<strong>Philip Redding, Agent<br/>Bargain hotel room</strong><br/><br/>Philip sat on the edge of the foul, depressing bed, watching the spider in the corner of the room. The government agent had a deep scowl on his face, his forehead wrinkled intensely as he tried to plan his next room. Already, things were going poorly. The pre-mission briefing information he had received was all wrong - none of the maps seemed to match up, and descriptions of the town weren't right at all. He was faced with the unpleasant suspicions that either 1) he was in the wrong place entirely or 2) somewhere along the line he had been the victim of sabotage and deliberately given mis-information.<br/><br/>The room was hot and smelled bad. He didn't want to touch anything, and none of the basic facilities worked at all. He had been in lousy situations in combat and on missions before, of course, but that didn't make this any more pleasant to experience. He couldn't relax at all, and felt totally antsy. He wanted to move, to fight, to take action against whoever stood against him - but right now he had no idea where his enemies were, or what he should be doing.<br/><br/>With an annoyed grunt he stood up. His frustrated mind defaulted to its usual setting: plow ahead. He pushed aside his doubts and concentrated on his mission, as if nothing had gone wrong at all. He needed some solid information, first off. He had to establish the truth about the island, and do it as quickly as possible. He didn't think his patience would hold much longer.<br/><br/>With his pack over his shoulder, Philip left his room. He headed to the tiny collection of market stalls, planning on asking questions about the people who ran this island, the 'powers that be' that he would need to deal with. After gathering some human intelligence that way he would try to head towards the mansion at the center of the island, taking a path through the wilderness, and scope it out with binoculars. If he was caught along the way, he was ready to play the innocent tourist and would claim he was bird-watching.