Thread: Let Them Bleed (Broomhandle45 and Ms Catailia)

The town was acting crazy. Rene couldn't believe how quickly things had escalated. She had almost decided not to go to work that day, but she needed the money and her life couldnt stop because everyone else did. No one came to the library, though. She had never seen it so empty. Not only that but no one else came into work. It seemed like the whole town was out protesting and she couldn't understand why. Sure, things had been a bit more volitol with more gruesome crimes gracing the news than she had ever seen in this town, but was that really cause for everyone to start protesting, quit working, quit living? None of it made sense. Why was everyone so on edge? She dreaded closing up and leaving the safe walls of the library, but with no one there she felt no point in staying. By 5pm, she stepped outside and locked the door behind her. It was shocking. She was stunned when she turned from the door and saw all the people standing around, yelling, agitated. What were they hoping to accomplish by acting this way? This behavior didn't seem normal. Everyone seemed so angry. It made her nervous to leave the steps of the library but she couldn't just stand there and hope people settled. She kept her dark blue eyes adverted as she made her way down the sidewalk. She would stick to routine, she had to. She couldn't let this angry town dictate her life. But being a little on edge didn't seem like a bad thing with the way people were. She held her purse to her side tightly, as if worried someone would try to mug her. Her wavy auburn hair, pulled up in a high pony, swayed as she walked quickly towards the gas station. She would stop in for a moment to get a soda, as she did every evening on her way home. There was a bus stop right across the street of the gas station so it was always convenient to stop for a moment before her bus came. As she entered the convenience store of the gas station she noticed the interaction between the two men. She couldn't believe how rude the man was but was more surprised at how calmly John took the interaction, at this point she expected everyone to be as crazy and angry as the rest of the town. It was refreshing to see otherwise. She made her way over to the back where he was grabbing a drink. People have lost it, huh? She commented, offering him a sympathetic smile. She reached by him and grabbed a soda for herself. She always enjoyed making small talk with people but the last few days no one really seemed to want to talk. Have a relaxing evening planned, or will you be protesting as well? She asked as she opened her drink and took a sip. She wasn't sure he wanted to talk, maybe he was in a hurry, but she had been craving some human interaction since people stopped coming into work and going to the library a few days ago. None of her friends seemed like they were interested in talking either, all of them seemed too agitated to bother. Rene stood there before him, watching him with her deep ocean colored eyes to gauge how he would react to her. She wore a red v neck t shirt that framed her c cup breasts well and hugged her hourglass figure. Black jeans framed her slender legs, ending a bit bunched up at her plain red flats. Her body looked toned but not muscular, she tried to exercise when she could and other than the occassional soda, ate rather healthy. She worked hard to take care of her body now since in the past she had done detrimental things to it. She noticed his own toned body, admired it actually, appreciating a man who stayed in shape. She could see he looked a bit worn though, but weren't the all recently? It was exhausting always being worried about what crazy thing the townspeople would do next.