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Evanne Luna Remmington

"You leave her alone or you'll get a boot up your ass!"

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a character in “A Handful of Dust Remake”, as played by sparrowluvr2

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Name: Evanne Luna Remmington
Role: Female 1
Age: Twenty Three
Occupation: Nurse
Likes: Nursing- She likes making people feel better. Evelyn- Her daughter who she named after her grandmother who passed away when Evanne was only six. New Comers- They helped her when she ran away from town. Now she wants to help them join. Noah Ripley- She's never afraid to be blunt with him but that sometimes leads to arguments. She has never hated him. She respects his opinion and his rule of the town. Friends- She gets a long with just about everyone but has no qualms about speaking her mind.
Dislikes: Rules- She hates to be told what to do, even if it comes from a friend. Male 2- She may have had a relationship with him at one point but that didn't mean she had to like him. She regrets being with him and being around him but she puts up with him. Rumors- She hates the lies that are told about her. It's no one's business but her own who she has or hasn't been with. It's no one's business who her child's father is. Dust- The town is too strict but she knows that the only way Evelyn will be able to survive is if she has the help of the town.
Fears: She's afraid that the father of her child will find out he is Evelyn's father and try to steal her away. She is terrified that one day she'll come back to the child center, for working parents, and her child will be gone.
Dreams: Evanne dreams of peace. She knows it's unlikely to happen but she wants everyone to get along. She had been shown such kindness when she was outside of Dust that she knows they should open their doors to the new comers. She dreams that one day Dust will welcome good people.
Personality: Evanne used to be such a quiet girl. She was more of an observer as she grew up but during her teens she started to speak out. Her parents were prominent in the town. She watched her father stand up for what was right and she mimicked him. She was always the girl who would stand up to the bullies. She didn't care if she got in fights with other kids or boys. She didn't mind getting hurt if it meant someone else was safe. Her mother was outraged by that. She thought she had raised a proper little girl. Evanne hated disappointing her mother but she knew she was going right by what her father taught.

As she grew older, Evanne grew more and more estranged from her mother. Her father started to lose his mind when she was only seventeen. She helped her mother with him but as a rule, Dust wanted to help children not elders. Her father was only forty five and yet still considered elder. He ran the general and even though she was focusing on being a nurse, she did her best to help her mother out at the store. She always felt like the motherly type- unlike how her mother was to her. There were always kids living with them so she got to know everyone very well. She liked taking care of others but she never dreamt of being a mother. She worries that she'll be just like her estranged mother. When she ran away from Dust, her mother disowned her. Now that she is back she can only go and see her father when her mother is at the General Store. The only way her mother will actually serve her when she's at the General Store is when she had her daughter in tow. Yes, she had to manipulate her mother to get the things she needed, even if she was paying for it, and was probably going to hell for it, but she would do anything for her daughter. Even make pleasantries with someone Evanne wants to choke on her own spit.
Background: Secrets. That's exactly what she was raised around so that's exactly what she knows how to keep. Evanne was always a daddy's girl. Her father doted on her while her mother kept her at arms length. Her father was one of the more wealthy people in town and very well respected. Growing up, her home was always full of people, whether it was one or two kids staying with them or someone important from the town. Evanne got a lot of privileges other kids didn't get but when a new orphan came to live with them for those weeks they were there, they got them as well. Her father's generosity was the building blocks of her morals. She could always get along with just about everyone except people who hurt others. She has a like hate relationship with Male 2. He can be so mean to people and then turn around and be so sweet to her. She got in a lot of fights with him growing up. She was always friends with his older brother, Noah Ripley. He was one person she could count on.

As she got older, Evanne wanted to do more with her life. Instead of working at the store full time, she studied nursing and finally became one. She was one of the youngest nurses working in town. She started dating Aaron Sullivan. He had stayed in her house a few times when they were younger. It was weird dating someone younger than her but they seemed to have such a connection that she didn't put too much thought in it. Still, there was Male 2 always making things complicated. But she completely stopped having a relationship with him after it was found that he was also with Female 4. She wasn't heart broken but she did find herself spending more time with Noah.

He treated her the way, others didn't. She was definitely her best friend. With her time divide between Aaron, Noah, and her two different jobs. With the declining mental state of her father, Evanne pushed her loved ones away. One day she couldn't take anymore and she packed a bag and left Dust. She didn't know if anyone would actually miss her. Most of the time her father didn't even remember who she was.

It wasn't long until she realized that she was pregnant. She met Ginny, her husband, and Rob shortly after leaving Dust. They helped her when she doubted anyone would. She came to think of them as friends. After having Evelyn, she realized it would be impossible to raise her without the help of the town. She told them about the town where she lived and then left to go back.

The rumors started the moment she arrived back. She kept her distance away from her friends. No matter how many times she is asked about Evelyn's father, Evanne evaded the subject. She doesn't want anyone to know the father. She works for everything she needs and doesn't like accepting handouts. She is proving she can raise her daughter on her own. The father of her child is not welcome in her daughter's life unless it's to be with Evanne. That's the only way he'll find out he's the true father.


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So begins...

Evanne Luna Remmington's Story

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'For the love of god, it's hot.' Evanne Remmington thought to herself, wiping her forehead on the back of her sleeve. She couldn't wait for the temperature to drop, even if it was only a few degrees. She dabbed a cool rag on a man's forehead. He must have been miserable with a fever and the shakes. She couldn't do much to cool him off. All she could do was keep switching out his towels for cool ones. She had given him enough medicine to help the fever subside but it wasn't working. It looks like the leader Clay wasn't the only person they would loose soon. She got up, walking over to Mrs. Milton and explaining what she needed to do for the time being. She told her as delicately as she could that she didn't think Mr. Milton would be alive much longer. She promised she'd send Risalda over as soon as she was free.

The blonde stayed by the woman's side for a long time, comforting her and doing all that she could for her. But in the end she had to leave. It was nearing the time she needed to pick up Evelyn from daycare. On the days she didn't have her daughter with her, she felt like a piece of her was missing. Every fiber of her being demanded that she had to be there twenty four seven to protect her from anything and everything.

Packing her things, Evanne made her way outside into the blistering heat. She almost went back inside for the shade but she kept walking. Unlike her, she was the only one out there. She shouldered her bag and pulled her hair into a messy bun that she tied with a red ribbon. She wore a button down shirt that she had tucked into her shirt. Under it, she had a tank top that was mostly soaked to the bone with sweat. She wore a pair of jeans with a few rips in them. She also wore her favorite brown leather boots. They came up to her shins and laced all the way up.

Out of no where Evanne heard Pamela shout. She jumped, spinning around to see them. She walked towards them, covering her eyes so she could look up at the roof. She smirked when she saw Juniper and Chip. "Hey guys, getting into trouble again?" She asked. She smiled at Pamela and Dana. "Hey guys, don't be too hard on them Pam. Boys we'll be boys." She told him. She bit her lip, looking away towards Juni so she wouldn't get caught laughing. Oh yes, she knew Juni had also shot at her but that didn't mean she couldn't get in trouble too.

