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You've walked for what feels like ages down the highway as a group- all those who chose uncertain freedom over certain death. Within an hour, Mayfield became a distant speck on the horizon before ultimately fading into the hills and trees. The only sign of the place you've escaped is the sky, which remains an eerie brown even after night falls and you've put Mayfield hours behind you.

Try as you might, it's impossible not to imagine that you've been led into a trap. What if this is all part of some new sick game of Johnson's- or even Zemekis'? It certainly wouldn't be the first time. What if the events of the past few months- saving Annie, Gray's "ghost", Zemekis' apparent death -what if it's all been nothing but the latest in a long tradition of Mayfield's-

These thoughts fade when you see the first sunbeam.

This road isn't like the ones before: the roads that looped endlessly into themselves, inevitably leading back to where they began. This road has an end.

Keep walking forward and you'll find yourself in a new town, both similar to Mayfield and utterly unlike it. The buildings here are crude and unfinished- the streets little better than paved paths of dirt. There are no drones here, no hazmats, no one in sight other than you and your companions. But all of these things are nothing more than trivial details, when compared to what you feel the moment you enter its boundaries.

There's power here- you can feel it in your fingertips. Each and every one of you can, from the most godlike seraph to the most ordinary human: power, faint but unmistakable. The power to build a world, and to destroy it. The same power that's been lorded over you for four years... but now, it's yours to command.

You can create a new life here. It isn't the home you remember- the home you remember, after all, was never yours to begin with. For some of you, that's a blessing. For others, it's a hard truth you'll have to live with. But even though you can't go home, with the power you've been given, it might just be possible to bring home to you. Bits and pieces of it- locations you remember, small creatures from your world- no people, though. That's one power Annie decided not to give you.

The place you've found isn't perfect- there will be work, hard work, and pain. The place you've found is your own: there are no overseers here, no Zemekis, no Johnson. The place you've found may not be paradise- but it's the nearest thing you're going to get.

You've found, at last, a better place to live.

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[Lithuania gestures to the rest of the room.]

There's still only one bed.

...I wanted to make things to put our things in and then I got tired. [Fluster] I meant to!

[Lithuania smiles a bit more widely than he has in a while.]

It's fine. Tomorrow, right?

I will make another one tommorow. [There's a little pout]

Right.

[Lithuania stands up again, with a bit more energy, and starts putting things away into all the furniture Koharu made. Might as well use it, right?]

I might change the kitchen around. It's too... Mayfield, right now.

[If he keeps busy and discusses something silly like this the fact that they have one bed between them might now come up.]

[She smiles, watching him put things away for a little while before she can reply. It's a bit of a routine already to how they go about eh day, but watching him set things up is almost like moving in together. And it's a choice--or at least she hopes it is.]

I couldn't think of one to copy honestly...You can change around everything if you like. My house at home was traditional style and I don't really want to bring in anything from the school. So...I mean--do you like the bedroom?

[Lithuania folds his flag up carefully, gently--he'll unfold it later, when he has somewhere proper to place it.]

I think it's nice. Maybe I could make the kitchen look a bit like my old one at home? I'd have to change the layout, but we can do that now easily enough, I suppose.

[Koharu tilts her head] Well if you think anything should change, do whatever you like. I did want to ask if you wanted a library or something? I think you can bring books from home and things. [She smooths out the bedspread gently, humming]

Bringing that many books would take some time. [Now that things have been put away, he sits down on the bed again. It's still the only bed in the room.]

I suppose we do have time, though.

[There's a pause when he sits and she smiles, blushing a bit but not enough to get attention] It was just an idea. Things we couldn't have in Mayfield that's all. We don't have to exchange for things we want, we can just create them.

[Then there was a long slightly more awkward pause as she realizes something very important. Tonight there is only one bed. Oh.]...Ah--Is this--is this okay for tonight--I mean--the bed...?

[Lithuania's already realized this particular situation, so he doesn't react quite as strongly, but he still blushes. He stretches out on the bed before answering--it's really not a bad bed, actually.]

Ah--yes. I couldn't let you sleep on the floor, you know?

[And he's still disoriented enough with this new situation to feel a bit more lonely than usual.]

[Koharu can't stop herself from blushing but she crawls up onto the bed properly to sit in the middle. She kicks off her shoes and tucks her feet up underneath her. Taking a deep breath and letting it out, she closes her eyes to relax]

You wouldn't have been a very good Mayfield husband now would you? [She pauses] Or boyfriend. Mn, I should have made a nicer blanket. This one isn't as soft as I pictured.

[Now Lithuania blushes, realizing that he's been treating this entire new situation as something like Mayfield 2--only it's not, and they don't really have to live together, he just kind of wants them to. But now it's not something he can explain away as Mayfield making them, and what are the chances of them ever getting a Catholic priest here who would be able to do confessions?]

A-ah--well, you could change that tomorrow too, right?

[The bed is easier to think about.]

[She probably doesn't make his thoughts be any less 'living in sin' when she lets her hand drop to stroke his hair. She just looks down at the blanket and contemplates]

Maybe something else. Unless you like this blanket.

You can decide what blankets you want.

[Maybe a Catholic priest was in Mayfield before and he'll show up again?]

Well--right. You can decide what blankets you want right?

[There's a little blush as she remembers that they're sleeping together tonight and she promptly changes the subject] Do you think everyone else will live nearby? Ukraine would, I think.

[Oh, no, he's going to get stabbed with a pitchfork in his sleep, too.]

I'm sure Poland will show up in the kitchen every other morning no matter where he lives.

I'm always confused as to why he does that. I could bring him over some things if he wants fresh baked goods. And I always visit him.

Because he's Poland. [Lithuania shrugs a bit.

Well, it might be good to have Poland around, too--considering how he found Poland on his lawn once finding out he's a copy might give Poland a bit of a difficult time.]

I suppose explanations are not necessary. [ She's hesitant to bring to the subject but she doesn't want to force him into something. Still her voice is uncertain and it's obvious she's scared he'll tell her to leave.] Ah...Lithuania. I can stay somewhere else if you'd rather...

[Lithuania blinks at her. Well, that had been what he was worried about (one of the things, at least, as there are always more than enough things to worry about), but the idea of Koharu actually moving out--Lithuania can't help but think the house would be incredibly lonely that way.]

No, you don't have to. I mean--if you'd like to, of course, you can, but--

[ She shakes her head no, almost immediately. She doesn't want to leave but she had to make sure he didn't want this space to himself ]

...can I say something and you won't think I'm being silly?

Of course. [Lithuania tilted his head a bit.] What is it?

I'm really glad I met you. I'm glad I fell in love with you. And I'm glad they gave us this chance to meet--[ At this point she had to start twiddling with her hair and nervously avoiding his gaze.] You're the version of you that I fell in love with and it's selfish to be happy to have you when the idea makes you so unhappy. I'm sorry.

[Lithuania sits up again. He's been--kind of impossible about the entire copy situation, he's sure, especially given how Koharu's reacting. He pulls Koharu into a hug.]

It's okay--I've been pretty selfish recently, I think. But--things will be okay. And I love you, and--I mean--

[He flusters a bit.]

W-well, I'd always intended on figuring out some way to take you back with me. To my world?

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