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bellelurette2025-04-07 12:11 am
lesmodsalouette) wrote in bellelurette2025-04-07 12:11 am
Epilogue
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. )
🔮 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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... Yeah. I'm... lucky too. Raha... has a lot of important people, [ and one person in particular above all else, which still claws at Siffrin's chest so deeply it leaves wounds no time loop can reset, ] but he'd still like to be with me. It's nice.
[ "It's nice."
(All you can say, unfair as it all is. Unfair to Raha, to Andrew. But you're so greedy. You're happy. There's few others who can understand what they're all bound by now, and that makes you so, so incredibly--) ]
I'm happy to be his.
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...Dan Heng has his own people. Though, he wasn't beholden to choosing me. In some ways, I never thought he would.
[ Where Blade is, he is bound to be by Dan Heng's side, so he's at the least giving a quick look over at where he's positioned, a light smile on his face, before back at the fox. That sentimental feeling only serves to warm him even more; it always feels like it, smoothing over those cracked edges - and embarrassment. ]
I feel the same. About him.
It's an honor, and a pleasure.
...We're fortunate. No matter what anyone thinks of them, or what they think of themselves, I'm certain of it.
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Blade hasn't started talking about how drop dead gorgeous Dan Heng is, but it's inevitable. ]
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Though...even with Dan Heng willing to wait (evident in his expression), he can't help but ask: ]
...Curious?
[ Blade can multitask one or two conversations; it's not too much, especially when they're not happening rapidfire. ]
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Indeed, I am. You were smiling at me. [ He didn't think Blade was the type to give a smile without a reason. ]
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Yes. [ Beat. ] I was thinking...and talking about you.
[ It certainly wasn't one without reason.
...In fact, what he said just now should make it clear. Dan Heng is the reason he smiled. ]
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I was thinking...and talking about you. ]
You- [ Now he's feeling embarrassed. Stop talking about him. ]
You needn't say any more.
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Not even a little?
I was telling them how much you meant to me.
[ Blade is saying this entirely on purpose. ]
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No, but this is really touching. They almost feel embarrassed to be party to it, if only... because their own situation differs so greatly, that Siffrin feels almost free to think they'll be parted. As much as they'll miss G'raha (terribly, but it can't be helped,) the past few days have been suffocating as far as their own thoughts go.
(Surely it's been the same for him, too. You won't pretend you've been easy to deal with.) ]
... Uh huh. You're surprisingly romantic, Blade. I'm sure Dan Heng feels the same as you -- honor and pleasure both. I still remember part of the conversation Andrew and I overheard... it was really sweet. I was rooting for you.
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He'll fight you right here right now. ]
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...This soft side is a part of himself too. Even if he's long since forgotten certain memories in its totality, for the moment - though, speaking of which, he has to take a moment because he's definitely let the memory kind of slip. The one that Siffrin mentions, anyway. ]
For him, I can be anything.
[ ... ]
...At the time, I wouldn't have understood. But, I do now. And I appreciate it.
You've already had success with your romance. I'll continue to imagine more of it.
[ Because, well, Siffrin supported his own so early on - when it wouldn't have occurred to him?? And there was no guarantee of it happening. Still, he thinks G'raha and Siffrin are perfect together, as he has said before. ]
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I'll be sure to, um. Keep you in the loop about it then. Maybe... we can have a double date sometime, or something... One of these years.
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[ Pause. ]
...We should.
[ A double-date sounds like something out of one of those fictional settings, but he has heard of the concept. Honestly, he doesn't think...he and Dan Heng have gone on a proper date before. He should...fix that, actually...? It's actually giving him something to think about.
Blade then also pauses and looks at Dan Heng, realizing he opened his mouth, and said something without thinking. ]
I'll talk to Dan Heng about it.
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... Raha'll probably agree pretty easily, since you're important to him, [ unfortunately, ] and I'm sure he's never been on one either. It'll be a new experience for everyone.
[ Since Siffrin doubts any one of them has been on a double date before, much less a single date.
Siffrin might have the most experience when it comes on going on a date that's a little terrifying to think about but that means they can take the lead, as always, when the time comes, that's fine. ]
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If that's true, then it's good to get accustomed to it.
[ Blade can ponder ideas for how his future dates would look like. He isn't exactly a proper cook, but he might try brushing up his skill. Such as if he visited Dan Heng in the future and wanted to treat him, or...
Right, he's kind of losing the plot. But he is probably indeed a bit more of a romantic than he expected. ]
...I'll let you know what he thinks. We're all bound to be occupied for awhile, but communicating a good time won't be impossible if everyone is on board, and we plan it out fine.