1/3 Buckwheat 2026/01/22(Thu)23:32 No. 1120352 ID: 9db031
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>First off check the hollow log for snakes or frogs or cool bugs.
>An old perch could be a branch still on a fallen log. Start with that one?
Kaari: “Hm, maybe it’s in one of these hollowed out logs?”

I walk over and take a peek. Aw, just a bunch of ants crawling around. I hear the crunching and shuffling of some leaves behind me, Lana’s digging through the other one.
Kaari: “Find anything?”

Lana: “I found something green!”

Kaari: “Is it the cache!?”

Lana: “Might be even better, hurry up and look!”

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I rush back over and see Lana holding a gob of something. She chucks it to the ground and it splats all over.

Kaari: “Haha! What was that all about?”

Lana: “All the moss and crusty leaves you’ll ever need in life. You ever gather up moss and try to make the biggest splat with it?”

Kaari: “No, I don’t think I’ve ever seen much moss before.”

Lana: “Wanna try it? There’s more bunched up in the log.”

Kaari: “Uh...nah I’m fine.”

Lana: “A shame, guess I’ll have to put aside my moss-splatting days again to look for the cache. Got any other ideas on where to look?”

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>second investigate the stump. It might be the "old perch" and the dig spot would then be a log or limb nearby.
Kaari: “How about that stump. Maybe that’s where the old perch was.”

Lana: “Or the stump is the perch. Let’s look!”

Examining the stump, and there’s a little branch stuck to the side.
Lana: “Looking promising, good call Kaari.”

Kaari: “I’m not sure, nothing really says we struck it big.”

Lana: “Uh, look a little closer. Missing patch of grass. Hard to see, but you can see a bit of shine on it from the sunlight.”

Kaari: “I can kinda see it now. Let’s dig it up and see if we’re right!”

Lana: “How about we take a guess what’s in it?”

Kaari: “We don’t even know if this is the cache.”

She gives it a good tap, it makes a bit of a metallic clunk.
Lana: “If this isn’t it, then I have no idea what it would be then.”

Geocache or not, I’m getting more and more curious as to what this thing even is? She’s looking at me waiting for a response. The suspense is getting to me a bit, the temptation to just blurt out something random is growing. Oooh, what should I say?!

>>1120354
I bet you could set a glitter bomb in one of these things.
Uh.
Biodegradable glitter though.
Cause prospective rangers scattering a microplastic tornado in the heartnp of nature would probably be a no no.

Uh.
Contents?
A poem?
Shiny rock from another country!
Polaroid of a chache visitor?
A bottle of mystery liquid!

>>1120354
Ha, it's the box from the OP.

>what's in it?
20 bux.

I bet its a little diorama of a scene of local history

IT S A LANDMINE! HIT THE DECK!

You joke

It’s a time capsule you think

or knowing their luck, probably something Dente related, like drugs or a bunch of ill gotten money hidden here, unrelated to the scavenger hunt

Watch it be sap/syrup

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>I bet you could set a glitter bomb in one of these things.
I hope not, glitter is sooo tough to get out of fur!

>Watch it be sap/syrup
That would be my luck.

>Shiny rock from another country!
>diorama of a scene of local history
Kaari: “Maybe there’s a shiny rock from another country, or a little diorama of a historic moment?”

Lana: “I bet it’s something cool from the cooper mine!”

She doesn’t hesitate and lifts the cache out of the ground.
Lana: “An old ammo box? Hopefully it’s the cache and not something those poachers stashed.”

Kaari: “Uh, open it carefully I guess?”

She slowly lifts up the squeaky lid, and takes a notepad out of it.
Kaari: “That’s it?”

Lana: “No, this is the finders log. You’re suppose to sign and date an entry when you find these. Here, your turn.”

Kaari: “Oh sure.”

I quickly scribble my name in, and put it back on the cache.

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Lana: “Alright, let’s see what stuff we can pick from. We can take something from cache, as long as we put something new in it.”

She starts taking things out and laying them on the stump.

Lana: “Some fancy rocks, a goofy goldfish pen, oh man check out this sick knife!”

