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[Rezantis]

"No fucking way.  We have somewhere we can get clean without leaving a goddamn trace about an hour or so away from here.  We do not need a fucking motel, complete with clerks who will remember our descriptions if people come and ask them."

[Dracos]

"Fine, bitches.  But you're paying for the damn used car we'll have to pick up.  A used one would have the same form of tracker installed for just that reason."

"Anyhow, we get to my car.  We head into hotel.  We shower off.  We change, we get back into this one, we drive to Ripon.  We get a used car there.  Gin takes this one south and then gets a taxi north to meet us.  We pick up some other junk like clothes that fit you guys on the way.  Deal?"

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"We'll discuss the later details once we're out of the possibly bugged car.  Ripon, if you recall, is fucking deserted (and way too small to have a used car lot)."

[Bjorn]

"That's why I said 'motel' and not 'hotel,' Rez.  A motel room has private entrances to each room.  The only person the clerk would see is you.  But if we can find a public bathroom or something, that's even better, I'll admit.

"And Philip, your plan makes no fucking sense to me at all.  But like Rez said, let's get out of this car first, and discuss the rest later."

[Dracos]

"Fine, to ripon then change.  Then follow the plan.  Now shaddup bitch."

Dracos stops at the hotel, assuming no further problems.  Gets his stuff from it, clothes most especially, but any stored money and data tools he'd have stored there as well.  Once the stuff is gotten, he leaves the doors unlocked and the window scrolled down, gets back in the sedan and gets moving.

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"OK, now this plan I can agree with . . . but can I pick up some groceries before we head back?"  Rez  grins wryly, "There's gotta be a convenience store or something."

[Dracos]

Dracos looks over Rez and assuming he looks safe enough, nods in agreement and starts hunting for a grocery store.

Dracos

[Brian]

Rez looks okay, except for the inevitable smell of burnt cableing and equipment, along with a generous layer of air-ventilation ducting.  Bjorn would probably stick out, except at a distance, as the bloodstains are beneath the armored coat ... which is an issue in and of itself.  Ginrai is spattered with the remains of the guard he mutilated, along with a generous helping of the dust that Rez picked up.  Dracos is wearing the spatters of Dr. Peterson's blood from the final combat between the two of them, along with the pervasive smell of smoke.

[Dracos]

"Guys we look like shit.  Any objections to me dropping rez off a bit from a grocery store to pick up some food before we hightail it out of town?"

Dracos

[Rezantis]

Rez checks his gloves for damage.

[Bjorn]

"You mean other than the fact that he's dirty and he smells like shit?  There's the fact that we're in a car that, according to Patricia, can probably be traced, and we'd like to get it out of it as soon as possible.

"But odds are we've got a couple hours free, at least, before they realize we're in her car.  So as long as someone can get Rez -- Jesus, I feel stupid calling you that -- Rez clean, I'm okay with it."

[Rezantis]

"Nathan, if you prefer.  I call Drac 'Drac' 'cause, well, Philip just seems so . . . inappropriate for the guy.  He doesn't look like a Philip."

[Dracos]

Dracos laughs.  "Yeah, in case, by some unknown reason, you've not guessed, It's Dracos from soulriders, void, etc.  I really don't care and will generally answer to either.  Anyhow, vote.  Majority wins, ties go to going hungry.  Do we want to try and find somewhere to clean rez up and have him get food, then head out to Ripon and get settled there before heading north in a different car?  Or do we want to just hightail it over there.  My vote says I like eating."

Dracos

[Bjorn]

Bjorn shrugs.  "Eh.  When it comes right down to it, I'll probably keep calling you Rez.  I'll just feel weird whenever I stop to think about it."  Bjorn grins.  "And you're right.  Last guy I knew named Phil was a greasy, irritating engineer who traumatized me in a communal bathroom.  So unless you got objections, Drac, I'll call you Drac."

[Dracos]

"Got no problems with that."

Dracos