Goodbyes (T-Shirt)

[20:26] <Adam> [You lounge mid air by the Door to the new session, fiddling with your shiny]
[20:26] <Adam> [After a while, you stop and squint at it.]
[20:26] <Adam> [It'll do, you think, for quite a while. It fwips back in your chest and you wait for the rest of your coplayers]
[20:28] <Vilegi> [There's a flash of red gears, and you appear beside Adam]
[20:28] <Adam> ["Hey, Vilegi"]
[20:28] <Vilegi> ["Sup"]
[20:30] <Adam> ["So. This is it."]
[20:32] <Vilegi> ["This it is"]
[20:32] <@Terese> [The flash of the signature lotus signals the arrival of you and Bash. You portal in holding hands, holding rather tight to him.]
[20:33] <Bash> [The heat heralds your arrival and you do a dumb little flourish with your free hand because let's face it you're a complete dork.]
[20:33] <Adam> [You snort]
[20:34] <Vilegi> [You giggle]
[20:34] <Vilegi> ["Hi Terese, hi mister silly bum"]
[20:35] <Adam> [You chuckle at that]
[20:35] <@Terese> ["Dawn greet you Vilegi, Adam." You're trying your best to sound happy, but it just isn't coming. You don't want to leave them.]
[20:35] <Bash> ["Session jester at your service. Well, would have been had I somehow gotten Clown."]
[20:36] <Adam> ["Oh dear god that would have been a nightmare."]
[20:36] <@Terese> [You give a small chuckle and pull closer to Bash, resting your head on his shoulder.]
[20:37] <Bash> ["Yep, moving on now." You wrap Terese up in your arms and pat her head slightly "So."]
[20:37] <Adam> ["So."]
[20:37] <Adam> [You stand up, feet on the ground like a sensible person]
[20:38] <@Terese> [You sniffle, just a little. They're your friends and family, and you have to leave them.]
[20:38] <Vilegi> ["If we have a 'so' contest to decide what to do I'm just going to bring out cake]
[20:38] <Vilegi> ["To someones face"]
[20:38] <Adam> [You snort. "No need."]
[20:38] <Vilegi> ["Actually can I do that anyways?"]
[20:38] <Adam> ["I'm going through first"]
[20:38] <Adam> ["...Fuck it, why not"]
[20:38] <Bash> ["I vote group hug because hell no you ain't leaving without a goddamned hug"]
[20:39] <Vilegi> [You perk up "Whoo!" you take out a cake "Just one second"]
[20:39] <Adam> ["Of course"]
[20:39] <Vilegi> [You smash the cake into his face]
[20:39] <@Terese> [You break out into giggles at that. "Vilegi, be nice."]
[20:40] <Vilegi> ["Too late"]
[20:40] <Bash> [You are entirely certain that voting for something you're going to forcibly do is not at all how voting works. You shrug and chuckle at V's shenanigans, and brace for possible caking.]
[20:40] <Vilegi> ["Now we get to eat cake while having a group hug! Thanks Adam!"]
[20:40] <Adam> ["Ack, pth"]
[20:40] <Adam> ["Should have expected that."]
[20:40] <Adam> [You're smiling, though, as you wipe cake from your face]
[20:41] <Vilegi> [You put and arm around him and tug him along to Bash and Terese "Group hug sounds excellent"]
[20:41] <Adam> [You hug your coplayers]
[20:42] <Bash> [Aw hell yes, hugs]
[20:42] <@Terese> ["We agree. We don't know when we'll be able to do this next." You hug them all tight, burying your face into whoevers closest.]
[20:44] <Adam> ["...Thank you, all of you. You're all fantastic. This session has been great, and has helped me through a difficult time."]
[20:44] <Adam> ["I'm honored to call you my coplayers"]
[20:45] <Bash> ["Right back at you."]
[20:45] <@Terese> ["Friends Adam. We're your /friends/. And we are glad we could help. We're going to miss you." whoevers shirt you've buried yourself in might be getting a little wet.]
[20:47] <Adam> ["I'm gonna miss you all too. You're all great friends."]
[20:48] <Vilegi> ["Adam, we're freaking corners and even then you're a damn good friend. All of you are" You don't mind the wetness]
[20:48] <@Terese> ["You are too. Even if you are sometimes horrible to us." You give a small smile. Tears still in your eyes.]
