mayfield_mods: (the end)
Mayfield Mods ([personal profile] mayfield_mods) wrote in [community profile] mayfield_rpg2012-12-02 11:36 pm
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THE END

You've walked for what feels like ages down the highway as a group- all those who chose uncertain freedom over certain death. Within an hour, Mayfield became a distant speck on the horizon before ultimately fading into the hills and trees. The only sign of the place you've escaped is the sky, which remains an eerie brown even after night falls and you've put Mayfield hours behind you.

Try as you might, it's impossible not to imagine that you've been led into a trap. What if this is all part of some new sick game of Johnson's- or even Zemekis'? It certainly wouldn't be the first time. What if the events of the past few months- saving Annie, Gray's "ghost", Zemekis' apparent death -what if it's all been nothing but the latest in a long tradition of Mayfield's-

These thoughts fade when you see the first sunbeam.

This road isn't like the ones before: the roads that looped endlessly into themselves, inevitably leading back to where they began. This road has an end.

Keep walking forward and you'll find yourself in a new town, both similar to Mayfield and utterly unlike it. The buildings here are crude and unfinished- the streets little better than paved paths of dirt. There are no drones here, no hazmats, no one in sight other than you and your companions. But all of these things are nothing more than trivial details, when compared to what you feel the moment you enter its boundaries.

There's power here- you can feel it in your fingertips. Each and every one of you can, from the most godlike seraph to the most ordinary human: power, faint but unmistakable. The power to build a world, and to destroy it. The same power that's been lorded over you for four years... but now, it's yours to command.

You can create a new life here. It isn't the home you remember- the home you remember, after all, was never yours to begin with. For some of you, that's a blessing. For others, it's a hard truth you'll have to live with. But even though you can't go home, with the power you've been given, it might just be possible to bring home to you. Bits and pieces of it- locations you remember, small creatures from your world- no people, though. That's one power Annie decided not to give you.

The place you've found isn't perfect- there will be work, hard work, and pain. The place you've found is your own: there are no overseers here, no Zemekis, no Johnson. The place you've found may not be paradise- but it's the nearest thing you're going to get.

You've found, at last, a better place to live.
falsereligion: (✞ all this is for me to take)

[personal profile] falsereligion 2012-12-03 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ A...kitten? Was that part of her magic? Kyouko's kinda curious about that, but she'll hold her question for later. ]

Then you should probably head back to...whatever house you're staying in. You need help walking?
lil_tanuki: (thumbs up)

[personal profile] lil_tanuki 2012-12-03 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
I could use some help. My girls'll be fretting over me anyhow when I walk in the door. I took in a couple more and I'm thinking of asking a friend if he wants to move in with his daughter.
falsereligion: (✞ but this revenge is just for me)

[personal profile] falsereligion 2012-12-03 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ A bit of a grunt in affirmation, and she offers her arm. ]

S'cool and all, but I gotta go find someone, after this. Introduce me later, if you want.
lil_tanuki: (oh yeah!)

[personal profile] lil_tanuki 2012-12-03 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. And don't worry, I will.