The Park, Monday Evening

[lockestheway]

Portals elsewhere might break, send you to the wrong planet, or leave you hanging; this one was forever faithful to its own schedule.

Sadly, for those denizens of the island who might have grown attached to their children, that meant it was time to say goodbye. The portal popped up blazing purple in the center of the park, calling to those it had taken here just a few days ago.

Time to go, time to go home, children.

[[ for your AU kidlet goodbyes! Sniff. ]]

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[necroslacker]

Yeah, Sam wasn't sure what to say right now either. He felt almost nauseous now and there was a mixture of relief and sadness in there as well.

"I think -- " He looked down. " -- I'm gonna go."

He was also still struggling with things.

[whenshewasnice]

"... Okay."

Natalie kind of wished she'd felt more surprised than she did, honestly. He'd been struggling since yesterday, and she knew it. She also wished there'd been something she could do, but she was too tired to impose in any way.

"I'll see you later."

[necroslacker]

"Yeah."

He glanced over at her once more before he got his feet moving in the direction of...somewhere. He just needed some time.

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie watched him walk away in silence, then took off in another direction herself.

Whatever. She'd deal with this later.