EPILOGUE

[faentasy]

Epilogue

After all is said and done, in the wake of the void and sprinting through one final door.

You come out into light. Sunlight actually, a backyard in what appears to be a typical suburban town, if you're familiar with those. The sun shines cheerfully overheard, blissfully unaware of what everyone has went through. And this is everyone, as faces you haven't seen in weeks tumble out in one pile from a basement door.

Happy Saturday, everyone.

There's plenty of reunions and catching up to do, but you've utterly left Aira Niluc behind you after seven long weeks. And through the window of the house which looks like it has seen a better seen better days is one wall mural that reads "And they all lived Happily Ever After".

[[ Happy Golden End everyone, you've earned it! There's still the matter of sorting out where to next, but everyone is whole and alive and without button eyes. Using the knowledge from the object Phil had and the beldam's magic, they can also now world hop only one side effect...the portal that opens to everyone else's worlds here? Is made entirely of pixie dust. Everyone's powers will also restore fully over the course of the next few hours. ]]

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[mearry]

I guess we did. [ it's a bit weird. again, it's like waking up from a dream. or maybe like dreaming. ]

What...now?

[laytorest]

We... well, now we have to find a way home, don't we?

[She... she thinks? Honestly it's kind of a shock they really made it this far.]

[mearry]

Yeah...

[ he sighs deeply. ]

I...might miss it a little bit, though. The group that we had on the other side. I know that you all have things to do but...

[ well, he just doesn't like letting go of people. ]

[laytorest]

[...]

I... I wonder about that.

[mearry]

...

[ c-ta tilts his head? ]

Yor-san? What's wrong?

[laytorest]

...

I... lied again. Anya and Loid... together, we're a fake family.

[She takes a breath to steady herself, and then:]

Anya's school is very prestigious, so they would never accept a student who only had a single parent. Loid needed someone to pose as his wife for the interview, and I... as an unmarried woman of my age, I would look suspicious to the police. I didn't want my job as an assassin compromised, so I suggested we marry and continue the charade, and he agreed it would benefit us both.

But it's been so long now... I wonder if I haven't been replaced by now.

[mearry]

....

[ c-ta's hand twitches, clearly wanting to comfort her--unsure how, though. eventually, he settles on placing a hand on her shoulder. ]

It's not nearly the same, but...that kind of reminds me of how we were on the other side. We were like...a paper-mache group of misfits, but we ended up bonding. I don't think I'll be able to replace a lot of those bonds easily, so... I don't think that Loid would either. Or Anya.

[laytorest]

[Well now she just looks like she's about to cry.]

[mearry]

A-ah! Yor-san!

[ oh nO HE DIDN’T WANT TO FUCK UP AND MAKE HER CRY ]

[laytorest]

I... Gosh, I h-hope so...

[Oh no now she's REALLY crying.]

I'm so stupid. All this time, I thought my wish was to hide the truth of my job. B-but...

The dreams and the n-nightmares... it wasn't that they realized my job. I-it was... that I might n-not be part of that family anymore...

[mearry]

[ he will go ahead and hug her gently. ]

I’m sure they will, Yor-san… and, well,

[ he breathes in, mentally preparing himself— ]

If they don’t, you can always be my mom instead.

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[laytorest]

[!!!]

[laytorest]

A-are you sure? After everything...?

[Like she still DID TRY TO KILL HIM THAT ONE TIME...]