[b][u]Gary Riley[/u][/b]

Gary's initial amusement quickly turned to annoyance, as Guy with Glasses went with the classic 'I'd like to speak to your manager.' He was clearly in the wrong, so why did he insist on making this even more difficult for everyone? It's as if he had been trying to cause a scene.

Then the manager stepped out of the kitchen, and immediately proceeded to intervene. She had been handling it professionally enough, until she suddenly stopped mid-sentence, as she appeared to recognize a girl in the diner.

Initially, Gary was confused, but it only took him a few seconds to deduce what could have been happening. Perhaps the girl was one of those who had gone missing. Based on the severity of the woman's reaction, as well as the fact that it had been enough to snap her out of her professional demeanor, that seemed to be likely.

The girl dropped her milkshake, spilling it on Glasses Guy's likely-expensive shoes. The manager shouted for someone to call the police, but before Gary could pull out his phone, the girl bumped into a nearby table and dropped something else on the floor. He watched her run into the bathroom and lock it.

Then he looked down at the item she had dropped. A photograph. Curious, Gary reached down to pick it up, and examined it. He looked up at the diner lampshade, where the dragonfly rested. He hated dragonflies, but that wasn't important right now.

Photograph in hand, Gary rose to his feet and calmly walked over to the bathroom door, despite the urgency of those around him. "She's one of the missing people?" He asked the manager, already knowing the answer but wishing to receive confirmation. Based on the way she ran and hid upon discovery, she was probably a run-away. "It might be a good idea to get in touch with her parents as well, unless that's you."

His second day in town, and it seemed he had already found his first story.