Law Enforcement

[Zero]

After receiving a full report from Aseron, Ezra realized that he could no longer stand by and let these idiots interfere with his friend?s campaign. So he would have to do something about it and the best decision was to send the lawyer Monroe to handle this madness. Pulling out his galaxy phone he called up Monroe. "Hello Monroe. Yeah, I need a favor. A friend of mine is running for senate in the Zarethians, but their intelligence agency the hand is causing trouble. Can you come here and get some equipment so you will be ready?"

[Forger]

The phone call was vague and the tone was monotonous and boring, but Monroe was already dressed for success, so he figured why not show up for a discussion?  Dressed in a black suit and tie combination with a white collared shirt buttoned up nicely underneath, Monroe figured it was going to be easy enough to come as he was.  Picking up his briefcase and setting some stuff aside, Monroe was able to make it with very little difficulty.  Letting out a soft sigh as he made eye contact with Ezra, Monroe skipped the formalities and got right to the issues.

"All intelligence agencies anywhere are known to cause trouble, I don't see why you needed to call me.  What's the issue?"

[Zero]

"These." He pulled out a chest that was full of a large amount of bugs. "And this..." He pulled out a document Lustre had typed about Hand and their interference into his election. "This is what we are discussing. So, what plan do you have at the moment for dealing with the Hand and their interference? Lustre is very close to losing his composure and doing something drastic."

[Forger]

"Well, Lustre is going to have to keep his composure if he knows what's good for him.  No use blowing up on something he doesn't know the full scope of yet."

Setting Lustre's issue aside for now, Monroe moved in and took a peek at what he'd laid out before him.  The bugs were fairly standard, but why there were so many of them laid around at once confused him.  Taking his eyes off the bugs and looking over at the document Ezra provided, Monroe couldn't help but feel a tad under-whelmed by everything that was laid out before him.

"These bugs are fairly standard, there's no way to really trace them unless we try to find the manufacturer, which is also next to impossible because I don't see any serial numbers anywhere.  I would need to see photographic evidence of where the bugs were planted and how they were concealed.  Secondly, this document would need to be looked over more carefully, mostly to confirm the origins of such a thing.  A further investigation would be needed, mainly because these bugs are circumstantial evidence at best without proof of their origins.  Is there anything else you need to tell me?"

[Zero]

"Also these. Two illegal arrests." He pulled out holo discs that played video recordings of the illegal arrests. "This is the last of what happened. Mann apparently was behind it. " said Ezra Tan, calming down and catching his breath. He looked over at the lawyer Monroe J. Stein. "Well the first time it was Hermitage, but still. This is getting out of hand. If one more thing happens today that is off kilter during that election...."

A phone call came to Ezra and he opened it.

"Ezra? What is it?"

Lustre "Bugs in my office. More of them. I suspect the Hand. "

Ezra sighed, and handed the phone to the lawyer he was about to send. "Your client."

[Forger]

Monroe, even more baffled at the presentation of the two holo-discs, couldn't quite comprehend the situation that was at hand.  Looking over the videos once more, Monroe shook his head as he looked back over at Ezra.

"Okay, we need to get a hold of this "Mann" person and ask him a few questions, as well as discussing the videoes and the-"

Cut off by the sound of the phone and Ezra talking into the other end.  No doubt it was the same guy calling back to complain, and from the sound coming from the receiver, he was definitely pissed off.  Reluctantly taking the phone, Monroe spoke to his so-called client for the first time.

"Monroe Stein here, what's the problem?"

[Zero]

"The hand as a whole. They just don't know when to quit apparently." said Lustre, forcing himself to calm down. It would do no good for him to get angry now. No, it would be better to save that anger as he had a whole load of new laws he would try to get passed in the senate. "And I've just removed 3 more bugs from my office, they likely have more. Tell Ezra to send a squad to remove all the bugs from my office. And add a DNA scanner to the damn front door to keep out any further hand operatives."

[Forger]

"I am your ally in this supposed shit storm you got into, I will not be ordered around like a dog.  And unless I'm hired officially to be your representative in this matter, then there's nothing I should do for you.  So before we go any further in this deal, I need to know that you are asking me for my services officially over this phone.  After that, I'll come over and see what I can do for you."

While talking to the bitter Lustre, Monroe managed to copy down a few notes from what he had said to him.  The first order of business was to establish that bugs were planted in the house and where, and the second was to get Lustre to consent to an interview as to what happened leading up to this point.  Still relatively in the dark on the entire matter, Monroe waited for Lustre's response.

[Zero]

"You are hired." said Aseron. He had no desire for this shit-storm that was kicking up in the current situation. "Alright, now what do we do first?"

Ezra sighed. Lustre was tempered badly due to all this severe crap.

[Forger]

"You're going to have to stay right there.  Do not touch or move any of these bugs, just point them out to us when we get there.  I'm also going to need to interview you, as long as we're away from the bugs inside the apartment.  Don't say a word or do anything stupid, and we will be there soon.  We're on our way."

Disconnecting the call, Monroe let out a sigh as he looked down at the holo-videos and other pieces of so-called evidence.  Opening up his briefcase, Monroe slid the document and the bugs inside, along with the holo-videos for safe keeping.  Shutting the briefcase again, Monroe looked up and nodded towards Ezre.

"We're going to pay a visit to your stubborn friend.  I'm going to need you to come with me just in case I need to follow up any more questions, but I will need privacy with my client to conduct this interview.  Now, where do we go from here?"

[Zero]

"Teffilin. And we'll be taking my ship. This campaigning thing and election better end soon. It is giving me gray hair. " His hair turned gray for a mometn and then back to normal. With that, he pushed a button on his desk and outside his ship a comfortable corvette rose out of the ground and up to window level. "You up for a flight to Teffilin?"

[Forger]

"Well, I kind of have to be, seeing as how this guy is my client and everything."

With that, Monroe moved over to the vehicle and put his briefcase in the truck compartment.  Not soon after, Monroe hopped into the front passenger's seat and buckled himself in.  There wasn't much to be said after everything that had happened, so Monroe merely checked himself out in the nearby mirror while waiting for the departure to Teffilin.