Tharias Roman's Story

I winced and held a hand over my face as Roselee shone a flashlight on it. "So now you're trying to blind me?" I teased and in turn shone my own at her. "But seriously, I have to eat, pis- I mean, use the washroom, and sleep. Anyone care to join me?" I waggled my eyebrows comically and resisted the urge to yawn. My eyes were getting heavy and the surrounding darkness didn't help things much.

I zoned out for a bit, thinking of urinals, and missed the start of what Caitlyn had said, but Roselee seemed to be agreeing to it. "What about the building?" I inquired, snapping back into focus, but then fading out again. My mind was drawing out a path to get to the nearest restroom, near the Photo Center. Then it drifted into stupid question mode. Asking myself whatever popped into my head.

What if we ran out of food and had to eat someone, who would I eat? Roy? No, I'd likely eat one of the girls cuz' they outnumber the guys. I like when things are even...
I wonder how I'm going to come up with a shower in this place...
How is the house the crew is working on. I sure as hell hope Tod isn't slacking off...

And so on until I just went on standby mode and let my brain work and body rest. Like sleeping standing up but no where near as fun or as comfy.

I laughed, and then yawned, it was getting late and I didn't want to fall asleep anyhwere near here, even though there are beds right beside me... I shook the thought away, and turned my flashlight on, shining it everywhere I could. "Well, is there anywhere you'd like to go in particular? Like I have some awesome Ideas, that I'm NOT willing to share with Tharias." I chuckled inside, I was having fun mocking Tharias, even though the little man-boy wasn't bad at all. I just needed someone to use my all-powerful sarcasm on. I turned Rose so we had our backs to all three guys. "Well, I was thinking the salon. It's a little far away from the Groceries, but- close to a bathroom, let alone it probably has a crap-ton of hair supplies in there- although we have no power.. But ther'll probably be a whole bunch of salon brushes and shampoos and conditioners. I know, I know, typical place for a girl, but you have to admit, it's a good spot. Plus, it's right by the Pharmacy incase of emergencies. Oh- sorry, I meant there's a cosmetics nearby incase of emergencies." I laughed at the stereotypical joke. "Plus.. the Old man said there'd be hydro, right? well, that means all the water is working! including the salon-chair head-showers!" I laughed evilly, panning on my hygene sucess. I yawned again, too tiered to travel all the way down there. "I'm going to rest here for the night, though. I declare a home-section sleepover! for anyone who is really tiered and has no REAL place to stay tonight. I don't care, I'm staying anyways." I muttered, running with my flashlight and plopping down on a model-bed nearby.

"Sounds good to me." I yawned a monster yawn, catching Caitlyn's contagious one. "As long as I don't have to share a bed. I'll take the floor if I have to." I picked out a bed and shoved all my junk underneath it and the long blankets covered them from sight. I still held on to the flashlight though, still needing to pee and eat. "I'll be back... in... an amount of time." I called over my shoulder and bee-lined it for the washroom. With the help of the flashlight I jogged my way over to the washroom, not taking in any details as I passed them, just intent on relieving myself. It didn't take very long, and upon reaching my destination I crowed in victory. It was darker than dark in the washroom and it was awkward to be in there so I hurried up and left as soon as possible.

On my walk back I was slower, and more tired. I wanted to slump down on the ground and sleep anywhere. I told myself that a nice bed awaited me and that kept me going. Without another word to anyone I collapsed into the bed and immediately fell into a deep sleep, setting aside food for tomorrow.

I heared Tharias as he came back I was half-asleep and was listening for random crap. Nor particulairily waiting for Tharias to come back. I muttered to myself and wondered if Rose had stayed to sleep. Probably, it IS the place with the most beds. after all... "Chicken...Pies..." I mumbled, finally falling asleep. I dreamt about delicious chicken peis. Mmguuuud. I had hoped my cart was safe, and I also made a silent cheers to first night of the new year. Or was it second? Ahh, I don't really care.

