Well, that race went exactly how Aaron had expected it, he had predicted he’d be near the back, but not right at the back, as the great Testis had that spot sealed…
After the warning from McHorseguy, Aaron strangely felt more excited for the race at the Nordschleife. He liked the drama, the excitement. And the impending presence of the Hasira made things more interesting. At this point, all common sense and instinct to live had rushed out of his head like they were late for work, and that left Aaron eager to get to Germany.
Germany was another place that Aaron had wanted to go to, but this was for reasons even Aaron himself didn’t know. He just fancied going there, for no apparent reason. He drove straight from Belgium to Dortmund. For the only reason he could think of for really wanting to go to Germany, that wasn’t just to be there, was to see a Borussia Dortmund match. Obviously Aaron loves his football as you all know, and the Signal Iduna Park was, to a lot of people, the mecca of football, just as the Green Hell is the mecca of racing. So the first thing he did when he arrived in Dortmund was book into a hotel near the stadium, and go to a match the next day, in the same manner as he did in Leicester.
He left the Signal Iduna Park absolutely buzzing. The atmosphere in the stadium was like nothing he’d ever experienced, he could almost compare it to the kind of noise on the starting grid of the BSLL races. Speaking of the BSLL, it was time to prepare his car for the race at the Nurburgring. He called in to one of Cottam Auto Group’s specialist engineers from a CAG headquarters in the nearby town of Paderborn. First the car was just given a once-over in the entrance of the complex - bolts tightened, and a general service. it was only when the engineer (named Joel) popped the bonnet, that something wasn’t right.
“That’s not supposed to be in there…” Joel said, puzzled.
Aaron had an idea who it was. “Oh God…”
Joel’s expression transitioned from puzzled to surprised. “Oh! It seems that this isn’t a tracking device, but it looks like something was placed in the engine bay for some reason or other.”
Now Aaron was certain what had happened. “That damn supercop, look what he’s started! I have no idea how they got to my car, let alone the engine bay, but I don’t like this one bit.”
Aaron wondered if there was a strange black device in everyone’s cars somewhere, but he doubted it, the cops surely can’t have got to every car and fitted something in every engine bay. But the more Aaron thought about it, the more worried he felt, but in a way he was relieved that he’d actually had the sense to have a proper look around his car before the race. If that thing had been left in there, who knows what it would do.
[OOC: I don’t even know what it would do, I guess I’ll let someone else run with this story and see where it goes… ]
[IC] With the servicing done, and the mysterious black device hurled out into the shrubs, the Elegance was taken into one of the workshops at CAG headquarters for some real preparation. The body panels were reinforced with a protective resin that will help a bit with collisions and stop the car’s roof from caving in should the worst happen. Along with adjustments to the seat and harness to keep his body planted if he hit anything, or anything hit him These small adjustments only added a small bit of weight, so Aaron was confident that his performance in the race won’t be affected much, but after finding the device in his engine bay, Aaron was much more caring of his own safety than he was before, so he wanted to take some measures to ensure he was at least slightly more protected.
And with that, he left Paderborn and drove on towards the Hell that awaited him. He was part excited, part fearful of his own life.
[OOC] I don’t know if the black device thing would work, or is even possible with this story, but feel free to take it and run with it, if not, disregard it and I’ll edit my post.