FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
BRANDON??
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I’m here!
Brandon is trapped under the dragon’s fallen body.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Let me help pull you out from under there!
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I can do it. No offense, but you’re like two feet tall, and there’s no way that—
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Oh, I guess you’re a lot stronger than you look.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Never underestimate a faerie.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Or you.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
That was amazing! I can’t believe we killed a dragon!
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I told you we worked well together!
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
What’s that light?
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Oh, no. That’s the dissolve!
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
What are you talking about?
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
The dissolve of the screen when you win — before you go to the next level.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Wait, so what happens to us?
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I don’t know. I think that’s it. We either go to the next level, or maybe we go back?
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Or maybe we disappear.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I don’t think so. We won.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Only thing is, I don’t want this to end.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
We can’t stay here forever.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
But I’m not ready to leave either.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
It’s getting brighter. Jessica, just in case, listen quickly.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Brandon, wait!
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Thank you for being there for me. You have no idea how much that meant to me.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I’d really like to see you in person.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Everything’s disappearing! Brandon!
Thirty minutes later
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Jessica!! I’m back in my own body! Are you there??
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
JESSICA!
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
YES! I’m here!!
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
I have one hell of a headache, but I’m here.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Thank God! It worked!
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I can’t believe all of it worked.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Look me up!
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Google me now! See if I’m still alive in the future.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Good idea. I’ll check.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
I can’t believe how nervous I am. I feel so stupid waiting to hear about something from the future.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I found you.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Well??
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
You’re alive.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
OMG! Thank you!! You did it!
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
We did it together.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Why do you sound so subdued? Playing it cool?? I’m bouncing off the walls!
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Jessica, there’s more to it.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Oh, don’t tell me, let me guess. I’m horribly disfigured.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Or I went psycho-killer and I’m on the run from the law?
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Wait! Am I a masked vigilante? A superhero?
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Hopefully, I’m using my powers for good.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
You’re married.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Oh.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
To?
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Michael. And it’s in a couple of days.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Yeah. That’s what I never got around to telling you.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
I felt weird talking about it, since we’d gotten close.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Also, there was the little matter of preventing my death.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
So, we prevented your death, and created mine?
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Don’t say that.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I’m joking. Sort of.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Don’t tell me that you’re still going to go through with it?
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Well, why wouldn’t I?
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I thought things might have changed.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Brandon.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
We’ve never even met in person.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I know. And I know how crazy it sounds, but I feel things for you.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
We’ve never even met in real life.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
We did.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
That was in the game. That wasn’t really us.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Yeah, it was.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Jessica, all I know is, I want to meet you for real. And I don’t know if we’ll have feelings for each other in real life.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Actually, that’s not true. I do know. And I think you do too.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
We’re living two years apart. How do you expect that to work?
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Jessica, these things happened for a reason. I know it. The game brought us together because we belong together.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
You don’t know that.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I DO! So do you.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
What makes us so special? Why not anyone else?
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
We don’t know that it didn’t happen to anyone else, and I don’t care if it did. It happened to us. The game picked us. There’s magic in this game and it picked us.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Jessica, please don’t marry him.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
At least meet me first.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Brandon, I just told you, you’re two years in the future! I think that might prohibit us from having any sort of meaningful relationship.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
So. I’ll wait for you. Don’t do it, and I’ll run out now and look for you!
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
I’m just supposed to put my life on hold for two years?
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Not date? Not do anything?
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
So, go look for me there!
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
You don’t know me here!
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
So what? Try me.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Brandon, I’m getting married this weekend. I can’t just call a guy who has no idea who I am and ask him to meet.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
I’ll know. I’ll feel it. There’s a reason for all of this happening.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
What if the reason was just to save my life? I think that’s a pretty good reason, I don’t know about you.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Yes, of course it is. But, I think the only reason you were ever in any danger was because it pushed us to meet.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Brandon, I can’t think of paradoxes now. I have people coming into town. The hall is rented. I’ve planned this for a while.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
You told me yourself that you’re more comfortable than in love. You don’t love him.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
I do love Michael.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Are you in love?
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Brandon, please don’t.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Are you?
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Brandon, I do have feelings for you. In a short time, we’ve gotten really close. But, it’s impossible. You can’t be upset over a decision I made two years in the past.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
I’m sorry. I want us to be friends. In two years, I’ll look you up, okay? But, I can’t just stop everything until then.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Even if I told you I would, it’s not realistic to expect me to. It’s also not fair.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
So, you’re going to marry him?
Two minutes later
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Hello?
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
Brandon, I don’t know if this connection will stay open, but in case it doesn’t, I want to thank you for everything. You really mean a lot to me. But, I’m going to stay off the game for a little while, okay?
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Jessica, please just think about it.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen
I wasn’t kidding. You’re a special guy. You deserve someone in your own time. Bye Brandon.
DragonSlayer42
DragonSlayer42
Jessica?
FaerieQueen is no longer online.
FaerieQueen
FaerieQueen