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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[reallyfishy]

That's true. He would want to see you loosen up like Raven for sure. But you were different enough back then...enough to throw professionalism aside for a night.

[He couldn't actually see Alexei doing that in public though, even while tipsy.]

[ideismo]

I suppose, though I'm certainly not doing that in front of anyone else.

[...Maybe Schwann once in a while, though. But not. Not in public.]

[reallyfishy]

I'll be happy to keep that as something to be shared just between us.

[The Don can be disappointed and Raven can rein himself in for once.

...this all gets Schwann to smile for another reason, though.]

It's nice to be having idle discussions about the future like this.

[ideismo]

[Ah, that's...]

It is. I imagine it's been a long time since either of us had anything worth looking forward to.

[reallyfishy]

Yeah... It really has.

[There's a hint of melancholy in there somewhere, mostly because the way Alexei phrased it hits so accurately. Did he ever look forward to the future in those ten years leading up to this? Not legitimately. Even though he was enjoying life as Raven, he knew it wouldn't last. He'd have to go back to being Schwann eventually.

But he no longer thinks like that. Right now he is Schwann Oltorain, and he wants to be.]

Once we return to Terca Lumireis...it might take some time, but I'll be sure to get back to you as soon as I can.

[Since he is currently in Desier as Raven, as Alexei knows.]

[ideismo]

Don't worry, I'm more than capable of entertaining myself until you return.

[It's dry, but it's not biting.]

There are things that need to be put in order on my side of things as well. Loose ends and all, especially since I have no intention at this time of moving forward with raising Zaude.

[He's not entirely sure he can hard promise on that, but he does want to avoid it if at all possible.]