Kingdom Lost - Episode 2 "Department 7"

[Festy_Dog]

James rubs his hands together and proceeds to tell the story of what happneed at the diner, the interaction with Marlene and talk of Detective Rose being an elf. This is done with a few references to the Tolkien films.

"And yeah, that was our trip to a dwarven diner," he finishes.

 

[JimAde]

James rubs his hands together and proceeds to tell the story of what happneed at the diner, the interaction with Marlene and talk of Detective Rose being an elf. This is done with a few references to the Tolkien films.

"And yeah, that was our trip to a dwarven diner," he finishes.

Dexter stuffs the last of his sloppy special into his mouth and carefully wipes his fingers, chewing vigorously. He lifts the photo of the ebon-skinned man from his desk and flips it down in front of James and Selene. "Dig this guy," he says thickly and takes a sip from his shake. He swallows hard and continues, "We had a new client visit while you were out. Wants us to find him. Apparently a former co-worker. She says they're not related, but apparently they go to the same tanning spa." He picks up his notepad. "Says her name is Schultz, but if she's German, I'm a Japanese Sumo wrestler." He turns and looks over his shoulder. "Alicia, do we have a tape of our client's arrival from the security camera?"

 

[Shalimar]

"Wait...Mom's got powers and now I've inherited them and you guys never told me it was a possibility? I..wow, I guess I should talk to mom more, but isn't she in danger from the inquisition and all, I mean, they shot Koga, shouldn't we be doing something? I mean, this sitting and waiting for stuff to happen is a pain in the butt." Sakura says to her father. When Koga makes the comment about never having anything like her, she frowns, then starts to smirk.

"Well at least now you have something I don't, a scar from being shot." she jokes, trying to comfort her twin. Her grin at Koga falters and turns to a sigh. "Dan quit over all of this, he left sometime in the middle of the night or something like that. He's my partner and he quit because all of this weirded him out, because I weirded him out. I guess I need to talk to mom, find out how she deals with people being soo creeped out when they find out about it."

"I know you want me out Koga, so I'm gonna go, but I'll be tomorrow to visit, is there anything you want me to bring you or anything at all? I'm gonna check in at work, and then go visit mom, so anything you want, I'll be the area to get it, between work, mom and dad's, and my place." she says, standing up to go, picking at some of the bloodstains on her tank top.

"Hey, before I go, I was womderin if either of you noticed anything weird about Darius, his, ears I mean, and his eyes. They just seem, off, like their pointed."

 

[Tokiwong]

"Wait...Mom's got powers and now I've inherited them and you guys never told me it was a possibility? I..wow, I guess I should talk to mom more, but isn't she in danger from the inquisition and all, I mean, they shot Koga, shouldn't we be doing something? I mean, this sitting and waiting for stuff to happen is a pain in the butt." Sakura says to her father. When Koga makes the comment about never having anything like her, she frowns, then starts to smirk.

"I don't know anything about an Inquisition, but she seems fine enough, some people have problem with it, but we just try and steer clear of them," father replies, "she rarely uses this power though."

"Well at least now you have something I don't, a scar from being shot." she jokes, trying to comfort her twin. Her grin at Koga falters and turns to a sigh. "Dan quit over all of this, he left sometime in the middle of the night or something like that. He's my partner and he quit because all of this weirded him out, because I weirded him out. I guess I need to talk to mom, find out how she deals with people being soo creeped out when they find out about it."

Father just nods to this.

"I know you want me out Koga, so I'm gonna go, but I'll be tomorrow to visit, is there anything you want me to bring you or anything at all? I'm gonna check in at work, and then go visit mom, so anything you want, I'll be the area to get it, between work, mom and dad's, and my place." she says, standing up to go, picking at some of the bloodstains on her tank top.

"Nothing I can think of, offhand, but I know mom will send something, I don't plan on staying here long," he shrugs.

"Hey, before I go, I was womderin if either of you noticed anything weird about Darius, his, ears I mean, and his eyes. They just seem, off, like their pointed."

Father furrows his brow, "No not really, I have not seen that."

Koga nods, "Uhh nah he looks normal enough to me."

