Kingdom Lost - Episode 1 "Pilot"

[Tokiwong]

Dan gives Sakura a serious nod to indicate Mrs. Martin seems on the level to him. He leans forward to ask a question.

"What caused your recent schedule change, Mrs Martin?"

Sandra relaxes for a moment, “Well I just got promoted recently to a senior manager position, and my hours have had to change to reflect my new responsibilities. I work for One World Communications*, and well the communications industry is pretty cut throat, and well I have to put in many more hours now to keep up with the work load. I enjoy it, but it takes away from my family, a trade off I thought we could handle. I guess not,” she says wistfully.

Sean giggles from Sakura’s caress, and glances to her kicking his feet in the baby chair, looking around the office with a curios eye. Sandra turn her attention to Sakura, “he likes you,” she says with a smile, and then pulls a picture out of hr purse. It’s a Caucasian male in his late twenties with close-cropped dark hair, glasses and brown eyes. He is smiling and wearing a blue t-shirt, he is somewhat handsome and looks to be in decent shape.

She places it on the desk, “That is my husband, David. I hope that will be good enough, I have a few others, if you need them. As far as contacting me, I would prefer my work email, more private that way,” she jots it down on a piece of paper and hands it to Sakura.

“Is there anything else you need from me?” she finishes.

* Dexter has heard of this company they specialize in wireless communications, and also have a faily successful Voice over IP network, with competitive rates and the like

 

[JimAde]

Dexter's ears perk up at the mention of One World. He has been considering getting rid of his regular land line in favor of VoIP, to save a few bucks a month. He says, "Excuse me, but just out of curiosity, what's your job at One World? Business side or tech side?"

 

[Tokiwong]

Dexter's ears perk up at the mention of One World. He has been considering getting rid of his regular land line in favor of VoIP, to save a few bucks a month. He says, "Excuse me, but just out of curiosity, what's your job at One World? Business side or tech side?"

Sandra smiles meekly, "I was a techno geek by trade it was how I met my husband. I work primarily on the business side now, but I am attached to the R&D department, where I cut my teeth as a researcher and technician. Oh nice," gesturing to Dexter's laptop, "I have that one at the office, real nice, not bad for the money."

 

[JimAde]

"Yeah, I just upgraded to 802.11G and got a DVD burner so now I can download and burn video at a decent rate. The hotspot at the coffee place down the street is really good. In fact, I..." Dexter falters as he looks at the sober faces around him. He shrugs with a lopsided grin.

"Sorry. Got a little carried away." He smiles sheepishly and goes back to his phone number search.

 

[Tokiwong]

"Yeah, I just upgraded to 802.11G and got a DVD burner so now I can download and burn video at a decent rate. The hotspot at the coffee place down the street is really good. In fact, I..." Dexter falters as he looks at the sober faces around him. He shrugs with a lopsided grin.

"Sorry. Got a little carried away." He smiles sheepishly and goes back to his phone number search.

Sandra smiles and produces a card, "Nice, I think everyone would be better off with a DVD burner, and well wireless at home is a must. Surff in the bath tub," she says with a smile, feeling better talking about technology, "if you have any questions about our business, give me a call," she scrawls an email adress on the back and places the card on Dexter's table.

 

[Shalimar]

Sakura shakes her head no, "No, this picture is good," she says reassuringly, as she accepts both the picture and the email, from the manager. "If there is anything you can remember, anything that just seems out of place, or if we need any other information, we'll be in touch." she says, patting Sean on the head. Sakura writes a number down on a small piece of paper.

"If anything happens or if you just need to talk, call me, this is my cell number, I'll have it with me if you need to get to us." she tells the woman, handing her the slip.

 

[JimAde]

Since the interview seems to be wrapping up, Dexter comes out from behind his desk. "I'll walk you out," he says, smiling and holding the door for Sandra.

 

[Tokiwong]

Since the interview seems to be wrapping up, Dexter comes out from behind his desk. "I'll walk you out," he says, smiling and holding the door for Sandra.

Sandra smiles, "Thank you, Miss Chance." She gathers up her son, and heads to the door following Dexter, "Thank you," she says to him as he holds the door, she slips out and walks towards her Lincoln Navigator, Sean giggles happily kicking his tiny feet.

Once things are wrapped up I will fast forward four hours, and let Dexter know what he found out from his Research Check

 

[JimAde]

Dexter smiles and waves, taking mental note of Sandra's license plate number. It may be useful information if her husband uses the car as well. He closes the door and goes back into the office area.

"Well, she seemed nice," he says as he returns to his desk. "I wonder why she didn't just ask him about the number. Seems a little thin to go accusing somebody of infidelity over."

 

[barsoomcore]

"She seemed on the level to me, but I agree, I think there might be more going on here."

Dan leans against the doorframe and takes another sip of his coffee, fishing in his pocket for his cigarettes. He moves out to sit on the steps as he lights up, watching the big Lincoln head away.

"A drive out to Blue Ocean doesn't sound so bad. What do you guys think? Should I head out there and see if I can find this guy, keep an eye on him?"

Dan gets a sudden flash of uncharacteristic suspicion. He leans inside and calls out to Dexter, "Dex, any similarity in the handwriting -- her email address and that telephone number she said she found? Just wondering, ya know."