[20:50] <Bash> [You smile and also maybe pat V on the head a bit]
[20:51] <Adam> [You take a deep breath, and then extract yourself from the hug.]
[20:51] <Adam> ["I'll"]
[20:51] <Adam> ["See you all later."]
[20:51] <@Terese> ["Adam."]
[20:51] <Adam> ["And I /will/ see you later. This isn't over. Not yet."]
[20:52] <@Terese> [You look at him with a smile. "Light guide you Adam. Let it see you through the dark and the storms. Thank you for everything."]
[20:52] <Vilegi> [You give a smile at the pat, and turn to Adam "Take care man"]
[20:52] <Vilegi> ["Kick the shit out of the bad dudes alright?"]
[20:53] <Bash> ["See you later. Go kick some ass in a new session, man."]
[20:53] <Adam> [You smile at them and turn to the door]
[20:53] <Adam> [Adam: Leave the Medium]
[20:54] <@Terese> [You watch him go, no small amount of sadness on your heart, and you turn and hug Bash.]
[20:55] <Bash> [You hug that girl right this instant, knowing Adam'll be fine for a long time to come.]
[20:56] <@Terese> [You sniffle and gesture Vilegi to come over.]
[20:56] <Vilegi> [You give a sad smile, and come over, wrapping them both up in a hug]
[20:57] <Bash> [You let out a sigh. "Man, I'm gonna miss my favorite sparring partner."]
[20:58] <@Terese> [You give a shuddering breath and cling to them tightly.]
[20:58] <Vilegi> ["I'm going to miss you too..."]
[20:59] <Vilegi> ["...Even if you did end up singeing my ass that one time you dick"]
[20:59] <@Terese> ["Vilegi...we..." You hate goodbyes, Light do you hate them.]
[20:59] <Vilegi> [Another Vilegi pops up and helps with the hugs]
[20:59] <Vilegi> ["Shhh, it's alright"]
[21:00] <Bash> [You laugh. "Oh man, you should've known better than to play with fire" Bash no that was terrible]
[21:01] <Vilegi> [You giggle, and purr into Terese's hair]
[21:01] <@Terese> [You giggle a little at the purring. Still holding on like you never want to let go.]
[21:02] <Vilegi> [You pat their back "Thank you so much"]
[21:02] <Vilegi> ["For everything"]
[21:02] <Vilegi> ["...again"]
[21:03] <@Terese> [You extract yourself only to throw yourself around their neck in a hug. "We would do it a thousand times over. We have memories we'll never forget and a friend we would never want to lose."]
[21:04] <@Terese> ["We're so proud of how far you've come, and we're so, /so/ glad we could help you."]
[21:07] <Vilegi> [You pick them up to help with the hug, nuzzling into their neck "You've done just...so much that I can hardly understand /why/ you would do so much just for a friend...You literally made me question your Pale intentions three times and if you weren't just so selfless then I probably would have assumed you were"]
[21:07] <Vilegi> [Hold them tighter "If someone tries to take a shit on this friendship I will throw them off a cliff"]
[21:09] <@Terese> [You nuzzle right back. "We care about you. We care about everyone, and we'll help anyone that needs it to the best of our ability. For you, we'll do all of that and then some." You sniffle. "Light, we're going to miss you."]
[21:10] <Bash> [You aren't- oh who am I kidding those are tears forming]
[21:10] <Vilegi> [Everyone is crying at this point]
[21:11] <Vilegi> [It's okay Bash]
[21:11] <Vilegi> [Even people behind the forth wall are crying let it out man]
[21:12] <Bash> [Your narrator bottles your tears and saves them for fermentation. Yeah, screw that fourth wall.]
[21:13] <Vilegi> [You try to purr but your crying keeps on breaking it up, you decide to just run your hand through her hair and rock them slightly]
[21:13] <@Terese> [You pull yourself as close as possible. Silently crying.]
[21:15] <@Terese> ["We don't want to see you go." You manage to get out.]
[21:15] <Vilegi> [You give a broken smile "It won't be forever"]
[21:15] <Vilegi> ["One day"]
[21:16] <Vilegi> ["When we're both high session"]
[21:16] <Vilegi> ["And kick ass"]
[21:16] <Vilegi> ["We'll session together again"]
[21:16] <Bash> ["Kick /more/ ass, I think"]
[21:16] <@Terese> ["We'll keep you to that."]
