ASSIGNMENT: AREA MONITOR Location: The Virtual Veranda at the Eagle Pub GENSTAT number: N/A Date Assigned: 10/02/2261 Monitoring Period: Permanent. Transcript ref number:000ABG-9876AGA-893302.C
Date: 11/05/2358 Time: 12:53 LOCATION - LAP - THE VIRTUAL VERANDA AT THE EAGLE PUB
VISUAL SCAN - Five cafe tables sit in the sand of a holoprojected beach. Simulated waves break on the virtual shore of a hot afternoon. Jack enters the place and scans the tables. A gull cries overhead as Jack spies Ms. Cannon at the table closest to the water. He slogs through the sand cursing himself for wearing black today. It maybe a simulated sun but it's still hot.
Ms. Cannon spies Jack as he approaches the table. She smiles and motions to the empty seat across from her. A frosty beer awaits Jack. MS. CANNON I took the liberty of getting you a beer. This place is pretty, but it can make you thirsty. JACK Thanks. MS. CANNON How's the head? I heard you had a bit of an altercation last night. Jack takes a sip from the beer. JACK Polite people have altercations. I was ambushed. MS. CANNON But your alive. Jack rubs his still aching head JACK If you call this living. So what's up Cannon? You got news? MS. CANNON After a careful examination of all of the evidence I have come to the conclusion we may have an intruder on board. JACK What! MS. CANNON The evidence is irrefutable. JACK Gimma a break. Aliens? Jack laughs. MS. CANNON I'm not making any claims as to the... origin of our visitor, just that we have one. JACK And you think this has something to do with Shadow? MS. CANNON For all I know this may BE Shadow. I convinced the Admiral to run an exercise on the surface of Genesis. The troops think they're all on some kind of military egg hunt. Actually they're trying to find the intruder's craft for us. Once we have it we'll know what we're up against. JACK Sounds like a plan. MS. CANNON Until that happens I'll be going through all the data you and your hacker friend gathered yesterday. JACK Good. I thought I was going to have to do it and that shit bores me to tears. Ms. Cannon looks up. She's spies another woman giving Jack the evil eye. Ms. Cannon nods in Ellie's direction. MS. CANNON Do you know this person? Jack spins to find a furious Ellie staring at him. She spins on a heel and exits the place. JACK I can't win. I just can't win. MS. CANNON A friend? JACK Not for long if my luck holds up. MS. CANNON The jealous type, huh? JACK Not usually, but lately things have been happening that make it easy to be pissed of at me. Jack sighs. Ms. Cannon rises. MS. CANNON I'm sure you'll work it out. I'll be in touch. Ms. Cannon leaves the virtual veranda. As Jack finishes his beer he watches her leave and marvels out how the woman can walk through ankle deep sand and still move like a cat.
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