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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[diel]

Ayaka, hello. I think I’m at that to-be-decided stage.

[ this is how he’s changed: she reaches out with words, but he reaches back with an arm toward her, hand spread in a request. could she take his hand? it doesn’t have to be for long.

he just wants to confirm something. ]

Can we?

[simulacres]

[ ayaka tilts her head at the half spoken request, processing it.

after a second of deliberation, however, she’ll place his hand over his, studying his expression. ]

Is this okay for you?

[diel]

Yes, surprisingly.

[ oh, he’s pleased by this. ]

I don’t think I would ever want to touch another woman though.

[ jin’s trauma, please understand. ]

So this is the power of having a friend who happens to be a girl.

[simulacres]

[ that is a hell of a way to word it, but she takes it in stride. ]

I see. Well, as long as you’re not forcing yourself.

[ she’s not very used to affection still, though her bit in the play and saber have pushed her to be a little more receptive of it.

she gives his hand a light squeeze— barely different than their actual grip. ]

You still want to be my friend?

[ despite everything? ]

[diel]

[ he lets her squeeze first and then squeezes back, firm but gentle in the way he’s learned. bold because that’s how he is with affection. ]

Isn’t that my question? I still consider you mine, but… you don’t have to do the same.

[ she might not want to? he remembers her reaction at andrew’s trial, of course.

she had been jin’s friend first. yoru might have never been a consideration at all. ]

[simulacres]

[ she doesn't move her hand. it's almost like she's genuinely considering the statement. ]

To be frank, Yoru, I feel like there's a lot about you that I don't get.

[ maybe it was for the best that she wasn't there for the yoonhee murder, since that means she's less cautious. ]

But you... or I guess, some part of you, reached out to me when I was pretty low and... I really appreciate that still. If you don't mind, I'd like to keep being your friend. You were the first one, after all. It doesn't feel right to let it go so easily, especially since you still want to be my friend.

[diel]

Oh.

[ he tilts his head. he doesn’t think there’s all that much to learn about him that’s not all tied up in jin. ]

I - hm! Well, then we’re friends. [ that part is simple. ] Did you want to learn more… now?

[ adding after a beat: ]

He’ll be happy to hear that though. He worried about you a lot.

[simulacres]

Oh...I'm sorry if that was the case.

[ she bows her head slightly, looking genuinely regretful. ]

But you can tell me whatever you want. I guess with these foxes we'll be able to keep on talking...though I'll be busy for a while.

[diel]

[ he leads her somewhere they can sit and enjoy the sun. (for once the garden is not full of death or sin.) where brick edges meet flower beds, it turns out. ]

Hmm. It might be awkward with the phone calls.

[ he takes a seat and urges her to do the same with a gentle tug. ]

He doesn’t know I exist. And I was hoping when he’s awake again - [ when yoru allows him space in this body ] - he’ll think this was all a wild dream. Bad idea?

[simulacres]

I don't really know what to say to that.

[ she allows herself to be led, sitting down next to him. the question that he poses is...well, far too complicated for someone like her. ]

I think all of that would sound scary if it were happening to me. What if he doesn't think it's just a dream, though?

[diel]

What’s more scary? He’s… soft. Too soft, too young. I don’t think he ever grew out of being twelve.

[ oh jin, the problem he carries around with him. ]

If he wants to protect himself, he can trick himself into believing anything. After all, he should know that I exist, but he thinks he doesn’t.