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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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[Grounded, right. That's the word for it. Watch her dad pick up on the fact that something's wrong, not because she's acting funny, but because she starts talking like a modern teenager...]

And if it's bothering you, she'd probably listen.

[...but...]

...if we really don't want to bother them, though... we could, um... [she hesitates] ...I overheard some people talking about writing the ability to send and receive letters to and from the people who were here into their stories. We could do that, too.

[It won't be the same as seeing each other every day, but...]

[Just a Look. They're both hypocrites, it's fine.]

...you mean like interdimensional penpals? [He's heard about that, too.] It's a thought. I'd write to you probably every day if I had the chance.

I don't know what that word means, but... yes?

[If it makes sense to him it probably makes sense, period.]

I'd write to you every day, too! So... let's do that, okay? I don't want to go back home and never hear from you or see you ever again.

Is writing the same thing as seeing each other though? [It's a nice thought, but.] It'll be weird if we forget what each other sounds or looks like, won't it?

[...he won't forget her. He's worried about the opposite still.]

[Yona shakes her head.]

...it's not the same at all. [She knows they both have to go back, and she's certain she won't forget him, but... even just remembering isn't the same. She wants to be able to see him, and talk to him, and...

Her eyes light up.]

Oh! I just had an idea! Do you remember, in the fairy tale our titles are from, the Beast gave Beauty a mirror so she could look into it and see him in the castle? And a ring so she could twist it and come back to him in an instant?

[...look they were banished for a year and he left her alone for eight months, she had a lot of time to read fairy tales]

[He's familiar enough with the animated film and he suddenly nods, immediately picking up on her idea.]

You think if we write it into our stories they'll give us magic mirrors? We could write them so that they work like video chatting! You can see what I'm doing and vice versa but we can talk to each other over the mirrors like we're face to face.

[...] I wouldn't exactly say no to a ring either.

That's what the ink is for, isn't it? Writing things into our stories that weren't a part of them before. ...I want to make sure that no matter how my story turns out you're always a part of it.

[she says, without batting so much as an eyelash at how sappy that sounds]

I think the mirror and the ring can help us do that, so... let's do that. We can make them match!

[There's a strangled, surprised noise??? And he blushes suddenly. GODDAMNIT YONA.]

R-right. Matching rings! Great idea! [LETS. FOCUS ON THAT.] What do you think they should look like? It has to be something we can't lose when we get back, too.

[...is... is he okay. There's a moment where it looks like Yona is going to ask if he's got a fever or something, but he's moving on so quickly that she resolves to ask him about it later on when he least expects it and will probably just answer out of surprise instead of changing the subject.

(She's the worst.)]

I'm used to wearing jewelry, so I definitely won't lose mine. [...] But you work with your hands a lot, don't you? So it has to be something simple that won't get in the way.

[THANKS YONA...]

Yeah. Maybe something I can put on a chain or something? I probably won't lose my head when I get back. [Shrug.] I could also design a case for it or something.

...why are you saying "probably" and not "definitely"...

[don't get decapitated, Hiro?! Yona is concerned.]

[Haha.]

I have some stuff to take care of back home, but it's not nearly as bad as this. I hope.

[...that's not at all reassuring.]

Hiro...

I'm not going to get decapitated. So don't worry.

...

[hmph]

You have to check in with me every day on the mirror, okay? So I know you're safe.

[A lopsided smile.]

Every day. I promise. We'll have a mirror date or whatever and you can see I'm totally fine.

[she smiles back at him]

That sounds perfect! [she's totally on board with dates with hiro, i guess. even if they're just through a mirror.] You have to show me your inventions, too. I want to hear all about them.

Are you sure about that? There's a lot of inventions, dude. Like a lot a lot. It'd take forever to show you everything.

Exactly.

[it means they'll never run out of things to talk about and she'll always have an excuse to call him!]

...just don't say I didn't warn you, okay?

You warned me, don't worry.

[she just doesn't care because talking to him forever sounds good to her]

Good. [A pause.] ...so a mirror and a ring. Should we write in anything else?

Umm... I'm not sure.

[They'll be able to talk with each other when they want to, and see each other when they want to. It's the best they can do without fundamentally altering both of the worlds they come from.]

Can you think of anything else we might need?