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Zoe Washburne (warrior_woman) wrote in we_coexist,
@ 2009-01-14 17:14:00

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jennifer government, jiji, perry cox, snow, zoe washburne

Abandoned Fruits [Snowed In - Jennifer, Cox, JiJi]
Zoe was ready to shoot someone; anyone would have done, but a certain doctor type would have been pleasant. The Amazon wasn't always of a violent mindset, yet the City was testing her limits. How could it keep her away from those she loved? How could she question how she felt? And how could it snow so gorram much? Sure, they'd seen some crazy weather when the terraforming didn't work properly, but this was ridiculous.

She knew she couldn't fight through the snow for long, especially when she lost track of where she was going and ran into a postal box three times. She was rather certain it was the same one because on the second run in, she'd scored the side with her knife. So what if it was illegal, she needed some sort of marker; it was the only distinction she could see among the blobs of white crystals. On the third time, she stamped her way to the nearest door, or what looked like a door. It was angled oddly, but she supposed if it was to an underground area, it was better than nothing. Maybe there'd be supplies.

She shook off the snow as she walked down the steps and had to shiver at the bleak concrete. There were a few supplies, but none of them filled her with shiny happy thoughts. No, they made her think of some poor store room forgotten by a family, who was busy running from the bombardment. It made her think of the war. The cold didn't help, but she'd survive. Climbing back up the steps, she reached for the door to close out the snow and maybe some of the chill. She didn't want to close anyone out, but she couldn't leave the door open forever.

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OOC: Just firing off a quick one while I have five seconds...!

i_rant
2009-01-15 05:10 am UTC (link)

Not having had to deal with snow since he was eighteen years old and made of rubber and immune to pretty much everything like teenagers were, Perry Cox was finding it extremely hard to navigate his way through it. He'd found an apartment, which Wilson had said would happen (he still wasn't sure how much he wanted to believe about this 'City' place, but he'd at least accepted it now as a real predicament rather than a prank, something that was hard for his skeptical mind to do), but for some godforsaken unknown reason, he'd ventured off out into it, needing to walk and clear his head.

And maybe check out the hospital, just for funsies, but he wasn't admitting that to anyone.

He'd found clothing in his apartment, which creepily was actually his kinda style and his exact size, and so he'd thrown on a few layers of tee-shirts, a sports jacket and a pair of jeans, and headed off out into the snow. Three layers apparently wasn't enough, and he was freezing his ass off as he wandered through the blizzard, not knowing which direction he was going in anymore.

His fingers and toes had been stinging and were now going numb, and the snow had drenched his jeans, which were now freezing against his legs. He needed to get out of the snow. Everything looked the same, and that was everything he could even see. He had to get out of the snow, and quick, before he wound up at the hospital for a different reason.

Perry heard someone scraping, noise coming from his left, and moved in that direction. He hadn't seen a single person until now. He held a hand up by his face to block the snow, the other wrapped around his own stomach, and watched someone struggling with a cellar door.

Partly to help and partly because he wanted in too, out of the cold and the wet, Cox kicked through the snow over toward her, lifting up his bare hands (his gloves had soaked through a while ago and he'd stripped them off to avoid them freezing to his fingers, he would much rather brave the cold) and reluctantly wrapped them around the icy wood of the cellar door, not recognizing the woman in the snow next to him.

"Here, step aside, step aside... lemme give ya a hand."

The muscles in his arms bulged beneath his jacket as he yanked, his added strength helping the woman yank the cellar door down. It hurt like hell and he was freezing and his fingers were screaming at him, but he knew in a few moments he'd be warm and it'd be worth it.

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i_talk
2009-01-15 06:45 am UTC (link)

During the time that Cox and Zoe had been messing with the door, a single black feline slipped in without giving much attention to himself. JiJi was apparently very good at loosing those he was with, because Lizzie & Pan had gone and completely disappeared in the blinding snow. It was the second time that very short, strange day that he had found himself alone out in the snow.

And the cold was even starting to get to the feline in his black, furry coat. JiJi wasn't stupid, he knew to get in out of the cold before he either became frozen or buried in it. A frozen catcicle was not on his list of things to become in his lifetime.

Shaking away the stray flakes that had stuck to his coat, JiJi took a seat just outside of the range of the light. He may have been trying to hide from the snow, but he didn't know anything about the humans residing in the celler. Well, the little witches cat guessed they were all trying to do the same thing as he, seek shelter from the snow; but this didn't mean they were friendly or open to strange talking cats; he already had found that his speaking ability extended far beyond his shared bond with Kiki and other witches such as herself.

