Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care about that!

[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone!
What: The final day. Moonfall. Twenty-Four hours remain. How do you spend it?
When: The 30th, all day
Where: Anywhere
Summary: The last day. The end has come. The moon is coming down and piercing the barrier. Nothing can stop it.
Rating: It will vary.


Details are here. But here's a recap and expansion!

By the time morning hits Luceti, the Moon has begun to breach the barrier, noticeable by how the barrier will fluctuate about the Moon's face in strange ribbons of energy. The oceans and lakes begin to rage as they are caught by the Moon's gravity. The ground begins to quake in an unsettling way. Small and harmless tremors that will slowly intensify over the course of the day. With the Moon already partway through the barrier, it will be noticeable that it is not quite as large as the real Moon. Though quite vast, the Moon itself does is not quite the entire size of Luceti, but is large enough to span the entire village and more. The Moon's angered face does not cease for a moment, even as it becomes the only sight in the sky.

Yet it remains in the sky, slowly breaking through the barrier, and proving indestructible in spite of all that is thrown at it. In the evening it will begin to cause gravitational disturbances, drawing up debris and small objects into the air. When it finally reaches midnight, the bottom of the Moon will be one mile above Luceti. At that point, all will suddenly black out and know no more. What becomes of the Moon? Does Luceti go splat? Will CJ finally get his moon rocks? Stay tuned!

Comments

[consultmybooks]

But she won't know, will she?

...or are you planning to tell her just how wrong things have gone?

[shadedsunlight]

[Alice stops again. He's right, much as she hates to admit it. Like many things, she'd take this secret down with her and never mention it on paper.]

/...I can't stop her from waking up in the morning, injured, but she doesn't have to know it was Helios.

And she won't know if you choose to stay./

[consultmybooks]

Helios might tell her himself.

...and it's certainly a matter that needs to be addressed. But, um, at a better time.

[If there is a better time.]

And I am staying. I would have with or without you getting hurt.

[shadedsunlight]

[If there's a better time. Personally, Alice doesn't know what to think about Ginia knowing. She deserves the truth, but it's a complicated sort of thing. It's not like home anymore.

And hadn't Helios been the one who said he liked to give everyone a chance?]

/She would have as well, injured or not. See it to the end./

[consultmybooks]

She also would have helped people into the tunnels, if she were in any fit state. [He lays down on the bed he's chosen to occupy, wincing faintly as his injured shoulder is jostled.] So would I, if I were in any fit state.

[shadedsunlight]

/We'd do a lot of things under different circumstances./

[Alice slips her shoes off and leaves them by the bed so she can bring her knees up and rest her chin on them. She perches a little and looks across at him, exhausted, but not wanting to rest, not yet.]

/...Is he feeling better?/

[consultmybooks]

Helios, do you mean? [He lets out a soft sigh.] We got the mask off. We didn't hurt him much. Well, we couldn't hurt him much.

If his experience is anything like mine, he'll remember what happened in a while. And I don't envy him when he does. If we live that long, of course, but I did manage to force him down into the tunnels.

[shadedsunlight]

[She nods, looking back at the floor, still not sure what to think about Helios. A lot of fear, some anger, but mostly a lot of sadness and hurt.]

/...I don't hate him. If you were wondering./

[consultmybooks]

I was.

And he'll be glad to hear it.

[Once they can get the idea through his head.]

[shadedsunlight]

/Afraid. A little mad. But... he couldn't help himself, right? Because of the Malnosso? And.../

[She grows quiet again, chin on her knees and looking utterly defeated and much like a lost child.]

/He says he believes in giving people chances. That's why he's nice to me./

[consultmybooks]

...he couldn't help himself. Because of the Malnosso. Because of that mask.

[His tone softens, turning almost gentle.] And that sounds just like something he'd say.

[shadedsunlight]

/And if he's giving me a chance, then I should give him a chance too, right? Because he couldn't help himself and...

That side the mask brought out, it... it isn't him. It's not like things with me. Us. Because I come out even when there isn't a mask or the Malnosso./