Since there was, at best, 2 minutes before Fredrick and his crew walked into the store, I knew I had to make a decision, and on the table were three options.
The first was the most obvious: knock out the shop clerk, steal the cards, and leave out the back without being seen.
This option was honestly the better of what I could come up with at the moment, and it was more on-brand for someone like me who was a master of hit-and-run tactics.
Option two was balanced but could easily go sideways if I didn't handle things properly, and that was to set a scenario where I would force Fredrick into interacting with me, IE, having a lengthy conversation and revealing myself as either Nexus or Xipher.
It was a bit out there, but given my boredom and lack of activity at home, it was plausible as it meant I would have something to do for the foreseeable future, and then there was Option Three.
