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Location: Redwood Apartment Complex, Room 2A
The golden fingers of Dawn stretched across the apartment window occupying the small room, and proceeded to gently caress across a pale figure's eyes. Stirring a flutter of her eyelids, the girl groaned and turned away from the invasive sunlight- only to roll out of her bed and onto the floor with a heavy 'THUD!'. Now rudely awakened by gravity, the young woman unraveled herself from her bed sheet cocoon and pushed herself upright; a silver silk nightgown covering her slender form. Even despite the circumstance of the pain from rolling out of bed, she was content. Snapping back to focus, she groggily staggered her way toward the built-in bathroom adjacent to the closet, grabbing an outfit comprised of a white T-shirt and light grey jacket with dark blue denim jeans. Shutting the door behind her, Pepper proceeded to shower only for a few minutes; careful not to drain all of the hot water from the heater. Finally done, she turned off the showerhead and dried herself off prior to getting dressed. Within the next few minutes, the woman was carefully tip-toeing around the apartment trying to make herself breakfast without awakening her roommate. That was, if Charlotte wasn't already awake. Her roommate turned out to be just as silent as her, and it almost become impossible to not get startled once per day. Not that it was anything that bothered her; Charlotte was a sweetheart and was generally pleasant company to coincide with. Pepper finally sat down at the dining area with a bowl of cereal, and proceeded to eat in silence. So far, the day was turning out to be like any other, the only exception being that the Fire Department had given her the entire week off to celebrate the upcoming festival that was occurring in Redwood. It was a well deserved break for both her and Chris, all things considered.
Location: Redwood Apartment Complex, Room 4A
Around the same time, the occupant of apartment 4A had risen from his slumber and was still sitting upright in his bed as he perked up to the sound of a barely audible 'thud!' coming from somewhere in the building following his shower. Dressed in a black T-Shirt and blue denim jeans, Chris furrowed his brow as he contemplated the sound for a few moments before glancing over to his nightstand, grabbing his dog-tags and adorning them around his neck. With a light sigh, the man stood upright and stretched before moving out of his room to the apartment kitchen. Preheating the stove, he reached underneath the lower cabinet to grab a skillet before placing the skillet on the stove top. Following that, the man opened the fridge and retrieved a stick of butter; opening the packaging and quickly lopping off a moderate square into the pan before closing the wrapping up and returning the butter back inside the fridge. With the refrigerator door still open, he opened the egg carton and grabbed four eggs; cracking them into the skillet as the heat already began to cook the yolk faster than he could close the carton lid and shut the refrigerator door. Grabbing a freshly washed spatula hanging on the utensil rack just beside the sink, he stirred the eggs in separate groups around the pan as he flipped them gently with the spatula. He hoped Stark- Roxy would be alright with his culinary choice for breakfast. After cooking the eggs to a general medium, he plated them both and sat the plates on the opposite sides of the dining table adjacent to the kitchen counter. Without even realizing it as he was preparing the bacon, Chris began nonchalantly humming an unfamiliar tune as he gritted his teeth in between the sudden, violent pops of bacon grease flying out of the pan. Chris was content as well, both for being allotted the break by his superiors at the Fire Department for the holiday and having the good grace to live a life of retirement. He wouldn't admit it to a stranger on day one, but this was the community he was grateful for.
