Episode 11
Episode 11 - Skinless Academy
The Agents of Cell R do their best to stay under the radar and collect as much intelligence as possible. Splitting their efforts, the team visits both St. Bartholomew Academy and a local police station to find out more about the missing girls.
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Transcript
Hello?
Speaker A:What time is it?
Speaker A:Who is it?
Speaker A:I don't know.
Speaker B:I.
Speaker A:Situation green pawn 2f3 sorry, honey, I have to take this.
Speaker A:So now that we've finished up our delectable breakfast and sort of planned out our day, we know that we have an appointment at St.
Speaker A:Barts at 1:30pm that's been set up, set in stone.
Speaker A:Agent Romeo and Roizen are dressed for the part, hopefully.
Speaker A:And they're about to show the world the benefits of Delta Green parenting.
Speaker A:It's the third time I've made that joke.
Speaker A:I just can't get enough of it.
Speaker A:What are the plans for Lenny and for Ryan?
Speaker C:Well, see, what we've done is we've split the party for the sake of storytelling.
Speaker B:I love it.
Speaker A:I mean, no.
Speaker A:No one split the party yet.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker C:Well, the goal here.
Speaker A:Let's put a party.
Speaker B:Let's rhyme.
Speaker B:Is gonna be the sun.
Speaker B:Wait.
Speaker B:Wait until they head out.
Speaker B:But to do something.
Speaker B:But okay, okay.
Speaker B:Until then he'll say to the group, I think that while you guys go and check out the school, it might make sense to.
Speaker B:To talk to the local police and see if there's any, you know, missing persons investigations or anything that has already been done.
Speaker B:You know, CFR make our jobs a little bit easier and kind of borrow some knowledge.
Speaker C:This is Romeo's response.
Speaker C:Let me get this straight.
Speaker C:You're just going to walk up to the police and say, hey, do you have any investigations going on?
Speaker B:No.
Speaker C:You want to do.
Speaker B:I'm not going to do that.
Speaker B:No.
Speaker A:Cool.
Speaker D:Cool.
Speaker D:So.
Speaker E:What are you going to do?
Speaker B:I have a plan.
Speaker B:But it.
Speaker B:I think it's.
Speaker B:It's a plan that works best if you all have plausible deniability.
Speaker E:That's never a good sign.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker B:This can only go well, sir.
Speaker C:We didn't know that he was going to get eaten by an entity, you know.
Speaker C:Please don't shoot us in the back of the.
Speaker B:I promise.
Speaker B:I promise I have all.
Speaker B:Each of your safety.
Speaker B:And he looks at each of them in turn as my number one priority.
Speaker C:Here to crunchify that are his hands behind his back.
Speaker E:If there is a giant snake eating me, please shoot me in the head.
Speaker B:Deal.
Speaker C:Same only a snake though.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:Heard.
Speaker C:Follow programming rules.
Speaker C:Very literal here.
Speaker E:Well, anything else will kill me on the way down.
Speaker B:You know.
Speaker B:That's good thinking.
Speaker B:That is good thinking, Lenny.
Speaker B:I think that you might be pretty helpful for me.
Speaker B:You up for a trip to the precinct?
Speaker D:Lenny kind of looks around the other ones.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Yeah, sure, I guess.
Speaker B:So what time are you guys heading out?
Speaker B:Ryan's going to turn to Royson and Romeo.
Speaker E: , so: Speaker C:Okay.
Speaker E:Plenty of time to get there.
Speaker E:One thing, Ryan.
Speaker E:Don't get the kid killed.
Speaker B:I promise he will be perfectly safe.
Speaker B:Possibly in the car.
Speaker D:Right.
Speaker E:Just make sure you leave a window rolled down and a couple of coloring books so he has something to do.
Speaker D:Keep the car running.
Speaker B:Yeah, I think that that is.
Speaker B:That is something I am confident that I can do.
Speaker C:Yeah, definitely.
Speaker C:Play him some music too, so he doesn't feel lonely when you leave.
Speaker B:Sounds great.
Speaker C:Sounds like we have a plan.
Speaker A:So, Agent Romeo and Roizen.
Speaker A:Ryan and friendly Lenny Hargrave.
Speaker A:Time passes.
Speaker A:Go ahead and spend some time alone in your rooms, showering, taking care of personal hygiene efforts, what have you.
