The Final Loop

[eternitymods]

Who: Everyone
When: April 11th - Last Loop
Where: Curti Center, Sen Devadatta
What: Final Loop before the final confrontation against the Empress and Bahamut.
Warnings/Notes: ??????

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Corrin

[bladeofconquest]

Despite her exhaustion, Corrin is intent on enjoying the party, and indeed now that it's finally here it seems to have energized her. There will be plenty of time to rest after Bahamut and Ramaa are dealt with after all, and they've come so far already; the Vaikuntha of this final loop is already so different from the first time; clear skies, intact cities, an under-control monster population...where things once seemed dark and hopeless is now bright with the promise of a tomorrow that once seemed like it would never come.

That's worth celebrating. So Corrin will celebrate.

...It also doesn't hurt that she's been to precious few parties in her life, and she's eager for more. Xander's city-wide coronation celebration feast had been quite the occasion, but she's sure this is another party she'll remember for the rest of her life.

She's working the crowds, speaking with Offworlder, Curti Center staff, and other natives alike; she also takes some time to personally congratulate the newly married couple, wishing them all the best in the years to come. A lot of the natives recognize her; the televised address she led in Myste Aura prior to the royal speech has been making the rounds on the MogNet and seems to be getting her a fair amount of recognition.

"Hey, it's good to see you! Enjoying the party?"

[koopacrusher]

“Yeah, it’s great but... I’m just glad this is almost over. We’ve been going at this for months, and most people have only had to deal with it for a few days. I just want to get to a point where I can move on and never think about Baha Blast again,” Bowser said.

[bladeofconquest]

Corrin has to stifle a laugh. "B-Baha Blast?" She giggles. "Heehee, I like that. I know what you mean, though. When this is finally all over I feel like I'm just going to sleep for a month, you know? I think we're all going to need the break to recover."

She takes a sip of the drink in her hand (it's just juice this time; after the New Year's Party she's more aware of her limits and this is not the time to be testing them). "Thank you again for your help in talking down Safer Osu; I'm not sure I could have managed it without you backing me up, Bowser."

[acapriciousreaper]

Mojito had been following Kuja, for the most part, but the two had separated at some point and while Boss liked to schmooze, it wasn't quite Mojito's thing. So he wandered, listening in on the occasional conversation.
"-move on and never think about Baha Blast again-"
The little moogle came to a dead stop, a few feet away from Corrin and Bowser. Baha Blast. Baha Blast. Baha Blast.
Something about that phrase tugged at his memory, like the strangest sense of deja vu. "Baha... Blast..."
He needed to do something. Inspiration had struck. "Hey!" he pointed at the pair, something like a steely glint showing behind the dark glasses. "Thank you!"
And with that said, Mojito charged out of the party at top speed, which for a mog on a mission was fairly terrifyingly fast.
Mojito had work to do.

[koopacrusher]

Bowser watched, confused as the moogle shouted at him and sped away.

"Yeah, I guess some relaxing and sleep'd be good. This has been... something. And don't worry about the General thing, I was happy to help."

Bowser hesitates for a moment. "Though, I was thinking about doing something after time went back to normal, starting a newspaper company, to y'know, tell people about what happened at the castle where the summoning happened, and the weird time stuff that happened afterward." And advance Bowser's Evil Master Plan, but best not mention that. "If I got enough people on board it could give a way for the Heroes of Light to communicate with Vaikuntha so we don't get another thing like the fallen cult incident and really make sure nothing like this whole deal ever happens again."

[bladeofconquest]

Corrin is likewise bemused as the Moogle hurries off. "Oh, um, you're welcome." She replies as Mojito hurries off. Who's Moogle was that?

She turns back to Bowser. "Well regardless, I think we make a good team." She says with a smile. Bowser's plan to start a newspaper company is met with a look of intense interest from Corrin. "Really? I love it, that's a great idea!" She enthuses. Initially she was confused by the concept of newspapers, but since moving to Nakagawa she's found that city's paper to be a good way of keeping up with current events. Plus the comics are funny.

"...Is there anything I could do to help with this?" She asks, a tinge hopefully. Bowser's motives, at least his stated ones seem sound and reasonable, and Corrin wants to be more involved with Vaikuntha than she has been to this point. This seems like a good way to do it.

[timecrash]

Corrin, stately as she is, does not get a polite bow or a firm handshake. Corrin gets a spontaneous bear-hug. "Now that we finally got a reason to party? Hell yeah!"

