Tying Up Loose Ends | DS2 Epilogue
Uncertainty was a frequent companion during the killing game, now being colloquially referred to as Project Genesis, but gradually over the next few weeks, certainty starts to return.
The majority opinion seems to be that there’s been too much death already. Ultimately, it’s decided that Onryo’s freedom will be taken instead of their life. They’ll spend the rest of their days in a prison made just for them - a fate some might argue is worse, with some satisfaction, than the clean escape of death.
No bargains are struck with them, but they prove fully cooperative in sharing information about the Splinter. Operatives Regal and Trickster are revealed as the ringleaders, having formed the rogue cell originally with Deadline and Frost. After Onryo joined, a few more members were recruited based on viability - Odile, Corvid, Friday, Cog… Masque and Feline were allegedly pressured to cooperate with the Splinter by Frost and Regal, who were holding their ill boyfriend hostage.
The remaining members of the Splinter are summarily tracked down. Regal and Trickster die when they trigger the self-destruct sequence on their safe house, taking out several WC members with them and wounding a dozen others. Odile is still in the wind, and is judged a high priority target, while Masque and Feline are slated as low priority and there’s a pervasive sense whenever the topic is mentioned that unless they start causing problems again they probably won’t be pursued.
The Wonder Corporation undergoes a much needed house cleaning that leads to an even more needed deconstruction. Assets are split up, more distant branches dispersed, and new policies introduced as the Triumvirate consolidate the organization back down to a trusted few. The Future Foundation oversees this, working with Decker as the primary liaison. Finally, it’s certain, there will be no more Splinter, no more Projects, no more killing games.
Not everyone is held to the level of accountability that they probably should be, but the world is a far from perfect place.
Perhaps what matters most is not those who are punished, but those who survive and go on to keep living.












