[Final Day] Endgame

[arsgoetia]

And just as suddenly as everything had began, the demons are gone—all of them. Not a single crow feather remains. As if being sucked backwards out of a vacuum, sound and light flood into the room and the hallway, crashing down on you. You are back in the real world, with noise and physics and sunlight streaming in through the window.

You are also left with two bereft Bellcourt children, the older of which is suddenly doubling over in his wheelchair and shouting in anguish.

Comments

[bestest]

...You really like him, surprisingly... Did you get to know each other since he woke up?

[arsgoetia]

"What??? No, he's just, he's just... my brother, and..."

[bestest]

You didn't like him at all before... It's good though! That's why I helped him last time!

[arsgoetia]

"I never hated him!" she protests. "I just -- he always -- shut up, Shuri Oak!"

[bestest]

[... shuts up promptly :x WHOOPS IT'S AWKWARD AGAIN]

[arsgoetia]

"Shuri," she says, after a moment, tentatively. "...thanks..."

[bestest]

...You're welcome... It's only what I said I would do.

[arsgoetia]

"I know, but... you actually did... stay by me, I mean."

[bestest]

[a little bitterly] See.

[arsgoetia]

"...Yeah," she says, really quietly.

[bestest]

...



What did you need Bastien for?

[arsgoetia]

"....I wanted to find Sidney and I know he needs a soul to feed off of after he's woken up and I wouldn't give him David again," she says, kind of in a 'ok now you will hate me' voice.

[bestest]

[...yeah that is NOT MY FAVORITE ANSWER OF THE POSSIBILITIES; kinda looks like he has a headache, but a little too worn out to be angry]

Oh.

...

Are you going to look for another soul...

[arsgoetia]

"No..." she says. Then, honestly, "I don't think so. Not yet anyway. I want Sidney back but... I don't know. I don't know what to do. And David and I need to do something... something about Dad, so... That's... more important. And I'll... leave Bastien alone now. Like I said. Christian too."

[bestest]

[ugh so awkwardsadturtle]

...Thank you...

[arsgoetia]

"What...? Why?" Pause. "Because of them? Those ghosts?'

[bestest]

Yeah... It would be, a favor, to me, if you did, even if you don't like them.

[arsgoetia]

"I'm... not going to do anything to them anymore," she says, really quiet.

[bestest]

Okay...

[...has still started crying for some reason]

[arsgoetia]

"Shuri???"

[bestest]

[THIS IS ROLE REVERSAL, LUCIA!!!!!]

[arsgoetia]

"D-don't cry!!" Her hands flutter helplessly and she tries method: hugging him. This had better work because the other tools in her arsenal appear to be yelling and demons.

[bestest]

[THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION. I am well-practiced at this clinging and sobbing routine.]

[arsgoetia]

"I, I'm sorry????"

[bestest]

[hic sob]

Don't just say that...