Eternal
You don’t feel as if the Eternal Dominion is really the place for you. You couldn’t stand the new generation of eternals and you doubt if you’ll like the ones coming after them. You aren’t even sure if Edgar would be all that friendly to you as it’s a pretty fair bet that he knows you went to join the Felkan Kingdom. Who knows how he’d react and with an entire nation under his command the odds wouldn’t be in your favor.
So that only leaves one choice for you. Leaving these lands completely and finding your place elsewhere. It’s a little daunting as you’re wading into unknown waters as it were, but after all the things you’ve faced in your life you’re ready for the next challenge.
You travel further west putting the Felkan Kingdom far behind you. Over the course of the next three days you live off the land and basically just observe your surroundings. You haven’t even been attacked, which you figured you would be by something the further you got from civilization. You have gotten the impression that you’re being followed however…
The next night you make camp as usual and go to sleep, or at least you pretend to. You “sleep” for a couple hours and then get up in the middle of the night to circle around whoever it is that’s following you.
Eventually behind a large rock in a small copse of trees you find your stalker. You had a feeling who it might be, but you weren’t sure.
“I really hope you aren’t following me, why I think you’re following me.” You say to Dawn.
She awakens slightly groggy, but still fully aware of her surroundings.
“Damn, I thought I was being sneaky.” Dawn remarks while slowly getting up.
“You might’ve been had it been anyone other than me, so why are you following me?”
“I’m not here to kill you, if that’s what you think sir.”
“I didn’t actually, though I sort of wish you were, might make this a whole lot easier.”
“You…you aren’t going to kill me are you?!” Dawn says in alarm.
“What? No! What I am going to do is send you back home. I’m sure you’ve been AWOL long enough.”
“I’m not going back home sir, I resigned my position shortly after you left.”
“You what? Dawn, why did you do that? You had a command position!”
“I didn’t want it sir, I don’t want to serve the Felkan Kingdom, I want to be with you.”
“(Sigh) See this is the reason why I hoped you weren’t following me.”
“Sir, I…”
“Stop calling me sir! I’m not your commanding officer anymore! Look…I think I know why you’re following me and I don’t think it’s a good idea.”
Dawn doesn’t immediately comment and the both of you are silent for a moment, as the pair of you knows you’re referring to feelings she has for you go beyond simple respect. And while you’ve been pretty closely guarded about the situation as well, it would be a lie to say you don’t feel something for her as well.
“Oh… and why is that exactly?” she slowly asks.
“Because I don’t know where the hell I’m going or know what the hell I’m going to do with myself now. All of what I was taught to believe in, is gone and there is no getting that back. I’m literally lost and I doubt if I’ll ever settle down.”
“Well if I come with you, perhaps you’ll be a little less lost with another set of eyes helping you.”
“Dawn. You have a country. A home. A life. You even have a command if you get back there quick enough. You have something to fight for, do you really want to give that up?”
“If I don’t have you, then yes. Maybe because of your upbringing, you hold such things in very high regard. Most people don’t work that way, you know.”
“(Sigh) Yes I know, but what I’m saying is coming with me is unlikely to result in us settling down and living out our lives in some sort of wedded bliss with a house and kids.”
“And who says I want that? I will be happy just as long as I’m by your side. If that means forever wandering, then I’ll be right there wandering next to you. My life before I met you, wasn’t a great one as you probably know and I only joined the military as an escape from poverty. You believed in me enough to give me my very first command. You taught me that I was capable of more when I sometimes wasn’t even sure myself. After all you’ve done for me it wouldn’t be right for me to leave you when you’re feeling something similar now.”
Even you can’t help but be touched by that remark and you aren’t exactly sure of how to respond. When Dawn approaches closer to you, and the pair of you look into each other’s eyes, the response is certain and the pair of you kiss, finally taking those first steps towards your love for each other.
