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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[drivingforce]

[There are just some things nobody needs to know, it's fine. But there's a nod shortly after the question's posed.]

Sure. It'd be nice to see what you guys have been up to anyway. Where should we start?

[whitewalls]

I can show you around the village. The farm is nice.

[ kairi can see all of the hats that namine put on animals.... ]

[drivingforce]

Yeah? [There's a laugh.] Where are you guys hiding a farm in this place? That seems hard to miss. [Because like. The village itself seems compact to her. Please show her all of the animals, Naminé.]

[whitewalls]

[ ha ha

but she'll nods ]

Come with me.

[ adventure time ]

[drivingforce]

[Adventure time indeed. She'll fall into step with her, head turning this way and that to get a better view of everything around her.]

Did you know about this place before you came here?

[whitewalls]

[ she shakes her head. ]

None of us did, we were all just brought here. We're actually not really sure if this place even existed before our arrival, or if it was made specifically a purpose.

[drivingforce]

Like a brand new world? [It's entirely possible, given, but at the same time there are a lot of people here she doesn't recognize at all.] Is it possible that it'll disappear when we all leave then?

[whitewalls]

I think we can come back here, so apparently not.

Although for a while we weren't sure what would happen to this place

[drivingforce]

We'll have to make sure we come back and make sure it's okay then. Just in case. Who knows where else this world could lead?

[whitewalls]

[ she nods ]

I'd like to continue to keep an eye on it... just in case.

[drivingforce]

We'll borrow one of the gummiships and bring it back here so we always have a road open. [There's apparently no argument to be had here. If it's important to Naminé, then that's all there is to it. If it's important to all of them that have been here, who is she to argue?]

It shouldn't be hard now.

[whitewalls]

[ she nods her head, because she still has never once considered that they can't get here their normal way. that's just how it be when your universe already has a worldhopping option ]

It'll probably take some time to show you everything, anyway. You can't really explore all of the gateways thoroughly in a day...

[drivingforce]

There's really that many of them? [She's just focused on following her to the farm at this rate, she hadn't thought about just how many gateways could have opened in this centralized region.] What's your favorite one?

[whitewalls]

My favorite...?

[ she has to really think about it... before she would have said the one with the circus, except minato exploded there so now it's further down the list. ]

There's this one place with a really large castle. I think it might be a school?

[drivingforce]

[Please tell your Other about Minato. But anyway...]

A castle? [She's definitely thinking, like, Radiant Garden's castle.] What kind of school would be inside a castle?

[whitewalls]

[ how do you tell someone about minato without ending up in an intervention for your taste in men ]

It was kind of... magical? Some of the things reminded me of Merlin's place.

[drivingforce]

[Someone save Naminé.]

I'd like to see it if we can. It sounds incredible. [After the farm and everything. Let Kairi go be the Gryffindor she's meant to be.] Even though we were training with him for a while we never really got to see much of what Merlin could do.

[whitewalls]

He's kind of like Yen Sid in that regard, isn't he?

[ you have never actually met either of them please stop talking like you have ]

[drivingforce]

Sometimes I think so, yeah. [Kairi's not even aware of what Naminé may or may not know, so she goes with it.] Except that where Merlin's all metaphors and confusing analogies, Yen Sid is prophecies and half the information. [There's a light laugh.] Two of them who help, but want us to learn for ourselves.

[whitewalls]

Mm. It makes sense... if they just hand you all the answers right away, there won't be any growth from that.

[ she laughs a little. ]

Even if that can be a little frustrating.

[ she realized she described what was more or less their experience here. ]

[drivingforce]

[The universe and Kingdom Hearts are both very frustrating and Kairi isn't allowed to be in either apparently.] Yeah. I know that's true, and that does help make it a little less frustrating. I don't know if Axel and I would have known what to do right away if we were just told how to do everything anyway.

[And it's obvious from this conversation that Naminé grew, so there's probably even more truth in there than she realizes.]

[whitewalls]

[ she nods ]

I'm not sure if Axel is the best at following directions like that anyway.

[drivingforce]

[There's a laugh.] I don't think he is either...but that's what makes his style sort of unique. He's good to fight against even if he changes the rules in the middle.

[By this point they're probably approaching the farm and she takes a few steps forward.] Are any of us really good at following directions though? [Like. Just saying.]

[whitewalls]

Hm... maybe not.

[ she immediately walks over to the fence, climbing onto one of the bottom planks so she can stand over it a little more. ]

Ushi!

[drivingforce]

[She's easily following, mimicking Naminé's movements to boost herself up and look over the fence.]

Ushi--oh. [The cow definitely starts to lumber toward them because Naminé called by name. Kairi's blinking in surprise, maybe a little unsure why this is working.] What a cute cow...

[Not what she was expecting but it's fine.]