You don't want to be rich. You know what the rich have done to the Living Earth. But you'd like a pair of pants that don't smell like blood and fur. A quick scan of the aisles turns up lots of nice stuff that won't make you look like an extra on Riverdale. You scoop up a button-down shirt, a Buffalo University hoodie (gray), a pullover (dark blue), and wool slacks. You'll still freeze to death like this, but after a few more minutes of browsing the aisles, you find tall black boots and a long winter coat the same color as the cat-spirit. Scarves are cheap, and you even find a pair of herringbone-patterned gloves lined with artificial fur on the inside. What else? Ah yes, undergarments. And now you almost feel like a normal person.
The clerk glares at you the whole time. The People of the Map will never trust you. Ignoring those hard, cold eyes, you also buy a lighter, some maps, a roll of toilet paper, and some plastic baggies in case the snow turns to rain. Then you pay and get dressed.
Okay, now you won't draw so much attention. But you're faced with so many possibilities now that you barely know what to do. It's clear that if you want to help the Garou Nation, you can't start here. Something has gone wrong out east, but it might have gone wrong in a way you can fix. The question is how to get there.
You've got enough money to take a bus across the state line. That's safe and reliable. And warm. Or you could try hitchhiking. That's risky, but you'd save money. Or you could Change. In wolf form, you could run and hunt during the day, seek shelter at night. That could be glorious, assuming you didn't freeze at night.
No risks—at least not on the way there. I take a bus.
I know my way around the world of petty crime and not-quite-crime. I can hitchhike without incident as long as I keep my wits about me.
I pay attention as I hitchhike the whole way there, watching for signs of weird or dangerous behavior.
I wrap up my modest supplies, then head into the woods and become a wolf, trusting to my endurance and survival instincts.
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