[OTA] Frosted Pastries & Windows
He had crack of dawn duty. At 3:30am he had to get out of bed, to make it to the store by 4:30am.
But when he pulled back the sheets he was frozen to the bone. A peek out the window told him... well, it was snowing. It was his first fall in the deck, he didn't know if this was unusual or not. So he just donned a few extra layers over his usual work uniform. A hoodie, a light coat, a heavy coat, a scarf. He was a thin, frail asian used to mild winters, he was COLD.
He walked like a living coatrack, covered in clothing, his face wrapped up under the hoodie, as he made his way outside. It was a white nightmare. The snow was piling up, there was black ice on the floor and the wind and snow made visibility impossible. He made it to work closer to 5:00am, due to his difficulty of walking against the wind and the high snow he had to manage through.
And he was the only one stupid enough to be there, because everyone else had simply stayed home, knowing the weather was some kind of freak storm and not rational to walk in. He went for the light switch... and nothing. A few furious attempts to toggle it produced further darkness.
No power, everything was dead. He looked around the empty, dark shop and sighed, his breath misting. The air was still, the cold was bearable, there was plenty to eat, and he didn't have to trudge back to the Spade castle in this weather. So, he grabbed some old tea from the night before from one of the dispensers and a frozen eclair as he sat at one of the chairs right by the window. He could feel the cold of the seat through is jeans, and the cold penetrating the window against his cheeks, as he tried to chew through the rock solid pastry and sip his cool tea a'la room temperature, and waited out the storm.
[Aimed at Teddy, but OTA if anyone else is stupid enough to be out in this weather in the morning]
But when he pulled back the sheets he was frozen to the bone. A peek out the window told him... well, it was snowing. It was his first fall in the deck, he didn't know if this was unusual or not. So he just donned a few extra layers over his usual work uniform. A hoodie, a light coat, a heavy coat, a scarf. He was a thin, frail asian used to mild winters, he was COLD.
He walked like a living coatrack, covered in clothing, his face wrapped up under the hoodie, as he made his way outside. It was a white nightmare. The snow was piling up, there was black ice on the floor and the wind and snow made visibility impossible. He made it to work closer to 5:00am, due to his difficulty of walking against the wind and the high snow he had to manage through.
And he was the only one stupid enough to be there, because everyone else had simply stayed home, knowing the weather was some kind of freak storm and not rational to walk in. He went for the light switch... and nothing. A few furious attempts to toggle it produced further darkness.
No power, everything was dead. He looked around the empty, dark shop and sighed, his breath misting. The air was still, the cold was bearable, there was plenty to eat, and he didn't have to trudge back to the Spade castle in this weather. So, he grabbed some old tea from the night before from one of the dispensers and a frozen eclair as he sat at one of the chairs right by the window. He could feel the cold of the seat through is jeans, and the cold penetrating the window against his cheeks, as he tried to chew through the rock solid pastry and sip his cool tea a'la room temperature, and waited out the storm.
[Aimed at Teddy, but OTA if anyone else is stupid enough to be out in this weather in the morning]