Epilogue

[lesmodsalouette]

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! ]

Main Nav

Comments

[antemeridian]

[ 'Many.' ]

... You intend to maintain the bonds you've made with others here, then?

[ truly, congrats on making up with your ex. when's the marriage. This is the same man who was eager to see her attempts to kill him if need be, those few weeks ago?

Or, perhaps more relevantly, more recently: this is the same man who admitted to her that he'd also thought he couldn't afford to care for others, if for different reasons than herself?

(There's no way for him to know, of course, but Homura's affinity for the flowers stems from reasons beyond this crossroads in space and time.) ]

[baebladie]

[ The marriage will be happening at some point. They even had pre-marriage vows-

But, yes, this is exactly the same man. ]

...I'm not good with bonding.

[ Bluntly, even if Blade has gotten attached. He's bad with texting unless face to face interactions. He'd be better up showing in a place unannounced by that's just hideous cryptid manners and he needs more planning to not walk into a shitshow. ]

And, I will be busy. But, I don't want to let go of all of them.

Do you?

[ Blade merely asks in turn, as he wonders...is it something she wishes to do? ]

[antemeridian]

[ 'Letting go.' That's a funny joke about any of them with ties to time. ]

What I want has not mattered for quite some time.

[ What does she want? To know that she is not alone. That it wasn't all in vain. Don't ask for impossible things; having an impossible miracle granted even once t̵w̶i̷c̴e̴ is more than many have been offered.

She has a duty; she is only as strong as her resolve. Dreaming of selfish things like her wants, placing them above the heartfelt, selfless actions of others, isn't conducive to maintaining it.

Of course, this, apparently, is when the pale lavender and white fox hidden among the spider lilies decides to sneeze and make his presence known. Manba did manage to saddle her with one after all.

(what is she supposed to do with this.) ]

[baebladie]

[ Maybe it is the right time. But maybe it isn't, either.

Even so, the moments and what happened can't be erased, no matter how much of that might have been attempted, at times. ]

...That's answer enough.

[ Blade says this, but he doesn't mean by her response.

No, rather, it is the emergence of the fox that makes such noise, and he even tilts his head in its direction. ]

Nothing is guaranteed to remain the same. What matters now can be different.

...I expect to see you with the others when they eventually try to wrangle everyone into a reunion.

[ And, he knows that they will.

The question is, will Homura heed that call? Or will whatever has shackled her, for whatever reason, prevent her? ]

[antemeridian]

[ Oh, hush, Blade. It followed her, and what is she going to do, kick it aside? (Hopefully it gets along with Amy.) ]

... That is rather presumptuous of you. Will someone come knocking on my doorstep should I fail to attend?

[ 'Wrangle' is such a word to use, Blade. ]

[baebladie]

[ As it is, Blade doesn't even bat an eye as usual with how quickly and unrepetantly he responds. ]

The people here are persistent.

[ Is what he only says in response to that - whether he means by someone coming by and knocking on doorstep figuratively or literally, you decide. But also speaking from experience, maybe...? ]

[antemeridian]

... They are.

[ Is that resignation in her tone in response to how quickly he has an answer for that. Perish the thought.

(The fox winks and wags its tail.) ]