Episode 1c - Case HQ

The sergeant comes back into the room,

I've talked to my super, and we've come up with a plan, she says putting a datacard down on the table, this will get you into this room, the fresher down the hall and the break room. To get out you'll need to call the front desk and wait for an escort. Work for you?

Fenn's upper body pops up and he snaps to looking at Sergeant Locke when she comes back and starts talking as he taps away on the terminal and looks down at the datacard then back at the screen real quick before stopping and giving her his full attention.

"Sounds good. My apologizes since I didn't state in advance how long this was estimated to take. I didn't even bother to think whoever was assisting me would probably have a social life... do you have a date or a b-boyfriend?" he begins with a nod before he voices gets a bit quitter and his face a bit flushed. He apologizes stated it was unprofessional to comment or ask about people's personal life in this kind of situation. He makes an excuse of probably being out of touch socially with what people do besides work and apologizes again.

Sergeant Locke smiles at Fenn's bashfulness,

I have a gig tonight. If you weren't working so much you could come and see us, we're playing at the Underdome.

"Oh yes, yes. The Underdome right. Yep love that place. Love the really bright lights and the other things there, what kind of uh 'gig'?" he continues, it's probably apparent he has no idea where the Underdome is or what he's talking about.

Sergeant Locke smiles,

You're cute, for a politician. I'm in a Dongan Vocal Quartet. We use our voices to weave melodies that paint pictures, uh, images of Dongan legends I suppose. The music reaches into your brain and takes you back to that time. Or, at least, that's how it's supposed to work. My friends say we're pretty good, but they have to say that, right?

Fenn cheeks burn a darker red. "I'm sure you and your friends are pretty good I like listening to your voice."
he states.

"Speaking. Pretty." he corrects himself twice still getting it wrong.

"I meant I would like to here you sing since I've heard you speak!" states quickly finally getting it right somewhat realizing he's fully turned towards her he sits in the awkward silence and the chair slowly fidgets.

"Oh hey is the terminal done? No... Um... I'm really bad at this kind of thing." he states turning to the terminal and then back again admitting something that seemed pretty obvious before he started to laugh silently at his own awkwardness in the situation and he bits his lip, "Um maybe I can get a rain check?" he offers. "I could bring flowers for after you're done with your performance."

Flowers? You are bad at this, aren't you? You're moving pretty fast there, just come and see me in the 'dome and we can talk. We can see how things go from there.

Sergeant Locke turns to go out the door, flashing Fenn a dazzling smile as she goes.

Fenn accepts it with a nod since it was pretty obvious and he waves goodbye. Once the door is closed and she's out of sight he spins back around and focuses on the computer.

She seems nice...I should look into Dongan Vocal Quartet technology to see how it works... that might be useful even in combat if I can get the right tech behind it... he thinks to himself as he gets back to work.

With the query running the batch job to pull results he'll skim the 67 files for a glimpse at what his query is looking at. Also that would be the best way to see if his boss or the dead man were involved. He'd also be looking to see if Tretho Gilbputt had a play in any of these.

Fenn leans back in the chair shifting to one side his index and middle finger go to his temple as he thinks his other arm going limp behind the chair as he stares at the screen.

I could use his paranoia although properly placed to focus on Tretho and gauge how Tretho is involved now adays in all of this... he'll definitely want to find out dirt on the guy to counter anything coming at him as an insurance plan if he's smart... if not I can always use another for my own collection. he thinks before taking a different route.

He'll see if he can get a listing of those prosecuted and see how many were still alive (incarcerated or not) or meet the fate at his own father.

Fenn will take notes on listed names since it might be useful after some research into the cases. He'll also look to see where evidence for the cases were stored as well and if any contacts for next of kin were listed. Also the inmate on death row's date of execution.

He figured his work here for now was mostly done besides possibly looking into how the ventilation worked, the refresher would probably be the best of places he secured the data he needed and the report data collection was done for the cover. He'd look into the key for entry to see if he could get an understanding of what brand it was and model in case someone knowing a bit about tech needed to bypass such things.

Fenn bundles the files he's downloaded and encrypts them and realizes the rest of his time in the office until the report data is complete and he has enough to write his analysis. Once done he'll make sure he tidies up a bit if things got messy and he'll head out the way he needs to turn in the key.