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Final Route, Chapter 9: Rip Van Winkle
In this scene: Making an ass of myself!
Dear mother and father.
This is what my life has become.
I've finally lost my mind.
It probably doesn't even bear mentioning, but Coco won.
Also, apparently You saw the whole thing.
My life is ruin.
I gain some brief respite from my self-loathing by seeing You be consumed by the same lunacy that claimed me.
In the end, I manage to preserve my dignity, at least until You decides she needs to blackmail me about something.
Kid, Coco and Tsugumi are sleeping in here.
That means I get the decompression room.
Before I can leave, though, Coco starts talking in her sleep.
Asking to be saved.
Asking for her brother.
I didn't know that Coco even has a--
--brother.
It's been 12 hours since Sara started calling me that.
We both sort of knew for quite some time, but needed proof.
That's why we got Sora to extract the fragment from my thumb, and found that it perfectly lined up with Sara's mirror.
Beyond that, we can both see in the infrared spectrum, and a DNA test revealed a 99.99999% likelihood of us being blood siblings.
That about settles it, then.
My sister's head on my shoulder, I sing our favorite--
--lullaby?
Coco is singing for You.
Let's investigate!
The reason I am here, in reality, is to check out You playing chicks.
Not only did I miss it, though, but evidently You is a world class champion player of the game.
Alas, I am undone.
They are playing some other weird game now, with the same tear-shaped jewels that Coco had before.
Investigation reveals the source of these tears: The souvenir shop.
They are candy.
Uh.
What?
Cliff notes version.
Notable changes:
-The girl is cited specifically as 17 years old at the beginning.
-Mermaid flesh -> Mermaid tears.
-The girl's first love dies at 34.
-Said love says he'll return to her in 700 years.
-By 800 years, he never came back.
-She dies.
Or maybe not!
Her final fate is left unclear.
Why are you two taking this story so seriously, anyway? It's just some stupid fairy tale!
Besides, with when this story was told, she'd be over 1300 years old now.
Fine, fine. Moving on.
I don't know about Tsugumi yet, so I am skeptical of this story!
You relates it to Rip Van Winkle.
The idea here is a very specialized form of longevity.
Also a very specialized form of time travel.
What, how did Lemuria get involved in this.
Lemuria doesn't exist, and never did.
...uh...
You, are you OK?
She says this happens all the time.
I say, TO THE INFIRMARY, HOLY SHIT
While we're on the way there, she keeps trying to whisper in my ear...
Rip Van Winkle really did--
To be continued
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