[21:16] <Vilegi> ["And kick ass together"]
[21:16] <Vilegi> ["Or grab it, depending on how we are at that point"]
[21:17] <Bash> [Where's Adam, waggling is needed]
[21:17] <Bash> [...oh right]
[21:17] <@Terese> [You laugh at that. "We're going to miss you so much."]
[21:20] <Vilegi> ["Don't think there's a fucking splinter at this point who isn't going to miss you. You're an amazing person Terese, I hope you can stay that way" you start to slowly pull away from the hug]
[21:21] <@Terese> [You give one last squeeze before letting go. "You're an amazing person too Vilegi. We'll always be your friend, through night and day, darkness and light."]
[21:23] <Vilegi> [You look very close to breaking down right now, you lean forward and kiss their forehead. "Beat keep you steady Terese, and if it doesn't. I promise that I'll try my best in it's place" you walk over and give Bash a hug, before heading for the door]
[21:24] <Bash> ["See ya soon, V."]
[21:24] <@Terese> ["Light guide you Vilegi. Through the dark and the storms. We know you'll make us and everyone else proud."]
[21:26] <Vilegi> [You burst into tears when you hear that, you have to lean against the door for a couple seconds before stumbling through]
[21:28] <@Terese> [You turn to the last person left. The light and love of your life and pull close as possible to him, your hug painfully tight. Already crying.]
[21:29] <Bash> [You hug her tight and bury your head in her hair. "I'm gonna miss you."]
[21:30] <@Terese> [You take a deep breath, trying to calm yourself. "We wish we had more time, Light we wish we had so much more time."]
[21:31] <Bash> [You bite at your lip slightly. "I uh.. got you something."]
[21:32] <@Terese> [You look up at him. Teary eyed. "You did?"]
[21:35] <Bash> [You pull out a bracelet similar to the one you gave her for her birthday, black obsidian, but without the Flow imbued lines, instead replaced with brass. "I looked into what does and doesn't go through the door intact and... I handmade this, so I think it should? Didn't exactly want your birthday gift disappearing on you forever." You give her a wide smile]
[21:38] <@Terese> [That pushes you past the edge. You cling tight to him again, minutes going by before you can speak again. "Bash, we....we don't know how we got so lucky. We love you so much." You finally release the hug and slide the old one off, holding up your hand so he can put it on.]
[21:41] <Bash> [You gently place it around her wrist, and smile up at her. "I love you too, and I will as long as we live." <3.~ATH is in fact an actual file you keep. I'll leave the contents to your imaginations.]
[21:43] <@Terese> [You run a hand over the bracelet before throwing yourself into yet another hug, giving him a long and passionate kiss. "For as long as we live."]
[21:45] <Bash> [You return the kisses with all the fervor of [Insert thing here, your narrator is lazy]]
[21:46] <@Terese> ["The pendant we made should stay with you." You sniffle. "So even...even if..." Your voice catches. "Even if we can't be with each other, we each have something of the other."]
[21:48] <Bash> ["I'm always with you, love." You give her the tightest hug you can manage.]
[21:48] <@Terese> [You hug back just tight. "Just as we're with you. We love you so much."]
[21:49] <Bash> [You pick her up. "Shall we?"]
[21:50] <@Terese> [You wrap your arms around him and instead of answering, start singing softly.]
[21:51] <@Terese> ["Never know how long could be the day." You lean in, resting your head against his chest. "Since you've been gone, our blue fades to grey."]
[21:52] <@Terese> ["Never know how long could be the night. Without you, we just don't feel right." You look up at him and lean in for a kiss.]
[21:53] <@Terese> ["We're as ready as we'll ever be. We'll be looking and waiting for you. Don't make us wait too long."]
[21:53] <Bash> [You slightly mis-time the kiss. Whoops!]
[21:54] <@Terese> [You giggle and rest your head against him. "We love you. Please stay safe for us."]
[21:54] <Bash> ["I promise. You best do the same."]
[21:55] <@Terese> ["We will." You're crying again. "We will."]
[21:57] <Bash> [You smile down at her, and take you both through the Door. Next stop, who knows.]
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