It's the end. The problems have been resolved. The situation has been handled. More than anything else... everything is over. The Flamines are gone, leaving nothing but rubble and odd, lifeless masks in their wakes, with a contract stating they will never return. The Tellus spirits have accepted a new Bridge, and seem pleased. CERES has gone eerily quiet, most likely giving up on Cerealia as a business investment once and for all. Mosley stands near the Research Tower, adjusting his tie one last time.
Tellus has been saved. Your world has been saved.
It's time to go home, isn't it?
Time to go home after a few goodbyes, anyway.  This is Mosley.
So, you're leaving, are you? And who's going to clean up this mess? Me? Do you picture me with, what, a broom in my hand and an apron around my waist? Well, I'll have all of you know that that's just not how it works here. I'm Public Relations, not housekeeping and the fact that none of you have ever really seemed to grasp that... well! It's a good thing I'm unemployed now, isn't it? Jerks.
Oh well, guess it's time to brush up my resume. What do you think of "freelance anarchist"? ... No? I suppose I was never very anarchic. Ah, that's the way the pastry dissolves as they say. I'll figure something out. As for you? Go home already. Get out of here. I never want to see your faces again. Shoo.
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PHASE I [ 08 30 ] Mosley does have a point though. With the Flamines gone, well... everything is kind of a mess. Buildings are on fire. Structures are crumbling. Debris litters the streets. Really, it's all a disaster. Do you really want to leave this like that? (Yeah, maybe you do.)
Either way, seems you've got some time before Occidi does her thing and saves your world. If you want to visit some old Cerealian haunts, or gather your belongings, or even try to put out some fires, now's the time.
Just watch out for some falling rubble.
It would really suck to die now, of all times. Pathetic, even. People will laugh.
PHASE II [ 1200 ] But hey, all of that aside -- this is it! It's the end, and you made it! Clearly, that means it's time for a party. And Cerealia is always down for parties. It doesn't take long for the remaining functioning bots, now turned back on by your neighborhood friendly Mosley, to get to work and set up a party amidst the rubble and wreckage. There's streamers and a few blow horns, a very soggy cake that might actually have been a stolen wedding cake from one of the closed down bakeries. There's also pizza, since the robots appear to be under the impression that "pizza parties" are a very important Cerealian tradition. It's the only fresh and hot thing around though, so might as well eat up.
So it's not really that party-like, if we're honest. There's not even any music! But they at least scrounged up a small disco light at least, and hey, someone found some booze!
It won't even have any weird affects, aside from, you know, making you drunk like normal alcohol does.
That's gotta be a Cerealia first.
PHASE III [ 1430 ] Want to say good-bye to Cerealia properly? Well... ViViD seems to be back up to snuff and functioning again. There isn't the wide variety of levels there once was, but the levels that do exist seem to be safe. Fight together with your friends, take on some quests, play a few more final rounds -- you won't even feel tired afterwards.
Looks like all of those questionable business practices that ViViD was being used for have disappeared just like CERES. Now you can just play and have fun, without fear of ulterior, sinister motives. It might be a good way to pass the time! Or at least feel a little nostalgic for a while.
(Though there are still some unfortunate glitches around, like accidentally getting put in that skimpy bikini armor, or ending up in the Wrong Level. Some things never change. Even the robots seem pretty amused every time it happens.)
PHASE IV [ 1600 ] And then, just like that... it's all over. Occidi appears, lifting one branch-y arm, and there's a feeling in everyone's hearts, like something clicking properly back into place.
And their worlds are healed and whole. Occidi fades back then, allowing them their goodbyes and farewells, but the portal won't remain there forever. It doesn't look much more than a ripple in air, wide enough to allow a good handful of people to go at once, and Occidi tells them --
It will remain open for half an hour, and no more. They will have to leave by then. They can leave together, to make certain they end up in the same place, and have to simply think of home. Those who would like to go home with others -- well, make sure you're holding hands, or something like that.
And if ever they want to come back, or go to another world, well... all they'll have to do is return to Tellus. It's doable, if they try, really, really hard.
The clock's ticking. Time to finally say goodbye.
BONUS [ why o'clock ] Well.
With the return of the other robots, it seems a few others have been turned right back on again. Namely the ones wearing dinosaur suits who want nothing more than to hug you.
The hug bots are back, and they're here to make everyone feel better, since everyone seems so very, very sad! They'll even drag more than one person into a group hug if it seems like that's what they need. Go on, it's your last chance to get manhandled by a robot. Why don't you just let them do it.
For old time's sake.
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[There's a small sword going around and helping out with the mess. Cleaning? Carrying slightly too big for his size rubble out of the way?
Or maybe he's checking out various locations he tends to frequent during his stay here, such as Shopping District and the school he attended. Hello, classmates, schoolmates and teachers he might see around here.
His main objective: Find people he knows.
If he find someone who needs help? He can stop and help them out.
So how will you meet Sayo in this prompt?]
► PHASE II: He's a Sa(d)monji, what's "partying"
[The reason he's here? To continue looking for people he knows, and also because this... is a good excuse for him to stop and rest for a moment.
