SO YOU WANT TO STEAL SOME CHILDREN (Endgame Catchall)

[facultwist]

Welcome to the container for your endgame! This will be the place where you can perform your polterheist (we really love that portmanteau), and where you'll be able to commentate on the final trial!

ICly, the whole heist will take place Monday, while the final trial watch will take place Thursday. For anything not related to endgame, please continue to use the main deadland post!

Comments

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[ Her. Someone, loving her.

Prioritizing her.

Hearing all of the ugly things inside her, everything she was terrified to express, everything that was wrong with her, and still. Still, looking at her in the way she'd always dreamed.

That seems like the fantasy. But, if everything else that's happened here is real, so is that. If her heart could beat, it would be pounding right now.

She ducks her head, but at the same time she squeezes Chris' hand. ]

Th-thank you. [ It's enough to be there for her. Hadn't she said that to Kana? ] ...Thank you!

[trustheart]

[ Chris wraps her arms around Kana, hugging her tightly. Right now, there is only them in this moment. ]

No, thank you...! Thank you for stopping me...! Thank you for...thank you for showing me I'm not alone...!

[ It's enough to just exist, right? Together. Right now. ]

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[ Rinne quietly returns the hug. She doesn't have to figure this out right now. She can just be. Both of them can.

After a time, while everyone else is preparing, Rinne eventually speaks up again: ]

Chris-chan... We should...probably fix Miss Misty's trash pile. Before she realizes.

[trustheart]

[ All good things must come to an end. ]

…Yeah, probably.

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[ She looks much more put together now...but a nervous tint remains in her smile. ]

It's alright. I'll help you.

[trustheart]

[ Chris’s expression brightens. ]

Thanks Rinne.

[ They’ll help each other. ]

[sweetsynergy]

[At some point once cleanup had begun, Vanity wanders in, a slightly fixed, manic grin on her face.]

Okay! So we're definitely finding out if a ghost can kill whatever the alleged headmistress is, right? Right.

[Her mania takes on a slightly worried l, nervous edge as she continues.]

...no one ghost-hurt in here? Physically? Shit is that the right word- ectoplasmicly?

[trustheart]

[ …Oh, right. Trash they can’t just leave neatly in a pile. ]

No one is hurt, no. And Vanity…I don’t want to kill her anymore.

[sweetsynergy]

[You could leave her in a pile with a good sneak attack, but the "neat" part would be hard even without all these messy feelings.]

What, seriously? After- she fucking killed you for shiggles, that shit's not okay!

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[ Where she's tidying the trash, Rinne, does not look up. ]

There are perhaps better ways to solve problems, Miss Vanity, than senseless violence.

[sweetsynergy]

This is perfectly sensible violence, for once!

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

Because you're a wonderful judge of that, aren't you?

[sweetsynergy]

At this point I think I've done enough of the senseless kind to be an expert.

[trustheart]

...It won't bring me back to life, Vanity. Please. You don't...you don't have to do this for me. You can let me go.

[ She takes Rinne's hand. ]

I've moved on.

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[ Ah, she's blushing again... And despite everything, definitely holding back the slightest smug smile. ]

[sweetsynergy]

This isn't about necromancy, it's-

[Hold the fucking phone.]

... seriously.

[YOU WERE GONE FOR FIVE MINUTES-]

[trustheart]

[ Chris blushes, looking away while speaking crossly. ]

Look, I'm not going to help you kill her, and I like Rinne. We're gonna figure out what that means. That's what I've decided. You can either accept that, or don't, okay?

[sweetsynergy]

I don't have a say in your love life any more, Chris!

[Her cheeks flush as she folds her arms tightly.]

Good for you! Genuinely! I don't know why it took this damn long!

[trustheart]

[ Chris grits her teeth. ]

Fine, then! Thank you! Just know that whatever you're planning, I'm not going to be part of it!

[thatsplato]

[and... as if this isn't bad enough, Misty slides in, to give Vanity's arm a little pat.]

I'm still game.

[banishedfromparadise]

Oh my god. This is incredible.

[Vanity's ex and Kana's unrequited fangirl, an afterlife love story for the ages.]

I'm so happy for you two. You both deserve some happiness after everything.

[If it sounds like she's rubbing it in Vanity's face, well. She is.]

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[ SHIFTS AND SHUFFLES- ]

P-please don't misinterpret, Miss Dorothy, I-I- I'm just...exploring a little.

[banishedfromparadise]

You don't need to feel bad, as long as you two are having fun!

Chris does have a lot to explore~.

[What does that mean...]

[trustheart]

[ Sputtering. ]

WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?!

[bellpepperexercise]

Exploring, huh?

[Kana can't help but chime in with Rinne's comment.]

Well, we could get evaporated by a witch any time, this is our best opportunity to explore, right? Good for you, Rinne.

[Finally, the turn tables! Kana gets to tease about crushes instead of being teased!]