Mayor Nightmare (M/MechanicalLungs)

Shiloh had haughtily argue with the mechanic for a while, trying to convince him to at least bring the car into the shop. "Sir, I understand it's late, but you don't have to work on it tonight! I just don't want to leave it out there. Please, could you jus-"
"Alright, Alright! Stop yer' whinin'. I'll go get the car. But you owe me, kid." The large man grumbled as she stepped past Shiloh. Shiloh felt scared for a moment, before he jogged back out to the gazebo. He saw his friend and smiled. "Hey~"

Noemi nodded before fully entering the building. She didn't expect to see such a luxurious looking place. "Where...is this?" She asked as a tall woman with red hair descended the stairs. "This is City Hall, my dear. The visitor's center is a block that way." The woman pointed to the direction opposite the park, and smiled as she noticed the secretary was spooked to see her. "Thanks, but I just want to know where a nice but not too expensive hotel is. I didn't plan on stopping here, and my car's not working right." Noemi said. "Oh, I see. Then four blocks further into town, there's a nice one where you can stay. Just show the worker at the desk this, and you're covered." The woman said, giving Noemi her business card. Noemi thanked her and left. She jogged to the park gazebo and waited for Shiloh.

He took one of his heavier duffle bags from her, slinging it across the shoulder her hand wasn't on. He smiled slightly down at her. He noticed the sign, and inwardly groaned. "Sure thing, just be careful, alright. I see the auto shop right over there, so if you need me I'll be in there." He watched to make sure she got to the building okay, then headed to the auto shop.

Noemi frowned a bit, feeling some pity for Shiloh, since she could guess the repair would probably be expensive, but she nodded in response to his suggestion. She grabbed their luggage from the back of the car, then placed her hand on Shiloh's shoulder as they walked into town. They passed a bus stop, which had a sign that she read, stating that transportation workers were on strike, so there was no service. "We can meet in that park gazebo over there when we're done searching." She said as she pointed at the structure she mentioned, then waved before entering an office building to ask about hotels.

Shiloh blinked. "My car shouldn't be acting up...." He got out and lifted the hood up on the car, and smoke ambushed his face. He stepped back, coughing. "Well...damn. Hope the people here are friendly. Wanna head into town? I'll let you find us some place warm to stay, and I'll go find a mechanic." He looked at his friend.

Noemi looked at him and chuckled. "Oh no, I have loads of energy right now. We just got started." Noemi said as she approached the bridge overlooking the town. When she started driving on the bridge, she started having trouble with the gears, so she pulled to the side of the road where just before she stopped being able to move the car. "Ah, dammit. Today was starting off great, too. Okay, come on." She said before she tried multiple times to restart the car, but failed. She looked out a window and sighed. "I guess we're stuck in this town for a little while. Want to go find some help?" Noemi asked as she turned on her emergency lights.
(Sorry it's late. I felt like I was rushing the plot in my earlier drafts. The picture doesn't look that big where I got it. =/)

(I can use a guy then, no big deal ^^ Oh lord that's a big picture. Okay. Just a better reference for him then, hm?)


Shiloh Moore was a freshman in college. He was a very active young man. He loved theatre, he loved to act and write scripts. He had quite a few hobbies, ranging from theatre to writing, to photography. He was a very calm, funny guy. He could get very defensive of his friends especially his best friend. He actually met Noemi in one of his earlier productions.

As of this moment, Shi was sitting in the passenger seat, doodling in a notebook while listening to music. He had his seat leaned back and his feet propped up on the dashboard, he was obviously very comfortable. He glanced at her, smiling. "You getting tired, Noemi? I can take the wheel."

Two and a half driving hours away from the nearest major city was a town called Verona. Surrounded by mountains that are snowed on in the winter and with a population of about 75,000 residents, the town had mostly managed to stay away from it's neighbor city's problems and from being nationally famous. It's current mayor was a 29-year-old woman named Samara Horowitz, who was elected after her predecessor retired. Samara had grown up there, only living in the city when she attended college.

Now the widowed mother had more control of the town than anyone knew. Every night, she would stay up and watch her resident's nightly movements, so she'd know the result of her work and the context of the next day's newspaper reports, which wondered about or just made up stories about the causes of events such as an intersection car accident, or broken store windows. The people thought they had a sleepwalking epidemic, and Samara assured them she would discover the cause and find the cure.

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Noemi Quinn was a young woman who had just finished high school. Her parents had once worked as television crew members, but once they started having children, they decided that moving from set location to set location was too unstable for them, so they settled down elsewhere and worked for the local news affiliate. They had arrived just in time for Noemi to attend first grade there, and loved her new surroundings. Noemi enjoyed being on stage, whether it's as an actor or a musician, so she was in one of her costumes for a play when she met the one who was now her best friend.

The two had decided to take a road trip months ago, and Noemi had been looking forward to it since then. Among the things she brought were books to read and other things to pass the time when it wasn't her turn to drive, but she found herself looking out the window at the scenery, as she hadn't been in the area before. Now she was at the wheel, watching the road, and occasionally glancing at her friend. They had spent the previous night in the city, and soon they saw the town of Verona in the distance.

(I hope it's okay. I'll include the picture of Noemi in the next post. I wanted to make a boy, but the name stuck.)