Yoder, Oscar, and Jess approached the various stacks of crates and boxes by the loading dock.
"Are you serious?" Yoder said to Oscar.
"What? I'm taking a break." Oscar said, cigarette in hand.
"Good idea. Don't want to strain yourself." Yoder said sarcastically.
"So what's the deal," Oscar said, "why didn't you tell Dr. Sorkin why it's so important to get off this island?"
"Trust me." Yoder said. "If we bully that one, she's gonna cause problems."
"So what do we do?"
"Simple. Charm her." Yoder explained. "Look, all I need to do is get some information on this woman...dig into her past...find out what makes her tick...I'm sure if I say enough of the right things, she'll practically think gettin' off the island was her idea in the first place."
"Hey, can I bum one of those?" Jess asked Oscar.
Oscar narrowed his eyes.
"Okay." Jess said, walking to the boxes.
"So, who feels like carrying these boxes back to the plane?" Yoder asked.
Jess and Oscar remained silent.
"Me neither." Yoder said.
Yoder sniffed the air.
"Ugh, smells like a barrel of wet dog hair."
"I know, right? I don't get why the dinosaurs eat that stuff." Jess said, pointing out the barrels next to the boxes.
Yoder looked at the stack of large crates.
"I'm not moving these things. They look like they weigh a ton!"
"I think Dr. Sorkin said we're only supposed to move file boxes." Jess said.
"Oh, yeah, well...good." Yoder said. "Wait here. I'm gonna go talk to Sorkin."
"Uh, what should I do?" Jess asked.
"You wanna help?" Yoder asked. "See if you can dig up anything interesting on our friend, Dr. Sorkin, in those file boxes."
"Cool." Jess said. She walked to the boxes and began sifting through the various papers.