At the End of All Things Elves in Revelation
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"It is not technically impossible that given information about where it is even for a frankly bizarre definition of 'where' I could appear notes directly above it to rain down on the population."

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"That would be significantly less risky than trying to visit."

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"I'd imagine. What do you even want to say? 'Come to Earth, we have tacos'?"

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"Uh, probably I'd write it in an old military code that only a few trustworthy people know, tell them how to do summoning and get out."

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"You think summoning would work normally there?"

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"I bet the Valar could break it but it might work until they did, and they're a little slow-moving."

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"Would this get out everyone who needs out?"

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"Probably not. There are lots of people who need out who wouldn't trust us. But I can't think of a better option."

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"What's the advantage of the military code thing anyway if you're betting on the Valar being too slow to react?"

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"Some people'd read it and take it to the Valar; the code would only be readable by people who wouldn't do that."

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"So they'd be slow to react to things that were mysterious but would react faster if they knew what the thing said?"

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"Mystery notes aren't worth reacting to, tons of petitioners on your mountain going 'are we allowed to do this? is it safe?' are hard not to react to. If it's a select few they definitely won't do anything until the first daeva actually appear, which lets those people make plans first."

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"You could screen some individual demon, give instructions on how to summon them, and have two-way correspondence."

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"That'd help. Know anyone?"

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"I know demons who I would trust not to hurt anybody and who'd do the correspondence gig but if you were hoping to keep the existence of Valinor secret or something then no."

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"I can't think of a single reason I'd want to keep Valinor secret."

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"Eru."

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" - okay, yes, it is slightly possible that ruining the quiet loss of Valinor from the world would upset Eru. But it's honestly hard to predict what upsets Eru, and he seems to like plot, so it's also possible not doing that would upset him. And he hasn't intervened in twenty-eight thousand years."

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"I can write some people in Hell, then, might take a while for them to decide to check their mail if they're busy though."

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"Elves are notoriously never in a hurry."

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"That explains why you thought it might mildly irk someone to be stuck for a hundred years while you thought of something better. I don't think that's just a factor of age."

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"We figured we'd discover whether it was an innate difference or an age thing once we figured out how to make humans immortal, but I guess if they are immortal after all you're positioned to say."

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"Well, I've never been to Limbo and Limbo is annoying to be in for unrelated reasons."

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"Can probably cure aging with the Silmarils, at least eventually."

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"Nice. I'm sure some people would rather be in Limbo with their previously deceased loved ones but it's not very nice by itself. Unless your number one priority is never having bugs in your kitchen, or something."

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