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WHO: Thistles
WHERE: Thistle
WHEN: Day 75, all day

[we have a newbie! And a roof to fix! And other things!]

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Could make the nets ourselves if we're already going to get rope. Tripwire alarm could be an idea if we're going to be setting that up anyway. Think you mentioned pits last time, too.

Yeah, but then there was concern about people falling into them.

I might be reconsidering it. At least for behind the barn.

I think that's best.

[he nods a little]

Do this a lot? Set up traps and such?

Sometimes, but nothing this excessive. Would rather just kill my target instead.

Heh. I learned all of this stuff, but I never really have the luxury of setting them up. Always on the move.

What do you do back home?

[.... wait. has Acheron not told them?

uh...]

... I'm a Middle Eastern oil baron.

[. . .]

Pull the other one, it's got bells on.

[looks around???]

What do you want me to pull?

[he sighs softly]

It means I don't believe you, man.

[guess he did let slip that comment earlier.]

... Oil baron-ing is a cutthroat business.

[his lips twitch]

Is it?

And that's why I know how to make traps.

To... protect the oil.

[there is no academy award in his future.]

Right. To protect the oil.

You got it.

[did it work?]

[absolutely not]

Do people actually buy that?

[after all that effort and amazing performance.]

No. Not sure why.

[he huffs out a laugh]

It'd be a little more believable if you said you were a bodyguard for one.

I'll try that one next time.

Good luck with that.

I'm assuming the truth is something secret or illegal, so you don't have to actually tell me. Not like matters.

What about you?

[he can tell by looking him over that he's got skills.]

Government agent, USSTRATCOM. I work for their anti-bioterrorism unit.

Sounds important.

It - yeah, I guess so. I'm sent to investigate and handle potential outbreaks, so - that part's important.