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[thecrossingmods]

[The Crossing is coming again.

There is no advance warning from The Ferryman this time. There is nothing to draw your attention towards the message that appears on your device, whatever it may be, except perhaps the expectation that it should be appearing soon.

Whether you think to check for it or you simply stumble upon it, the words are there just as before:]

A toll to be levied for safe passage
from the desert to ǝɹǝɥʍǝsʅǝ

envision a place of comfort and safety
a haven from the wants and ills of life
be it for a moment or for a lifetime

offer it to The Ferryman
and let go

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[callsignhornet]

[The lack of grace isn’t personal, though she’d be lying if she said his behavior did him any favors. All she can do is hope some of what she’s said gets through to him.]

So what happens if you don’t have anyone willing to go with you two?

[toilet_bound]

Then I do what I can to make sure she makes it out of this with all of her pieces!

[Stated very simply, as if that was a fact of life itself.

Don’t worry - he’s not concerned. That’s simply the ultimatum. There are kind people here, people who wouldn’t want to see Yashiro hurt almost as much as he doesn’t want to.

It was why he had egged the Bachelor on, swaying the man’s soft spot to protect others, in order to ensure he had a higher chance to do just that.

Hanako isn’t going into this unprepared. He isn’t that naive.]

[callsignhornet]

[There is a long pause before the next message. This is the part that Allynbee has always hated about these situations - she’s seen firsthand the ways that people can do everything right with the best of intentions and the way they shatter when something goes wrong anyway.]

I hope things go your way. I really do.

(Can probably call this one wrapped! TY for putting up with him <3)

[toilet_bound]

[Hanako doesn’t respond. There isn’t much he can say to that - sure, he could reassure her or boast that they would but… deep in his soul, the boy finds that he hopes for the same thing.

He wouldn’t let Yashiro lose herself. Even if it cost him what else remained of his fragmented existence.]