<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/7MAuJ.png)<br/><strong>Location:</strong> What was once a small newsstand.<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong> Open.</div>"Fuck, fuck, fuck... Come on you bastards..." Quiet mutterings echoed from the remains of a modestly-sized newsstand, the rustling of decayed packaging and rotten food being the sounds of someone frantically searching for something specific. Black woolen gloves (minus a few fingers) scrabbled about amidst the remains of what was once freely and easily sold and dark eyes were narrowed in clear irritation as Mik struggled to find his quarry.<br/><br/>He could have been out scouting for food, or safe drinking water or medication, but he was in fact seeking something much more important. The one thing, sex excluded, that gave his life any shred of pleasure. Cigarettes. The thought that even if he did find any they would be long-since stale didn't occur to him as he frowned deeply and rose from his crouched position behind the counter. Hands brushed down faded dark blue jeans and he groaned loudly, blinking upward at the disheveled shelves.<br/><br/>"Fuck sake... Not one cig anywhere... Just one... Come on...!" Even angry as he was he had the sense to keep his shouts to a moderate level. He was hardly a fighter, and being so far from the base was dangerous, but even so he couldn't help but search. He needed to feel that lovely inhale of sweet, lung-clogging tar again. Just one more; he'd quit after.<br/><br/>He bent over the counter and rifled through the drawers, finding nothing more than a couple of dead rats which only further soured his mood. This was a bust, just like the stand before. He pondered heading to the large store, but that would be too obvious, too dangerous without backup and so he resigned himself to continuing to scurry between small stands in search of a smoke. He pulled the dark brown hood over his head, glancing about briefly before lowering his body and jogging across the large, empty road to the opposite side.<br/><br/>"Come on... This time. I've got a good feeling. Come on Lady Luck..."