Dexter & James

Alicia looks up from her reading, "Yeah just check the closed circuit recorder, it should be on there," she pauses looking at you both bfeore standing with a sigh and showing you the requested footage, "I swear I have to do everything around here!"

Selene just laughs.

 

[JimAde]

Alicia looks up from her reading, "Yeah just check the closed circuit recorder, it should be on there," she pauses looking at you both bfeore standing with a sigh and showing you the requested footage, "I swear I have to do everything around here!"

Selene just laughs.

Dexter bats his eyes at Alicia. "Thanks. You know I don't understand these high-tech gadgets," he says with a smile.

"Mmm. Good fries. So you're sure these guys were actual, you know, Dwarves? There's not a Little People convention in town or something?"

Dexter shakes his head. "I just can't believe this stuff's been going on all around us and we didn't notice. I don't know whether to be scared or really, really ticked off."

 

[Festy_Dog]

He lifts the photo of the ebon-skinned man from his desk and flips it down in front of James and Selene. "Dig this guy," he says thickly and takes a sip from his shake.

"Hmm, he looks kinda elfin, but then again there weren't any bald, ebon-skinned elves runnin' around in the Tolkien movies. Although we could be talking about elves of a different ethnicity, if there are different elven ethnic groups," James hypothesises, and scratches his head, "Those D7 guys need to fill us in on all this new stuff."

Dexter bats his eyes at Alicia. "Thanks. You know I don't understand these high-tech gadgets," he says with a smile.

James laughs.

"Mmm. Good fries. So you're sure these guys were actual, you know, Dwarves? There's not a Little People convention in town or something?"

"Far as I know. Unless it was an unnaturally short bouncer convention and we just happened to talk to one who's a compulsive liar and also works at that diner." he answers.

Dexter shakes his head. "I just can't believe this stuff's been going on all around us and we didn't notice. I don't know whether to be scared or really, really ticked off."

"I feel exactly the same," James walks over to the camera monitor, "Hey, she's got white hair. Trippy."

 

[Shalimar]

"Well, ok, I just noticed it, was curious if anyone else had noticed besides me." Sakura replied, sounding slightly perplexed, like she couldn't tell if they were serious or joking since her father never joked, it was hard to tell. She gives her father a hug, and then kisses Koga on the cheek and squeezes his hand. "Get better you, I don't want to have to visit you here that often, this place gives me the creeps," she said, and both her twin and her father knew exactly which incident she was talking about, as a little girl, and even now, she was afraid of needles, very afraid, at least when they were for her, and so she had ran away in the hospital and gotten lost, running from place to place, she had wound up in the ER, and she saw all kinds of things a 6 year old should not have seen, and she was scared of the place ever since.

She bids her family good bye and heads out of the hospital as quickly as she can without running. When she hits the parking lot, she remembers that she doesn't have her bike there for her to get home on, so she makes her way back up through the hospital to look for Detective Rose.

 

[JimAde]

"So," Dexter says, "there's some funky stuff going on. And this 'Ms. Schultz' struck me as pretty dodgy. Didn't want to give any information about her employer or what kind of work she and this guy did together." He looks down at his notebook again. "She gave me a number and e-mail. Should we just tell her we're not interested? We may have our hands full with the Pepperdine thing. Speaking of which," he says hesitantly, "I have an idea." Dexter puts his elbows on the desk and leans conspiritorially toward James. "I might be able to set up a fake student profile in the Pepperdine computers. Get one of us into a class with Krista. Any interest?"

 

[Festy_Dog]

James rubs his chin in thought.

"I might be able to do a convincing uni student act, but do I look too old for it? I'm twenty-seven this year if memory serves. Sakura may be able to do it also, probably a better candidate than me, not that I'm unwilling mind you," he strums his fingers a couple of times, "This other job though... might be a good opporunity to get some insight into this new side of things which we've had thrown at us. I'd like to poke around, see if we can't find anything. We've got my uncle's reputation to consider before we let a job slide."

 

[JimAde]

"All right, I'll talk to Sakura about the Pepperdine thing. I could do it myself, I guess, but she'd be better at it." Dexter looks at the clock. "Where is she, anyway? Taking the day off?"

"Anyway, if you want to pursue the new gig, I'm for it. Here's the info I've got," he adds handing over the notebook. "It's not much, but maybe enough to get started."