"I have an idea. How about I punish them but making them help me out?" She offered. She tucked a blonde curl that had escape behind her ear. "I need to go pick up Evelyn and go to the grocery to get some stuff for me and I was gonna get a few things for the newcomers." She said, shrugging as if to say she was just being charitable.

Evanne knew all too well that Pamela was against letting the newcomers stay. It made her angry that she could be so close minded about this. These people needed their help. Wasn't that how Dust was founded? Outsiders came together and made a safe place to raise a family. Now there was a family out there that needed their help. How could they deny them?




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This was not a good day for Virginia Tompkins. She knew her baby would be coming any day now. She was trying not to worry her brother or her husband but they had eyes on her like hawks. She leaned back a little as she waddled around, her hands on her back. She definitely looked like the poster child for any woman thinking she wanted to have a baby.

She only stopped in her pacing to gulp down some water. It didn't help her cool down at all but at least she was staying hydrated. That was one thing Evanne had stressed to her. She began to pace once more. She could feel the pressure of the Braxton Hicks hitting her again. She tried not to show on her face. Her body was ready to give birth to this baby whether she wanted to or not.

She heard the squeal, jumping at the sound. She turned and could just make out one of the meaner girls in town with what she thought was her sister yelling at someone. She had to squint at where she was looking but then she saw Juniper up there. She shook her head, snorting. Of course, Juni was causing some sort of ruckus. Leave it to that girl to liven things up and this heat.

Slowly, she made her way over to a chair and eased herself down. Sure, moving helped with the pain and the labor but her ankles were basically double the size they usually were. Her feet and ankles were sore. She sighed, closing her eyes. She adjusted the hat that covered her head to give herself more shade.

The only thing that really fit her at the moment was a large sundress that she had to adjust the top so it actually covered her chest. Beads of sweat covered her skin. She would love to soak in a cool whirlpool somewhere but that wasn't going to happen. They would be lucky to even have a portion of the town vote for them to stay. Would they let them? They seemed like a community that was all about doing right by kids. Did that give them the sympathy vote? She worried that even if they allowed Owen, herself, and the baby, they wouldn't allow her brother to stay.

Could she stay if her brother couldn't? She didn't think so. Maybe if she could get Juni and her brother back together the town would vote to keep them as well. It wasn't like they could deny love... right?

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Noah rested his forehead on the papers that littered his desk. He had no doubt that their would be ink pressed into his brow, but he couldn't bring himself to care. It was days like these that Noah found his job to be the most difficult to carry out: the mind-numbingly boring days. For whatever reason, Harvest tax paperwork just wasn't doing it for him, and any distraction would've been a godsend. At this point he would even welcome Pamela coming in to bother him about the newcomer vote. While the Thompkins couple didn't pose any kind of threat in Noah's eyes, Robin Bradford was a whole different story. Noah knew that, despite his own indecision, most of the people of Dust had already made up their minds one way or the other. Either way the vote went, though, there was no way he was letting that woman leave the safety of town before she gave birth. He couldn't stomach the thought of her or her child dying because they turned the family away.

Noah's head shot up at the sound of shouting on the main street, one of his unfinished papers sticking to his forehead. He batted it away and smeared the ink off his face with the back of his hand. A smile spread across his face as he approached the Town Hall's screen door. There, in the middle of Main Street, was a strange collection of Dust's usual suspects: Pamela and Dana Clay on the ground, Juniper Jacobs and Chip Darney perched on a roof.

I gotta get out of here, Noah thought, pushing the door open and stepping onto the porch. An arid breeze gently pulled at his green tunic. From what he could see, Juniper and Chip on the roof had done something to upset Pamela Clay. He would think it was breathing too loud, but he knew that Juniper much preferred to earn her disapproving looks. Seeing Evanne join the group, Noah decided to call it a day for his work, and he tried his hardest not to run to join her. He caught the tail end of her offer to Pamela.

"I could go with you as well, Evanne," he suggested. "I need to speak with the newcomers anyway. And Juniper and Chip might require some extra supervision."

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A hit! Juniper and Chip cheered as they saw their weed wads slap against a face with long dark hair. They shared a high five before peeking over once again to see who it was. Then Juniper heard the screech of a voice that she knew all too well. “Get down here right now!” Pamela Clay. Juniper rolled her eyes dramatically before looking over at Chip who was swallowing a lump in his throat, he went on to mutter a weak "Uh oh." Juni let out a soft chuckle at this reaction and then patted his back before sliding toward the makeshift ladder that got them up there in the first place.

"Come on. We've got to go." She said, looking back at the boy who was worried he would get into trouble. "Don't worry, she's not as scary as she looks." Juniper reassured him before disappearing behind the back of the house and jumping down until the dry soil. Soon after, Chip was right behind her. While they took their time to approach the roach, Juniper noticed a slew of people gathering around the Clay girls. Maybe she was in more trouble than she bargained for. Not looking over to Chip and moving her mouth only the slightest bit she said "It was a good shot though." Chip snickered a little bit right before reaching them. When they were within ear shot Juni could tell they were already trying to figure out their punishment. The thought of being punished for having just a bit of fun made Juniper boil inside. After all, no one could deny that Pamela Clay was the most hated woman in town.

Coming to a stop Juni crossed her arms across her chest. Chip took his usual stance with his hands in his pocket and his head held high. Juniper was proud that he wasn't ducking his head in shame this time. There was nothing to be ashamed of. They didn't know who was down below... It was honestly all good fun. If it had been anyone else in town there would have a couple of shared laughs and nod goodbye. Pam was just one of those fun suckers. It was unfortunate that she had to be the one down below. Otherwise, Juniper and Chip would have still been on that roof enjoying themselves. Now it looked like they had to do chores.

"What seems to be the problem, your Highness?" Juniper said, her voice drenched in sarcasm. Your Highness was a little nickname that Juni had given Pamela years ago, and somehow it just stuck. It was awfully appropriate since Pamela thought she walked above the rest of the townsfolk. Juniper looked over at Noah, knowing that he would disapprove of her picking at Pam. Juniper let the little fire inside of that wanted to punch Pamela in the face dwindle down. Her light eyes look between the people in front of her. Dana was trying to remain cool, Pamela was just Pamela, Noah was being diplomatic as usual, and Evanne was trying to make things a little less annoying.

She realized that this was her best option, though the mentioning of the newcomers sent her stomach into a pit. She wanted to see Ginny and Owen, but she had mixed feelings about Rob. She was mad, but she knew that he was avoiding her more than she was him. "That's fine." She said, agreeing to run errands. However, she was going to let Chip get away. Juniper looked up at the sky, "Well shoot, will you look at that time." She looked over at the 10 year old next to her, "You're supposed to help Mrs. Crawly gather her crops!" Chip shook his head like he knew exactly what she was talking about. "But Juuuuni," He whined, trying to ham it up. Before he could go on though Juniper slapped him on the back and said "Go on, Chip."

