A.I. #12B22

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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