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Post by Zack Halton on Jul 10, 2014 18:16:21 GMT
Zack smiled cheerfully as he entered the restaurant's front room, carrying some plates over to a couple sitting at a table. "That's one steak, well done. And one Caesar salad." He said aloud, placing the plate in front of each person. "Either of you need something else, just let me know."
He heads towards the back room once again, closing his eyes and leaning against the wall for a few moments. It seemed the fight last night against that... -thing- took more out of him than he thought. It certainly wasn't Human. The monster seemed to be feeding off of some poor guy it had dragged down an alleyway. As soon as Zack had finished it off, it seemed to just... shatter. Coupled with the lack of sleep before his shift, Zack wasn't entirely there.
At least he only had to keep the straight smile up around customers for the meantime.
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Post by Line Ark on Jul 10, 2014 18:35:56 GMT
Emerging through the front door the meek, almost pathetic looking form of Talo appeared, his eyes immediately glancing around for his target zack, who seemed not to be within a public area at the moment. Not that it exactly bothered him, going to speak to him wouldn't have been the best option in his mind as the man was clearly working if the information they had gathered was correct and his mission called for a private conversation.
So instead he moved towards the main counter, swaying slightly as his balance faltered before he managed to right himself, earning him an odd look from one or two of the customers. Choosing to ignore this he went up towards the bar area of the restaurant and spoke in as clear a voice as he could muster. "C-Could I speak to, M-Mr Halton please."
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Post by Zack Halton on Jul 10, 2014 18:45:33 GMT
"Hey! Zack! Some guy is here to see you!" The man behind the counter shouts into the back room.
Zack opens his eyes and raises his hand. "Be there in a minute." He rubs the bridge of his nose before pushing himself off of the wall and dusting off his uniform. He puts back on his smile and enters the front room, heading to the counter and leaning against it. "Hi, I'm Zack. I don't think we've met."
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Post by Line Ark on Jul 10, 2014 18:51:17 GMT
"Umm, H-H-Hi. My name is Talo, I was won-n-ndering if it would be possible for me to speak with you for a couple m-m-minutes." Talo said in a voice that could only be classified as pathetic in his own mind. Internally he took pause to consider the ramifications of adding an additional remark, deciding it would be for the best.
"It's about l-la-last night." He added, remembering the visual of the man transforming after a week of searching around the area for some back-ground energy readings that one of his compatriots had discovered.
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Post by Zack Halton on Jul 10, 2014 18:58:29 GMT
Zack just raises an eyebrow. "Last night? Sorry, I don't think I know what you're talking about. Are you sure it isn't someone else you're looking for?"
He smiles politely, clasping his hands in front of him. "Unless you're from that lot online. I told them weeks ago to come fix it, but still nothing."
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Post by Line Ark on Jul 10, 2014 19:04:24 GMT
Talo sighed, even without the ability to properly read human emotion it was still blatantly obvious the man was lying. With a second sigh he opened his jacket, exposing his belt for a moment as he disconnected the tablet interface and pulled it free.
Opening up one of the saved video files he had singled out from his combat footage he turned the device to face Zack and pressed play, revealing the waiter with a belt wrapped around him, thankfully he remembered to press the mute button just in time. This wasn't the way he had hoped this would go, but his objectives were clear.
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Post by Zack Halton on Jul 10, 2014 19:12:24 GMT
Zack keeps his calm smile up until he sees himself on the video. His cheerful look quickly turns into one of fear. "Where did you... How did you...?"
He shakes his head lightly, composing himself and smiling again. "Ah, I see. Just give me a moment, would you? I'll need to go ask my manager for my break to talk." He nods his head, before turning to head into the back room. He can be heard saying aloud, asking for his break. However, he heads towards his jacket, pulling out his Driver and a couple of drives. He slides them into his pockets before heading back to Talo.
"I assume just outside will do fine?"
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Post by Line Ark on Jul 10, 2014 19:18:45 GMT
"Tha-That wou. I think that would be for the b-best." Talo said in agreement, nodding his head. He was starting the regret his choice, especially since he spied the driver. "I'm not fam-familiar with the are, could you ple-please lead the way?" He asked quietly, reconnecting the interface to his driver which beeped to confirm a successful connection.
If the worst came to the worst his driver had been configured for rapid formation.
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Post by Zack Halton on Jul 10, 2014 19:24:57 GMT
Zack gives off a short laugh, pointing to the door. "Right there." He smiles, heading outside into the sunshine. He takes a look around, before walking a few steps to the right to stand in front of the restaurant's main window.
He sizes up Talo, waiting for him to start the conversation.
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Post by Line Ark on Jul 10, 2014 19:38:56 GMT
Talo flinches as Zack examines him. "I-I-I-I am a member of L-Line Ark. I was sent t-to lo-locate what we thought to be a Rider. Pa-part of my job is to scan pe-pe-peoples drivers, but my b-b-boss wanted to ask if yo-you'd be willing to join us." He asked, wishing he could transform so he could be free of the limitations of his body.
"They did some research on you and d-dis-discovered you weren't affiliated with anyone." Talo added, remembering Savage demanding that he told him that. It made him wonder at times if Savage enjoyed watching him squirm.
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Post by Zack Halton on Jul 10, 2014 20:27:45 GMT
Zack blinks a couple of times in disbelief. "You're... You're kidding, right? You arrive out of nowhere, show..." He looks around for a moment, lowering his voice just in case any passers by are listening in. "A rather incriminating video, tell me you've been spying on me, and expect me to consider a job?"
He crosses his arms over his chest, staring Talo down as he starts talking normally again. "That's just crazy."
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Post by Line Ark on Jul 10, 2014 21:17:32 GMT
Realizing his blunder Talo's expression changed to that of horror, raising his hands in a surrender like manner. "You mis-is-understand. The foo-ta-ta-tage was to stop you lying your way out of the sit-tuation, it'll be erased once this is over." Talo assured.
"And our information gathering was n-n-othing more than examining your inte-rnet profile. We aren't here to b-b-black mail you, we just wanted to offer you a hand." He insisted, pulling out an envelope and offering it to Zack within it was an example of a Months pay, £10,000 and a contract which detailed a fairly lenient job offering with near-unlimited traveling expenses, provided it worked towards gathering Rider data.
"Th-the check, is either for your. F-F-First month, or to let me scan your d-dr-driver."
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Post by Zack Halton on Jul 10, 2014 21:22:59 GMT
Zack doesn't move to accept the envelope. He just keeps his arms across his chest. "I don't even know what this 'Line Ark' thing is. Why should I trust you?"
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Post by Line Ark on Jul 10, 2014 23:15:42 GMT
He blinked, taking a moment to consider how to respond to the question. "Li-Line Ar-rk seeks to he-help restore the world. We've be-been working to record, salvage and re-re-reverse engineer Rider systems, to-to-to produce a Rider system to gi-give to groups de-dedicated to fighting against the enemy." Talo summarized.
He wished to he could transform, but that wasn't going to happen.
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Post by Zack Halton on Jul 10, 2014 23:23:48 GMT
"And who do you consider to be this 'enemy'?" Zack asks calmly, moving a hand to his chin. He moves his other hand to his pocket for now, simply letting it rest in there.
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