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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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[I'm going to search for my brother, Yukina had said.

She's going to see her friends again. Accomplish the goals she'd had in mind when she first left her home - and yet, the destination on her ticket changes a couple of times over the course of the day.

Hyouga, first. To see what's become of her homeland.

Mushiyori City, because she can take a bus or a train from there back to where she knows her friends are.

But also, briefly... Domino City, because she's gotten maybe a little more attached than she should have. When she sees that, her expression goes carefully blank, and she shakes her head a few times to try and clear her mind. ...it doesn't quite work, and the words remain on the ticket.

Well, there's still time.

On Monday, she can be found wandering around - committing the people and places she's spent so much time around to memory. On Tuesday, when the first bus arrives, she looks at her ticket - but slips it back into obi before anyone else can catch a glimpse of it.

People are leaving. If there's any time to say her goodbyes, it will be now - and then she can catch her bus, near the end of it all.]

[ On Tuesday, Knoll finally begins to seek out some of his friends--one of which was Yukina. He's a little hesitant if only because he doesn't want to surprise her when she seems to be looking at something. He doesn't catch what it was and he's a little too late to see it was a ticket--but after the brief moment, he speaks up. ]

Excuse me... Yukina? Do you have a moment?

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