[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=orangered]Caesar Gonzalez[/color][/i][/b][/h1]
[img]https://shootingthescript.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/machete-2.jpg?w=455&h=300[/img][hr][b][color=orangered]Location:[/color][/b] Queensguard R&D Industrial Complex: Conference Room
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	So, this was [i]not[/i] going to be "day-to-day" talk, like Keystone had suggested. No, this Elisabeth got straight to the point. Caesar appreciated it, getting down to business. He had no desire to stay in this room any longer than he had to, not when so much else was on his plate. Keystone looked as if he were going to say something in response, other than a cursory greeting, so the older man waved him quiet and opened his end of the conversation. His voice was solid, but a little quieter than he generally preferred to speak. He was no less a presence in the room, but anyone who knew him could listen to him and know that something was very wrong. 

	[color=orangered]"Thank you, Ms. Queensguard. I'm glad we could meet. I will follow your example and come right to it: MSS does not intend to pull out of our contract with you. Because of the protections on M'hi... on Alicia's systems and the fact that she had not linked a copy into the company Intranet, I can't access her work. Yet. I would appreciate it greatly if you could turn over a copy of your original contract, in untampered, read-only format in the meantime, as well as any relevant documentation until I can access her stuff."[/color]

	[color=orangered]"I intend to meet the needs of your company, provided we meet on the same business and ethical standings. As for our personnel - Mr. Keystone has taken over as Acting Director until I can find someone suitable to replace him. Afterwards, he will be offered Miss Dunn's position. I have someone in mind for Alicia's role, but I will not have an answer for at least a week, maybe two. In the meantime, I would like to review the papers you have given me with Keystone, ma'am."[/color]

	He assumed a less formal stance in his chair, dropping some of the cultured mannerisms he had tried to effect thusfar into the conversation. [color=orangered]"I've got to ask, Ms. Queensguard - if [i]my[/i] history was part of the draw, what are you so worried about? Alicia was this company's future, I mostly just kept surviving and made people bleed. How well did you know her, anyway?"[/color]