[Game 21] Epilogue

[arsgoetia]

So, you get your Philly cheesesteak, and you head back on another train, returning to New York at fuck o'clock in the morning. Maybe you get a nap on the train, or maybe you're full of yawns and misery as you head back to Sariel's house at the crack of dawn. Paz went on her merry way with wonderful promises for the future, but Hale is with you, seeming remarkably energetic.

Madison is just barely held back by Kieran, it seems, from just sprinting out the door as soon as you get anywhere near the yard. As it stands, as soon as you all make your way past the gate, there's a redhead barreling down to greet you.

Comments

[rollwillpowercheck]

He moved on to the afterlife. No more unfinished business, time for eternal rest and all that.

[rollwillpowercheck]

That's true! No point in really quibbling over the details.

[liarliarliar]

That's weird to think about...

But I guess if you're a ghost you been around for awhile.

[bowtiedbones]

It might make differences to the demons, but.

[shrugs!]

[troublebrewing]

That's mostly why we were trying to avoid making a repeat trip.

[bowtiedbones]

Gosh, yeah.

[arsgoetia]

"Babe," Hale says, "I would love your company."

[arsgoetia]

"Aw, you know, about fifteen years."

[arsgoetia]

"And baby, I'd love to be yours," he says, eyebrow wiggling.

[arsgoetia]

"If I let being awkward stop me I'd never get anything done. Still, kinda..." He makes a face and rolls his eyes.

[defendless]

Not too shabby!

[arsgoetia]

"Yeah, I'll make myself scarce."

[arsgoetia]

"Yeah, big city life suits me. Always something interesting just around the corner, and usually some sort of nook to enjoy some private time." He pats your butt.

[defendless]

[laughs, utterly charmed, and counters with a butt pat of his own]

Zeno favors the wilderness more, but can definitely see the appeal.

[tenebrat]

Wonderful. Give me your address, and I can be there shortly.

[bowtiedbones]

[drops her phone back into her purse and offers him her arm, giggling]

You have good lines, don't you!

[rollwillpowercheck]

Not as long as you'd think! But... basically.

[rollwillpowercheck]

But I'm okay with that, yeah.

[liarliarliar]

And yours is gone too I'd assume.

[rollwillpowercheck]

That's... really nice of you, thanks! I mostly have experience in making physical objects that then serve as vessels for magic, I guess? Like putting part of myself into a miniature, or creating a diorama that was the base for an immersive illusory world. I've been used for more magic than I've consciously done on my own, so it's sometimes hard to know how much something was me and how much was--

Oh, I probably should have led off with that. I spent a long time with a dark magic artifact that turned out to house a vengeful spirit.

[rollwillpowercheck]

That's not what I meant.

[rollwillpowercheck]

[makes a face]

He got himself obliterated.

[liarliarliar]

And...?

[rollwillpowercheck]

And nothing. It was pretty anticlimactic on my end.

[liarliarliar]

And you still had a fanclub to worry about.