"The ayes have it."

"Great, I'm ordering pizza."

Message to Elan:

wanna talk or meet up?

Hooray, messages!

that sounds good

what place do you want to meet up at

and what time becuz chekout is 11 but if later works better i will be alright

He probably won't know what place she means, since it seems like secrecy matters a lot and so meeting up in the same place they were last night would be a bad idea. But he's pretty much positive that he'll end up in the right place at the right time anyway.

from motel turn left walk till street ends theres a little park 

11 is good

Oh, cool, simple directions.

yay see you then

With magic wardrobe, personal inventory, and never needing to use a bathroom for either of its purposes powers, getting ready to check out is extremely simple. Elan makes sure he isn't leaving anything behind (like his notebook and pens or the paper he covered the clock with) and goes to drop off his key.

There's a different receptionist on shift. She doesn't know who checked in, as long as he leaves the room empty and gives her the key it's all good.

He can do both those things!

"Have a great day!"

She was about to say 'not likely' but that smile is infectious. "You too!"

Elan waves as he leaves. He wonders if he should get breakfast or if Tattletale and her friends will bring some to the meeting…

He keeps an eye out for any not-the-convenience-store-he-went-to-last-night places that look like they serve breakfast on the way to the park.

This street has quite a few stores. There's a pizzeria that mostly does takeaways and a burger place and a tiny Thai restaurant and a Chinese restaurant on a second floor he might miss if he doesn't read Chinese.

Ooh, he'll try the not-Azurite place! The one on the ground floor, that is.

They have an extra unreadable menu! ...and an English one for foreigners locals non-Thai Asian people.

There's smoke in the air from all the cooking, a thousand intermingled scents, and a cheerful atmosphere. People don't come here because they're hungry, they come for food they are going to enjoy. (It's very spicy.)

Elan wiggles happily as he reads the menu. It smells really yummy in here!

The soups seem good, but maybe a little unwieldy to take out of… actually, what is he even saying? It would be inconvenient if it was unwieldy to take a bowl of soup out of his pocket, so it won't be. Elan loves these powers.

The curries are also tempting. There's one with mango, one with pineapple, one with pumpkin…

Maybe he can get a soup and a curry. The tom yum soup, because obviously if it has "yum" in its name it's going to be yummy, and the curry with mango, because that sounds fun.

They are happy to take his order! In a few minutes he can have as large a stack of take-away containers as he can pay for. 

Oh cool, takeout is super easy to handle! He puts a few of the smaller bills in the tip jar with maximum sneakiness, then leaves with his goodies.

He arrives at the park at the same time as three people who match the body types of the ones he met yesterday, minus Bitch. There's a teenage girl with freckles and a grin, a young man with black skin and striking Str and Con, and a teenaged-looking man who clearly went in for Dex over Str.

The park itself is very small, three or four empty lots with trees and grass and swings for children and a fenced area for dogs.

Oh boy swings! Elan makes his way towards…

He spots the three people-his-age. He thinks maybe these are the same as the people last night? To be sure, he texts Tattletale.

hi is that you guys over there

Lisa gives him a wave and leads the others over.

"So! Introductions. I'm Lisa, these are Brian and Alec. Rachel stayed behind to care for her dogs."

"Did you have any trouble last night?"

Elan dutifully notes all the names, mentally at least.

"No, everything was fine! I checked into the motel and then I went and got candy at the store across the street. Speaking of which, does anyone want…"

He takes out a bag of each to remind himself of their names.

"M&Ms or Skittles?"

"Such a culinary barbarian we are bringing into our house," Alec laments with an exaggerated French accent. He'll take the Skittles.

"Don't mind him, he eats pizza half the time. And! We've talked about it and we want to invite you to join our team, the Undersiders."

"We know what it's like to be in a strange city with no friends," Brian takes over smoothly. In fact he's the only one on the team who doesn't. "We can help you find your feet, have your back while you adjust. There's a lot about the local cape community that you'll only learn on the ground. And there's regular pay, $2000 a month just for being on the team, but we pull in a lot more from some of the jobs we do."

He cheerfully passes Alec a bag of Skittles and puts the M&Ms back.

He's excited to be included by the offer! Although he should probably ask questions…

"What kind of jobs do you guys do?"

If he were more economically-minded, he might think to ask where the $2000/month/person comes from. However, Elan.