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affliction mods ([personal profile] afflictionmods) wrote in [community profile] theafflicted2022-07-09 12:59 pm

08 - epilogue

EPILOGUE
So.

Juniper is dead. Lorelei and Florence are alive. And the rest of you, thankfully, are also alive and kicking.

The building is kind of a mess right now, and a lot of the citizens are in kind of disarray, confused and uncertain of what exactly is going on in the Camellia tower. Things are a bit of a mess right now, but what matters is that you’ve stopped things. The cycle of these experiments, suppression – it’s over.

Your markings are still here, however. You are free to try and figure that out, too (though the answer is, indeed, quite simple with the "B" toggle, and may be hand waved). Other than that, though, everything seems to be...stabilized. As good as they can be, anyway. Lorelei and Florence are around, for any last conversations. When you emerge, the sun is out, perhaps brighter than usual – though whether that’s because of joy from the citizens or confusion is anyone’s guess – and some of you are covered in blood, but you are here.

And you are ready to finally, finally return home.

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(OOC: For anyone who's willing, Lorelei will be able to configure tablets to synch up with the portal here at Estelline. From there, they will be able to world hop to someone else's world; so the Estelline portal is now a hub, of sorts. It's not a direct world hop and it's a bit inconvenient, but it is a way for you guys to see each other again.

She will also ensure that those who are currently sleeping will be sent home in one piece.

All of this can be handwaved, or threaded out in the Lorelei thread.

Happy Good Ending, everyone!)






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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-07-10 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
In the end, he was a guy who lost his way due to the amount of expectations that was placed on him. It's tough to be the leader of anything, much less for an entire nation.

Despite the things I've done in that office, [ namely, killing Juniper clones in very awful ways ] I sent him off peacefully.

[ ... ]

As much peace as being eaten into the void would entail. He got what he wanted, in the end, even if it only affected himself.
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[personal profile] cheerfuldays 2022-07-15 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't help but wonder if such a death is precisely what he wanted then. To be the heart of everything, only to vanish into the void...

( the contrast really sells it, doesn't it. )

... Oh, we didn't figure out how to turn on the cameras until the, ah, impromptu surgery. Lorelei was with us at that time then too.