Pounding the pavement outside of The Gilded Lily left something to be desired, as Nick made his way into the heart of the city. "Gun store, liqour store, gun store, liquor store....pawn shop....well way to go pawn shop! Having to steal the limelight of the glorious pattern that was coming together." Nick said as he passed by the businesses that littered the street. "Pawn Takes Rook....catchy name...hmm..." Shrugging in the dim streets the ever wild temper of Wolfwood's temper showed on his pale toned flesh. "Sounds like the perfect place to start a little mayhem." Cracking his neck in his usual manner he moved through the door into the well lit shop. Glancing from side to side he saw that unlike most pawn shops in this part of town, there was no sign of worn out machines or yesteryear....only the smell of moth balls and the pawn broker seemed older than last month.

"What can I do for ya tonight my friend? You looking for something special?" The grizzled old man behind the counter said while taking a drag off the stub of a cigar clutched tightly in his lips.

"Ya mack....where is all the good stuff? The broken stereo eqiupment, the worn out 8-tracks, for gods sake there isn't even a single bike in here! Pawn shops normally have enough bikes to start a chinese take out business....what gives?!"

Taking another drag from his cigar he smiles a broken smile from under a beard made of 3 weeks of gray stubble. "You seem to know a lot about pawn shops...I guess you didn't hear the news?" He says nodding in the direction of the curtain behind the counter. "Come on, I got a tube in da back?"

Shrugging at the concept of the news, Nick realized that it had been weeks since the last time he even glanced at a newspaper....months since a tv. "Alright...but no funny business unless you're buying dinner...I'm a proper lady after all." Joking he hopped the wide glass counter and made his way through the thick wool curtains into the dark back room. "You might wanna pay your electric bill bud...there ain't no lights back..." CLANG!!!

The sound of metal hitting bone filled Nicks ears as he fell to the floor. "I thought I'd never catch another one a you blood suckers....be a huge bounty for me when I let this bit o' info hit the net. Hunter's pay top dollar for ones as fiesty as you."