The End...

[strangerpeople]

THE END...

[When the Titled wake up next, it's to void darkness.

There is nearly nothing left after what has happened, save for the blackness. Save for themselves, the Dragonborn and Serana as they hold each other, the Thalmor prisoner (who is clearly in shock), the body of the dragon they had attacked in the distance, the tower in the even further distance...

and an old man, sitting on nothing, clapping wildly.]

Bravo! Bravo!! Encore!! That was just amazing.

[Confetti starts to fill the air. It catches fire mid-way to the..ground. Whatever counts as ground now.]

Nothing like a good old world-ending riot, I always say! You all deserve an award for ending the universe as I knew it. Have some bread!

[Bread that looks like Papyrus' pops into their hands. It smells like chicken and god only knows what it tastes like.]

Go on, have a bite!

[This was probably not what anyone was expecting when the world ended.]

Comments

[poorlovefool]

[Eric is so done. He is throwing that bread on the GROUND-

Wait, there is no ground, does it just float endlessly downward

anyway]

Aaagh... why?!

[strangerpeople]

[Well, the strange old man looks offended.]

Well, fine, just go ahead and defile my nice gift!

See if I invite you to a party ever again!

[socialhacktivist]

Huh-- huh?!

[She's... alive. But it doesn't feel like she should be. She panics and looks around. Everyone-- everyone seems to still be here. And...]


















....you!?!

[SHE KNOWS THAT OLD MAN!]

[poorlovefool]

Oh cut the crap! I didn't want to be part of any of this, god damn it!

[He's shaking. This is all just too much. Even the world ending is more bullshit than he expected!]

[carries_war]

We...

[Failed. They couldn't stop it. They were too late. Was it even possible to begin with?

Jr. doesn't even seem to register the bread in his hand as he slumps, staring into the distance.]

That's...it? The end of the world?

[strangerpeople]

Why, hello there, dear! Nice to see you again. So, tell me, how's the world treating you?












[He bursts out laughing.]

Oh, I slay myself!!

[strangerpeople]

Oh, why so down? It had to happen! Though I will say I wasn't expecting it to go the way it did. You should have seen it! No, really. You should have, because you were there, right?

[socialhacktivist]

Why are you here!?!



[HE'S JUST AS BAD AS BEFORE-- moreso, now that she's sober, really.]

And... why are we here...?

[strangerpeople]

Oh, now you're just having sour grapes. Of course you didn't, no one does! But since you're here, and very clearly a part of it, you should take part in what happens next, shouldn't you?

[socialhacktivist]

[Futaba scoots over and takes Jr.'s hand, squeezing it. She's at just as much of a loss as he is. It feels like there's a horrible weight on her chest.]

There has to be something else we can do... As long as we're still here...

[She... doesn't have a lot of faith but-- she doesn't feel like she can just give up yet either.]

[strangerpeople]

Oh, I've always been here. Even before I was here, I was here! Before Nirn began. It was boring.

And that's why you're here.

[socialhacktivist]

Eh?









EEEHHHH!!!

[strangerpeople]

What? Was it something I said, dear?

CW: survivor's guilt/suicide ideation

[carries_war]

Yeah, I saw it, alright! I saw that we couldn't do a damn thing! So why...why are we the only ones to survive?!

[His hands tighten around the bread, though it's still dubious if he's even noticed it, and his entire body starts shaking.]

If I couldn't save this world, why do I get to exist when everything else is gone?!

[poorlovefool]

What happens next....

[The universe is gone, and the surrounding emptiness reflects the way he feels.]

I'm sick of doing what all of you assholes want me to do. If the universe is gone then so is Mira and those fruits... I want to die... Can what's next fix that? Tell me.

[socialhacktivist]

I thought you were just some crazy old guy in my head but you're-- you brought us all here.

[She's known the person all this time... It hadn't really sunk in when she was drunk, but--]

...you never did tell me your name.

[zephyranthe]

[It's disorienting. At one moment, she was amidst a flash of light and thrown in the air like a ragdoll and the next she was in this endless void with everyone else. What happened? And where were they? did they clip through some geometry and get stuck or what It's all she can do to just shake off the remaining shock and ask:]

Why're we still here?

[carries_war]

I don't know...you saw all the good trying to stop the World-Eater did...even if we do have the artifacts of Daedric Princes inside of us, what the hell can we do now?

[strangerpeople]

Oh, I didn't bring you here. That was the Dragonborn. My Thu'um is too rusty to even sound out fus ro dah right!

Ah, but where are my manners.

I am Sheogorath. The Mad God!

[socialhacktivist]

Oh my god...

[That name... it's true... holy crap... if she'd just been paying attention... or just asked the right questions sooner, maybe-- well. She doesn't know. Still, it's frustrating to have it click now.]

But if you're a god... shouldn't you be able to fix this? Or-- I don't know. Isn't there something we can do? We survived somehow, there has to be SOMETHING... right?

[strangerpeople]

Oh, isn't the answer obvious? What did the Dragonborn say that one time to the dragon on the mountain?

"One gold septim!"

...Oh, wait, no, that was to that cook before they poisoned that one guy.

"Tell me everything and you won't end up like your goat!"

...You probably never even had a goat. Right, right, what they really said was:

"The next world will have to take care of itself." That's the one!

[strangerpeople]

What? And lose of the power and glory of my station! No can do. I don't do selfless sacrifices like 'fix reality back to normal after the end of it', pffff!

[Waves hand dismissively.]

But...that said, I hate being bored. And the Void? Boring! So I'll help you out with some adivce, just this once.

[socialhacktivist]

This guy... Sheogorath... This guy is the one that was talking to me. I mean-- I could talk to him because of my power as the Balanced. He seems like just some insane guy, but he has to know something...

We can't give up yet...

[socialhacktivist]

Anything! I'll take it.

[It doesn't matter if they have to do it alone, she just--]

Just tell me what to do.

[strangerpeople]

See that tower over there? It's got itself a little unassailable spike of physical law inside, that needs some recharging. Send a thought of what you want to see over to it!

Preferably something fun.