She asks

Samantha decided she was making this much too difficult. A fence like 'Ugly Man' must be known by many of these people, all she had to do was ask a few until someone pointed her in the right direction. Ignoring the doubts emanating from her Rhiain persona, Samantha approached one of the better dressed young men lounging under one of the great arches lining the street. He wore a loose fitting jacket with a Knight's Head logo emblazoned on the left side, no doubt another sports team of some kind. She had seen many similar logo's on clothing, giant electric bulletin boards and even painted onto the sides of some of the large trucks that had lumbered through the deserted night streets. She decided that this was another thing that would never change.

As she got nearer the man looked up with a look of surprise and doubt on his clean shaven face. She could see a scar on the right side of his jaw and decided that his hair should have been washed at least a few days ago, but other than that he looked like a decent enough young man maybe just a few years older than her.

"Hi, can you help me?" She asked as confidently as she could only too aware of the predatory way that the man was appraising her.

"Oh, little lady I certainly hope so." He exclaimed loudly enough to raise a few chuckles from his two friends who suddenly materialized at his side when the saw Samantha.

Samantha ignored the two others and smiled at the man. "I'm looking for a man who might buy some coins from me." The young man in front of her grimaced a little but she continued anyway. "I was told I should find someone called "Ugly Man" in the shadow of the 5th tower." The two companions became suddenly silent and it was clear even to Samantha's untrained eye that the mention of Ugly Man's name had changed the nature of the encounter for these men.

"Girl," Came the reply after a full second of silence, "you don't want to get yourself in with a Shrag like him." The man kicked idly at a half crushed can by his feet as he glanced briefly up the street. "You show me what you want to sell, and I'll get you a good deal. I promise."

Samantha had no idea what a Shrag was, but was encouraged by the initial response. These people clearly knew who Uglyman was and probably where to find him as well.

Trying her best to sound like she knew what she was doing, Samantha met his eyes calmly as she shook her head.

"No, I'll try my luck with him first, but" and again she smiled as sweetly as she knew how "if you show me how to find him I'll keep you in mind if I need anything else." There was no reason that this nervous young man should help her, but she was getting accustomed to using her charm, and it didn't look like he had anything better to do at the moment.