Part 45: Liberation

: Liberation – Gameplay
: Music: Never To Return
: Music: Never To Return (Vs. The Withdrawn)





















































































Thus ends the Liberation Rite.

And thus, the Scribes have chosen: the exile appointed…

… by the Nightwings…

… shall be free. Absolved of all misdeeds. Returned to glory in the Commonwealth.

Her adversary and all others shall remain…

… to carry out their rightful sentences.





: So, what am I, supposed to give a speech, or something, then? Reader darling… all of you… look. I’ve no idea still why you picked me.

: Well, I do have one, but I don’t think it’s right. If you’d wanted to get rid of me by now, you needn’t have gone to such lengths. And so, I’m left only to conclude that you did this, for me.

: The years I spent down here… in one sense, they have all been such a waste, just… utterly for nothing. Spectacularly so. I thought that my relationship with Tamitha had nowhere left to go but up, but… well, you know. Not quite the case.

: But, then, I think on what would have become of me, had I made no attempt to set things right… had I not done everything I have. I could not have lived with that, I think.

: I was so certain that my life would end, down here….



: What I’m trying to say is…. Thanks. To all of you. I mean that.

: Now, I guess I’d better head on back to that damned Commonwealth. So… bottoms up.



“We’ll have to see what we can do up there. Provided that my sisters haven’t had their way with it just yet. Anyway… let’s find a way to keep in touch. But, just in case… good-bye.”




Perhaps the Scribes are watching, even now.

Watching as their glorious tradition draws to a close.

Now, take your execrable companions someplace else.