Community Center, All Day Monday

[fjordicswagger]

Fandom had worked hard, both inside and outside, for this party to happen. The corridor from the Causeway to the community center was as clean as it was going to get-- though some monsters still strayed in from time to time, they were easily dispatched.

Tamsin had returned to Town Hall to send out newsletters to the alumni, describing the weekend's events, and communicating the part where apparently making kids happy was going to help cure this or something. Y'know, in case they wanted to pitch in.

The community center was ready for their arrival, and for the arrival of anyone else willing to help party the ghosts away. It was covered from one corner to the next in garlands, balloons and colored Christmas lights; glitter had been dumped liberally over most surfaces, providing a sheen of fake snow. As the day neared noon, the food was readied.

Above the islands, clouds gathered. It began to snow.

[[ wait for the ocd up! ]]

Across The Island, All Day, Monday

[endsthegame]

The change did not come suddenly, as these things often did; it came gradually, as if a gentle wind blew across the island, raking up monsters, raking up demons as if they were leaves scattered on the pavement. A creature winked out here-- a vision ended prematurely there.

By noon, half had gone. Several hours later, most had fled.

Some lingered, in the dark corners of the island. But the gentle warmth of colored lights, the sound of children laughing, these were not things that could not be warded off forever.

When the sun went down, the last whisp of darkness went with it, to be replaced by a deep flame of joy within all hearts.

Christmas came. And the snow kept falling.

[[ and thus ends the BDE! thank you for playing! ]]