Part 1: A dusty small town in the middle of nowhere

[Dracos]

She served him up a cup.  "Your room was on Jan, by the way."

Dracos

[RyderHakubi]

Ryder took a sip of the water.  "It would mean a lot more to me, not that it doesn't already, but it still would mean more if I knew who this Jan guy was.  It's still a nice thought though..."

[Dracos]

"He was the guy at the table with you earlier.  Something of a traveler.  Picked up some paper you had when you collapsed."

Dracos

[RyderHakubi]

Ryder had been drinking the water while Sally had been commenting on Jan's apparant identity... and of course, in true comedic fashion, as soon as Sally comment reached him about the paper, he coughed a bit and performed a nearly perfect spittake.  Thankfully for him and probably the entire "party" as it would, he didn't hit her with it.

"Where'd he go?"

[Dracos]

She tossed a cloth at him.  "Clean that up and I'll tell you."

Dracos

[RyderHakubi]

Ryder nodded and got off the stool to clean the water up... Of course, nobody doubts that he would have felt better had he not have fallen face first onto the floor.

And people wonder why Ryder was known as a lightweight...

[Dracos]

"He said he was headed off on a trip a bit ago.  If you hurry you might catch him."

Dracos

[RyderHakubi]

While cleaning up the water using the universe's most important item for any traveler, Ryder mentioned, "Well, do you know in which direction he was heading?"

[Dracos]

"nope,"  Sally responded.

Dracos

[RyderHakubi]

"Bugger..." Ryder said as he finished cleaning up the water and stood up woozily.

"Nice towel you've got here... sturdy, well made... I'd keep a hold of this towel if I was you.  You never know when you'll need a towel... Trust me."

[Dracos]

"Um...right."  Sally took the towel back. "Look, they probably are heading north.  To vault city or reno."

Dracos

[RyderHakubi]

"Good... Good... Thanks for the info."  Ryder said as he slumped his way out of the bar, still a bit woozy and probably not feeling any better thanks to the repeated headshots and facefirst dives he's taken, but who in that situation would?

Regardless of Ryder's current inability to throw himself at the ground and miss, he still made it out of the bar almost intact.

[Olvelsper]

Jan was just about to lead the trio out of town into the desert, when he happened to glance over Leets shoulder. "Well, who do we have here. Look, he's up on his feet already. Guy's tougher than he looks."

[RyderHakubi]

Ryder blinked as he looked from side to side, not seeing anyone important... Oh, wait, there's that group that he was sitting with before his brain realized that perhaps his body needed to rest a little.

Carefully taking each step so his body would continue to assume his body's health was Somebody Else's Problem, Ryder moved towards the group.

[Olvelsper]

"Hey. We haven't formally introduced ourselves, at least not before you passed out because of the water. My name's Jan Smith, did Sally tell you we were heading out to help fix the filter?"