The next morning after your passionate embrace, you and Dawn begin your journey together and leave the known region far behind. In the years that follow the pair of you wander, seeing new sights and getting into adventures. Several times you genuinely attempt to find a place where you feel comfortable, but it just never happens. While the pair of you never do settle down, your love continues to last.
What ultimately happens to the both of you is lost to time.
So that only leaves one choice for you. Leaving these lands completely and finding your place elsewhere. It’s a little daunting as you’re wading into unknown waters as it were, but after all the things you’ve faced in your life you’re ready for the next challenge.
You travel further west putting the Felkan Kingdom far behind you. Over the course of the next three days you live off the land and basically just observe your surroundings. You haven’t even been attacked, which you figured you would be by something the further you got from civilization. You have gotten the impression that you’re being followed however…
The next night you make camp as usual and go to sleep, or at least you pretend to. You “sleep” for a couple hours and then get up in the middle of the night to circle around whoever it is that’s following you.
Eventually behind a large rock in a small copse of trees you find your stalker. You had a feeling who it might be, but you weren’t sure.
“I really hope you aren’t following me, why I think you’re following me.” You say to Dawn.
She awakens slightly groggy, but still fully aware of her surroundings.
“Damn, I thought I was being sneaky.” Dawn remarks while slowly getting up.
“You might’ve been had it been anyone other than me, so why are you following me?”
“I’m not here to kill you, if that’s what you think sir.”
“I didn’t actually, though I sort of wish you were, might make this a whole lot easier.”
“You…you aren’t going to kill me are you?!” Dawn says in alarm.
“What? No! What I am going to do is send you back home. I’m sure you’ve been AWOL long enough.”
“I’m not going back home sir, I resigned my position shortly after you left.”
“You what? Dawn, why did you do that? You had a command position!”
“I didn’t want it sir, I don’t want to serve the Felkan Kingdom, I want to be with you.”
“(Sigh) See this is the reason why I hoped you weren’t following me.”
“Sir, I…”
“Stop calling me sir! I’m not your commanding officer anymore! Look…I think I know why you’re following me and I don’t think it’s a good idea.”
Dawn doesn’t immediately comment and the both of you are silent for a moment, as the pair of you knows you’re referring to feelings she has for you go beyond simple respect. And while you’ve been pretty closely guarded about the situation as well, it would be a lie to say you don’t feel something for her as well.
“Oh… and why is that exactly?” she slowly asks.
“Because I don’t know where the hell I’m going or know what the hell I’m going to do with myself now. All of what I was taught to believe in, is gone and there is no getting that back. I’m literally lost and I doubt if I’ll ever settle down.”
“Well if I come with you, perhaps you’ll be a little less lost with another set of eyes helping you.”
“Dawn. You have a country. A home. A life. You even have a command if you get back there quick enough. You have something to fight for, do you really want to give that up?”
“If I don’t have you, then yes. Maybe because of your upbringing, you hold such things in very high regard. Most people don’t work that way, you know.”
“(Sigh) Yes I know, but what I’m saying is coming with me is unlikely to result in us settling down and living out our lives in some sort of wedded bliss with a house and kids.”
“And who says I want that? I will be happy just as long as I’m by your side. If that means forever wandering, then I’ll be right there wandering next to you. My life before I met you, wasn’t a great one as you probably know and I only joined the military as an escape from poverty. You believed in me enough to give me my very first command. You taught me that I was capable of more when I sometimes wasn’t even sure myself. After all you’ve done for me it wouldn’t be right for me to leave you when you’re feeling something similar now.”
Even you can’t help but be touched by that remark and you aren’t exactly sure of how to respond. When Dawn approaches closer to you, and the pair of you look into each other’s eyes, the response is certain and the pair of you kiss, finally taking those first steps towards your love for each other.
The next morning after your passionate embrace, you and Dawn begin your journey together and leave the known region far behind. In the years that follow the pair of you wander, seeing new sights and getting into adventures. Several times you genuinely attempt to find a place where you feel comfortable, but it just never happens. While the pair of you never do settle down, your love continues to last.
What ultimately happens to the both of you is lost to time.
