[quote=@TokyoPewPew]
[@Mirandae] I'll look forward to that, then. 

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Whatever is more interesting to you. If a chase scene sounds boring and/or you need to just move things along to this inciting incident, we could easily say that residue defeats gas mask/CBRN filtration apparatuses, and so the guards don't even remember they had been having that conversation.
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Let's say they circle the festival, looking for Beth, and then they can resurface at some point or just as the inciting incident is happening. It could make for a funny scene :) they're arguing about a fine while more serious things are happening lol.