[Dream Event Post - Epilogue]

[arknpcs3]

::So you see Cosmo Queen's castle on the horizon, stretching to this barren point of rock you find yourself on, well mostly barren 'cept for a few weeds. And this lady is placing TNT on the land bridge connecting to said castle.::

Just one or two more sticks...

Comments

[arknpcs3]

You look fancier this time.

And yup.

[becomeanwarrior]

I feel fancier. Better, maybe.

Probably for the best, all things considered. I felt bad for them at first, but with how far they were willing to go... mn.

[arknpcs3]

... Why did you fell bad for them? Though admittedly, desperation does make you do pretty intense things.

[becomeanwarrior]

Being locked away in a dead land, all alone with no way out... it's kind of terrible, in its own way.

[He sighs, looking over the bridge.]

I didn't know the whole story, though.

[arknpcs3]

It's intentional. They wouldn't trust anyone, especially considering her majesty's rep.

[becomeanwarrior]

Yeah, I see that now, but then I just thought if I could figure the rest of it out maybe I could help them.

I don't know. It's not a big deal, I suppose.

[arknpcs3]

It's a pretty big deal. If she escaped, she'd wreck havoc across the twelve Dimensions.

[becomeanwarrior]

Well, of course there's that, I was more talking about my own feelings on how I couldn't help them.

I wouldn't let them try to wreck havoc across the 12 Dimensions.

[arknpcs3]

So you hated not being able to help them.

[becomeanwarrior]

...In a way, yes. But in the end had they escaped it would have been much worse overall for everyone.

It's a hard thing to come to terms with.

[arknpcs3]

That doing the right thing is doing the thing you hate the most?

[becomeanwarrior]

And going back on what I thought was right, yes.

It's not often I have to prove myself wrong, and it's not a pleasant feeling. I'd much rather charge ahead and break through any obstacles between me and my goal.

The only problem is when I'm the one in the way of my own goal.

[arknpcs3]

Do you feel any different for the experience?

[becomeanwarrior]

Maybe a little. But in all sorts of different ways. I did something I've been planning to do for a while, helped someoen I love realize their true potential... saved the city again...

...I'm not sure if I necessarily changed much from it, to be honest. It's just another day for me. Maybe the calls are tough sometimes...

But I made a promise to myself, years ago. I'd become someone so tough that even if the world were to fall directly on my shoulders, I'd keep pushing on. That's the kind of guy I'm going to be, no matter what.

If that got a little speechy... well. Sorry.

[arknpcs3]

... Seems like you realized what was finally important.

::Smirks a bit.::

[becomeanwarrior]

Oh, really now? Usually when I start belting lines like that people tell me to save it.

[He chuckles dryly.]

[arknpcs3]

Probably because your timing is ass. And you put too many extra words in.