Five minutes later you're in a fresh set of clothes, mouth still burning from mouthwash, standing among the pack.
Five minutes after that you're piling into the Alpha's dorky minivan and setting out.
Five minutes after that you arrive.
The Rose and Cherry Cafe, it turns out, is disturbingly close to the den. It's also... kind of a dump. The sign is old and tacky, the windows are dirty, and the seats are cheap and plastic. When you climb out of the van and approach, you're greeted by a 'closed' sign hanging in the window. A piece of paper has been stuck to the door beside it with an obscene amount of sticky tape.
'Open at nine.'
Aka when you're scheduled to meet Blackwell.
Well... shit. You were hoping to get a table and get comfortable before... well... before whatever happens happens.
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