Re: You Snooze, You Lose
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 4:51 am
After Eden nodded, Bella walked over to her bag, still sitting on the carpet where she left it. Hoisting it by the strap, she sat down on the recliner again, the bag in her lap.
It was still unzipped, leaving everything out on display. Bella gently pushed her hands through it, occasionally lifting the various goods inside it. There was plenty of food to last her more than a while. She never had Slim Jims before, but there was what appeared to be a vacuum wrapped sandwich, plenty of bread, some blue Powerade, water, saltines, and even Skittles.
Skittles?
Bella pulled the bag of candy out. Yes, Skittles. She was never really allowed to have sweets, so that was a small plus. She had to admit, despite her not being supposed to have them she liked sweet, sugary goods. And they gave her an entire bag. Not a large one, but still, a bag.
Maybe she would have a go at that sometime later.
Placing the Skittles back into the bag, she continued searching. A large plastic bag was filled with some kind of frilly blue and pink fabric. She had to guess that was her costume? She wasn't sure if she should take a look to see what exactly they gave her, though, at least not right now. Other things you would typically expect from a daypack were in there too: maps, compass, first aid kit, extra clothes, and even a condom, as unnecessary as it was. One thing seemed slightly out of place, and that was a small package.
It took Bella a second to realize she was holding a small box of sleeping pills. That was... unusual.
But she couldn't help but look around her, to see if she missed any sort of weapon just laying around. Nothing in sight near the recliner, and nothing in sight inside the bag.
Did they give her a joke?
Joke weapons were not out of the norm. In fact, it happened pretty frequently. Sometimes they could be humorous, or maybe useful in their own right. But it meant improvising if you had to defend yourself, or... you know. When you're the one with the joke, it's generally not a good thing.
Well, that wasn't a good start weapon-wise.
Bella frowned. Unless she could figure out how to hurt someone with sleeping pills... but that would require actually plotting someone's death by poisoning them. Poisoning was hard to justify, no matter what. It was already bad enough that she had to kill someone to begin with, but the idea of deliberately poisoning someone, putting some sleeping pills in their food and drink, waiting for them to keel over...
She wasn't even sure how possible it was to actually poison someone with sleeping pills, but the very idea of doing something like that only increased that pit in her stomach.
As she pulled out the plastic bag with the fabric again to examine it further, she heard Eden ask if they should stick around. Bella peered up from the clothes bag.
"Well. It's generally a good idea to move around. Or... be ready to do so. They force you out of areas sometimes with dangerzones."
The bag gently crinkled as she lowered it.
"On the other hand. It's good to stay someplace you feel is safe enough for a little while, I feel. What do you think?"
It was still unzipped, leaving everything out on display. Bella gently pushed her hands through it, occasionally lifting the various goods inside it. There was plenty of food to last her more than a while. She never had Slim Jims before, but there was what appeared to be a vacuum wrapped sandwich, plenty of bread, some blue Powerade, water, saltines, and even Skittles.
Skittles?
Bella pulled the bag of candy out. Yes, Skittles. She was never really allowed to have sweets, so that was a small plus. She had to admit, despite her not being supposed to have them she liked sweet, sugary goods. And they gave her an entire bag. Not a large one, but still, a bag.
Maybe she would have a go at that sometime later.
Placing the Skittles back into the bag, she continued searching. A large plastic bag was filled with some kind of frilly blue and pink fabric. She had to guess that was her costume? She wasn't sure if she should take a look to see what exactly they gave her, though, at least not right now. Other things you would typically expect from a daypack were in there too: maps, compass, first aid kit, extra clothes, and even a condom, as unnecessary as it was. One thing seemed slightly out of place, and that was a small package.
It took Bella a second to realize she was holding a small box of sleeping pills. That was... unusual.
But she couldn't help but look around her, to see if she missed any sort of weapon just laying around. Nothing in sight near the recliner, and nothing in sight inside the bag.
Did they give her a joke?
Joke weapons were not out of the norm. In fact, it happened pretty frequently. Sometimes they could be humorous, or maybe useful in their own right. But it meant improvising if you had to defend yourself, or... you know. When you're the one with the joke, it's generally not a good thing.
Well, that wasn't a good start weapon-wise.
Bella frowned. Unless she could figure out how to hurt someone with sleeping pills... but that would require actually plotting someone's death by poisoning them. Poisoning was hard to justify, no matter what. It was already bad enough that she had to kill someone to begin with, but the idea of deliberately poisoning someone, putting some sleeping pills in their food and drink, waiting for them to keel over...
She wasn't even sure how possible it was to actually poison someone with sleeping pills, but the very idea of doing something like that only increased that pit in her stomach.
As she pulled out the plastic bag with the fabric again to examine it further, she heard Eden ask if they should stick around. Bella peered up from the clothes bag.
"Well. It's generally a good idea to move around. Or... be ready to do so. They force you out of areas sometimes with dangerzones."
The bag gently crinkled as she lowered it.
"On the other hand. It's good to stay someplace you feel is safe enough for a little while, I feel. What do you think?"