[quote]Nothing. 

Two hours of nothing.[/quote]

She has facts. Individual bits of fact. Money movements. People being seen together at fundraisers and at lunch. Changes in behavior, somebody getting fired for something that'd normally move them to desk duty alone.

But there's no throughline. Something's going on but without knowing that already, it'd only look like so much noise. Even knowing that, none of this connects to tell her anything greater. Only that the police are throwing their weight around. Which she already knew.

"Fuck."

She's gripping her nose to stop a stress headache and glaring hatefully at the corkboard, which has refused to have more than one or two connections between bits of paper. She needs more leads. She needs somebody who can crunch financial data. She needs Alan Insert-Last-Name-Here to have a full wikipedia entry with an Controversies section. She needs a cigarette.

Instead, she waves at the spread, irate, and moves a few deliberate feet away from the board. "Okay, we've got everything out here, I'm not seeing anything, you're not seeing anything, this calls for either fresh eyes or new information. But for right now, we're-"

[quote]Someone is trying to get into Elodie’s apartment. They’re alone, unkempt hair and three day stubble leaking around the crevices of the dark sunglasses, three-ply mask and hoodie pulled tight. They’re knocking? They’re not.[/quote]

Elodie frowns down at the screen. "Hate being proven right." She sends a still photo of the guy to her own phone, and then starts packing away the unused files.

"So. Best start heading back then. He'll have done whatever damage he wants by the time we're there."

*

[quote]"Oh, there's no question that humans need art," said Brown. "An entire sector of the economy is devoted to it. The impact of Pink's work can be quantitatively measured in the relative property values in sectors she devoted personal attention to. I've tried providing her with the stats and measures before, and it makes her happy in the short term, but it always fades away sooner or later."[/quote]

They're continuing this on the train. She's gone back in her wheelchair but is notably less tense: being able to get up and move if needed does wonders for anxiety. "Okay, so she's seen the statistics, but has she seen anybody actually react to it? In person?" She pauses, then pulls out her phone.

Persephone: hey pink?
Persephone: sorry for snapping at you, i... really, really hate when i'm stuck in the wheelchair
Persephone: would you mind showing me a few things around the station you designed in a few days?
Persephone: when shit's a little calmer
Persephone: maybe ask if any of the others want to go along as well

That should be something nice to look forward to. Nice trip with a friend. Not at all a date.