Block will make several shopping trips during the down time, and will make the effort to visit his new friend from the Upper West Side, and his existing friends that he usually hangs out with.

His major shopping trip will begin using his Meridian Yrcanos alias, leaving his normal Grunyon commlink turned off for the entirety of the trip. For this trip, alone, he uses the cred stick given for the mission to pay for the material he wants.

He picks one of the more reputable electronics/prepper stores, and wants to acquire some modifications for his "Meridian" commlink:

• Skinlink adapter for commlink (avail 6, 50 Nuyen)
• Subvocal Microphone for commlink (avail 6, 50 Nuyen)
• Laser Link rating 6, (avail 0, 150 Nuyen)
• Encrypt rating 6, (avail 0, 600 Nuyen)

If anyone hassles him about these purchases, Block basically gives that person the "I'm grumpy" stare.

Once that stuff is installed, Block will move off somewhere quiet, and will return his "Meridian" commlink back to running in hidden mode.

A few days later, he will go shopping for medical supplies under his Grunyon commlink, and his real name. He will pick a different store or set of stores to buy from than the last set(Stuffer Shack?) He will use his stockpiled money, rather than the mission credstick, to pay for these:

• Butt Pack, Avail 4, 80 Nuyen
• Flashlight, Avail 0, 25 Nuyen
• Respirator Rating 6, Avail 0, 150 Nuyen
• Glue Sprayer, Avail 0, 150 Nuyen
• 3 Light sticks, Avail 0, 15 Nuyen

If someone asks about this set of choices, Block will launch into the standard Doc Wagon sales pitch, covering how we try to prepare for anything, whether it is field trauma, or restricted space rescue, and how good it is to have the peace of mind of having even a basic Doc Wagon contract for those unforeseen events that happen in life.

If that isn't enough to drive off any nosy busybodies, he will try to sign them up for his corporation's service.

He will drop in on Leeson to make sure the guy is all right.

He also wants to run the cycle of his buddies - but he will keep utterly tight-lipped about what happened in the Park that night. Tiny paid for our silence, so he gets it.

Part II to come later ...