First, they'll offer shelter from this storm, since the main building looks open. Second, there might be information about Heaney and the fire, something that would reveal how his saddle ended up strapped to a Bane. But you won't know more about the records there unless you go.
I consider how to approach people at the restaurant.
I head to the town office and look through the records…
I check out that truck. Could I hide in there and wait for whatever is in the woods?
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Freezing rain starts to fall as you approach the municipal building. It's bitterly cold, so you hurry up and slip into the decaying building just as the rain really starts to come down.
"You ain't the UPS man."
You turn to confront a fat woman in drab coveralls who looks more like a janitor than a town clerk. A single watery bulb illuminates her desk and computer; the rest of the building is dark.
"I'm doing some research on the town," you say.
Probably assuming that you're just another student, she hooks a thumb back into the darkness, and returns to her computer.
You head into the darkness as the storm howls outside.
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