[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.

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[beginningofwisdom]

Is it possible?...no, it must be, of course.

[considers the idea for a moment, because what is having a choice in this kind of thing? but then he smiles gently]

If it's to be a choice, then....yes, I would like to stay. This is a good world, with good people in it. I'd like to continue to be of use here.

[boatsights]

I could definitely use all the help I could get.

[beginningofwisdom]

I'd be happy to offer mine, then.

[boatsights]

I gratefully accept. And as your Master, if there's anything you need from me, please just say the word.

[beginningofwisdom]

[...just. laughs softly. cute.]

Now we've gotten far too formal. My apologies.

[boatsights]

Well, I am sort of, also, one of this world's highest celestial beings and possibly going to have to lead my allies to prevent the end of the world.

. . .

So, um.

[beginningofwisdom]

That sounds like a cause I'll take pride in being part of.

So, consider me at your service, my friend.

[boatsights]

. . .

[bounces forward and flings his arms around him for a hug]

[beginningofwisdom]

[hugs him back. he gives good hugs and he's very fond.]

[boatsights]

[pulling back after a few moments, looking enthused]

Will you—tell me more about yourself? About your world? Your magic . . . oh, not right now, if you don't want, I realize there's a lot going on, but I'd like to learn . . .

[beginningofwisdom]

We can certainly make a start, and no doubt we'll have time for the rest. Ah, where to begin...?

[boatsights]

There's no real rush.

[he seems so genuinely happy in that moment]

[beginningofwisdom]

True. We won't be short of time.

[cute. |D]

If we begin with magic we'll be here for quite a while, and I shouldn't want to borrow you from your young man for too long, under the circumstances. The world, then...there are more similarities than differences, I think. The same nations, the same cities. There are no angels or demons or hells, save those of human making; magi are known to a few, but magic is kept secret and controlled. I disagreed with that policy, when I lived, but in the end, I wasn't able to change it.

[boatsights]

[he blushes prettily at the mention of his young man]

Mm, those sorts of things aren't common knowledge here, either.

[beginningofwisdom]

[good show, good show]

I'd gathered as much. Well, the lives of most are very similar, I think, between the two worlds. Magi come together to refine their craft and seek the truth that underlies all things. Vampires gather their power in the dark. And we Servants, those whose lives are engraved on the Throne of Heroes outside time, answer the call of the Holy Grail.