[20:38] <&Heiden> The plane touches down at O'Hare. Heiden yawns and stretches, nudging Imants in the process.
[20:38] <Imants> Gnosis dies.
[20:38] <&Heiden> "Wake up."
[20:39] <Imants> "Hm?"
[20:39] <MisterFlames> The Corpse Brigade comment loudly over his remains.
[20:39] <Gnosis> And by hide, he definitely doesn't mean destroy.
[20:39] <Imants> Imants shakes himself drowsily.
[20:41] <&Heiden> "C'mon, time to disembark. Car should be waiting for us."
[20:42] <Imants> Tim nods a mite drowsily, and grabs his carry-on on the way out. "Need Coffee."
[20:43] <&Heiden> "Right, right." Heiden fetches his carry-on as well, and they head out.
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[20:47] <&Heiden> Oh, thank god. Starbucks. "Coffee. Black. Lots."
[20:48] <&Heiden> The chipper barista behind the counter looks quizzically at him. "You mean a venti, sir?"
[20:48] <&Heiden> "Three."
06[20:51] * &Heiden shuffles two of them off to Tim. "Drink. Quick, they're waiting on us."
[20:52] <Imants> Tim chugs one, and then starts sipping on the other.
[20:52] <Imants> "Ok. I'm better.
[20:52] <Imants> "*
[20:52] <Imants> He's probably lying but that's ok.
[20:55] <Imants> "Ready, Heiden?"
[20:55] <&Heiden> "Good. Good. Let's meet them out there, then."
[20:55] <Imants> "Indeed."
06[20:55] * &Heiden nods, finishing his coffee and tossing the empty cup into a nearby trash can.
[20:56] <Gnosis> ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTALIST
[20:56] <Imants> Tim makes for the door, still sipping coffee.
06[20:57] * &Heiden has a ridiculous LifeScore, but only because the Attempted Suicide and Successful Suicide achievements award a /ton/ of points.
[20:58] <&Break> Say, uh.
[20:58] <&Break> What's the LifeScore on Resurrection of Spouse?
[20:58] <Laito> [-50 break]
01[20:58] <Doc_Burns> +1000
01[20:59] <Doc_Burns> [But if the spouse is an asshole, -2000]
[20:59] <&Heiden> The black SUV with darkly tinted windows is idling just outside. How stereotypical.
[21:01] <Imants> Tim pulls the trunk open and throws his bag in the back.
[21:01] <Imants> Then he faces Heiden, and says very calmly and clearly, "Shotgun."
[21:02] <Imants> And proceeds to get in the passenger seat.
[21:02] <&Heiden> The driver just stares at Imants.
[21:02] <&Heiden> "...who /are/ you?"
[21:02] <Imants> "Oh. I must have the wrong car."
[21:02] <&Heiden> The man sounds a little intimidated.
[21:02] <Imants> He pauses awkwardly.
[21:02] <Imants> "Sorry!"
[21:02] <&Heiden> The little girl in the back seat is silent.
[21:02] <&Heiden> "Uh."
[21:02] <Imants> "Uh. Let me just get my bag..."
[21:03] <&Heiden> Heiden stops just after swinging open the back door. "Um."
[21:03] <&Heiden> "So, uh, we're not /with/ you. Sorry about that."
06[21:03] * &Heiden awkwardly shuffles back and gets his bag out of the back.
[21:03] <Imants> Tim hurriedly gets out and runs around to the back to retrieve his bag.
[21:05] <Imants> "Uh. Sorry about that."
[21:05] <Imants> Tim shuts the trunk door.
[21:05] <Imants> "...."
[21:05] <&Heiden> The SUV pulls away after the two have retrieved their luggage.
[21:05] <&Heiden> "Well, that was awkward." A long pause. "Where's our pickup?"
[21:06] <Imants> "I don't know."
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[21:06] <Imants> "I can call Carrington."
[21:06] <&Heiden> "Would you?"
[21:06] <Imants> Tim flips out his phone and dials Carrington.
[21:06] <&Heiden> "This is Carrington."
[21:07] <Imants> "This is Tim. Where is our pickup?"
[21:07] <&Heiden> A /long/ pause.
[21:08] <&Heiden> "...should be /right/ there."
[21:08] <&Heiden> "Hold on a second."