I gathered some bottles of water in my arms and a few packets of biscuits, dumping them into a cart waiting nearby. Rounding the corner, I bumped into Tharias. "Oops, sorry, didn't see you," I muttered. I saw the beds and decided to join the rest. Walking over to one in the far corner, I lay down on it. Almost immediately, I yawned. I hadn't realised that running around a Wal-Mart for supplies could be so tiring. I closed my eyes, but couldn't sleep.

Girls are mean... Wow... That was the most childish thing I've heard in a while...

I take one of the flashlights and search the aisles for something useful while the others are talking. A few minutes later everyone is gone. Bastards... Woke me up and then went off to sleep without apologizing... Well nevermind... I'll go to sle-
Ohcome on! That was my bed! Screw this, tomorrow I'm building my base of operation... and looovvving, hehe..

I sit down on one of the recliner chairs and after a few minutes I'm asleep.


(Since everybody's character are pretty much asleep I'm going to make it morning, atleast for my character)


As always, regardless of how tired I am, I wake up at four. My father always came home at around that time, super drunk, so my body got used to getting beaten up at this time...

Well, there is no one to beat me up here and I think I'll go back to sle-
or better still I'll set up a base of operations... I go through the daily routine and by four fifteen I'm ready to start. I choose Do-it-yourself as my base. I begin by taking a nice big lock from Home & Office. Next I start removing all the stuff from the shelves. All this do-it-yourself crap isn't needed... atleast now.

By six all the unnecessary stuff has been removed and placed by the Tire & Lube express door. Next I gather all essentials that I can remember. Batteries, a lot of them but not so many that other people don't get any, a spare flashlight, a bunch of clothes and shoes from Apparel and Shoes, Windcheater from Seasonal, Golf clubs from Sports and BandAids from Pharmacy.

I go to lock the door... but it seems these doors can't be locked. Stupid electronic doors... I throw the lock aside...

Hopefully no one will steal anything... But just for security I gather all the stuff in a corner a stick a note on them saying: "ROY'S STUFF. NO STEALING" Hopefully that'll work...

It's seven now. Some of them are still sleeping...

I guess I'll go back to sleep too. I lie down on the recliner and sleep takes over my tired body instantly...

Usually if I'm working I have to wake up at 6AM, but after such an... eventful night I let myself sleep in. At around what I thought was 7:30, I rolled my way off the bed. Close by I saw the girl that bumped into me last night. She and a few others, I couldn't tell how many, were still snoozing on the mattresses.
Angelica was her name, I think. I knew that the person who was where I wanted my 'base' had vacated it, so I gathered my things from under the bed and placed them on my shoulders. I wasn't surprised that I was sore, after all that transpired the other night, and I welcomed the aches.
I picked up the flashlight I had left on the floor and turned it on, though I had to admit the lighting was better because of the little amount of light that the front doors let in. With one last look at the sleeping figure, I headed back towards the toys section, keeping my pace at a slow walk as I wasn't in a hurry. At the end of the toy section I could see across the path where the health and beauty section was, but I was already carrying too much and would have to come back later. Instead I turned and headed past the cosmetics and into the lawn and garden section.
This is where I wanted to camp. Sure, it was a little big, but I wanted a lot of the things here and didn't want to go dragging them around everywhere. I already knew that I would set up in the back corner, as it was more easy to defend. I passed countless of outdoor dining sets that wouldn't be any use to me, and wondered what I would do with all the crap I didn't need or want. I'll just push them all to the front, I decided.
I put my things in a giant barbeque so that no one would take them as I worked. First off was getting rid of all this garden junk. My goal was to get all the stuff from the far left corner and shove it to the front of the store so I had a nice, clear area that I could fill with things I needed and wanted.
Suddenly my stomach rumbled and I realized that I hadn't eaten since before I entered the Wal-Mart. All this work would have to wait, as I very well couldn't go around lifting and pushing and pulling heavy things on an empty stomach.
I reequipped my Nerf gun and headed back into the big aisle.

