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You don’t like the new apartment. It’s just one room. Three of the walls are pure brick. The fourth is a large window looking over the city. You’re really high up.\nThat friend you don’t really like, but hang out with because they have all the coolest toys, is there. They’re clutching your cartridge of Mega Man 3 for the NES to their chest.\n“I want to borrow this!” they state.\n<<continue "“No, my dad gave that to me.”">>“Just be careful with it, okay?”\nYour friendly barely nods and then disappears. Your mom is looming over you. “Why did you lend out that game?” she huffs, “other children aren’t as careful with their things as you are. You’ll never see that game back again.”\n[[“I couldn’t say no.”|market]]

As the vessel submerges the viewport in front of you fills with murky water. Bubbles from the ballast tanks filling float past.\n“This is going to be our new home now,” your mother says. You look up at her, fighting back tears.\n<<continue "“But what about daddy?”">>You say nothing.\n“Keep your eyes peeled for the docking lights,” mom says, “red and green. You’ll be able to see the lights before you can even see the Habitat.”\n<<continue "Stare intently at the window.">>You fall asleep quickly. When you wake up, you’re [[somewhere else entirely.|train]]

<center>\n<h1>Destination</h1>\nby\n<h2><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jvdgoot" target="_blank">Jeffry van der Goot</a></h2>\n[[start story|opening]]\n \n<a href="http://www.patreon.com/jvdgoot" target="_blank">made possible by patrons at Patreon</a>\n</center>

Miles of seemingly endless desert pass by the window as you wake up. You hear the comforting rumble of the tracks and the huffing of the train’s steam engine.\n<<continue "“Where’s daddy?”">>You yawn. Mom looks at you with a big smile on her face. “It’s time for breakfast,” she says, “you know what’s for breakfast?”\n<<continue "“I don’t care”">>“I don’t know,” you answer.\n“Chocolate-filled croissants!” your mother exclaims.\n[[You don’t even like croissants.|apartment]]

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Destination

Jeffry van der Goot

The sound of light rainfall hitting the canvas covering of the marketplace above you briefly distracts you for a moment.\n“You buyin’ or just browsin’?” the salesman barks.\n<<continue "“How much for that copy of Mega Man 3?”">>“No, no, just browsing,” you stammer.