[b][center][h2]Paige Kennedy[/h2][/center][/b]

Paige’s glance narrowed slightly looking at his initial reaction. It was one of her favorite things to study in people. The moment where realization overcame presentation. She had been carefully trained how to recognize it all the way back from her days with the Florida State Police and over the course of years in law enforcement there were very few that she encountered that could beat it. Being able to mask one’s true feelings in the face of any manner of news was more a product of experience than training. In contrast, Tao’s reaction- eyes darting, face flushed, pulse quickening, was like a flashing road sign. She knew she would have to do her best to at least work with him some. There was no doubt that everyone she associated with was being watched. “Relax,” She said calmly. Her eye contact was naturally [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4548051]piercing[/url]. “I’m not here to take you in.” She tilted her head slightly signaling for him to turn back towards the bar area.

Like most bars, the area behind the drink selection was mirrored and she could still see what was going on behind them between various bottles of differing colors, shapes and sizes. She had no doubt that she had the boy’s attention fully, though still considered her words fairly carefully. He was only just about to realize that he was indeed being pulled into the deep end and she didn’t want him to panic. She brushed her hair back behind her ear and glanced back him. “I’m not here to talk about philosophers or witty quotes either.” She said, her southern accent evident. “What I have is this problem, that you have the ability to help me with.” Inside her jacket, she pulled out a small card enough for only him to see. There was nothing special about it, still wrapped in its plastic sleeve and lanyard. It was easily recognizable as a Luna Sports Facility keycard, but not the standard keytags they gave out to gym members. It was larger, like the kind carried by the staff that worked at the facility, simply bearing the name: [i][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4740001]Samson Barrett[/url][/i] with a picture of an eggheaded, older man with thick-framed glasses and a coffee stained smile. 

She slipped the card back into her pocket as stealthily as she retrieved it.There was no way for him to know the history behind it, but she didn’t put it past him to at least look into the name. “That is a master key to Luna Sports Facility.” Again, nothing special. She wasn’t even sure it was a “master key” per se, but it sounded right. She could have easily had LSF make her a master key or had the Marshal Service’s tech department replicate it, but they didn’t need to know what she was up to and the fewer people that knew about any of it the better. With Tao, she had [i]leverage[/i] and though corporate espionage was not usually something within Marshal’s business, she could pull enough strings to make it that way. Somehow though, she doubted, just studying him, that any of that would be a problem. No, it was the next part she was sure would pique his interest. Even CT seemed intrigued by her request, though she hadn’t directly mentioned what it was about. “I need to find out what doors it has opened.”

[@Allycat]