Rose:
I had gone t sleep along with everyone, but my insomnia got the best of me. I twisted and turned but it was no use. I finally just decided to get up and walk around the store. It was about 7 in the morning and I was still roaming around the store (in my new roller blades of course) I headed back to where everyone had slept and saw Caitlyn was already up, allong with Tharias I assumed, since he wasn't there. "Morning!" i said with a simple smile on my face. I had gone to the candy isle and found a box of Sour Patch kids. They sure made me happy! I approached Caitlyn and extended the box to her. "Morning snack?" i asked. I looked around and giggled. Everyone seemed to have marked their territory. Especially Roy.

My plan was simple: walk straight until I hit the groceries. With the Nerf gun in one hand and my flashlight in another I trekked on. As I walked I could heard a lot of movement and noise from the back of the store. There was some really bad music, some yelling and talking, more music, more talking. Though I was interested in what might be going on down there, it was all too far away for me to care. I was about halfway to the groceries, I could see the outline of a sign that would declare the section, just weaving around the checkout aisles when I heard a girl scream “SERIOUSLY!” Since it was so close, I have to admit that I jumped. I waved my flashlight in the direction of the noise and thought I saw someone. I paused in my journey for food and called out to what I thought was a figure. “Hello?”

There. A small dancing light sprung to life and lit up a girl's face. I couldn't her face very well, but from being around the two so much and by her reaction I knew it couldn't be Caitlyn or Roselee. "It's me." the immediate reaction came from my mouth and I mentally cursed myself. Yeah, she definatly knew who 'me' was. "I mean," I said quickly "it's Tharias."

I pointed my Nerf gun to the ground so not to scare the other person. I knew there were still a few people I hadn't met in the Wal-Mart, as I had all seen them before we came in. "I'm just going to get some food, if you want to tag along. I've got this flashlight." I lifted it up slightly. I really need to work on my sentances, because that sounded really dumb.

Oh crap. Was I shining it in her eyes? I shifted the beam of light over to her right just in case.

The girl didn't respond and I was dying of hunger, so I just shrugged and moved on. If she wants to come, she can if she wants. I grabbed a cart from nearby, and pedaled a few times before pushing off on the ground and hanging on to the cart's bars. I made the rest of the journey in a few minutes, as I had said, I was about half way there when the I stopped and heard the girl. Whenever you find yourself in a grocery store while you are starving, everything is your favourtie food ever. Everything. I loaded my cart with candy, feta cheese, Jiffy Popcorn (the kind you cook over a fire or an oven top), potatoes, apples, crackers, peanut butter, rice and soy sauce, and as many packages of water bottles as my cart could hold. I spun my cart around and pushed my now really heavy cart back to the Lawn and Garden section. This might take a while... I grab an apple from the cart and take a giant bite from it. It's juices dribbled down my chin but I didn't care. I devoured the apple like a crazed wolf and reached for another, my stomach singing my praises internally.

I kept slowly pushing - really, shoving - the cart back to the lawn and garden section. I had eaten three other apples and had
thrown the cores out in the little garbage bins that in the little checkout places. Again, I passes where I had heard the girl and I was curious to know if she was still there, but when I shone my flashlight around I couldn't see much. No worries. As I passed by some aisles I know I hadn't been in before, I made a mental note to make sure I would come back here soon. When I finally reached the lawn and garden section I was already dreading the work I had ahead of me. I had to reorganize this stupid section to try and get a nice little home base set up. I shoved my cart into the back corner and sighed, putting my hands on my hips and looking at what lay out before me. I would move all the barbecue's first, as they were the closest to the entrance, and then... hmm. Another thought interrupted me. I hadn't heard anyone in quite a while, and I didn't know whether the silence bothered me, or if it was a good thing. I knew I had to get to work soon or I'd get lazy and never do it. I set my dread aside, rolled up my sleeves, and began to carry the first of many barbecue's to the front of the lawn and garden entrance way.

After 10 minutes of picking up and carrying various heavy things my arms were starting to burn. But it was a good kind of burn, the rewarding kind that let you know that all the work would pay off. So far I had finished putting all the barbeques (except for one I planned on using for myself if it would work) in the front, and was now on to moving dining sets (again, keeping one). As soon as all the little sets were moved, I knew I could no longer simply carry the tables and chairs over, and would now have to drag them. I lifted up the edge of a large metal table and began to drag it, and was horrified at the terrible screeching sound that followed. I couldn't just leave the table where it was, but the noise was horrible. I hoped that the sound wasn't alerting others, but because it was so loud, it just might. Oh well.

