starhuevalley | STARDROP CELEBRATION: FINAL DAY

LET'S PARTY!
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A. Arrivals and Much More

You’re here because you were dropped somewhere that tried sending you home, or you're someone with a call to the heart to explore the vast universe. The buses run at odd schedules, so please pardon any interruptions! I hope you fellas make yourselves at home, here!

[ Marjorie’s whole speech rings through your ears as you begin to explore the area. It seems a few people who arrived on the TDM have already been here for a week, but you’re just a newcomer. So where are you when this all went down? Are you trying to get back on a bus that’ll take you home, or…?

B. Home Sweet Home

[ The dust has settled on the bus ride here, and you can’t help but notice that your farmland… well, it’s a mess. Rocks and grass everywhere, no matter which layout you were set with. You were given a set of tools, and the message that this land is yours to shape or change or build on no matter what you want, so long as it’s yours. The little crate by the edge of the house is what will hold your bounties from farming, collected nightly with money delivered to your mailbox the following day, like some kind of Produce Fairy visited.

The house is in alright shape. It’s not brilliant, but it has a kitchen, a bathroom, and a studio bedroom where all your belongings can be. It’s wide enough to accommodate several things until you upgrade it.

Sometimes you see a stray dog or cat at the edge of your property. Do you adopt it?

Anyway, it’s time to make what you will of your farm. ]

The Last Day Of
The Stardrop Celebration!
FESTIVAL PLAYLIST

[ Down a hill a little ways from Pelican Town is a remarkable festival set-up! Several attractions and vendors line the streets where everything is going down. Where will you go? ]

C. Food Stalls

[ Surrounding the entire property are dozens of food stalls, from all around the universe. Marjorie bussed in caterers from all around with a healthy sum of gold, and they’re happy to sell their wares in this strange place tonight. Where you might find octopus balls, you’ll also find kraken balls. Where you might find corndogs, you’ll find dogs selling corn.

It’s a veritable buffet! And the gold you’ve started with is more than enough to go shopping for food. Have fun! ]

D. Games

[ All manners of Carnival Games are set up! From throwing a baseball at bottles to catching goldfish with a paper net, everything you can dream of is here. There are even some unorthodox games, like dance-offs, karaoke, and a little bit of everything. Apparently, the NPC couldn’t choose who to go with what. It definitely makes for a big festival.

In addition to the above, there’s water gun races, squeaky duck ponds, skee-ball, target shooting, test your strength with a hammer, pitching speed, shooting hoops… and more! ]

E. Three-legged Race

[ You didn’t think this festival was going to go by without tomfoolery, did you? For the prize of 1,000 Gold, you can rally up a partner and get tied to them by the ankle, participating in a no-rules no-bars-held race. The winners will be randomized! But the real gift is going to be the fact that the ties around your ankles? Aren’t coming undone. You’re going to have to be tied together until 11 PM! ]

F. Fireworks

[ Errant magic and mishaps aside, you have to admit, the fireworks show at the end of it all is really something. Marjorie hired a pony for them, and the lights are as ethereal as they are non-traditional. It’s a good moment to snuggle up to someone or enjoy company with a new friend. ]

G. Wildcard

[ Exactly what it says! Make your own prompt. ]

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I'd say that's because I used to be like you. And their impulse is goin' to be to try and change that, because they know what that kind of life eventually did to me.

[A soft snort of his own, though not necessarily in the other Scrooge's direction.]

But, in deference t'you, I'll keep them busy with other things, then you can live however you want. [His tone is rather dry.] But I don't promise total abandonment.

[Scrooge A scowls.]

Well, it seems to have turned out all right, didn't it? You've got your boys and apparently are much happier for it. Happy enough to be able to tie yourself to someone.

[He sneers at the ring.]

The old backstabber finally decide she wanted to settle down with your money?

[Because God knows she wouldn't want to be with Scrooge McDuck. Goldie loves gold more than him.]

[He caught Scrooge's redirected attention and glanced at his hand, where a simple gold band sat on his middle finger. That hand then closed into a loose fist, the other coming up to rest on it as it neared his body, fingers idly spinning the ring.]

No. It's not Goldie, it's- someone else. Someone I doubt you know.

[Scrooge A's face temporarily loses its bitterness, taking on instead complete surprise.]

[Then he turns his gaze back towards the fireworks, rubbing at his leg.]

Finally found her own El Dorado, did she?

[A half glance up and then he turned his head to the side. What bitterness Scrooge A had lost seemed to all go into Scrooge B's face.]

...You could say that.

[Might as well be to the point.]

She died. Nearly twenty years ago, by my world's clock. So aye, she found her El Dorado.

Permanently.

[Scrooge A jerks as if stabbed. She's stabbed him in the back so many times--sold him to pirates, left him frozen in a glacier--but he still loved her more than he'd loved the gold that came out of their adventuring together, the opposite of her. He still loved her like a dull ache in his chest that he knows is waiting for a chance to flare up again.]

[He doesn't look at Scrooge B.]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[There's no ire in his voice, however. Instead, he tries to push past it.]

So who is it?

[He's quiet, long enough that it almost seems like he's not going to answer.]

Her name is Jinji. I met her on an adventure in China, a few years ago, though we'd only recently been married.

[Which should also put to bed any potential negative remarks Scrooge A could throw out about "turning right around into a new relationship." Sounded like there was a distance between Goldie and this Jinji person.]

You're right: Never heard of her.

[He glances at the wedding ring again, fingers subconsciously twitching as if trying to feel for a matching band on his own hand.]

I had a funny feelin'.

[Another dry return, then it was his turn to lapse into silence. He didn't even bother staring up at the fireworks, just continued looking off to one side.]

[There's a long stretch of silence as the fireworks burst overhead. Scrooge A says nothing to Scrooge B, just looking up at the fireworks.]

[As the light from the last rocket fades...]

Why did you really come to talk to me?

Because I was curious. I'd heard about you, and while I've met a parallel self before, he was relatively similar in personality. You sounded extremely different.

[He paused, and it seemed like he wanted to say more, but he ultimately decided to stay silent.]

[Scrooge A waits for B's continuation. When it doesn't come, he decides to prompt him.]

And...?

[Of course he does.]

And now I know, and we both can go about our merry little ways.

Good. Maybe now you'll convince them then.

[It's a struggle to get up, and his food's only half-finished. However, he does rise to his feet and begins to limp home as well as he can on his bad leg.]

[Then he stops, not looking back at his twin.]

I just have one more question: What happened to Della?

[He eyed him, concerned but deciding to keep it back. The question, however, gets an unpleasant twist to his expression.]

I... don't know. Donald doesn't talk about it, and I haven't asked. All I know is she's been gone since the boys were small and that wherever she is, she... can't come back.

Considerin' I enjoy talking about what happened with Hortense and Matilda about as much as Donald enjoys talking about Della, I never pressed him for more details.

[So it's an unknown in Scrooge B's world, but he clearly was never blamed for it. That explained one major key split in their timelines.]

I see.

[And going to resume hobbling if Scrooge B doesn't stop him.]

[He doesn't, though he does watch him walk off, a discontent expression on his face. Right. Going to try and find where the others have gone now.

There ought to be no need to talk to him again, for a while at least...]

STARDROP CELEBRATION: FINAL DAY

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