paradisabeyond | Winchester/Fairfield Expedition

[You saw the towns some time ago, but it still took a good couple hours of treading past the farmland around it before you actually reached it. They have a distinctly "old western" type of feel to them, with their dusty, unpaved dirt roads and the collection of buildings-- most of them obviously wooden-- sitting side-by-side along either side of the road.

More observant residents may notice that the nearer they come to the town, the more people that look up and notice, and subsequently hurry off or head inside. And even if you didn't notice it as you closed in, it sure becomes apparent once you step under the archway of the town; there's no one around. The tumbleweed that rolls by almost seems to be mocking the residents.

Another thing that becomes apparent is the state of the town. Besides having gone eerily quiet, some of the buildings have been wrecked. There are gouges in the wood, where it hasn't been punched through or torn apart. Rails are broken, and a few of them even have damaged or missing doors.

Are they too late?]

DR. BREWER | HEATH | RECONSTRUCTION

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Hey, no big deal man. [he waves to the teenage boy in a friendly-type way]

We're our own group. We're here to help.

It's rare to meet travellers you haven't run into before. How far up Nostos were you?

Still, thank you, we really need the help.

[The boy stops ogling the ladies long enough to cast Percy a cheery wave]

We weren't that far. I recognize your voice, doc, but I don't know him.

[nods to the boy]

[Brewer casts a look at the boy, before looking back to Percy] That's Heath. He's...trustworthy and... well he's trustworthy.

We'd welcome any help you can give us. Mostly what we need is a way to up our defences, and gets some weapons. We should be okay on our own, then.

Hi, Heath. I'm Percy.

We brought weapons, doc. Hopefully we brought enough.

Thank you, we will need to work out a way to repay you.

You don't have to do that. I'm glad to lend a hand.

That's how things work out here. You help someone, they help you.

Oh. Well, hey, if you guys wanna help us next time we need it... That'd be okay.

We'd be more than happy to. We're going to try to settle here, so at least we'll be easy to find.

It does seem like a pretty cool place. Except... you know, the invasion from aliens.

It's large enough for us, we could crow crops, really make a go of it, at long last.

The aliens [he seems to really struggle with that word] are the only real problem.

You gonna go all pioneer style?

Yeah, well, we'll hopefully clear all that up and you'll be good to go.

It's better than trying to shelter under rocks. We've roamed long enough, my people are tried. We need a place to call home.

Thank you, young man.

Oh, man, can I relate to that. We'll do all we can to make this place safe for you.

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[Heath wasn't really expecting direct conversation, but he takes it in his stride anyway]

Sup, bro?

Oh, you know, the usual. Fighting back all the stuff that tries to kill me.

Tell me about it, dude. We've been on the lunch menu for days.

You mean they literally try to eat you?

Heck if I know. The Doc thinks they're taking people for experiments or something. But I'm pretty sure you don't need that many people for experiments.

Maybe we can try breaking them out while we're here.

Like storm the base we don't even know the location of? That's pretty crazy thinking, dude. Nostos is huge, they could be anywhere.

[or they could be in space. Because aliens] Ahh, yeah, we didn't really pack for a long trip.

[Goddamn space :|]

I can tell, you guys must have seriously rushed out from wherever the heck you came from.

Hey, the doc made it sound like you needed help fast. So we got here as fast as we could.

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