Chapter 53: Wilderness Living
Azaya was a beautiful and sweet young woman, always kind and gentle to everyone around her. She was someone who always helped others without expecting anything in return.
Her greatest dream was to live a secluded life, far from it all, in a nature retreat. But like many people living in the hustle and bustle of the city, her daily life was filled with work and study, and her dream was always secondary and distant.
Due to her sexual orientation, her parents never supported her, and her relationship with them was very distant. Therefore, Azaya had to work to pay off her many debts and student loans.
While striving for success in SC17, no matter the difficulties, she always found herself imagining a future where she would have her refuge in a secluded location and live self-sustainably through hunting and farming...
But everything changed when Azaya met Michelle, who, like her, also had a complicated relationship with her parents due to her sexual orientation... But unlike the kind Azaya, Michelle was much more aggressive, impulsive, and rebellious with the world; she was Azaya’s opposite. But even though they were opposites, they shared the same dream of living in a secluded refuge, far from everything and everyone...
This shared dream soon brought the two girls closer together, and they began dating. Not only that, but Azaya and Michelle encouraged and inspired each other, and the dream that seemed far away soon began to take shape...
Their first step was to acquire a remote and isolated property on the outskirts of SC17 in a vast and rich forest. Of course, their financial situation wasn’t yet sufficient to purchase such a place, but a friend of the couple provided them with a few acres of his land in exchange for receiving a portion of what they would grow and hunt there until the debt was paid off.
After that, both Azaya and Michelle began going to their new property every weekend, beginning construction on a cabin that would eventually become their home, and also beginning to cultivate several fruit trees and various types of grains that would help them achieve the sustainability they needed for this lifestyle. It took a long time for their refuge to take shape and finally begin to feel like home.
Meanwhile, they both graduated from college and also began working full-time, combining their incomes and quickly paying off all their student debt. This was also the goal they set for themselves to finally become engaged and begin planning their wedding.
But in this final stretch, something unexpected happened. Azaya began to awaken many confusing memories that warned her of a terrible apocalypse beginning with a global pandemic. Frightened and unsure of what was happening, she shared everything with her fiancée, Michelle, who, unlike Azaya herself, believed what was coming...
The two then took the opportunity to stock up on as many supplies as they needed, got a vintage car, and finally left the city when they confirmed the first signs of the mysterious disease, which was claiming the lives of all the animals...