ENDGAME ALL GROUPS: WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

[grimgrinningghosts]

[An ominous door has appeared in the starry skies above The Other Side. It’s not at all what Group 3 expected to happen when touching the symbol - and yet, something about it doesn’t surprise you.

Should you leave with Rod and/or Walt and Mickey, you’ll find them here. All the facts will start coming together, and only one name comes to mind: Hades.

But..you have each other. You stand here, ready for any and all eventualities. Even in the face of the demise or everything.

Welcome to your final test, Foolish Mortals. Keep your head up.]

(ooc: Welcome to the end of the world! There’ll be no mod tag-ins/plot advancement for about an hour (12:05 EST), to allow everyone to reunite and regroup.)

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[greatwidesomewhere]

[Belle's already scanning the crowd frantically for Adam; luckily, with his size and her flashlight, it's not long until the beam falls across his face. She lets out a noise of relief and goes running toward him.]

Adam! I—I wanted to help fight.

[She's got that determined look in her eyes. Might want to talk your tiny girlfriend down to a support role, there, buddy.]

[downtonabbeast]

[A small amount of the tension in his expression fades when he finds her and he takes her hands in his, bringing both to his face to kiss her knuckles.]

I understand, Belle, but you need to get to the church. I saw Monsieur LeFou headed that way.

[greatwidesomewhere]

[She watches him kiss at her knuckles with a tender expression, despite all her fear.]

But— [She presses her lips together.] I can't just stand by and do nothing, not while everyone else fights for me.

[downtonabbeast]

You don't have to fight [and possibly get yourself killed] to do something. I feel your resourcefulness will do us even more good than your fists.

[he loves his beautiful fight girlfriend but she doesn't have a big stick and these shadows aren't hungry wolves]

[greatwidesomewhere]

[She understands, suddenly. She does. He's just trying to keep her safe. But he's also not wrong. Perhaps she can truly do some good with her brain, more than she could with any weapon.

Belle nods, a shaky smile.]

As long as—as long as you promise to come back.

[downtonabbeast]

I promise. [He smiles, meeting his eyes to hers.] And when this is all said and done, when we win, [Not if.] I'd like to ask you something.

[greatwidesomewhere]

[Her eyes go wide, just for a moment, and—is her heart really thundering that loudly?

She looks up into the face that she loves so much, and nods, biting her lip. And then realizes that there's something she really ought to tell him.

Just in case.]

I love you, Adam.

1/2

[downtonabbeast]

[Oh.

And there they are, the words he's needed to hear for so long and wanted to hear from her since she left the castle to save her father. But it's too late now isn't it? For him to transform back into a human, for his servants to have their lives back, for his castle.

For the moment that feels like it lasts forever all he can hear is the pounding of his own heart in his ears.]

Belle.

2/2

[downtonabbeast]

...I love you.

[Adam wraps an arm around Belle's waist and dips her down, leaning in to kiss her. After a few lingering moments, he pulls away and touches his forehead to hers.]

My love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.

[greatwidesomewhere]

[There's a brief moment of panic, where Belle is afraid she said the wrong thing. But instinct prevails, and when he says her name, returns her love—

She gasps, feeling the floor tilt sideways, his strong arm at her back sending butterflies to the pit of her stomach, and he's kissing her. She feels like she could explode from happiness just from that, just from being so close, knowing he feels the same way she does, and then he pulls back and recites Shakespeare—

Not just Shakespeare. Romeo et Juliet. She could cry, but she doesn't. Instead, she closes her eyes, smiles, and finishes the verse.]

I hear some noise within; dear love, adieu!

[She should get to the church. People might need her help.]