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"Thousand years. A lot of ticks and tocks." Iteral said, flying next to the two upside down on her broom, hanging down like on monkey bars... except that the wind blew her a little sideways. But... she left her clocks back at the cottage. "So much time, only for third place~"

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"I wouldn't get too cocky if I were you, Iteral." A large scythe covered in flowers flew right at Iteral, cutting her broom in half. Juno laughed and brought it back to annoy Makoto, flying away. Her scythe disappeared soon after, and when it did, she was nowhere to be found.

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Shoot.

Where did she go?

He kept his speed, trying to see where she went. She wouldn’t get away that easily

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"Hey, what's that supposed to be?!" Iteral grabs her wand and mends the damage done, though she lost some distance because of it. "It's a race, not a wacky one!" She shouts, gaining speed again.

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Suddenly, from behind one of the trees, Juno jumped them and used her scythe to drag them to the ground. Right into the water. "Told you I would win. Besides, I was the only one who knew where we were going. You two would've went on forever." The car pulled in nearby, and Mercy led everyone to a specific spot, looking around.

"Thanks for keeping them occupied, Juno!" Mercy set a large blanket down in the grass. The area itself, it was all very familiar. "Come here, everyone."

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He was clearly annoyed. But she wasn’t lying, so that made him even more annoyed. He was now dripping wet, like a poor meow meow.

Either way he went over to Mercy, all grumpy looking

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"You're... something else..." Iteral groaned, going next to Juno. "Well, given how you had to sabotage us... the winners are Makoto and me. Here's third place to you." Like a dog, she shakes the water off her right onto Juno.

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"There weren't any rules, so it's technically not sabotage. He never realized it either, but he could've used his powers on me." She spun her scythe around quickly to blow the water away. "Try that again and I'll choo your hair off."

"Here, come here." Mercy pulled Makoto next to her and brought a towel out to help him dry, draping it over his shoulders. She had two big picnic baskets full of food and drinks for everyone, already handing things out. "Only a handful of us know about this place anymore, since we were all part of the fight that took place here. And we remember it." She glanced at Makoto for that. "Where we're sitting right now is where the church used to be."

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He would have said something snarky, but he correctly assumed that this was a slightly more serious occasion. Or at least one that he was pretty sure he should not ‘ruin’ with his comments. Instead, he took his food, listening to what she was saying nicely

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Iteral took a towel and dries herself off as well. "Well, not my fault you don't know about races." She puts the towel away and looks at Mercy, trying to look serious. Looking around, she just kind of... makes an "oh yeah" sound.

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"I want to tell the story for those who weren't able to be here for it." The girls around her nodded and listened in quietly, eating their food. Mercy began to talk about everything that had happened five years ago. Meeting everyone, the initial fight with the Elites, destroying the church, meeting all of the enemies she's had to face, building her family, watching her own family sacrifice themselves just for her, and other events that had taken place.

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Iteral listens along, though she covers her face a little at certain parts of the story. Not only was she ashamed about how she acted back then... but she just didn't want to think about things. Certain things.

Just because she is the time witch... that doesn't mean she likes seeing the past. Yet alter it.

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He blinked. Did all of that really happen? He supposedly did a lot of stupid things. But also cool things. It wasn’t all bad, he decided. But some of those decisions were stupid

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Caleb didn’t really care about the story too much, but was a little less serious when he had heard that a bunch of people had died. But he shook it off quickly, making it look like he cared not in the slightest.

Eclipse seemed to not understand part of the story, so he was off chasing the local butterflies that he had found flying around the area.

Rūkasu was resting on one of the blankets, seeming at peace in the warm sun and relaxing breeze that was flowing through his hair.

Caspian was snuggled up all next to Mercy listening to her story. At dome parts he was a little sad because of things that had happened, but also some parts he was happy about.

"It's been so long and we've come so far... I still miss everyone who have left, but I'm thankful I have the family I do now." Mercy called Eclipse over with a soft whistle and brought Caspian closer to her.