Speaker A:And soon it is time for the agents to split ways in order to tackle their separate tasks and duties.
Speaker A:And we'll begin with Agent Romeo and Agent Royson.
Speaker D:Hey, can we get like a sweet sound effect here where it's like splitting the party.
Speaker A:So you.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker D:All right.
Speaker D:So definitely in the cut there somewhere.
Speaker A:Yeah, no, I'll do that.
Speaker A:That's.
Speaker A:That's 100% gonna happen.
Speaker D:I believe every word you're saying right now.
Speaker C:It's gonna probably be more like a.
Speaker A:Death knell, like a.
Speaker A:Yeah, it'll be DS Irie.
Speaker A:It'll.
Speaker A:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker D:Exactly.
Speaker B:Let me tell you, Chris, if it's not in there, you just.
Speaker B:You're down one cast member.
Speaker A:Got it?
Speaker A:That's how I lose you.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Got it.
Speaker A:I'm listening carefully to make it two.
Speaker D:Your cast is revolting.
Speaker D:Make it two.
Speaker A:God.
Speaker C:Volting is correct.
Speaker A:I mean.
Speaker E:Yeah.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:We'll see what.
Speaker A:We'll see what I.
Speaker A:I figure out.
Speaker D:All right, lock it up.
Speaker D:Lock it up.
Speaker D:Here we go.
Speaker D:Yeah, there's people listening.
Speaker D:Here we go.
Speaker B:Not to this part.
Speaker A:St.
Speaker A:Bartholomew Academy is a prestigious private school.
Speaker A:Now, you both are heading to the northeast suburbs of Detroit to get there.
Speaker A:From the outside, it is fairly impressive.
Speaker A:Glass and steel with artistic embellishments and flourishes.
Speaker A:Architectural.
Speaker A:It looks almost like a higher university, maybe an art institute of that caliber rather than a middle and high school.
Speaker A:You both park and make your way up the pavement to the front door.
Speaker A:And when you enter, you find yourself in a large, sparse hallway with what look like polished floors, hardwood walls and ceilings that are leveled with inset lighting.
Speaker A:It's got a warmth to it.
Speaker A:Overall.
Speaker A:Your footsteps and your voices echo right now in the middle of the day, there's not much traffic, but you look around, see very clearly a placard on the wall that directs you to the admissions office, which, conveniently, is right around the corner.
Speaker A:As you enter, you are quickly ushered by an attending clerk to a posh waiting room where you are offered snacks, bottled water, while you wait for Assistant Dean Reynolds to take you around the school on a tour and answer any questions you might have.
Speaker C:Okay, I have a serious question about the snacks that are on offer here.
Speaker C:Yeah, like what are we talking?
Speaker A:Toblerone for sweets and Snyder's Pretzels for the savory?
Speaker C:Be nice.
Speaker C:Okay, well, Romeo's going to crack into that now.
Speaker A:I assume that means both.
Speaker A:You're going.
Speaker A:Both savory and sweet.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah, same time.
Speaker A:A delectable mixture of both experiences.
Speaker A:Okay, you'll get plus 10% on all your rolls.
Speaker C:I knew I would.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:That's not true, though.
Speaker A:So you get deathly ill.
Speaker A:These are.
Speaker A:You're allergic to bugs.
Speaker A:Type 2 diabetes.
Speaker A:You don't know why you put them in your mouth.
Speaker A:You know you're allergic to them.
Speaker A:Your face begins to swell uncontrollably through tears.
Speaker C:Romeo gestures to his sidearm.
Speaker C:Has a smaller holster next to it that has the EpiPen.
Speaker C:And he's floundering and he's trying to gesture.
Speaker C:And he dies.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Roizen doesn't understand at all.
Speaker A:And honestly, when you're dead.
Speaker A:She shrugs and she shifts in her seat.
Speaker A:I got work to do.
Speaker A:Awaits the assistant dean's arrival.
Speaker E:Just kind of kicks him under the chair so nobody notices.
Speaker A:Breaks both his legs so he fits.
Speaker A:Before long, you're in Assistant Dean Reynolds office.
Speaker A:She's introduced herself.
Speaker A:Looks like she has an impressive array of credentials behind her.
Speaker A:It almost seems like a.
Speaker A:An attorney's office if not for the multiple Golden Apple Awards.
Speaker A:On her desk.
