Healing Diary [Red Dead Redemption]

A journey of self-reconciliation and mutual salvation, across the western wilderness, cities, and countryside.

Arthur Morgan suddenly showed up at my house.

Honestly, the moment I spotted him, I was so scared I lost my voice.

I’d never imagined something this absurd would happen to me, so my first thought was that someone had broken in.

I don’t know what all Arthur searched for, but at one point he asked me the name of the game he was in. I think he now knows everything that happened after he died.

He seemed quite moved, tapping his fingers on the table over and over.

I guessed he wanted a cigarette just then, but I’d deliberately not bought any today, pretending I hadn’t noticed. I didn’t want my home to reek of smoke.

I’m still alive, and I can still enjoy all the things in this world that make me happy.

I’d been trapped in the past for too long, so long that it felt like I’d died and come back to life.

Seeing my tears, Arthur guessed I was thinking about some painful memories. He didn’t try to comfort me. Instead, he told me that riding a horse at full gallop across the open plains could blow all my troubles away.

I did as he said. The cold wind scattered my tears and stung my cheeks until I couldn’t keep my eyes open.

But I still felt exhilarated. It was a freedom I hadn’t felt in a long time.

We’ve both escaped the predicaments we were trapped in, but there still seems to be something between us.

What is it?

Maybe a mountain, or perhaps a sea.

We gaze at each other across a distance that feels both close and endless, wanting to reach out, yet forced to pull back our hands.

Notes:

1. First-person diary format, with a bit of self-insert romance flavor. Please decide for yourselves whether it’s for you.

2. Modern-day transmigration / original female lead with a romance plot / hopefully not OOC / happy ending.

Theme: The path to salvation lies within.