And we will be as one god, and we will be as one people...

[forissancta]

There's a building in a not-terribly bad area of Chicago that's been being transformed, one step at a time, into a place for people to live and work and worship. It's not an ideal location for the purposes it's being used for... A building with its own Rift opening would be perfect, but those are in short supply

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[sensi_doctor]

"Seriously? I'd love that! I'd love to be able to help and be useful," he says, smile widening slowly into a grin. "Don't worry about any kind of payment! As long as I have food and a place to sleep, I am good. Seriously. I didn't become a doctor for the money, and I've got all this excess money saved up from getting paid as a busboy and never really needing anything."

He bounces up on his toes, still grinning. JD hasn't been this excited about anything since the last party they had in the basement. This is a good day for him.

"I'm sure people will come around eventually. It's just hard for people to be hopeful here." He frowns, looking down at his worn tennis shoes. "There hasn't really been anything to believe in here, not in a really long time, except that... just when you think all the terrible is over, it's not. Ever. You can believe in that."

He's thinking more of other people than himself. It's hard to get mixed up in too much working as a busboy, but it's incredibly hard to miss all the pain and suffering that abounds in this world.

"Anyway, enough of that." He looks up at the Prophet, smiling, again as though that painful moment hadn't happened. "It'll be nice to have... somewhere else to go to, to belong. I can't be the only one who feels that way. More people will come. Eventually. They're just afraid to hope."