[Csjarrat]

"Sure"
Ultra waves the others over for their assistance and helps Alzmer with the door.

[Reminder]

You pull back the double doors to the giant container, and peer inside. About 3 meters back into container, you see the front end of a Nomad all-terrain vehicle, tied down with heavy duty shipping straps. Anything behind the vehicle is not visible in the dark interior.

[Csjarrat]

Ultra mentally commands his glasses into low light mode, taking a good look inside the darkened container
int 4, percep 3, enhance 2 (9d6.hits(5)=4)

[Reminder]

You try your best to look around the bulky vehicle and into the rear of the container. You don't think you see anything back there, but you have to admit that the vehicle is blocking much of the view, other than about a half meter of space on the right side, as it takes up nearly all of the width of the shipping container

[Crunch]

Frenchy jumps down off the back of the pickup and walks up to the Nomad. He begins to cexamine the vehicle carefully.

[Csjarrat]

Ultra flashes his eyebrows at frenchy in appreciation of the tricked out ride before talking to Alzmer.
"Nice wheels. Where we taking it? You got any more gear to pack or prep?"

[JackVII]

While the men examine the vehicle, Mlinzi slips her senses back to the mundane and does her best to keep an eye open for anything out of the ordinary in the vicinity of the container. The last thing she needs to do is mess around with the vehicles. Given her luck with machines, kicking a tire could end up knocking an axle loose.

Keeping Watch: Perception (2) + Intuition (4) (6d6.hits(5)=1)

[Reminder]

Just those. He nods to two cases to the side of the container.

I assume we take the truck to the pickup spot.

As you continue your conversation, you notice about half of the onlookers Alzmer's initial display attracted have gone back to work, but about twenty or so are still paying attention to the ongoing scene. No one has approached the area immediately surrounding the container however.

[Csjarrat]

Gesturing at the onlookers, Ultra asks Alzmer
Friends of yours?
and what do you mean, "pickup spot?". Who or what are we picking up?

[JackVII]

Not particularly happy about the crowd, Mlinzi keeps her eyes open and readies herself to intecept anyone trying to get close. She figures a story about soaking a wealthy wannabe hunter of a lot of money would work considering Alzmer's fish-out-of-water appearance.

She taps a few lines into her commlink.

<<@Team [rohorafiki] Anyone heard from the Tourist? Not getting happy thoughts from him being MIA.>>

[Ren]

Mutumbo's answer came quick. >>Wasn't he supposed to go in with you? He sure ain't here.<<

[Csjarrat]

<<@Mlinzi>>//Nothing yet//
Alzmer, you know what, forget it. We've already got a bit of a scene going on here. We'll get these loaded and get the car out of the crate and talk details later. You go get changed, can't have you driving around looking like a boer war re-enacter. Locals are already staring you down. He said, gesturing to the crowd of dockers gawking at them.

[JackVII]

<<@Team [rohorafiki] Well, drek. Let's get out of here in case he was compromised. Frenchy in the new ride with Alzmer, I'll ride in the Gopher?>>

[Reminder]

You undo the straps and unload the Nomad from the shipping container. Behind the hauler, the rear of the container proves to be empty.

You exit the docks and make your way back in the city, stopping along the way to pickup a couple spare sets of clothes, over Alzmer's protests... He really put a lot of effort into getting his kit. No matter what you say, he refuses to give up his hat.

Traffic is fairly heavy this morning, and after your stop it takes you another half hour to get back over the bridges off the island. It is 10:23 when you pick Hunter up, buzzing with caf, from the coffee shop where he had been awaiting your arrival. You head out through the outskirts of the city and turn onto a paved road in a moderate state of disrepair and out towards the villages and countryside.

[Csjarrat]

As the team picked hunter up and got some new gear for Alzmer to wear, Ultra has a word with frenchy, given he was going to be driving for him.
See if you can get the guy to talk. I wanna know what the hell we're getting into here. Can't make my mind up whether he is Alzmer the "famous animal murderer" or Alzmer "clever researcher and botanist". Dunno about you, but I know which Alzmer I'd rather be escorting.