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Tweak says, "Galesome."

Shannon Rutherford (ballerinadreams) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-04-27 21:04:00

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!complete, day 05, location: gas station, shannon rutherford, shizuka domeki

Day Five - Early Afternoon
Who: Shizuka Domeki & Shannon Rutherford
What: Reuniting after Domeki's experiment
When: Early afternoon
Where: the gas station
Rating: PG to PG-13 I'd guess
Status: Complete

After having left the thrift shop in probably what might be considered the single most hideous outfit known to mankind, Shannon pulled her newly acquired and equally ugly coat around herself, shivering against the chill. She was heading up to the gas station in search of more provisions. Her stash of Slim Fast bars, Snapple, and water was running low and if she planned on continuing to share with the Doctor, Sam, and Dean, she would need more to share.

Shannon had found a backpack, however tattered it was, in the sporting goods section and she had shoved a few more pairs of jeans, her discarded bra and shirt, a pack of panties - score! that she'd found, an oversized men's hoodie, and a package of socks into it. She hoped there was still enough room to hoard some more protein bars and water.

The trek felt a million times longer as the cold air bit at her legs. She must've looked completely ridiculous. Scratch that, I know I look completely ridiculous, she thought as a ghost of a smile tugged at her lips and she rolled her eyes to herself. When she reached the gas station she let the door slam behind herself, shuddering as if to shake off the cold before starting back toward the broken refrigerator.

There was a new display, though, that caught her eye. Her jaw went into a slack smile and her eyes went wide with excitement. "Oh my God, soap!" she squeaked. Picking up one of the tiny travel bottles of shampoo and conditioner in one, Shannon clutched it to her chest and stared up at the ceiling of the gas station. "There is a god..." she breathed, taking two bottles and shoving them into her backpack. She followed it up excitedly with a bottle of shower gel, a pack of disposable razors, a travel-size deodorant, and a tiny plastic bottle of mouthwash. "Oh, my fucking God, jackpot!"

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ballerinadreams
2009-05-06 10:52 pm UTC (link)

That thought hadn't actually occurred to Shannon. If they bored the people running the show, maybe there would be no reason to keep them around, after all. "Or maybe they'd kill us to make room for new lab rats," she thought aloud sullenly. Shaking the thought away with an actual physical shake of her head, she moved to the next topic as though she'd said nothing at all. "I know right? I never thought I'd be so happy to see a tiny tube of Colgate," she laughed. That was mainly true - most of the time, when Shannon thought of travel-size bottles, she immediately likened them to flying. She'd never do that again, if she could help it.

While Shannon had had Boone when she was growing up, their relationship was nowhere near what she had always pictured a sibling relationship to be. From the time they'd both hit puberty, things had changed. Considerably. And not for the better, as far as Shannon was concerned. She somehow couldn't picture Domeki walking in on her in the shower, for example, knowingly. And if he did, she was bigger than he was; he'd never do it a second time. That thought made her smirk a little. "Yeah, I like that. You know, if you ever need somewhere to stay, I'm at the museum," she told him. It wasn't information she offered up freely and she fully expected him to turn it down, but she felt she should at least let him know where to find her. "Or if you ever need anything, that's where you can find me. I live with Sam and the Doctor, but they've both heard enough about you that if you said who you were, I'm sure they'd let you right in," she added. It was her way of letting Domeki know that she really and truly trusted him.

"Oh, my God, if he doesn't already see me in it," she replied, face going red with embarrassed horror. She hadn't thought of that. She really should've thought the bet through before agreeing to it. Sam would definitely see the awful dress at some point, unless she purposefully lost the bet and changed into other clothes after her shower. Or if she cheated, which she considered only briefly before deciding that it would take the fun out of the whole thing. She slapped a palm overdramatically to her forehead and closed her eyes, wrinkling her nose. "I'm so stupid," she laughed.

Looking up again and dropping her hand away from her face, Shannon raised an eyebrow. "Never heard 'up the wazoo' either?" she asked with a smirk. "I have much to teach you, young grasshopper," she joked, reaching over to tousle his hair. "And believe me, you're not wrong about needing the mouthwash and toothpaste even more if you keep drinking those. They taste like shit as it is, but the aftertaste is worse, sadly. I maybe should've warned you of that bit..."

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throughyoureye
2009-05-07 07:00 pm UTC (link)

The thought that failure to amuse - or to yield useful results - would result in death had occurred to Domeki in a vague sort of way but he had rather hoped that their captors would be a bit more reasonable. Then again, after all that had happened even in the short time which they had all been stranded here, he could see how hoping for anything reasonable would be an example of foolish optimism. Finding that he no longer wished to linger on those thoughts, he moved easily onto the next topic of conversation.

