The sky shines differently today than it did yesterday

[employeeoftheyear]

[Perhaps to the surprise of no one, there is no after party after that trial. Two children were dead. Two children were dead over a simple accident and the Wizard cared more about himself than anyone else. But they won't give up, they can't give up. They had to keep fighting until everything's been set right.

At the Lobby ofrenda later that night, there are six origami pieces accoupling the other memorials. A penguin, a rose, an octopus man, computer, a music note, and the last one are of a boy and girl holding hands. Along with that there is a plate of strawberry cupcakes with blueberry icing and a note that reads:]

There is still hope and love in the world

Never let The Wizard make you think otherwise 💗

Comments

[whatyouwant]

Varian and Elizabeth didn't kill anyone either. They had accidents that the Wizard blamed them for.

[Elle squeezes his hand and pulls back just enough to look him in the eye.]

I can't promise something like that won't happen, but I do promise that if it does, I'll tell you right away.

[mcfife]

[With that, Angus sits up.]

Varian chose not to find help. He chose to let her die, even if it was peacefully. Elle, he would not have decided to kill her if it weren't for the Wizard. If he hadn't consider himself a - if he thought he was a terrible person! This is what the Wizard wants, he wants us to think nothing of death, to have these second thoughts! He's trying to trick us into evil, that's what he's doing!

[whatyouwant]

But like, even if Varian did look for help...what would that have done? We couldn't have saved her, and worse case scenario, the Wizard would have come up with some bullshit reason why someone else was guilty and we wouldn't even have known who was the right person to vote for.

[She sighs and turns so she can hug Angus better in their seats.]

I've been trying so hard to stay positive, to keep everyone's spirits up, but I don't know how much longer I can keep this up.

[mcfife]

We might have! We might have - we have people who know things. There's so many things we could have done, if only we were faster!

...If only we knew things sooner.

[It was the lack of time that lead to Zargothrax nearly conquering the prime timeline. They were too slow to save Mumble, too slow to help Connor, too slow, to find Rina.]

We're all just too late to save anyone.

[whatyouwant]

[Elle wants to say something like "We'll save the next one!" or "We'll get out of here before it can happen again!" but she just...can't.

So she doesn't say anything, instead turning her face into the crook of Angus' neck and letting just a few tears out.]

[mcfife]

[She doesn't have to speak; he knows how she feels. Unlike Elle, Angus has seen the death of many. But a billion is a statistic; seven is a tragedy. As she cries, he caresses the back of her head.]

I have saved nations before. I can save a few people.