suitedreams | WEEK SEVEN: FAREWELL

FAREWELL

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As Sunday morning arrives…you may find yourself actually sleeping in? For the first time in several weeks, you do not find yourself awakening at 9am. You don’t have that slight nagging feeling that you’re going to be late. You don’t feel pressed to rush out the door and go somewhere.

The restaurant is currently serving a piping hot breakfast, and your luggage is packed nice and neatly. Somewhere outside, it’s almost like you can hear the pleasant chirping of birds.

And then…the hotel begins to rumble. It’s the same ominous, quaking movement, building swaying from side to side before the front door of the lobby suddenly bursts open. Your stay at the hotel is over, dear guests. But perhaps you ought to venture outside and see what’s new.

Along the grounds of the hotel are several portals that have been opened, dark swirling shadows that remain for you to venture through once you’re ready to depart. However, these portals work in two directions. While you have the understanding that stepping through one of these portals will send you wherever you’d like, you may notice there are people starting to exit through them.

Your hostages are safe. They are delivered one by one, unharmed and returned to you for you to bring them back where they belong. The original staff also appears to finally be released...do be careful with them.

But that’s not all. Every now and then the portal will flicker and someone new and unexpected will exit. Your friends from home may step through these portals. You may recognize some of these as people that you’ve met in your previous murder adventures, too. All of them seem to be in possession of a flyer that reads:

Congratulations! You’ve won an all-expenses paid visit to the Starlight Hotel. Check-in begins at 3. Please sign on the dotted line upon arrival.

You may want to warn them, actually.

You don’t have to be a guest of the hotel to enjoy its fine amenities one last time. All of the floors have been opened once again, and every room is accessible except for your previous bedrooms. You will also find that you’ve been unnerfed, powers you once possessed returning to you and back where they belong.

Everything is peaceful…until you hear the sound of the Nightman.

H̸o̷w̴ ̴c̸o̷u̸l̵d̸ ̵y̸o̴u̸ ̸n̵o̶t̶ ̸f̶i̷n̵d̷ ̴a̴ ̴l̷o̶o̵p̴h̴o̶l̴e̵?̷ ̸N̷o̴w̵ ̵t̴h̷e̴y̷'̴r̵e̶ ̸a̶l̷l̸ ̷f̶r̵e̸e̵!̵

Hm…too bad. It seems as though the proprietor of this hotel is unhappy with circumstances. But regardless of where you look, you wouldn’t be able to find him. Seems like he’s gone off to try and restructure his business model.

As a parting gift from the Starlight Hotel, you will find that your typewriters are now pocket-sized palm pilot models. You do want to stay in touch, don’t you? It’s been several long weeks for all of you…

…you can check out anytime you want, but you can finally leave.

- - -

Happy Golden End, friends! You may use this post to thread out your final day at the hotel. You can thread with your hostages if you'd like. In addition this post is open to past gamemates or canonmates. You are free to bring characters from previous games or their canonmates to play off of each other.

As the post states, everyone's powers are back and you have universal texting. Fun! Characters will be able to return to their own worlds or depart for another world of their choosing whenever they'd like to leave.

Should you have any questions about their current condition, or simply questions about endgame mechanics in general, please feel free to ask us. Have fun!

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Before going anywhere, Alphinaud will approach! ]

Heading on out already?

[ Or! You can find Alphinaud elsewhere—anywhere, really—in various locations of the hotel, looking at all the hot new places he never got to see after his untimely demise. Once he notices anyone else nearby: ]

—Oh. I'm not the only one making one last round about the place, I see.

[Hot new places they never got to see tour...]

Shall we make our last round together? [Said with a light laugh as he glances around.] ...If it weren't for literally everything else, this hotel would be a lovely place to spend time in, you know?

[ tour time tour time ]

A shame, is it not? That one who is capable of creating such a place would use it for such vile reasons.

[tour time tour time!!]

There's a saying somewhere, I believe, about the corruption of absolute power...

[Makes sense to him that someone with the ability to do All This could actually be a crazy maniac.]

That is the way, isn't it...

Though we should be fine in our futures, I worry that others could, after we are gone, become swept up in this terrible scheme as well.

[Yeah, that's his concern, too... He has other problems to deal with in his own world and life but he doesn't like the idea of just letting this overgrown toddler run around!!]

I worry the same. It seems he's already left the property, so there's little we can do about it here and now, but... I would rather not see a repeat, or think that one is happening.

[

that awkward moment when you run into someone who got murdered by the person you were a hostage for because of crimes their alternate self committed in a completely different murdergame. hmm.]

Um... Alphinaud?

[ omg help ]

—Hm? [ He looks up, gazes at her for a moment... ] May I help you?

[ohhh, awkward.]

...I wanted to, um. Apologize, for what happened to you.

[ ummm ??? ]

Come now, for what reason do you feel as though you must apologize?

...I was part of the reason you got attacked...?

[ ?????

? ]

You... know me from elsewhere, don't you?

[ she wouldn't be the first, SIGH ]

I was from the same group as Diluc and the others.

[...]

I know it's not - you're not the same person who was there. But what happened to you here was partly because of that, so... I'm really, really sorry.

[ oh. hm. Alphinaud hesitates only a little before: ]

I—I see. Then, if I may inquire as to what occurred...

...well... the short version is there was someone with your same name and appearance who killed me.

[ well!!! okay!!!!! that sure is a bombshell he wasn't expecting! but he. also asked for it, so he can't be mad, just... shocked. ]

... I believe the short version is all that needs to be said. Indeed, 'twould explain a few things.

[yeah, rip.]

...mm. So, for what it's worth - I am sorry. Neither version of you deserved any of that.

—N- no, no. [ he holds up his hands ] You've still no reason to apologize. It... is a lot to think about, but...

If anything, it sounds as if I'm the one who should be apologizing.

What? No!

For one thing, that wasn't you in the other place. And even if it was, it was a complicated situation there, too. It's not like you just woke up and decided to kill me one day.

But - I was a part of what happened to you, here, so... you deserved to get an apology for that, at least.

[ this is such a wild conversation. ugh. ]

It appears to be a complicated situation here, as well. I suppose we could be here day in and out, insisting this and that 'twixt us...

... And so I accept. Thank you.