Thank Primus the clinic had a backup generator. First Aid counted himself lucky for finding it in the storage room, and quickly moved it into position for later. No fuel inside it, but that was alright. Plenty he could scavenge for when he’d need to turn it on. Not yet, at least.
How long until power ran out? He didn’t know. It was still online for a little bit, but that would change soon. Two days… maybe, max. Probably less. He shouldn’t- he really shouldn’t shelter in this clinic, of all places, but it was surrounded by big stone walls and only had two entrances. Entrances that he’d already blocked off earlier, sealing the gates and pushing abandoned cars in front of them, and then piling barricades behind. It would have been easier to defend the clinic with more people. Faster. But he’d…
First Aid’s eyes flickered to the outside again. Through the window. And he could see the throngs of zombies filtering through the streets. Could still see people, rarely, run out into the street screaming. Sometimes being chased by other humans too. Sometimes right before being shot. The tires tracks of the army convoy were still visible, and the same was said about the bodies they left behind. Some still human.
No. First Aid didn’t need anyone else. Couldn’t risk it. He already had four mouths to feed- if he even managed to find someone, how could he trust them? How could he trust to leave them around the kids? As of now, everything was- fine. Okay. The oldest, a teenager named Cliff Racer- who’d been at the hospital for her broken leg- she could take care of the younger ones when First Aid would go out. She knew how to shoot a gun, knew how to take care of the littler kids. Of course it wasn’t ideal. But it was what they had.
How much fuel did they have stored? If power went out tonight, First Aid could run it. Should he run it? Maybe not. The windows weren’t covered yet. The fridges all had perishables, though- he’d need to clear them out first. The blood bags. The milk. How much baby formula did they have? He needed to get more. Shit- the vaccines- were all the kids up to date? The babies, certainly not. How many months old?… DTaP, IPV, HepB-
Breathe. First Aid took a shaky inhale in, and out. He hadn’t slept last night and he wouldn’t sleep tonight, either. Just naps through the day. Like night shift work. But it made him exhausted still, and he was panicking. Of course he’d panic. How could he feed all of them by himself? Take care of all of them? If both of the babies needed twenty cans of formula per month- finding that alone would be difficult. Nevermind feeding a growing child and a growing teenager. Even if he could do the most basic of food, rice and beans, how long would that even last? Before-
…Before what?
He didn’t know. He glanced back outside, and this time, towards the edge of the mountains that flanked the city.
Maybe it would be a good idea to move out soon.
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You know what’s kinda odd?
Karamatsu doesn’t get a job
Hear me out, remember how the first two season finales have the boys getting different jobs and such? And in season 1 Karamatsu has abandoned his perfect fashion to peruse a line of work, one that he doesn’t get despite apologizing to the job hunting place and putting work into his résumé. We never see him actually get a job, he’s just job hunting.
Then season two roles around and it’s a bit different, what I like is that each brother gets a job that either correlates to who they are (Ex-Jyushimatsu working with kids) or things they need to work on (Ex-Ichimatsu getting a service job where he has to be around people) but the only people without a job are Choromatsu and Karamatsu.
Choromatsu makes sense, it’s possible getting a job first season is still having its affects, or maybe he just can’t find a job to accept him and his credentials. Choromatsu is always pushing the others to find jobs, but takes the time to stay home and actually develop survival skills like cooking and cleaning (the basics) and I think that fits with his development. But what about Karamatsu?
We know he’s actively searching for a job in ‘Sakura’, he finds a book about credentials that he takes an Interest in, he runs to the phone like he wants to get to it first so maybe it’s a job calling back.
But we never see him get an actual Job, instead he hangs around with similar fashion friends. Again this speaks to his development, Karamatsu making a continuous effort despite failure and working socially to be more adjusted in society (or just finding like minded people to talk with) but I think it’s interesting that we don’t see him get a job in either seasons despite the fact that each one of his brothers have had at least one.
Originally I thought this decision was on purpose. Karamatsu is different from the average person in society, and that much is obvious, but Karamatsu is more outwardly creative then his brothers. Karamatsu writes music, plays guitar, draws pretty decently, his sculpting abilities are up there, he can act okay sometimes, and these are all creative hobbies or skills. We never really see him express an interest to take these hobbies further, or to make a career out of it and if he does it’s played for a joke.
It could be that Karamatsu doesn’t think his skills are good enough to go pro, or that he doesn’t believe that they will go anywhere. Or maybe he believes that if he doesnt get a traditional white collar job that he isn’t being a ‘real adult’
When we see him looking for jobs it’s always traditional suit and tie, or service work, nothing that really allows him to stretch his creative bones.
Maybe the reason Karamatsu can’t get a ‘normal adult job’ is because he has no real desire to, his brain maybe isn’t wired in a way to do organization or data entry or whatever adults do for work. Maybe the only place of work Karamatsu could truly thrive in is one of open mindedness for his ideas and passions to really be fleshed out.
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