I shrugged. "I don't have any better ideas." I said, letting my heel click against the ground. "I'm not sure what you think you might need, so I can't really suggest anything." I rolled my shoulders back, getting tiered from walking. "Rose, Tharias gave you a flashlight, right? Well, really thats one of the first things you need. The first thing I grabbed was some clothes. Only because I was passing through but... You might want to consider some fresh clothes. I'm still puzzled on the showering idea. I could hold it to my advantage, if people get to greasy, some might want to quit...But am I that selfish? It's possible.

Rose:
I nod "Yeah, i got that covered, but i need to set up base somewhere or i'll..." suddenly a loud scretching sound made me stop mid-sentence "What was that?" i asked alarmed, and looked around the store. I couldn't see anything within my eyes' reach, but i could tell the noise was coming from somewhere close by. At least, that's what it sounded like. But there was no way of being sure, since the noise echoed throughout the store.

I covered my ears as the screeching sound echoed around us. Wincing, I hoped that it would stop. My ears really can't take any of this. Signalling to the other girls, I sprinted to the source of the sound. It was Tharias, dragging a metal table. "What are you doing?" I asked. He'd stopped pulling the table; I uncovered my ears.

It has been quite some time... I don't have anything to say... Wow... I can't believe living in a Walmart for 2 months would be so freaking irritating. But I need to do this, for reasons I don't remember.

I pick up a bag of chips and look around. Where the hell did everyone go? Tharius did come in to pick up some stuff and when I left the grocery department he was still picking up more stuff, the greedy bastard...
I went back to the Do-it-yourself place and found my stuff pretty much untouched. Well rich people ain't thieves... atleast some times...

Quite a few new songs I've heard since I started living in this hellhole. No Iron Maiden though. These rich guys don't have no class... I think I should teach them a lesson in Music, along with the lesson in looooveeen... hehe

I start walking towards the exit when I hear a screaching sound, real loud and closeby. A few metres away from stand Roselee, Tharius, Angelica and Caitlyn. "What's going on?" I ask as I approach them.

Rose:
I stare at the assortment of BBQs that Tharias had created and smirked "Got a little bored, did we?" i say joking around giggle a little. Then I notice Roy headed our way "Hey" i said with a welcoming smile. "Where'd you run off to hon?" I looked around wondering where everyone else was. Other than the noise we were making, the place was pretty quiet. It was very odd!

In a matter of seconds I knew that the evil screeching noise had must have echoed through the whole store. Angelica, Caitlyn, Rose and Roy had all gathered near the entrance of the Lawn and Garden. Angelica spoke first, asking “What are you doing?” I briefly opened my mouth to reply when Roy questioned “What’s going on.” I removed my hands from the table and clasped them behind my back, feeling foolish. “Got a little bored, did we?” Rose giggled at my messy array of poorly arranged junk. “I was…” I sighed and returned my hands to the table and gave an unsure smile. “I wanted to move all the stuff I wasn’t really going to use to the front, and make a setup at the back, I guess. Sorry it was so loud.”

Suddenly I remembered that I had been shifting around all these things and had worked up a bit of a sweat, no doubt my face would have a red tinge and my shirt would have light sweat marks. And there were girls here. Great. In that moment I wished I could shower, but never had I heard of showers in a Wal Mart, so it seemed I would be stuck with sink splash-baths for a long while. I returned my thoughts and attention to the people in front of me. “What is everybody else up to?” I asked, resisting the urge to wipe my brow.

I shrugged in response to Tharias's question. "Just exploring, having a look around," I replied. Upon closer inspection, Tharias looked rather sweaty - his face was flushed and he was breathing heavily. "Do you need help shifting the stuff? I mean - " How was I to word this without sounding too desperate? I was bored, and helping out seemed like a good way to get to know them better. Although, I thought I sounded a little strange. I allowed my words to trail off. "You know. Move the stuff." I blushed.

This was stupid.