[21:08] <&Heiden> You hear a muffled sound, as if a hand was placed over the receiver.
[21:08] <&Heiden> Faintly, you can hear: "Goddamnit! I'm going to eat that lazy sack of shit's fucking /heart/ when he gets back! *FUCK*!"
[21:10] <&Heiden> You can hear the hand being removed from the receiver. "If someone isn't there in five minutes, call a taxi, and we'll reimburse you. I am so sorry about this, Agent."
[21:12] <Imants> "It's fine." Carrington might be able to hear Tim's faint smile over the phone.
[21:13] <&Heiden> A beat-up looking coupe rounds the corner, pulling up to a stop in front of the two.
[21:13] <Imants> Tim raises an eyebrow at Heiden.
[21:14] <&Heiden> An immensely obese man grunts with the effort of leaning over and rolling down the window. "You two with the..." He fumbles with a card for a moment before reading it. "...Society for Creative Planting? Gardening and shit, you know."
06[21:15] * &Heiden just stares, flabbergasted.
[21:16] <Imants> "Yes." Tim walks around to the back, and pops the trunk, throwing his stuff in.
06[21:17] * &Heiden follows suit. "Shotgun's all yours."
[21:17] <Imants> "Of course."
[21:17] <Imants> Tim takes his seat.
[21:18] <&Heiden> The smell in the vehicle is something approaching the devil's own asshole or the set from 2 Girls, 1 Cup.
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06[21:20] * &Heiden winces visibly as the smell hits him, but he takes a seat amongst the bags of discarded fast food regardless. The man appears to be feasting on a KFC Famous Bowl (tm), using a drumstick as a scoop.
[21:20] <&Heiden> This, while he drives with one hand and an elbow. "Good to see y'all."
[21:20] <Imants> Tim carefully keeps his face straight. "It's a pleasure."
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[21:22] <&Heiden> "Carrington's real glad t'have y'all on b-" his words are cut short as he pulls out and takes another bite at the same time. ..."-on board, soun's like he's having a right time with this business. Not that he'll tell me anything about it." He scowls.
[21:24] <&Heiden> They're on the interstate, heading out of Chicago.
[21:26] <&Heiden> "So you're an agent?" Without waiting for a response, he continues, talking through mouthfuls of food. "I was gonna be one of those, but Carrington can't just let me go. Think he's holding me back, but he needs my help, you know?"
[21:26] <Imants> "Of course."
[21:26] <&Heiden> The man nods as Imants gives him the validation he desperately seeks."
[21:30] <&Heiden> "I could totally do it, just need to get back in shape. Desk job makes it tough to keep in shape, you know. Few weeks in the gym, good as new."
[21:31] <Imants> "Indeed."
[21:34] <&Heiden> "So... what are y'all here for?"
[21:37] <&Heiden> "Give me a sec..." The man pulls off into the emergency lane and shifts into park.
[21:37] <&Heiden> Popping the key from the ignition, the man shifts uncomfortably. "Gotta scratch."
[21:38] <Imants> "..."
[21:40] <&Heiden> And scratch, the man does, letting out obscene, nightmarish grunts of pleasure as he gets under a particularly itchy fold or knocks loose some particularly clingy insects.
[21:41] <&Heiden> This will haunt your dreams forever.
[21:41] <Ragazzo> [roll for defense against vomiting?]
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[21:44] <&Heiden> After a few minutes, the man calms down and gets back in the drivers' seat. "You want a wing?" He reaches into the bucket and pulls out a greasy using with the hand he just scoured his body with, proffering it to Imants and Heiden.
[21:44] <Imants> "No thank you, I'm good."
[21:44] <&Heiden> "Ate on the plane, thanks." Heiden says mildly.
[21:44] <Imants> Tim just.. looks straight ahead.
[21:45] <&Heiden> "Suit yourself." The man scoops up some mashed potatoes and inserts the entire wing into his mouth. He then starts the car back up and merges back into traffic. After a few moments, he reaches into his mouth and pulls out the now meatless remains of the chicken wing.
[21:52] <&Heiden> "Almost there. *Finally*."
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[22:00] <&Heiden> The car arrives at Site 47. Tim and Fred, thoroughly shell-shocked, are shown to their rooms. Not before the man shows them both his katana collection.