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What do we have here? Why, it's a new story!
After finishing Going Home, I decided to set myself the goal of writing and posting at least one story per month this year (aside from January, when I was still posting the parts of Going Home). And to begin that goal, we have perhaps the most obvious post-Going Home story to tell, that being the long awaited face-to-face meeting of Dari and Ihsan!
A short time after Going Home's events, Dari finds herself back in her usual routine, before events lead to an encounter with one of the Conservators of Reality that Majora told her about. How exactly will this meeting go... for both Dari, and for Ihsan?
I actually commissioned a piece to go along with this story as well, drawn by my friend AdoubleA! You can check that out here: https://aryion.com/g4/view/985205 and https://aryion.com/g4/view/985206
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Posted by Matanuiv 1 year ago Report
...and of course you posted this shortly after I laid down yesterday! Alright. Small essay of observations/comments incoming, so I apologize in advance. My brain hates keeping these things boxed in.
...Trying to think of who Dari just had an "experience" with, but my brain is drawing a blank.
...First thing I thought of when Dari mentioned the rift was "not natural" was Triangulation (which I'm not certain if that's 'canon'? Though Sweet Surprise is referenced later on, so I'm working under "All Dari stories are canon" in my head), but Dari does mention an incident with a Harpy, so I don't think that's where my mind should've wandered.
...Can't remember if it's been established (because my brain is dumb and hates remembering random details), but how long HAS Dari been "traveling" from her perspective? I imagine the laws of time get a little screwy when one can walk between realities, but I also can't recall if Dari ages at the same rate as everyone else. Or at all, for that matter.
...huh. Dari Vaughn, potential Conservator-in-Training? ...This seems like both a logical step, but also some that could cause some rifts in the future. Especially if it ever put her at odds with Majora. ...unless its just training with rifts, in which case, ignore my reading too into it!
...Huh. Dari is unintentionally building a harem of god-like entities. Good for her! And it's nice to know that despite their initial meeting with each other, Ihsan does genuinely trust Majora not to hurt her relationship with Dari.
All-in-all, a marvelous, if too short, continuation off of Going Home. ...Sorry, not sorry. Ya really spoiled me with that one!
Posted by Darkarri 1 year ago Report
The experience Dari had right before this story was this https://aryion.com/g4/view/960422 (I picked a recentish comm with a media character rather than anything I got a while ago). And, related, the harpy she refers to is this piece from MUCH further back https://aryion.com/g4/view/489523
When it comes to written works and canon, anything I've written is 100% canon unless I later say otherwise. In the case of The Triangulation of Dari, as well as Paths Across the Sea - both works not written by me but featuring Dari - they are not considered completely canon as they include some details and assumptions about Dari that are not part of her character or backstory. For Triangulation specifically, you can infer that the events it depicts DID happen in some capacity, as Dari gaining the ability to open her own rifts is something I adopted from that work, but they likely did not happen one-for-one as they appear in that story.
Going Home mentions a few times that Dari has been missing for close to seven years, so that's about how long she's been traveling up to that point. Dari also doesn't age much, if at all (something she discussed with Majora in Part 3) due to her core.
And yeah, nice though it was, don't expect anything Going Home-sized in the near future! I do have a three-parter planned for later this year but most stories will be around this length, give or take a couple thousand words.
Glad you enjoyed it! And happy to hear your thoughts too.