THE POST-GAME "EVERYBODY GETS TO VISIT EVERYBODY ELSE" MEME

[devoutish]

Good news! The mysteries of the town have all been uncovered and solved, and characters have found a way to harness the power that brought them here in order to return home. Even better, they've gained total control over its workings, allowing them to visit other worlds on a temporary or permanent basis. Want to go home with your new friends? Want to live on your own world but take free vacations to visit them whenever you want? It's all doable!

Leave a comment briefly describing your character's world/home for other people to comment to. Thread out a visit, create shenanigans, do whatever you want GO CRAZY

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[nursetemple]

[She looks up at him, surprised at this silent admission that he does miss them.]

Royce, Tifa, Emily, right? It's only natural, Alfie. Have you seen any of them yet?

[It makes the most sense. Maybe Watson, too. Whatever they might have shared when in Norfinbury, she doesn't fool herself into thinking she was as important to him as these other people, and that's okay.]

[devoutish]

Royce, Tifa, Emily, Kesara, Watson, you... yeah. I've had a few of 'em as visitors. Haven't left my world myself, yet.

[He doesn't think he will.]

[nursetemple]

Me?

[Yep, she's fishing for it. She's not visiting him because she doesn't care, after all.]

I'm not actually surprised you haven't left. You must be busy around here.

[devoutish]

[He pokes a finger at her shoulder. Yup, you.]

There's a part of me, right, that worries that if I leave I won't be able to get back.

[nursetemple]

[She resists grabbing in hand in hers in answer.]

I get that. I may have tested with visiting people in my universe first, and then universes very close to mine, just to make sure.

[devoutish]

I've never heard of it going badly. But...

[He shakes his head.]

[nursetemple]

Yeah, I know.

[She nods, hanging her head down.]

That's why it's taken me so long to come see you.

[Well. One of the reasons.]

[devoutish]

The only reason?

[Sorry, Claire. He's astute.]

[nursetemple]

Hm, well.

[She shrugs a shoulder, looking back at him.]

I wondered if it'd be awkward.

[devoutish]

Should it be?

[nursetemple]

I don't know. I didn't say it was rational, but I didn't want to barge in on you while you're, who knows, having dinner with your new wife or something. I didn't want to intrude, or make you have to explain. You never owed me that, so I wasn't sure if I should risk it.

[devoutish]

[He smiles.]

I haven't been back nearly long enough for that. No women.

[Well, no long-term women, anyway.]

[nursetemple]

[She opens her hands as she shrugs, an embarrassed smile on her face.]

I couldn't be sure. But I'm - I'm glad to see you. I really am.

[devoutish]

And your man...?

[nursetemple]

I don't - [How to even explain the mess that is Matt now. It's so much better that she's not involved with him anymore.]

I don't have a man.

[devoutish]

All right.

[If she doesn't want to talk about it, he's not going to ask.]

None of this has stopped my mother from trying to settle me down, of course. She doesn't know that I've only just returned from an awful time in Alaska.

[nursetemple]

[She can think of several ways to remind him of some good times they've had back in Alaska, but that's not why she visited. She was just curious about his health and well-being.]

Are you trying to settle down, or is it just something she wants for you?

[devoutish]

Not trying very hard, no; I'm focusing on my work. But I'd like it for myself - soon, before I get too old to be chasing kids around.

[nursetemple]

Best of luck with that.

[She gives him a smile, even though she once more feels like she's intruding, like she's pulling him back into a time he wants to forget entirely.]

Well, I should probably...go. I should.

[devoutish]

[He frowns a little, confused, but nods.]

If you want, yeah, I won't keep you. You've changed your mind about having a visit, then?

[nursetemple]

No, I -

[She looks down at her hands, wipes them on her coat. She feels stupid.]

I just don't want to be in your way.

[devoutish]

[He gives her a look, and a little snort - amused and disbelieving.]

If you were in my way, you would not have gotten through the front door.

[nursetemple]

Did you talk to your men about us? Me?

[She's genuinely curious.]

Did you tell them about what happened?

[She tried to tell Matt. It did not go well.]

[devoutish]

I haven't told anybody.

[He's somber about it.]

Nobody here knows.

[nursetemple]

I tried - I tried to tell someone, but. How? I couldn't. There's no good way of explaining it.

[She licks her lips, looking down.]

It makes seeing you even better, in a way. Like I can be myself, with this part of me that I can't talk about. It sounds stupid, sorry.