Part 36: Third Playthrough - 5 AM

[SFX: The morning birds are chirping.]



We're on the second highest branch, so we can see everyone, but no one can see us. Everyone else is climbing around the sirens, checking if we can get them any louder in the daylight.



Venus hangs from the highest branch he can. Steam peels off him. Nothing we can do about that but let it blow into the wind. A little bit of the devil always gets away.

[MUSIC: Growing Poppies]

Neptune crushes a leaf in her fingers. Jupiter holds her other hand. Like we need to.

♆: How much longer do we have?
♃: Until it's all gone, probably.
♆: All day?
♃: If we're lucky.
♆: Good.

Neptune checks her phone. But it's out of batteries.

♆: I'm so tired.
♃: Me too.
♆: Don't be tired. If I fall asleep, who's going to stop me from falling?
♃: I don't know. I guess we're both going to die.
♆: Haha.
♃: ...I promise I won't actually, though.
♆: Good.



♆: Right.
♆: Is your leg okay?
♃: Yeah. So don't let me fall either.
♆: Ha. Okay.
♆: So say if Venus falls, I'll catch him, and then you'll catch me?
♃: I'll totally try. But I think we'll definitely all die if that happens.
♆: In that case, you shouldn't then.
♃: I shouldn't. But I probably totally would. Wouldn't I be so cool? Like a real hero.
♆: Ahahaha.
♆: You totally would.
♆: It'd be funny.
♆: ...not sweet at all.

[Music stops]



And we wait.


































































If you're waiting for more closure, then good news: of course this isn't all there is. There is a True Ending, and we got one final playthrough left to get it.