Before the final chapter, I need to talk to you for a moment. I'm sorry.
I know some of you wanted this story to keep going. Letting it end here wasn't an easy decision, and it wasn't one I came to quickly thus why I took a week to think things over.
But from the very beginning, I set rules for myself. I promised that dice roll would matter, that consequences wouldn't be undone just because they were painful, and that I wouldn't cheat the system when things got hard.
When it came down to it, the death saving throws were rolled. Yumi failed.
I could ignore that. I could bend things, find a way around it, and keep writing. But if I did that, I wouldn't be honoring the story I asked you to invest in or the rules I held myself to as a DM and shitty story writer. And I'd feel like I was lying to you, even if the lie was comforting.
So this is me accepting the outcome, even though it hurts. The next chapter is the last one. Thank you for staying with this story.
Thank you liking my shitty style of writing lol.
One final chapter, ill do my best to get it out to you all tonight.