Night 57: Pantry 2
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Seeing all that edible food lined up so conveniently in front of her... even Rita had to admit she was tempted to overindulge. Her stomach felt like it was going to eat a hole in itself.
She slipped her backpack off her back and opened the largest compartment. In it, she placed a box of crackers, a box of cookies, three cans of dried fruit, and a few pieces of fresh fruit. She had to cover every corner of the small room and even climb the ladder a few times, but before long she'd collected a half-decent stockpile.
While it was tempting to stuff her backpack to its full capacity, Rita knew she'd need to keep it reasonably light if she wanted to be at her best ability that night. She zipped it up and set it back on her back, but then she grabbed a few more things - a handful of fruit and a bag of chocolate chip cookies. Those could be eaten while she waited and then abandoned, while the items in her bag would be saved for another day.
With those collected, she quickly returned to the kitchen.
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Seeing all that edible food lined up so conveniently in front of her... even Rita had to admit she was tempted to overindulge. Her stomach felt like it was going to eat a hole in itself.
She slipped her backpack off her back and opened the largest compartment. In it, she placed a box of crackers, a box of cookies, three cans of dried fruit, and a few pieces of fresh fruit. She had to cover every corner of the small room and even climb the ladder a few times, but before long she'd collected a half-decent stockpile.
While it was tempting to stuff her backpack to its full capacity, Rita knew she'd need to keep it reasonably light if she wanted to be at her best ability that night. She zipped it up and set it back on her back, but then she grabbed a few more things - a handful of fruit and a bag of chocolate chip cookies. Those could be eaten while she waited and then abandoned, while the items in her bag would be saved for another day.
With those collected, she quickly returned to the kitchen.
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