Kaari: “I-I’d rather not…”

She jabs it into the stump and moves on.
Lana: “A cassette tape? It’s a single from the Blood Soaked Hecklers!”

Kaari: “Wow, what are the odds. Which song is it?”

Lana: “Tropical Punch Clocks, with the first print blood stain pattern.”

Kaari: “Eh. Anything else?”

Lana: “A pine tree air freshener.”

Kaari: “Kinda silly to put that in there when there’s all kinds of tree smells out here.”

Lana: “Yeah, but then we could take the good smells with us!”

I let out a little chuckle.

Lana: “Alright dibs on the knife, that’s way too cool to pass up on.”

Kaari: “All yours Lana.”

Lana: “How about you Kaari, what do you want to take?”

Hm, not too sure. I think any of these would make for a funny souvenir to remember our date. Not really sure what I want though.
What should I take, and what’s something I could put back in the cache?

Doesn't that purple rock remind you of Lana?

I hope Lana brought something nice to put in the box, cause all Kaari has is the firstaid kit. Actually why not put some of the the kit supplies in. Maybe a future seeker will have hurt themselves on the way and find that really helpful.

>>1120626
The goldfish pen. It's something you can use, and recognizable enough that it makes a good memento.

>what to put in?
Inventory check!

The cassette tape, maybe listen to some music, maybe somebody recorded over it to leave a secret message too?That’d be a laugh. Who knows, it might be super rare and you can sell it for a profit at an online auction for an fortune and get your life back on track!

Some bandages might be a good idea, considering all the weird bloodstains we’ve been seeing. We already know that at least two people got hurt today, including Lana. Someone who got hurt while searching for the box might appreciate it (tho that would mean they can only take the bandages)

>>1120637
Yep! Inventory check!
Ooh.
Do we have an interesting key chain mascotvwe dan bring ourself tompart with?

Agree on taking the goldfish pen, and leaving a keychain charm in its place.

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>Yep! Inventory check!
>I hope Lana brought something nice to put in the box, cause all Kaari has is the firstaid kit.
Aw man! I would brought something fun had I known.

Kaari: “Uh, hope you can bail me out here Lana cause all I’ve got is the first aid kit.”

Lana chuckles a bit and teases,
Lana: “Oh darn, I guess you don’t’ get to take anything then.”

She starts rummaging through her backpack,
Lana: “How about this, I’ll let you pick something from the backpack to put in. Then later you can find me something for my backpack.”

Kaari: “Sounds fair enough.”

Lana: “I actually brought a few things for the swap. Sticker sheets, bottle cap necklace, one of those lil toy skateboards, a googly eye wolf keychain.”

Kaari: “Oh! Googly eye Wolf! Googly eye Wolf!”

Lana: “Haha! Okay sounds like a winner then. I’m going to throw in the sticker sheets and the skateboard for my swap then. What we’re you going to take?”

>The goldfish pen. It's something you can use, and recognizable enough that it makes a good memento.
>Agree on taking the goldfish pen

Kaari: “I want the goldfish pen. Something silly, but also something I can use.”

Lana: “Alright grab your pen and let’s clean up. We got one more thing to do before we get going.”

She quickly puts everything back in the geocache and gets it back into the ground. After that she pulls some kind of stand out of the backpack.

Kaari: “What’s that for?”

She smiles, pulling out a camera next.
Lana: “A photo to remember our date with.”

She gets it setup and tells me where to position myself.
Lana: “Alright, a little closer. Oh, try to hold up your goldfish pen as well, I wanna get our prizes in the picture too.”

Then she hurries over by me and holds out her knife. A few moments later the camera starts flashing rapidly.
Lana: “Alright lets see how those turned out.”

As she approaches the camera, there’s some rustling in the bushes. We both freeze.

Lana: “Oh for the love… Whoever you are, you got three seconds to get out of that bush and get lost!”

A figure emerges from the bush, and when I realize who it is, I can feel my eyes grow with shock.

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Dente: “I-I-need to g-get out of here, quickly. Uh-not-not se-seen. Can you h-help?”

A tornado of emotions fill me. Relief she’s okay, absolute anger thinking about what we went through at the bar because of her, shock that we’ve even found her alive. We’re both standing in silent shock just seeing her there, in the bush.

