Prologue

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Moira and Jason walked along a pretty path made of uneven shaped stones among the basic dirt and luscious green grass. Their young daughter followed behind them, holding both of her pink butterfly shoes with baby pink bows She had grown tired of wearing. Up ahead was a large lit up sign on a tall building decorated with bits of green dangling moss that looked like the most frail curtains anyone had ever seen.

Arcadia.

It's the one place their daughter kept insisting she wanted to visit ever since they took a peek at a map. An indoor garden under the ocean, it sounded like a little girl's dream to visit, more than any amusement park in the world.

There were luscious trees everywhere. Most of them littered with magenta pink blossoms, perfuming the air with a most interesting sweet aroma.

Not to mention all the green grass. The most perfect shade of green ever to be seen, much better than the richest lawn of the largest house above the surface. Brighter than emeralds.
And flowers! Bushes full of colorful flowers. Their color deeply complimenting among the green grass and dim lights. Flowers everywhere, It was like a Princess's garden for sure.

Large rivers ran through the garden, all leading towards a large pond. The ponds littered with lily pads the size of porcelain dessert plates, shadowing the vast types of fish hidden below the crystal clear waters.

Jason immediately grabbed a tiny hand before she managed to run off to the pond to see if there were any goldfish inside. Back home, seeing a fish tank was a wonderful treat to the eye, it was much better to see a much larger body of water, rather than a case of glass.

"Easy there, we don't want you to run off somewhere you don't know yet."

Moira smiled as she realized her husband and daughter were more up ahead than she expected them to be, catching up to the both of them quickly. "We'll all walk together to see the place, it's so beautiful here Jason."

Her daughter looked up towards her mother. "I wanna go see it now!" She whined with disdain, it was much more beautiful than their house back home. Back home, it was dryer and hotter. An ocean didn't exist near the entire town. The biggest body of water they had was a bird bath basin in their back yard.

Moira stopped and looked down at her daughter,
her gentle amber brown eyes held a serious look. "Remember Estrella, patience."
Jason chuckled at the two of them, kneeling down beside his child.

"Easy there Moira, let her have some fun, go play by the trees over there, but only over there. Okay?"

As soon as Jason let go of her hand, with a gentle huge to her back, she ran off straight to that pond.

Moira crossed her arms, biting her lip softly while watching her child run towards said pond. "Can you be more responsible Jason?" She began, looking back towards her husband after watching her daughter place down her sandals on a small pile of rocks before looking down at the edge of the waters.

"I mean, Rapture has been amazing so far, don't get me wrong. But everything here gives me... Oh, I don't know, a bad feeling. Even the name. Rapture."

Jason hugged his tense wife from behind, his hands joining hers in a delicate hand hold.
"Don't worry Darling, This is a one time experience, this'll be the most fun the girl will get compared to home. Look, after this we'll go get some dinner, put her to bed, and we'll have our alone time, you and me."

Moira turned her head to look him, their noses almost brushing in an Eskimo kiss. She gave him a smile, a smile Jason loved the first time he layed eyes on her. A smile his own daughter seemed to inherit. "You're right, maybe I'm just too-"

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