"Pretty sure I can deal with vermin." replied Luke. "Cut and cauterise all in one ... I'm like my own lightsaber or something." He took a sip from his coke and glanced around before continuing. "In all honesty, I can't see us having trouble before we pass through the portal. At the risk of sounding like a supervillian cliche, ordinary mortals would hardly even slow us down. Between charm, stealth, magic or ass kicking, they're simply not going to be a concern."<br/><br/>"If we want to do things covertly, I'm pretty sure someone here is good enough with computers to hack into the local government networks, and create us a wonderful set of perfectly legitimate identities."<br/><br/>He drained his coke and set the glass down on the table. "Still, I don't know about the rest of you, but I figure we can go through our lines for the rest of this scene once we check in to a hotel. I for one could use a shower." He gave a wink in Cleo's direction, adding "I'm sure there'll be one big enough for two people."<br/><br/><em>Ok, so no one is likely to be taking us seriously, given how open we're being with all this, but I'd rather not tip off any cultists that an ass kicking is heading in their direction.</em><br/><br/>"I should warn you though, Tang is going to be directing this story arc, and he's something of a perfectionist. Also an asshole." he added with a grin. "So get your rest now while you can. If his flight hadn't been delayed, I'm sure he'd already be on all our cases."