08 - epilogue

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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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Comments

[selfconcept]

I thought I had an idea, but we might have to make a detour to take care of some stuff first.

[ aka he's not at the liberty to tell Phantom. He might get the feeling it has to do with Fai though. ]

[exofractured]

[Well, Phantom has a little inkling of Fai having some situations. He won't pry, so he just nods.]

Don't do anything too thoughtless. Fai told me a little about his curse. I'm going to see if I can't find a more permanent solution than the chips, but I don't know yet how our magic systems will mesh.

[Or maybe this is about the other situations and whatever the reason was that Fai was in danger of dying. ...Phantom has a lot of reasons to worry about both of them, actually.]

[selfconcept]

Oh, he told you about it?

[ If that's the case— ]

If it happens the moment we step out of this world, then that's gonna hurt, huh? I'll come back in a minute though.

[exofractured]

I really don't think that's the only problem.

[Poor Fai... Phantom sighs a little at that.]

[selfconcept]

[ He knows that sigh!! Hien squints at Phantom. ]

Are you talking about emotional damage from doing that? There really isn't a choice here, is there?

[exofractured]

[Maybe it's worse that Hien clearly knows??]

Yes, that. But I suppose you're right. [...] I still have the shard of my protective mirrage. I could try to bind some part of your powers with it, but there's no guarantee that would help even if it worked.

[Reducing Hien's powers and then getting him killed by Fai would not make anyone any happier, probably.]

[selfconcept]

I appreciate the thought, but it'll be alright. I'll "die", and come back. It won't even take a minute. You should probably use the mirrage for when it matters.

[ Like protecting himself. ]

[exofractured]

It would be a novelty to use it not for killing something.

[Like, for instance, Phantom. But it's true that it's probably not very useful here.]

...It's just frustrating to admit that there's nothing I can do. I hope it comes to nothing.