It was the last day... This would be Kirell's last dream before she returned to world of the living or stayed here forever.
Charon was watching over Philio and Kirell as they slept smiling as he wrote some stuff in his book out of habit from playing this game with them.
Kirell dreamed about wanting to leave her work but getting betrayed.
"This dream.." Kirell thinks, "This was what Balaam was talking about before he got resurrected. He must of had this dream before me or something." Kirell wondered.
"The moment Balaam wanted to talk to Argo and got the chance. I allowed Balaam temporary to have all your memories so he could say what he neede to say and convince Argo to go through the double suicade." Charon awnsered.
"Woah! Charon your back!" Kirell jumped.
"Kirell this is the last day. Seems Charon's here to see us both off." Philio replied.
"Thank you." Kirell nodded.
Charon nodded, "As I said. I really should be thanking you. Hmm. But Philio your restless it seems. Scared the day will end and you'll not get resurrected? Don't worry we have time. Please. I'd like you to talk to Kirell. Surely you have much to tell her. You should know by now who she is." Charon explains.
Philio nodded relaxing a bit, "Well if Charon says we have time I guess I can talk about it." He decided.
"Talk about what?" Kirell looked confused.
"Kirell. Do you remember me? I'm the doctor that you used to talk to." Philio smiled.
"Your the boyfriend!?!" Kirell went red.
"Haha you can say that but I don't think we ever made it official. But I still deeply loved you anyways." Philio admitted, "But looks like I might have to fight Balaam for you. Haha." Philio laughed.
"I honestly don't know what to say!" Kirell was so red.
"Don't worry about it. Even if you choose him over me I'll be okay. Your happiness is all that matters to me. I'll watch over you and everyone as I always tried to do." Philio admitted.
Kirell starts crying and hugged Philio, "Thank you Philio. I appreciate all you've done." Kirell swore.
Philio turned red and hugged Kirell happily, "No thank you. Without you. I don't think any of us would of been able to get our happy ending. I'm proud of you." Philio beamed.
"I hate to cut this short. But it's time to go." Charon explains as the undead surround them, "Seems the undead want to see you both off as well." Charon laughed.
"Not going to lie but that's kind of creepy." Kirell awnsered.
Charon laughed, "I will take the lead this time. Sorry Philio. I'd like to say good by to my successor once and for all." Charon admitted.
"No problem!" Philio nodded.
"Your successor?" Kirell asked as she and Philio follow Charon.
Despite how many there were or how creepy the undead are she felt weirdly safe around Charon as they headed to an abandoned hospital.
"Yes. You'd take different ways of becoming my successor, but you'd always manage to pass my test to becoming my successor." Charon explains, "Than you'd find a way to restart this game. That's why I had to interfere to break the loop." Charon admitted.
"I did all that!?!" Kirell was surprised.
"Yes. But not alone. You we guided by a mysterious force to this path. But that's not important. It's time to finally put both of you to rest. Live or die. It's time to decide." Charon stopped at a really bloody intensive care room in the hostipal.
"This place looks unsettling yet I don't feel that way." Kirell thinks.
"The needle seems to be pointing at this bed with the curtains drawn. Should we open it!" Philio does and lying on the bloody bed is a hand gun.
"Balaam has a message for you, two in fact. He told me he wants you too look at the gun. Recognize it?" Charon laughed.
"This is Balaam's hand gun! But it feels a bit different somehow." Kirell realized.
Kirell thinks back to Balaam's lesson, "Fight as if your life depends on it." She whispered holding it close.
"Does this mean I have to kill someone like Balaam did?" Kirell wondered.
"Kirell look at your compass." Philio tells her.
The compass points at Philio.
"Philio..." Kirell looked pale.
"Finally. I can complete my own task." Philio smiled.
"Before you do. Would you like to tell her... when she died?" Charon asked.
"When? It was when Argo shot me right?" Kirell asked.
"You died in this hospital. I was the doctor sent to treat your wounds but... I failed. So... I did a ritual. One that get Charon's attention. Hoping that he would accept my gift and spare you." Philio replied.
"A gift?" Kirell asked, "What did you give him?" Kirell asked.
"An idea for me to take a break from my job as river guide and a chance to even escape it forever." Charon admitted, "That's what he told me as he died. Shooting himself with that very gun of yours." Charon admitted, "Amused and in awe of his selfishness I agreed and made this test. Now it's finally coming to a close." Charon smiles.
"It's time Kirell. Shoot me and accept that your a murder and that life is full of suffering and hardship." Philio replied, "Or just give up and let yourself succumb to eternal peace. A life of no suffering and hardship." Philio tells her.
Kirell looked at her gun thinking about what Balaam said, "I don't have you here with me to just help me keep moving forward. But It's time I stopped relying on you so much. Next time Balaam. You're going to rely on me!" Kirell shoots Philio.
Kirell cried dropping the gun, "This feeling. I hate it so much... but... I accept it." Kirell hugged herself.
"You did it Kirell. I'm so proud of you." Philio faded away.
The undead give Kirell some strange orb of lights that come out of their bodies and turn into lanterns. The last thing she sees is Charon's smiling face closing his book as he walked away.
Than Kirell faded away herself as Charon returned to office putting his wig and mask up and setting the book on it's pedestal.
The book opens up by itself and something written down glows fading away. It was Kirell's name. As all those who leave this land and return to life have their names erased from the book of the dead.
Charon sits in his chair with his back turned away from the entrance and he begins to speak.
"Hello. Mysterious force that guides souls. Did you enjoy my game and this little secrete ending? Are you curious about their endings and alternative routes? Perhaps your not satisfied with this story. Feel free to let me know if you'd like to see other options in this game. But I think I'll do something even better." Charon gets up and grabs something from a bookshelf and opens it up.
"Ah... here it is... The book of life. Though I can't change the events of the living. I can spy on them. Would you like to join me in doing that? To see how our friends are doing? I'm curious to. Also feel free to support my existence by giving gold to my creators who made me. Oh wait it's not gold? But three dollars to purchase their game? Geez currency is really getting weird their days. I'm still behind the times it seems." Charon sighed.
"Reguardless I hope you'll contribute whatever currency it is to help support them. Until than. I bid you farewell." Charon blows out the candle and everything goes black.
THE END
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