WEEK SEVEN: FAREWELL

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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.

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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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Comments

[ercnerd]

[Once Mari's finally gone and left him some peace, Sieghart finds Aikawa before the inevitable exit. Now that the seal's been lifted, he has both arms again.]

Hey. Heading out?

[decaptych]

Sure as hell ain't staying here, that's for sure. So.

[ Shuffling here, from one foot to the other a little. ]

So, yeah.

[ercnerd]

Are you going back to Hole?

[decaptych]

Nah... not Hole. Don't have a reason to go back there... Sorcerers' World, remember?

[ercnerd]

Hmm . . . Should I go with you?

[decaptych]

What, to the Sorcerers' World? Don't even bother, it's hot garbage.

Show me these fancy realms of yours.

[ercnerd]

Sure. Drop by and I'll show you around again. Then we can go to Kricktria when you're ready. Sound good?

[decaptych]

Ready as I'll ever be. Get me out of this stupid dump.

[ercnerd]

Mm, yes.

Let's go. I'll take you to Serdin this time.

[decaptych]

What's in Serdin?

[ He's asking as he walks. ]

[ercnerd]

[To the portals!]

The Violet Mage, for one. It's a famous guild of magicians. Think you'd be interested in enrolling once you've learned a spell or two?

[decaptych]

If they're open to borderline magicless users, sure. What is it, like a school?

[ercnerd]

More or less.

One of my descendant's friends grew up there. She's exceptionally gifted, though, so it may be difficult to learn from her.

[decaptych]

Do I need to remind you just how low you gotta set the bar, here?

[ercnerd]

You won't know until you try. Who knows? You just might become the next genius mage.

[decaptych]

Okay, dream on. Who wants that kind of responsibility? I'd get hunted down by so many people if I was actually that awesome.

I'll settle for something comfy and nice. It doesn't have to be too ambitious.

[ercnerd]

Oh, wise choice. Comfort is far better than responsibility.

[decaptych]

I know what I'm about. It doesn't need to be the most amazing thing in the world, it just has to be something nice.

[ercnerd]

Something nice, huh? Like what?

[decaptych]

Man, I dunno. I guess the duplication thing I got from Wiwaldi was pretty neat while I had it. Something simple but cool.

[ercnerd]

Well, you'll see for yourself once we get there. If the elf can create tangible illusions and I can conjure weapons, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to duplicate something for a time.

[decaptych]

Well, I guess I got something else that nobody else does, which is this whole interdimensional travel thing into worlds waaay beyond just Hole or the Sorcerers' World or Hell... though it doesn't really feel like a power. Both of these other options sound cool though.

[ercnerd]

Conjuration is convenient. I don't have to carry my weapons on me all the time.

[He waves a hand for emphasis. Soluna's nowhere in sight. It's just him, himself, and he.]

But anything can be a power if you believe in it enough . . . though some may call it a delusion, depending.

[decaptych]

That's because you walk around with the biggest fuckoff sword I've ever seen in my life. Have you ever considered just traveling light to start with?

[ Flicks his fingers at him though. ]

Gaslighting myself into thinking not having the world's worst hangover after a night out drinking is a power, been there done that. But I'm not delusional.

[ercnerd]

Nah. You're just stubborn.

[For better or for worse.]

You'll figure something out. There's surely a power waiting for you on the other side.