TWO TALES END (Golden Ending)

[whimsicalism]

Reunions and Meetings

It's a couple of hours since the end of the torment. The eternal game is over. A Little Brother, a little run ragged, runs around the Academy and the depot telling anyone who will listen that something is happening. The Queen, a friend of theirs, is visiting. She contacted the sheep while everyone was busy. They explain that she, along with a group of children, will be coming to the depot to meet everyone. She also can help get those who want to go elsewhere, get there. The Queen, it seems, found a way to open doors to other worlds and times. This could be helpful to get home as well as bringing old faces to the depot, if not Closetland itself.

It takes about an hour but eventually a golden door opens on the deck of the platform. A young girl in full petticoats dressed in blue stands before everyone. Even if her smile is nervous at the sight of so many new people she gives a quick curtsy. She shrinks back shyly as she speaks as a few other children come out of the door, too.

"I'm Queen Alice. The sheepies tried contacting my castle and told me what happened. I'm... very sorry about what must have happened. As my friends will tell you, you don't have to worry about the castle or her--uh, Nursery Rhyme--anymore. She's not a King anymore. I'm just a kid like everyone here, um. My friends helped me make this body so I'm sorry if it's a bit surprising. Um. I can help you get home if you'd like..."

Queen Alice goes onto explain that she can open doors to any world your character wants to go to. She can also gently pull other people through doors if needed. The sheep add that the teleporter to Closetland won't allow them to go there. The Academy is for students and staff only, after all!

The residents of the Castle seem nice enough, at least. Maybe now is the time for new friendships after shared two very long grueling experiences? Perhaps you just want to return to a safe place.

Two stories end quietly in the middle of a dark but calm ocean.

OOC

Welcome to the reunion post of Round One and Round Two. Players who played in either round only, please. You may play or NPC castmates of fellow characters if you'd like, though! Please no bringing in of Round Zero NPCs, please. They preferred not to come. If your character has no place to return to or ever needs a place to rest, Alice will offer them a room at her Castle provided they behave themselves. Powers are on there unless trouble arises. She's a bit sensitive after being drafted into being a murdergame accomplice, after all. We hope you enjoy yourselves and this will be the final post for round 2 of Castle Whimsical. Thank you, everyone!

Comments

[lets_dewey_it]

Oh! I'm an American Pekin! _{[He answers confidently.]}

[seventhlittlemonster]

Oh, I have six other siblings! One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six! One can fly, Two has a big nose, Three likes to dress up and pretend to be someone else every day, Four is... Four, Five has a long tongue, and Six... she can do ballet!

[seventhlittlemonster]

It seems they've already done it themselves! Good for us! _{[He goes off to introduce himself, maybe find some important stuff to show to Numbah One!]}

[violence_ensues]

Hmph. The jerkbutt's in a cell and you should be, too, if you-

SIMON, BE NICE!

[Simon flinches when Adorabat yells at her and just shuts up and grumpfaces.]

...So you did!? Ya gotta tell me what happened during the battle!

[violence_ensues]

Yeah! We're all safe! Emma's a really good fighter! We fought against Kakuya and the laundry monster! And she taught me a little karate, too!

[violence_ensues]

[Adorabat lands on the floor and carefully takes Slimy off her head, holding her in both wings.]

This is Slimy! One of the monsters. We first met her when she tried to eat us, but she's not hungry anymore. And now, we're friends!

[violence_ensues]

Umm, sure!

[Adorabat may not know what she has just unleased.]

[temmapathy]

What-she learned karate from the Internet!

Well it was good enough! Especially here!

What do you mean, especially here-?

You had to fight-? [Meanwhile, both of Emma's parents look horrified.]

Twice?

[violence_ensues]

[Nope. Nope, nope, nope. Adorabat will swiftly get in between Emma's parents and Emma herself, gazing disapprovingly at them. She knows exactly where this is headed.]

Emma isn't a wimp! She's older than me and even I can take care of myself! It's not her fault y'all are a buncha cowards!

[holyironmade]

Oh... A little catling...!!!

[Jeanne is in absolute ecstasy. Her new armored skirt clatters like the rim of a bell on the ground as she kneels and has her first kitten experience ever if Neku accepts it. Medium Shamash addresses Fret.]

What game?

[xxxx_me]

[Oh. Um...]

It's... nice to meet you, Slimy?

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[Giving a look like the pup is scanning Dewey up and down.]

And...does that relate to why you're so...different from most ducks?

[Sorry Dewey, the family scientist is questioning your existence.]

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[Okay, the details are maybe a little weird, but that can be ignored for once!]

Huh. Nice to meet another person from a big family.

[Even it's nowhere near as big, it's not something he often gets to relate to people on.]

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[The pair cheer along with a couple of other pups. Dylan meanwhile is finally paying attention again, having been distracted by a few different siblings.]

Sorry, Donburi Disco and Dapple wanted to say something, what are we talking about?

[violence_ensues]

They wanted to come see what Pure Heart Valley was like so I could show them around! They seem very excited about it.

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

Yeah!

I'm gonna see the Ruby Pure Hard!

I'm gonna see a monster!

[And there's the blood pressure spike of the day. Or, well, more like hour.]

Uh, maybe not the last one? At least...not without Adorabat's friend!

[If they gotta be near monsters, at least have some adult supervision!]

[violence_ensues]

Yeah, the monsters are super dangerous and civilians shouldn't fight them. Dylan, if there's a monster, get them somewhere safe.

And it's heart, with a T. Not a D. The Ruby Pure Heart is HUUUUGE, though!

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

Awwwwwwwwwwww.

Yes, exactly, thank you Adorabat.

[The relief of not being the only one responsible about this. You are already being a great older sister in his book.]

How huge is the ruby pure heart?

Is it as big as a cabbage?

[And then Dylan, quieter.]

I think Dee Dee is talking about a carriage, not an actual cabbage.

[seventhlittlemonster]

Yes, we're all septuplets! How many siblings do you have then?

[lets_dewey_it]

Eh, my breed isn't why I'm like this, I'm like this because I'm domesticated.

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[Aaaaaand here comes the alienating part-]

About...ninety eight siblings? Technically one hundred and one now, with Adorabat, Sonic and Dewey.

[violence_ensues]

[Dylan, you may have to perform psychiatric help for every single one of these little pups, because Adorabat just might blow their minds the next thing she says.]

It's bigger than a castle!

[seventhlittlemonster]

...I know puppy litters are big, but that's still quite a lot of litters.

If we're counting non-birth siblings... I have nine of them then, if we count Coriander, Manaka, and Mizuki! So that's ten of us in all!

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

...that word doesn't mean what you think it means-

DAWKINS!

[After doing some digging through the puppy pile, Dylan's finally around to hear this conversation.]

I have two words for you. Multiverse Theory.

[And now the pup is staring at Dewey in awe.]

[lets_dewey_it]

Oh, yeah, I come from a different world! "Domesticated" is the word we use to differentiate the ducks that can walk and talk from the ducks that can't!

My name's Dewey Turbo Duck! _{[Maybe it's simpler to introduce Turbo as a middle name!]} I came here with Dylan through Closetland! We've kinda adopted each other into our families!