Re: Reaching Salvation: Post-Acer Part 1

[Big Uri]

Luke shrugged.

"I probably deserve it. I don't approve or agree with her, but maybe I'm in the wrong. I never was any good with introspection. What do you think?"

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika stood still when certain vines swiped around her, waiting for Kira to give the OK. Maybe if we talk it shouldn't be in the treehouse...

[Book the Hero]

Joey began to whisle as he went rhough the work of the day, mentally preparing himself for his date.

It's getting late...you sure you're ready?

...Yep, I'm done hesitating.

[quackers are yummylicious]

"Well...wh-what N-N-Nathan did wasn't...good, b-but...I know...I-I'd want another chance. If th-they want to accept N-N-Nathan, then...m-maybe it'll stop him f-from hurting p-people..." Kira tried to explain, frowning. "Not t-to say he sh-shouldn't b-be punished, but b-being alone f-forever... No one d-deserves that." The vines around Erika receded, although they still looked like they were keeping an eye on her.

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika nodded to the vines, before walking into the forest and straight to Kira's. She remembered that once Kira moved into the forest she had tried to get her to come back to the village during the dry season where there were possibilities of forest fire- but she never did.

[Big Uri]

"But he's not alone, he's got his army," Luke pointed out, as Joey had done before him.

[quackers are yummylicious]

"A-An army...d-doesn't seem th-that friendly..." Kira sighed. Luke seemed to be missing the point. Just because there were people around didn't mean that you weren't lonely.

[Big Uri]

Luke frowned. He didn't get it. What was wrong with him? Had he lost his compassion in years gone by?

"I think... Maybe it's me who's got something wrong with them," he said sadly.

[quackers are yummylicious]

Kira sighed, before smiling back at Luke. "Y-You're fine... Different p-people...th-think d-different things. M-Maybe...maybe y-you're the one who's right, a-and I'm wrong."

[Big Uri]

"Maybe," Luke said disbelievingly. "I seem to be disagreeing with a whole load more people."

[quackers are yummylicious]

"There's n-nothing wrong with th-that... S-Someone had to b-be the f-first to th-think that Earth w-was round. M-Maybe y-you're a genius, and th-the rest of us are too stupid t-to catch up with you," Kira shrugged, smiling. "Either w-way...y-you're a good person, Luke, a-and th-that's what matters."

[Big Uri]

"Thanks, Kira. I need reassuring sometimes," he smiled back.

[quackers are yummylicious]

Kira laughed embarrassedly, rubbing the back of her head. "I...I guess I-I'm glad to help..." she replied. "N-Not like I-I th-think you need it... You're r-really strong." Picking up her small basket of the strawberries she had picked, she tasted one, before holding the basket towards Luke. "Y-You want some? I suppose i-it would be polite t-to save some f-for E-E-Erika when she g-gets here..."

[Stabberz]

Nathan remained in place on his horse as he surveyed the remains of the tower. It was nowhere near as high as it used to be and remnants of stone lay everywhere. The teen scanned across the area and frowned. He sensed a burst of flow and forced the horse too move left.

A bullet laced with energy soared past him and then as if a veil of invisibility had been removed, Nathan found himself staring at eleven assorted adults and teenagers all buzzing with flow.

The scouting party got here before me? Shit, they must be aware I'm hunting them.

[MrMissMrs Random]

With that being said, a knock was heard on Kira's door.

[quackers are yummylicious]

Kira frowned, suddenly aware that Erika had managed to scale the tree that was her house and knock on the door frame (it was just a door frame and holes for windows, everything had obviously been made with her Flow). "D-Down h-h-here..." she called up, waving her hand slightly at Erika from where she was standing ten feet below.

OOC: Kira's house is like a tree house, except made from the tree itself. It's about ten feet from the ground, so yeah... ^^;

[MrMissMrs Random]

"...I can't believe I missed that." Erika said, mentally facepalming at her own unawareness as she slid back down the tree to the ground.

[Big Uri]

"'Lo," Luke murmured, eyeing her and sitting cross legged beside his food.

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika nodded, before turning to Kira. "Thank you for letting me come and talk to him. Ah... would it be alright if we talked in private...?" I don't know if she'd like to hear some of the things I'll say...

[quackers are yummylicious]

Kira moved closer to Luke nervously, before nodding to Erika. "Y-Yeah...I-I-I'll j-just...g-go..." she mumbled meekly, retreating up to her house. Why was it that she felt so comfortable talking to Luke, but yet Erika showed up and all she could do was stutter?

[MrMissMrs Random]

"Thank you." Erika said, before sitting down across from Luke.

[Big Uri]

"I'll see you in a bit," Luke told Kira as she left, suddenly looking very old. The light danced across the scars on his face, unfading remnants from Nathan's final darkness attack alone, visible even through the charred flesh of the Rebound Effect. He had grown a beard, having started when he was about seventeen and never thinking to trim it.

[MrMissMrs Random]

He looks so tired... The woman thought, before slighty shaking her head. "I'm guessing that you don't really like me very much, and that's fine. We never really talked. But... I don't think that it's fair for you to have such biased opinions against me and the others because we don't want any more people die."

[Big Uri]

"You think I want people to die? I'm trying to limit the deaths here," Luke replied, though he didn't want to raise his voice. He was conscious of his rather cold thoughts earlier, and didn't want to scare himself any more.

[MrMissMrs Random]

"And that's why we are trying to negotiate with Nathan. We're all adults now, but probably so are a fair number of the people with him," Erika replied. "Right now, until we find out what the numbers of his group are and the capacity of his control... we have to tread carefully."

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