thewatchers: Headmistress (Mila Duchene)
The Watchers of Night ([personal profile] thewatchers) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2021-03-13 07:55 pm

[Fourth Wall Finale] Day: Break


[Fourth Wall Finale] Day: Break
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Suneater falls like a star’s dark mirror, crashing to the Earth in a haze of icy blackness so hard it shakes the ground for miles- but it still falls.

As the first rays of light begin to dawn on the horizon, the massive dragon raises its’ head one last time, straining to open its’ jaws in one last, hungry attempt to devour the light… and collapses completely, breaking apart into smoke and dust.

When it dissipates, only a massive skeleton is left behind, bones as clean and dry as if they had been resting there for years.

And very, very softly, so faint it almost can’t be heard, every Candle living hears the voice of something very far away- not even remotely human, but so deeply, endlessly warm:

”Thank you.”

It isn’t a voice you’ve ever heard before… but something about it makes you instinctively look up, towards the rising Sun. Somehow, the light and the voice remind you of each other.

Though the final blow doesn’t instantly destroy the various zealots and opportunists that followed in the last Herald’s wake, Suneater’s death and the knowledge that Nightfall has been lost to them is an unrecoverable blow to the enemy’s morale, and the remaining foes are fairly simple for Daybreak’s forces to finish up- those that don’t simply flee or surrender outright.

When the last of the opposition is fled, dead, or safely in custody, and none of the scouts or Seers report any further traps or tricks in store, the word goes out. The Headmistress, leaning heavily on her sword to support herself in her exhaustion, lifts her hand and calls out the signal, which is taken up and passed along:

The battle is over.

Cassandra sinks gently, carefully to one knee and plants her own massive sword in the ground, a golden grave marker for everyone lost in the struggle to stop the night... and maybe even for Suneater as well, last and lost master of a wild, primal world long gone, twisted though it was by the end.

Under her steady digital guidance, the vast construct disassembles itself and once more resumes the form of the school as you’ve known it.

...And yes, all your belongings were stored safely during the fight. (You may return to your dorms to find some particularly fragile items covered in bubble wrap. It’s unclear whether this served a practical purpose or was just a discreet little joke on Cassandra’s part.)

It’s time to lay down your weapons, treat the wounded, bury the dead. The cleanup may well take years, and those lost to the last Herald of Night may never be returned to us- but the casualties were the tiniest fraction of what the world would have suffered if the battle had been lost, and those who survived have time now. You are no longer the generation born into a world on the brink of disaster, a world running out of time. You can recover, rest, and rebuild at your leisure.

The duty of Daybreak Academy is complete.

Your job is done.

But…

Well. You’ve learned a lot, haven’t you? Part of it was just how cruel and wicked the world can be… but part of it was how beautiful and wondrous it is, too.

Even though its’ duty is done, Daybreak Academy will remain, offering guidance and knowledge to anyone who asks for it- and beyond the Academy’s doors, there’s a whole new horizon out there. Earth and the Outlands are open and free for anyone willing to brave the journey. In the world that has not died, there are endless possibilities for you to explore and discover, to find joy and sorrow and everything that you never expected until you found it.

It’s a brand new day.
unlogic: (uniform/skeptical)

[personal profile] unlogic 2021-03-17 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[She hadn't told him about that until after the fact, but it had probably been clear enough, from how she had seemed surprised by something, that something had happened in the moments before she went and did the thing.]

It's a risk I had to take because we couldn't afford to take chances, you know? [If things had turned out badly for her because of it, well, as long as it still worked, she thinks she would have been fine with that.]

Mmm, what did you have in mind? The usual place again, or do you think we should change things up for the occasion?
shockingblue: (Smile)

[personal profile] shockingblue 2021-03-17 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I know. If we didn't do everything in our power then, we might not be here now.

[Though it's not lost on him how close he might've been to heartbreak that day. Even if they still somehow won, if something happened to Desidera... he wasn't sure that stopping Nightfall would've felt like a victory at that point. At least, to him. It'd be... yet another scar. And that one would be tough to heal.

But thankfully, that was a fear he could put to rest for good now.]


No, I want to take you someplace nicer than that. One of the fancier places in Soleil. We don't get to celebrate saving the world often. And we don't have to worry about cost, either, consider the school's been paying me big royalties on that railgun design.
unlogic: (uniform/plotting)

[personal profile] unlogic 2021-03-18 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sounds like somebody is planning to go all-out.]

And when did you want to do this? [They have the time, now; it could be literally whenever. Though, her eighteenth birthday is in just over a month and he'll almost certainly want to do something for that too, so chances are he would be looking at sooner rather than later for this.]
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[personal profile] shockingblue 2021-03-24 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Gunvolt grinned a little more, giving her a wink.]

Well, I was thinking a couple of days after you get off heavy rest. Go to a movie in the afternoon, come back here, get changed, go for a nice dinner and walk through town, and then come back. Like I said, not like you need to worry about magic for something like that. As long as we don't get dragged into a night of crimefighting vigilantism and superheroism I think we'll be okay, y'know?

[So yes, it was definitely sooner. A night just for the two of them, doing something that was definitely long overdue. Sure, they spent a good amount of time together in their room, either reading, watching movies, playing games, or something like that, but... this was a little different. More indulgent. Fun, without worry.]

And don't worry, we'll do something for your birthday too. But... after everything we've been through, I think we deserve it.
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[personal profile] unlogic 2021-03-24 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[They've also gone out before, but those outings had been kept simple and weren't anything too large or too long, because until now, they each had certain obligations that they couldn't spend too much time away from. They'll still have some of those obligations for however long they remain at the academy, but it won't be nearly as pressing as before.

Having a chance to do something more substantial is...it'll be nice.]


Mmm, I wouldn't be too surprised if we did get dragged into something, but we could use a little break from being somebody's heroes for at least a day.