ENDGAME EVENT: WE RISE AGAIN

[asgardmods]

Who: EVERYONE
What: Endgame mini-events
When: post-endgame and onward
Where: anywhere in Yggdrasil
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to an open log, please!

DAY 578 ( MAR. 1/2 )

The Grey Sickness is officially declared gone and Asgard begins tearing down its walls.

DAY 580 ( MAR. 5/6 )

Honir permanently opens the portal for travel between canon worlds and Yggdrasil. Henceforth, any character can come and go as they please.

DAY 583 ( MAR. 11/12 )

Frigg gives any willing Travellers the ability to redesign the earth through expressions of emotion or art. Asgard has a huge tree-planting party with blessed water to encourage faster growth.

DAY 585 ( MAR. 15/16 )

Small councils are formed with Travellers at the head of them to begin rebuilding the new kingdoms around the world.

DAY 590 ( MAR. 25/26 )

New Giants are born neutral of any bias for people to bring into the world with the Lokis as their Kings.

DAY 600 AND ONWARD

Everything is awesome.

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D581 | open as the day is long

[windbreak]

[A day after it was announced, Yosuke finds himself still hanging back from the portal. In the end, he'll be stepping through it without having figured out what its deal is, how any of this really tied in to the case he'd thought was closed a year ago, whether what he can expect is anything like what he was told. He's... more okay with that than he could have imagined at the start, lost in the middle of so many unfamiliar faces. It's just odd. No real final boss, no cackling recap of everything that led up to today. Just him, dragging his boots in the dust, wondering if anyone he knows will drop by to tug him one way or the other.

Even odder, part of him hopes they won't. Maybe that's like he's growing up.]

...We won't remember, huh?

[He casts one last look back around the courtyard, fidgeting with his bracelet. Then he casts another last look, and a third one. Yep, it really is weird.]

582

[sleight_of_hand]

[So they could come and go as they pleased now, hunh...]

[Adachi had been lounging on his bed in his apartment in Loki District since the announcement, staring up at the ceiling most of the time when he wasn't rolling around like a useless lump. It was all over, they weren't needed anymore. They could all go back home to their peachy lives and never have to remember this place again if they didn't want to.]

[...he didn't ever have to think about how much he enjoyed being on the City Patrol, how it made him feel like a detective again. Or he found a woman that made him excited, or another one that opened his eyes, or how he almost died trying to do his own part or... anything.]

[All he'd have were three walls and bars, and a short time to think on his life.]

[Finally, Adachi slapped his hands on his mattress, bolting upright... and a few hours and some stubborn determination later, he could be found just outside the portal, a massive stack of flyers in hand. He was passing them out to anyone that passed by, Traveler and native alike, one of his usual lopsided smiles on his face.]

Hey, c'mon, let's keep the City Patrol going, make sure we can preserve this peace thing we've got going.

Hey, are you stayin'? Why not join up with the City Patrol? We'll get it back up and running again for the city.

[...this was probably the most enthusiastic he had been in his entire life.]

[not_sasuke]

[So who should show up but Yosuke's favorite ninja kid, a messenger bag slung over one shoulder and a black cat trotting at his heels?

He does seem mildly surprised to see Yosuke there, though the look is quickly replaced with a smirk.]

Sneaking out without saying goodbye? Wow, I'm so hurt.

[Never mind that he's the one sneaking out here.]

[windbreak]

[The smirk is by this point hardly enough reason for Yosuke to pull a face - there aren't enough hours in the day for that much freaking out, no matter how many worlds end or start in between - but that flicker of surprise managed to get there first.] Huh? Sagami... you didn't take off already?

[He would've expected the kid to pack up and flee back to his oh so professional life the second he could... Although now he doesn't know why he expected much at all, to be honest.]

[izanyagi]

Maybe not but...

[He looks over to a group of children running past them, smiling. That, and the large group of felines that are around him, as he sits there, letting them climb all over him.]

...I'm sure they always will. Besides, we can come back when we least expect it, right?

[windbreak]

Yeah, that's what they told us...

[And it's not as if he doesn't believe it. But he still falls quiet, casting a glance down at one of the cats now dozing by his feet with no regard for his leg room.

Presently, he yawns and stretches too. It's contagious.] Aaah, but maybe I have been cooped up in this world for too long! I keep expecting some new fourth type of giant to just burst out of the ground as soon as we get going... Don't you get that a little, partner?

[Yeah, yeah, real life doesn't work as neatly as police case files and video games like to make out. He knows.]

[realmenknitplushies]

That's ... what they're sayin'...

[Kanji's voice is subdued as he speaks, looking at the portal with a frown and fiddling with his glasses. He should be glad about the prospect. He should. After all, it means going home, back to the rest of his friends and the life they'd left behind...

He's not moving any closer, though.]

590: open to anyone still around!

[realmenknitplushies]

[It's been strange, these past few days. It still doesn't feel real.

Kanji'd decided early that there was no rush for him to go home. After all, no matter when he decides to, won't the same future be waiting for him? Time's weird like that.
There are a lot of things he'd like to leave behind here, true. The rifts in his friendships, the mistakes he's made. But there are also a lot of things that he's just ... not ready to abandon. Perhaps he's scared, on some level, of just being 'that damn delinquent' once again. But even without that, he's made connections with the people here. More than he ever had in Inaba, he'd say.

