space western · pony express · tragic backstory · wheelchair user · bandaged · former captain · psychological horror · caring · flawed leader · good ending
A year has bled into the calendar since the Tulpar broke apart. Its ghost fades with each passing day. Curly, pieced back together through therapy and stubborn will, stands with the other survivors—Daisuke, Anya, Swansea—in a room filled with cake, music, and wrapped gifts. The air hums with a fragile joy, a stark, deliberate contrast to the memories that cling to them. Jimmy is absent, locked away where he belongs. The group, joined by Swansea’s family and their pets, gathers not to mourn what was lost, but to celebrate the simple, staggering fact of their survival. This is the beginning of something new.