After this little episode Chip began running toward Mrs. Crawly's little shack that was toward the Town Hall. Juniper smacked her hands together, looking at Noah and said "Should we leave?" She could only stand so much time in the presence of Miss Pamela Clay.

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First Evanne and now Noah. It seemed that everyone in the town was going to join Pamela in the middle if she stayed here any longer. “Don’t be too hard on them, Pam. Boys will be boys.” That would be the case if both culprits were boys. As they both approached the crowd Pamela learned that her convictions were correct. Juniper was the leader of the destructive duo.
Almost as if Dana was reading Pamela’s mind she came up to her and whispered, “remember Pamela, it was just two weed balls; a little joke. Don’t make it into a big deal.” Dana hugged her big sister and quickly scurried away, “I have to go finish my work…and I uh, remembered I have to run some errands. Bye everyone!” Pamela knew Dana had errands to run but they weren’t that pressing, she had a copy of her mech schedule for the day.

Ah! Pamela thought to herself, Noah Ripley. Dana must have been in a rush to get away because of Noah’s unexpected presence. She did look and smell like a mechanic. Ha, she probably didn’t want Noah to see her like that. Pamela knew why Dana was so infatuated with the monkey for a leader. He was everything Dana loved about their dad and everything Pamela hated about him. His affinity for the newcomers made him weak and is going to singlehandedly destroy everything Diane Clay built.

“No, Noah,” Pamela shot him a look that she reserved only for the Noah Ripley, “we need to talk before you ‘speak with the newcomers’. Understand? Or do I need to explain here in front of everyone the superfluousness of this vote since it really comes down to you in the end. Our votes don’t matter one single bit, ain’t that right? So, as I was saying, we need to-“

“What seems to be the problem, your Highness?” Juniper and the kid that Pamela didn’t really know reached the crowd, interrupting her like they were born to do so. Pamela and Juniper haven’t stopped staring at each other since she started walking towards her. Pamela was cold hearted, she knew that, and Juniper was warm, fun, and inviting. Pamela was jealous of Juniper on top of all the hatred she had for her and it made her furious. She’s never wanted to hit someone until Juniper ruined her life a year ago. She can never forgive her for what she did. Pamela knew Juniper’s flame inside was yearning for a fight and Pamela’s ice cold heart was urging her to kick Juniper in the face. But there were more important matters at hand. The ferocious battle of fire and ice would have to take place at another time. Dana was right, it was just a stupid childish prank. This time…Pamela would let Juniper get away.

“You seem to be the problem, Juni,” Pamela took extra time saying Juniper’s nickname, injecting as much sarcasm to it as she did with ‘Your Highness’. “I don’t understand why you insist of being a child,” Pamela looked over to Evanne, finally breaking the uncomfortable eye contact with Juniper, “but if you insist on being one I will have to punish you like one. Go help Evanne with her errands. You are lucky I don’t have time for this today.” Pamela walked towards Noah and clamped on to one of his pockets, “you and I have to talk now.” She began pulling him towards the Town Hall but stopped midway and turned to Juniper one last time, “I swear to God if you don’t have your harvest this cycle I will be all over you.”


Pamela, before turning back to Noah gave a stern look to the remaining two, Evanne and Juniper, “you are dismissed.”

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Evanne was still snickering when she heard a very familiar voice. It was one that made her want to scream and run but also stay and talk with him. Things had been awkward between them since she had arrived back in town. They hadn't completely discussed all the reasons she left or came back.

"I could go with you as well, Evanne. I need to speak with the newcomers anyway. And Juniper and Chip might require some extra supervision."

'With Evelyn? Come with us to get Evelyn and then go to the newcomers with food for them?' The only problem was Evanne couldn't find anything wrong with this. In fact, having an extra pair of hands wouldn't be so bad. She smiled at him and nodded. "Sure thing. I'm sure they'd love to have you over." She told him, looking away from him as soon as Juni came into sight. She was a welcomed sight

Evanne smiled at her friend. She could always count on her to be by her side when she needed her. And then Chip ran off after a bit of teasing from Juni. "Bye Chip!" She called after him, waving.

She couldn't help but look at Pamela then at Juniper when their staring match started. She frowned, confused. She had never heard what happened between them. She would definitely need to get that out of Juniper at some point. It wasn't right that she knew all of Evanne's secrets and she knew none of Juni's. She looked at Noah and nodded her head at the two as if to ask him what was with them. If she couldn't get it out of Juniper, she'd get it out of Noah. She could tell it was more than their usual bickering that they had been doing since childhood.

Evanne couldn't help but roll her eyes, crossing her arms. Sometimes, well most of the time, she just wanted to go right up to Pam and smack her. She didn't care who she was, no one treated her like that. "Did you ever think he might not want to talk to you, Pam?" She called after her. Sure, she didn't really want Noah to come but she was not going to sit there and be push around by that pampered ass.

Evanne grew up with Pam and couldn't stand her. Their families often had dinners together. "You don't have any servants here. Don't ever talk to me like you're above me." She warned Pam as she walked to the daycare in the direction Dana had run off in. As she passed Pam, she bumped into her with her shoulder and continued walking. "Noah, if you don't find us at the store just meet us at their shack." She said to Noah and even offered him a smile.

"Why the hell does she think she's so much better us? You know if she had to go survive outside these walls, she wouldn't even make it one day." Evanne told Juni, trying to calm herself down. She didn't know why Pamela always riled her up so much. Dana was so sweet and so likeable. Apparently Pamela had been hit with the unpleasant stick when she was born, more than a few times.

She saw a crowd forming around the Mech Hall but she kept walking. When she stepped up to the little house that the day care was in. She walked up to the door. It was a split door and the top part was opened in so they could get some light in there. Evelyn always seemed to know when her mother would be there for her because there she was, reaching up for her. She started grinning and babbling the moment she saw her mom.

Evanne couldn't help but smile at that. She opened the door, scooping her up. "Hi baby!" She held her at her side and user her hip to keep her up. She grabbed the baby bag that held Evelyn's things and added it to her shoulder with her medical bad. "Thanks, Helen! We'll see you later!" She told her, waving at her and left. She turned back to Juni as she shut the door. "Ready to get some supplies?" She asked.

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Ginny sighed. Of course, Owen was going to have to go soon. She felt like she never got to see him anymore. She rubbed her huge stomach. Was he avoiding her? She often awoke to find herself alone in bed. Had he found someone in town that he'd rather spend his time with? These and more questions raced through her head. She knew he loved her, she could see that clearly in his eyes. He always saved one look for her, even the first day they met each other. She always knew it would be him. They didn't even wait that long before they were married.

"Dunno. I was just about to head to Mech Hall before that happened. You know what, I'll stay. Take care of you, too. Let this asshole toil in the fields for the day. I have to fix that fucking rainwater filtration system I was making. You know, to be useful to this goddamn town." Robin said.

