Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Mapmaker

Tonight was a bit odd...I was just stopping at the gas station for a vitamin water when an unusual thing happened. Well, first of all, it wasn't my "normal" gas station to begin with....I dropped by the shell station off of I-10 and DeZavala. 

Apparently, no one trusts the vampires that walk the night and so their doors were locked and had the traditional bank vault drawer that equaled to the "insert money - get item" system.  Well, while I was waiting for that to finalize, some guy walks up to me and asks, "how well do you know this area?"

"fairly well, I would say," I replied.

"We're looking for blah-blah-blah apts."

"Those don't sound familiar," I countered...and a small part of me went through the quick inventory of apartments and tricks in the immediate area. Not very comforting. I reassured myself that I knew at least some of them from a slightly more "just cause" mentality.

They gave me a counter-street and I directed him and now his wife/girlfriend who I walked up to so that she would hear the directions too. Figured if they both got a dose, it'd be better than one misinterpreting all my hard work.

Well, while THAT was wrapping up and I started heading to my car, a SECOND, guy was now at the window asking for directions to Fort Sam. Now he was a bit on the muscle-y side, and he too, had a girlfriend waiting in the midst. He complained how he had been driving around for the last hour and a half and could not find I-35 yet.

I hid my musings of how military people are normally trained in this "find your way out of the jungle with a flashlight, a knife, and a map" routine.  But, I tried not to think of it too heavily.  His aggression was rather high and I reached into the car and pulled out a scrap paper. I reviewed the whole "two rings" of San Antonio theory and explained my guest attempt to get him to Fort Sam.  I haven't been over in that part since the army guy...but, that's a good Don't Ask, Don't Tell kinda story.

I juggled my vitamin water and headed out along my mary way.

Wonder if those were good deeds done, or if I sent them to their doom.

No one said we'd have closure...

such is life!
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