[@BenG85] [quote=@BenG85] [i]Hmmm. He's not taking the bait. Not a complete fool, than.[/i] Still on the fence as to whether or not this was a trap of some sort, he decided to take a further risk. Something had to give, or they just weren't going to get anywhere. He slowly came out of his hiding place, and stepped out of the camper, a hand on his knife and a finger held to his lips as his good eye locked on this stranger. He cautiously walked close enough to talk without shouting. "Alright, you want to talk? Permission to come aboard; you keep your hands where I can see 'em, and we'll talk, just, not out here. Something goes wrong, I'd rather nothing bein' between me and my boat, when it does, you understand? You got 5 seconds to make up your mind or walk away." [color=6ecff6]"Ay-Ay, Captain" [/color] When the stranger raised his hands, he gestured to enter the camper, and followed close behind him. Once inside, and the stranger was seated (again, where his hands could remain seen at all times), Monty leaned against surface, produced a hip flask, and took a nip from it. "-ah, so, what sort of news are you expecting, exactly? I don't imagine we can switch on the tube and get a laugh out of Chevy Chase telling a live audience that 'the world still belongs to the raptors, now'. AS to your question, well, if you lean forward enough, you can see the coordinates on my map, here; that's where I came from. Today, anyway. Won't be long before I came from here. It's bad everywhere, as you and any other stragglers out from under their rocks will find, soon enough. Most of us that've survived this long, well, we've done it by not leavin' our anchors dropped for too long, if you catch my drift." The stranger smiled at his references to Saturday night live and he was able to think back to a better time in his life... [color=6ecff6]" Yeah, I miss Saturday night live and your right... no T.V."[/color] The stranger smirked as he leaned in [color=6ecff6]" The roads are passable?. I thought with all the death and destruction when people were getting away that alot of the streets were blocked or closed, well... I'm glad at least you made it as well".[/color] The stranger lean upwards from the map [color=6ecff6]"Did you make any contact with any raptors and if so, how many in the pack or just a few loners?". [/color] He took another nip from his flask, and then held it out to the stranger, "Call me 'Monty'; hair-o-the-dog, if you got a name." [/quote] [color=6ecff6]"Nice to meet you Monty, I'm RJ from LA...I'm picking up what your Putin down with the naval terminology, so... your heading to the coast then, right. After that a small island like Catalina, maybe they still will have buffaloes." [/color] [color=6ecff6]"I came from over...here and came this way by draft animal, for me it was safer because of these points here and this one has a few Raptors over here and then here as well, if I recall correctly.[/color] RJ points on the map and take a nip of the flask, turns it back over with a cough. [color=6ecff6]" Sorry, its been a while since I had any alcoholic beverages".[/color] [color=6ecff6]"Its just me right now... but as you can see that motorcycle got my attention at a quarter of a mile back and I don't hear that good. I tried to talk to whomever it is with two legs but they didn't reply, I was going to just go back and push through during this rain, because its the best time to move for someone like me. As everyone knows raptors can smell just Like dogs, raptors have a harder time in the rain just like anything that can smell, making us humans harder to track. when it gets dry, it will call trouble that neither one of us wants to see." [/color] [color=6ecff6]"Well it's getting late, maybe we can meet up later on the road, since we travel at different times, maybe I can help you find a boat, who knows. You just might need an able-bodied seaman or deck ape to cast lines, tack, and jib with you. Besides... I come from LA and in New Orleans, we KNOW how to cook seafood, just saying" [/color]RJ smiles as he checks his watch, [color=6ecff6]I want to be sheltering in place just in case a herd comes through. Are you going to be okay in this RV?[/color]