>>5897441“Well well. Seems you have done it, Karn.” Towa says, you turning as she lands beside you. “You did it. Now you get to have your family all in one place, just as you wanted.”
“Yeah.” you say, unsure what else to add as she presses herself to you. You hold the demon princess as suddenly her entire body begins to shake, looking down you feel wet spots on your chest where she's presumably crying against you. So you simply hold her, Meloka flying over and placing a hand on the taller woman's back sympathetically. Looking to your wife who gives you a smile, flying up and kissing you while wrapping her arms around you neck. You did it, this is what you've been fighting for for so long. You stay like that for a minute or two, holding the two women until suddenly you feel a sharp pang in your chest. “Tch!”
“Karn?” both Towa and Meloka exclaim, looking concerned as you drop down to a knee, barely catching yourself as you feel your power suddenly plummeting. Your vision begins to tunnel, sounds turning distant as if down a long, long hallway, but then the moment passes. Everything returns to normal, you opening your eyes to see Caulifla having already unstoppered one of those Divine Blessings, ready to give to you. But you raise your hand, waving it off.
“Thanks kiddo, but I'm fine. Just held onto that form for too long.” you tell her, pushing yourself back up to your feet. No longer do you tower over Towa and Meloka by quite so much, having returned to your base form when your strength plummeted. “Forgot to power down in all the excitement. That form still takes a bit out of me.”
“Are you sure?” she asks, looking worriedly at you. So you reach out, ruffling her hair instead of taking the miracle in her hand. She makes a few noises in protest, but is smiling as you keep the contact going. Clearly enjoying the attention.
“I'm sure. If something ELSE shows up wanting to fight, I might need it then.” you tell her, seeing a look of worry flash over her face. “But for now I'm just fine.”
Well, what now?
>Ask Caulifla, Meloka, and Towa what happened while you were gone. Try and understand how the fight went, and what went wrong>Walk over to Chilli and his family, ask if they're all okay. The younger kids especially, seeing that could have been upsetting to the young children>Future Chaya and Ace, ask how they weren't able to defeat Dumplin even with all their power. Something else had to be happening for them to both fall without causing serious damage, either on purpose or on accident.>Check on Tatsu and Tomi, see if everything's okay with them with one twin dying and the other living through the experience of feeling it. Seeing death is bad enough, but feeling it through their telepathic link had to be much worse>Lay down on the sand and relax, you've earned this rest. Troubles and answers can wait for tomorrow>Other(write in) 