Beauty & The Beast

[Carthrat]

"Mm. Just be ready to work your ass off when you get back," replies Jason. "Might need you more'n ever, if word gets out that the Vapor's big bad boy is gone for a week."

[Brian]

N'dovu groans inwardly.  "I'll go get a ticket from the bus station during lunch," he says.  "It should not be a problem."

[Carthrat]

"Right. Well, stay cool, big guy," replies Jason, heading towards his office. "Hey, man, lighten up. You've got good luck! To have a boss like me, and all. Put a smile on your face, and some cheer in your heart.

Hell, you'll look scarier, that way, so everyone wins."

[Brian]

N'dovu nods, then takes up his post at the door until it's time for his lunch ... unless he sees the man with a cane, first.

[Carthrat]

Lunchtime rolls around with no intensly remarkable events occuring.

"Yo, N'Dovu, take a break," yells the bartender across the floor. It's been a slow day, today, and barely anyone is in the room.

[Brian]

"Sure thing," N'dovu says.  "I'm going for a walk.  You want anything from the Viatnamese sandwich shop?"  After taking down the bartender's order (if any), N'dovu heads to the Greyhound station, looking for one of the college students that use the terminal to get to their homes in distant cities.

[Carthrat]

It's amazing, but what college students there are at the Greyhound station disperse and vanish from the site at N'Dovu's approach, leaving only a few people about the area- even though the station is usually quite busy.

[Brian]

N'dovu frowns.  That part of the plan didn't pan out....  Next step, find someone else who could help.

N'dovu starts looking for a vagrant.

[Carthrat]

That's one subspecies of human that isn't usually in short supply, especially around train stations. There's a couple of people who can be described as 'Poorly Dressed' moping about the train station, either looking extremely angry or very sorry for themselves.

[Brian]

N'dovu knows how this works.  He approaches one of the individuals between the 'angry' and 'numb' stages, and says, "Greetings, Friend.  Have hard times befallen you?"

[Carthrat]

The vagrant shies away at N'Dovu's approach, pulling his coat up higher and closer to him.

"Whaddya want?" he asks, furtively.

[Brian]

N'dovu looks around carefully and asks, "How would you like to make a few quick bucks?"

[Carthrat]

The vagrant looks around shiftily. "What should I do?" he asks.

[Brian]

"Would you be willing to take a bus out of town for a few days?" N'dovu asks.

[Carthrat]

"Only if you're paying," shoots back the vagrant, putting an unecessary sardonic component into his tone.