the final week

[airlockedmods]

[Eight weeks. Eight weeks of friendship and love, death and loss, hope and despair all muddled together in a cocktail that's too sweet on the tongue and leaves an acid-y pit in the stomach. With nine of them left (ten counting their dear but lone surviving host), things look darker than ever. Come Sunday morning the last of the Champions missing memories will be returned to them while they sleep. For some of them this will reveal answers, for others it might just be a fate worse than death. They could even be death.

But how does the song go? "It's always darkest before the dawn"?

There are no announcements from PAL this week. Not even morning and evening announcements.

Sunday Monday Tuesday



[ooc: Welcome to endgame, everyone! We're all very proud of you for making it all the way to the end. As you can see this is going to be a short IC week but we promise things will not be going down until this weekend (7/7-7/9). On Tuesday we'll be unveiling the OOC post for what to expect during the final investigation. There is no official AC this week, just a check-in and as mentioned above characters will be at their true canon points on Sunday morning.

Buckle up, kids, the ride's not over yet.]

Comments

[motherfucking_ghost]

[He will absolutely definitely 100% put an arm around her, hugging tightly.]

[scourgingstars]

Does it? [That sharp smirk lit up Ardyn's face again in the way a quick flash of hellfire lit a darkened sky--bright, dangerous, and nothing but trouble.]

I don't believe that's a traditional proposal for Lucis or Niflheim, at least not when last I looked.

[motherfucking_ghost]

No, I--it's not-- [He knows that look of Trouble, which only...is now confusing him a little bit.] It sure gives off a certain impression. To suggest I'll be hanging off you for the rest of our lives.

Don't tell me Clarith got to you.

[scourgingstars]

Oh, not at all. But you did rather decisively commit to this, as have I. What else am I to say about it?

[some things never change and ardyn's dedication to trolling is one of them.]

...I just never cease to be amused when you start babbling like a flustered imbecile.

[theundertaker]

[She's going to lean into that hug and wrap her arms around his waist to return it with an almost painful tightness for someone her size. This is good, this is something she feels like they both need right now.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

...See. You say that. But then I feel like you forget that I take ideas and start running wildly away with them.

I could always start getting a rose bouquet. You've already got a ring, but I'm going to have to ask Yuuri to make me one.

[scourgingstars]

You do have a habit of taking my jokes much too seriously, yes. That said, I think I'd rather keep avoiding the matter of engagement--why change my mind now?

[motherfucking_ghost]

You can't even make up your mind about the word boyfriend, so.

[scourgingstars]

My indecision is hardly stopping you from trying to sleep with me at every possible opportunity.

[motherfucking_ghost]

[You know what, it's better to return that hug just about full force. Pain is good. Let the pain out by inflicting pain??]

[motherfucking_ghost]

You can tell me to stop...and actually mean it.

[theundertaker]

[Hell yeah, hug pain!!! Hug it out!!!

...but only for a little while because after a few minutes of silent, intense hugging she makes a tiny choking sound.]

We might need to loosen this up a little, Church.

[She is small and crushable and his arms are strong and meaty.]

[scourgingstars]

Why, I could. [Tilting his head slightly, an interested smirk flickered across Ardyn's face.]

But why start now?

[motherfucking_ghost]

I'd argue, but I kind of was already falling for your dumb ass while you were still...y'know. But I can't let that go without pointing out your taste is also awful as hell.

[scourgingstars]

I'm well aware on both counts. You're a terrible fool and so am I--we're quite the pair, fallen king and his most appropriate reckless Shield.

[misanthropicprinciple]

I do not! Stop making it weird!

[goteachother]

[She pats the bed next to her, hoping he'll at least come sit beside her.]

I'm sorry. I'd never ever take memories from you if you didn't want me to. I only offered to Ardyn so... if he needed-

[She bites her lip but Ardyn insisted he'd talked to Leonard about it so...]

So if it got too much he knew he had another option.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Nobody's ever gonna write sprawling, world-renowned romance novels for the ages about the pair of us, that's for fucking sure.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Yeah, it's wayyyyy too late for that now. You telling me to stop would be, like, alarms going off in my head.

[scourgingstars]

'Oh no, Ardyn's gone and learned restraint, he must be terribly ill', that sort of thing?

[goteachother]

[She slides her fingers under his chin, making him look up at her and she has to push down the immediate thrill when she realizes he still has to look up at her even in her heels.]

Honey... It don' matter if you ain as glamorous as some of the folks here, ain' no one s'posed ta be that pretty all the time.

You are charming and sweet and... more'n that you're earnest and sincere and the way you blush fer me as absolutely delightful.

And bein attracted ta one person, even havin feelins fer one person doesn't mean ya can't care about someone else. [Someone teach the woman the word polyamory.]

[scourgingstars]

Not with that attitude.

[goteachother]

[She giggles a little, grinning at him and stepping away from the vegetables that continue chopping themselves so she can squeeze his hand and kiss his cheek.]

I'd forgotten... and you didn't really eat for a long time but...

I owe you a roast.

[goteachother]

I think he meant it to be comforting... He doesn't want us to suffer anymore. Or at least me, I think. [She bites her lip then like she's a little embarrassed at the affections there.]

I didn' see it, no. He lead me back into the main house but... I... [shudder] I was kinda um... blindfolded.

[scourgingstars]

...We did talk about that, didn't we? You didn't need to go to any such trouble on my account.