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

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[He'll take someone that knows how to be careful. Finger...paw...shake...]

So, there might be at least one other talking dog brought into this place?

[He doesn't recognize the name Entei, and he doesn't think it's a breed? It would be nice to have some solidarity.]

1/2

[seventhlittlemonster]

Err, he's got long brown fur, grey paws, a cream chest that turns grey, grey spikes on his back with a giant cloud going along his back, black cuffs on his legs, a flat face, a sort of... mask? That's also spikey and it's grey, red, and yellow, like fire...

2/2

[seventhlittlemonster]

Actually, saying this aloud, he's more of a lion than a dog. _{[THAT'S his conclusion.]}

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[...]

...yeah, he's...he's definitely not a dog...

[Like?? LIKE????]

[seventhlittlemonster]

Well, sorry he isn't a dog, but at least that means you are the first talking dog I met.

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

Yeah, I guess that's...nice.

[No one in his family was at this castle game! Little miracles?

...though now there's another thing bothering him.]

Is there...something wrong with your neck?

[He doesn't know what to call it, but it looks weird-kind of concerning?]

[seventhlittlemonster]

Oh, nothing's wrong with it. I'm just able to unscrew my head! It's what makes me... me!

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

...you can do what now.

[Is?? Just a thing??? All monsters do???? Things that should not be physically possible at all????? Like sparkle or take off their own heads or be living blood slime??????]

[seventhlittlemonster]

Oh, you want to see? _{[LIVE DEMONSTRATION TIME! He is spinning his head right off and holding it in his hands for Dylan.]}

1/2

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[...]

2/2

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

Ah...okay...you can-you can put it back now.

[please please PLEASE put your HEAD BACK WHERE IT BELONGS]

Re: 2/2

[seventhlittlemonster]

Alrighty! _{[And back on it goes, spinning it in the opposite direction and letting it stay on tight!]}

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[SIGH OF RELIEF]

Do...all monsters do things like that? Like-weird body things? Or is it just you taking your head off and Edward sparkling?

[Dylan, he doesn't even know who Edward is-]

[seventhlittlemonster]

Hmm... I don't know about every monster in the world, but my siblings are also as big as me, and all look... different I guess. And some of them have special body parts but not all of them.

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[On one hand, the idea of more people like this kid partially sounds terrifying. On the other...]

...how many siblings do you have?

[He's...not really sure if he's talked with many people that have siblings here, apart from Dewey.]

[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!

[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.]

[seventhlittlemonster]

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

[canismajorcontrolfreak]

[Aaaaaand here comes the alienating part-]

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

[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]

Well, some aren't really birth siblings. I also have step siblings like Dolly and Dante, and adopted siblings apart from those three, like Dixie and Dvorak.

[Don't ask me how that latter name is pronounced, your guess is as good as mine.]

I guess that's...kind of a pattern, of going through things like this. Finding people that feel like family.