix of childlike wonder and (admittedly) petty jealousy.]

Wow, I..

[He struggles for words before finally asking the question, his tone stuck somewhere between awe and fear.]

How long have you been working on these?

[Even the more grounded side of him can’t help but feel a little impressed. (Seemingly) magic scrolls? That certainly had more flair than his piles of of mostly-unsorted documents! He can’t help but wonder if he should at least do something to make his records look nicer if he moves them here.]

[ask-archiveler]

[They seem a bit taken back by this question, how long have they been doing this? Time flies differently in his world].

"I believe only around well let's see take 118 minus 19 so around 99 years. Almost to 100!"

[They catch Rec looking around the room. Their smile becomes a bit mroe awkward.]

"Do not fret over how expensive this all looks, it is merely nepitism."

[recordkeep-ler]

[Rec nods, still astounded. That does make sense, an angel would probably have a lot more time to write these things down than he did.]

Yeah, I get that. It’s.. It’s just a lot to take in for the first time, y’know?

[Especially compared to my workspace. He thinks. Hopefully this partnership will what he needs to motivate him to tidy it up a little.]

[ask-archiveler]

Oh yes, sorry. Take your time.

[Archive steps aside allowing Rec to wander to wherever he would like to].

[recordkeep-ler]

So, uh.. what does working together with you entail, exactly? Any terms and/or conditions I should know about in advance?

[It’s an abrupt change of subject and Rec realizes that, but he figures that he may as well get the topic out of the way.]

[ask-archiveler]

"Hmmm.." *[They tap the side of their cheek with their hand thinking]*

"Well, on your end, you may use my archives to search any topic of your desire as well as the permission to use my orbs of spying to watch any universe." [They summon one as an example it landing on a random universe where the onceler is a clown failing to perform.]

"On my end, I would like to request you go on simple fetch quests for knowledge every now and then. I promise nothing, too outrageous. It's more like.umm" [They wave their hand around trying to think of an example] "Uhh... 'Find a Onceler that likes cheese' or something small like that."

[recordkeep-ler]

Oh, okay!

[Honestly, using the orbs sounds.. kinda fun? The permission to access the archives is practical too of course, but watching universes instead of just checking their blogs (and running them through the Wayback Machine) would definitely make his job more interesting.]

[Rec freezes in horror as soon as he hears “fetch quests”, but relaxes once Archive explains them further.]

Yeah, I could do that. As long as you’re not asking me to— y’know, check in on universes that are undergoing the apocalypse or anything like that!

[He laughs nervously at his own joke, even though he doesn’t find it very funny— on some level, he already knew Archive wouldn’t go out of their way to put him in danger. It was a partnership, not an attempt to remove competition.]

A-Anyway— yeah, in all seriousness, that sounds easy enough. Thanks for letting me now.

[ask-archiveler]

"Perfect!" [They clap their hands once and a scroll that has a light green shade to it summons right next to him along with a bottle of gold ink and a quill.]

"Now let me quickly explain something. In my universe deities, angles, and demons all use the same contract system. So, do not be creeped out by this."

[They truley don't want to scare Rec, but they also want to make this an official partnership. That means they need a full on contract from him.]

"I need you make a deal with me." [ The contract unfirls ]

[recordkeep-ler]

[Rec stares at the contract, feeling a knot forming in the pit of his stomach. None of the terms sound that dangerous to him— aside from the part about punishment by Hephaestus— but some overly-cautious, cynical part of his mind that had gone dormant for most of this interaction tells him that this could be a very, very bad idea.]

[Even so, he can’t deny that this is a very promising offer. He hasn’t been this excited to start researching the multiverse since he first appointed himself as the record keeper! Maybe.. this is actually what he needs to fully understand and appreciate his gimmick. It’s not like he has much to lose in case this does go poorly, anyway.]

[He pushes back his doubts, takes a deep breath, and signs the contract, his hands shaking.]

[ask-archiveler]

[The contract rolls up and disappears in a puff of magic.]

"Wonferful! Now you can keep that spying orb I gave you, and you may either return home now or I could return you whenever you feel content to leave." [They hand a piece of paper resembling a buisness card to Rec.]

"Those are instructions to a spell to leave and come back as you please, and how to use the spying orb, which maybesoulboundtomeandmyemotions but we are going toignore that bit for now. I will come to you when I have a task for you!"

[Their head suddenly turned to the side as if they heard something.] "Oh, I must return to work, contact me if needed!"

[In a flurry if wings Archive shoots off flying to another section of the giant library. Leaving Record all alone.]

[recordkeep-ler]

[Before Rec can say “Wait, what?” to the part about the spying orb being soulbound to Archive and his emotions, he’s gone. Not sure what to think, Rec holds the orb carefully while reading the card. Sounds simple enough. He thinks.]

[Following the instructions on the card, he returns back to his own universe.]

(Thread end.)

[adristral]

@ask-archiveler and @recordkeep-ler

[ask-archiveler]

Thank you so very much for this portrait I shall cherush it for a very long time!

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(((Ooc:Oh, oh my god I love him thank you so much)