<div align="center"><strong>-Annabel, NCP,  The Saloon – Avalon, seeking Hotaru aka The Doc</strong></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://www.amybrown.net/women/cowgirl.jpg)</div>Annabel Jackson walked the dust covered streets, looking down every alley, in search of the petite, dark haired doctor. Hotaru had a reputation of helping out those folks in need of being helped, and today that would be Annabel.  She looked in one piece, though in need of a good sprucing, but life on this planet wasn’t for the prissy type. The women on this planet learned to work the land and live without the niceties that were commonplace on those planets closer to the core. Wiping the dirt from her face with the aid of her sleeve, Annabel headed into the tavern and hoped the tiny angel would be taking shelter in the seedy bar. The doubt in her eyes showed clearly that Hotaru would be hiding within the dark tavern but she was running out of both patients and time.<br/><br/>The sound of her heavy boots shuffling across the uneven planks that served as a walkway. She paused as she rounded the corner watching through narrowed eyes at the stranger that stood mostly unnoticed by the folk going about their day. ”You look too clean” Annabel commented as she got closer, taking a full moment to look over the strawberry blonde. ”You might want to dirty yourself up a bit if you’re looking to blend in, other than that someone is gonna target you for something you may or may not got. This town may look sleepy, but it ain’t. Come inside with me. You waitin’ on anyone particular? Its better you do your waitin’ with a drink.”<br/><br/>Taking the girl by the arm, Annabel didn’t give the stranger much of a chance to answer as she pulled her along with inside the tavern. ”Standing about lookin’ like you do is only askin’ for trouble. You ain’t  lookin’ to sell yourself are yeah? You don’t seem the type ready to spread em’ for some money. But that’s what you’ll get hanging about all clean and pretty like.” Shaking her head, Annabel guided the smaller girl to a table nearby a cocky looking man and a woman who did seem the type to spread em’, with or without the encouragement of payment.<br/><br/>Looking over at the bartender, Annabel nodded her head and held up two fingers, signaling the need for drinks. ”Has the Doc been in today?” she asked over the buzz in the bar, sighing heavily at the shake of the head she received as her answer. Taking off her dust covered hat, Annabel grumbled under her breath and chucked the hat on the table before looking back at the girl she had chosen as company. ”The name’s Annabel. You ain’t seen a tiny doll of an Asian girl while you been hanging around doing nothing much have you?”Again, not waiting for an answer Annabel glanced over at the couple at the next table ”What about you two? You have time in your...whatever it is you are doin’ to spot a tiny Asian looking girl going by the name of Hotaru or Doc?”<br/>