Final Round Entries

EDIT:  At the request of both contestants, we're adding a week to the Judging deadline.  I'll admit, it's a little odd to be asked to extend my own deadline, but they've both assured me that would be less stressful for them, so...we shall make it so.  Judging is now due on the 27th.

AJ and Drac by and
PHOCT R6: Redemption, 1    Jesse turned to Rin, trying to find any scrap of a smile. “Shall we?” His voice came out weak and pathetic; he bowed, to try and disguise his complete dejection, but judging by the look on Rin’s face, it hadn’t worked.
    Rin drummed her fingers on the hilt of her sword, her eyes narrowed.
    “Rin?” said Jesse, stepping around in front of her. He didn’t recognize the expression on her face.
    “Shh!” she snapped, and for a moment he understood her again. “I’m thinking.” The expression reappeared: fierce concentration, mixed with regret and confusion.
    Jesse put his hands behind his back and waited.
    Rin began to pace. “We can’t just leave him,” she said at last. “He’s just not in his right mind now, that’s all. He’s not the man I first met

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Ron Merrit and The Ghost by
PHOCT R6: The End Pg.1So here it is.
The final testimony of a man who fell from heaven and destroyed the world.
I won’t ever say that I’m sorry.
I can’t. If I did, it would invalidate everything that I’ve done up until now. It would invalidate everything that I’ve become.
A sinner. A villain. A monster…
That’s what people will call me.
Rin. Jesse. Hunter. Cassandra. Arya. A.J. Drac…
I wish I could explain everything. I wish I could make you all understand. I wish things didn’t turn out the way they did.
And above all else, I hope you all found what you were looking for in the end.
But, I’m not sorry.
I will never be sorry.
From his vantage point on the hill, Charon could see the millions of souls making their slow march to the west. It didn’t matter if the Fleet had superior weaponry and a defensible position. This was a war of attrition now, and the only thing that mattered was the numbers.
He would win. After all this time,

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