At This Point The Universe Itself Is Dead

Time continues forward. Rocky and Adrian grow and change. They move house a couple of times. Rocky changes career from engineer, to inventor, to scientist, to diplomat, to teacher. Adrian picks up a new hobby every few decades. They explore other parts of Erid they've never seen. They meet humans on more than one occasion, but there's something about it... Something not quite right. The Eridian mind can never forget, and no matter how much time passes, Rocky feels it. Missing Grace. His human.

And then time really does move on. Rocky walks stiffly, Adrian sleeps for weeks at a time, they both eat less often due to how draining it is.

And one day, the temperature is perfect. Adrian wakes earlier than they have in years. The warmth loosens Rocky's arthritis, the wind is quiet that day, and sound can carry for miles because of it. The soil is quiet, ready, resonant. And they both know.

They go for a walk, take a dip in the sea, attend a choir in a crystal cave. And then, without fanfare, when no one else is around, they visit Grace. And Rocky climbs into his stone lap. And Adrian curls their body around Grace too. Just like Grace did hundreds of years ago, they let go, no scream, no pain, just peace and togetherness. Too beautifully intertwined to ever untangle.

@aces-and-ashes - maybe road-tripping distance? Prolly would take awhile tho idk where u live besides Canada lmao

@duckofmisfortuneoffical - definitely road-tripping distance :3

@ajithink - prolly narnia

@andro-m3da - maybe road-tripping distance

@antjester is defo in road trip distance

@mistic404 I don't need to go on a road trip. We live in the same village/town

@alien-in-washington I think lives across the pond as well? I can't remember

@burning-britain-official - It's kinda in the name

@antjester - British, but not actually

@pagurus-san - Actually lives in Narnia if Narnia was in space

@rawrxp-casper - Road trip!!

@krumbymatcha - Not road trip (I'm pretty sure you don't live in America)

@kaiyorice - Either really far east or really far west, depending on which way you wanna go

and on a similar note, can we normalize not making an artist our entire personality, im talking like swifties, people who make it a point to mention any artist on a regular basis and people who say that anyone who doesnt know the name of the rhythm guitarist, grandmas bff's dogs favorite food, is a larper.