yuggoth | ( DEPARTURE )

SURVIVORS: 42

At 6:00 PM on the dot, everyone who has died during the ritual will awaken in their respective beds. Whole and unscathed, it would be far too easy to say that everything has been nothing but a fever dream. But the truth, as always, is far different from what the heart yearns for.

For the first time in five weeks, night falls over the City of Yuggoth.

The sun no longer hangs over your heads, its presence dark and oppressing. Instead, a soft, blue light shines down from the sky. It's not quite the moon, no. The Unclean's avatar is still visible in the sky, after all. But it's comforting. It's the promise of new beginnings, of newly forged bonds, and pacts that neither heaven nor hell are capable of tearing down. Does this singular moment in time make everything they've been through worth it? No, probably not. But this is the end. Their journey is over.

Now it's time for forty-one (41) individuals to choose their destination, while one (1) is left behind.

The unmarked room between the Kitchen (still wrecked — thanks, Tsurugi) and Laundry room is now open. Faceless men will be giving away baseball caps, pens, keychains and all the splendor of Yuggoth, as well as glossy photos taken throughout the ritual... for most, it will be a photo of their dead body and the manner in which they died. Yikes. A toy machine has also been left here, with a sign that reads TELEGRAM FUND: DEPOSIT YOUR CLUE TOKENS SO EVERYONE CAN CONTACT THEIR FRIENDS. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANDERSEN, SO DON'T ASK. - ABIGAIL.

Manning the Curio Shop won't be the only duties the faceless men have been relegated to, however. They'll be hunting down everyone but the new facilitator in order to give them a bus ticket. The destination and time of departure will be blank upon initially receiving it, but as soon as one thinks of where they want to go? Both fields will be filled in, and will be adjusted accordingly if anyone has a last minute change of heart. It seems like, in the end, it's up to the residents to decide whether to return home or to catch a ride with one of their new friends.

Starting from 6:00 AM on Tuesday morning (a fact only discernible thanks to the Grandfather clocks, as the sun refuses to rise again), double decker buses will roll by the motel to pick residents up. There will be several buses, each one remaining at the entrance for fifteen minutes and the next one arriving after an hour long interval. Bus tickets will refuse to change after the first bus has arrived, so try not to be too indecisive lest you wish to remain in this realm or strike a deal with the Unclean.

On the bright side, there are at least two to four days before everyone has returned home. May as well get those final goodbyes over with, right?

It's a wrap, everyone! Thank you for the wild ride, and don't forget to check out the Love Meme and TL;CR Meme. You can use this post to thread out those last goodbyes.

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[ Clementine is sort of. Staying to the side of most people because she's not really sure how to socialize, and is kind of trying to mentally prepare herself for going home. ]

Not that this was great, but it was nice to have a bed and food.

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I don't... Know what to ask for.

[ she is overwhelmed, tbh ]

[ she nods. she's still kind of half-expecting them to change their mind. ]

Some. But we'll need to be traveling light.

What I'd really like is a car.

Yeah. I'll probably do that, then.

How can killing one person - who gets to come back anyway - be worth a wish like that?

[ x Doubt ]

... I can't even imagine it. It's all I've known.

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[ clementine is one of the people that he's hesitant to approach, but feels like he has to. he didn't while they were in the graveyard, mostly since he figured going to her after tsurugi and mira pissed her off would be bad. ]

I'm sorry.

[ hrm. she's definitely not as happy to see him as usual. (was she usually??? by her standards, yes.) ]

Well. Whatever we thought about it, you were right, anyway. This was the only solution.

I normally love being right. [ which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, considering his personality. ] But it's not like I actually wanted to be this time.

[ it would have been a relief if they had managed to prove him wrong. ]

At least it's over with.

Dirk and Jake are leaving with you, right?

[ back to zombieland. ]

Unless they change their mind, that's right.

I have something I need to take care of, or else I would probably... Choose to go somewhere else.

They won't. I was talking to Jake about it after the trial, and he seems pretty firm on staying with you.

[ jay had also asked why they were going back to her world since from his conversations with clementine before, it... didn't seem like a place she'd want to stay at. jake mentioned a child, but jay decides not to bring that part up. it's clementine's business. ]

We're supposed to be getting our powers back after we leave. I'm sure things will be easier to deal with when they get theirs.

Powers. Are you sure they won't just disappear again in a world like mine? One without powers?

[ she has a very hard time wrapping her head around these kinds of things. ]

Well... we could always ask to be sure. I wonder if we could use incentives to make it possible if it's not an automatic thing though?

[ jay still has two unused ones left. ]

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Hey.

Do you want to come to my world?

[ It doesn't sound like Clem's world is the best... ]

I appreciate it... But I need to get back to my own world.

You don't have to.

You could... you know, learn to live in a place where survival isn't the number one thing all the time. I live in a mansion, and my dad wouldn't complain about bringing you home. You could go to school, be with people your age... it might be your one out.

Sorry, I watched too much of you in the graveyard. All I'm saying is-- it's an offer that's out there.

... I appreciate it. Really.

I just can't leave AJ. Not alone, not in my world.

... If I could come get the two of you, would you take me up on it then?