Civil Breakdown [BoatBehind]

[Quilboarian]

Hera





It's the afternoon. You stand alone behind the gas station counter. Nobody else is in the building besides some teenager browsing the selection of candy bars and potato chips in the aisles. The boy has shown up before, always having his bicycle leaning against the wall outside.


A brown sedan pulls up outside, and a couple men get out, not bothering to fill up the tank with gas, and instead immediately make their way towards the entrance to the store. You can't tell who they are, as they keep their heads down.

 

[Quilboarian]

The kid is finally about to bring up his usual bottle of cola and chocolate bar to the counter when the men enter the store. At this point, they've pulled on masks, and one of them pulls out a dirty-looking revolver. "Hey," he replies before walking up to the counter and jamming the gun in your direction as the kid stumbles away. "Money, money, come on!" the second robber shouts. The first one thumbs back the hammer of his six-shooter with a loud click noise.

 

[Quilboarian]

Neither of them seem to notice your pressing of the button. The gunman keeps his revolver pointed at you while his buddy whips out a large paper bag, pushing it forward and gesturing for you to dump the cash inside. "Come on, lady. Make it snappy," he says.


The gunman throws a few worried glances to the parking lot and street. The kid moves to hide behind the aisles at the back of the store- while the robbers probably notice, they don't seem to pay it any mind. Doesn't look like he'll be doing anything besides cowering anyways.

 

[Quilboarian]

You dump handful upon handful of cash into the paper bag, and when you've put in a satisfying amount, the second robber dashes off outside with the money, while the other walks backwards, still keeping his gun pointed at you. When he reaches the door, he lowers his aim and pushes it open, disappearing outside. You see the car pull out and speed off a few moments later.


The kid pokes his head out from behind of the aisles in the back. "I'm err, gonna go home," he simply said as he awkwardly just left his would-be purchases on the counter and made his way outside the doors in order to go get on his bike.

 

[Quilboarian]

You take the phone and attempt to call your manager, but he doesn't pick up. Further attempts to call him yield no results. You're just left standing there.


You hear sirens, but they seem to fade, as if the police were going somewhere else. However, a few minutes later, a police cruiser does arrive. It pulls up across the street, and two county police officers get out, weapons drawn. After seeming to peer into the building, they lower their weapons upon realizing that nobody else is there. They cautiously make their way into the building.


The first cop addresses you after looking at the open register and money strewn around. "Ma'am, did you get to see the license plate of their vehicle? What direction did they flee?" You only remember that their car was a brown sedan, and that they drove off to the left street upon leaving.


More questions. "How many men? Were they armed? Descriptions?"

 

[Quilboarian]

One policeman writes in a notepad while the other speaks to you; "We can go and see if we can track them down, since it didn't happen too long ago."


The other one stops taking notes and speaks into his radio; "Responded to that 211S. Uh, BOL for two males in a brown sedan, last seen taking the left street from the north-side gas station. Both suspects are 417s."


He lowers his radio and looks at his notepad again. "Are you sure you don't know what kind of guns they had?" he asks.


The other cop interjects; "Probably handguns."


"Well, yeah- but I'm making sure we're not about to go after some guys that a Tac-Squad should be handling."


"I doubt they have machine guns or anything. And besides, the Tac-Squad isn't available, there's a situation going on somewhere else."


"Damn, whatever," he closes his notepad. "But did you know what the guns looked like?" he asks you. The two cops start to make their way over to the exit. "As for what you should do, I don't know, just keep calm- but you're going to have to figure it out yourself, we really need to go," he says.