Hollister does not follow the binder at all—" You're bright, you can read it and understand it in your own time and most of it's useless anyway."—and just gives them actual information about how to deal with the City and what to expect in practice of life there and the various governmental bodies and how it differs from Earth—" Although I'm City-born, all this is from what imports say."—and eventually they're done for the day.

Woo! She says thanks and unless anyone looks like they want to talk, she leaves.

Sarah's at the back, writing notes and looking like she'd very much rather not be there. Hollister and Jayden are very much not talking about where to find the best strip clubs, no sir, there are ladies present.

Well okay then! Rachel will leave and go find reception and says, "Sorry, I don't know if there's somewhere more applicable to ask this, but – do you sell ice cream anywhere? And-or movies?"

"No," says bored receptionist.

Pause. "Thanks for your help anyway," she responds, trying to be sincere, and off to her room she goes.

Her room: is exactly as she left it.

She spends a while in it.

At dinner she goes downstairs to fetch some food, briefly.

At the Burger Buffet Bonanza™?

Yes. (Sigh.)

Jayden is there, as are Sarah and Sadde.

Yaaaaaaay.

She expects Sarah is sitting quietly and Jayden is probably being – slightly obnoxiously something – and Sadde is being quite calmly something about things?

Something is indeed a way to describe what they're all being.

Yaaaay.

She fetches some food and goes and sits with Sadde because why not.

"Hiya."

"Hello," she responds.

Nom.

"How's Orientation going?"

"It's coming along, yeah," she says. "He offered to let us know of the good map brands, which was nice."

"—map brands?"

"There are different groups that map the city since it's not all neatly Euclidean, and the standard governmental ones aren't great, so he's gonna tell us the ones that are well-reputed in the community."

"Oh. Like electronic?—and did he actually say well-reputed?"

"Like electronic, yeah, and no, he didn't say well-reputed but I asked if he knew any maps and he said the government ones were not the best and he knows some better ones. So I'm hoping they're better-reputed."

"They might just be black market maps."

"… They are at least considered to be better than the standard ones?" says Rachel. "Which is what I meant by reputed – the government ones are bound to be the go-to ones that are advertised places."

"The black market maps are usually more up-to-date, 'cause scavengers use them to find new places and more resources and they're more on the ball than the D.o.S. is."