forum "This war never ended, did it? Not for us." // O/O // Closed

Started March 15, 2020 by @MarDeColores this is not it kids

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Winter took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. "So. Our plan tomorrow is to find somewhere to stay, correct?" He asked, looking at Mycah. "And then maybe rob a bank or something."

"Correct." Mycah looked up from the pile of money and nodded. It turned out that they had a pretty good amount of money, and they just might be able to get something extra– like takeout. They'd tell Winter about it later, closer to a decent time for dinner.

Winter nodded a little bit, looking out the window again. "Right." He figured he may as well start planning for that, but he wasn't quite sure where they were going to go.

"What do you say to walking around the town for a bit to get a feel for it?" Mycah asked, gathering up the stack of counted money. "That way we won't have too much work tomorrow." And maybe they could find a take-out place during their walk.

Winter looked over at them. "Sounds like a good plan. Shall we head out now, or did you want to wait for later?" he asked, coming over to Mycah.

"Uh…" Mycah glanced out the window. "Let's go out now. I could always do with some extra sleep if we get back early." They stuffed the money into the backpack. Even if they trusted anything or anyone, Mycah still wouldn't have put the money in a safe. It was safer with them and Winter, anyways.

Winter nodded a little bit, and grabbed his own backpack, checking it to make sure there was nothing he valued inside. Satisfied that there wasn't, he dropped it to the floor again.

Mycah slung their backpack over their shoulder and stood up. With luck, they would pass somewhere with good food… wow, they were much more hungry than they had thought. "Ready?" Mycah asked, starting towards the door.

Winter nodded. "Yeah. Let's go." he replied, letting out a breath and running his hands through his hair. He opened the door and led the way out, holding it for Mycah.

"Thank you." Mycah nodded at Winter and started out of the room. They walked out of the motel, trying not to make eye contact with anyone, though there wasn't anyone to make eye contact with except for the woman behind the counter.

"Yeah, no problem." Winter replied, following Mycah out of the hotel. He wasn't as careful as Mycah about eye contact, since he didn't really care.

The road outside the motel was also empty. Mycah paused, looking up and down the road. The outskirts, to their left, would probably have more abandoned houses. But there wasn't a big chance of a good restaurant being over there. "Where should we start looking?" They asked Winter.

Winter thought for a moment. "Older sections in the outskirts are more likely." he replied. "Then there are less chances of close neighbors noticing us moving in."

"That's what I was thinking." Mycah nodded and turned left. Dinner would have to wait. As they walked, the houses got less well-kept and the forest started to loom behind houses. Mycah kept their eyes peeled for any houses that appeared empty, but didn't spot any yet.

Winter was quiet, eyes narrowed as he kept an eye out for any people or empty houses. He knew that they didn't want a house that had been abandoned for too long. Then it would be falling apart.

Mycah kept walking. Across the street, a pair of people were walking, and they gave Mycah and Winter suspicious looks as they passed. The road in front of them was coming up to a dead end, which was unfortunate. "Find any good ones yet?" Mycah asked Winter, looking for another road they could turn onto.

Winter frowned a little bit. "Not yet." he replied simply. "You?" he watched the couple from the corner of his eye for a moment, before his gaze returned to the road.

Mycah sighed and glanced at the houses in front of them. "No… wait, what about that one?" They pointed out a house with an overgrown yard near the end of the street. It could be that the owner was lazy, but Mycah was hoping that there wasn't an owner at all.

Winter looked, cocking his head slightly. "Yeah, that would probably work." he replied, heading towards the house. "We should knock on the door first, though."

"Yeah, agreed." Mycah nodded, keeping a little behind Winter. As they walked, they prayed to Elief that the house was empty. It would take off a whole bunch of work from the next day, which meant that they could rob the bank tomorrow instead.

Winter walked up to the door, knocking on it and waiting to see if anyone would answer it. He crossed his arms loosely as he waited, cocking his chin.

Mycah stood behind him, glaring at the door as if that alone could keep anyone from answering the door. And it appeared to work. Nothing but silence came from beyond the door. "Do you think that means it's good?" Mycah asked quietly, peeking around Winter at the door. "Or is the owner just asleep or out doing stuff?"

Winter shrugged. "Depends. Can you get the door open? That'll be the easiest way to find out." he stepped back to give Mycah access to the door.

Mycah nodded and stepped forward, kneeling down so their eyes were level with the door. They carefully placed their palm over the keyhole and closed their eyes. A minute or so later, the lock clicked and Mycah opened their eyes. They were getting better at this.

Winter smiled a little bit. "Good job." he pushed the door open, drawing out a dagger just in case someone was inside. "You want to go first, or should I?"

"You can. I'm not very good at close-range fighting." Mycah waved him forward, holding up their arm just in case. They glanced over their shoulder to make sure no one was watching them or coming towards the house from outside, but it was quiet.

Winter nodded, and headed inside, his dagger drawn and ready to fight with if necessary. He didn't see anyone, but his eyes were still adjusting to the light change.

Mycah followed him inside, their steps light and as quiet as they could make them. After a few seconds of thought, they gently pushed the door closed. If someone passing by saw the door open and knew it was abandoned, they would probably call someone and Mycah and Winter would have to leave.

Winter looked around the house, trying to figure out whether or not it was really abandoned or not.

From what Mycah could see, the house seemed pretty empty. There didn't seem to be much furniture or anything that said 'someone lives here'. "It looks pretty good, don't you think?"