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ASH CARDALE<br/>
:･ﾟ✧<b><span style="font-family: 'Allura', 'cursive'">abandon all hope who enter here</span> </b>✧･ﾟ:*<br/>
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"yeah, i heard that only rich people get into a place like that." janice did add in. she was probably right. <br/>
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"that's why i think jacob and i could get it. we're both military and rather decorative soldiers at that. we have something we can give them." <br/>
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"well with that way of thinking you could just join the devils." carl added again "i mean...they're not the nicest people in the world but their number one goal is survival and they know they can't achieve that alone. no matter how big a group they can muster up. that's why they barter and trade with us. we all know the lands and can give them things they can't make or understand. if you're both so 'decorated' soldiers i'm sure they'd consider it. the isle is just a fairytale but at least you know the devils are real." while in a sense he was right ash still didn't have a good feeling about that gang. there was unease she felt in the pit of her stomach when they were brought up. her instincts told her to stay clear of them. what did worry about about the isle was the mention of others heading that way. and considering the family here didn't know if it were real or fake it meant the people who went searching either found what they were looking for or died trying to. <br/>
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she gave the group her best acting smile when jacob turned the conversation off of the isle and onto the dinner they've finished. she felt not full but not starving now, thankfully. ash gathered up the dishes that were all but empty. almost all were paper or plastic. she walked with him back into the kitchen, closing the door behind them. "well..." she said with a heaved sigh "they didn't seem very optimistic about the isle." not that it'd stop them. the isle was her goal and if she died getting there or died discovering it was all a sham then that's how she'd want to go out. she didn't know if she had the willpower to go on if it weren't real. all her faith and hope put into some island they didn't know was real or not and only heard from the word of mouth. suddenly ash's beliefs and lorraine's religion didn't seem to different anymore. "i wonder if the devils gang has a hand in the isle too. it'd make sense as to how they could provide everyone where with supplies, right?"<br/>
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