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Link Up! Mods ([personal profile] linkupmods) wrote in [community profile] linkingup2024-11-02 11:25 pm

EPILOGUE

EPILOGUE
PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW
    Braphine brought you here to help her world, but for many of you, these past three months may have been extraordinarily fruitful. Despite being brought here unwillingly, despite having a rocky start with animosity and disarray, you've all managed to come together in the last few weeks to help each other, get to know one another, and form connections that will last for at least a lifetime.

    Luckily, you won't have to say goodbye forever. Your phones will give you the option to teleport to your comrades' worlds with the simple press of a button on their contact info. You may also come back to Sunset City (or even stay here), if you'd like. However, the teleportation can only be done with those you have connections with from your stay here. It is not impossible to form more bonds after you go home, though, so you are more than welcome to fill up your list of transportation possibilities if you so choose.

    The network will also function across dimensions, so you can keep in touch with your fellow Chosen even after you're done here.

    Still, the atmosphere is bittersweet. Many are going home, or to other places, to live better lives. For Sunset City, though, it's time to say goodbye. It's time to bid farewell to the memories you've made here at the very least, because despite how accessible your friends may be, this may be the last time you'll be together as a group. The last time all 31 of you will be standing together in the same city, in the same place you've had to call home for the past 3 months, fighting for the same cause, side by side.

    But as long as you remain linked up with your companions--

    You will always be under the same sky.
OOC
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    Fun OOC note: For characters with canon powers, they have been returned to you as of this log. Characters will still have access to their Personas while they are still in Sunset City, but Personas can now only be summoned in the Nekyia and not in the real world since everything has been Fixed!

    Thank you for joining us on this journey! Feel free to head on over to our Love Meme and TL;CR Meme as well ♥
goei: (81)

[personal profile] goei 2024-11-02 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[While this, the eve of everyone's departure, aught to be a solemn affair, Izou is... surprisingly brimming with energy??? He's running up to anyone he knows with a shout of;]

Oi oi, lemme show you the real strength of the Ghost of Tosa, Manslayer Izou!!!

[It's up to the other party to decide if this is a fight challenge or not, I guess. He seems in high spirits but that doesn't mean he won't fight.]
vogelfrei: (smile; just smug)

[personal profile] vogelfrei 2024-11-02 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ McGillis, being a complete normie human (spinal implant aside), needs to rely on context cues to find out powers are back. The context cues in question are the way Izou seems to be vibrating out of his skin with elation. ]

You better do. It's been a long wait for your triumphant display.

[ And maybe then he'll stop thinking 'cute...' and think 'cool...' again!! ]
goei: (21)

[personal profile] goei 2024-11-02 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[He is so excited. The irony of at game start, Izou would have been like "WAIT TIL I GET MY FULL STRENGTH BACK SO I CAN GET REVENGE ON ALL OF YOU WHO MOCKED ME!" but now he pretty much just wants to show off to his friends.

Anyway, with his servant strength, he's stronger than any normal human. However he's still not THAT strong by servant standards. So he can't easily princess carry McGillis. Instead McGillis's getting the potato sack hold. Hup.]


You ready?

[Ominous.]
vogelfrei: (smile; a good idea)

[personal profile] vogelfrei 2024-11-02 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, McGillis was expecting being picked up so he doesn't startle, but this is..... Well, it's something. Not exactly comfortable, and not a position he'd ever expected to voluntarily put himself into, but also deeply amusing. ]

As long as you're not intending to throw me like a basketball - yes, sure, I'm ready.

[ FOR WHAT? HE IS UNSURE. ]

goei: (86)

[personal profile] goei 2024-11-02 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm gonna see how fast I can run when I'm bein' slowed down by your heavy ass!

[McGillis is training equipment now??? Anyway, Izou was fast before, of course! But now it's only a couple seconds of acceleration before he is blasting down a sidewalk outrunning a car. Nyoom.]
vogelfrei: (surprise; bwuh??)

[personal profile] vogelfrei 2024-11-02 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ HELLO???????????????????????????????

There they go, just absolutely rushing down the street like--- God, what did he get himself into. This is dizzying!! It's also very cool, but mostly it makes him feel like weird helpless luggage... what the fuck!!!! ]


This--- this is with my weight?!
goei: (15)

[personal profile] goei 2024-11-02 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Casually;]
Yeah!

[After about a minute of showing off, Izou does finally stop and let McGillis down. He's clearly proud of himself, though in all fairness, he is visibly a little tired from the exertion (Agility B, Endurance D).]

