I sighed of relief when Vicky lent me her hand, I knew at that point we were pretty

much inside and at least in less danger than we were outdoors. So I dragged cautiously as I helped her get her in through the crack. Thanks to her small frame, she had little trouble getting in so my help was really not needed but I think it's the gesture that counts.

"There we go" I said and dusted her shoulder off gently and continued "That wasn't so bad, was it? Now, what I think we got here is some sort of back room of that shop we saw the front side of from the bushes, remember?" and walked over to the one box I had searched before, opened it and took the item out "Now... Look at this" I said, maybe a bit too loud as we had only explored this one, first room. I then handed her the skirt and if it was the first time I touched fine cloth, I gave it a little squeeze and feel before I handed it over.

"And there's much more where that came from" I said with a confidently toned voice, thinking about all the boxes that stood in the shelves, just waiting for someone... Someone like us, to open them and explore their insides, revealing piece after piece of fashionable clothes... However, going through the next box I discovered that it was empty. "Huh, odd" I thought to myself and went on to the next one.. "Nothing here either?" I said with my hopes for finally getting out of these rags and into something a bit more inconspicuous falling fast down to ruins. Almost panicking, I started ripping out box after box in one of the rows of shelves, only to reveal each one empty... Except for one, that contained a blue cloth of sorts.

Folding it out, I saw that it was some sort of headwear and it reminded me sort of like the ones the maids back home used to wear. Curiously I kept folding it back and forth a bit, I tried to figure out how to attach it to my head. All of a sudden a note came out and hit the floor. I picked up the old paper carefully as it was quite delicate and on it, it had some sort of code written on it, "1023" it said. It was probably some sort of store specific work-code to keep themselves organized. And under it, it said "Blue bandana, male model, size medium" and then some scratched off numbers I couldn't make out.

However I still couldn't figure out how to fold it right to make it stick right to my head. So I turned to Vicky and asked - "Mind giving me a hand with this? Or wait.. Maybe i should try to wash this dirt out from my hair first. Maybe later, ok?" I said and took it back and placed it on the table. "While I continue to go through these boxes, would you mind taking a little peek through the keyhole of that door?" I said and pointed at the one marked "Storage". "Don't worry though, I'll go in first if you still want, but just have a peek and lemme know if you see something"