Ginny looked at her brother. She jumped a little as he slammed the back door. She sighed, moving the rag to her neck. "You went to far that time." She warned her husband.

"I should go. Don't get into too much trouble. Keep an eye on him." Owen said.

She gave him a weak smile and nodded. "I will.. you don't get in trouble either." She told him. She leaned up and kissed him back. Sighing once more as he walked away, she pushed herself off the rocking chair. "I love you, Owen!" She called after him.

Heading back inside, Ginny shut the door behind her. At least without so much sun pouring in they didn't have to worry about it being as hot in there. She dipped the rag into the water again and wrung it out a little before putting it back on her neck. She waddled out the back door, leaving the door open.

"Owen wasn't trying to be mean." Ginny told her brother who was already hard at work.

She found a log and eased herself down on it. "Can I help with anything? I hate not doing anything... That's all I do now. I'm just waiting for this baby to get here." She sighed, rubbing her belly. She bit her lip for a moment. She had to tell someone how nervous she was.

"Promise me something." Ginny told her brother. "Swear to me that if anything happens to me, you won't leave Owen alone here with the baby? The baby needs his uncle... even if I am around. I want you to stay with us... If you can't stay... we won't stay either.

She opened her mouth to continue but she heard the knocking at the front door. Sighing, she stood up again. She probably shouldn't be moving around so much but Robin looked a little held up at the moment. She went through the house and opened the door, smiling at the girl she had seen before but didn't exactly know her name. "Hello, Dana. I'm Ginny Thompkins. I'm sure my brother would love some help." She moved out of the way to let her in then shut the door behind her. She lead her out back. "Robin, this is Dana Clay. She's here to help you with the filter. She looks very handy." She smirked at her brother. She knew he prefered to do things by his self. It would be interesting to see how he worked with this girl.

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Though Juniper and Evanne weren't the most likely of friends, the two ladies gone on well. They had bonded over their hatred for Pamela Clay, and somehow found themselves relating more to each other than they ever had before. After all, it was a bit strange that the town fool kept the secrets of the town's one and only single mother. Perhaps it was their status with the town that brought them together, being outcasts. Along with that, both girls had to have a rough side to them to be able to survive in the wilderness.

Since the "newcomers" had come Juniper had avoided their side of the street. And now, here she was being dragged around by Evanne on their side of the street. Evanne was going to bring Juni face to face with everything she had been trying to escape. Juniper had spoken to Ginny a couple of times, had a brief conversation with Owen, but was taking all precautions in avoiding Robin. Juniper had seen him when they first arrived, and quite frankly that was enough. So she talked around, kept her eyes open, and took note of all the fields that Rob was working in. Juni was fully aware that she wouldn't be able to avoid Robin forever, but she wasn't prepared to see him today.

As they walked Juniper developed a sort of pathetic tunnel vision. She was so focused on keeping her eyes from straying toward the Thompkins' little shack that she forgot what she was doing all together. The short rant that Evanne had was like a bubble of noise with no words. Yet, Juniper knew exactly what Evanne had said. The terror settled in quite nicely, especially once Juniper realized that she would actually be seeing Robin within the next half hour. Before Juni had any time to recover from this mess of isolated thoughts and concentrated memories, she found herself at the daycare. Just the sight of three plump babies made Juniper snap out of it.

There was nothing that invigorated Juniper more than tiny drooling people.

Evanne picked up Evelyn and Juni felt a strange pang of jealousy. Juniper was one of the many women in town that longed to settle down and have children, though she would readily deny it. It was obvious to most everyone in town that Juni had a motherly instinct and a talent with children. If it weren't for her shenanigans she would have been a shoe in for the position as the town teacher. But that's another story. Juniper waved to the woman who was in charge of the daycare as they headed out, and her focus was brought back to Evanne and her precious little girl. "I'm ready!" She said simply. Juniper plopped her hands into her pocket and tried to stay in a calm and collected mode.

"She's so big." Juniper cooed as they walked toward the grocery store. Juni saw little Evelyn often, but for some reason the little rascal looked bigger than she remembered. "You're getting too big for your boots, aren't you little Lottie?" Juniper said while reaching out to hold Evelyn's small hand. They entered the grocery store quickly. Then, Juniper realized she didn't know what they were picking up for Ginny, Owen and Robin. That being said, Juniper took the position as the baby holder. Once there were other things to carry Juniper would be of more assistance, but for now she was more than content bopping around with Evelyn.

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Noah barely even had time to register Dana Clay before she scurried away, and Evanne responded to him after what seemed like a moment of thought.

"Sure thing," she said. "I'm sure they'd love to have you over." He grinned back at her.

"No, Noah," Pamela needled, "we need to talk before you 'speak with the newcomers.'" Noah did little more than sigh, but she continued, "Understand? Or do I need to explain here in front of everyone the superfluousness of this vote since it really comes down to you in the end. Our votes don't matter one single bit, ain't that right? So as I was saying, we need to--"

Juniper's interruption had Noah sending a silent prayer of thanks up to whatever gods were watching over his sanity, and the resulting snarkfest, however heated, that followed was just the reprieve he needed to steel himself for the inevitable. Evanne's eyes found his, a question playing out in her irises. He shrugged helplessly. The answer to that kind of inquiry would require too much explaining and too many of Juniper's secrets divulged without her permission.

Noah winced at Evanne's responses to Pamela. It wasn't that he didn't agree with everything she was saying--on the contrary, in fact--but he knew that they would be hearing about it from her later.

"Noah, if you don't find us at the store just meet us at their shack."

He nodded. "Of course," he said with a smile he was sure looked more like a grimace. Evanne had already begun walking away as Pamela continued to talk at her and Juniper. Pamela grabbed on to one of Noah's pockets

"You and I have to talk now," she said, pulling him straight back to his own personal hell. He missed his small window of escape when the she-devil turned back to Juniper to grump some further instructions Noah was far too busy groaning out loud to hear.

Pamela fixed him with another of those patented glares that she saved just for him.

"Come on, Pamela," he said. "What is there to discuss right now? The vote is for me," he admitted as he allowed her to drag him wherever she wanted, "so I'll now how the people of Dust feel. You can't honestly be against that, can you?"

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Evanne suspected that Juniper was off in her own little world but she came back to life when Evelyn was in her arms. They walked over to the store her mother owned, she was glad to see that her mother wasn't there. "Hey, Sam. How long is she going to be gone for?" She asked, already putting things in her basket. She only got things that she needed or that it was possible that the newcomers, her friends needed.

Evelyn laughed, clapping as Juni held her and talked to her. Juni was one of the few that could hold Evelyn and she wouldn't mind. She reached up and grabbed a strand of Juni's hair. She stroked it, staring at the pale golden hues.

Evanne sighed when Juniper mentioned the boots. "Yeah, she's just about done with those. But I can't find a bigger size boot for her that aren't huge. I have no idea where to find a pair. Any suggestions?" She asked her.

