Broken Downtown (Anyone welcome)

"Dammit. Just my luck." Jack mumbled to himself as he studied the car tire carefully. The whole thing was shredded. Bits of scrap metal jutted out from the tires surface. He managed to pry one loose and tose it beside him with a low clatter. "Why the bloody hell didn't the guy who owned this thing have a spare tire or a car jack? Would have been usefull about now." Jack mumbled on as his anger and accent grew thicker and the pile of scrap began to rattle with each piece removed. His first night in the city wasn't looking good.

Jack turned his head and spotted the woman. His beast wasn't stirring, but there were plenty who could hide it. He gave her a nod and a smile before standing up. "Looks like it. Tires completly shredded, so this thing isn't going anywhere in a hurry."

"Don't see why not. It's never safe on the streets these days is it, eh?" Jack said with a shrug. He pulled out his keys and started playing with them. "Mind if I get my stuff out? Don't wanna leave it lying around."

Jack went to his trunk and opened it. He pulled out a brown duffle bag and a green canvas bag that seemed suspiciously long. He hauled the lot to the womans car and put them in carefully. "So, where were you heading before you ran into me?"

Jack gave her a small laugh. "If it was, I'd have more to worry about than a popped tire." He said as he closed the trunk. He kept quiet while she gave a quick explanation. Interesting..." I'm not going anywhere in particular just yet. Though I do need to find a place to stay for the night then see someone."

As soon as Ishani started toalking, Jack couldn't help but laugh. "Bloody hell. And here I am begining to wonder where everyone was hiding." He gave himself a few seconds to calm down before giving her an answer. "I'm Daeva, with the Carthian Movement. Should present myself to the prince seeing as the opportunity is here." He said with a wide smile.

"Present yourself enought times and it doesn't seem like a obsticle anymore." He said as he leaned into the car seat. "As for cash, well as long as I don't have to stay in a fancy hotel, I'm sure I'll do fine."

Jack thought about it for a second. "Sounds good. Question is, whats the catch?" He hasn't exactly met alot of people who did something that sounded too good to be true unless there were strings attached somehow.

Well, thats reasonable. Not exactly starving at the moment. He though. "Sure, that sounds reasonable. Oh yeah, it's Jack Bennett." He added with a smile.

Ishani nods. "All right Jack, let's get you to the hotel and then we can see if the Daeva Priscus has the time to meet you tonight."

She drives him to The Clare and helps him with his bags before they enter the lobby. Walking up to the front desk she smiles at the clerk. "Evening John, I need a room for my friend with similer accomidations as Mr. Clarke and I have. Is that possible?"

The clerk looks at Jack skepticly but nods. "Yes Ms. Naetesh, that can be arranged." He begins typing into his computer and looks at Jack. "Your name sir?"

"Jack Bennett." He repeated to the clerk, his accent starting to creep into promenence again. He gave the place a look over with everything else was going on.

The Clare is a very nice hotel, much nider then Ishani had let on in the car. It was exactly one of those “fancy hotels” that he’d said he didn’t have the money for. The floors are done with a white veined marble. There are comfortable couches in the lobby spread among thick, soft, throw rugs with two large televisions playing the news and Court TV. There are a few small side table up against the walls with fancy vases in them and some sort os strange flower looking plants that are probably way over priced.

The clerk is dressed in a full suit and tie as he types up Jack’s name and other information in his computer. Finally he looks up with a smile and produces a card key. “Here you are sir, you’re room is being prepared now. Please enjoy your stay.”

Looking at the card, Jack can see he has a room in the basement of the hotel.

Ishani smiles at Jack. “Ok, lets get you settled in and then we can do whatever you need to from there.”

She leads him to the elevator, gets on, and they start heading down.

As they enter the room, Jack is astonished to see the huge living area with a small kitchen off to one side. There is also a very nicely furnished breakfast nook. Off to the left is a door which leads to a large bedroom with four poster canapy bed. The carpeting is thick and soft, the kind you want to take your shoes off and let your feet sink into. There is a large dresser, a desk and chair, and a huge walk-in closet in the bedroom as well.

Jack lets off a low whistle as he looked around the room he was apparently staying in for now. "Now this alot more than I expected." He put his duffle bag near the door. He was still holding onto his other bag. He turned to Ishani. "So, just out of curiosity, how are things here in the city?"

Jack looked at her for a moment, face completly blank before shaking his head. He was surprised that things were already falling apart before he even showed up. "Well, I might help out if you need it. But first, I need to get settled in and all that." If I get that far that is. He added menatlly before placing his other bag on a chair.

Jack nodded. "Yeah, sounds like a plan. Give me a shout when one of them is ready to see me. Soon the better though."