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The End
EPILOGUE - WEEK 740 Narrators End ;

Wake up, Narrators. You've done well this past weekend.

As you awaken on this beautiful morning, the doors to the castle are wide open and a festive mood fills the air. Music can be heard from the garden and the ballroom, the dining room's overflowing with tasty treats and beverages, and everything is awash in a soft glow of purples, reds, and golds.

Yet as you exit from your dormitories for the last time, several things will be noticeable to you...

Lining the hallways, several new ornate mirrors flank either wall. Each mirror is engraved with the name of a Narrator and allows each participant of this war to view their world back home. They will be able to see who they wish to see and the current state of affairs in their world. They will also, thanks to their adventures in the Other Space, be able to view the future of their home worlds and what's at stake for them.

No matter where they are in the castle, each Narrator will also find themselves presented with a leatherbound book, a jar of ink and a fresh quill. As they open the book they will see a write-up of their story up until now with several blank pages at the end of the book. As promised, the ink won by the Dragon's ending is enough to allow Narrators to write their own happy endings... even those that directly clash with what they've been able to witness for themselves in the mirrors. Go ahead, write yourself into the universe of another Narrator. The story is yours to tell. Alternatively - if you seek to write a new story for yourself entirely, additional pages will be provided for you to draft up that fresh start.

Meanwhile, the longer you linger around the castle it will become clear that it's much noisier than it should be for only forty people.

Venturing further downstairs you will find several guests waiting for you. Some of these may be people you know from your own worlds, brought here to take you home thanks to the extra magic obtained from the Other Space. Others are past participants from previous rounds of this war, battle stories and triumphs to share. Apparently they'd received an invitation to a celebration to mark the end of it all. Even those who had died from previous rounds and not revived are present. While it had been thought that they'd been lost in the Other Side when there was not enough ink to revive them - it appears that they'd been given new life via your efforts.

The clock in the foyer seems to have stopped. Take all the time you need to say your goodbyes... you are in charge of your own destiny from here on out.

Welcome to your farewell log, everyone! A couple of fun notes for your perusal.

Due to the efforts of characters yesterday in the mini-adventures, characters have unlocked the ability to preview their futures and decide their own destinies. Additionally, they have unlocked the ability for castmates to visit them in the castle, along with characters who have participated in previous rounds of the war! Please feel free to tag in with your gamemates' castmates or other characters from previous rounds that you can make your own Grimm AU for. If you want to share where your character is going, comment here.

Your final CR chart is here, your TL;CR meme is here and your friending/love meme is here.

Thank you guys so much for a wonderful eight weeks! We hope you had a magical experience here with us. ♥

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Then begin considering it now, because that is what happened.

[Exasperatedly!!]

I don't want to....

[THAT'S GROSS.

But even as he says it, he... slowly is...]

... It's still weird.

[I know you are but what am I]

Are you finished questioning my choices? Because in this, I really will not stand for it.

[Tenka can make fun of him for kissing someone all he wants, but he really does think that he and Jae-ha have reached an understanding that is good for them, and he'll get prickly if it's questioned.]

No, not really.

[BECAUSE TENKA'S A JERK BUT ALSO - ]

I gotta meet him then, if it's not some weird one-off thing that we're never going to talk about again.

Why would you--

[want to...meet him...

A beat.]

Are you serious?

[THIS IS NOT A "MEET THE FAMILY" SCHTICK.]

[yes it is.]

Duh.

He's probably super weird and a little bit insane if you two get along so well - but I probably should meet him? Kiiko would actually get mad if I just tried to walk away here, I think.

[Thanks he hates it.]

You...are impossible.

... But you will have to find him for yourself. I do not keep tabs on his location at all times.

[In all honesty, there's something a little sweet about Tenka being so sure of this.]

You like people who are rowdy? I didn't see that coming.... I thought for sure that you'd want someone actually calm to balance you out. Two rudes make a right, I guess?

[no

bad]

[....]

I don't even know why I bother to-- [miss you--] --talk to you.

Bahahahaha!!

[annoying]

That's my line! You really are as grouchy as ever...!

[Huff!!!]

You are the one who showed up here out of nowhere to yell at me for inconsequential things.

[Sousei, Jae-ha is not inconsequential.]

[Jae-ha's super inconsequential.]

I had really important investigation work to do!

He's coming back home with us, right? Is he just saying goodbye to everyone else?

[Sousei just blinks blankly at that.]

No, of course not.

[???]

He also has a life and duty to return to.

[ . . . . ]

What?

I don't get it.

... What could possibly be confusing about that?

[???]

You finally found someone...

[So.

They should get to be together.

He's so simple.]

Yes.

And he has not asked me to abandon my duty to follow him.

[Just as Sousei hasn't asked Jae-ha to do to the same.

This is why they work.]

[Thanks, now Tenka has depression.

Well, worse depression.]

.... you're not sad at all?

[That is... a difficult question, and Sousei wrestles with it for a moment.

Before he finally settles on:]

No.

[...]

I have been given reason to believe that this is not necessarily the end. If it comes to that, then... I believe I can be patient.

[When it's worth it.]

[Hmmm.....

Gay.]

... listening to you talk like this is really weird.

[BACK TO OFFENDED.]

If it bothers you so much, then stop asking me questions!

I don't know if it bothers me.... It's kinda weird, because it's you, and you're pretty bad at expressing human emotion.

[ . . . ]

But it's a good thing, right? Out of all of this. So I'm not really mad about it.

[he doesn't know sousei's not a virgin anymore]

[He doesn't necessarily trust this newfound magnanimity.]

... Yes, of course it is a good thing. I would hardly put up with it if it wasn't.

I'm trying to be happy for you, stop being a jerk.

[Sousei.]

It was difficult to tell that that was your intention amidst your squawking about how strange this is to you.

[SO THERE.]

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