GrimD@rk8290 wrote:
"Skateboarding huh? Oh we know you're a great skateboarder." Ace said as he reached into his pocket, sliding the pair a few photos. It was of course, Lotus on her skateboard, patrolling the streets, at different places, though around the same time. It only took him a few moments before he gathered the photos back up.
Lotus gives a big smile and starts to speak, ready to point out some of her favorite tricks she'd done during these adventures, but Karam cuts her off with a light elbow to the stomach. She stops and glares at him for a moment.
GrimD@rk8290 wrote:
He kept his voice quiet though, as he was clearly only interested in speaking with Karam and Lotus, and not wanting to make a big scene. "You wanna take a stroll in the middle of the night, that's fine. Everytime you're up on camera, though...we noticed someone hijacking our camera feed. Turns into someone different every time."The big rhino handed Ace a piece of paper, with a list of names he'd managed to get from various VPN's that had been spotted throughout the signal around the times Lotus was seen on camera, different dates, though almost around the same time.
He slides the piece of paper with the compiled names back to his bodyguard.
"Gotta say, I dunno what you twos are doin. But if you're good enough to wrangle our feed from our tech, then." He slid the two of them a business card, detailing where ZISA headquarters were. Of course, after he was done speaking them, more so as discreately as possible he started to speak up.
"You seem like good, and capable kids. You could be doing some real good out there. Work for us, and I can make you two legit."
Karam leans slightly against Lotus, watching all the evidence with the same blank expression as before. There doesn't seem to be any solid evidence against him, and chances are that the slices of code they may have caught with his name will be unrecognizable compared to his official works. He's pretty much fine. While he'd love to throw her under the bus as the hacker as well, he'd actually miss her if she got locked up. Odd feeling for a caracal, even for another. With this motivation, he begins to speak, absolutely calm and emotionless.
"'f yu've got a dozen 'r so names ya don' have anything. She's gotta flavor 'a th' day setup with guys 'round here. Check those guys ou', maybe yu'll fin' someone worth recruitin'. And sure, she's a thrill junkie, but if no one's called th' cops yet she hasn' done anythin' wrong and tha'-" He points to the photos with a slight frown,
"-tha's mess'd up. We didn' come here t' be accused." Having finished, he crosses his arms across his chest and stands up straight again. This... is new for him. Having some bite-sized overconfident agent show up and tell him what they're doing doesn't matter hits a sore spot with him. Had these government forces been keeping people safe, Lotus wouldn't
have to do this. His tail twitches slightly as he watches the otter, still a dead-eyed expression.
Lotus (meanwhile), having realized why Karam cut her off earlier, is trying to hold a professional air. She's not in a great spot and, while those photos didn't show anything actually incriminating, they probably have video of her getting into a fight. While she never would attack an civilian, she has attacked aggressors first in the numerous situations where the adrenaline got ahead of her. She picks up the card and listens to Karam's defense, reading the card carefully and inspecting it all over as if there were some secret message she was just missing. Throughout his speech she slowly gets more and more embarrassed, her ears tilting back and her gaze shifting away as she tries ignore the situation she's in.