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]

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.

[devoutish]

No.

[It's not stupid. It's a feeling he knows all too well now, and he hates it.]

You aren't the only one with those feelings.

[nursetemple]

[She takes a step closer to him again, reaching out for the cuff of his shirt.]

I still have regular nightmares.

[devoutish]

There are times when I can't bring myself to step out into the snow. It feels too much like--

[Well. She knows what it feels like.]

Norfinbury has stolen a piece of my life from me, even now that I'm back.

[nursetemple]

I don't think we'll ever get that piece of ourselves back, Alfie. It's like - PTSD, really. We were tortured, for a long time. But we can rely on each other.

[devoutish]

The people here are the ones I want to rely on. My people, my family.

[nursetemple]

The two are not mutually exclusive. You're just relying on different people for different things.