#oc-meri

Meri: It's moments like this I'll never forget.

Meri: If you have any objections, feel free to put them in the suggestion box.

Marcurio: That's the trash can.

Lucien: Why are there little handprints on the wall?

Tamrela: (whispering to Meri) Why are there little handprints all over the wall?

Meri: (whispering) Because I have small hands.

Marcurio: *screams*

Meri: *screams louder to establish dominance*

Tyranus: Should we do something?

Meri: He died of natural causes.

Marcurio: You pushed him off a roof?!?

Oh. My. Family.

Astrid - she taught me a spell, for doing so well when I killed Vittoria. It let me summon “a legend of the dark brotherhood” to help me out in battle. At first, I didn’t know who he was - just a former Brother who’s good with knives and loves to talk.

Then the things he talked about started sounding familiar. I didn’t realize who he was until he started talking about That Place. Applewatch. And then he mentioned Bellamont, and the Purification, and half a dozen little things ripped straight from the stories you told me.

Mama, what do I say? I don’t know what to do. He doesn’t know. He can’t know - I didn’t know what I reminded him of at first, but now I know he looked at me and he saw you. But I look so much like you, Mama, that I don’t think he saw any of himself - he must have thought I was your child with someone else.

Ha, and what would I even say? “Hi, I’m your daughter by the love of your life, except she’s Sheogorath now and oops, I’m actually a Daedric Prince and not a mortal?” I met the man by complete accident!

... Did he even want me? Did you two ever talk about kids? I don’t know. I like to think he wanted me - he looks upset whenever I mention family, but I don’t know if that’s because he thinks someone else is my father, or just because he doesn’t like talking about family. I don’t know him. That’s eighty percent of the problem.

I... I can’t do this right now. I have too much else to focus on. I’m keeping him summoned - no way am I giving up his presence after so long - but I can’t tell him. Not yet. It’ll have to wait. I want to talk to you before I tell him the truth. I wish you were here right now. I miss you, a lot.

Love you,

Meri is more tired now than she has ever been. This must be what Sparky means when he says exhaustion. She has never been able to comprehend it before. But now...

It has taken more of her than she could possibly imagine to fight with Ommer Mae. There is a weakness to her limbs that is entirely foreign, and she hates it, but something in the depths of her soul insists it is an acceptable price for retrieving her predecessor. She beat him, he is hers, and Ommer will just have to deal with it.

Meri: Every major city has banned me from using their public transit system except Markarth.