The Grand Narrative: Aftermath

Family meeting

"So you may be wondering why I brought you two here"

"Why are we here, is it something serious?" Clark raised a brow.

"Sort of, do you remember the time when I told you about my fathers?"

"Yeah, are you going to-"

"I've been considering, but I'm not sure, and I wanted to bring you all here to discuss about it. If I did decide to go there, would you want to come with me?"

"Of course! I want to meet them, they're our grandfathers!"

"Grandfathers?"

"Yes Floffon, my fathers, who are your grandfathers"

"Why so many?"

"I honestly don't know either, either way they wanted to have this child who they wanted to be perfect"

"And?"

"That didn't go too well, their expectations were just so high, I've never known how it feels to be a child. It was a stressful time, even worse is they never came to comfort me when I had messed up"

"What happened? If you're comfortable with it"

"I can be a little... Naive, unaware of the weight of my actions, someone had tricked me into doing awful things. I'm not going to tell what, but I never realized how bad it was until it was too late. Their disappointment that day have driven me off an edge, so I ran away, travelling through dimensions and realities. Learning how to survive, finding a place where I could live in peace, perhaps do greater things that I thought would show them I'm not a disappointment, but it is then a great mistake as well. I can't do much of that"

"Is that why you wish to give us a nice life? To give us a childhood that you never did?"

"Sort off, in the middle of the ruckus I have started, I met Ixol- Despair at the time. I've learned about why he ended up there- and something change about how I see things, I knew I wanted to help him, to give him the life he deserves... Though I wasn't the best, seeing as what had occurred to him"

"It's heartbreaking, I've had to seen or hear people closest to me die. I can appreciate that you've given me a home, a family and friends I can rely to but... You took them away, the voices, they meant so much to me"

"I know, and I'm sorry about it. If only there was a way to bring them to life, but it is not possible... I still want to make up for it"

"It's okay, I've forgiven you, you don't need to do anything. Grief is a normal thing, and I still have my other friends, my brothers, and you, my father. I may have hated you but- I didn't also want to lose you, you were my only family at the time but I wasn't sure if you were even genuine about me"

"Well I hope this all clears everything up, you are my son, you may not be related to me by blood nor my creation. But I consider you as my son, and nothing less"

"Can you two stop being sappy and get on with the discussion about our grandfathers"

"Oh come on, I was planning that we go there about two days from now if I went on with it"

"Man, why not tomorrow"

"I need to mentally prepare myself to face them, what if they didn't want me back home?"

"You have a fair point, but I don't think they'll just not want you back, you ran away from them! They most be worried sick about you, but for all these years, they might have thought you died and feel grief over that"

"Would they really care about me if all they ever did was to set such high bars to be a good deity one day? Have they ever once considered if I wanted to fill in that role or not? Surely if they cared, they'd consider my wellbeing."

"They probably thought you can handle their stuff well, and probably felt regret when you vanished without a trace, and since you know how it is to have a child
... You would understand that losing your child would be the most heartbreaking thing for a parent, they wanted the best for you, to be the best. You'd know how they feel when they lost you, like when you almost lost... Me"

Celesteal fell silent at Clark's words, he stares at him blankly for a moment.

"I... You're right, what am I thinking? I'm just nervous about seeing them again, I don't like the type of pressure I feel around them"

"That's why I'm going with you! Now they can't do anything bad or say anything bad in front of their own grandchildren, would they?"

"Yeah!!"

"uhm, yeah?"

"Ixol why do you sound so uncertain?"

"I'm not related to any of you, through adoption yes, but I'm still the adopted one here"

"Ixol, there's nothing there that says only people that are related can be close as a family, they're going to like you anyway because you're also their grandkid, it really sounds like you really are dad's son, having his doubts of all things."

"shush"

"Well, it's nice you three want to come with me, I'm so happy to have sons like you, despite how chaotic two of you are."

"It was just one time! I prefer sword fighting more than anything"

"Erm-"

"Okay, not you Ixol, you're more into flowers nowadays and I think that's great. You should show that more about yourself"

"And frogs?"

"I guess, and yeah frogs too" Ixol smiles at Floffon.

"Then it's all settled?"

"Yeah!"

"If I can bring a flower crown"

"Of course"

"Can I take Forg?"

"Yes, you can bring them!"

"Yay!"

"Well, for now you may do whatever you want to do for today and tomorrow, I will go think about this alone"

"I'll go to Yawgate now, I just want to discuss things with him-"

"I can go find Verfection now, do you know how to get to the city of points?"

"... Yawrail, Yawgate can take you there, go with Ixol"

"Okay!!"

Clark followed Ixol and left through a portal, Celesteal decides to stay and spend some time with Floffon.