Zod on the move, headed towards North Gate
–Most of Chapter 10
— Chapter 10 —
Zod had to quickly step into another shop, which thankfully wasn’t full of lingerie, to avoid yet another coworker. It seemed like it was raining dam workers, he thought, forgetting that a lot of his mates had their “weekend” today. At least this shop was useful, if not a bit risky, as it was full of upgrades. It would be nice to get that infrared they thought to themselves, perhaps when this ordeal was over it would be a nice treat. They definitely felt like they deserved it. As unobtrusively as possible they made sure the coast was clear before they left the shop and returned to their journey.
Thankfully they made it to West Wall without incident. The crowds were turning into clumps gathering around grocery stalls full of the harvest of the day, and with turning North along the wall Zod breathed an electric sigh of relief.
West Wall was pretty sparsely populated, which was a bit odd but at that point they’d take any boost they could. On further inspection, however they saw someone thwacking the dust out of a well-used rug. Unfortunately there was no choice but to go right pass them. Backtracking again was definitely off the table.
“Hey”, they called out to Zod. “Can you give me a hand with this? It’s a lot of thwacking”
“I’m sorry,” Zod pretended to not hear, “could you repeat that?
“I could use some help thwacking, and hoped you could give a person a hand”
Zod thought about this for a moment, pondering helping them, but realized they’d have to fess up about their tail. “I’m sorry, I’d love to, but I’m running late today.”
“Hopefully next time then”
“Hopefully”
Zod didn’t like making excuses, so at least tried to have as many truths as possible. They really did want to help the person but they were definitely on a tight schedule.
The rest of West Wall passed without incident, and they quickly got to North Wall and the barnacle shops. Zod looked around furtively for anyone, and it looked like they might actually make it without incident this time.