Epilogue

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EPILOGUE

Your stopped time has restarted. Whether you were in the grassy field or fighting for your life on the castle grounds, you'll suddenly find yourself in an untouched area of the gardens. Ish is back, and so are the items, and the dead.

You return to Chateau Ambregris with the certain knowledge that come Monday, you will greet a new week, in a home of your own choosing. No longer will the chime of the clocks hunt you down, no longer will the oppressive scent of roses haunt your senses, no longer will you be forced to watch the death of those you've come to love and hate.

Parting is such a bittersweet sorrow, isn't it?

Make merry one last time, in this castle of illusions. Ironically, your memories of this stolen time that never existed are the one thing that will truly remain to you.

END NOTES

🔮 All dead are revived as tsukumogami! Congrats on your immortality(?)
🔮 Any other contracts made with Ish will be honored
🔮 Characters may choose to leave for any world they desire.
🔮 Time has not passed while you were stuck in this loop!
🔮 There will be no cross-dimensional world travel, except for on Samhain (Witches New Year October 31st/November 1st). On these dates, Ish will enable everyone to visit each other's world freely.
🔮 Universal Communication will be possible, courtesy of Manba and Ish. Everyone who wants one will be given a small fox that can communicate with other foxes through voice and video; the foxes can talk and are fairly simple creatures, enjoy them and give them fried tofu once in a while.
🔮 Powers are on for the finale, but Ish will step in and yeet anyone who gets too out of hand back to their homeworld, so play nice! (or relatively nice. )

[OOC: Welcome to your epilogue! The timeloop is ended, the evil has been defeated, and you have some time to catch your breath in the castle before the rest of your life begins! ]

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[spotsalone]

So you give him a high number, then. I'm not the one with designs on his virtue.

[siffriend]

Nine. You two are both nice to talk to, and I like your colors. Ayaka's eyes are especially pretty.

[ Richard is one of the people who brought food, so. Maybe a little bias.




Also because this is now Ayaka's problem not his-- ]

[siffriend]

You haven't been very fun since you killed Andrew.

[baebladie]

[ Andrew's background did not, from what he could tell, speak to supernatural natural phenomena, or difference in lifespans to the point where immortality would be something she could glimpse in some fashion. Or something near it.

Thus, if it does have her in quite a mood...among other reasons, he would not find himself surprised. ]

...Sounds unpleasant.

[ Blade's not familiar with a "sanitarium", but you better believe the word doesn't bring on any positive connotations!!

To the point that, when she asks, he falls quiet to consider it. ]

I didn't.

I only moved forward because there was no option. No one around to provide the light ahead. Only to force me to endure, since it was the only thing I can do.

First, because a previous association couldn't kill me. Then, because I was found by the Stellaron Hunters.

[ Blade recalls Jingliu killing him over and over again. Then him picking up the blade in the midst of that. After that, the Stellaron Hunters - where he did put up resistance, but it was futile. Though... ]

Now...it's different. It'd be who you know that will get you through it.

When the worst is upon you.

[simulacres]

[ from the background, high pitched. ]

WHAT.

[siffriend]

[ Oh? ]

They're the color of the sky on a clear day. They'd be easy to get lost in, like watching the clouds go by.

[spotsalone]

Oh, I disagree. I'm much more fun now. A team player. Reformed. Everyone likes me.

[siffriend]

[ A silence answers him. ]

[fourtuity]

[ Of course she can. Clover looks sheepish as she places her arms (and axe) behind her, the very picture of an embarrassed teenager. ]

...Oops. Yeah, I'll go see them in a sec. But I wanted to check on you guys first, y'know?

[ Despite the cutesiness of the gesture, she radiates a nervous energy reminiscent of an anxious chihuahua. ]

[antline]

[antemeridian]

They will think themselves ordinary and unspecial until the end.

[ and how!!! preach it Siffrin, ]

Ah, but if he will not listen, is the only purpose of this to tease him, then?

casually spoiling 999 yet again

[fourtuity]

[ At this point, she doesn't feel the need to hide it, it's not like people haven't been saying weirder shit. ]

Our getaway car, I guess? [ Wait, that's not enough context. ] Okay, here's the thing—if I had a nickel for every time I got kidnapped to Nevada, I'd have two. So the culprits really need to apologize to Nevada.

[ Nailed it. ]

[ocenon]

You think so?

[ no fucking shit sherlock. ]

I was just thinking, I did not have as much time to speak with him as I'd have liked, but it was clear that he had a good head on his shoulders and was very integral to a lot of the work done here. Anything less seems like a disservice, not simply because you're asking.

[ocenon]

They are, aren't they?

[ :3 ]

[antline]

[imagine if it was out of a thousand]

You're welcome. I don't know why he needs the help, but if it does...

[spotsalone]

[ How dare. ]

Have you considered you're less fun now that you've got tunnel vision on that cat boy of yours?

[siffriend]

Mostly yes. And partially because I think if enough people agree, he'll be forced to acknowledge it.

[ At least that, even if he'll find it harder to swallow. ]

[ocenon]

[ Huh! Interesting. ]

I will take that point reduction as it is, then.

[simulacres]

[ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ]

Stop pandering to him!

[ is this to siffrin or to richard? yes. ]

[siffriend]

[ .......... ]

I wish we could have been friends. You're really concise and correct.

[calamitish]

Then you'd be a sextillion plus two, of course!

[ hehe get it. ]

[siffriend]

[ Blatantly ignoring Ayaka. ]

Do you have experience?

[siffriend]

Think of it... like this. Ants are amazing little guys, aren't they? But they don't know that themselves. So we have to tell them, over and over again, even if they don't believe us because they're working "for the good of all".

[siffriend]

No. I think I'm more fun than ever now. I'd actually be a team player if you asked me to say something to embarrass another person, without hesitation.

[ Thank the stars this is over voice Siffrin's cheeks are so hot. ]

[spotsalone]

[ He shakes his head. ]

We've a ship. It's just been locked in ice for two years. We were attempting to walk out, but it's an 800 mile journey and we've seen some signs of a thaw approaching. Our best option now is to return to the ship.

[ Getting there and sailing the damn thing is going to be perhaps as difficult as the walk south... but it's still the better plan, now that his situation has changed.

Her determination gets a nod of approval, though. Attagirl. ]

What do you plan to wish for?