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

[unfriendliest]

...Not really.

[ he barely knew the guy, of course he didn't want to leave tsuru with him?? ]

But I couldn't take you with me to talk to Mary, and he was the only one who knew about us at the time.

[preowned]

Still... it's rather surprising to hear that.

[ he's not entirely sure how he feels about it but it worked out for the best so tsuru can't say it's a bad thing. ]

[unfriendliest]

It's not like I wanted to leave you.

[ he's grumbling about it as they step back through the gateway and into the village ]

Talking to Mary with a weapon drawn wasn't working. Someone had to talk to her without scaring her to get any answers. Otherwise, I wouldn't have left you with anyone else.

...He didn't touch you, at least.

[ kara would have killed him without hesitation if he did haha ]

[preowned]

[ ... wait.

he gives kara a curious look. ]

You were the one who spoke to her?

[unfriendliest]

...Yeah. Did she tell you about that?

[preowned]

[ he shakes his head ]

I don't know anything about what happened during the trial.

She only apologized to me, and then we moved on to something else.

[unfriendliest]

...I'm glad you didn't have to see it.

[ he's not exactly proud of having talked a little girl into framing herself as a murderer ]

[preowned]

I actually wondered at first why didn't we immediately reach the other plane when we died, since I would have liked to watch my trial... but after a while I think I understood a little bit.

[ it would have been really frustrating to see people be very wrong about your murder.

but also in tsuru's case, he would have been completely alone so ha ha. ]

[unfriendliest]

We solved yours without a lot of trouble, at least.

[ and kara hated it every step of the way, thanks! ]

Not everyone could say that.

[preowned]

The trials were... interesting to watch.

[ he taps his chin ]

But I suppose my perspective is different from everyone else's, since I never participated in one.

[unfriendliest]

[ he makes a face ]

That's one way to put it.

[preowned]

[ he laughs, quietly, like he's not sure if he actually finds it amusing or not ]

I'm sure it must have been an experience for you.

[unfriendliest]

Just be glad you didn't have to do it.

[preowned]

[ he would have preferred if he got to.

but anyway ]

That's true... that's a very long time to be cooped up.

[unfriendliest]

We could leave for investigations.

[ not. that they helped very much, when you knew at least one of the people in the room with you would be a murderer. ]

But we weren't very good at solving most of the murders, after yours.

[preowned]

... well, technically you guys never voted incorrectly?

[ they just, you know, didn't catch every murderer in each trial ]

[unfriendliest]

No, but we always missed someone, and it always took until the last minute to find anyone at all. So I wouldn't say we did that well.

[preowned]

Well, I wouldn't say you were great, but as someone who got to observe without all the stress...

You guys didn't do as poorly as you thought you did.

[unfriendliest]

...It's not like it matters much anymore, now that it's over.

[ but he's glad for that, sort of?? it's good to hear they weren't TOTAL failures, even though they still handled everything pretty badly

he's also not going to acknowledge that this means tsuru saw him cursed, twice. he's just going to pretend none of that happened at all it's fine ]

[preowned]

Well, the skills you learned here might be useful at some point in the future.

[ if anything it taught a new type of problem solving that they might not have considered otherwise. since they usually stab. ]

[unfriendliest]

Since we do we have to investigate how someone could have been killed? Our job is to protect history, not figure out how it happened.

[ what's! the point! ]

[preowned]

I mean, now you know how to think in ways you didn't before. It'll make us more prepared for anything.

[unfriendliest]

...Maybe.

[ he's not convinced ]

I think you or Mitsutada would be better at it, though.

[preowned]

... I wonder how things would have gone if he were here...

[ it's not something that he really let himself think about during the experience, since the fact was that he (and any other sword) wasn't around, so they could only depend on themselves.

but it's over now, so he can't help but wonder what might have gone differently. ]

[unfriendliest]

...It would have been a lot easier with him here.

[ or harder, if he were to break like tsuru had

but kara won't think about that ]