Rebuilding Worlds Vol. 2
Welcome one and all to volume 2 of the Rebuilding Worlds Challenge! This challenge has gone through a few different renditions and has been going on in one way or another since 2010! With V...
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From Mionax news desk... a lot has happened.
First we will bring you an update on Ashton's strange experience with the motive trials. We still know almost nothing about them. First he heads out to this 'secret spot' which we have not been able to determine the location of yet.
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Then he returns ready to wet himself. For a naturally gloomy person with desperate needs, he sure looks like he's in a happy mood. He did end up peeing himself just outside the bathroom door.
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While he was gone Mariam shoveled some snow from the back porch and became more responsible.
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Then she practiced on the piano her family surprised her with as a home-warming gift.
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She raised her skill in this instrument that she'd come to love.
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After Ashton comes home and cleans himself up, he makes dinner while Mariam finishes the dishes.
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The next morning Mariam surprised her big brother with her first homecooked meal on the stove. It turned out excellent. Ashton was grateful and both enjoyed a nice breakfast together.
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It was soon springtime. The ground was thawed enough for Mariam to finally plant her fruit trees. She had three different kinds. Pomegranate, Grow Fruit, and Plantain. Four of each were planted, just in case some did not grow well in the poor soil.
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When her gardening was done, she decided to take a look around by jogging. You can see her house and the resturant called The Brickworks in this photo. I didn't realize it was so close.
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She was old enough now to vote on the community board. She was excited to do so until she saw the massive crowd there. But she bolstered her courage and did it anyway. Ashton was very proud of her. He'd already voted the day before. He did not influence her and even chose not to tell her what he'd voted for. She ended up voting for Performing arts. He had voted for Something else. But that was ok. Both were good choices.
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When she was done voting she happened to glance again at the crowds. The red-haired man was gone. But instead there was a red-haired teen. He'd smiled kindly at her and there was something about him that drew her to him. The crowds seemed to fade as she made her way over to say hello.
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On that first encounter she learned that his name was Aleksey McGhee and he was a genius. Over time she kept seeing him around. He always seemed to be wearing the same thing but it did not appear to be dirty or in poor wear. Mariam wondered about him a great deal. It finally came out his secret. He was living on the docks and was alone in the world. He was not 'poor me' over this. Instead he viewed it as just the way things were and tried to make the best of things. Mariam, not out of charity or pity finally gave him a key to her house when time seemed to pass and long conversations were enjoyed by both. "Come by sometime." She'd told him. "Here's a key. Just let yourself in anytime."
He was surprised and smiled at the gesture. He said he would.
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More time passed and Mariam began to learn something about the way she felt for Aleksey that she wanted to share. She'd developed a crush on him. She told him so and it was a little embarrassing when she immediately realized that her body order on this occasion was not so great. She'd just been jogging again and hadn't been home yet to clean up. Aleksey...(Alek) took it all in stride like the best friend he'd become.
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Immediately after he sneaks a rose out of his pocket, gently flicks off a little piece of lint and holds it out to her with the kindest of words. Evidently her sentiments for him were not one-sided.
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Mariam was speechless and overjoyed. Her heart pounded with excitement and joy. Digging in her own pockets the only thing she had on hand to give to him was an unfinished knitted sock project. He said he loved it. And he looked very sincere too as if he'd never been given anything before and was humbled by her gracious gift. She secretly vowed to give him something much better in the future when she could.
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With Alek and Mariam flirting one evening and then one morning in the kitchen, Ashton took notice and watched them carefully without interfering. He was a good chaperon. He mused about the fact that his baby sister was growing up so fast. Soon it would be time for him to leave her home and start his own life somewhere else.
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With a spring snow, Alek went outside while Mariam took a shower. He looks like an angel.
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He has such a pure face.
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Ashton knew what was coming even long before Alek and Mariam did. But the inevitable finally happened that very night. Alek and Mariam became more than just best friends.
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Back inside where it was warmer, Ashton felt something was going to happen between the two 'kids' and so took his leave to the other side of the large room and busied himself there, while still being close enough to stop any 'messing around' should it get that far. Both kids were good kids and they were not the sort to do so. Instead the special moment came. They shared their first kiss. It was perfect.
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