A Hazy Shade of Winter

[Dracos]

Dracos has just finished buying a handy dandy machete.

"Ready to go Rez?"

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"Yep."

Rez finalizes his purchases and heads back out to the car with Drac.

[Dracos]

Dracos switches on the simon and garfunkel mp3 disc.

"When the music comes on, there is no turning back.  Next bathroom break, one thousand miles.  Hope ya can hold it."

Dracos grins and pulls out getting onto the interstate and heading swiftly for california again.

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"Bladdars of STEEAAALLL!"

[Brian]

Ginrai snores in agreement.  You leave Arkansas, but you're not far outside of the state when you recieve a text message on your phones:

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From: Ayame
Subject: License plates
Content:  They've got your license plate number.  I don't know what this means, though.  If they know you're headed for them, they may be confused ... but they will know you're coming if you don't change directions and then switch cars.

[Dracos]

"Uh... Rez, remind me when License plate scanning technology got to the degree that they could scan license plates just at random on all cars?  Or track one as it's being driven?"

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"It's called eyesight, and it was invented by the police at around the same time as the license plate.  Any more silly questions?"

[Dracos]

"Wrong answer.  They can only scan cars they've pulled over."

Dracos continues driving safely and following the traffic laws on his way to california.

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"Ehh.  I see your point, but I don't like it that much.  For the record."

Rez closes his eyes nd tries to get some sleep.

"Wake me if something cool happens?"

[Brian]

You left mid-day from your last hotel, and got your weapons in late evening.  The sun sets, and occasional snowflakes drift down.  It's now a little after 6:00 PM, on Monday, January 8th.

[Dracos]

"Damn if it isn't snowy this year.  I'd figure we'd be breaking out of it by now," Dracos continues, switching the route to a more south-by-south-west route to california in an attempt to get out of the weather and evade having to go over the mountains in this nastiness.

Dracos continues driving until he feels tired, then pulls over and kicks Gin awake and has him continue until after daybreak.  Before Dracos goes to bed, he pulls open the cell and sends a quick message back to Ayame

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From: Dracos
Subject:Re: License plates

They can't do much with that really as they'd have to scan them by eyes, but for convienence can you check the DMV and police databases on that license plate and unflag it from being stolen if they've done it?  In the off case that we get pulled over, I'd prefer not to have a report sent back that they can trace.

Dracos

[Brian]

You rest well.  Rez is awake, as he went to sleep earlier, staring out at the sunrise.  Ginrai stops the car next to the, "Welcome to Arizona!" sign, climbs out of the car and walks around to your door.  After opening it, he says, "Scoot over, or get up."

[Dracos]

Dracos grumbled and got up and moved over to the front shotgun side seat, pulling open a book on how to kill people with words by George Carlin as Rez takes the driving lead.

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"Ahh, it's my turn."

Rez drags himself out of the car and walks around to the driver's seat.

"Drac, we need music.  And since you're awake, can you keep an eye out for somewhere that I can probably get away with some archery practice?  I need to sight that bow in, for a start."

[Brian]

Ginrai mumbles something incoherent before he dozes off, apparently still not having picked up on Rez's gold arm.