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

Entry tags:

!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.

	_snoogans_ 2009-03-28 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	Jay looked away. This didn't make sense at all. Glass walls in the middle of the woods, waking up with a box full of useless shit, creepy, old places... What the fuck was going on, anyhow? He'd find out later. Now, he had to eat. Jay tilted his head a tiny bit, screwing up his brow. "The what now?" She was definitely crazy. Now she was talking gibberish. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_snoogans_ 2009-03-28 07:15 pm UTC (link)
	Jay arched an eyebrow as he took another bite out of his twinkie. "You look like you'd look better naked, but I'm not complaining." Did that even make sense? Who cared, either way? Dark and nice jugs & Smiley with nice jugs? "Uhm...No." They'd probably said it at some point, but Jay couldn't remember. "Whaddaya want from me, I haven't eaten in forever!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_snoogans_ 2009-03-28 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	Jay, still chuckling, made a dismissive hand gesture in her direction, hoping she would stop worrying. He snatched the pen away from his back pocket and handed it to her. "Here." This, he wanted to see. God was one thing, but this was kind of another. He didn't know why, but it was more unbelievable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)