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

[scourgingstars]

I'm not blaming anyone, I'm saying I'm upset that she looked at all of that and just...decided to trust something else.

[Ardyn sighed, trying to figure out how to articulate why this bothered him so damn much.]

...We'll work through it, whatever the issue. I told you that I wasn't going to betray you--that counts for everyone here. I won't turn my back on anyone.

[goteachother]

I think maybe... the fact that she could trust us, all of us, is what... gave her the strength to believe in someone else. Which doesn't really make it better but I don' think she meant it as choosing PAL over everyone else.

[She leans back into him, squeezes him slightly.]

Mmm I... whatever else the others think, however worried I am by what they're going to think now that the shock's worn off I-

[And this time she doesn't snuggle into his chest but brushes a light kiss at the corner of his mouth.]

I know you're here with us... with me.

Thank you.

[scourgingstars]

I--

[Whatever he was going to say was cut off entirely by that, Ardyn faltering out of surprise at the gesture.]

Y-you don't...have to thank me for anything.

[goteachother]

You stood up for me. For all of us, even after I'd done something horrible.

And you're looking after my cap'n.

[scourgingstars]

I've done worse. You think I'll turn my back on you over something like this? Don't be ridiculous.

[goteachother]

You were also... different then. I don' have the excuse of somethin awful inside me influencing-

[A shaky sigh.]

I made this decision all on my own. Tani sure didn' help, encouraging me an all. But... I did it and I gotta face that. Deal with... with him not bein here. [It's the first time she's let herself really acknowledge that and she might just end up clinging to Ardyn a little.]

[scourgingstars]

...We'll be here to help you carry that. I promise you that.