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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[littlegentleman]

[Junior does take some time to himself--not particularly intending to have any meaningful goodbyes, as he's sure his presence is better off unseen. But of course, he comes back to Hwylryn. Couldn't help himself, no matter how anyone looked at their relationship. Seeing the dragon in all his proper glory (if sized down) before him, the boy reaches up a hand toward him. It was different, getting to see him like this for real instead of through a mirror.]

Do you feel stronger?

[coldseep]

( A little like a honse, Hwylryn presses his head against Junior's hand. There is great benefit to his humanish form, such as being able to kiss and hold Junior properly, but he has longed to interact with him as he, himself - as if this were the last remainder of himself left to offer, and he wished to proudly give it. )

I might just be able to rip the space we're in apart.

( Teasing? A boast? A statement of fact? His tone contains all three of these things. He shakes his body - a little like a dog does to reorient himself - and it runs through the whole of him, like a wire. )

How do you feel? You seem different.

( Not magically different, so it's a little fuzzy to him. But the way his big eyes seem to peer at Junior, he's terribly curious. )

[littlegentleman]

[Junior gives a slight smile--both at the unabashed confidence of the answer and at the way that Hwylryn's form felt underneath his fingers. Soft and warm. Just like he was used to, but transformed into a different shape.]

Do I? I'm not sure that I feel any differently...

[He was still so many things. Scared and hopeful all at the same time. Guilty, angry, but also happy in some ways, too.]

But I meant...do you feel as if you're strong enough to keep going, now. After everything.

[coldseep]

( A beat as he seems to reflect - though, he's reflected much and more already - before he presses his dragon cheeksie against the side of Junior's head, nuzzling him. )

... Yes.

( He puffs out his chest with a great pride, and an affectionate trill escapes his throat - a sound he can't easily make as a human. )

Yeah. I can. Thank you, Junior. Thank you... so, so much.

( It's not the most want to hear, likely. But what Hwylryn did did help him - did give him strength; did force him forward. He lost a lot, and his heart aches for it. He's hurt many, and his heart aches for that, too.

But he think he can live with this ache, instead of letting it shatter him, as he would have let it before. )

... And I'm sorry, too. I'm sorry it was hard. I'm sorry I could not protect your heart as well as I'd hoped. But... I mean it when I say I'll never let anything hurt you again. Whether it be me, or anyone else.

( He nudges Junior's head again, eyes closing happily!!! If there is one thing he does regret, it is Junior's hurt. He wishes he could have done all this - just without harming him. )

Thank you. I'm sorry. I love you. And If there's a way I can atone, I will. Okay?