arsgoetia | [Game 20] Epilogue

Maon leads the way back towards civilization—somehow making his way easily back out through the woods, and you know, there's some things you just don't ask about.

It's a little longer walk back than it was getting there—you'd ended up popping out in a slightly different location. The sun isn't quite up enough to be causing any adverse side effects, and somehow as you walk, you find any fatigue or pain or chill drifting away, leaving you feeling rejuvinated rather than exhausted. The really happy archangel might be partially to blame for that.

The cottage soon comes into sight. Siùsaidh is sitting on the porch waiting, and Tristan's car is once again parked outside.

"Tis about time ye got back," she says firmly. "Tis been three days, and I can only mind an incubus in my home fer so long. Step inside for breakfast, now, won't ye?"

[we will continue to pick at threads in the Endgame but feel free to hit up anybody anywhere in the Epilogue! thanks for the game, see you again ~~in three years~~ soon ♥]

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Ugh, happiness.

Cool. Cool.

to look at it another way, most evil in the world comes from having some fundamental lacks in your life, as far as i can tell... faith, or hope, or happiness. fulfilling your needs isn't intrinsically selfish. the trick is not to center yourself in what you don't have...

i didn't meet him for very long, luka, he locked me in a closet. :(

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i think there were a lot of ways he could have handled this worse, so i'm glad about that--? i dont know if i'm a judge of cool, what is cool? i'm very badly equipped to answer this question

Don't get self-conscious but I think that's really wise.

I don't know. I guess I'll ask others.

i don't know about wise but i've been thinking about it a lot.

luka, why do you want to know? that would help me answer

I can see why.

Curious.

there are a lot of questions i want to ask madison if he's okay with it... not now though. when he's done settling in!

do you think he's a good boss?

I haven't thought about it. I'm curious though. Do you think he meant to return this to the world or just follow the clues?

from what i understand of sloth as a domain, either option could lead to a lot of trouble... if he intended to do it, there'd have to be something he wanted badly out of that specific activity. at least, that's usually a fairly interesting way to interpret what *you* do, luka

so what would he want out of a return? or out of following clues?

War would be a lot of work...

i'm not sure he anticipated what the results of what he asked you to do would be, exactly

but i also think that someone actively working against a war is better than someone being kept out of activity, for war prevention... so, a net positive?

A net of positivity.

helpful for tightrope walkers.

Oh! Do you know any?

if we're speaking metaphorically, lots

case in point, are you worried about what your boss will say about this?

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Let's change the subject.

ah...

tell me more about tightrope walking.

of course, luka. i just looked it up on wikipedia. it's also called funambulism which i didn't know

i think it works best when the walker remembers that they're part of a complete act. they aren't alone. a number of people go into setting up the rope and checking how tight it is and staying close in case someone falls. and maybe that part is nervewracking, too.

You're talking in metaphor again aren't you...

would i ever do that

I can tell. You are very good at metaphors but I can tell when you use them.

it's true... you're getting better at metaphors too, luka

may i be non-metaphorical for a moment?

You don't need permission.

it's a question of comfort more than permission, but all right.

my impression is that you more than tristan or any of the others have been acting without knowing the dimensions of the risks you're undertaking for yourself, not because you don't know there could be risks but because they're above your head. that's stressful and i don't think you're very experienced with it?

it worries me because i care about you, and i know i've been part of the problem, but if everything *had* gone bad (or does go bad) you would still be involved, just more peripherally (with less pressure to know things and know how to act on them)

being on the fulcrum is scarier because you have to know your goals and who you can rely on for protection for you and elli as you try to act on them. there are powerful people who i think would help protect you if something went wrong, but that's scary in and of itself without knowing the limits of it. maybe talking to someone about where you want to fit into this would help?

i may be getting this entirely wrong but if so it's because you've been very careful. and that's fine. but i don't think it's *all* wrong...

Oh. No, that's true.

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