( DEPARTURE )

[abhoth]

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. ( quick navigation ) ic rulebook | locations | statuses | room assignments private conversations | ic profiles | graveyard | full navigation

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[nowyouseeit]

Toes? They didn't do toes.

Oh, or maybe our noses?

[there's some wry humor in his words. it's easy to joke about cutting off body parts when you do that four weeks in a row, huh]

[ninjay]

[ he is so desensitized to cutting off his own body parts. it's terrible. ]

I wonder how breathing would work without the nose... through our mouths, I suppose?

[nowyouseeit]

For all of twenty minutes, before it grows back.

[HA. . .]

This conversation got morbid super quickly.

[ninjay]

It's fitting. Our entire time here was fairly morbid.

[ he looks over at the souvenirs now in the room. he's admittedly a little... annoyed by it, that the shop is now being used as a, well. a shop. it might be a little selfish, but he considers this room theirs. ]

We're missing Yukina.

[nowyouseeit]

Lovecraft.

[he leans back in his chair, balancing on two legs, and glances around as well. he doesn't mind the souvenirs so much, but much like Jay?]

[he thinks this place is theirs, and it forever will be]

Yeah.

[the chair leans forward, other two legs banging against the ground]

We never had a meeting without all three of us. Feels. . . weird, without her.

[ninjay]

[ if any of them had died, then their meetings would be a little quieter. all of them surviving til the end was the hope, but one that jay didn't fully expect to happen. and while they still technically died, it was at the very end. ]

Goodbyes aren't really my strong point.

[nowyouseeit]

[. . . he hums thoughtfully]

Then don't say good-bye.

Say, "I'll talk to you later."

[ninjay]

[ he chuckles at that. ]

... I was told that Dipper's family is capable of inter-dimensional travel. If they figure it out, then...

[nowyouseeit]

Heh, yeah! I remember Dipper mentioning something like that at the trial.

[back when they were trying to think of ways to come back to this realm when the ritual was over and punch the Unclean in the eye]

I'd show you guys around my world, yeah? We could go on a sweet-eating tour of Tokyo and everything.

[he'll show them movie theaters and cars and all sorts of modern things?? they'll be NORMAL TEENAGERS and it'll be a trip]

[ninjay]

[ typically, jay really has no interest in leaving the legacy. it's why the only reason he was willing to accept the deal was if his incentive was completed. but... honestly he is so curious about everyone else's worlds at this point. ]

Tokyo... What's it like?

[nowyouseeit]

Big.

[that's a good way to describe it, right?]

Lots of tall buildings and automobiles, but there's plenty to do. D'you know what an arcade is?

[ninjay]

[ he's trying to imagine that. the tallest building in the town is the lighthouse? and there are a few other scattered tall ones, but they're all off on their own. ]

I have no idea.

[ unsurprisingly, he sounds a little annoyed by not knowing. ]

[nowyouseeit]

It's a place where people go when they wanna play video games. Uh. . . you know those televisions that we saw when we were-- [waves. a hand. DEAD??]

They're games that are displayed on screens like that. Kinda like CLUE, only in 2D.

[ninjay]

Oh! That sounds fascinating.

[ they can play connect four but on a tv???? ]

I'd like to beat you in an arcade then.

[nowyouseeit]

[. . . JAY. . .]

Don't get overconfident there, pal. You're talking to a video game master.

[ninjay]

[ i'm sorry jay is like a kid when it comes to beating people at stuff. he gets too excited and competitive?? people were dying, jay. ]

Then I'll just have to be better than a master! Sounds easy enough.