"I'll definitely keep that in mind, that you're at the museum." Domeki had the idea that it was something rare for Shannon to freely offer the location where she was staying and so he offered her a grateful smile in response. "I might stay at the thrift shop for a while, since it seems like my idiot classmate has chosen to stay there but I just might take you up on the offer sometime soon - and the offer does go both ways: if you ever want a break from the museum or if you ever want something special from the shop, all you have to do is ask."

"Who knows? He might appreciate the humor of the situation?" Domeki offered. Having only met this Sam quite briefly, he had no way of predicting how the man would react but he could see how it could turn to something amusing - a joke or a nice point of reference between the two of them. "Besides, if you explain that the dress is from a bet, then he'll probably understand."

Domeki made a slight face at the ruffling of his hair but he did manage a laugh. "I'm sure after being around my big sister for just a little while, I'll know more than my fair share of colorful language," he teased in return. "It probably wouldn't have mattered if you had warned me about the aftertaste - for how much better I feel now that I drank them, I think I would have taken them regardless."

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throughyoureye
2009-05-07 10:57 pm UTC (link)

A glance toward the display of soaps and assorted hygienic goods reminded Domeki of his reason for coming to the gas station in the first place and a glance outside reminded him that he really didn't want to have to shower in the gym basement after dark. Though he was rather enjoying his conversation with his big sister, Domeki knew that it was about time for him to get moving.

"We should save those lessons for another time, I think." He spoke lightly as he moved to collect a few different bottles from the display. A slight detour earned him another Red Bull from the fridge and then he moved toward the door. "I likely should go if I want to be able to shower before the gym basement gets too dark - it was good to see you, though....and I am sorry for having worried you earlier, big sister."

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ballerinadreams
2009-05-07 11:45 pm UTC (link)

Shannon gave Domeki a small smile, appreciating that, judging by his grateful smile, he understood the gravity she felt came with letting someone know where she was staying. She also appreciated that he had also let her know where he was staying and had reciprocated her offer with one of his own. "Thank you," she said with a nod to let him know she understood and she would, if she ever felt she needed to.

"Oh, I'm sure he would," Shannon laughed. "I just don't want him to. Embarrassing, much?" The idea of Sam seeing her in the dress was just short of mortifying - and only just short because he'd probably understand if she mentioned the bet. And then Domeki made the same observation and she nodded again. "Probably, but still. It's the principal of the thing," she pointed out.

Grinning proudly, Shannon winked. "Better believe it. I can curse with the best of 'em," she said happily. She paused, then, as he moved to another topic. "Oh, right," she agreed, having almost entirely forgotten that he was talking about having a shower and she seemed to be holding him up unintentionally. "No, don't even worry about it; it wasn't your fault," she said with a small smile. She took his hand, then, and gave it a small squeeze before giving him another quick hug, just because she was so happy to see him around and in one piece.

Pulling away, she smiled again. "I'll walk you as far as the museum," she offered. "I'm gonna hit the showers myself a little later, I just have to drop some stuff off," she offered, starting toward the front door, dragging him along with her before realizing she hadn't let go of his hand. She dropped it just after making the realization and pulled the door open, making an exaggerated gesture for him to head out and smirking at him as she did so.

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throughyoureye
2009-05-08 01:30 am UTC (link)

Domeki was more grateful than he could possibly say for the brief hug and the absolution from guilt that Shannon offered - not that he had expected her to lord the fact that he had worried her over his head but it simply made the new promise between them to see each other as siblings as all the more meaningful to know that small things could not come between them. Lightly, he returned the finger squeeze before his hand was returned to him and he offered Shannon another grin as he walked past her to the street outside.

"That sounds like a good idea to me." Domeki agreed readily with her idea to walk together as far as the gym. He could even see it as a further extension of trust, of Shannon allowing him to know and to see where she was currently making her home. "I'd offer to let you know how the showers are before you leave to take one but you may well hear my opinion even from as far away as the museum."

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ballerinadreams
2009-05-08 11:12 am UTC (link)

Shannon shook her head and smiled back at him as she followed him out of the gas station, pulling the hideous coat in around herself again to block the cold out. With a laugh, Shannon put an arm around his shoulders and leaned her head down to rest against his as she started to walk. "I'm sure that I will," she agreed with an amused smirk.

