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Shannon Rutherford (ballerinadreams) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-03-28 17:47:00

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!complete, day 02, jay, location: gas station, shannon rutherford

Day Two - Afternoon
Who: Shannon Rutherford and Jay
What: Chance meeting
When: mid-afternoon
Where: at the gas station
Rating: probably R for language
Status: Complete

Groaning in discomfort, Shannon rolled onto her back and opened her eyes staring up at the never endingly high ceiling. She had a kink in her neck and her hip was throbbing. Well, sleeping on her side on the floor was a bad idea; good to know for future reference.

Shannon got to her feet and stretched her arms over her head, yawning. She was filthy and felt grimy, covered in dust and debris from the floor she'd fallen asleep on the night before. Her stomach was growling, but mainly her mouth was dry; she'd finished the bottle of water from her kit just before falling asleep and now she was parched.

The journal she'd left on the front desk caught her eye and she walked over to it, ripping a piece of paper out of it and picking up the pen. In bubbly, impossibly neat handwriting - comical in its vast contrast to the words she'd written - Shannon wrote a message and reached over the desk for the box of rusty tacks she'd found while looking for something useful.

She walked out of the building and tacked the journal page to the door. It loudly proclaimed:

NO VACANCY
Fuck Off :)

Pleased that it should keep her shelter hers, Shannon headed off down the road, pulling her hair into a ponytail and using a small, thin piece she'd purposefully left out to tie it, wrapping the piece around the ponytail and tucking it under; a trick she'd learned on the Island to keep her hair out of her eyes. Up ahead, she could see the gas station and decided she might as well check there. Most gas stations had wall-fridges with sodas and beer; why not water?

The door was thankfully unlocked and there were muddy tracks all over the floor; someone had been here before, it seemed. Someones, she thought, noting the two separate pairs of tracks. Shrugging it off and looking around, she tentatively called out, "hello?" before making a beeline toward the refrigerators. "Awesome," she breathed, yanking the door open and snatching a few bottles from the open case on the shelf.

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_snoogans_
2009-03-28 05:19 pm UTC (link)

Actually, being alone really fucking sucked. Jay wasn't used to it, and he didn't wanna be. He was used to talking to a lot of people everyday, even if most of what he said was bullshit, and most people he talked to were customers. Hell he didn't even have any blunt to sell, and walking around without a wall to stand against was just bullshit.

Finally, he saw a place that looked like a gas station. And it was one. And it had a convenience store. Jay almost grinned with glee, but before he could stand against the wall, he needed something to drink, and maybe to eat, too. He didn't remember the last time he'd eaten and he had the munchies like a motherfucker. He pushed the door to get it, and looked around, taking slow steps. It seemed empty.

Jay nearly ran towards the refrigerators and started snatching stuff away; then, he looked to his right. This hot - as fuck! - blonde chick was there, too.

"'Sup, baby?" He greeted her, with a smug smile and a nod.

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ballerinadreams
2009-03-28 05:29 pm UTC (link)

Shannon jumped and felt her heart nearly pound out of her chest at the sound of someone else practically rushing the refrigerator. Her instinctive thought was that the Others finally found her and she shrunk back slowly, because they didn't seem to notice her at first.

But then they - he - turned and she froze. ...yeah probably not an Other, she thought, wrinkling her nose in distaste as she looked him up and down. His hair was even longer than hers and judging by his clothes, he'd missed the memo that announced the end of the nineties grunge era, like, ten years ago.

"Hi," she replied, uncomfortable under his gaze although she wasn't entirely sure why. Shannon held up her water bottles. "I'll just...leave you to it, then," she said awkwardly, backing away a few more steps, planning to walk backward until he was out of her sight and then turn her back, just to be on the safe side.

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_snoogans_
2009-03-28 05:36 pm UTC (link)

Awesome boobage. Nice face, too. Jay was kind of glad that so far, he'd been lucky with the chicks he'd seen. He frowned when she seemed like she was leaving, and as he dropped a few cans of whatever in his pockets, he turned to her.

"Hey wait a second! You're alone, I'm alone, this place is fucking freaky and I don't know why you're running off, but we should stick together!" Literally. But that, Jay didn't say. "I'm not gonna eat you..." He added, looking down at his own shoes.