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government
2009-01-15 10:47 pm UTC (link)

"I'm not sure." Jennifer said, starting to get up just when another face came into view. She still moved forward anyway, wondering if the two of them could do it alone, or if she'd need to help too. But with the snow kicked out of the way, she thought they might be able to get it.

That's when she saw the cat. Sitting out there, alone. It looked cold.

"Come here..." She said, holding her hand out. Thinking of Jake. Poor Jake. She seemed to always be away from the apartment. She hoped that The City was providing him with everything he needed since she wasn't there to feed him or cuddle him.

"Come on. You'll freeze out there. I've got a warm blanket." The last was a strange offering, she knew, but she wasn't sure what else she had to offer. And the warmth of a cat was really appealing right now.

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warrior_woman
2009-01-16 06:25 pm UTC (link)

Zoe was thankful for the help, but once they got the door closed and she got used to the change in light, enough to see who she was talking to...any smile she might have had in thanks faded. An almost ineffectual cop and an idiot doctor. The cop wasn't so bad, but the doctor?

Zoe stepped from the door and started to look around; from the looks of things, Jennifer had been there a little longer..and had made a friend?

"Government, how long have you been down here?" She started moving things this way and that as she spoke. Taking stock. They had to know what they had available, what they could and couldn't work with. It had to be ready, known.

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government
2009-01-16 07:47 pm UTC (link)

"I don't know. I've lost track of time. There's no light in here to let me know." She tried to get an idea of the time outside. "At least a day."

She sighed and retreated back into the depths of the cellar. "We don't have much down here. There's a toilet over there." She pointed to where she'd roughly hung up a ratted old sheet. Even by herself she'd felt too exposed to use the toilet while it was just sitting out in the open like that.

"There's some canned food. Some wine. The only water is coming in through a crack over there. Some camping stuff. That light I found. Only one thick blanket and one sleeping bag."

It would have almost been better if she'd been alone. She wasn't sure how so many people could survive on so little.

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i_talk
2009-01-17 01:20 am UTC (link)

JiJi had already meandered into the celler, wondering just what he had gotten himself into by ending up in this particular location. It wasn't warm by any means, but at least there wasn't much snow to speak of compared to the outside.

The talk of a warm blanket however peeked his interest; and who was he to turn down and invitation to stay warm? And currently warmth was something he was seeking over food; despite the fact that he hadn't really eaten anything since the day prior to finding himself in this strange place.

There also happened to be a cushy looking bag laid out on the floor, and it was to this JiJi padded quickly over to in order to inspect the potential of a sleeping place to hide away from the cold. It seemed that the one who made the offer of the warm blanket might have also been the one sitting there, basing it off of the scent on the bag.

In all actuality, JiJi really wished Kiki was the one offering to cuddle to keep warm. He was a one witch cat, and he kept a very close bond with his witch. Other humans were strange sometimes, and other times they could be helpful, but they just weren't the same. Now he wasn't dumb enough to turn down the offer if the human insisted, but he would cross that quickly approaching bridge when it came.

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warrior_woman
2009-01-19 07:21 pm UTC (link)

Zoe nodded slightly at the rundown, but she went through the cellar's contents anyway. She looked up at the sheet; privacy was all well and good, but it didn't keep anyone warm at night. Plus, the toilet was one source of water - not a pleasant one, and probably not the best - they couldn't exactly boil it. Alcohol wasn't an option yet either.

"A day maybe. Have you had any food? Tried anything?" Zoe stepped closer to Jennifer and started to look at her as best as she could in the limited light. Just looking really. "Have you had anything to drink?"

Perhaps it was a good thing Zoe hadn't seen the cat quite yet. Then again, she didn't know how long they were going to be stuck in the cellar either. It didn't matter. The cat could be a possible food source - dead, or a heat source - alive. But that bridge wasn't even visible yet.

"Did you taste the water?"

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government
2009-01-20 09:19 pm UTC (link)

"The food in the jars is good. I mean, it's still okay as food. It's all preserved stuff. Nothing fresh, but it won't kill us. The water from that leak is okay. There's nothing living in it. No mold. It tastes a bit like stone floor, but other than that..."

Jennifer shrugged. She had no idea what they'd feed the cat if the cat didn't happen to like dried meat. That might be a little bit of a problem.

