Free permit store!

Jessica started walking down the street, being cautious about her surroundings this time as she definitely doesn't want to get on anyone's bad side. There were a few people walking down the street, all either in dirty hoodies or jackets with their hood up so Jessica couldn't see their face. She saw this one poor family who were coming back from a grocery shop, it was a single mom with two kids. Jessica couldn't help but feel bad for all these people, but she quickly brushed that aside with her obnoxious opinion that poor people deserve what they get.

As she progressed further down the street, more stores started popping up. Jessica soon realised she'd found the town centre for the poor end of Pinesdale. She considered giving one of the people an interview as more were starting to show up, but she then realised how well her conversation went with a Pinesdale citizen earlier...

Almost like a cherry on top of a cake, it started drastically raining, which soon cleared the streets. Jessica needed to find shelter quickly, so she started looking at the stores she was walking past. One store caught her eye in particular. It was a yellowish building that looked a bit dirty and run down like all the others. What Jessica had spotted was a sign in the window saying "Free Pinesdale Permits!".

Jessica didn't take long to debate going inside, it was raining and she could also get a permit to sort out the issue the Pinesdale people seem to have with her. The door to the shop clinked as Jessica pushed it, ringing a bell to alert whomever was in the store of a new customer entering. There wasn't really anything in the store, just a whole bunch of sealed boxes and a cash desk at the very front. The cash desk was also the only thing lit up in the small shop.

Jessica walked up to the front of the cash desk, expecting there to be someone there but nobody was. "Hello? Anyone there?" She called out, hoping someone was in the back. She heard some rustling behind a closed door, which suddenly swung open. A slightly overweight woman stepped in, she had tattoos all over her arms and had a short pink haircut. This woman looked very rough.

"How can I help?" The woman asked in a surprisingly pleasant tone all things considered. "Hi, I'm Jessica Johnson from the DNN and I need to do some work for a case I'm investigating but I've realised I need some sort of permit?" Jessica explained to the till lady. "Thought I recognised you from somewhere, seen you on TV a few times. Yeah we do free permits here, I'm guessing you don't know what they are? Because I'll have to make sure you're aware of what they do before I hand one over to you."

Jessica nodded, she was hoping the rain would settle down as she did not like being near poverty. The woman gave Jessica a slightly judgemental look, which she didn't notice. "Okay so, permits have been a system in Pinesdale for a while, we've had them since before I was born! Pinesdale is a separate country and therefore we act as one big private land. Therefore, in order to roam free in Pinesdale you need an all rounder permit, which are usually very hard to come by. These essentially determine your idendity, now the main ones allow you to choose whatever you want, based on your income and other factors. Unfortunately you have to be born in Pinesdale to qualify for one of those, so most people who move here end up in this poor region and have these free versions which I dish out. Make sense?" The woman explained to Jessica.

Jessica nodded, the whole concept was really interesting to her and she started taking notes as the woman continued explaining. "Now I will warn you, there can be some nasty side effects, I can't say what will happen as the process is different for each person, but I what I will say is there's a high chance you might get a doomed permit." The woman explained.

Jessica looked very worried, she was beginning to have second thoughts about this. "What's a doom permit?" She asked, hesitation in her voice. "It's bad news, again I cannot explain it but it's bad, real bad. Anyways, I'll go and set things up for you." The woman was about to turn away when Jessica spoke up. "Um actually, if that's the case I think I'll take my chances, thank you though." Jessica started backing away, she didn't want any poor people identity or something like that, she was being really judgemental.

The woman chuckled. "Lady, if you walk out that door I'll trigger an alarm to alert the authorities about a non permit holder roaming free, and they'll do worse than a doom permit. So be my guest, I'll be setting it up for you." With that the woman walked into the door, leaving Jessica on her own to decide. "Oh what the heck" she said, realising she was being ridiculous, how bad could getting a permit really be?

The woman walked into a small closet, laughing evilly to herself. "I hope that bitch stays here, I wanna get my payback for her totally incorrect report on my brother." She mumbled to herself. It turned out that Jessica had made a report on this woman's brother which gave fake evidence that Jessica had forged to inprison this man, simply because he was poor.

The woman fished through specific hard drives, trying to find the worst possible permit for Jessica. "Hahahaha holy shit say bye bye to your life Jessica!" The woman laughed evilly as she found what she was looking for...