The End

[foundationmods]

After a long trial and a tearful rebirth, it was time to move on to the next journey. But where would they all go? And how would they be able to say 'goodbye' after seven weeks of bonding?

Those answers would not come easily. However, the Pieces did not need to make those decisions alone...🗈

Rest is needed, but it isn't quite time for that yet. No, there are places to go and people to see.

Given that most of the Pieces did want to return to the Foundation, the Witch of Dimensions opted to stop there first and drop them all off. The stragglers can be handled later, when he has rested and regained more of his energy.

But where did he decide to put them? After all, the Foundation knows they have gone missing. To return them right to where he took them from would only put them in danger. So instead, he opts to take them to the people best qualified to offer help with multi-dimensional dealings.

Comments

[fullbodied]

[she has to... well... she has to ascertain which Akira this is.]

[beguiledcard]

[ He's turning towards her, his expression definitely serious. ]

... Takamaki-san.

[fullbodied]

... Kurusu-san.

I shouldn't have treated you the way I did.

[beguiledcard]

[ He holds a blink, shaking his head. He moves to slowly close just a little of the space between them - if she'll let him. He's lowering his voice either way. ]

I shouldn't have done or said any of that. Feeling inferior... [ grim smirk ] ... jealous?

... None of that's any kind of excuse for talking to you the way I did, in the end. It wasn't an excuse to put that wall between us...

[ He takes a slow, deep breath. ]

It'll never change what I did, [ bowing his head a bit ] but I'm sorry for being the hand in everything you had to feel, from that week on.

[fullbodied]

[she pauses. and then...

she slugs him, just once.]

That's a lot to apologize for. But you had a point for feeling that way. I treated you the same way I would treat my own Akira, someone who had been with me through thick and thin.

You're gonna meet your own Ann one day soon-- and I don't know what she's gonna say. I don't know what she's gonna do. But it's going to be her trust you're gonna have to win. And I'm not giving you the trust that the Akira I knew worked so hard to earn. You'll have to earn it on your own, and actually show me that your heart's changed.