WEEK SIX: ENDGAME

[cluedin]

FAREWELL

As Sunday morning comes, you'll find that nothing in the mansion has changed at all. The evils within have been expelled, a piping hot breakfast is served at seven, and the house is cleaned up in tip-top shape. In fact, everything appears to be as calm as ever as everyone is given freedom over the mansion.

All is quiet for a majority of the morning before there's a sudden rumble from the backyard. As guests rush to look, they will see hundreds and hundreds of ghostly figures rise up from the grave, immediately solidifying. Those whom have unattended business (such as reclaiming their items) will linger, but the rest will promptly leave the property. This was the final hold the house had over Master Blue and the guests. You have successfully severed the chains and freed everyone.

It's a little after noon that guests will hear a victory sort of fanfare being played on that familiar piano. As they're drawn to the ballroom, they will once again find Peach, Plum, and Pumpkin though perhaps dressed in different attire today. Plum plays the piano as Peach lounges on top to occasionally help with her tail as Pumpkin sits on the bench with her game. When the song has finished, they speak in unison.

"Congratulations everyone. The Master has a message for you."

The soft glowing orb from yesterday floats up from behind the piano, lingering next to the girls. Soon, everyone will hear a faint, echo-y tone that sends shivers up their spines once more inside their heads.

"Thanks for doing your part. You sure are smart. Please accept this gift."

The same unseen orchestra from your arrival begins to play as the lights brighten, a lavish feast spread before you and the mansion decorated instantly with balloons, streamers, and confetti. All guests will find themselves in party attire, though perhaps a little more relaxed. Your communication necklaces remain in tact, and seem to be yours for the keeping. They will continue to function even as you leave. On the table there lays a box of small green orbs, a sign reading "PORTALS" before it. It seems as though these are your way home when you're ready...and look at that. You aren't forced to return to where you came. Take your time and think of how you wish for your journey to proceed. And who knows? Maybe starting a new journey isn't so hard after all.

But goodbyes are never easy either. Time is yours, little monsters. Take all the time you need for your farewells.

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[brokethefirst]

[Ah...

Her eyes flicker down to where the birdcage sits against his chest, letting her fingers fall from her own necklace to rest against what she'd given him to watch over nearly a week ago.]

Akira...

[There's. A lot going on. A lot being felt. It's still horribly complicated, even though their talks have settled things enough to help her make up her mind. But...

...]

I think there's still a lot we really need to talk about. Just... just so we're both clear. But I want to be able to take the time to sort through it, now that... [Now that they had the time. Now that they were about to have nothing BUT time.

...

Her voice does drop to a quiet tone meant only for the two of them, her expression growing serious despite the fondness that overlays her body language.]

It's hard to know what will happen. I can still feel that I'm... elsewhere. My program has never been housed in this body, even through everything that's happened here, and I... I still don't know how Blue ever managed to make it operate from such an astronomical distance. They'll probably say it's due to the presence of a soul. But as... as far as I can sense, "Luna" is still right where she used to be. She's still on Rhizome-9's quantum computer, quarantined... even if my body is here.

[This is a very complicated conversation and she seems to be increasingly aware of this, her eyes casting an apology the longer she talks.]

A-anyway, I... I think it's part of why I felt I couldn't say yes to you just yet. Even with everything going on, I... I didn't want to send the two of you away with what could just be an empty body in the end.

...But Goro chided me rather harshly for ever thinking of saying no, regardless of my answer to... to everything else. [Chided is a very, very nice word, but it's not entirely incorrect.]