Kingdom Lost - Episode 1 "Pilot"

[JimAde]

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."

Dexter pauses for a moment, then calls back, "Hold on." He holds out his hand to Sakura for the papers. "If we were going to be this paranoid we should have checked for fingerprints before we all started handling these," he says with a smirk.

(OOC: Would this be a Forgery check?)

 

[Tokiwong]

Dexter pauses for a moment, then calls back, "Hold on." He holds out his hand to Sakura for the papers. "If we were going to be this paranoid we should have checked for fingerprints before we all started handling these," he says with a smirk.

(OOC: Would this be a Forgery check?)

Dexter rolls a Forgery check of 16

After about ten minutes of examination, it is easy to see that the two handwriting styles are very dissimilar. The written note with the number has an airy, flowing style to it, with a light touch. While Sandra's handwriting is meticulous and mechanical, easy to read and to the point.

But Dexter does notice someting odd about the note with the number, lightly scrawled on th backside, is a script he does not recognize, it looks like a strange mixture of Chinese characters, Greco Roman Script, with several unknown symbols. It seem like this paper was torn from some sort of written prose, but he can't make heads or tails of it.

 

[Shalimar]

"Its just as well, we wouldn't really be able to get paid if we accused our client of faking the incident, besides, she seemed really nice and friendly, I don't doubt her that something is going on. I mean, look at the guy, if he wasn't wearing a wedding ring he could certainly pick some girls up, then again, he might be able to do it while wearing the ring." she says with a shrug.

"I'll be back in a moment," she says, heading deeper into the agency, to find the color copyier. A few mintes later she returns with 2x5's off David and his schedule and passes them around to the others. "I'll talk to Graham if you want to head out to Blue Ocean. When you find him, I want you to call the us and then we can set up a rotation for watching him. that sound good?" she asks, looking back and forth between Dany and Dex.

 

[barsoomcore]

Happy to have a clear sort of task, Dan takes the photocopy and also jots down Mrs. Martin's phone number.

"Yeah, I think she was straight with us. But something's funny about this one. I gotta feeling."

He heads outside, but upon seeing Sakura's bike he calls back inside, "I'll check on your bike later, okay, Sakura?"

The Nova fires up ragged and noisy but settles down and Dan heads off up through the California sunshine.

 

[JimAde]

Dexter rolls a Forgery check of 16

After about ten minutes of examination, it is easy to see that the two handwriting styles are very dissimilar. The written note with the number has an airy, flowing style to it, with a light touch. While Sandra's handwriting is meticulous and mechanical, easy to read and to the point.

But Dexter does notice someting odd about the note with the number, lightly scrawled on th backside, is a script he does not recognize, it looks like a strange mixture of Chinese characters, Greco Roman Script, with several unknown symbols. It seem like this paper was torn from some sort of written prose, but he can't make heads or tails of it.

"Well, this is weird," Dexter says, peering closely at the scrap of paper. He pulls Sakura's legal pad in front of him and grabs a pencil out of his pencil holder (an oversized coffee mug displaying a picture of Einstein sticking his tongue out). Holding the note at different angles, and even up to a desk lamp to let the light shine through, he tries to copy down the markings he's found. "I think some of these characters are ancient greek, but they're really hard to see."

He works away for several minutes before looking up and saying "Well, that's the best I can make of it. What do you think?"

 

[Tokiwong]

The Nova fires up ragged and noisy but settles down and Dan heads off up through the California sunshine.

The open road, well at least the open road of the PCH, which is pretty crowded with vehicles heading south towards Los Angeles, where it changes to the 10. The mist is starting to burn off, as Dan heads north along the beachside; the traffic is not bad, not as bad as the southbound traffic. The scenery I nice too, with young California girls out running, roller-blading, and well just enjoying the blossoming morning sunlight.

On his right side, Dan passes a large green field with a four-foot high, and about thirty-foot long sign reading Pepperdine University, across it. Shortly after that on the right hand side he sees the Blue Ocean Plaza. Pulling into the parking lot, it isn’t overly crowded yet, perhaps because it is still early.

