Recuérdame.

[riptorn]

[Those of you who wish to see those who passed on? You'll be directed outside by Zeus, where he raises his arms, and marigolds begin to float around him. They float upwards, and form into a bridge.

It's structurally sound, and it seems fitting that you can cross it.

Eventually, you'll see it. Elysium. The Land of The Dead. Gentle music plays as you cross over into the city.

It's...festive. It's always festive. The architecture is colorful and full of spirit, and your group seems to be the only ones...human in appearance. Even your old friends seem to be a bit more skeletal in appearance. You can spend as much time here as you like, but eventually, that bridge will disappear. And you'll have to leave.

But...they'll never truly be gone. Not if you remember them. And someday, you'll join them. But for now, you celebrate. You've earned your happy ending.]

(ooc: This is the last log for the three canon rounds of Foolish Mortals! Thanks for coming along for the ride - we loved having you, and we hope to see ya real soon!)

Comments

[whistlenotchirp]

[He rubs his neck sheepishly, surprised at the skeletal bumps he feels.]

I... don't know. But it won't be forever. You will see me again. I'll knock their blocks off myself if they don't let ya!

[He just sort of sits down where he stands though, patting Pinoc's shoulder.] And when we do see each other, you gotta tell me all the sights and sounds and people you met. I'll want to know everything.

I- [And he chokes on the words and he's surprised that he's choking on the words. He's trying to desperately to be strong right now but its starting to fall apart at the seams.] I-I wanted to see you grow up so bad, Pinoc. It was all I ever wanted.

[madeofpine]

I will. I can almost write now, and I promise I'll go to school for real this time when I get home so I can get better at it. I'll make a list of stuff to tell you.

[He thinks maybe it'll help him pay more attention, anyways, and listen better and slow down. Maybe that's a start. All he knows is he has to at least prove that he learned something, that even having messed up so much he can still achieve the only thing he was meant to do from the start-- that he's good enough on his own to become real.]

And I'll visit a whole lot. Whenever I can. That way you can still sorta see, right?

[It isn't the same, not at all, and if he'd gotten a choice it's the last thing he would've wanted, but. You can't change everything, no matter how much you want to or how unfair it is. He's figured that out now, now that so much has happened. There's something to be said about learning from past mistakes but he's too tired for any sort of lesson anymore, he just wants to see him while he still can.]

Plus it's pretty here. I bet it'll be fun, I bet time will go super fast.

[It's too nice here to be sad, at least. He doesn't want him to feel bad when there's still something to be hopeful about, even if it's hard for Pinocchio to sound as optimistic as he wants to.]