Dente: “Please?”

No, you certainly don't want to be seen with her, as that would invite more attention from the mob. She's also not entitled to your help, after running off and leaving you to die at the bar. I would say to just walk off and leave her to her own devices.

However, if she's hiding out in the park, then she may end up becoming your problem if you get the park ranger job, and that is literally the last thing you want right now.

Can you call the cops on her, either to arrest her or put her in protective custody? That would wash your hands of her as neatly as possible.

If not, call the rangers and see if they have a place she can wait while you call the producer that helped Lana. They're the one who should be dealing with this.

Under no circumstances do you want to leave the park with Dente. That's just asking to have your car followed.

>>1122635
Nnngh.
She looks hurt, but you guys nearly died.
Ok

Haul off on her. Say all the shit you wanted to day to herbover everything that went rown. The good and the bad, the worry and the anger.

Then, when youre empty of all that, think about her question again.
Think about what itd do to you to help, but also what itd do to you if you didnt.

You are in no way obligated to help her. At most, she can have some bandages for her paws (assuming the bloody footprints were hers), but that's the amount of help you are offering. she can bandage herself up.

>>1122637
this

Why is she here? She was in the cave, we saw her shed fur. Is she with the poachers now?

no no no. if she's here those psychos could be hunting her down as we speak.

But, it would be great if she was far, far away. So lets hear it fox, what's your plan? Where you trying to go?

Also if you're going to be talking to her for more than a minute or two, you need to get her away from the geocache. You're probably not the only ones searching for it, and you *will* be seen with her if you stay where you are.

If you're going to do this, you also want to get her bandaged up first. The trail of fur and blood she's been leaving is very bad in her situation, and also bad for you as long as you're in her vicinity.

I'm going to say have her bandage herself up while you close up the cache, then get somewhere more secluded while you figure out what to do with her.

Like it or not, you're witnesses now. Something happens to her, you could be suspects. Either call the authorities or start hauling assault.

>>1122936
*hauling ass. Stupid auto correct

1/2 Buckwheat 2026/03/06(Fri)03:06 No. 1123048 ID: 9db031
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>Haul off on her. Say all the shit you wanted to say to her over everything that went down. The good and the bad, the worry and the anger.
>She's also not entitled to your help, after running off and leaving you to die at the bar.
Kaari: “You left us to get murdered by those assholes, and now you want our help to bail you out again! At least the others pitched in and helped us escape, you haven’t done shit!”

Dente: “Shh-”

Kaari: “They kept dunking me under water, threatening to drown me if I didn’t tell them where you were!”

Dente: “Keep it-”

>no no no. if she's here those psychos could be hunting her down as we speak.
Kaari: “You’re probably being hunted down by that group still, aren’t you? No, screw you I am not being put into another hostage situation!”

Dente: “D-different group. I-I’ll explain later but we need to move. They might have heard you.”

> if you're going to be talking to her for more than a minute or two, you need to get her away from the geocache. You're probably not the only ones searching for it.
Lana: “Helping her or not, I agree we need to move somewhere else. Someone looking for the geocache might run into us.”

Kaari: “Fine.”

> you also want to get her bandaged up first. The trail of fur and blood she's been leaving is very bad in her situation
Lana: “Take out the first-aid kit Kaari, give her the gauze and some band-aids. That was her blood and fur we probably saw earlier today. Last thing we need is a trail for them to follow.”

I toss her some band-aids and gauzes. She hides back in the bush and patches herself up.

Dente: “This should take care of the worst of it for now…”

Lana: “Take my jacket while you’re at it. Should help you blend in with us better. Not to mention hiding in the bushes just makes a lot noise.”

She tosses her coat at Dente.

Lana: “Now let’s move back towards the mine and make a plan. We can yell for Pickford if things get dicey.”

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We make a run for it, stopping outside the mine.

>lets hear it fox, what's your plan? Where you trying to go?
>Under no circumstances do you want to leave the park with Dente. That's just asking to have your car followed.
Kaari: “Where do you expect us to take you anyway? Those freaks will tail us the moment we’re seen driving off with you!”