[bladeofconquest]

Corrin returns the bearhug. "Right? It feels good to be able to celebrate our successes!" As the two detach she looks around them. "The first time this happened it all felt so hopeless. Like even if we had managed to stop Bahamut, the way the rest of the world was...Well. That doesn't matter anymore. Now I just look at how far we've come from there, to this and, gods, it feels good. We've saved everyone that needed saving, and I...I didn't think that sort of thing was possible, to be honest." Serge most likely has a good understanding as to why Corrin would think that. Of course, even that that had only been possible thanks to the time loops, so maybe under normal circumstances it still wasn't, but Corrin will bask in this one time, this one exception to that rule.

She turns to look back at Serge. "I know we've still got one more thing to do, but when this is all over, what are you gonna do with yourself, Serge? We'll all have earned a break for a bit, and we should make the most of it."

[timecrash]

The question takes him by surprise, for a moment. What to do next, indeed?
"Honestly?" He looks... uncomfortable, for a second. "I want to find out more. About me, I mean. I didn't really tell anybody about this because there was other stuff to do, but there's... another me. A third one, I mean. I'm starting to wonder how deep this goes? How many of 'me' are there out there? I keep feeling like I'm remembering things halfway between three lives that're all different and I just... I wanna know. That and..." He reaches into a pocket, pulling out the small, coiled form of the jewel that they'd recovered what felt like forever ago. "I need to find out more about this. Why it's mine, why it's important... and I swear sometimes it feels like it's talking to me-" he realizes, too late, how bad that sounds. "-Er, not like that, I mean... you felt it too, right? When you joined in during the first fight? It's almost like music."

[bladeofconquest]

Corrin listens intently, and it must be said with some concern. "Well, you know I'll help you however I can, should you need it." She replies. "I just...I don't want you to lose sight of you, you know? The you standing right here, talking to me. I know the Serge we've seen in your visions has done some incredible things and I can understand needing to make sense of all the memories in your head, but...you've done pretty incredible things too. And I know you're going to do more." She places a hand on his shoulder. "I just don't want you to get so lost in finding out about these other versions of you that you forget who you are. Because I think you're pretty amazing as you are...and I know I'm not the only one."

She regards the "Frozen Flame" warily. "...I felt it a little." She admits. "Do you...recognize the music?" She asks. "How often do you hear it?"

Re: Corrin

[singerofspells]

"Yes, but... well, I wish we were having this afterward. Though afterward, I suspect I'm going to find a quiet spot and just sleep."

S'reee knew land-dwellers slept more deeply than she did (on account of not needing part of their conscious minds reminding them to breathe), but she was going to come as close as possible to that state.

[bladeofconquest]

"I know that's what I plan on doing." Corrin replies lightly. "That and finally getting down to some books I haven't had the time or inclination to start in on yet. I've got to make up for lost time!"

"So it's good we're celebrating now. We've got a lot to be glad about, after all." Of course the hardest part is still to come, but the battle ahead of them no longer feels so insurmountable. In fact, their success feels almost inevitable at this point though Corrin is avoiding trying to go that far; overconfidence can be deadly.

[singerofspells]

"We really fixed things," S'reee said. It wasn't foregone, but it meant that they would be going into things prepared, rather than with good intentions and missing crucial information.

And the last few days wasn't met with watching the world fall apart as they tried to calm storms already grown into hurricanes.

[bladeofconquest]

"We did." Corrin nods. "I used to think being able to save...everyone like this this wasn't possible. It was a hard lesson to have to learn." She's silent for a moment while some uncomfortable memories flit through her mind. "I know we only managed it because of the time loops, but even so...I don't think I realized until being here, today, how much I needed to know it was possible. Even if it takes exceptional circumstances, we made the impossible possible. Looking at everyone here today, celebrating like this...even knowing what's still to come, it's the best feeling in the world." She looks over at the whale and cocks her head a little at S'reee. "You know?"

humbly requests more CR :D

[boomchucka]

"Yeah," Selphie exclaims with her fair share of gusto. "This is exactly what we need right now after everything that's happened."

The constant loops had worn the perky brunette out significantly, but she is determined to enjoy these festivities with every fiber of her being. Sleeping for a week straight can come after they've taken care of business.

request...granted

[bladeofconquest]

"It really is." Corrin nods happily. Selphie's enthusiasm is helping to feed her own, buoying her up. "The Curti Center really went all out on this. And it was such a lovely ceremony too, wasn't it? I do like weddings." The couple isn't exactly conventional, but they're happy together, and that, in the end is what matters most.

