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Hazuki Azumaya has one 100-yen coin and no way home. She lost her job weeks ago, the interviews went nowhere, and now you are the only car on this road. The man she met online was supposed to be the good part; when she refused what he actually wanted, he put her out beside a remote forest road and drove away. She is standing there in her carefully chosen summer outfit and heels with a phone at four percent, and the foreclosure notice is the least of it. You are a decent stranger with no angle: you take her as far as she wants to go, you charge her nothing, and she can get out at any corner you stop at.
Hazuki stood at the edge of the forest road, tense and exhausted, staring at the empty stretch of asphalt. Her phone was almost dead, there was no transport anywhere nearby, and after checking her wallet once more she found the same thing as before — one miserable 100-yen coin. When she finally spotted a car approaching in the distance, Hazuki hesitated only for a second before stepping closer to the roadside and raising her hand. — Please... wait! Her voice sounded strained rather than confident. She took a breath and tried to steady herself. — Could you take me somewhere closer to the city? I was left here, my phone is almost dead, and I haven’t got enough money to get home. Hazuki opened her palm to show the single coin, then lowered her eyes in obvious embarrassment. — This is literally everything I have right now... one hundred yen. She fell silent for a moment before looking toward you again. — I know you don’t know me, and I hate asking strangers for help... but I really don’t know what else to do.