"Did you get it?" Vicky asks.
"Sure did," Marco answers and inverts his pockets. Several pill canisters tumble down into the foot well. "Benzos," he says, scooping one up. "In three different flavours, from Doug, your friendly neighbourhood drug dealer. And this one," he picks up another, "is apparently some super strong allergy medication, but it knocks you out just as good. Also, got some weed," he pulls the baggie out of his sleeve and waves it around. "Which smells like it's been marinated in petrol. What about you guys?" He looks around the car. "What did you get?"
Ed shows him his own stash of drugs, all nicely packaged. "I did it legally," Ed admits. "I went to the doctor's office and got a prescription."
"Wow," Marco mutters. "All that from one prescription?"
"I repeated the process with several doctors."
"So... not quite legally," Marco amends.
Ed smiles sheepishly.
"What about you, Vicky?" Marco asks.
"I got chains," Vicky says.
"Wait. Seriously?" Marco leans forward and stares at her. "You're kidding. Tell me your kidding."
She holds up a bag which is indeed full of chains.
"Holy fuck." Marco stares. "I've been out there getting swindled by drug dealers, and you just popped into a hardware store?"
"If that makes you angry, wait until you see what Gideon Mercer got," Ed says.
Marco turns to you, eyes wide. You open the bag in your lap showing him what you got. His eyes go wider.
"No fucking way," he hisses. "You went to a sex shop."
You do your best to keep your face composed. "Where else am I going to get quality handcuffs?"
"There is a hell of a lot more than just handcuffs in that bag," Ed says.
He's not wrong. You went a little overboard... winning yourself layered looks from the other patrons at Sex n' Stuff. But, that's the point. You want these purchases to be noticed by Blackwell's spies. You want them to scamper back to his lair and fill his ears with stories of werewolves buying sleeping pills, chains, and cuffs the day before the full moon.
If he thinks we're vulnerable he'll strike.
That's what Addie said the day before.