@pinecalties liked for a starter!
“Hey, listen, y-you look like a decent guy who won’t bail like a pansy nor try to beat the shit out of me first thing when I say this, but--” Rick began, approaching this rather burly looking guy that he spotted not but a short distance from where he’d emerged inconspicuously from the forest line, dragging an oddly damp burlap sack behind him.
The lanky blue-haired man looked worse for wear, scraps and bruising all around what was visible on his skin, some tears in his black sweater and pants, and not a lack of what appeared to be blood on his face and hands. Whether or not it was his own wasn’t so apparent.
“--But you, uh, wouldn’t happen to know a decent place to ditch a body around here, huh?” He continued his introduction, pausing to catch his breath after he’d limped up to Stanford’s side. “I-I’d say I have about ten minutes before I’m mowed down by the local revolutionaries.”