Re: Reaching Salvation: Post-Acer Part 1

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika cut a sliver of her steak and popped it into her mouth, letting her tastebuds savor the flavor that had been unavaibalble to it for so long. Most of the time they caught small game or had one of the chickens that could no longer lay eggs. Whenever they did have beef it was usually mixed in a stew or made into patties.

[quackers are yummylicious]

"Believe what you want, but that's the reason you won't ever fit in," Heidi replied cruelly. "That tournament? You see this scar on my face? All over my arms?" she demanded, pointing to the scar that stretched from the corner of her mouth to her ear. "One of your friends did this to me, understand? Ade's dead because one of your friends killed her. Erika feels guilty everyday because one of your friends used her to try and kill people. Do you understand? There are bad people and you can't fucking change the world."

[Rose Hathaway]

"Well, I'm sorry you went through that. But you know what? Thinking everyone is my friend makes the world seem better than it is so we don't end up like cynical jerks to everyone we care about. It's an anesthetic, and you know what? It works!" Christina screamed.

[Book the Hero]

Joey smiled as he ate, seeing Erika enjoy it as well. The meat itself had been a gift from a couple of the villagers to pay him back for his hard work, so he thought erika would enjoy it as well.

"How is it?"

[MrMissMrs Random]

"Perfect. Haven't has steak since we got one of those Bison last summer..." Erika responded, enjoying every bite of her beef. "I think I have some cookies at my house that we can have for dessert."

[quackers are yummylicious]

"You're sorry," Heidi laughed. "You're sorry? You don't fucking know. You could never fucking know. Just go back to the church and go to sleep."

[Book the Hero]

Joey shook his head. "No need to go out of your way...besides, I want to talk for a bit."

[Rose Hathaway]

"I'm fine." Christina lied, although the pain in her side was acting up again.

[Big Uri]

Luke stepped into some bushes carefullyVremoving his more ragged and dirty clothes, careful not to tear them in their battered state, and put on his second, slightly less ragged set of clothes, which consisted of a pair of tough brown trousers, an old brown military jacket that was slightly longer than waist length, with a white shirt and black t-shirt underneath. He kept on a pair of brown combat boots that he had 'salvaged'. He hoped that he would remember to wash his other set the next day.

Suddenly feeling nostalgic, he got out his old knife-belt from the second week of the tournament, belting it on his upper half, with his sword belt around his waist, sword not on it since it was being used as a walking stick. He still needed the belt to hold up his trousers, though, so he kept it.

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Tom entered the village, humming his favourite tune as he locked on to Heidi's Flow and moved towards it.

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika finished eating her bite of steak and set her plate down on the blanket. "Okay, what do ya need to talk about?"

[Book the Hero]

Joey smiled, taking her hand, before sighing. "Erika...we've been together for about five years now."

"And in that time, I've enjoyed every day of being with you." He said, while picking up a nearby rock with his other hand, and changing it int the shape of a crescent moon.

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika nodded, taking out her own crecsent moon and showing it to Joey.

[Book the Hero]

Joey smiled, clutching his own moon, before standing up, gesturing for her to as well. "When this village was founded, we all worked together to make it a gret place for everybody."

"Even though we've gone through some rough times, and still are, I believe we can still overcome them."

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika stood up as well. "I believe that to, if we all stay together..."

[Book the Hero]

Joey nodded. "...Erika, I love you, and I want to be together with you, forever." He said, before kneeling down, the rock being changed into the form of a small box.

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika's eyes widened as Joey kneeled down with the box. Oh my God...

"Joey..."

[Book the Hero]

"...I don't expect you to say yes, but..." He said, taking her hand, and opening the box to reveal a golden ring, with a diamond shaped like the sun inscribed on it.

"Erika...Will you marry me?"

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika stared at the ring with wide eyes and a slightly gaped mouth. After the Storm she had never expected to ever get 'married' in the actual sense. With a house, a family a... husband... but...

...But Joey just offered all fo that to me. The woman stood very still, a smile slowly creeping on her face as she nodded.

[i]"Yes."

[Book the Hero]

Joey's mouth grew into a big smile when she said that, before putting the ring on her ring finger, and standing up.

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika took deep breaths of air, feeling tears start to come to her eyes that she violently tried to blink away when she looked at the ring, then back up at her boy- her fiance.

[Book the Hero]

And that's when he kissed her. "...I love you."

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika threw her arms over the man's shoulders standing on her tip-toes to return the kiss before whispering back into his neck. "I love you too. So much."

[Book the Hero]

"...I know." He whisped back to her, in her ear, before kissing her again.

[quackers are yummylicious]

"I'm not stupid, girly. I can sense blood, it's part of my Flow. Yours is fucked up nicely. Admit defeat and lie down in the church before you kill yourself or I kill you," Heidi threatened nonchalantly, fairly happy that she had a new punching bag. With her Flow screwed up, Joey had been kicking her ass.

[Shadoe Mayari]

The figure in the middle of the zone turned and looked at Christina and Heidi. It began to walk toward them, taking the zone with it.

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