Lana: “Kaari, keep your voice down. I know we’re pissed off, but yelling is not helping.”

She shoots a concerned look at Dente.
Lana: “I can call up the studio, if that’s what you want. Syvva and the others are worried sick about you.”

Dente: “I-I can’t even think of being in the same room as them. They probably want me dead.”

Kaari: “Then what- what do you want us to do?”

Dente: “I don’t know, take me to the hospital or something? I-I…no I don’t want to think about it.”

Lana: “Think about what?”

There’s a chill in the air as we all stand in silence.

Dente: "Please, just... just get me to the hospital.”

Lana: “Should we call an ambulance?”

Dente: “No! I-it..I-I that’s too much noise.”

Kaari: “Then get someone else--”

Lana: “Keep it down Kaari.”

Kaari: “We are not taking her with us, Lana.”

Lana: “Excuse me, who has a license? Whose car did we drive out here?”

I grumble to myself while I check my cell phone, the reception is bad but a call should go through.

Dente: “Who are you calling? You’re sending the cops after me aren’t you!”

Lana passes me the walkie-talkie,

Lana: “We’re not going to call the cops. Knowing our luck we’d get stuck between them in a shoot out with those poachers.”

Dente “Oh…they-they’re not just…never mind.”

Lana: “Alright, fine. Dente you have three options with us here. Either we call you an ambulance, call up the studio and have someone pick you up, or we can call in the park rangers to help. You got the count of three to pick something.”

Dente: “Why can’t you just-“

Lana: “One.”

I can hear her breathing heavily.

Lana: “Two.”

Her head is turning all over the place.

Lana: “Three. Kaari get someone on the phone or radio in for Judith. I’ll keep an eye on her.”

I-ugh. Great now I have to decide.

Lana: “Kaari, anyone now.”

That doesn’t help! What has her all spooked now?! I-I’m almost tempted to run into the mine but there’s not going to be reception in there.

Phone and radio are in paw, who’s getting called?

It’ll have to be the band members, they are not going to draw attention to poachers, and they might have an idea what is going on. And she needs to talk to them as painful as it is for her, might bring her back to earth

>>1123049
Call the park rangers. It sounded like Dente was trying to say something about the poachers, and if she knows something important, the rangers should hear it. It's their job to keep the park safe.

Call the park rangers. They have enough manpower to help us immediately, and will not draw much extra attention with their movements. Tell them to bring something that can hide someone's appearance. Fur dye would work, and a chance of clothes. The plan is for the rangers to take her into custody and interview her to gather more evidence against the "poachers", escalating the situation to the local police if needed.

The rangers can obscure their actions by pretending to administer first aid to Dente for getting injured in the mines. We know it's dangerous in there.

I wouldn't involve more people than are already involved. Call the studio

(edited)
Also, I think we should ask how her paws got injured before we call anyone, especially the park rangers. the Donkey Pickford said it was sharp rocks from not wearing shoes, but if she says a different reason, Pickford, or Dente could be lying, potentially meaning some if not all the park rangers might not be trustworthy if its Pickford.

Also, don't mention what Pickford said until she answers. That might influence what she answers

>>1123049
Im not sure who to call.
Band would take time.
Rangers are closer but authorities of any kind are going to panic dente.
Theres a small chance, very slim, of rangers being connected to something bad and while i doubt that paranoid little impulse, i cant completely leave it unacknowledged.

One thing we have to remember is dente has already been in the caves and we dont know why.

The other is, this dumbass may panic and flee into the mines the second we make the call so put on you mental running shoes.

I now notice that Lana seems worried about something nearby. We should get moving fast, no time for more questions.

I already suggested the park rangers, but when we call them, we shouldn't say too much over the radio. Tell them that our girlfriend's leg is acting up and we'd like a ride back to their station. That won't give us away to anyone listening; we'll tell them more when we have time.

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>Call the park rangers. They have enough manpower to help us immediately, and will not draw much extra attention with their movements.
>Tell them that our girlfriend's leg is acting up and we'd like a ride back to their station.
I use the radio to call Judith.
Kaari: “Judith come in, this is Kaari. We’re at the mine and need a ride back, Lana’s hurt and can’t walk! O-over.”

