This ritual is part of the full game suite — included with your book or unlocked directly.
A ritual of transition · Two people
The Threshold
For two people standing at a turning point — together. Every chapter that ends deserves a ceremony. This is yours.
What transition are you marking?
Choose one, or describe your own.
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A chapter ending
Something that has been is now complete. A season, a place, a shared time.
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A relationship shifting
How we are to each other is changing. Not ending — moving into something new.
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A shared loss
Grief needs ceremony. We are marking what we lost, together.
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One of us moving forward
A departure, a major beginning, a life that is about to be different.
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Something else
Name it in your own words.
First person
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Second person
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Acknowledge
II
Carry
III
Cross
Act I · The Acknowledgement
Name what is actually ending.
Not the surface story — the real one. Not "we're moving to different cities" but what that actually means. What is genuinely over? What are you both losing? Give it its true name.
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Your name
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Their name
Write separately, then read aloud to each other before continuing. Take as long as you need.
I
Acknowledge
II
Carry
III
Cross
Act II · The Carrying
What do you take with you?
Not everything ends when a chapter closes. Some of it is yours to keep — a quality you found in yourself, something they gave you, a version of yourself that was born in this time. Name what crosses the threshold with you.
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Your name
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Their name
Write, then share aloud. This is not about what the other person carries — each person names their own.
I
Acknowledge
II
Carry
III
Cross
Act III · The Threshold Crossing
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Choose your crossing act.
Every crossing deserves a symbolic act. Choose how you will mark this moment together.
🗣Spoken wordsEach person speaks a closing sentence aloud. No writing — just voice.
✍️Written releaseWrite the one thing you are choosing to release. Then delete it together.
🤝A commitmentName one thing you each commit to carrying forward. Speak it as a promise.
When you are ready, each person speaks these words aloud — fill in the blank with what is true for you:
"I acknowledge this ending. I release what I am putting down. I step forward carrying [name one thing]."
Each person writes one thing they are choosing to release. Then, together — delete or clear it.
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Each person names one commitment — something you choose to carry forward with intention.
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The threshold is crossed.
You have done what most people never do — you gave a real ending its ceremony. What was between you has been named, honoured, and carried forward with intention.
What you named in this rite
This page is not stored anywhere. What happened here lives only between you.