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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[simulacres]

[ ayaka stares up at him, taking a few seconds to process what he asked because.....really? is he making fun of her, right here, right now?

no, she realizes that he isn't, but a not insignificant part of her still wishes he'd go back to writhing in embarrassment. ]

With everything that I've seen here and in Snowfield, I think I can handle a wedding. At this rate, I'd be more worried about you ending up on the floor because they started getting all affectionate in front of us.

[ yeah she's punching low, fuck you. ]

[ocenon]

[ He splutters a little bit at that low blow, as she sort of gets her wish, though much less pronounced than it just was. ]

I-I didn't mean to question whether you could handle it or not! Simply more of whether you were even interested in going or not.

[ like on one hand, that's their weird cat dragon, but on the other hand.... ish. ]

[simulacres]

I'm interested. [ a beat. it's not like she has ever been to a wedding. ayaka can't help but feel a tinge of curiosity. ] And if it ends up being too much, I'm sure I'll find a way to manage.

[ she shrugs. mandated socialization sounds like a small prize to pay for what they would be getting and, again, she is curious of how the event will be. ]

And I... don't really hate Ish. I just think he's a huge idiot that should have gotten smacked over the head a couple times. Maybe finding someone to be happy with will help him not do something like this ever again. Same with Hwylryn.

[ she doesn't think that she could ask for much more than that, actually. ]

So yeah, I'll go to their wedding, whether you're there or not, but I think they'd probably be a little happier if you were there, too.

[ocenon]

[ Richard hums in response, the knit in his brown softening slightly as he watches her. He's realized that he's run out of room to sidestep the question at hand. He could probably figure out some way to keep going, but before long there's no way he could without making himself look even stupider, or worse, giving Ayaka any wrong messages.

And he certainly doesn't want that. ]

I'm more concerned with your happiness.

[ He reaches up with his free hand to push a stray section of hair behind her ear. ]

If you're okay with the terms, then I'll accept them, as well. Regardless of what happens in Snowfield, I want to see this [ another squeeze of the hand, so there's no doubt of what he means ] through, wherever it leads.

[ Also, he's kind of curious to see what that wedding is going to look like, too. ]

[simulacres]

You are unbelievable.

[ ayaka says this with a short, embarrassed giggle, glancing away from richard. she leans slightly into the hand that fixes her hair, doing her best to ignore the fact that she surely must be flushed, if the warmth on her face is anything to go by.

she feels a lightness in her chest, and she wonders if this is what people mean when they say that they have butterflies in their stomach. she has never been one to look forward to the future, because in her eyes, there had been nothing but pain waiting for her. now, however, it was different. ayaka's certain that she doesn't deserve this sort of happiness, but she can't help but look forward to see where this leads them to.

pushing through her embarrassment and hesitation, ayaka looks back up at richard, a bright smile on her face. ]

Alright, I accept. Thank you... Richard. For everything.