Take a trip to Romania!
From Create Your Own Story
You decide to take the von Furchstam case and go to Romania. This is the closest thing you’ll get to a vacation for a long time.
You spend the rest of the day getting things in order for Michael to take over, and learning the details of the von Furchstam case. On the net, you learn that the town is in mountainous, rural Transylvania!
It takes you the rest of the evening to get everything together for your departure tomorrow. Finally, you lie down in bed, exhausted. Transylvania, you think. I’m going to Transylvania. You smile, thinking about all the cheesy horror flicks set in that country. You wonder what the country’s done to deserve such a reputation. Then you sleep.
When you arrive in Romania, it’s just starting to rain. The town, Schlechter Vielfrass, is pretty far away, and you travel by train for a while. Finally, the rail line ends, and you approach the bus station that should take you the rest of the way.
The rain’s gotten much worse. The roads here is in bad shape. The bus station is too, for that matter. You wonder why your company hasn’t sprung for a rental. You don’t want to rely on whatever they’re driving. You step out of the rain into the office. A single man is behind the cluttered counter, staring at his computer screen.
You approach him. “Hi. I’m Melissa Parker from the Lager and Hays firm. We’ve reserved a ticket for a bus to Schlechter Vielfrass.” You check your watch. “It should be leaving in forty five minutes.”
The man looks a bit startled. “No one’s driving out there today. The roads aren’t good, and the rain will only make them worse. It’s supposed to stop about noon tomorrow, and we’ll resume our route then. Uh, we have a list of hotels in the area if you need somewhere to stay.” He rummages through the debris, and hands you a folded up piece of paper.
You accept the paper, but you wonder if there are any alternatives. “Is there anywhere around I can rent a car?”
The man regards you thoughtfully. “Not any official places, no. But Tabitha- she sells cars usually, but she might rent one out. Here’s her number. You can call on our phone.”
You could rent a car for your stay. Way more convenient, definitely, and then you wouldn't have to wait for the bus company to be ready to drive. Or you could wait for the bus tomorrow. Driving in this weather just wouldn't be fun.
