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chroma2022-04-09 10:12 pm
saturations) wrote in chroma2022-04-09 10:12 pm
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WEEK SEVEN: ENDGAME
ENDGAME
Sunday morning starts peacefully enough. After the events of yesterday, it was probably a relief to go about your evenings, reveling in the presences of your friends and loved ones, grateful to be alive and well. Everything is quiet until around noon when alarms start going off on your phones. It’s a gentler sound than the noise that once alerted you to the executions to take place on Sundays. You can always ignore it until 1 PM, but then you’ll blink and find yourself back in the Central Node once again.
The color in the node seems a little brighter as the archway where the Tree once stood continues to shimmer. The fog has gently blown back, revealing an opalescent area just past the entrance. It’s warm and it’s inviting, little tears in the air around it showing off different places you may know as home.
You get the feeling that perhaps, finally, the Prism has listened to your wants and desires. Nothing is forcing you out right away, though nothing is making you stay either. The clock from the Tree continues to tick, counting down to twenty-four hours from now.
The Prism isn’t what it used to be, though all of the nodes have reverted to somewhat pleasant locations albeit drab. Take a tour of places you haven’t seen before, or say goodbye to the places you grew fond of in your time here.
Take your time to say goodbye. There's nothing stopping you from going to someone else's world - but you'll find you need to be careful. The Prism is a delicate thing, constantly in need of balance. You'll need to maintain it, if you're going to use it to go from place to place. All it takes is color - something strong, both positive and negative. When you come through to visit other worlds, you have to offer something that you have faced from home, big or small. A good day, the happy vibes from a birthday party, the sad vibes from a funeral, the pain of an injury. Coordinate, and take care of the space you have cultivated. It's your responsibility now to make sure the Prism doesn't try to hurt itself in its confusion.
You could even stay here if you wanted, now that the Prism’s cleaned up again. You'd slowly forget, just like the Residents did, but it'd be a long process. You could live a normal lifespan in peace.
Or don’t. So many of you are ready to return from where you once came. And that was never really the point, right? You have to face the music. It was always about taking your problems head on, and not running away.
Your phones will still work no matter where you go. You may not always be able to be together in person, but you'll always be in each other's contact lists.
As for your Residents, both current and past? It seems that Thinker, Revenge, and Scout have all vanished, their items mysteriously missing and pieces of themselves left to be regained. As for Dreamer... you don't know what happened to him.
For the living Residents, well. Fret, Rindo, Caduceus and Ei have a decision to make, too.
Make good choices, now. Balance is key.
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[but even if she didn't - it's not like it was the real eorzea. and even then, the worst of what she experienced had more or less been in her own mind.
even ishgard should be fine, as long as it's peaceful there.]
...but I want to visit because that's where you will be, so... there isn't much avoiding it, is there?
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[ Estinien is NO LONGER A HATER. But he also raises a brow when she says it's because where he'll be. Estinien has never learned the concept of people actually wanting to see him all that much. Or you know, it's because his perception is so fucking skewed when he sucks at human emotions but intrinsically understands dragon emotions. He's like an alien in that regard among the people of XIVworld now. ]
These days, I spend much of my time outside of Coerthas and Dravania. There's much on our star to see.
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Is that so? Then maybe I'll have to give it another chance.
[hmm. well, coerthas and dravania are at least somewhat familiar to her, so - finding him will hopefully not be too difficult.]
In any case, I'll be sure to let you know before I drop by.
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Aye. Though perhaps, picking up a linkpearl would benefit you were you to come by. I have no real promises that I would be consistent with the phone.
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[she tilts her hea dto one side]
What is that?
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I don't typically care for them, but I now carry one around due to reasons.
[ So like. Jiuqing could feasibly call him because he was forced to have his world's version of a phone/radio. ]
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[that sounds so convenient, honestly. more convenient than typing.]
I will have to pick one up the first time I stop by, then. I promise not to bother you too much with it.
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[ Girl you'd have to hunt him down and ask him to add you to a linkshell first. Until then you might just have to hunt down those fucking moogles and ask them to send moogles mail instead, because they can find anyone. ANYWHERE. WITHOUT FAIL.
But yeah tea date in Kugane now definite. ]
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[she'd miss him!]