It's time to go.
Most people are on the train by now. Settled into their cabins and among friends and loved ones. There are only three new arrivals left to board and once they do, Hal pulls a conductor's hat out from underneath the bar, tugs it on, and steps around it to the middle of the train. He opens his mouth to talk, voice filling the train.
"It's time to go. Stops happen once a day until everyone's departed and I already have your stopped listed. If you'd like to be prioritized, let me know, otherwise we'll go in order of death. Settle in and enjoy the ride. If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask, folks."
This, of course, means that those who died earliest (Manfred, Higekiri) will depart first while those who died latest (Barnham, Damian, Percy) will depart last. There's a stop for everyone, though those who want to get off together are more than welcome to. Hal pulls a notepad and pen out of his pocket later and people will notice that he goes around the train confirming stops with everyone. Whatever feeling Hal may have had to a character back in town isn't noticeable here -- he is simply a robot assigned with a job.
After that, it's all a matter of settling in and enjoying the ride. If that's possible for you, at least.
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[ Milla. Milla, you make her sad. ]
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Don't you remember what I told you, Sara?
[the night before her execution, while they were passing notes in the jail cell like two school girls]
I don't have time for human relationships. They're. . . complicated.
[she says that so firmly and without hesitation that it almost seems callous. but her heart aches a bit even as she speaks. she knows she won't regret returning to Rieze Maxia as Maxwell, but. . .]
[there may be a reason she's looking so wistful]
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[ A pause. And then Sara nudges their shoulders together, also not unlike two school girls. ]
I don't think something being complicated means giving up on it completely. So you can tell me you've got some important duty back home, and I'll get it. But don't you think that's what loopholes and creative thinking are for?
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Loopholes?
[okay, she'd be lying if she said she hadn't tried to think of said loopholes. but she dismissed those thoughts as quickly as they flickered into her mind]
I don't think there are any loopholes that can change what needs to be done. It isn't just a matter of duty. [hesitation] When I return home, I'll return to the spirit realm. There's no way for a human to enter that realm, and there will be no way for me to exist among humans without a human body. Even if Noctis were to come to my world. . .
[she shakes her head]
I couldn't see him.
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Milla, you can't just-- you know, ask the Sheriff to make it possible for you to have a human body or give Noct visiting rights or something?
[ HELP HER TO HELP YOU. ]
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[but she doesn't believe it's that easy]
I'm not so sure about that.
To maintain a human form that can exist in the human realm, I need to feed off of the world's precious mana supplies. Those supplies are limited, and they need to be used to keep the world alive.
So unless the Sheriff could give me a human body that doesn't need to feed off of that mana to exist, then it isn't that easy.
. . . and besides. Noctis has duties to attend to on his world, as well.
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I haven't asked because I don't wish to get my hopes up.
[her voice softens]
And I suppose we aren't. . . intent on never seeing each other again. I'm just acutely aware. . . that that is how things will have to be.
[she's accepting of it. that's all]
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But in the end, it's your decision.
[ And she won't judge her either way, except some minor grumbling. ]
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[Milla had always followed her heart. but what is one supposed to do when their heart wants more than one thing? she wants to be Maxwell, more than anything in the world she wants to carry out her duties as the protector of humans and spirits. that is her desire above all desires, and she won't put it secondary to anything else]
[but she also wants. . . she wants. . .]
[. . .]
[she wants to see Noctis. and not just him, but Percy, Jason, Damian, Natalie, Shinnosuke, Sara, Yuna, Barnham. . .]
[Alvin. Leia. Elize. Rowen. Jude.]
[she never in her mind thought she could have everything, but Sara's pushing makes her think--]
If you were in my position, Sara, what would you do?
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Well, if I was you, and tends to do things that she knows is right and cares too deeply about other people, I'd be selfish for once. And I'd do whatever it takes to make it work, because both you and I are stubborn ladies, Milla. If something seems impossible, we find a new way around it.
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[well. well!! there's possibly nothing closer to the truth than that, it's true. she lifts a hand and presses it over her heart again, fingers curling into a fist. is there a way for her to continue on as Maxwell, while also being able to visit the humans she came to love so much? is there a way. . . for her to exit the spirit realm, and exist on the world without eating up precious mana?]
[is there a way for her to see Noctis again, even though he has a kingdom to run and she has a world to protect]
[honestly, she doesn't know, but. . . well. maybe she should try and see]
I suppose if I. . . asked the Sheriff to create for me a human vessel similar to this one. . .
[one that didn't need mana to exist. one that could travel between the spirit realm and the human one freely]
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It was definitely Milla Maxwell. ]
It couldn't hurt to ask, right? Nothing ever got done by just wondering about it.
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You're right. I can't believe I was so weak-willed about this. It isn't like me at all.
[the look she gives Sara is fond, grateful. Sara's been a true friend to her through all of this, all the way until the very end]
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[ Just not ones to keep herself calm in trials. This is friendship, after all. And in the end, Sara definitely wants her friend to be happy. ]
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[speaking of--]
If. . . I am being "selfish," then I'd like to write letters as well. To you. To everyone else. Do you think that's something we could do, Sara?
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[ She didn't want to completely fall out of touch with Milla, anyway. ]
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[a bird that flies BETWEEN DIMENSIONS or something]
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[ EXPLAIN YOUR WEIRD TERMS TO HER, PLEASE. ]
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It's a type of messenger bird. Its use is very common on my world.
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[and the thought seems to put her at ease. this is okay. she can return to her duties as Maxwell, and keep in contact with her friends-- the ones she made here, and the ones she made at home]
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[ Sara's always liked her conviction, after all. A satisfied face suits Milla much better. ]
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[she was]
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[ Don't front. ]
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