Thread:Johnathon Strider/@comment-24852191-20171230093314/@comment-24852191-20171231173950


 * The next day, Claud wakes up to a sun beam in his face. He tries to block it with his hand. He pulls the curtains shut. He gets up and walks downstairs into the dining room after getting dressed. Glenda and Romeo sit at the table. Glenda was already finished as Romeo was just finishing his breakfast. Elena was sitting at the table as well while her two sons were cleaning dishes at the sink. He hears something outside. He looks through a window and sees an electrician working on a transformer unit on the high line pole outside.

Claud: When should power be on again?

Elena: That man’s been working on that pole all morning.

Claud: Hm.......


 * One of the sons, the older of the two, looks to Elena.

Son: Mother, we’re almost out of food.

Elena: I thought you got some yesterday.

Son: Just enough for us. I wasn’t expecting our guests.

Elena: Oh, very well. Go ahead and get some more from the market once you and your brother are finished with your chores.

Son: Yes, mother.


 * Claud looks to Elena.

Claud: Ms. Corbeanu, I can accompany your son.

Elena: I wouldn’t think of asking a guest to do that. He’ll manage well on his, sir.

Claud: Yes, ma’am, but we are new here, and I’d like to get a lay of the land.

Elena: Well, I won’t force you to stay.


 * She chuckles slightly, so does Claud. Soon, the older son finishes his work and him and Claud set out in the snow. As they near the marketplace, Claud bows several people putting up banners and streamers.

Claud: What’s with the decorations?

Son: New Years. New Years Eve is in three days.


 * The son glances at him and chuckles.

Son: I guess the frost bite must have affect your mind.