The Pumpkin Patch
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  • Parts 6
  • Time 50m
Ongoing, First published Sep 26, 2015
Richard tries. He mostly fails but at least he tries. He tries to impress his father, he tries to do everyday tasks, he tries to live like everyone else but he fails miserably. The only thing he ever succeeded in doing was running away in the middle of a snow storm to an almost certain death, but as it turns out that was the one thing he needed to do most.

Joseph also tries and fails constantly. He Tries to be nice to the people he despises, he tries to be a rolemodel, he tries to respect the rules, he tries to ignore his personal feelings and do as he is sworn but he fails that to. But hey, if you're going to fail you might as well do it on a large scale right? So large, infact, that it completely changes your entire life to the point of no return? Right or not that's just what he does.

Living a happy life when you fail at everything you're told you must do to fit into society isn't so bad when you have someone just like you to fail with, Even if they are from a completely different world.
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