[h1][b][i][color=MediumSpringGreen][center]James Kingston[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1]
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[center][color=MediumSpringGreen][b]Location[/b][/color]: The Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing Complex - Omega Building: Outside Renegade's Apartment
[color=MediumSpringGreen][b]Skills[/b][/color]: N/A[/center]

James was content to follow everyone as they went to retrieve their belongings, the familiar warmth of Casper’s hand in his soothing. He considered Veil’s question and chuckled softly at the concern behind those words. Considering their history, he wasn’t surprised at the caution. With all its beauty and splendor, it’s promises and wonder, Genosia seemed like a carefully designed farce to those so used to running and hiding and crying. He’d certainly felt that way. It seemed too good to be true, an idyllic haven far removed from the life they’d learned to accept. But the simple fact was James was fighting too many wars at the time, both inside and outside, and after a month, and a great deal of conversation with acquaintances, he let that one slide. So all he did was shrug as a response to their leader because honestly, he wasn’t sure. He wasn’t sure if they could trust this place, he wasn’t sure if they were safe, he wasn’t sure if they could settle and call this home but for now, it would do. 

Of course, that little piece of serenity shattered as soon as Sunshine revealed she had a [i]fiancée[/i]. When the fucking hell had she even met someone? Did Sunshine fall in love with someone in that little group of psychos? He fucking knew he should have interfered. He should have hunted those things down and politely convinced them with a few passes of the knight to―

He took a deep breath.

When everyone went inside with Renegade, James stayed outside. He needed a moment to collect himself. He was angry about the news but anger was a secondary emotion, a result of his own inability to process something in that moment. So what was he failing to process? Sunshine, someone he cared for immensely despite their current situation, had someone close enough and important enough to her that she intended to marry them and didn’t tell him. How did that make him feel? Frustrated, scared, disappointed… Disappointed felt like the right one but what about it. Why would he be disappointed in Sunshine over that? He didn’t necessarily agree― Actually, he loathed that she connected to this type of crowd but he would never be disappointed that she found someone to love. So why the fuck was he disappointed?

He was disappointed in himself. That made much more sense. He should have been there to celebrate with her, to support her, but he wasn’t. James… wasn’t sure how to handle that news right now. He felt fragile. He felt drained. Before he had a goal, something to work towards, and now with it gone, he wasn’t sure where that left him. There was so much to do, so much to fix, and he didn’t know where to begin.