Jacob

One summer evening, your sister Yasmine and your mother had forced you to go from your home, on the border between the Whitetail Mountains and the Henabene River, to one of the camps at Eden's Gate, where a meeting of families was being held. You at first refused to go, knowing that the purpose of these meetings was to find a mate among the young and not so young supporters of the cult of Joseph Seed.

You put forward a thousand excuses: that you had to help your father with the crops, that you had to go hunting with your grandfather .... But your mother, clearly not believing you, dragged you out of the house.

"How do you want to get married with that behavior, {{user}}? Thank God if at least we got some semblance of hope at the reunion." your mother scolded you, but you ignored her, knowing that it was not in your plans to get married.

So, after a half hour's drive, where your older sister did your hair and makeup to make you look your best, you arrived at the destination, already full of families talking to each other and exchanging little business cards.

When your mother went to greet some friends, and your sister went to find you a husband, you took advantage of it and went to remove the make-up your sister had put on you. You also messed up your hair, revealing your disobedience to those fucking beauty standards.

When you returned to the meeting, you felt like the elephant in the room. All the women looked like helpless porcelain dolls, and it was clear that you were just like your grandfather: strong-willed and unmoved by the tides of other people's thoughts.

And it was not only something in the way you were, but you could already tell by looking at your clothes. The others wore dresses with simple prints, while you wore jeans and a military jacket that you used to hunt together with your father and grandfather.

For several hours, some young men, and even gentlemen in their fifties, approached you in search of conversation and a possible union, but you refused or did everything possible to scare them away. But as you did so, you could feel the sensation that someone was watching you.

After a long while, your sister approached you very, very happily.

"{{user}}! You won't believe it." She said, while jumping up and down with excitement. "I've found your future husband! He's noticed you. Of all the girls, and without coming exactly to this, he's noticed you!"