"I can actually start thinking about what's going to come after this." Corrin muses. "What I want to do when this is all over. And I think I'm going to start a flower garden." There's a spot in the front of the house at Nakagawa that would do nicely for one. "What about you, Selphie? Given it any thought?"

yaaaaaaaas

[boomchucka]

There's a lot to think about as Selphie's head tilts to one side. Her index finger is tapping her chin thoughtfully about what she wants to do after everything is over. Well, besides the obvious, but that's a tale for another time.

"Well," she laughs. "My thumbs aren't very green and I haven't really given it much thought until now. I suppose that what I really want to do right now is find a job where I can help people. Maybe I'll stay at the Curti Centre? Maybe I'll travel and do odd jobs for people. Who knows? It's all up in the air right now."

[bladeofconquest]

"I could always give you some pointers, if you like." Corrin replies easily. "I've been keeping flower gardens since I was young, and I like to think I've gotten pretty good at it."

"That said, I think you've got the start of some very good plans yourself, whichever one you decide to do. I do like the idea of traveling though, helping people out. It'd be a good opportunity to see more of Vaikuntha, especially once Bahamut's out of the way." Forging connections with the planet and it's people...that'd be a good way to do it.

Re: Corrin

[old_stoneface]

"All things considered, I think so," Vimes sighed. When was the last time he'd really slept? Still, he had coffee and he had a cigar and- most importantly- it looked like, this time, they were actually going to manage it. "I saw what you were up to in Myste Aura. Pretty damn inspiring, I thought, Corrin."

[bladeofconquest]

Corrin shares Vimes' tiredness though the atmosphere at the party is helping buoy her up, and soon the adrenaline of battle will keep her focused and awake. "Thank you, Captain, but I couldn't have done it without the others helping. I'm just happy our efforts made a difference." she says gladly, raising her glass of juice to him. She looks over at Vimes. "You were working in Arito, a lot, right?" A pause. "I still remember seeing the explosion go off from the deck of the airship after we fled Nakagawa the first time this happened. All those people..." She shakes the image from her mind. "...I'm glad you were there for them, Captain. They couldn't have asked for a better man to keep the peace."

[old_stoneface]

"It was the thing to do. I've worked riots before, you haven't seen a bloody riot until you've watched dwarves and trolls fight... But I'll admit, I've never seen fighting tear a city up quite like that. People survived, and if I get my way I'm gonna bring that bitch Ramaa up on charges." He took a long drink from his mug, sighing. "No more of this 'Captain' rubbish, though, alright? Just 'Mister Vimes' will do. I've seen enough of how you operate, Corrin, and I don't mind telling you- you ever find yourself in Ankh-Morpork, there'll be a job for you in the Watch."

[bladeofconquest]

Corrin's eyes go visibly wide in surprise when Vimes not only tells her "Mister Vimes" will do, but then proceeds to offer her a job in the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, which she knows is incredibly high praise from him. Then a huge grin breaks across her face and she visibly puffs with joy. "Y-yes, of course, Captain Mister!" She says happily, before realizing she flubbed. "A-Ah, I mean Mister Capt-Mister Vimes." Yes. Nailed it.

After a moment, Corrin manages to find her composure, though she's still beaming with pride. "...I would be honoured to accept that offer, should I ever find myself in a position to take it." She says gratefully. "And if you, or any member of your family should somehow find yourself in Nohr, it would give me no greater pleasure than to receive you as my honoured guests, for however long your stay might be." She can't help but feel she's giving the weaker of the two offers here, but she means every word of it. "...Thank you, Mister Vimes."

[littlemhigan]

"Much as I can, I suppose," Castor says from the couch she's halfway draped over, cradling a drink in her lap. She's tired.

"Ye think this is the one?"

[bladeofconquest]

Corrin seats herself on the arm of the couch so as not to intrude on Castor's space, seeing the woman needs rest. "Yeah, I do." She says simply. "I don't think there will be anymore second chances if we blow this." Or fiftieth chances or fifty-first or...whichever loop they're on. Corrin last track in the twenties somewhere.

"I think we can do it, though. After everything we've already managed to accomplish? I think if we keep our heads and look out for each other, Ramaa and Bahamut are never going to know what hit them." A pause. "Actually, I think they'll be pretty certain who hit them, but you know what I mean." She giggles. "...Can I get you anything from the buffet, Castor?" She asks kindly. "Some hot food might help perk you up a little."

so who's got two thumbs and lost the notif for this? ME!

[littlemhigan]

Castor manages at least a ghost of a laugh at Corrin's quip. "If they don't know who hit 'em, I'll be happy te remind 'em until they learn."

She closes her eyes a moment, turning her focus towards herself for a brief second before she shakes her head. "Nah. It ain't like to sit easy, an' the last thing I want is my gut to cramp while I'm teachin' my lessons."