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ballerinadreams
2009-03-28 05:41 pm UTC (link)

Stopping again, Shannon furrowed her brow and shifted her weight, tilting her chin upward to force an image of confidence she no longer actually possessed - and hadn't for a long while. "I'm not alone," she lied.

But he was looking down at his shoes, so clearly he less sure of himself than anyone who could potentially be a threat, so she shifted her weight from one foot to the other and stayed put for the moment. She hadn't remembered seeing him on the flight - she'd have noticed that get up, for sure - but after having met George and talking to Laura and Sam on the journals, Shannon was fast learning that this wasn't really about the Others or the Island. Strange how the one thing she hated and feared the most had settled itself into her comfort zone out of habit.

That was when she noticed the snacks he had - she hadn't even noticed that there was food there at all - and she licked her lips, looking back up at him. "Where'd you get that?" she asked, nodding toward the food. She hadn't really looked, but maybe he'd had it when he came in, in which case it would behoove her to be nice to him, at least until he felt like sharing.

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_snoogans_
2009-03-28 05:46 pm UTC (link)

Jay didn't see anyone else. But maybe she'd made the drink run all on her own to bring it back to her friends. In any case, she hadn't left yet, which was probably a good sign. Maybe she could go stand with him outside, though she had nothing to do with Silent Bob where looks were concerned; and the stuff she had said wasn't deep, either. But at least she was someone. Someone with a pussy.

He looked down at his hands, and back up at her, shrugging. "Right here, what, you didn't see?" He motioned for the shelves opposite the refrigerators.

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ballerinadreams
2009-03-28 05:55 pm UTC (link)

Shannon shook her head and looked over. Gross, all candy bars and potato chips... Man, she was gonna get fat if she had to live off that kind of stuff. "I was just looking for water," she replied, approaching the shelf and squatting down in front of it to look over the contents on the bottom shelf. Protein bars, Slim Fast bars, energy bars..."Bingo," she said with a grin, grabbing the four granola bars out of their box and shoving them into the pocket of her sweater.

"Is there anything else?" she asked as she smoothed her skirt down and stood again. She all but backed into the shelf itself when she realized just how close to him she was. No, no, better to keep her distance. He seemed like the average guy and maybe he was even one of them who'd woken up in the woods, but she couldn't know for sure and she wasn't taking her chances. The Others were one thing; they'd known that the Others were there. This was different...clearly someone had put them there, but who, exactly, was still a mystery.

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_snoogans_
2009-03-28 06:06 pm UTC (link)

Of course she'd gone for the healthy girly stuff. She'd only be hungry again in a little while, as far as Jay was concerned, but he didn't really give a shit.

He looked at the shelves again and shrugged. "Don't look it." Jay noticed she seemed to be avoiding close contact. Maybe she had some disease, or something. Better to find out before he tried anything. But maybe later. Right now, Jay was much more focused on opening a pack of chips and eating them. He put a bunch of them in his mouth and chewed down, rolling his eyes with pleasure as his stomach acknowledged he was actually eating something. "So," He started, still chewing. "You wake up in the woods too?"

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ballerinadreams
2009-03-28 06:12 pm UTC (link)

Shannon arched an eyebrow at the guy, trying not to smirk with amusement as the potato chips he'd just started eating seemed to give him a nearly orgasmic experience. To be fair, they did look really good...

Shrugging and figuring there was really nowhere else she had to be and he didn't seem threatening in any way, Shannon leaned back against the shelf and pulled out one of the granola bars, ripping its wrapper open and taking a bite. Hovering a hand over her mouth while she chewed, Shannon nodded.

"Yeah, you too, huh?" she asked, swallowing the bite. "There's a big glass wall...my guess is its all the way around," she added, taking another bite and eying him, sizing him up. A little scrawny, but maybe he was stronger than he looked and he'd be able to break it...if she played her cards right.

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_snoogans_
2009-03-28 06:17 pm UTC (link)

She seemed to be relaxing, which meant good news for Jay. Maybe in a while she'd be willing to go somewhere...He hoped. Jay gave her a wide smile, but in his mind the thing she was talking about with the glass and whatnot didn't really register.

Finally, he arched his eyebrows. "Glass wall where? In the woods?!" If she was nuts, that probably meant she was easier than if she wasn't. Things were looking up.

Standing inside a convenience store talking and munching on snacks was definitely a new thing for Jay. He was still leaning against the side of the refrigerator, so that was familiar, at least.