Judith: “Copy that, this is Judith. I’ll see if I can drive by with the ranger, otherwise you might have to hang tight till I get there with a wheelchair. If things are bad, call out for Pickford. He’s a donkey that watches over the mines. Over.”

Kaari: "Yup, okay got it! Thanks-"

Lana rushes in carrying Dente,

Lana: “In the mine, now!”

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I let go of the radio button and follow her inside. Judith responds back, but the interference is bad.
Judith: “Come- Kar- ev- ok?”

Kaari: “I-I think so? Over.”

It’s now just pure static on the radio.

>Lana seems worried about something nearby.
Kaari: “What’s out there?”

Lana: “Not sure, but there’s a thick whiff of sap and syrup. Keep moving.”

>I think we should ask how her paws got injured
>One thing we have to remember is Dente has already been in the caves and we dont know why.
Kaari: “So was that your blood and fur we saw in here or someone else you ditched to make a getaway?”

Lana just shoots me another dirty look while Dente explains,
Dente: “N-no. A stupid rock went through my pads when-”
She’s shaking nervously,
Dente: “I had moment to book it from those thugs. Then this donkey dude bandaged me up, but I think he smelled something on me. H-he told me scram or he’d call the rangers on me.”

Lana: “What would he have smelled on you to warrant that, Dente? You need to stop hiding things from us so we can know what to expect.

Dente: “Pleeease, don’t make me think about what I’ve been through this week. J-just get me to the hospital and let the doctors handle it.

Lana stops and looks her dead in the eye.
Lana: “Calmly tell me, are drugs involved? Yes or no.”

She lets out a pathetic whimper,
Dente: “Y-yes.”

Lana: “Is there a group hunting you down?”

Dente: [small]“Y-yes.”

Lana: “Do they have guns?”

Dente: “I-I don’t know! Just like, knives and sharp tools, I…think.”

Lana: “Is this the same group from the bar?”

She quickly shakes her head,
Dente: “No no no.”

Lana pauses for a moment to think.
Lana: “Are the park rangers involved?”

Dente: “Maybe?”

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Kaari: “What do you mean maybe?!”

I quickly cover my mouth as the question echoes through the mine. Lana snaps around and angrily points at my face.
Lana: “Kaari, you need to get those outbursts under control. Now. I am just as fucking pissed as you are. But-”

She pauses and points back at Dente

Lana: [small]“-drug-dealer’s-most-wanted over here has a dangerous group of criminals hunting her down.”
She turns back to me.

Lana: “Which is the same group of criminals that I am doing everything I can to make sure does not find and harm any of us.”

Lana: “So, can we please bury the hatchet here for two moments to come up with a plan?”

>>1123575
Why does Dente think the park rangers might be involved, and how? Everything we've seen implies they're trying to stop criminals; is there some reason we shouldn't trust them?

More broadly, how much do the people hunting Dente know about her and/or us? To escape them, we need to know how well they can predict our movements.

Solid walls and earth block radio frequencies, so we're going to be off-grid for the foreseeable future.

Let's go deeper and see if there's another exit.

walk and talk, or whisper. Let Lana do the interrogating since she's being so particular. Keep moving

>drugs are involved
Ok, the endgame is to get her into rehab, and possibly police protection if she can provide any worthwhile testimony, but the police might not be particularly kind to an addict... I wonder if we care about that.
We can tell the miner in here (if we run into him) about the rehab angle. He should be amenable, since it's like a rescue thing. You know, on top of literally rescuing her from being hunted down.

In fact, we should try to go find that guy. He knows the mines, maybe with his help we can find a spot to hide until the rangers show up and scare off the poachers. If she has good reason to believe the rangers are in league with the criminals she's running from, we'll be out of low risk options. If she has a shitty reason to suspect them, then we'll try to get their help anyway.

>>1123575
Briefly think about burying the hatchet in dente's forehead.
I mean, youre not going to.
There isnt even a real hatchet.
But you might find the mental image cathartic.

