Kingdom Lost - Episode 1 "Pilot"

[Tokiwong]

Assuming that Sakura sticks around after Dan leaves

There is little that happens after Dan leaves, Selene talks with customers, some of her coworkers, and well seems to just work. Nothing much out of the ordinary happens, during her observation. Considering that she does not want to stick around too long, she heads back to the office. Dexter finishes his research and now it is about one in the two in the afternoon now, and now the team can plan their next move

 

[JimAde]

"...and that about sums it up," Dexter says, restacking his copy of the printouts he has distributed to the team on the desk in front of him. "Our girl Selene seems pretty straightforward: Pepperdine student, no record. I couldn't find anything on her from more than about a year ago, but she probably moved from out of state for school." He holds up the slip of paper with Selene's number on it. "As for this," he says looking at it quizzically, "it's probably nothing, but I'd like to spend some time trying to track down these markings. If it's not just random doodling it might help us confirm the ownership of the notebook the paper came out of."

He leans back in his chair and rubs his eyes briefly. "So, what's next?"

 

[Festy_Dog]

James glances through the printout, then replies to Dexter.

"Just gotta keep them under observation," James says, stating the obvious, "As for the writing though, I'm sure someone at Pepperdine could help there. Just gotta figure out which department may know the most and take them a photocopy of the original. I'd be inclined to try the history people first."

 

[JimAde]

James glances through the printout, then replies to Dexter.

"Just gotta keep them under observation," James says, stating the obvious, "As for the writing though, I'm sure someone at Pepperdine could help there. Just gotta figure out which department may know the most and take them a photocopy of the original. I'd be inclined to try the history people first."

Dex opens the computer in front of him and pulls up his contact manager. "I might know a couple of people, too. Hmm let me see..."

(OOC: Given Dexter's background and skills, DOES he know anyone more knowledgable than himself in obscure languages? If there's a roll involved to determine this, I'll spend an action point on it. If he doesn't know anyone, does Pepperdine, in fact, have an anthropology or linguistics department (and does it have a decent reputation)?)

 

[Tokiwong]

Dex opens the computer in front of him and pulls up his contact manager. "I might know a couple of people, too. Hmm let me see..."

(OOC: Given Dexter's background and skills, DOES he know anyone more knowledgable than himself in obscure languages? If there's a roll involved to determine this, I'll spend an action point on it. If he doesn't know anyone, does Pepperdine, in fact, have an anthropology or linguistics department (and does it have a decent reputation)?)

Pepperdine is primarily a Business school, they don't have a a strong linguistics or anthropology department on campus. Now Dexter does know a person Professor June Wilson, out of UCLA who specializes in etymology, and ancient linguistic patterns and has a strong background in the anthropological world. She is well published, but a little eccentric, and relatively busy woman.

 

[JimAde]

Pepperdine is primarily a Business school, they don't have a a strong linguistics or anthropology department on campus. Now Dexter does know a person Professor June Wilson, out of UCLA who specializes in etymology, and ancient linguistic patterns and has a strong background in the anthropological world. She is well published, but a little eccentric, and relatively busy woman.

"Ah. Here we go," Dexter says with a smile. "June Wilson. She's an odd bird even by my standards, but nobody knows more about the linguistic implications of the Vedic migration into the subcontinent. I'll just drop her an e-mail to see if I can get her to bite."

Dexter starts to compose the e-mail then pauses. "You know, she'll probably just ignore an e-mail from somebody she doesn't really know. Maybe we should drive over there. Who's up for it?"

 

[Shalimar]

"Well, I'll follow Seline, I'll blend in at her classes, more then you guys anyway...besides, my motorcycle does not really lend itself to being discrete. Its easier to watch someone in a car after all." she says with a slight frown. "It would be better if it wasn't Danny that did the following, he went up and introduced himself to Mr. Martin. An interesting investigative tool." she says smirking at the tall man.

"Dexie get me her schedule if you can, I'll do that part of it I guess."

 

[JimAde]

"Well, I'll follow Seline, I'll blend in at her classes, more then you guys anyway...besides, my motorcycle does not really lend itself to being discrete. Its easier to watch someone in a car after all." she says with a slight frown. "It would be better if it wasn't Danny that did the following, he went up and introduced himself to Mr. Martin. An interesting investigative tool." she says smirking at the tall man.

"Dexie get me her schedule if you can, I'll do that part of it I guess."

"Righty-o," says Dexter. From most people 'Dexie' irritates him, but somehow it doesn't grate coming from Sakura. Probably because she isn't trying to be cute, so she isn't annoying.

(OOC: If Dex already has that information, he'll just hand Sakura a printout, otherwise it's off to hack the Pepperdine computers. I desperately don't want to get caught doing something so prosaic, so I'll spend an action point if a roll is called for, and take the optional step of covering my tracks).

"I still want to talk to Dr. Wilson, though. Won't somebody go with me? Don't make me take..." Dex pulls a look of melodramatic horror, "The Big Blue BUS!"

 

[Tokiwong]

Dexter rolls a total roll of 22 to cover his tracks, and is able to mask his identity online. But Dexter hits a snag when he tries to access the Pepperdine network, he rolls a total Computer Use check of 24, and does not succeed in defeating the Computer Security of the network. But does not give himself away either. On Action Point has been spent.

Dexter runs through his network intrusion schemes, masking his IP address, as he prepares to hack into the Pepperdine network and get at the privileged information for Selene’s schedule. But he hits a snag, the security is just a shade tougher then he had originally thought, and the network firewall, although not actually detecting his intrusion, still locks out his connection. He is dead in the water after about 10 minutes of work.

Alicia watches over his shoulder, “Wow that is cool, did it work?” she asks, not really following what he did. She stands up, “what does ‘Network Access Error’ mean? Is that bad?”

 

[Festy_Dog]

"I still want to talk to Dr. Wilson, though. Won't somebody go with me? Don't make me take..." Dex pulls a look of melodramatic horror, "The Big Blue BUS!"

"Well, I could go with, but that wouldn't change having to take the bus," James replies, shrugging.

Dexter runs through his network intrusion schemes, masking his IP address, as he prepares to hack into the Pepperdine network and get at the privileged information for Selene’s schedule. But he hits a snag, the security is just a shade tougher then he had originally thought, and the network firewall, although not actually detecting his intrusion, still locks out his connection. He is dead in the water after about 10 minutes of work.

James can't help but be impressed regardless of the outcome, and nods approvingly.