mingle: farewell

[cyclists]

Farewell
34 Revived

As the sun rises on Saturday morning, all will be quiet and still in the village. Not a single soul stirs as the sun and the moon linger in the sky, visible should anyone look.

A shimmer of stars spark through the air as a swirl of darkness lifts from the village. Everything has returned to as it once was, all 16 houses in-tact and all buildings precisely as they were before. Beams of light follow, soaring through the air and delivering every single participant back to this plane of existence.

As participants gather their wits and take in their surroundings, they'll find that a celebratory banquet has been prepared for them not unlike the one that originally greeted them. Decorations hang from the rafters and windows as lively music plays and can be heard in every part of the village. Some may even be able to trace the source to a gathering of musical instruments, and even...a turntable? Strange. All manner of fruits and vegetables appear to be perfect for harvest, and a variety of freshly cooked dishes from across many worlds can be found on display at the tables in the center. If you don't see your favorite dish? All of the ingredients can be found, along with amenities to make it yourself.

Surrounding the center of the village, several gateways open one by one, a soft gold glow emitting from them. No dangers linger in these parts, but adventure awaits those who wish to find it. Likewise, silver gateways open alongside these and serve as portals that allow participants to return to their homeworlds whenever they're ready.

Your Oracle Bells are in working condition, all messages saved from your time here and featuring a new network feature. Even as you leave this world, you're only 140 characters away from the friends you've come to cherish. Look around at those who join you today. Look hard enough, and you may even find some familiar faces you haven't seen for a very, very long time.

Though your time in this village draws to a close, the universe has settled and found a path to follow. You will always have a place here should you wish to return, and even when you depart for your next destination, your strength and power will follow you.

Your gratitude will be remembered, participants. Congratulations.



Happy endgame, friends! Thank you guys for a fun nine weeks! Here's a breakdown of what's happening in this post.

-All participants have been revived.
-All locations from the game have been opened, including the locations of the CYOAs.
-All characters' homeworlds can be visited.
-Castmates will be able to come through these world portals and play with the game's cast! So feel free to tag each other, etc.
-The Oracle Bells now have a universal network! We have a post over in the free-for-all meme comm so please just spam each other to your heart's content.
-All elemental powers will remain with characters when they leave! This includes their special skills.
-And yes, all injuries are healed and all characters will remember their time here.

In addition, we have a feedback post, love meme/friending meme, and tl;cr meme for your endgame needs. Your final CR chart is also up.

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[compendiem]

[ There's also only one prompt... And it's barely a prompt because Minato just sort of heads straight for the portal leading back to his home world, slow walker as he is in case anybody does have last words, enjoying having unbroken limbs for the first time in weeks. But people have already asked him again and again what he plans to do in the end, and he'd made up his mind:

He's going to go home. Fight an impossible battle. Make a miracle happen.

It's P3 good end, Minato's going to die and he won't see anybody else ever again haha ]

[autocatalysis]

[ oh hell no, julius just reaches out a hand and puts it on minato's shoulder to stop him, making a :T face all the while. ]

—What, was asking us to help out in your futile battle just for show, then?

[compendiem]

[ Hm? Minato turns, answering Julius' :T face with his usual dumb blank expression. ]

No.

[ Let him go home. He needs to pet his dog. ]

It'd be cool if you could come help my futile battle.

[autocatalysis]

Say the word. I'll give you a heads up on whether I can make it or not. You said you had a month, right?

[ there are other people here who can give him the 'people here care about you' talk. this is what julius does instead. ]

[afreecssionate]

[A single entity can entice the clown back home, not that much enticing is needed. Anyway, Gon tries to flag down the walking Minato by waving his arm furiously up high by his head.]

Hey! [It sounds more amazed than accusatory.] That's my fishing rod!

[compendiem]

No, it's not.

[ It's Minato's now. Clown senpai gave it to him, he's not giving it back, Gon. ]

[afreecssionate]

[Hmmmmmmmm. There could be a million other rods exactly like that one, and he'd know it was his without batting an eye. He makes a funny face.]

It really is mine! But that's okay. You can... hold it?

[whitewalls]

[ she's watching him head for the portal, her expression-- well, she usually always looks at least a little sad.

but before he gets too close to it she's going to run towards him. ]

Minato!

[compendiem]

[ He turns at the sound of his name, not quite stopping but at least slowing a little. ]

What's up, Naminé?

[whitewalls]

[ she holds her hand out to him ]

[specialdog]

[ um, excuse you. ]

Wait.

[compendiem]

[ His dog is waiting at home!! But Minato turns to face her, hands in his pockets and smile on his face.

...

He finds that he doesn't really know what to say to her. Something about... an old promise to go home with her. But there's something he needs to take care of first, before he can go home. ]

[specialdog]

[ The problem with him not saying that is that - that means she doesn't know. She isn't sure what he's thinking. All she knows is that he said his world was ending, or ended, and...

He said he'd come home with her. And she kind of didn't believe him, so this... Feels like maybe she was right not to...? ]

Where are you going?

[papawolf]

[ HE BETTER BE SLOW.

Yanking on the back of his clothes before he goes through. ]

[compendiem]

[ UGH—-! That's one way to get Minato to stop, and a much more effective one that calling out his name and leaving him at a loss for words, because a tug on his clothes instills a sense of urgency and he looks back at Feral with wide eyes, wondering what's wrong. ]

[globs]

[ it would be more accurate to cinnabar's life if they didn't know he was leaving until it was too late but tragically i want a thread, so they do.

They probably shouldn't approach him, just like they probably shouldn't accept him and probably shouldn't even think about him anymore, but they can't help it - they see him, they gravitate towards him, even if they're not sure what to say. He might notice that the orbs of mercury usually flanking them are entirely absent today. ]

Where are you going?

[compendiem]

Home.

[ It's the simplest answer he can give, voice soft and laced with fondness as well as sadness. Uncertainty, because he really doesn't know what's going to happen when he goes back, and knows he can't delay it forever. ]

I have to go back and protect my home... It's not something I can run away from anymore.

[wildc4rd]

[Also here's a clown.

Two things stand in Minato's way. Dual sunflowers, not too tall, not too short, with wide and yellow heads. They have legs: two bent leaves; and they have arms: two more bent leaves. And both of them sentinel up together like guards.

Halt.]

Are you leaving without saying goodbye?

[compendiem]

[ Minato could probably stomp on these and march straight through to the portal without missing a step, but he does the courtesy of stopping, crouching down to pick the sunflowers up by the stems, and turning around. ]

I've never gotten a bouquet before. Cool.

[ Yeah, he's not saying goodbye. ]

[forefall]

[ what a mood but in a very mirrored and opposite kind of way

anyway

Four sings a note, and a small force field appears right in front of him. Is he going to walk into it? ]

[compendiem]

[ Yeah

He walks right into it, and it'll be really funny if all his injuries got healed just for him to immediately break his nose here, but he miraculously does not break his nose. ]

[leaberator]

Someone's leaving fast. You got somewhere to be?

[ at least say bye bitch :( ]

[compendiem]

[ no ): ]

Yeah. I've got someone I'm keeping waiting at home. The dog I told you about, remember?

[foodbin]

—Hey, wait up a second.

[As soon as it becomes apparent that he's about to leave.]

[compendiem]

[ ...Unlike with everybody else, Minato stops in place without turning around. Instead, he glances over his shoulder back at her. ]

Yeah?