The transport carries Ash, Trent, and Zero back across Evernight to the Greasy Arsehole. When they arrive, Zero looks askance at the diner. "I've been here before, I almost remember... nothing good comes out of this place." The others aren't visible to Ash's eyes through the dirty windows, but in retrospect that isn't surprising.
Worm nods and opens the door, slipping inside, and the rest of you follow him into the room. It's a study in bare, dingy wood; there's a rudimentary counter and a handwritten sign on a piece of cardboard which reads "Hynus's Procurermment". Worm shoos you into a back corner, gives you a thumbs-up, and then knocks loudly on the counter.
"Hynus!" he yells, winking at Cecilia. "It's Worm! Get your ass off the couch!"
After a moment, a motheaten curtain behind the counter twitches aside, revealing an enormous man (presumably Hynus), almost 8 feet tall and nearly as broad, made of solid muscle. He has a nasty scar over one eye, and a mean disposition. The giant moves up to the counter and looks down at Worm, then at the group in the corner, giving particular notice to Ravage. Then he looks down at Worm and grunts questioningly.
"Yeah, these are the ones," the boy says cheerfully.
Hynus reaches under the counter and presses something, and suddenly the telltale shimmer of a wall of force springs up around you, blocking off the corner from the rest of the room.
Worm pumps his fist in excitement. "Yesssssss, got 'em in one!" He bounces over to the other side of the wall and blows Cecilia a kiss. "Sorry it had to end like this, babe... but you know how it is! A Worm makes the best bait."
Hynus drops a fistful of creds on the counter, and Worm scoops them up. Then he points at Unique. "Don't listen to anything she says," and then at Ravage, "...and he's a Morphling. Dunno about the girl." Then he waves merrily and scampers out of the room.
Hynus moves around to lean against the other side of the counter, a huge vibro claymore in his meat-paws. Then he settles in to wait.
