[For better or for worse, you've all reached the end of your trials. You have been given a glimpse into the false and sweet life you could have had, and left it behind. You trekked across the expanse of Hades, hurting all the while. You stood and faced the one person whom you feel you've let down the hardest in your life, and through whatever means you could use, you set their souls at ease.
The enormous door creaks open before you and, exhausted, the four of you—who can see each other once more—may all take your leave from Hades together, to reemerge on the other side(s). You aren't dead dead just yet, after all. Though penance may still be the path that you walk in the future, it would be remiss to pass over the chance to return and repent while still alive, right?
Upon returning, they'll find that the previously healed injuries they sustained in their trek across Hades have reopened to varying degrees so Firefly doesn't die right away help, and all of the damage that they suffered from otherwise is also still present. They'll be wearing their cute fantasy French outfits that are now so crispy, and their items will be waiting for them in their rooms.
Marcoh finds that it's difficult for him to remember the person that he faced at the gate. There is someone who is waiting for him, someone who he needs to reach but—ah, who is it again? Why is he trying so hard? The memory may come back in a flicker, and all the guilt of forgetting her rushes in, but she may be gone again in the next moment.
Firefly struggles against her sense of self. She's Firefly, isn't she? Or is she just SAM? What is the difference between the two, if there is any at all? Sometimes, she lapses back into that dream, that memory where she is just a normal girl trying to improve the lives of others. Sometimes, she gets to experience a perfectly normal Modern AU of who she is where nothing hurts at all.
Siffrin will be plagued with hellish Apollo's sight. Every now and then, while they're talking to someone, they'll see a vision of that person dying in the near or distant future. The closer they are with the person, the more horrific and gruesome the death. Sometimes, the death occurs as a direct result of Siffrin's actions (or lack thereof)—but of course, the vision clears eventually, and they're just left with a lingering sense of dread.
Koharu finds that she's compelled to go out of her way for other people to a ridiculous and potentially harmful degree. Any request that's asked of her, she's compelled to accomplish, and if she thinks someone needs help, she'll try to do so in the most extreme way (think lying down over a puddle so a person doesn't have to walk over it themselves). This compulsion comes and goes.
Additionally, all four will periodically be unable to feel physical pain, though the sensation of touch in general still seems to be working. They will also find their thoughts feeling particularly distant every so often, like their minds blank out without warning. This will last through Friday evening.
They also each receive: a palm-sized and very cute knitted doll of the person whom they faced at the Gate that brings them a sense of comfort whenever they hold it close, and a single black lycoris blossom snapped from its stem, which will wilt and wither over time like any other dying flower.]
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The enormous door creaks open before you and, exhausted, the four of you—who can see each other once more—may all take your leave from Hades together, to reemerge on the other side(s). You aren't dead dead just yet, after all. Though penance may still be the path that you walk in the future, it would be remiss to pass over the chance to return and repent while still alive, right?
Upon returning, they'll find that the previously healed injuries they sustained in their trek across Hades have reopened to varying degrees so Firefly doesn't die right away help, and all of the damage that they suffered from otherwise is also still present. They'll be wearing their cute fantasy French outfits that are now so crispy, and their items will be waiting for them in their rooms.
Marcoh finds that it's difficult for him to remember the person that he faced at the gate. There is someone who is waiting for him, someone who he needs to reach but—ah, who is it again? Why is he trying so hard? The memory may come back in a flicker, and all the guilt of forgetting her rushes in, but she may be gone again in the next moment.
Firefly struggles against her sense of self. She's Firefly, isn't she? Or is she just SAM? What is the difference between the two, if there is any at all? Sometimes, she lapses back into that dream, that memory where she is just a normal girl trying to improve the lives of others. Sometimes, she gets to experience a perfectly normal Modern AU of who she is where nothing hurts at all.
Siffrin will be plagued with hellish Apollo's sight. Every now and then, while they're talking to someone, they'll see a vision of that person dying in the near or distant future. The closer they are with the person, the more horrific and gruesome the death. Sometimes, the death occurs as a direct result of Siffrin's actions (or lack thereof)—but of course, the vision clears eventually, and they're just left with a lingering sense of dread.
Koharu finds that she's compelled to go out of her way for other people to a ridiculous and potentially harmful degree. Any request that's asked of her, she's compelled to accomplish, and if she thinks someone needs help, she'll try to do so in the most extreme way (think lying down over a puddle so a person doesn't have to walk over it themselves). This compulsion comes and goes.
Additionally, all four will periodically be unable to feel physical pain, though the sensation of touch in general still seems to be working. They will also find their thoughts feeling particularly distant every so often, like their minds blank out without warning. This will last through Friday evening.
They also each receive: a palm-sized and very cute knitted doll of the person whom they faced at the Gate that brings them a sense of comfort whenever they hold it close, and a single black lycoris blossom snapped from its stem, which will wilt and wither over time like any other dying flower.]