"There's a camping thing, but I don't think it's safe to use it inside. Fumes."

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i_rant
2009-01-25 01:23 pm UTC (link)

While the two women had been talking, Perry had moved over to the corner of the basement, picking up one of the bottles of wine and trying to read the label, which had pretty much faded to white. He frowned, sliding it back into the rack, and picked up one of the tins of food before glancing back over at Jennifer. He caught sight of the cat too then, frowning mildly. He'd never really liked cats much. Jackie had begged and begged until he'd gotten one, and the damn thing had shed all over the house. It was hard to look imposing in front of the new interns when you were covered in the evidence that some adorable little kitten had been snuggling you that morning.

"Well, how long exactly we planning on stayin' here?" Honestly, there was no way any of them would be able to get anywhere out there until the blizzard calmed down, but it was anyone's guess how long that would be.

Of course, he was asking just that, hoping that one of them would have some insight into how long the storm would last. He wasn't sure he or his junk wanted to be down here with the Amazon for long.

Placing the can back on the shelf, he brushed the dust off his fingers. He wasn't exactly feeling overly social and he was still half-freezing to death in his wet clothes, so he moved and sat in the corner, trying to ignore the cold wet denim of his jeans sticking to his legs. His jacket was also wet, but he was too cold right now to think about removing it. Hopefully it would just dry off.

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i_talk
2009-01-25 01:33 pm UTC (link)

Oh yes, the sleeping bag was perfect for curling up in, and to this JiJi decided to wiggle his way between the layers and curl up. He was being rather oblivious to the fact that someone might sit on him if they weren't careful, but thankfully he was an odd lump within the sleeping bag that might prompt someone to check first.

Yawning widely, the little black cat tucked his head between his paws, tail curling around his form while becoming a furry kittyball. Unlike the humans, JiJi would be fine down in that basement. It may have been cold, but it wasn't nearly as cold as the outside amongst the white background, and curling up was a great way to conserve body heat.

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warrior_woman
2009-01-26 11:45 pm UTC (link)

The doctor really wasn't someone Zoe wanted to be stuck down here for long; at least, he wasn't misbehaving. He had helped close the door, and he wasn't saying anything overly rude. Maybe it would be okay, for the first few minutes anyway.

"We stay down here as long as we have to. I doubt we'll be able to get out too easily with snow piling up against that door. Let's get that bag opened up, we'll have to share space. It's all there is to it. Hate to say you need to get out of those wet things..." Zoe wasn't going to finish that sentence; the last thing she wanted to do was get out of wet clothes with this man.

"It'll probably be over soon; snows just don't go like this."

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i_rant
2009-01-28 03:01 pm UTC (link)

"And into what?" Perry asked, deciding to press on what was obviously a sore point with her. That was what he enjoyed doing; finding people's weak spots and exploiting them for fun. 'Course, there was always a reasoning behind it, but right now he was irritated and didn't particularly care.

Had he been at home or somewhere a little warmer, he wouldn't have hesitated to undress down to his boxer shorts. Perry wasn't exactly ashamed of his body; you wouldn't meet many men in their forties with abs like his. Still, he was using the cold around him as an excuse to stay clothed, as - being a doctor - he knew that undressing and wrapping himself in the blanket would be much, much better for him than staying in the cold, wet clothes.

Still, the fact that it would be over soon was good news at least. He sat for a few minutes shivering before giving up, standing up, and unzipping his jacket. He couldn't sit in the cold in wet clothes any longer.

He stripped off the jacket as fast as he could, pulled off his shirt, and snagged the blanket, not caring whether he unsettled the cat in the sleeping bag or not. He wrapped it around himself and sat back down, the jeans still disgustingly wet against his legs, but at least he could focus on drying his top half.

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government
2009-01-28 09:17 pm UTC (link)

Jennifer rolled her eyes. She'd met plenty of men like this one in her life. She didn't really want to have to deal with one when she had to deal with so many other things. Like if they were going to freeze to death or not.

"Please tell me you have some experience with dealing with things like this." She said to Zoe. "Because I don't."

It was a sad thing, really. She was an agent. But they'd never been trained in winter survival. Especially where she'd lived. It hadn't been particularly necessary.

She carefully slid her legs into the sleeping bag around the cat, since her blanket had been taken. Though, she supposed even if he was a jerk, he did sort of need it more than she did.

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