Arthur slowed his pace as he realised he was far from the drunkards.
Looking at his surroundings, he found himself drifting into one of the narrow, forgotten alleyways, that no one enters.
"Guess that'll have to do," he murmured to himself, taking in the sight of cracked walls and crumbling brick.
The faint sll of garbage filled the air, but he ignored it.
The alleyway was just wide enough for him to sleep in.
"Nice, there are so newspapers and cardboard boxes" He muttered.
They had probably been tossed aside, either another holess person's baggage or so person's garbage. Either way, he was going to use it tonight.
Arthur leaned back against the cold wall, he pulled his knees up and wrapped his arms around them, drawing himself in for so warmth in the dark, cold night.
It wasn't comfortable—nowhere near it, far from it. But he was used to it by now.
He'd gotten good at finding little corners like this, places where no one would bother him, places that most people wouldn't even glance at as they walked by.
"It's not much," he muttered, glancing at the broken alcohol bottle lying a few feet away.
"But at least no one's gonna find here, It does the job."
A soft sigh escaped him as he looked up at the slice of sky visible between the rooftops above.
He let his head rest against the wall.
"It's funny," he thought.
"How sothing so disgusting can feel like ho after a while." He thought, glancing at the dirty alleyway that was housing him when no one else did.
"This isn't a life, is it?" he murmured to no one in particular. "It's just… surviving. Just getting by."
"The other world was nice, although it was dangerous."
"I felt alive, I felt like I had control over my life, over my future..." He muttered as he couldn't wait to go back there.
He closed his eyes, trying to get so sleep in. A few hours later, he opened his eyes back.
"I can't sleep, this type of life is really unbearable without Charlotte." He muttered, as his thoughts wandered to her.
The warmth of her smile, the quiet strength in her eyes.
She was the one bright spot in his life, the one thing that kept him pushing forward, and kept him getting up each day despite everything he went through.
"Just hang in there, alright, Charlotte?" he whispered, his voice barely audible. "I'm gonna get us out of this shit hole soon."
The night slowly drifted away, as the sun slowly rose marking a new day.
Opening up his eyes with difficulty, Arthur felt groggy.
"It's finally dayti," He muttered.
He hadn't been able to sleep the whole ti, he was in the realm between sleeping and being awake, it honestly felt like torture but he couldn't do anything about it.
Standing up and stretching, he made his way out of the alleyway.
He slt himself, bringing his twitching nose to his underarms.
"Damn it, I stink now," He said with disgust, as he glanced at the area he was in that was filled with garbage.
"I need to go back into Armageddon as soon as possible, and farm so more equipnt."
After leaving the alleyway, he stepped into the main road as people went about doing their thing.
Be it work, appointnts or just a morning job.
Life seed to be slightly different from before, as people seed to have a lot on their minds due to the descent of Armageddon.
But it wasn't an overwhelming change, in fact, so people found it a good change.
He had heard many people talking about it, as they walked on their daily life.
Being able to enter another world, plunder the resources of that world and transfer it to real money, it was simply a dream co true to many. Whilst, others thought there was more to it than ets the eye.
Arthur was in the middle, he wasn't firmly stuck into a position, and he believed it could be a good change.
"At least, it's good for ," He muttered, as he realised he wouldn't be able to pay for his sister's dication if it wasn't for the ga.
"But there must be an equivalent exchange, the smirk on that man's face as he said the rules, still irks today," He muttered, rembering his smirk.
Shaking his head, deciding to not worry about it for now.
He headed to the hospital, it was a day visit anyway.
"I should be able to take a shower in the hospital, but I need so change," He realised, as he made it near the hospital.
After looking around, he found a small clothing shop.
After entering, he quickly bought a cheap set of clothes for $15 because of its low quality and left.
"So new clothes," He smiled, as he couldn't wait to finally wear so new clothes in almost a month.
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