June 3rd, 2015
Dear Journal,
He tried to hide it but it was pretty obvious. Just like I thought yesterday, John's injured.
I think he's blaming himself for the accident. God. Dammit! I was already blaming myself for this too, now I'm gonna feel worse…
John says he can probably fix the truck, it's gonna take a few days though. And since he's injured he's probably gonna need some help. I'll try to help out the best I can…
Dammit… I know it isn't entirely my fault, but goddammit! I have to do something to help…
But in the meantime we're stuck here, our "road trip" will have to go on pause for now.
This places pretty well equipped, there's showers that still somehow, washing machines, and even a kitchen! We could probably stay here permanently if we needed to. (I don't bet on it though.)
The water doesn't seem to work though so I just used some water bottles and some soap left behind by whoever was here before everyone disappeared to take a "shower."
It isn't much but BOY does it feel good, I can't believe I went 12 whole days like that…
It's not that hard to wash fur. Kinda? I dunno how to describe it so you'll just have to trust me on this one, alright? It's just not that hard…
Speaking of things like that, since I'm a girl now maybe I should go by a different name. How about, Elise? Nah, I like Emile better. I won't change my name. Like I said before I don't really care about things like that.
Besides, I should stop focusing on something so silly.
The lights still seemed to be working so I went up and checked the roof, and bam! Solar panels! This place must've been some expensive homeless shelter funded by the government or something. (Of course there'd be one like that downtown…)
They don't seem to be connected to the water though, and I'm guessing if the water doesn't work then the washing machines don't work either. (That's how those work, right?) Whatever, we can just wash our clothes by hand. (Should I start saying hoof?)
We struck gold with this place, this is still only temporary though. But when we get back on the road we take the solar panels with us!
Along with those there was a small garden that had only about three flowers in it. So I dug them up and put them in a pot. They look like daisies…
We did another supply run today too, since Jonathan's injured it was just me, Alyssa, and Buddy.
There was a Walmart a couple blocks down so we went there. I tried galloping on the way there but I ended up tripping over my hooves. Alyssa of course, laughed at me and tried doing it herself. She tripped too. "Watch how a professional does it." She said. (Heh, Payback.)
The saddle-bags have been pretty useful so far, with these we can carry a whole lot more. Guess we won't starve after all. Maybe Alyssa can try cooking something again since we're actually settled down somewhere, I'll ask her later. It would be nice to have some actual food for a change.
Aside from the food I picked up some clothes, a camera, and a bucket while Alyssa just got some medical supplies for John. She says I should stop getting "pointless" things. (Like that Guitar I got her isn't "pointless", she hasn't even used it yet!)
Besides this camera isn't pointless, it's so we can document things in a more "visual" way, the only thing we have right now is this journal. The buckets for collecting water or whatever else we'll potentially need.
While the clothes are for the socks I'll be attempting to make and if I have enough Fabric left, proper clothes for us.
Overall, it was a pretty semi productive trip if you ask me. It took a pretty long time though… We walk at barely half of a human's pace. (I guess that's what we get for driving so much.)
We'll learn how to gallop sooner or later, it would probably be smarter if we started off with trotting then moved our way up to galloping. After all, you don't learn how to crawl then skip straight to running. (Relearning how to run, that won't be easy….)
That aside, John's been doing pretty good so far but that broken leg isn't gonna heal anytime soon. That stuff usually takes a couple of weeks or months at most to heal. If we go back on the road me and Alyssa will have to do the driving. (And this is why we should've taken his car…)
We just put a couple bandages along with toilet paper and an ice pack over it for now. Instead of making clothes I might just actually try to make a makeshift cast for John. This recovery is one of the most important things right now. (Speaking of toilets if they only work once now, so if anyone's gotta go they're using a bucket.)
Besides the clothes we already have are fine, they just need to be washed. The only reason I'm even wearing these pants still is because I don't like being naked.
What else is there to write about… What else… Oh right, in an attempt to catch our mystery "food thief." (Or to find anyone other than us really)
I opened a window and played one of the most obnoxious and generic pop songs I could find (and downloaded) on my phone.
Nobody came. That was pointless, but if there's really somebody out there they'll come. I'm sure of it.
I can't believe I used to listen to stuff like this or ever dared to download something like that. Did Alyssa possess me or something? Younger me was weird…
Anyways there's not much left for me to write about so as usual, this is Emile, the last sensible human being on earth. (other than John.) Goodbye!
- Emile