With a cup of beverage in his hands (is... that booze?), he walks around and looks for people. Given his small size, it's likely possible for people to bump into him without noticing him.
Otherwise, he's right near that disco light thing, gazing at it with mild fascination. Ooooh, it's rather neat?
(No, really, please ask if that's booze in his cup.)]
► PHASE IV: It's Time
[Sayo's not leaving just yet. He does have his small bag of his belongings, full of things he earned, received and bought in Cerealia, on him. But he's looking at other people.
To his sword comrades, he look up at them and ask:] Are you ready?
[To anyone else, he would meet their eyes and stare in silence. Surprisingly (?), Sayo breaks the silence.]
We can finally leave this place.
[... Look, sometimes, Sayo have to channel his inner Captain Obvious sometimes instead of saying meaningful and almost philosophical words.]
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Sayo. You are going back?
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Yes, I am. There's a war I need to return to.
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[So they were the same in that regard, then.]
...you will take care, will you not? I...will try to visit, if I can.
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[A pause, as he looks at her.]
You will visit me?
I'm so sorry, I completely lost this notif orz
All right. Though I think others will still worry. We cannot all be there with you, after all. It is easy to worry when it is like that.
And I will try my best. [She's...kind of going back home to maybe die in a war, so.]
I would dearly love to see your world, after all.
sorry for the late! feel free to drop or continue
We're in the middle of a war... but I can show you around when I'm not on duty.
[And well, hopefully before he returns to the museum. That would be hard for him to show her around.
But if it's during the war... he might try to get permission from the master.]
No worries! I'm definitely still up for finishing this if you are!
[She pauses before smiling at him:]
I hope your war ends soon and that you will have peace. Are you on duty often, Sayo? Should I ask first? Or perhaps I could send a letter?
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... Asking first would be good. Master would know... and can decide when I get picked for chores or battle.
[Basically, planning the roster for everyone.]
When the war ends... I hope you can visit me. I would be going back into a quiet life.
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I will visit. [It's as much a promise to herself as it is to him at this point.] Where will you be after the war, then?
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I probably... would return back to the private collection I was in. [Private, as in he's not normally a public display sword.] Although, sometimes they did bring me out for exhibitions.
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Then I will go visit. [She says this like it's easy to get into private collections.
...Well, she is a princess.]
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It's a private collection...
[So, not just anyone can get access to it.]
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[She's a bit puzzled about this for a moment before she understands what he's asking.]
I will be sure to ask first. [Don't worry, Sayo, she's not going to break in!]
iv!
Still, he looks down when Sayo addresses him and smiles in a way that's a little more subdued than usual.]
Ready as I'll ever be.
[IE not really, but hey, whatcha gonna do?]
How about you?
Re: iv!
Sayo slowly nods, his face seems almost calm.]
... Yes, I am. [The briefest of pause.] But it does make me feel... something.
[A sense of sadness? Cerealia always give him mixed feelings.]
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Kinda lonely? A little, maybe...?
[It's not like it's easy to ever feel truly lonely back at the Citadel, what with how many of them there are and the constant possibility for more to arrive. But new friends, no matter how important they become, won't ever entirely replace the old ones either.]
It's weird, but I almost kinda think of this place like home now.
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[Hm, it's... not out of the question. There's people he met he knows are irreplaceable. Each of them... makes Cerealia almost worth it. He slowly nods.]
I guess it does. We've been here for a while... and a lot happened.
[Like, seriously a lot. It might be a short period of time in their long life, but compared to the quiet private collection or watching human history without interacting with them, life in Cerealia was...
Personal, like back in the Citadel.]
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[He says it with a little bit of a laugh because HOO BOY is that ever an understatement, but... Things worked out okay. And that's good enough for him, honestly.]
But we'll be just as busy back home. Lots of catching up to do, huh? Eh... Well, metaphorically, I guess.
[Since nothing probably happened back home when they were gone considering everything was destroyed and all. OOPS.]
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Yes, there's a lot to do back home.
[Like finally picking up too many swords, making Hakata cry from using kobans and making the army run ragged.]
At least, with the time differences between us.
[Pesky different canon points.]
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Eh, I'll catch up to you soon and then I'll be just as busy.
[He's not looking forward to it, honestly.]
A-ny-way! I've got a few more goodbyes to make. Don't be late on the way back, okay?
iv
He doesn't look back down at the tantou, staring instead at the portal ahead.]
Yes...I suppose we are.
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You "suppose"?
[That doesn't exactly sound certain. But then again, Sayo's having some complicated feelings himself.]
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[He's made friends. He's learned to ride a bike, discovered all sorts of toys and gadgets and freedoms and technologies he'd never heard of before. The citadel seems so much quieter in comparison--he might've actually spent more time in this city than back there, at this point.
Naki lowers his eyes a little, as the fox attempts to salvage things.]
It...will be nice to see our saniwa again, though. And the Toushirous! There are so many we haven't seen in a long time.
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Thinking of that apartment building as another "home".]
Yes, that's right. But... I also want to see everyone again. Master, Souza-niisama, Kasen...
[Last thing Sayo remembers was trying to help Mitsutada with the cooking thing.]
And... I want to see how they're doing, too. [Like Kasen. Tiny senpai worries.]