The old Nova pulls into a parking spot, as a black sedan passes behind him, and several pedestrians work their way to and from the various stores of the upscale plaza. He walks towards the store, stepping through the automatic doors and is greeted by an associate in their peculiar blue collared shirts. A youth of about nineteen years of age with shaggy hair, and a budding goatee, gives him a smile, “Good morning, welcome to Best Buy!” On his shirt is a nametag that reads, “Steve.”

Directly ahead of Dan are a few rows of DVDs, on his right are the televisions, and Home Theater equipment. On his left are more rows of CDs, and the cash registers. There is plenty of background noise from customers, televisions and music all throughout the store.

Steve gestures to Dan, “Is there anything you're looking for sir?”

It is about 10:15 in the morning

 

[barsoomcore]

As Dan crosses the parking lot he's keeping eyes and ears open, especially since this place seems to be so close to Pepperdine -- he hadn't realised there might be a connection.

OOC: Dan seems to be turning into a bit of a paranoid -- didn't expect it but it's amusing.

In any event, he's making a Spot check as he walks, looking for anything that looks out of place in a suburban shopping center at 10:15 on a Monday morning. Like.. say.... BLACK SEDANS... ? (I'll add an Action Point to that roll if the result is between 11 or 19)

He gives Steve a smile. "Morning. Which way to the CD players?"

Unless Steve comes back with anything unexpected, he'll continue with "You heard about the murder last night up there?" and indicate the direction of the University. "Crazy, huh?"

 

[Shalimar]

Sakura shrugs at the question, how should she know anything about Grecco whatever writing, its not like I have an ancient language of the day calendar after all, she thinks with a shrug. She heads back into Graham's office, with a knock on the door, she opens it and hesitates on the entrance, waiting to see if Graham is off the phone and up for a a report.

 

[Tokiwong]

As Dan crosses the parking lot he's keeping eyes and ears open, especially since this place seems to be so close to Pepperdine -- he hadn't realised there might be a connection.

OOC: Dan seems to be turning into a bit of a paranoid -- didn't expect it but it's amusing.

In any event, he's making a Spot check as he walks, looking for anything that looks out of place in a suburban shopping center at 10:15 on a Monday morning. Like.. say.... BLACK SEDANS... ? (I'll add an Action Point to that roll if the result is between 11 or 19)

Dan rolls a total roll of 11, he spends an Action Point leaving him with 10, and gets a total roll of 15. He notices as he pulls up a man in a long black trenchcoat, and dark clothes glancing casully in his direction. As he walks inside, the man follows, although he could just be going inside the store just like him.

He gives Steve a smile. "Morning. Which way to the CD players?"

"CD Players, oh do you need a portable one, or more of a compact stereo system? Or maybe a home theatre component?" Steve replies a little too excited and boisterous.

Unless Steve comes back with anything unexpected, he'll continue with "You heard about the murder last night up there?" and indicate the direction of the University. "Crazy, huh?"

"Oh man, I heard about that, I heard it was something to do with a gang. Some mexican gang or something," he says with a shrug, "I heard something bout it on the news but I wasn't really following it."

Dan gets a good look at the stranger he spotted before. He steps in and glances around before heading to the DVDs to browse. He is tall about six foot one inches, has an athletic build from what he can tell, and long black hair, which touches his collar. His face is impassive and stern, and cold black dark eyes dart back and forth.

Steve walks towards the CD players, the desktop ones and gestures towards a slim graceful beauty, her skin is a light mocha, and she has soft green eyes, contrasting with her long dark hair. Steve smiles, "Selene could you help out this customer, he wants to buy a CD player!"

"Hello sir," Selene says with a coy smile, "How can I help you today?" she cocks her head with a demure smile. She has a slim frame with the right amount of curves, and a sweet innocent smile. She is wearing the customary blue shirt with nametag, and a pair of black hip-hugger pants.

 

[Tokiwong]

Sakura shrugs at the question, how should she know anything about Grecco whatever writing, its not like I have an ancient language of the day calendar after all, she thinks with a shrug. She heads back into Graham's office, with a knock on the door, she opens it and hesitates on the entrance, waiting to see if Graham is off the phone and up for a a report.

Graham looks up, as he works through some paperwork, "What you got the case solved already?" he says somewhat serious, somewhat joking, its hard to tell, "I heard Dan take off, I take it you have everything handled?"