Winchester/Fairfield Expedition - Depature

[winfield]

[After working for roughly a day and a half, nearly nonstop for some of you, the town's looking both healthier and hardier. With most (if not all) of the expeditioners contributing to reparation and building, you've managed to get a lot of work done: all the buildings have at least been patched up to some extent, and the poor broken fence is now standing and sturdy. You've even managed to get together a couple outposts. Nothing fancy-- they're just elevated platforms, really-- but they serve their purpose of allowing people to see far out quite well.

It's probably best to start heading back now, though, since you need the supplies you brought to last you the trip home.]

DR. BREWER | PACK IT UP, KIDS | HEATH | PEOPLE WHO WANT TO STAY

Comments

[youfallback]

I would be alright with never going back to the Castle. [She says it quietly, as if she's afraid that the aforementioned Castle might hear.]

[encryptedlock]

[He smiles a little, but it doesn't quite reach his eyes.]

I've still got some unfinished business there. But--maybe some day. We could just take off.

[youfallback]

[As she finishes unpacking the MREs, she frowns up at him. She had spent months in the Dead Zone already, felt like there was nothing holding her to the Castle anymore, but she knew he wasn't like her in that respect. There were a lot of people he cared for, a lot of people who had disappeared, too, without warning.]

I'd like that. [Even his use of the word "we."]

[encryptedlock]

[And that, well, that's promising enough. Somewhere to start from, anyway.]

I'll keep you up on my plans, okay?

[youfallback]

If mine correspond with yours, I'll do the same. [Not that she was planning on deviating from his plans, but she liked keeping the option of complete independence of anyone open. And despite the fact that she had moved into his guest room.]

[encryptedlock]

[Even that was more than he could have asked for even a few months ago.]

You got it.

[youfallback]

Until then, we'll work on cleaning up the ranch and making it usable. [She shoulders the remains of her pack and heads out of the kitchen toward the stairs.]

[encryptedlock]

All right. Let me know if you want a hand anywhere in particular.

[Otherwise he'll start outside and make sure the roof was in good condition.]