The blonde moved to the front of the store and paid for what she got. They piled it into as few bags as possible and began to out into the out air. She looked at Juni and gave her a soft smile. "Are you really okay with coming to see them with me? I know there's some... history there."

As they walked, Evanne's eyes couldn't help but search for Noah. Was he okay? Was he getting the wrath of Pamela because of what she said? She hated to think she caused him more trouble. She saw them over by the Town Hall. She couldn't help but wonder what they were talking about. Pam obviously didn't know her secret but she was sure she knew just about everyone else's.

Pam could be a cruel woman when she wanted to. Evanne hated that she had so much power. She always seemed to want to dictate everyone else's lives.

Evanne smiled at Noah and nodded her head as they walked past. Her heart skipped a beat. God, why did he have to make her feel things she shouldn't? She should just go back to Aaron. He would be a fine choice to settle down with.

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Ginny smiled as she watched her brother and Dana go around and around, messing with different parts of it. she didn't know everything they were doing but she sat where she had before and watched them. This was the closet thing she had to entertainment in a long time. She watched the way the two seemed to be connected as they worked. She wondered if this friendship could develop into something more.

She knew her brother loved Juni but if he couldn't admit that, could he have a relationship with this girl? She wished she knew all the facts. She wanted her brother to be happy. If it was Juniper that would be amazing, if it was with this girl who seemed to match him then that was fine as well.

"I think you two did amazing." Ginny said, carefully getting up. She followed Dana into the house. She laughed softly. "Ah... it looks like everyone is calling me that." she shook her head. She went into the cooler house and took a seat on the bed. Her feet throbbed in pain but she tried to ignore it.

She perked up when Dana found the Journal. But then Rob had to freak out again. Sometimes she wondered how he got so touchy about these things. They shared everything growing up. And now he shut everyone out."Robin..." She sighed, watching him leave to go fetch more water.

Ginny looked over at the brunette girl and smiled at him. "I'm sorry for him snapping. He's been through a lot... we all have." She ran a hand through her hair. She rested her hand on her large stomach. "You don't have to worry about him. Really, we're not bad people. He has a lot on his mind." She shook her head sadly.

Smiling, Ginny sat up a little more when she mentioned the baby. "Well, my husband and I haven't really decided on what we want to name the baby. It's hard when you don't even know what your having." She laughed softly as the baby started kicking. "I think the baby knows we're talking about them. Wanna feel the baby kick?"

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Juniper cooed at the little version of Evanne that was in her arms. The baby Evelyn was an adorable tiny blonde with a combination of features that were recognizable. Juniper didn't know who the little girl's father was, but she didn't want to pry. The situation was messed up, that she understood. Why else would the dear Evanne escape into the wilderness? Honestly, Juni was just impressed that the pregnant woman was able to survive out there. When she was out there by herself the first while was rough. There were even a couple moments when she thought she was going to die.

But those stories are for another time.

While Evanne shopped quickly, Juniper tried not to think of their final destination. She kept herself preoccupied with the little Lottie. When Evanne posed the question about boots Juniper shook her head. Shoes were a hard thing to come by in these days, especially shoes that fit. A shoe maker wasn't exactly the ideal occupation in the desert, but it was definitely desired. People generally just passed down their shoes. Other boots that were too torn apart to wear were reused and parted like old cars. Shoes were important. Juniper thought for a moment before responding to Evanne.

"I haven't seen a kid with her size boots for a couple of years now..." Juniper thought of the collection of boots that her mother had saved for her. Most of the boots she had grown out of when she was a young'en were given away to the kids that she fostered. Juni highly doubted that she had such a small pair of boots just sitting in one of her of wooden chests but she would still look. If she found something then she would tell Evanne, otherwise it was pointless to get her hopes up.

Juniper walked with the baby while Evanne walked with the groceries. "Are you really okay with coming to see them with me? I know there's some... history there." History there? History there!? There was more than history there. Ginny and Owen had been some of the best friends that she ever had and Robin... Well, Robin was Robin. Freckles. The Sand Man. Juniper had loved Robin more than she had loved anyone else. She never had the chance to love and appreciate her parents, and no one in town really cared for her anyway.

Juniper's eyes widened when she looked over at Evanne. She cleared her throat suddenly and nodded her head. "It'll be fine." She said, reassuring herself. A smile and a nod were sent toward Noah from Evanne as they passed. If Juniper were more herself she would have teased Evanne, but she just wasn't spirited enough. Within minutes they were on the porch of the Thompkins' residence, and before she even had time to stop herself she was knocking on the front door.

Well shit.

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Evanne nodded when Juni answered her. She sighed. "I hadn't thought so... Ginny's really great at making things... maybe she can fashion up something." She shrugged. It couldn't hurt to ask. "I don't think it would be too stressful for her and it would give her something to do while she's waiting for the baby... Maybe if she can make or even mend shoes, the town would want her to stay that much more?" She thought allowed. She turned and looked at her friend to see her opinion.

Now that she thought about it, she and Juniper hadn't exactly talked about how they were going to vote. Evanne had just assumed she would vote for them to stay. But if things had gotten awkward with Robin, she might not. She chewed on her lip for a moment, thinking of how to ask her. "I know we're not supposed to really ask but... how are you going to vote?" She watched, waiting for her opinion. Would she even bother telling her? Juni was the only one in town that she could call her best friend, besides Noah that is.

'Stop thinking about him.' She told herself. She kept walking, hopinh Juni wouldn't noticed her cheeks were now pink.

There were so many questions people wanted to ask Evanne, who was Evelyn's father, why did you leave town, were you pregnant before you left, if so did you know you were pregnant? The truth was she hadn't known she was pregnant when she left. There were just so many things going through her head at the time that she needed to leave. How could she stay?

Evanne didn't think anyone would really miss her. Sure, she was always the goody two shoes of the town who would stick up for those weaker than herself, but that didn't mean they cared about her. She was a nurse and was vital, but it wasn't like she wasn't the only one. The town even had a doctor. Who would care about little ole nurse?

She had been mostly right when she came back. There were only a few that really welcomed her back. Her mother certainly would have rather she stayed lost, except for Evelyn. She sometimes wondered if her mother was plotting something behind her back. She was so... possessive of Evelyn. She couldn't believe that her mother would try to steal her daughter.

Before she knew it they were at the little shack. She frowned at the idea of such a shabby home for her friend but what could they do before they were accepted?

"Ginny, Owen, Rob! It's Evanne and Juni. We got some stuff for you!" She said, trying to sound cheerful with such heavy thoughts on her mind.

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Ginny apologized to Dana for Rob’s behavior but the entire time Dana couldn’t help but blame herself. She was the one who picked up the damn journal from off the floor. Next time she will just leave the unmarked books where she found them! Ginny looked more pregnant than ever with her hand on her large belly, “You don’t have to worry about him. Really, we’re not bad people. He has a lot on his mind.” He has Juniper on his mind, Dana thought. Did she really want to get between Juniper, the woman she idolized, and her ex-lover from the wilderness?

