Scene 4 - Graveyard of the Methhead

Kobak holds up his gloved hands. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, what's with the sudden hostility. We're just friendly blokes here, colleagues even." The guy beside Kobak whispers in his ear. "Well, there is that minor incident of the attempted kidnapping, sure, but I thought we were all past that." The guy whispers again. "Well, he didn't," he says pointing at Whispers.

He looks around and grabs the electronic menu and hands it to Whispers. "Draw them a map, I'll go pay for the slop." He stands up and heads to the kiosk and clears the bill using a credit chip.

Meanwhile, Whispers cracks the back off the menu and deftly hacks it, then turning it over, and using the interface to pull up a crude map of Ruk, and pencils in Dran on top. Before handing the tablet over to Seth.

You're in the central city Harmonious.

The large thug, Graff, suggests that, "You might be able to make your way to Dran by three methods, each with their own perils. You could take the Veritrex, the underground series of tunnels throughout Ruk. It isn't a straightforward path, and you run the risk of crossing criminals and gangs. You could walk, through the jungles and terrain, but there are creatures in those lands, creatures best left alone. Lastly, you could hire a flyer, but they're a tad expensive."

The fee for the one way flyer ticket would be 100 Ruk bits.

After saying goodbye to your odd gang of disinterested thugs, and taking their directions, you travel up higher in the vertically robust city of Harmonius. You find a series of vehicles for rent, their owners sitting in front of them, clearly ready to engage a new fare.

The vehicles are somewhat smallish for your group, or very large. One you find that is suitable, and within your price range, is run by a woman named Hoosan. She is somewhat alarming to look at, with her biologic implants, but has a soothing sort of grandmotherly voice, and speaks kindly. She suggests that she can get you there in a few hours travel aboard her Rift Runner. It's been decorated to look a little steampunk (as Earthers might say), but she shows you that it is functional and technologically modern.