Settling in

[ronfiction]

After the dust up with the folks from the power plant, Lou spent the rest of the day trying to relax. Taking a moment to reflect on the weekend, he can be found on the deck between the apartment complex and the library. He looks over at a snow covered picnic table and sneers some. He took the shovel he had cleared the step with and used it to clear the area around the table. Once done he planted the shovel into a large snow pile and took a seat at the table. If spring was going to take it time, he would just have to move the process along himself. He opened his tool box and pulled out a can of soda and looked around some.

"The afternoon is shaping up to better than the morning for sure."

He said to himself with a chuckle.

[redraverfae]

"Dude, you should totally see the Lounge our apartments come with. Have you, yet?" Red Raver hangs out on the balcony in the Top Middle, 2 Shade Grove. "Also, they totally named it Shade Grove but I decree until it's no longer funny that this place is Shady Grove! What with the backwards people and non-people, freaks and geeks, mechanical stuff and weird shit, and all the secrets that come with it. Oh, and booze and drugs." She grins and then swings her right hand out a bit indicating the area. "Want a hand shovelin'? I'm listenin' to Tetris Type A remixed from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, so the tempo would totally work for work."

[ronfiction]

Lou looks up at the woman and takes a moment to process everything she has to say. Folks from out of town certainly spoke faster than the locals and she was a perfect example. He looked around some and although there was more snow to shovel, most of it was out of the way. The path out to the bathrooms could use some work, in that he heard they would be working soon. He smirked some and figured he'd put her energy to use. He hefted up the shovel and moved to grab a second one.

"Yeah sure, come on down. I'm sure that the two of us working together can get the snow taken care of even faster."

Lou said and motioned to the path he desired to clear of snow.

"We have a lounge huh? Guess I didn't notice yet. Must have been busy doing... well... A bunch of stuff."

He said and waited for her to join him down by the snow.

[redraverfae]

Red saunters on down in time to the beat, picking up a cruddy broom along the wall to join him.

"So, dude, what's your name? You with a group, too, or flying solo?" Her head bops in time with the beat of her mp3 player, bud in one ear as she begins to sweep off the drying dirt and the wet mud from the wooden walk-way decks in front of the Shad(y) Grove.

[illuminatisvie]

(Just an OOC note. What we thought was a lounge area tacked onto the condo complex is actually the IC town library. It's the small building out front on the porch. There is a couch, foozball table, and books. Which was what confused us. Carry on!)

[ronfiction]

"The name's Louis, but you can call me Lou."

He said and gave her a nod as he hefted some snow off the ground with the shovel.

"I'm just from down the road; down in Berlin. Moved up here looking for work but got caught up in the quarantine zone and now; here we are."

He explained and kept at his shoveling. He liked to work, all throne he spent in quarantine being looked after by the government had made him feel like a leech. He wasn't one for hand out or staying idle.

"Came alone but I'm quick to make friends. Already met some many interesting folks. Where are you from er..."

Lou started to ask but had a hard time remembering her name. It was embarrassing having to ask considering they lived in the same condo but Lou had taken one too many blows to the head to keep all these new people's names straight.

[Samantha]

Vanessa comes out of middle entrance of the condos and rounds the corner. Seeing the pair she walks over, "Hey Guys, Good...." she looks at her pocket watch that is around her neck on a chain. "Afternoon." She shifts her surgeons kit from one hand to the other. "Sorry, I'm a bit wiped from earlier."

Taking in the scene she says, "How can you still be working?" Looking surprised.

[ronfiction]

Lou gives Vanessa a nod in greeting and looked to the snow.

"Always working. My mother didn't raise no lazy kids."

Lou said and plunged the shovel into the snow and tossed it aside, bringing the path a little closer to the bath house.

"My brother and I are hard workers. Not a fan of hand outs, and quick to get board."

He said with a chuckle.

[Samantha]

"I think I know what you mean, I was always doing schoolwork. Its not the same as manual labor, but the time and mindfulness is the same." Looking around, "Glad to see your doing well, how are you Red."

[ronfiction]

Lou keeps at the snow and manages to break a slight sweat even in the some what colder weather. He makes a chuckle at her comment about school work.

"A lot of you educated folks have come into town recently. You are a doctor right?"

Lou asked and took a short break from his shoveling. He stuck the shovel into a snow pile and while leaning on it, pulled out a bandanna to wipe his brow.