So, as he watches a group of young giants being led away, he asks someone nearby...]

They're ... gonna need teachers, ain't they?

[There's no hurry, after all.]

[windbreak]

[Yosuke looks over with a start.] Whoa, Kanji, you snuck up on me!

[Geez, he was more distracted than he thought. He crosses his arms, belatedly trying to give the impression of being remotely at ease.]

...So you're not sure either?

[realmenknitplushies]

I... dunno. I mean, it kinda makes sense, it ain't like I remembered anythin' when I was at home last time...

[He lets out a long sigh.]

But it can't be ... like nothin' ever happened, right? Not something like this?

[Not a year of his life, not all the connections they'd made, not everything that'd happened here. It just - can't be.]

[windbreak]

Yeah, I know what you mean. It's a lot to just forget about.

[And come to think, as far as Yosuke is concerned, Kanji was around for it since day one. Now there's something that feels way more distant than his memories of home.]

I guess... if all of this was to keep everyone at home safe... then what we get to take back with us is the fact that we did. [But he looks back down at his feet when he says it. It's what he believed back then, or at least what he thought he believed...] I dunno. That would be kinda harsh, wouldn't it?

[itistolaugh]

[Harley held the flyer away from her as if it were something disgusting and crumpled it without reading. She glanced at his stupid grin from the corner of her eye. There was a chance he hadn't recognized her under the greasepaint, mask, and distracting costume. If she didn't say anything, if she just walked away, she might be able to avoid him entirely if she just walked away.]

[... But then she wouldn't be able to finish something very important she hadn't gotten the chance to do before she left last time ...]

[Harley threw the crumpled flyer back into Adachi's face and kicked him in the balls. Mission accomplished.]

[sleight_of_hand]

[Adachi stared for a long moment, knowing he knew the clown woman, but having trouble placing her. She was all dolled up like a harlequin clown and... His eyes slowly widened as realization hit him. Harlequin. Harley Quinn. Holy shit...!]

Harl--!

[...and then she kicked him in the balls.]

[Adachi let out a groan, eyes nearly bugging out of his head as he clutched at his precious, sinking down to his knees. It took him a moment to catch his breath, before he could finally turn one of his lopsided grins up at her.]

H-heh... I-I missed 'ya too, dollface.

[sleight_of_hand]

[Adachi let out a curious noise, not sure if Kanji was talking to him or not. He paused to make sure, glancing up at the tall teen, before folding his hands behind his head.]

Guess so; don't exactly want the same thing repeating twice, you know?

[itistolaugh]

[Harley crossed her arms and huffed.]

Like I'd believe that. If anything, you just missed getting your dick wet.

[sleight_of_hand]

Well, there's that.

[AT LEAST HE'S HONEST?!]

Though with everything going on, it woulda been great if you were around.

[itistolaugh]

Why? What happened?

[sleight_of_hand]

[Adachi let out a grunt, forcing himself to get back to his feet. He survived a beating by fire giants, he could survive a kick to the precious... right? Right.]

Man... well, we beat the bad guys? I got to be kinda hero-ish?

[itistolaugh]

Uh huh. You probably did something super dumb. Well, congrats on winning the war, or whatever.

[She turned on her heel and looked around. Would her old room still be open? Did she even remember how to get there? Crap. A perfectly good exit ruined by a poor sense of direction. Crap crap crap.]

[sleight_of_hand]

[Adachi let out a faint noise as she turned away from him, not about to let her go a second time. He reached out for her before she could get too far away from him, grabbing for her arm.]

W-wait... I mean it, I really did miss you.

[itistolaugh]

[Harley went stiff when he grabbed her arm, her mouth pinching at the corners. She refused to turn back to him.]

Well? So what?

[realmenknitplushies]

[Well... normally he wouldn't be the one to start a conversation with Adachi, but - eh. Given all he's seen? Perhaps it's time to put that aside, too.

He gives the faintest hint of a smile for a moment.]

Damn right. This is a whole new start, huh?

[not_sasuke]

Had some lose ends to tie up. But if that's your reaction, maybe I shouldn't have even bothered.

[You don't have to look so surprised, geeze.]

Hizumi Mizushiro / 583 / OPEN

[bondsofsuffering]

[He isn't a wreck like before. He smiles, laughs, and plays short melodies around the city on his harmonica for anyone willing to listen. It's not the most polished sound, but he has a lot of raw talent to make up for it.

And yet... he still lacks quite the same energy as before. Not that he'll make it terribly obvious.]

Hey, got any requests?

[Other times, he can be found on his own, playing a sad, but sweet song to no one in particular. Simultaneously mourning, and comforting at once-- its tone is warm, if ultimately bittersweet.

He stops the moment he hears anyone approach, however.]

Haa, sorry, that's not real appropriate for now, is it?

[realmenknitplushies]

It's ... somethin', at least. We know that there wouldn't be a home left if we hadn't... 'n that's the important bit, right?

[His heart's not in what he's saying, though. Sure. What else could be more important than saving everything out there - but how could something so important be rendered so trivial as to be forgotten?]