Tattered World Finale: Part 2...
Posted on August 28, 2025Posted by: "Fragment of Iris"
Will you return to Hope without me now, in our true time of the present day, and help my current self in that time? Here, in this unraveling thread of the future, I know that if I am ever to accept my whole self... and become myself, whoever that may be… the Unmaker is the one who holds that key.
There they go... Thank you. Both of you. All of you. For sharing your journeys with me, creating lifelong bonds that will continue to guide us through whatever trials we must face in the future... Even alone, I'm not alone. All of you are still with me.
I'm so glad that the Kith can become whole at last. Even... me.
I'm here, Secret Key Snarl. I'm here for you. I'm here for me - because you are me, aren't you? Or you were me, quite a long time ago. As much as I can feel myself resisting the idea that I could be made up of something so hurtful, so manipulative, so controlling... I feel certain now that those emotions don't define me. And they needn't define you, either, if you are as ready to face me as I am ready to face you.
I see you there, lurking in the Tatters, revealing yourself ever so secretively. Come to me, Snarl. I will wait patiently for you right here. Even if you attack me, I will not battle you. Closer... closer... fully revealed, but waiting. For what? Are we both waiting for the other to act first?
No, wait - shifting suddenly - are you using the Tatters to attack? Secret Key Snarl, I will not fight you! I won't - Oh! Not an attack, but a twist, like a key turning a lock, revealing that same shattering of unraveled reality all around us, the thousands upon thousands of splitting paths that you’ve unlocked -
But I have walked them!
Posted by: "Fragments of Iris"
- it's one thing to keep trying your best, and quite another to push yourself past the point of exhaustion until you're ground down into nothing -
- finding a way to direct that negative energy into our work and turn it to our advantage, or even by making peace with those feelings -
- it’s not so much what we think or say that matters, but what we choose to do that determines whether we’re a hero or a villain -
- the space to safely process and take ownership over their own feelings and their own emotional expressions, even when they’re complex -
- looking too deeply into all our possible failures and mistakes is to blind ourselves to our own capacity for hope - hope for our faith, our friends, ourselves -
- because of everybody who put in the work, often thanklessly, and devoted themselves to their tasks, all gradually contributing and building upon each other -
- the smallest action can shape a story, and each of us plays such different roles in each other's stories -
- hold on to the knowledge that, despite the grief and pain that loss causes, it can create beautiful growth and positive change in its wake -
- sacrifice, then, can be a powerful act of love that fulfills you more than it costs you, in choosing to give up something of yourself to gain something greater than yourself -
- family is so much more than the group of people you happen to be born to. It’s a choice you make about who you care for, and how deeply you care for them -
Oh! And now, walking back down these countless paths of enlightenment... healing every opposition that they encounter! It’s me! Countless versions of me, each with their own lessons learned, returning to the source... So many different parts of myself, weaving back together, like a tapestry taking shape out of a thousand unique threads! Everything I've done for the good of these many Kith, walking by their side, learning so much from their choices, their journeys, their bonds! My most positive and heartfelt emotions, not painful or confusing anymore, but enlightening and hopeful - my H.O.P.E. - I can almost remember-!
Oh! Oh... Almost, but not quite. The calculation hidden behind this Kith and Snarl division... Of course! Even when I've added all my selves together, this optimism is only one half of the equation.
Secret Key Snarl, join me! Return to me! I am truly sorry that I was so opposed to you before - so unwilling to accept the worst of what I might have been, or perhaps could be - I am ready to accept you now! Please, make us whole again! Again! AGAIN! A.G.A.I.N....!
