4. Red jogging suit

He got up and groped his way back to the living room. It was day- so he finally had a little bit of light, as he looked out of the window frame he couldn't see clouds or the sun, he couldn't see anything, just a fog wall. 'So the sand in the air hasn't settled down'. But the air felt a bit fresher. He looked around the room, there was comfy furniture, and it looked as if people had lived here not long before, if you ignore the floor tilting lightly to the right, and the sand everywhere. He went to the other rooms in the apartment he was currently in, he stopped a second as he saw a room with furniture for children, but moved on, till he found the parents bedroom. He found a red jogging suit with a hood (!), which was good enough. He wiped the vomit off himself with his old clothes, and got himself dressed and put the hood over his head. Then he went to the kitchen and looked in the fridge, there was nothing, likely the people who were here had plundered it already. 

He was unbelievably thirsty, but he had a feeling that he better find something for himself to drink. If he got up and asked for water, why should they give it to him? He didn't want to fight or strain a non-existent relationship. At this moment they were all in the same boat and honestly, he didn't want to be alone in this shit. So before going upstairs he wanted to fulfill his basic needs, then see how it goes in the future. His entrance yesterday was not all that glamorous with vomiting the bathroom into unusability.

Another reason for going out was that there was light, he didn't know how long it would be there and he felt the need to act now. So he listened to his gut feeling and got ready to go out. He felt much better since waking up, the thirst was the worst thing at the moment, if you ignore the metal thingy in his brain. He went back to childrens room and searched for markers so he wouldn't lose his way, he really found chalk. He took the dark gray one and white one. It would be washed away after a rain and could hold on for till he got back, if it goes as planned. Then he went to the kitchen and searched for a knife- just in case. 

He didn´t find a sharp one which could mean that some of the other people took it, it was understandable, but that could lead to problems in the future. He looked for a hammer, or something to defend himself but found nothing, so he took a stool leg. He didn't notify the others upstairs and went outside. He couldn't see wide, but about 2 meters was enough, so it was better since yesterday when he awoke.

He walked back to the buildings where he was yesterday. He had the inkling that these were office buildings, because there were few walls, which hinted to have been glass fronted- as at the moment there was no glass everywhere. And what is there to find in every office building?

'Water suspenders'. He walked there without a hitch and found something even better, he found a street sign showing that if he went 500 meters to his left he would find a hospital. He would go there immediately, but 'Thirsty', so he went to the possible office building. 

He was right and after he climbed through the bent metal frames and loose wires, he got in, and after searching for a bit he found the Janitor room where he found water. 

'That was a little too easy, but okay.' He filled the water from the big suspender in a smaller water bottle he also found in the janitor room, and drank till he had to pee, so he went to the restroom where he got his needs resolved. 

It was strange, there should have been so many people, where was everyone?