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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[infire]

Oh, trust me, I know it isn't working. I don't know how many lives I've asked him to let me go, but he never does - that, or he thinks standing aside when I choose death is enough.

[ brilith sighs. she doesn't know, okay. she's as bad at this as anyone. probably worse, all things considered. ]

There have been plenty of lives where I didn't meet him and fell in love with someone else, but for every life I've never him, he's always been the one who mattered most. None of the others ever ended well... ha, or maybe I just have bad taste in lovers. Who knows?

I still have to go back with him, regardless of how I feel. He has... [ she waves a hand vaguely. ] ...important god business to attend to, I guess. No one ever told me what it was, before we woke up here, but he disappeared in a rush, so I assume it's important.

[disreguarded]

Well, shit, me and you both, then. [ re: having bad taste in lovers. ]

Wait, what do you have to do with important god business? Tell him to figure it out. [ be freeee ] You know - I actually offered to let him hitch a ride back to Exandria.

[infire]

[ ...well she's just going to ignore the spike of irritation there. it's fine. ]

He's needed in our universe. Without a summoner, he can't exist in the human realm. There is at least one other who could try to summon him once I'm gone, but chances are they'll die in the process and Agni will never even hear them. Most do, nowadays. So I have to stay alive until whatever he's doing is finished, at least.

[disreguarded]

Yeah, he said no.

[ she wrinkles her nose. ] Too much responsibility. I figured I'd ask, just in case, you know? If anybody didn't want to go back home, they could come with me. Exandria's not terrible.

[infire]

Of course. Agni wouldn't leave the universe to die.

[ for all that brilith hates him, she says this with the utmost confidence. there is still some trust there, contrary as it may seem. ]

Lio offered me a place in his world, as well. If I weren't needed to keep Agni in the human realm, or maybe if my body wasn't working against me, I might have taken it... though I have no idea if it would have changed anything for me, in the end.

[disreguarded]

What do you mean, your body is working against you? [ she sounds curious. ]

[infire]

It's like I said - my body isn't made to house my soul. The bodies and souls of new human race... they're only meant to know one life at a time. Now that I remember all of my past lives, this body... it can't handle all of it.

[ she pauses for a moment, searching for the right words to explain. ]

Sometimes, it's like... I get lost in them, and forget where, or when, I am. I suppose you could say it's almost like... a panic attack, of sorts?

[ she shrugs. ]

It's hard to explain, but it's already happened a few times since my memories awakened. Agni says it's only going to get worse.

[disreguarded]

Oh. [ she frowns. that sounds... horrible. ] I guess that makes sense, though. There's so much shit going on in your head that you can't keep track of it.

There's gotta be magic on Exandria that would help that. I know clerics that could probably do something?

[infire]

[ brilith shakes her head. ]

No, it isn't worth wasting their time on. I doubt I have that much time left anyway, after summoning Agni a second time.