<strong>Jessica</strong><br/><br/>She couldn't really claim that the man's response was a shock, not in comparison to the other shocks she'd been having all morning.. But as the words and their meanings dropped into that hollowly empty spot inside Jessica that she'd helpfully labelled 'this isn't really happening', she stepped back to allow the employee to scoot off to wherever he was going. This left Jessica with a decision to make - go back to bed and hope that this whole mess sorted itself out by the time she woke, or find that oddly stoned gent and attempt to hammer some answers out of him that wouldn't make her feel like she was on the worst acid trip in the world.<br/><br/>Tempting as the first plan was.. Jessica was far too awake for trying to sleep through any oddness. So, setting her shoulders and still absently carrying the mostly empty drink containers, Jessica stepped back out of the shop and looked around for that car.<br/>