Stone Men In Water Street

[Bjorn]

Bjorn raises his glass in greeting to Victor, but for now, is content to let Rez do the talking.

[Brian]

"It was quite boring," Victor replies frankly, grimacing.  "Regardless, we're here now.  Where are the others?"

[Rezantis]

"France.  You hear about that failed hijacking of a plane to Gibraltar by some Forge terrorists?"

[Brian]

"No," Victor replies, taking a sip from his glass of water.  "Hmm.  Well, regardless.  This place is not what it used to be.  Shall we be on our way?"

[Bjorn]

"Sounds good to me."  Bjorn rapidly drains off the remains of his Guiness and stands, politely gesturing to Victor to lead the way.

[Brian]

After walking outside, Victor leads you to his car -- a beat-up looking nondescript station wagon.  "Anyway," he mutters, frowning.  "We should be on our way to the mountain, and then ... to Lazarus and his little colony, if all goes well."  After getting in, he reaches over to unlock the passenger door, and waits for you to join him before starting the car up.

[Bjorn]

Bjorn slides into the front seat, letting Rez take the back seat.  "Do you expect problems?"

[Brian]

"No," Victor says, putting the car into gear and pulling out of the parking lot.  "But, I expected Coreena to still be around."

[Bjorn]

"Fair enough," Bjorn concedes.  "About how long til we get there, if you don't mind me asking?"

[Brian]

"An hour," Victor says, squinting at the gas gauge.  "Maybe less."

There is a moment of awkward silence between the two mortals and the vampire.

"Radio's busted," Victor contributes thoughtfully.

[Bjorn]

"So how was your trip?"  Bjorn asks.  "FedEx everything it's cracked up to be?"

[Brian]

"I had originally thought that, 'this side up', was not open to interpetation.  But it remained dark, though warm from the sunlight."

The car's headlights and the surrounding darkness seem to consume the miles, and you're quickly out of Montgomery, and into mysterious dark lands without many lights.  Whatever's out in this area, it isn't residences.

[Bjorn]

"Mainly farmland out here, then?"  Bjorn looks around, trying to make out anything in the darkness.  "Seems like a good place to start out hiding, anyways."

[Brian]

Victor shrugs.  "Used to be plantations.  Mostly farms.  We're headed up into the last edges of the mountain range, though.  Lightly wooded.  Abandoned mining village, most likely.  Open.  Far enough away from civilization to avoid attracting attention.  A decent place to begin, certainly."

[Bjorn]

Bjorn grunts.  "And no one's going to notice when an abandoned village suddenly becomes occupied again?"