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]

Of course. You've always a job to do, don't you?

[ Selfless little thing that he is, whether or not he's willing to acknowledge this in himself. ]

And what of G'raha?

[ He flashes a smile. Gaaaaaaaaay. ]

[siffriend]

[ (wh

why he is smiling like that!!!

You aren't embarrassed by it or anything, but for some reason you are now.)

Siffrin tugs his hat down to hide the flush. ]

He's, um. Raha said he'll wait for me. And, he probably has things to do too, he's a busybody who doesn't know when to let others help him. So. I'll visit him, when it's over and I can.

[ (Ahh. Waiting is so hard.) ]

[spotsalone]

[ Hickey hums. That... well. He is not a man who believes in love, or at least not the sort of "true love" that conquers all. He'll be curious to see if Siffrin and G'raha still share these feelings for one another after a year's time. If he were a betting man, he'd wager against it, after so much time apart.

But he likes Siffrin well enough that he'll keep those predictions to himself. ]

It's good to see you happy.

[ After the long road it took to get him there. Better to bask in the moment than worry over the future, anyway. ]

Odd to think that dying worked well in our favor.

[siffriend]

[ So kind... But at the very least, Siffrin will. Even if G'raha doesn't.

... Still. Hickey saying that does put a smile on their face, warm and open. ]

Haha. I'm used to it being that way, but... this is a bigger boon than I expected, yeah.

[ (Forever! With Raha!

You can't wait!) ]

Any plans yourself?

[spotsalone]

Oh, it's likely back to the arctic for me.

[ He shrugs, puffing at his cigarette. ]

I mind the prospect less now that I don't have my life to worry for. Getting out will still be a pain, but I've some ideas. Might even be able to save a few of my men in the process.

[ That's a big maybe, with the state they're in, but it's a maybe nonetheless. ]

[siffriend]

[ ... ]

Hickey. If you lose your case in the sea, that's it. You know? I don't think it floats.

[spotsalone]

[ Hm. He glances at Siffrin. ]

Elias.

[ Anyway. ]

It's more difficult to lose things overboard than you may think. I'm certainly not going to be so flippant with my own soul.

[siffriend]

[ Who the heck is Elias.






Well, okay. Elias then. If he wants to switch names for his new life. Siffrin doesn't have a leg to stand on anyway. ]

... Good. Because I'd like you to visit sometime. Poteria's a country of luxury, and I think you'd enjoy seeing it.

[spotsalone]

[ fkjasdkjhasd siffrin being utterly unaware of the name mystery. ]

I likely would. There's plenty I want to see, especially now that I've got the time for it.

[ Whoever gave this man immortality should be arrested. ]

I'm surprised you're willing to entertain my company. Gone soft, have you?

[siffriend]

[ ABSOLUTELY UNAWARE But Elias suits him, they think. ]

I owe you one for the maze, that's all.

[spotsalone]

[ He laughs. ]

That's all, is it? You'll allow me a pity visit. I'm honored.

[ This little shit. He's unlikely to admit it, but he's going to miss having Siffrin around. ]

[siffriend]

[ Yeah, well.

... Join the club, Elias. ]

Just don't miss your boat back, or you'll be stuck in my world for a year instead. [ ... ] Warm, with plenty of land and colors as far as the eye can see.

[ Probably. Many shades, anyway, so... many colors. ]

[spotsalone]

There are worse things.

[ He shrugs. ]

I may be returning to my own world for now, but I don't intend to stay. This universe is much bigger than I'd once imagined, and I've infinite time to explore it now.

[ Even if he had anything worth returning to, why limit himself?

Although, on the flip, then why bother returning at all? A question he'll unpack for himself later. ]

[siffriend]

[ (You think it'll be nice to see Elias again.) ]

... That's what I think, too. A traveler's bound to travel, after all. Staying in one place for so long's gotten me kind of itchy.

[ Since it'd never been for more than a week at max, if that. Always moving. Never having a place to really rest. Temporarily, yes, but only just -- temporarily, like so much in Siffrin's life. ]

If we happen to cross each others' paths, [ which Siffrin will ensure they do, ] let's trade stories. I like to collect them.