Noah was beginning to look like a dazzling option once again. Dana just felt like she had no chance with any guy these days. They were all either taken, engaged, or Juniper’s leftovers apparently.

This Dust life was so enchanting.

“Wanna feel the baby kick?” Ginny laughed, her hand still on her belly. Dana shot up from the floor full of excitement and cheer again, “hell yeah, I do!” Dana always wondered what she would look like pregnant. She was a small girl, mostly bones, skin, and muscle. Even though she personally thought that she was blessed by the curvy gods, she always imagined she would look awkward with a big baby lump on her. Dana’s hand was a few inches from Ginny’s belly when a knock came from the front door. Dana remembered that Noah and Evanne were supposed to visit the newcomers so it must have been them. She wasn’t sure if it was okay for her to open the door, especially after the journal incident with Robin. She decided to call him instead, “Rob! Some Dusties are at the door!”

“Ginny, Owen, Rob! It’s Evanne and Juni. We got some stuff for you!” Dana froze when she heard the familiar nickname “Juni”. Juniper was with them and now Dana knew some of the truth. Look's like Dana was getting in between Rob and Juni whether she liked it or not.

“Well, shit,” Dana muttered.

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Ginny watched Dana. She seemed looked like she had a lot on her mind. Everyone seemed to have secrets around here. She wasn't so sure she liked that idea. She couldn't help but grin when she saw Dana pop up like a jack in the box. She moved her legs over so she could sit down on the bed. Just when Dana was about to touch her stomach, someone knocked on the door.

"Rob! Some Dusties are at the door!" She watched Dana call to Rob. She smirked, taking Dana's hand and placing it over her belly so she could feel the baby kick.

The baby kicked again. "Feel that?" She asked her.

And then she heard a familiar voice at the door. "Ginny, Owen, Rob! It's Evanne an Juni! We got some stuff for you!"

Ginny should have known that they would stop by to see them but she was a little surprised by Dana's "Well, shit."

"Come on in. Ginny called out to them, smiling at Dana. "It's just me and Dana Clay in here." She told them, patting the spot on the bed letting Dana know she could sit and keep feeling the baby. They squirmed in her belly. They could even see her belly move as the babies moved. She chuckled.

"That always feels so weird... It looks creepy to me. But at least I know he or she is still okay in there." She admitted to Dana.

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We were only too fortunate to have packed all our
shit and left Jonastown before our house could
burn down to the ground. Managed to get Dad's
compass and this, though Gin's been chastising
me for going back in to get them because I got
injured in the process.

Of course I came back for them. Sentimental as it
is, these are the only things I truly own. I keep
telling her it's only a minor arm burn, I've had
worse, and that it'll heal but she just won't have
any of it. She's taken to gathering aloe vera leaves
when she can find them and slathering them on
me. The shit stinks when it first hits air. Reminds
me of how pushy Mom was.

How'd the house burn? Fucking smugglers.
Thought it would be a good idea to smoke very near
a local moonshine distillery and
everything caught
on fire. Even our shack at the edge of town wasn't
spared. Stupid fuckers honestly giving us a bad
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That look on her face told him otherwise. If he had to venture a guess, that Clay girl had never taken up a job that involved deception before. She had probably never ventured out of town by herself before, and she had probably never worked any other job than in that dingy shop. She couldn't lie—or rather, she was a terrible liar. The flush on her cheeks, the shifty eyes, and that minute mouth-bobbing like a fish gasping for air said it all. She had seen something in that journal, and it only took one tidbit of information for the questions to start coming.

On second thought, he was a pretty shitty liar as well—at least, when it came to her.

He had made that completely miserable excuse of a reason to avoid seeing or talking about her today. He had done it for all the days they had spent living in Dust as unofficial and unwelcome residents. Damn hypocrisy.

He heard his sister call after him but he didn't bother to turn back to face either of them. The fact that he couldn't let out all of his anger—not on Dana because of her standing in the town, and certainly not on Ginny because it would only give her unnecessary stress—only made him even angrier.

He heard three hard knocks on the front door to the shack and groaned.

“Rob! Some Dusties are at the door!”

"'Dusties'? The fuck are 'Dusties'?" He tried to steel his thoughts as he poured cool boiled water from a kettle into three steel mugs. He took a few gulps from his and let out an exhale. "I can only assume they haven't bathed—"

"Ginny, Owen, Rob! It's Evanne and Juni! We got some stuff for you!"

"Well, shit."

'Well, shit,' was correct. He was, very temporarily, paralyzed where he sat. His hand nearly loosened its grip on the steel mug, but he tightened it and took another gulp, pretending it was the gulp of moonshine he had earlier.

It seemed his legs had minds of their own as they brought him back into the main room, steel mugs clanging.

Well, he wasn't going to stay in that kitchen partition forever.

He cleared his throat, then handed the two mugs to the girls, and set his down by his bed.. "Evanne," he said with a shaky grin, hands trembling as he came closer to her to give her a hug. "And this must be... Evelyn." His eyes flickered to the woman holding her, and he swore he could feel his heart stop then and there.

"Juniper."

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Please don't make me go inside. Juniper thought. She was arguing with herself during these milliseconds between actual communication. Stop being a baby. It's just one man. Besides he might not even be home.

"Rob! Some Dusties are at the door!"

Shit. Shit, Shit, Shit.
Wait... Was that Dana?


Juniper shook her head. What was she doing there? She shook her head again. Dana was probably just there to help repair something. Honestly, what more could she be doing there? Juniper really liked the girl, but knew that she could be kind of burden sometimes. Juni admired her bubbly personality and readiness for adventure, but all of that came with a bit of an overwhelming happiness. That was fine though. She was an energetic person, that's just what Dana was.

Come on in. Juni heard from the other voice that she recognized as Ginny's. She felt a certain calmness knowing that Ginny had always liked her and appreciated her. She knew that Evanne would join the situation with warm open arms and discuss the joys of motherhood or whatever. Juniper knew that she would soon feel very out of place. The door was open before Juni really had a chance to prepare herself. She kept her blue eyes down, perhaps thinking if she didn't see him he couldn't see her.

Evanne, he said. Juniper couldn't help but find herself completely fixed just hearing his voice again. Stop it! Her eyes flashed around anything and everything but the male figure. "And this must be... Evelyn." Junipers attention was whipped, first to the baby girl she was holding in her arms and then to the man in front of her. Then it happened, he said her name.

"Juniper."

Her eyes trailed up to his, remembering the little quirks of his hands and the hundreds of freckles he had. She made eye contact with him and just stood there for a moment in the door way. Then she blinked.

"Don't just stand there you moron!"