She was content to walk mostly in silence, just happy to have Domeki by her side and know that he was safe. Plus, her teeth were chattering slightly. It wasn't that it was actually terribly cold outside, but the fact of the matter was that Shannon spent her whole life hopping from one warm climate to the next, intentionally or otherwise. It had gotten this cold a few times in one place or another where she'd been, but she was far from accustomed to it.

When they reached the museum, Shannon lifted her head again and took a step away to give Domeki his space - which, she realized just then, she had probably been invading without permission. "Chez Shannon," she said with an impish grin, waving an arm with a flourish toward the museum. "...et Chez Sam, et Chez the Doctor, I guess," she added with a small grin.

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throughyoureye
2009-05-08 01:29 pm UTC (link)

Domeki seemed to hardly mind neither the companionable silence nor the invasion of his personal space. He found it especially nice to have someone in this place with whom he felt connected enough not to have to speak every thought - and, besides, the closeness helped to drive away a bit of the chill from the cold air all around him.

This chill caused him to shiver slightly and it did make the thought of having to take a frosty shower all the less appealing - but the weather really wasn't all that much worse than what he had seen through many winters; true, then he had warmer clothes to bundle up in and heated buildings but it wasn't anything which couldn't be soldiered through.

When they came to the museum, Domeki took a moment to glance pensively at the building before turning an approving grin to Shannon. "It looks like you've set up a good place for yourselves - and plenty of housemates, too."

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ballerinadreams
2009-05-08 04:52 pm UTC (link)

At his appraisal, Shannon laughed. "Yeah, it's not too shabby. Then again, I walked through almost the whole town by myself, trying to find a way out on the first day, but since there didn't seem to be one, I just went back to the warmest looking one. This place is dirty but it's not wrecked, so...it's not too shabby," she replied with an impish grin. "And I intended to live by myself, honestly, but then people started disappearing for those experiment things and so I asked Sam to move in because he'd been the one I was talking to the most in the journals at the time. I asked the Doctor to move in after the whole waffling of my trust in Sam," she explained. "But you know, whatever, it worked it self out."

She paused and then gave Domeki another hug. "It's really good to see you back in one piece, sweetie," she whispered in his ear before pulling away and smiling at him again fondly. "And there's always room in Chez Shannon for you if you need it."

Her eyes moved toward the direction of the gym and she smirked. "Try not to make too much noise or you might take all the fun out of the surprise for me," she joked. Hugging herself against the cold, she started up the stairs. "Try and have a nice shower. Keep checking in with each other, right? To make sure we're both okay?"

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throughyoureye
2009-05-08 05:09 pm UTC (link)

"It sounds like you gave it a lot of thought before picking this place - but it really does look like you picked well. This seems like one of the safest places in the town," Domeki agreed with a slight nod. Of course, saying that any place in this town was safe was a bit of an exaggeration but, as far as buildings went, it seemed like a winner. "No matter how they came to be there, I really am glad that you have good people staying here with you - I know things seem a lot easier when you don't have to constantly be alone."

He accepted the offered hug gratefully and he nodded to her whisper. "I'm glad to be back in one piece - and I'm also glad to have you as my big sister, now." The fond smile was returned in kind to her latter statement. "I'll keep that in mind - and you're always welcome in the thrift shop so long as you don't mind having to stay with that idiot."

Domeki laughed to her request that he not make too much noise at the gym and he nodded ruefully. "I'll do what I can to not ruin the surprise for you especially since I know how much you're looking forward to your shower later." He offered her a light wave as she headed up the stairs and smiled lightly. "Keep checking in with each other and keep bothering each other - we can't let anything happen to our siblings, hm?"

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ballerinadreams
2009-05-08 09:21 pm UTC (link)

With a small smile, admittedly one that illustrated that she was actually proud of herself, Shannon nodded. "That I did. That's another lesson learned from the Island. Gotta stake your claim early if you want the good spot," she said with a wink. He was not wrong about things seeming easier when one wasn't constantly alone. Shannon sort of figured he knew he was right, though, so she simply nodded again and said nothing in reply to that.

Shannon laughed a little and nodded. "I don't mind," she said with a smirk. "I'll keep it in mind, too." Her smirk broadened into a grin with his next statement. "Thank you, I appreciate it," she said with mock seriousness. When he waved, she returned it with a light one of her own. "Exactly," she agreed. "Have a nice shower," she said, "or try, like I said," she repeated with a wink. "I'll see you again soon," she added confidently before giving one last wave and heading inside to seek warmth in her shelter.

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