Then quietly head deeper in.
Pickford let her go once after patching her up so you can be fairly sure that hes not on side with whoever is chasing her.
Plus, if theres anyone here whod know the mine, its him.
He may know a way to slip by them, lose them or even pop out somewhere else. If any of those are possible, hed know.

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Kaari: “Not easy to keep calm right now, but yeah. Fine I can try to lay off a bit.”

Her voice gets a bit shaky, almost trembling a bit.
Lana: “Kaari, please. I…I don’t think I can manage to run any more tonight. I don’t even know if I’m going to have any fight in me if they find us.”

>Then quietly head deeper in.
>Pickford let her go once after patching her up so you can be fairly sure that hes not on side with whoever is chasing her.
>walk and talk, or whisper.
Kaari: “Let’s head in deeper and try to find Pickford. He was pretty nice to us. Maybe if we show up with Dente, he’ll be more willing to help. Or at least until Judith shows up.

Lana: “That’s a solid plan. Now keep that thinking cap on and stay focused.”

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Lana leads the way and keeps up with the questions,
>Why does Dente think the park rangers might be involved, and how?
Lana: “Okay, what would make you think the rangers are involved?”

Dente: “I can’t remember if some of them were using ranger uniforms as a disguise or if they really were rangers. They had park looking uniforms on.”

Lana: “Ah, shit. Alright I’m pretty sure we don’t have to worry about Judith, but that’s could cause issues if we run into any other park rangers. I need you to try and keep thinking on that, Dente.”

>More broadly, how much do the people hunting Dente know about her and/or us?
Kaari: “Maybe you could tell us more about this group? What do they even know or want from you? ”

Dente: “They know about me and…uh, that other group. They’re using that to blackmail me into helping them. O-otherwise they’re going to give away I’m here.”

Lana: “Fuck! I-alright. Do they know about us, do they know me and Kaari are here?”

Dente: “Maybe, they know some panther and rabbit chased off some asshole today.”

Dente: “Uh, thanks for that by the way. That chaos you caused helped me slip away.

Lana: “So wait, they know the group that was at the bar? Two of them are dead and the other’s sitting in prison. Are there more of them?”

She squints at Lana and acts like that’s a ridiculous question,
Dente: “They’re part of a whole cartel, what do you think? Yes! This is part of why I need to slip out of here quietly.”

She grabs Dente by the neck,
Lana: “Act like that again, and I will drag you outside by the tail, throw you at the closest object in sight, and yell for the rangers. Got it?”

Her head quickly bobs up and down.

Lana: “Good. I got more questions, but I think I see Pickford’s campsite ahead.”

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We walk in, but no-one’s here!
Kaari: “Pickford? Pickford are you-”

Lana: “Keep your voice lowered. Last thing we need is an echo giving us away.”

Kaari: “Oh, right. Hey you don’t think he left for the day. Do you?”

Lana: “That would be our luck.”

Dente: “Maybe the poachers got him?”

Lana: “Doubtful, unless they have guns. I don’t think even two of me could take that guy down.”
Lana looks over at me,
Lana: “What do you think Kaari? Do you think we should stick around and see if Pickford comes back, or go look around for him?”

Kaari: “What if we get lost?”

Dente: “What if we get found?

Lana: “Not making this any easier of a choice, are you?”

Is that a medkit in the background ? Should probably open it up and see what's inside if that's the case

>>1125041
Take stock of what's in the room. I don't want to steal from him, but this is a bit of an emergency so we might have to borrow without permission if there's something essential.

Find a hiding place for Dente here, so that anyone who comes won’t immediately spot her, and it’ll just be two tourists hanging out in the mines

>>1125054
that, and won't it be dark soon? Sneaking through the woods off the path is a little dangerous but the likeliest way to get away scott free.

But back up, she said this second group wants her to do something for them so they're blackmailing her? Why doesn't she just do it then?

>>1125054
This is a sound plan. If rangers who arent judith burst in, act like theyre legit.
Just tell them you wanted to say bye to pickford and thank him again for earlier.

Theyll lijely think their cover is working and be less likely to turn the room over and break that cover.

Also, the med kit, if it indeed is one, worth checking.