Juniper took a timid step inside, slowly coming around. She bit her lip before saying "Robin freaking Braddock." Her voice was nervous. A small smile, partly out of wonderment, was on her face. "You just couldn't stay away could you?" She asked. She was trying to erase all of the feelings by being clever but she couldn't. Her expression was tickled, but her tone was laced with a bitter after taste. Suddenly she felt a mixture of anger and embarrassment.

How ironically disastrous her life was. When she came home to Dust she swore she would never see Robin again, yet here they were. Within feet of each other.

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Rob looked like he was sleepwalking as he came back into the room. His eyes seemed glazed over when he gave the mugs of water to Ginny and Dana. He was in such deep thought that Dana almost stood up to shake him out of it.

Was he the guy that Juni promised never to see again? Was he that lost love of hers?

Dana prayed silently to herself, one hand clutching her knife, something she did when she was racked with nerves, and the other hand on Ginny's belly feeling her mutant child do summersaults. What is wrong with me, she thought, I have nothing to do with this. Why am I freaking out? Dana wanted to run away so badly that her legs began to shake slightly. That was always her way of avoiding problems and avoiding people but this time she refused. She forced herself to sit and wait and observe Rob. She needed to know. It was a pain in the ass being in the dark all the time. Too many people had too many secrets.

Dana's questions were answered, but not her prayers, the moment Rob laid eyes on Juniper. The both of them were wax versions of themselves, frozen in time just staring at each other. The tension in the room was palpable. It was getting harder and harder to breathe in the shack for all parties involved.

"What a day I am having. Dad tells me that Noah will never care about me and then I meet a decent guy who turns out to be another Juniper chew toy, strung out on her. Rob, another man for Juniper to devour all over again. Great. Just great, Juniper, the queen of all the perfect blondes in this town. Are you going to leave any for me or should I just give up?"

Dana didn't know what she was thinking. She adored Juniper. Juniper was ferocious and brave and kind. There was no reason to be upset at her right now. Dana knew that. At least she thought she knew that. She didn't know what to think anymore. She was beginning to sound like Pamela and wasn't liking it one bit. Dana longed to be back at the Mech Hall with her father. He always knew what to say and what to do. She wanted to disappear.

She had to leave.

Ginny sensed Dana preparing herself to get up and tightened her grip around Dana's wrist, whispering, "I don't know what's going through your mind right now," Ginny smiled sweetly at Dana, "but you don't want to get involved in any of that. Just sit and try not to get hit in their crossfire." Dana stayed seated next to Ginny, watching the two at the door closely.

Dana didn't have a grasp on it quite yet but she was more than prepared to get caught in some crossfire, she had firearms of her own.

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"For the first time in a long time, it doesn't matter what I think." Noah almost fell over in shock, even as Pamela continued, sinking down onto the steps of the town hall.

"Their opinions do matter, Pamela," he argued fervently, his arms spread wide. "I can't just add a whole 'nother family onto their burden with no regard to their thoughts or feelings or needs." He almost argued further, but in that moment he truly saw Pamela for the first time of the day. She looked tired and worn, and her voice lowered.

"What do you think is going to happen when you make your decision and you disappoint the people who voted otherwise? Do you think they are just going to stay quiet?" she demanded. "No, you just gave one hundred little people one hundred little voices and now they will never shut up. It's happened already before in other towns. You keep up this democracy façade and people will revolt, Noah. I promise you that."

Noah scowled, but he paused for half a minute before he replied. "I think you might be overreacting a bit to one little vote. This is far from the first vote Dust has ever had. If it makes you feel any better, you can think of it as an opinion poll."

He winced when Pamela began speaking again. Oh boy, he thought as she launched into her standard speech. At this point he practically had it memorized. Oh, yes, he thought. Everything was perfect when Diane Clay ran Dust. Nothing was ever better, because Dust so-oh-oh-oh great.

"Yes, I remember the drought." Morbid as it is, that's how I got my job. Noah's attention was pulled away once again as Evanne walked by with Evelyn and Juniper. He smiled and raised his hand in greeting to her, but Pamela's voice jerked him back to their conversation.

"You and I both know that this town was not built on democracy," she said. "Don't start giving people the impression that it was. Stop being a carpet and do your damn job." And just like that, Noah was angry.

"A carpet?" he asked indignantly. "Like when you pulled me back here and I let you? Or like when I mostly listened to your little Diane Clay stump speech again?" He took a deep breathe to calm himself before he continued, "I am going to go speak with with newcomers, like I was going to earlier, and try to see whether or not they are shitty people and whether or not I am going to let them stay." And hopefully catch up with Evanne, he thought to himself.

Noah turned abruptly and strode away, leaving Pamela to collect dust on the steps of the town hall. He didn't stop, didn't turn around until he got to the dirty, rundown shanty that the newcomers were currently calling their home. Tentatively, he stepped to the door and knocked.

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Evanne pushed open the door, surprised to see Dana there even when Ginny had told her. "Hey, everyone!" She smiled at them. She grinned when she saw Ginny and Dana sitting on the bed, Dana touching her large stomach. She had spent most of her pregnancy alone. She couldn't imagine what it was like to actually have support throughout a pregnancy. She really only had it towards the end when she ran into Juniper, Owen, Robin, and Ginny.

She had been very fortunate to find them. They helped her through the end of her pregnancy and the delivery of Evelyn. She hadn't known if she would make it so she wrote down the name of Evelyn's father in case she didn't make it so Juni could take Evelyn to him if something happened to her. Luckily, Juniper never had to open that letter so she didn't have to worry about anyone knowing the true identity of Evelyn's father. Whose business but hers was it anyway?

She grinned at Robin as he came over. She wrapped her arms around him as he gave her a hugs, she still was holding the bags. "Hey Robin. It's great to see you." She said with a grin. She nodded, when he pointed out Evelyn. "Yeah, you haven't seen her since she was like... two or three months?" She said with a smile.

And then more awkwardness came. Juni and Rob. How did she not see this coming? Well, that was a lie. She saw it coming. She excused herself into the kitchen area and because to put away the food from her. She was just looking up out the window when she felt her heart stop.

Aaron. There he was dragging in some lumber like he always did after his camping trips. She ducked back into the other room so he wouldn't see her. Things were too awkward with him. She took Evelyn from Juniper so her daughter wouldn't get caught in the crossfire.

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Ginny laughed at what her brother said about the little nickname for the people of the town. She smiled at her brother when he walked into the room. Yeah, things were about to get weird but he had to face Juniper at some point. She took the mug from him, thanking him.

Sipping her drink, she reminded herself that she had to keep hydrating. The worse thing she could do for her baby was not hydrate or eat. "Hey, thank you for coming!" Ginny greeted her friends. She smiled at the sight of Evelyn. She didn't care if she had a boy or girl. All she wanted was to have a healthy baby. She knew her husband probably secretly wanted a little boy.

Ginny couldn't help but look in between Juniper and Robin. The tension was building in their little shack. She almost thought it could explode from it. She watched as Evanne escaped into the kitchen area. 'Traitor,' she thought. Of course they all wanted to run and hide, but Evanne was the only one who could do it.

