AN AGE WHERE EVERYTHING IS STAGED — private

[dannychan]

elder mckinley had been very stressed lately. the whole ‘book of arnold’ thing just didn’t feel right, and the people had just eaten it up. he had decided that maybe darkening would do him some good, only to find elder price was already there. he blinked and smiled slightly. “oh, hey. i didn’t know you were out here.” he greeted.

[peridot.]

Price had to admit that the Book of Arnold was... Quite different, but at least it gave the people in Uganda something to believe in, even though he felt like he had lost his faith. Besides, from what he had heard from Arnold, the Book of Arnold didn't have any problems with other sexualities, and Kevin couldn't help but be glad for that. Looking up when he heard a voice, his heart gave a little flustered jump when he saw McKinley, and he gave the other a soft smile before saying quietly, "Uhm, yeah. I usually come here when I wanna unwind and do some good stuff.."

[dannychan]

he blinked. “well, may i join you or would you rather be alone?” he asked and smiled softly.

[peridot.]

Kevin bit his lip, thinking for a moment before he said softly, shaking his head, "I don't mind if you join me, Elder McKinley." He smiled at the other and blushed before turning back to his work.

[dannychan]

he knelt down and got to work, humming some song softly.

[peridot.]

Kevin worked along with him silently for a moment before saying softly, "Hey, Elder McKinley. May I ask you a personal question...?"

[dannychan]

he looked up at him and nodded. “of course! what is it?”

[peridot.]

He bit his lip for a moment before saying quietly, "Have you ever... Questioned your faith before? Because... I find myself questioning if there's ever really been anything out there."

[dannychan]

he paused and looked down, biting his lip. he nodded slowly. “well.. yeah.. i think we all have at some point..”

[peridot.]

It had been exactly one week since Elder Price had had the most stressful week of his entire Mormon life. It had started with him and Elder Cunningham arriving in Uganda, only to find out that none of the Africans there actually wanted to be converted, and find out that there was an evil overlord who was terrorizing the village they had been assigned to. Then he'd been assaulted and almost had the Book of Mormon shoved up his ass, and he and Cunningham got into a fight, and he'd gone to talk about getting reassigned, only to have a horrible Mormon hell dream where Elder McKinley had given him a lap dance and God had called him, in all seriousness, a dick. He had returned to the mission only to find out that Elder Cunningham had concerted the entire village, but only by changing the story of the Book of Mormon and mixing it in with popular pop culture references, and issues that the Ugandans could actually relate to. In the end, everything had actually worked put. The mission group had created what was essentially their own religion after "The Book of Arnold" - aka Elder Arnold Cunningham's interpretation of the book - and they were actually helping people here. But Elder Price couldn't help but feel sort of... Listless. He still wasn't sure if he even had any faith at all anymore, and was still struggling with gay thoughts ever since the hell dream, with the only advice he got to be to 'turn it off'. The only place he really felt like had belonged was in the small garden that he and Elder McKinley had set up to help grow food for the village. He enjoyed it, even though the work was hard and hot and he often ended up exhausted and sore. At the moment, he was planting some new things in the garden, his hands working idly while he thought about things - things like Elder McKinley - with his eyebrows drawn together in frustrated thought.