Pretty cool huh!?
vogelfrei: (smile; perky pilot)

[personal profile] vogelfrei 2024-11-02 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ McGillis is a tiny bit unsteady on his feet after being let down because this was-- This was definitely a lot for his brain and center of balance to suddenly put up with. A human speed train...

He has to sort his fringe back into place after the airflow speed made a mess of it. ]


More than. If the hold wasn't a little undignified, I'd rely on you for transport from now.

[ This is a joke, but he really does look like he thought this was amazing. ]
goei: (82)

[personal profile] goei 2024-11-02 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, s'more for sudden tactical retreat kinda things. But I wanted ta give you a taste of what it really means ta be a heroic spirit.

[All of Izou's extreme bragging almost seems warranted now.]
vogelfrei: (smile; it's that simple)

[personal profile] vogelfrei 2024-11-02 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ................. ]

Trying to sell the experience to me?
goei: (07)

[personal profile] goei 2024-11-02 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a look of Processing Lag on Izou's face that says he really was just showing himself off but.... Now that you mention it!!!]

... I mean, does it seem more appealin' to ya know???
vogelfrei: (smile; this is really his default)

[personal profile] vogelfrei 2024-11-02 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ One day he'll stop expecting Izou to play 5D chess with him, but the day is not today. He does laugh at that expression though. ]

Mhmm... a little?

[ Though there's a playful tone to it. ]
goei: (49)

[personal profile] goei 2024-11-02 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Considering.]

Then you'd be back ta bein' the stronger one, though...

[Him being stronger right now is a novelty. Given the size difference.]
vogelfrei: (smile; a sunset moment)

[personal profile] vogelfrei 2024-11-02 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's your concern?

[ Hey Izou. Hey. There's no real warning before McGillis attempts to literally sweep you off your feet in a proper bridal hold. ]
goei: (17)

[personal profile] goei 2024-11-02 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[On the one hand, Rats!!!! He's been undermined!!!!! On the other hand..... He IS a princess......]

J-Just cause you can pick me up don't mean yer stronger!!! I weigh less than you do!!!

[He is, however, not calling to be put down.]
vogelfrei: (smile; pleased with self)

[personal profile] vogelfrei 2024-11-02 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Then he won't be put down. He's definitely on the heaver end for McGillis to carry and he certainly could not run like this but... for a little while, he can comfortably hold him this way. ]

Oh, I know. In the end, I'm not a physical fighter - and whatever ability I once had with a sword has been decimated by you, anyway.

[ So why all this? Well. ]

I just felt like holding you.
goei: (17)

[personal profile] goei 2024-11-02 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[THIS IS AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. Izou's already red face darkens even further.]

That-

[He's still waiting for the novelty of being Desired so wholly and having such romantic gestures thrown at him to wear off. It has not even a little.]

It ain't fair how slick you got all of a sudden!!!!

[STOP SEDUCING HIM HE'S ALREADY SEDUCED!!!!]
vogelfrei: (smile; teeheeee)

[personal profile] vogelfrei 2024-11-02 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ahhh, this feels good. This is recharging his energy levels. He didn't even know he'd like that kind of reaction so much, but it's such a sweet contrast to the way Izou looks when brandishing a sword.... ]

Not fair? I'd call it the consequences of your own actions.
fullmoonmutt: (004)

[personal profile] fullmoonmutt 2024-11-03 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Only if I get to show you mine!

[ In before they cause collateral damage to Sunset City. ]
needsteaplz: (e-etto)

[personal profile] needsteaplz 2024-11-03 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
...Okay, you know I thought your name sounded familiar? I just wasn't sure where I heard it from until now.

[Please don't be disappointed in her. History was one of her stronger school subjects but it's been so long.]

Alright, let's see what you can do then. It wouldn't be fair if you try to challenge me with my powers but if you want to test your abilities on me, by all means go ahead.
beathollow: (CA. 012)

[personal profile] beathollow 2024-11-04 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
( mafuyu just blinks, and then nods! lets goooo. )
cleansewithfire: (sunrise103)

[personal profile] cleansewithfire 2024-11-05 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
How are you going to do that, Mr. Izou?

[ Genuine question. ]
beautifulknight: (🌹71)

[personal profile] beautifulknight 2024-11-06 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A solemn affair? Argenti himself may have considered that might be the case at one point. Except for one fact:

That they will all still be able to communicate with one another following this. If anything, there is an undercurrent of energy he too he feels he needs to burn off. ]


...I was thinking that it was a pity we have yet to have ourselves a true, friendly spar.

Let us face each other as an excellent way to grant each other farewell, until we meet again.

[ With this, Argenti will take out his spear, showing he has no fear in facing Izou down at full strength. The familiar blessings that felt muted now call upon the mysterious power Idrila has blessed him with. ]