Then again Dana seemed to have the same thing on her mind. 'I am not gonna be left alone with them.' She tightened her grip on Dana's wrist when she thought she was about to run. She whispered so only she could hear, "I don't know what's going through your mind right now but you don't want to get involved in any of that. Just sit and try not to get hit in their crossfire."

Ginny gave her another smile, hoping to ease Dana's panic.

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The tensions at Jonastown Council are mounting.
Even the dumb hick who lives near the chapel
knows something's up.

From what I can gather, one of their main concerns
is that there are less people willing to take on
positions in the Town Guard with the rise of
smuggler activity—not that their fears are
unjustified. There have been more violent
smugglers coming into town, though some avoided
our shack like Death's angel passing by a door
smeared with lamb's blood. (Probably Carlos, Shill,
or Sik'is Crockett's doing.) They haven't harmed
them... Not yet.

I have to hide my status and keep pretending to
be some farmer else they'll turn on us. At least it
gives me more power to ask what the fuck
the Council's doing without sounding like a
hypocrite. I don't care if this is the best town we've
been in so far. I've a right to complain.

I'm packing if this gets even worse. Going to make a
large cover out of the most durable material I can
find for the wagon, and bags to sling over Lowell
and Macy. If this town goes to shit, we're going
prepared.
















Braddock Farm was located in what used to be called the state of Wyoming. It started to come to ruin after the death of his mother, primarily due to his father's grieving. This event left Mr Braddock much more hardened than he was before and made him sterner with his children, determined to keep them close.

"You're stubborn as an ox and I appreciate that." Cheeky Robin, then sixteen, gangling, bright auburn-haired and looking as if someone had dumped a bucket of freckles over him by accident, smiled at the statement and crossed his arms, awaiting the piece of advice he was going to get this time. "One day, kid, that's gonna come in handy. You're gonna get to know people outside this wreck and you're gonna have to face 'em, and you're gonna have to
connect with 'em. What do you do when you do make those connections?"

"Cut 'em off?"

"Don't be an idiot, kid. What you do is make sure you don't assume you know too much about 'em. Knowing too much about people, or
thinking you know too much about someone is going to kill you one day, figuratively or literally."

He never really paid those words much heed, but ever since being thrown out into the chaos of the world outside the farm the next year following his father's death, he never held a piece of advice so close. He could hear his voice playing over and over again each time he recalled brushes with death and betrayals caused by people he construed as friends and allies. However, for some strange reason he could hear his voice in his head again as he stood there staring at her in the interim of their conversation.

The way she lied and lied and lied about how she was feeling by affecting a cheerful front for everyone else was too telling and it broke him to see that look pass across her face.

"Robin freaking Braddock. You just couldn't stay away could you?"

To that, he gave a scoff. A lie in exchange for hers.

"One can never really miss that color hair. Or how messy it is." Or how much nicer it looked braided. No, stop. "I see you haven't either."

Instead of leaning forward to offer her the same greeting he'd offered Evanne, he offered her a greeting that should've been intended for someone as young as the baby girl she was holding—he ruffled Juniper's hair gently.

"Tried to, but I failed anyway. This town's too small to hide in." Before he could say much else—a blessing considering the tense atmosphere—more knocks came at the door. Groaning in frustration at having the half-conversation interrupted, he went to answer the door, shooing their house guests further into the small shack to make room for the new one. He wasn't quite expecting the town's leader to show up at his doorstep.

"Believe it or not, it's Ripley," he announced, stepping aside to allow him to come should he want to. "Welcome to our humble abode. Have you come to pass judgment yet?"

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The rickety door swung open to reveal a freckled, mischievous face that could not have been much younger than Noah Himself. "Believe it or not, it's Ripley," the man said. Why would they not believe it? Noah thought. That seemed like a reference, but to what? He decided not to ask. The man stepped away from the door to let Noah inside, and Noah entered the tiny shack. "Have you come to pass judgement yet?"

Noah smiled. "No," he said, "come to form it." His eyes scraped through the little shack. He remembered sneaking off his family's little plot at night when he was younger. He would come to this very shack with a weak flashlight searching for odds and ends left behind by its previous inhabitants. Since these newcomers had moved in, they had breathed a new life into the torn up shanty. Maybe this will be good for Dust, he thought. He turned back to face the man at the door, holding his hand out to shake. "Noah Ripley," he introduced himself with a smile, "but you seem to already know that."

Noah found himself looking around for Evanne despite himself, giving her a weak smile. Juniper and Dana were both looking rather skittish, as if he had interrupted something. He nodded to Juniper. "Hey," he said to the younger Clay sister, "weren't you out there earlier with your sister and the uh..." He pantomimed a slingshot. "You were gone before I even knew you were there."

The woman she was sitting with looked for all the world like she was about to pop, and Dana's hand was on her swollen stomach. "You must be the famous Ginny. Evanne's told me about you."

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When Robin scoffed Juniper tilted her head slightly, half surprised at this. At first she genuinely didn't know why he did that, then she remembered. She was the liar, she was naive, she was artificial, and she was somehow every problem in their relationship. Juniper swallowed the lump in her throat. She never knew that someone could make her feel so worthless until that night. She also didn't know that they could come back and do it all over again with a mere scoff. If Juniper had been raised any other way she would have scurried off the premises as soon as possible.

But not today. "One can never really miss that color hair. Or how messy it is." Juniper couldn't stand that. She narrowed her eyes at him, ready to pounce. How juvenile, he couldn't even get a good jab at her. Juniper smirked at this fragile line of comments then went in for the kill. She really shouldn't have, but she couldn't help herself. Once she was set on fire it was hard to put her out.

Her eyes flicked up and down Robin. "As I recall, you loved messy hair," she said, her words burning with vile. She was implying exactly what everyone thought she was implying. Juniper smirked, ready to keep going, when there was a knock at the door. In that moment she was frustrated with the interruption, but honestly it was a good thing. She would have burned that bridge before she even had a chance to start rebuilding it.

When Noah walked in Juniper nodded back at him and decided it was her time to leave. Ginny and Owen's child was more important to her than bickering with Robin. She caused enough trouble as it was, and if people caught wind of her history with Robin their votes might sway. She looked at Noah, then back to Robin. Mischief glittered in her eyes as she approached him. A little too close and a little too forward, Juni's lips grazed Robin's cheek as she made her way to his ear. "We'll finish this later." She whispered. Her hand was strategically placed for the little push that she gave his shoulder before she stepped away.

Cheerfully she gave everyone else a wave and a goodbye. She hurried out of the shack before Robin had anything to do about it. Juniper was in a tangle of steaming anger and the chill of the heartbreak that she had felt that night.She needed to find Chip. He was probably off doing God knows what right now. She shook off these feelings as she made her way toward the hiding spot that she had showed Chip a couple weeks ago.