Endgame: Not With a Bang

[animusnpcs]

The whole Tower went a brilliant, blinding white. Then it went black, and there was nothing. Surely this is it--something's gone wrong, something's failed, it didn't work, everyone is dead, or maybe worse--

And then light filters back in--it lights only the various residents of the Tower. No matter where in the Tower they were before this happened, they are all together again now. It appears that they are in a void, but after a few moments, as if their eyes are adjusting to it, more things become visible: the machine that may be their salvation is here. Ruana, with a visible pulse of energy encircling her, is here, but appears colorless and frozen. Aria is here.

Zo is here. And he speaks. "I can't hold her forever. We have to act now. I want to save you all, so I'll do my best. Just tell me, okay?

What do you want me to do?"

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[witchoftheweek]

[Patchouli has been watching, listening, and she waits until Remilia and Zo are done before approaching.]

- Remi. Come back with me. It won't be 'your' Gensokyo, but...

[it won't be where you were before. The words hang there, unsaid but - hopefully - understood.]

[septette]

[ Admittedly, going with Patchouli wasn't the route she had in mind--there was still so much emotional baggage, so much she didn't remember about being in the Facility with her. Even though Meiling wasn't there either, it was still more comfortable, in a way....and she'd told her what had happened. ]

...are you going to plead my case?

[ 'because the other me won't accept my presence' ]

[witchoftheweek]

- you never needed to ask. Of course.

[Strange things happen all the time in Gensokyo. A double - even a double that is different - isn't all that odd.]