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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Comments

[preowned]

[ ... ]

I can't decide if I find that cute or annoying.

[unfriendliest]

[ shrug! ]

Not my problem.

[preowned]

It should be! You caused it!

[unfriendliest]

[ haha!

he goes to leave ]

[preowned]

Kara-bou!

[ he rushes in front of him ]

[unfriendliest]

What?

[preowned]

Where are you going?

[ can he come with ]

[unfriendliest]

[ he steps around tsuru and keeps walking, fully expecting him to follow. which is fine! come on you dumb crane, we’re leaving the chickens. ]

[preowned]

[ to the surprise of no one



he follows after him ]

[unfriendliest]

[ i actually have no idea where kara intends to go but he seems to know so it's fine

anyway after leading tsuru in silence for a bit, he'll speak up, voice quiet ]

It's good to have you back.

[ for real this time ]

[preowned]

[ well, it's a good thing tsuru is slightly behind him so kara won't see how grossly fond his expression gets ]

Sorry it took so long.

[unfriendliest]

Just don't do something stupid and break so easily again.

[ kara will find a way to repair him so he can strangle tsuru himself, ]

[preowned]

Ah... it's not my fault... she used that power that Shess had on me. It was annoying.

[ and he still hadn't quite figured out power usage at the time, so he was so surprised that he couldn't quite recover in time. ]

[unfriendliest]

...Oh.

[ he. hadn't known that. after experiencing it both in and outside of battle, tsuru losing so easily to her makes a little more sense.

but only a little. teasing aside, he's always thought tsuru was stronger than himself. it's still hard to accept him breaking at all. ]

We never figured out exactly how it happened, aside from the bear.

[ it stings kara's pride to admit, but... it's tsuru, so he feels like he should. ]

[preowned]

[ there's a pause as he considers what to say. no one ever asked, so tsuru has never actually talked about his death with anyone other than mikazuki. ]

She came to me crying than some farm animals somehow made it into the forest. Children have a tendency of not listening to you when you tell them no, so I ended up going with her to find them. She must have agitated the bear beforehand, since it attacked us as soon as it saw us. At first I was mostly just trying to hold it off until she got away since I didn't want to kill it, but instead of running back to the village she went up a tree.

[ he sounds a little annoyed as he says it. ]

Mary used her power when I was getting the upper hand. It didn't even occur to me at that point yet that it was her and not some other magic. But the pressure just made the bear even angrier. I decided it would be better to just grab Mary and escape, so I tried to get up the tree to grab her. She kicked me and I was so taken by surprise I let go, and the bear got me in a vital spot when I landed while I was distracted by her.

I guess I was killed because I underestimated my opponent. I managed to use my power on her before I died, but none of you figured out what it was. I think you just assumed she was a little girl who didn't understand what was going on instead of someone who was affected by an ability.

[unfriendliest]

[ he listens in silence, the scene playing out in his mind as tsuru describes what happened. it was clear from the start that mary was just a kid like the rest of them, and it was only the first week, so there was no reason to expect that she would kill. if she'd targeted him instead, kara probably would have done the same as tsuru, and he would have been the one to break.

so all kara can do is nod, suddenly annoyed with himself for not realizing sooner. but of course that also means he'll lash out in his own, quiet way. ]

We did. You should have told me what your ability was. We might have found her sooner.

[ tsuru probably just thought it would be a good surprise, in not telling him about his power, and to be fair, kara never shared his, either. but he still finds himself frustrated by how powerless he felt in that first trial, especially once he found the broken sword in the woods. ]

[preowned]

My bad, my bad... but you know me.

[ kara was right, tsuru wanted it to be a surprise.

and it was, but just not in the way he thought it would be. ]

[unfriendliest]

[ sighs ]

You wanted another surprise, right? Is that why you didn't ask about mine, either?

[ kara suffers ]

[preowned]

I thought it would be more fun that way.

[ ha ha ]

[unfriendliest]

[ kara just rolls his eyes because this is stupid and he doesn't agree but he expected nothing less from tsurumaru kuninaga. stupid crane. ]

[preowned]

[ honestly valid ]

But if it helps, I could have killed the bear.

[ if there is one thing tsuru is sure of, it's that ]

[unfriendliest]

I know. If it weren't for her magic, you wouldn't have broken at all.

[ tsuru is too strong to be broken so easily otherwise. ]

[preowned]

[ tsuru agrees, obviously, but

it sounds nicer coming from kara. ]

Well, I won't break again.



[ he does not know if this is true or not but he won't break here again at least ]

[unfriendliest]

I'm holding you to that.

[preowned]

I'm sure that you're aware now that it's not very fun.

[ DYING SUCKS, BREAKING NEWS ]