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[onemind]

CHARACTERS: Lexa, Sam Alexander (+mental connections) + Adetkunbo, Sheena Frey
WHERE: Concordia; Beta Block Lounge
WHEN: DAY :33, Midday
SUMMARY: A nice chat over brunch.
WARNINGS: Will update as necessary.

There's nothing about the Beta Block high rise to distinguish it from its neighbors. Like most of Beta Block, it shares a commercial lower half and residential upper floors. Floran, cheerful enough about her escort duty, leads Lexa and Sam up the powerlift through the commercial levels to the midway lobby - the last floor the commercial lift has accessibility to.

"There's a private lift, but it requires a bunch of security. This is much easier," she explains between bouts of small talk. Crossing the gleaming lobby, she waves to a young woman at the secutiry desk and then buzzes them into the residential elevator with her ID. From there, Floran, Lexa and Sam ride the lift all the up to the high rise's top floor where it opens out into a small rooftop restaurant. There's an artifice of simplicity here, a casual air to the outdoor furniture and how the waitstaff are dressed that might be easy and comfortable if it weren't a special-guests-only brunch joint.

It's a little late for brunch and the place is either winding down or just curiously empty. Floran leads them out onto the terrace where only one out of a handful of tables has anyone at it: the now-familiar Adetkunbo and a woman beside him who matches the public appearance files of Mind Life's Sheena Frey.

"Good luck," Floran whispers. She gives Lexa and Sam a thumbs up, waves cheerfully to the two at the table, and then disappears back into the restaurant.

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((OOC Notes: This is the IC meeting between Lexa, Sam Alexander, Adetkunbo and Sheena Frey. Remember that while only two hosts can be present physically, it's completely possible to threadjack via mental connection. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ping them in our direction via the usual means.))

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[onemind]

[A quizzical look flashes across Sheena's face, but before she can say anything, Adetkunbo pointedly clears his throat and manages to successfully jump in. Officers, he thinks. That's a strange word.

Maybe they're undercover public security. Wouldn't that be funny?]

I think what Sheena wants to know is what information you think she or Mind Life has. I'm not going to say I know everything she does [beside him, Sheena sniffs] but I'm not sure she really has anything you don't. Yeah, there's someone who has a bigger vendetta against androids but that's nothing new - it's just someone with a longer reach then the usual suspects, right Sheena?

[She nods, frown settling.] That's right. We've been doing triage, not investigation. We've got our usual stable of political enemies, but I doubt any of them are blowing up gaming parlors. No offense, Kun.

[Kun-Kun shrugs, unfazed, and closes the menu he's been using as a makeshift shield to distract himself from the conversation being bandied back and forth across the table.] I don't know anything about tech like that though. Sounds like an Ahtaliah Ven thing, honestly. [A beat. He glances to Sam who is, after all, very very young.] --You're not security, are you?

[It feels like a silly question to ask, doesn't it? 'Hey are you cops?']

[headinjuries]

[ He's pretty sure that between everything, they're suspect enough anyway that trying to keep up a cover story is kind of pointless. ]

No, we're not.

[ Well. He's kind of a cop, for a defunct peacekeeping force that probably doesn't exist in this universe anyway, but that's not exactly the point here. ]

We're not working for anybody. [ It perhaps depends on how one defines working, but Sam's never thought that was the right word for the nest. It's not like they're getting paid, after all - or even compelled to be particularly helpful. More like they're in agreement to work with the nest. ] And we're trying to watch everybody.

[ Because the problem could start anywhere. He'd be the first - was the first - to say that they had a very big problem with Public Safety, after all. ]

I don't mean to put down what you guys are doing, I think that's important too. But it's like - it's not gonna get better if all anyone can do is keep putting band-aids on it. We're trying to get to the bottom of the rabbit hole. It'd help you guys get the message across a lot better if you don't have so many roadblocks, right?

[adamance]

And what we're developing is something that I would rather not trust to Ven. The parlor wasn't the first bombing. [It occurs to her (and this is a thought that relays to Sam) that they might be able to look into what caused the bombing in both locations. Has a link been found? That will have to be looked into later.] I believe that you're the only people with the foundation and integrity to take what we have and show that people are no different from androids. [If they do it peacefully.

The problem, and this relays back to what Sam said, is they need to pave the way. There is no path, only the potential for fear.]

Right now, we find it difficult to rule out any suspects. If you're so certain, we'd appreciate the ability to cross some names off our list.

[onemind]

[Sheena's mouth narrows to a thin slash before she busies herself with taking a drink from her water glass. Not for the first time today, she wishes she still drank.]

[From Kun-Kun:] Ven's a good guy. Or you know, good enough I think. He's about the company, but he's got his head screwed on pretty straight as far as I know. But if you're really so uneasy... I don't know - Sheena, do you have tech people who could look at this thing?

[She shrugs, attention still pinned to Lexa and Sam.] Sure, maybe. But I'm not sure we have any connections for implementation. [That's officially out of her wheelhouse, thanks.] But-- [And that's crisp, a little grudging and a lot uneasy but she's saying it anyway:] I might be able to get you some information about the people we know to narrow your list down a little bit. I can do that much for you.