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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[coldseep]

( Ah... A vast great silver gaze, the color of an arctic sea, meets Siffrin's own. The breeze ruffles their hair, and the flare of sea-mane that runs along his ridge. )

... Okay.

( A simple answer, almost childish, but it's one he decided on after much thought. To say that he promises or that he'll try, to Hwylryn, feels a little weak - and to say he doesn't want to hurt them is redundant, as he's already shown himself quite capable of hurting those he loves.

Besides, Siffrin's words don't feel like accusation, though there'd be a rightness in them, even if they were. "Okay" sounds most sincere on his tongue, for what could be portent or advice; for someone who, despite the injury he's done, wants to see him again. It's not a warmth he deserves, maybe, but it's one he'll return. )

I love them more than anything... and I'm really lucky they love me as I am. You can go thousands and thousands of years without finding people like that. ( Long enough, that sometimes you wonder - was that it? Was that the last chance I had to love and be loved, forever? ) ... It's trickier to figure out how to live for someone than it is to die for them, but I'll figure it out.

( Death is easier than trying, he's figured. Trying to make up to Junior for what he's done will be a task far more complex than falling upon some sword in apology, and seeing that he doesn't bring harm to Ish or Junior - or these others he cares so deeply for, Siffrin included - will be a far more vigilant effort than finding some battlefield to die upon in grief.

It's part of what scared him so much about choosing to live. )

... I'll look forward to seeing you, too. We'll both probably make mistakes before we meet again, but I hope you'll be kinder to yourself for yours.

( As for Hwylryn's... well, he'll let Ish and Junior be the judge, jury, and executioner. He's all right with that. )

[siffriend]

[ ("It's trickier to figure out how to live for someone than it is to die for them," almost makes you laugh. Ahhh, isn't that the truth. It is so much easier to die.)

... Siffrin will pet him very gently again, truly actions speaking more than words in every case. ]

... I'll try. [ Sincerely. ] I... am not really kind to myself, but... I'll try. Since you're going to figure out something hard, I guess I could, you know. Figure out something hard too.