>>6331183The kid gives you a slow few nods. A beat passes. He clears his throat a little. <span class="mu-g">"Right, well, look man, I'm just gonna say it, I'm worried bout Vince. You guys used to run together, right? Sheila said you was the Rusty to Vince's Danny Ocean, yaknow? So you know him real deep, maybe you got an idea what the glitch is. He keeps drawing... Like, bones, on scraps of paper and shit. Keeps muttering under his breath about an 'old man', and thorns, shit about like, sentencing and guards. Just randomly, I catch him doing it when he's alone or when he spaces out."</span> He pauses, and sighs, shifting his weight a little. <span class="mu-g">"I've been driving for him on the last three jobs we ran. Ever since the one before last he's just... Off. The thing he says the most, keeps writing the most, it don't make any sense to me. Maybe you'll know? 'Roman Ribcage'? That set off an alarm for you, or just gibberish?"</span>
That does sound familiar, but can't recall why. <span class="mu-g">"I'll look into it. Thanks again."</span> Is all you have for him. You exit the bathroom and leave the rest of your drink at the bar, unfinished, exiting out the front door. You don't feel like drinking anymore. Still, that could have ended worse. Hugo could have decided to take the wheel instead of that little greenhorn - he did the last time you both went out for drinks, and by the end of the night you were enlisting several squads of white cards to clean up the bodies of the bikers he picked a fight with, and then proceeded to win.
C'est la vie, as the French say. No rest for the wicked.
<span class="mu-s">What do you do next?</span>
>Head straight to the motel, you can unwind with those two girls and then meet up with Sawtooth. >Head straight to the motel, you can get the information you need out of Sawtooth and then be done with Old Charlie for the night. >Head to a nearby flophouse where you know addicts linger and drugs circulate, you can buy or steal something that will possibly help you get more intel out of Sawtooth. >Write-in 