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bde fall 2011: the nothing

The Ivory Tower, Sunday Evening

Falcor was a speedy steed, and it didn't take him long to get here: to the tower atop the mountain that shone with its own light. The sun was setting on the horizon, though occasionally it was blotted out by strips of black that melted slower than they appeared.

He touched down on the platform above, catching the attention of the refugees holed up in a corner of the platform. He grinned lazily at them, and flopped to the floor, giving his charges time to climb off.

At the same time, the area kept shimmering. Little trembles within the fabric of Special Collections, which happened every time the library succesfully pulled someone from the campsite to this platform. One by one, it plucked the Fandomites from their tents and their hiding places and left them here.

[[ for everyone who's still alive right now. this is your final finale post. ocd up! ]]

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Sure, you hadn't expected to be here, and sure, there was a large puppy-luck-dragon flopped over on the floor covered in muck and sure, that thing in the middle just opened and released several of your friends...

...well, you might have a bit to mingle about.

More and more blackness cut through the sky, and the land beneath the tower trembled.

It got closer, and closer, even as every strike melted back into the sky.

If you put any stock into that 'remembering (http://fandomtownies.livejournal.com/6190658.html)' business, now's the time.

... as the Nothing swept the last of the way in, seeming almost desperate to stop their efforts--

--then it was black.

Time to remember, folks.

Well, Zayne had spent a while on a big fluffy luck dragon and hadn't had to deal with the Swamp of Sadness, so he was in a pretty optimistic mood when they arrived at the tower.

Also, he wasn't covered in muck. Luck really did work out for him during that last part of the adventure. Now he just needed it to hold out after listening to Anakin's announcement.

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Anakin strode down from the tower with his robe flapping behind him and glanced at the group assembled before him. "Don't suppose anyone happened to bring their yearbooks with them," he said, running a hand through his hair and making his voice carry through the Force. "Because we have to remember as much as we can as fast as we can."

It surprised Natalie that she could still be surprised after the last few days. But, apparently being transported from their campsite to wherever this was (and holding an equally confused cat) was a thing that still registered.

"Okay, anyone care to explain what's going on now?"

Bel walked out of the tower (still with the cowboy hat, shut up), scanning the platform for people he knew. "Phoebe, if you have a spell to enhance memory, now's the time to use it," he said when he spotted her.

Jon followed the flappy robe, already going through the contacts on his cellphone. He may not have a yearbook, but he did have most of the people he was in school with listed on his smartphone.

Peter materialized and had to shield his eyes - Ender's wherever it was wasn't exactly hot on lots of sunlight.

"Okay..." he muttered slowly, and then slanted a look towards Anakin.

Phoebe nodded, relieved at having something to do and having Cole back with her. "Memory spell is definitely something I know."

One of many that came in handy being a Halliwell.

"What do I need to do?"

Pause.

"I like the hat."

Ender appeared as Peter did, still holding a small bundle in his arms. His jacket was also still wrapped around it, and he could swear he heard the Hive Queen almost sigh in relief.

Savannah raised her hand.

"Professor Skywalker? I ... I don't have my yearbook, but I do have my sketchbook. I've been ..." Making memorials "... keeping track of people."

Bruce wasn't stunned to have vanished from the campsite again. Right now he was only surprised that everyone else seemed to be with him.

After hearing Anakin, he started focusing on remembering as much as he possibly could. Fortunately, he had a very good memory.

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Ender's eyes flicked up at the dark, then flickered right back down. He didn't need to know the odds - he had something to do now, a glimmer of hope.

He took a deep breath and focused his thoughts, glancing aside.

When Sam appeared, she was carrying a spear and wearing muddy war paint, her clothes in artistic tatters, her feet bare.

"Kill the pig!" she shouted, then stopped and looked around, noticing she was no longer running through the jungle as the mad queen of a group of tiny boy savages. "Aw man!"

She set the spear down and pouted.

Elphaba hadn't strayed far from Falcor, admittedly. She kept her eyes open for any of her friends, but... look, if you'd just met and ridden on a magnificent furry luck dragon, you'd be a little attached, too.

Peter looked straight back at him. Their eyes caught, and they were aware for one split second they were both thinking of the exact same thing; before lovers and goals, there was the little piece of themselves they had both missed so deeply there hadn't been words for it.

Valentine, their strongest memory.

"We need to focus on our memories of everyone who's gone missing," Bel said, moving over to her and giving her a tight hug, glad she was still where he'd left her. "If we can remember enough, we can bring them back. Bring everyone back."

He didn't quite understand how it was going to work, but he was more than willing to do it if it was going to bring back Anders and Piper and everyone else.

"I have some pictures on my PearPhone," Sam offered. She was remarkably calm for all that she looked like she'd spent all day running wild around a jungle.

And look, there was a large puppy luck dragon lying on the floor, occasionally wagging his tail very gently.

He was always pleased by a good reunion.

Sam shut her eyes and concentrated, muttering names and incidents to herself as she did her best to remember everything she possibly could.

Few things got her as focused as she was right now. But then, few stakes were as high as they were right now.

Phoebe hugged him back just as tightly. "That's all I've been thinking about." Which, he knew. Well, that and living in terror that she was going to lose him, too. "I have the spell and we have the memories. I can cast it and hopefully I have enough power to cast it over a large area."

This would be so much easier if she had her sisters to help, or her nephews. However, being the last Charmed One and the last Halliwell witch meant that she was going to pour everything she was into that spell."

As the blackness approached, Bruce stared right into it defiantly as he tried to run through a mental checklist of all the people he knew and as many details as he could manage. Before the blackness could overwhelm him, his mind drifted, as always, to a dark alley where a small boy lost his innocence when his parents were murdered before his eyes.

He would never forget every detail of that moment. It would inspire him to the end of the world and beyond. And it was time to see how true that was.

"Puppy!" Kenzi had to go over and beam at him. "Oh my god you are so cool."

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