[i][color=00FFBF]Oh, I should shave.[/color][/i]

There was no motivation behind the thought as Elliot stared at himself in the mirror. It was a simply a hopeless observation. Much like, [color=00FFBF][i]oh, I should win a million dollars[/i][/color], or [color=00FFBF][i]oh, I should find myself a hot babe with neck-down alopecia[/i][/color], or [color=00FFBF][i]oh, I should get a job[/i][/color]. That last one, at least, was doable. Hopefully.

In lieu of a brush, Elliot simply ran a hand through his hair until it looked somewhat neat. He didn't have an interviews or anything to go to after all, he just needed to pick up some applications around town. He also half-heartedly adjusted a tie over his button-down shirt, before deciding better of it and tossing it across the room. At the very least, he did adjust the cuffs at the end of his sleeves, before taking a glance down at his pants.

Or rather, lack thereof. Letting out a tired groan, he sat down at the edge of his bed and got to work making himself [i]actually[/i] presentable. Elliot took a look at his prosthetic as he slid the pants up his leg. When he had left, years back, he though that it was him hiding his leg from others, but he knew better than that now. His leg had been hiding him. Anxiety gripped him at the thought, but he intended to walk freely from this day forward.

It was a Red Letter Day.

The day's goals were twofold, and both equally unlikely. First up, he wanted a job. His... other income was enough to get by, but a little more wouldn't hurt, and he wanted to feel like a human being again after so much time. Millington had always been a small town, without the best employment prospects, so the idea worried him.

However, the day's second task outright [i]terrified[/i] him. The best possible outcome is that in between hearing about the death of the senior Reese's the rest of the family managed to sell the house and move far away. Then he wouldn't have to see them, wouldn't have to explain himself, wouldn't have to talk about their parents or their diner or anything else.

That was the best case scenario, right?

As if responding to his own question, Elliot grabbed his cane and shook his head, locking the door behind him as he left the apartment. He took a moment to admire the cloudless sky and the morning sunrise, fresh air filling his nostrils. However, he didn't wait around too long, he needed to get to the east side of town before he could do anything, and the surrounding neighborhood bothered him. It was the sort of neighborhood he would have avoided when he lived with his parents, and yet here he was.

Limping as he always did, he began to make his way east, filled with hope and terror at what awaited him today.