The daring bootleg return – Tales of the Courier
1courier looks at the crate and shakes his head. That’s not going to fit. In fact, he would be willing to make a bet on it. For a few minutes he just stares at the damn thing. It’s the middle of the night. He’s still in the badlands. And he still needs to be paid. Furthermore, he returned a delivery. (unheard of) And then, almost immediately, he had another pickup. Further into the badlands. So much for getting back to Nalphia before midnight.
With this in mind he thinks back to the delivery return. He felt disbelief after his arrival at the original pickup location. There was an armored vehicle. And all the windows were dark with tint. Almost as soon as he pulled back into the lot, the m-com link began to flash. 1courier had his instructions. However, that didn’t mean they made any sense. Therefore he pulls alongside the armored vehicle and gets out of the ride.
A moment later he opens the rear door and grabs the oddly shaped package. There is a small cargo door on the rear of the armored vehicle. 1courier’s orders are simple. Place the package inside the cargo door, and leave. He paused for a minute before he did that last bit. However, the instructions from HQ were clear. And then, as if confirming the directive, there is a new pickup order from HQ.
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Try as he might, 1courier can’t figure out why HQ would need an armored car for a package he transported across the badlands. Twice. Unless something was discovered after the fact. The rear cargo door of the armored car opened as 1courier approached. From his vantage point he could see nothing in the interior of the vehicle.
Under those conditions he deposited the oddly shaped package into the armored vehicle. Then he got back in the ride and got moving. The only good thing about going further into the badlands, was getting paid double to do so. 1courier grins. Payday is always a special day. Therefore he drives fast. In fact, he makes up for some lost time. Funny how the absence of a roadblock crew improves the timing of just about everything.
Now, just before midnight, he has arrived at the second pickup location. And there’s no way. The crate is not fitting in the ride. 1courier walks around the wide, wooden box. It is too large for the rear seat. And there is not enough room in the trunk. He doesn’t even have to open the trunk to know it’s true.
Tales of the Courier
Now, an hour further on and he’s more than convinced the crate isn’t worth the trouble. He was right, it didn’t fit in the trunk. Additionally there was no getting it in the back seat of the ride. Of course he has the crate, though. He strapped it to the roof. Now as he rockets down the highway he can only hope the straps will hold.
He still has an hour before he reaches Nalphia, and he is being pursued. Again. Furthermore, it is the armored vehicle from before doing the chasing. 1courier feels too incredulous for words. The armored vehicle closes in on him again, and 1courier kicks the ride into a lower gear, and races away. He checks the m-com link again but there’s nothing. As he races to stay ahead of his pursuer he can’t help but feel a sense of deja-vu.
1courier pushes the ride for all it’s worth. He keeps an eye out for the Welcome to Nalphia sign. Not that his pursuer will stop there, but at least he will finally be out of the badlands. He is thinking about home when the ride is slammed from behind. He grips the wheel tightly to keep the ride on the road. As the ride is struck again, the m-com link begins to flash. HQ is right on time with another bootleg return.
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