It can't get much worse than this. [ HE JINXED IT, OBVIOUSLY ......
Elliot is so repellant to being mistaken as some immoderately laid-back nincompoop that if Kaoru doesn't hurry he might just ditch her somewhere between the crosswalk and the shorted-out stoplights. He swallows hard and stares around, around at the cluster of strewn debris heaped on the sidewalks, obstinately giving no mind to any protest a windchime might rattle out with when he kicks it into the decrepit gutter. ]
Do you think any stores are open? I'm not suggesting we break in, but it might be safer than waiting for someone to catch sight of us.
[ After some deliberation, he reaches into his pocket and fishes out the lantern he'd stored, holding it out to Kaoru for closer inspection. ] You heard them, right? Do you believe it? That is, if we collect the most of these, we'll be sent back.
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Elliot is so repellant to being mistaken as some immoderately laid-back nincompoop that if Kaoru doesn't hurry he might just ditch her somewhere between the crosswalk and the shorted-out stoplights. He swallows hard and stares around, around at the cluster of strewn debris heaped on the sidewalks, obstinately giving no mind to any protest a windchime might rattle out with when he kicks it into the decrepit gutter. ]
Do you think any stores are open? I'm not suggesting we break in, but it might be safer than waiting for someone to catch sight of us.
[ After some deliberation, he reaches into his pocket and fishes out the lantern he'd stored, holding it out to Kaoru for closer inspection. ] You heard them, right? Do you believe it? That is, if we collect the most of these, we'll be sent back.