So Familiar a Gleam: Conclusion

[voidtreckermods]

Time to leave!

There is not much of the city left, but the park is holding together as those anchoring help those who are not voidtreckers through back to where they belong. Monsters continue to attack and a little further out there is a battle of hearts and minds being fought with the mass of colours and chaos.

Eventually, after the bulk of citizens had been evacuated everyone with SCA's on would hear Jin-Roh's voice after a few frantic beeps, as Chiff aligned everyone's SCA's. "We are almost done here, if you are with anyone not tethered to a voidcraft get them to the evacuation point, as quickly as possible."

Anan pulls out of the anchoring point to call out to any defenders in the park. "Come on! Anyone who isn't a voidtrecker! It's time to go."

Luckily those off fighting the entity headed the message and made their way to the park as Jin Roh spoke again.

"Everyone else get ready. When we call it you need to leave. If you don't have your SCA on then get to someone who does."

As the last people rushed to the park Anan calls out again, through her SCA and outloud to the park. "You need to unanchor, before you can evacuate. Everyone be ready."

She goes in again though, because there are some last people, those from the large battle, getting through as another message was called.

"Almost there. Be ready. On my command..."

Anan unanchored again. "Quick everyone unanchor."

"NOW" Jin Roh's voice came through strong on their SCA's. Hopefully those with SCA's would grab those without.

There is some outside help as well, the train pulls anyone who is unconscious or still under the entity's control, forcibly evacuating them. This includes Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji and Zagreus.

Luggage Carriage

There has been a mass evacuation before and that was crazy enough but since then the population of the train has almost doubled and now it is an extremely tight squeeze as everyone crashes into the luggage carriage at the same time.

The train jerks and rolls as they enter into the void at breakneck speed and again as they seem to slow, rather than speeding off though the void.

There's a crackling from their SCA's. "Voidtreckers? Voidtreckers come in!" Anan's voice. "Please tell me you made it..."

There's only a few moments of signal and soon they are flying though the void again, away from the strange non-world, the entity sealed for now. To new adventures, but first hopefully some time to recover from all that has happened.

Comments

[consider8]

"Oh..." Mimi understood, twice over. In the illusion, the Mimi there was abandoned at an orphanage and isolated for her hair tentacles. And back in the real world she felt the isolation of knowing of a world that would see her punished if she were to voice her interest. A memory of two voices came to her, encouraging her in the darkest depths to reach the surface despite not knowing who she was.

"I am not a Sailor Guardian, but you can tell me anything you feel comfortable with sharing. I will not mind, but I may not always understand."

[another_moon]

"That's all I ask." Usagi said. "And the same goes to you. Please, if there is anything you want me to hear, tell me. I may not understand and I may not have the answers, but I don't want you to be alone, either."

[consider8]

"Hmm..." Eight wasn't really the type that would share of her own volition, but Usagi seemed to want to know a bit more, so maybe a little to share would be okay. "I... fought so hard because I left my home behind two years ago. When the illusion gave me a place to stay and feel safe, it felt... good. And when you came to try to wake me out of it, I... didn't want to."

She sighs heavily. "All I ever wanted was to go to a place where I could live a life that wasn't chosen for me. That I chose for myself. This train... this... obligation... is the last thing I would have wanted for myself." Above all, she hated not being able to choose.

[another_moon]

"Choices... destiny... no, I don't like that either." Usagi said. "I understand not wanting to leave, even if it wasn't real. I'm sorry we had to fight as well..."

She sighed as she looked down. "I chose to be a Sailor Guardian because others would get hurt, but later on I found out I was also a reincarnation, a princess reborn. That a guy who constantly appeared was not only a reincarnation of a prince but also supposedly my lover and that we were meant to be together... no, I couldn't accept it. I couldn't... didn't want it. It wasn't me, it was a lifetime ago."

"I don't like this train, either. I was going to do these missions by myself, just to get them over with, but... maybe we can do them together... we can't choose what to do, but we'll choose how to do it."

[consider8]

"That's what I decided, too, in the end." Eight nodded. "If I cannot choose, then I can choose to keep people here safe. They have been so kind and are deserving of all the help I can give them."

There's a sadness there, and a memory. When she took her friend to the precipice of the edge of her world, a part of her wanted to dive in with her. Would she have gone free? Did she missed her chance to go home?

She shook her head. "Your story sounds... sad. I'm sorry for you."

[another_moon]

"It's long, complicated and sad, but... it's not me anymore." Usagi said. "I'm not held down by that past and if I want to fall in love, I can do it on my own terms."

She smiled widely as she looked at Eight. "I feel... so much better now."

[consider8]

She can't help herself and smiles toothily, her two asymmetrical fangs visible. She's happy when she sees other people happy. "Veemo!" And gives Usagi a comforting hug.

[another_moon]

And as she's hugged, she returns the hug in kind, laughing as she did. "We're going to be amazing friends, I can tell." she said, pulling back and bashfully blushing.

[consider8]

"Mmm!" Eight nodded.

"Oh! Did anybody tell you about the discount pair of clothes from the spider? If you haven't, we need to go and talk to her. You can definitely get a new outfit before the next platform day."

[another_moon]

"Oh, no, I didn't! We really should talk to her and see what we can find... or at least, me!" Usagi said, nodding.

"Wanna go now?" She pulled one arm back and held it out, seeing if Eight would take it. She would know where to go.

[consider8]

"Mmm!" Eight smiled, reaching out to claim the hand. Though she had met several boy friends while on the train, Usagi was the first girl friend her age that she felt close to.

It was a nice feeling.

[another_moon]

Seeing Eight so happy made Usagi happy. Despite their earlier misadventures, the two seemed to have forged a better understanding and a new friendship.

It was a great feeling.