"When are you going to tell Eclipse about his predecessor?" Elona watched the dragon with slight fascination.

"He's too young to understand, and it's not like it's a burden. Eclipsewatcher saved my life, I simply named Eclipse after him to commemorate.

"Looks like Makoto's memory loss is for real, huh?" Kagami was trying to analyze him, but she still couldn't find any traces of his old memory.

"True, but I don't want to 'fix' it. Starting new is just better than digging up the past. Besides, he's still my little sweetheart."

"So," Juno looked down at all the food for a moment. Tea, juice, lemonade, sandwiches, and various desserts were strewn throughout the blanket on plates and in cups for everyone. "Now that everything is over, what are you planning to do?"

That made Mercy think. "I have a lot of things to do here, I'll need to pick up where Ambrose left off. It's only fair to the nation, since he was working as a head of sorts still. Matsunaga and Rūkasu will go back to their world. Caspian and soon enough Eclipse will start school. Iteral is already thinking of coexisting between worlds to go to school in Luna Nova, but you'd have to run they by her because I'm not too sure. I'd like to speak with the goddess that's been taking care of Makoto to plan something out so he can stay here unless he's needed back there. Yumine will continue to stay with me, as he always has. Kendo, too. I'm hoping to get Caleb to warm up more, and hopefully he'll want to stay as well. In the end, the world will keep moving whether we want it to or not. Everyone will grow up and leave eventually, so I'm trying to make the most of it while it lasts."

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“It’s not memory loss if it never actually happened to me…” He muttered. He knew it did happen, but it wasn’t him it happened too. Stupid Teyvat laws. He closed his eyes for a second, before actually speaking up. “Lesser Lord Kusanali is open to communications when you’re available”

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Eclipse got away from the butterflies and came over to Mercy, plopping down by her and sitting there comfortable, looking at Elona curiously. He tilted his head a little to the side.

Caspian was closer to her now, which he liked since Merch was mom. He was happy that they wouldn’t have to deal with any more attacks in the near future now that everything was dealt with.

Caleb, being the rebellious teenager he was, moved away from the group quickly to get out of their range of earshot. He didn’t want anything to do with them for now.

Rūkasu put his arm around Matsu, looking up at the clouds. They looked nice and reminded him of the past. He sighed slightly, then laud down on the grass next to her.

Iteral turns red a little and whistles quietly, sending the repaired broom off. "Oh, eh, mom, regarding Luna Nova, I..." She stutters a bit, not really getting a single sentence out. Thankfully (though not planned), her broom returned and simply dropped her bag. Looking through, she hands Mercy a scroll. A scroll with a very familiar seal of a prestigious academy. "I meant it to be a surprise but... well, with Ambrose gone, I think you deserve to see it now. I found it in the mailbox when we returned." She cuts the seal despite the scroll being in her mother's hands, as they magically fold out into perfectly preserved documents.

A report card, a graduation certificate and a personal note.







Being a little... well, embarassed that she handed her documents out here, she looks down at her own lap, turning red.

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"Ah, so Holbrooke wants to speak to you. I'm sure the others are still unaware of my status as a goddess and an Olde Witch. I'd give the poor old woman a heart attack if she knew I was alive, but I'm certainly up for surprising the students there with an appearance. I'll go with you when that happens- that's sure to be around the festival. Also, Iteral, I need to speak with you later tonight. Regarding two things." She wrapped an arm around Caspian to keep him close and smiling when Elona tilted her head, mirroring Eclipse's movements. "I'm sure Kusanali would entertain the idea of you moving around more places. You've always been one for knowledge, and there's a lot to offer here."

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"Sure, sure..." Iteral nods, still a little red from showing everything to her. She... kind of hoped for a little excitement from Mercy but, who knows, maybe her mother expected her to pass like that. Or maybe she expected an A+... oh no, she's getting a little anxious. "Y-You wanna come?! I-ehh, you, ehm, did... did I ruin the moment?" She whispers, trying to cool off by drinking a whole cup of lemonade.

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