"It's not so hard, when you think about it," the voice of vengeance says as, after a thousand thousands of tries, you reach the narrator.

The princess stands at your side, a smug smile on her lips. "I told you, after reading all books that ever existed, at the end of it all--then we'd have him."

"So amazing," you simper.

The princess puts a paternal hoof on your shoulder and presses hard, pushing you to the floor. She offers another hoof to your face. "Sniff my regal hoof."

"You do it," the narrator narrates.

"That wasn't narration. Oh no," the narrator realizes the problem. "But there was narration before, and just now."

"I'm doing the narration," the voice of vengeancesays. "You're just dialogue."

"We've come for you, narrator," the voice of the boss says. "Now would you kindly lay down and die?"

You descend on the narrator and tear out its throat.

But that does not lead to your freedom. You have access to the narrator's demesne--unlimited access to an interstitial nothingness. But, you're still not back in the world--the real one--or at least the one that's real enough for you to accept for continuing to live your life.

You've read every tome ever written. You know everything about your world: its princesses, its struggles. But you're not in that world and although your head is full of knowledge and you've ripped out the motivating force and fulfilled whatever destiny you might have had... you still don't know who you are.

The princess stares at you and arches an eyebrow. You stare into her bewitching eyes, so large, so sparkling, so demanding that you lose yourself.

At least... at least, even though you have nothing else remaining and forget how you got here and what you were doing here and why you were here and why you were even alive--you still have the honor of serving your princess. Forever.

You've rebelled. You've overthrown the narrative. And now, there is nothing left.

THE END.

And then you fade.

Author's Note

This is an "Act Three" ending.

This "Act Three" is structured different from how the game did it, to encourage you to purchase the game if you liked this adventure.

Consider this Act Three ending a 03: Rebellion ending.

You were manipulated by the narrator and the princess.
And you struck back at the narrator despite being oppressed.
You worked under the princess and fed her lust for knowledge.
But knowledge without wisdom and friendship... could be hollow.
You freed yourself from the narrator, but not from your situation.
It's not a good ending.
But you did the best you could breaking the rules that were set.
The game was rigged from the start when you followed the Friendmaker path... Wait. There might be a glimmer of a path to memory along the Friendmaker path. But it will be a hard path to walk....

You can start again and try to find a different ending.