Speaker A:And she has you.
Speaker A:Take a seat.
Speaker A:Begins what almost starts to feel like a bit of an interview.
Speaker A:Well, thank you both for coming in.
Speaker A:I understand that we are considering St.
Speaker A:Bartholomew's for Patricia, is it?
Speaker E:Yes.
Speaker A:Excellent.
Speaker A:Excellent.
Speaker A:And my assistant did mention that you were only in town for a brief few.
Speaker A:So just give me an idea of how long we have to explore what St.
Speaker A:Bartholomew's might be able to offer you and your family.
Speaker E:Well, we're only in town for today.
Speaker E:Tomorrow we're heading back to Boston, and unfortunately, we'll be moving here in the relatively near future.
Speaker E:But you know how these things are.
Speaker E:We try to get ahead of everything we possibly can.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:What about St.
Speaker A:Bartholomew's caught you in your partner's eyes.
Speaker E:It just seems like such a well rounded place.
Speaker C:With a record of excellence, bar none.
Speaker A:She beams.
Speaker A:Well, excellent, Excellent.
Speaker A:Well, let's just get some of the basics out of the way.
Speaker A:I do have a bit of a questionnaire for you both to fill out.
Speaker A:I'm going to go ahead and pass that over now.
Speaker A:She slides across some paperwork.
Speaker A:It's a little substantive.
Speaker A:Honestly, what I'm going to do is I'm going to let you sit here comfortably in those beautiful chairs, and I'm going to walk.
Speaker A:Walk on out, give you about 15, 20 minutes to look that over, provide the information asked there that you're comfortable providing, and I'll be right back in.
Speaker A:Any questions for me before I leave?
Speaker E:None at all.
Speaker A:She smiles, she stands up and says, all right, well, I'll be back in a few.
Speaker A:Are you good on water?
Speaker A:Good on snacks?
Speaker E:Some tea would be absolutely lovely.
Speaker A:I'll see what we can do.
Speaker A:Before long, the door shuts behind her.
Speaker A:She's left her own office.
Speaker C:Romeo gives her an eyebrow and says, tea?
Speaker E:Yeah, it'll take her a few minutes.
Speaker C:Fair enough.
Speaker C:Romeo's gonna kind of scan the room, make sure there's no recording devices.
Speaker A:Search.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker E:While he's doing that, Roisin's just gonna start filling out the paperwork as quickly as she can.
Speaker A:So give me a general idea of the forgeries that you're creating here.
Speaker A:What's the last name of wonderful Patricia that links up with the false identification that you crafted last night?
Speaker E:Perkins.
Speaker D:Delta.
Speaker A:Patricia Delta.
Speaker A:Jesus.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:Patricia Perkins.
Speaker A:Excellent.
Speaker A:And what do you and your partner do for a living?
Speaker C:Real estate.
Speaker A:Both of you?
Speaker E:No, no, Romeo works in real estate.
Speaker E:Roisin is a office manager for a, well, rather well known government agency based out of Boston.
Speaker A:What's the agency?
Speaker E:We'll just say it's the local branch of, well, let's go with Homeland.
Speaker A:Okay, so dhs, just for.
Speaker A:Just for my purposes, what, what's.
Speaker A:What's our combined yearly gross income that we're putting down?
Speaker C:$4 million.
Speaker A:Just 4 mil on the nose.
Speaker A:Got it.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Sounds good.
Speaker E:Oh, somebody is rather successful in real estate.
Speaker C:Real estate, mobile, where the money is at.
Speaker A:What's the name of your company?
Speaker A:Romeo or Mr.
Speaker A:Perkins?
Speaker C:He Google's a good one.
Speaker A:He Google's a good one.
Speaker A:Okay, so you're leaving it to me.
Speaker C:To make it up for you.
Speaker A:I'm gonna call it ReMax, because I'm tired.
Speaker A:So you work for ReMax.
Speaker B:The longest fucking pause.
Speaker A:Good God.
Speaker D:Check my connection there.
Speaker E:Seriously?
Speaker A:My goodness.
Speaker C:So sorry.
Speaker A:No, no, you're done.
Speaker A:You work for.
Speaker A:You have your own, like, Set of offices for ReMax.
Speaker A:You have a bunch of real estate agents under your purview.
Speaker A:You're like a regional director or something.
Speaker A:Yeah, you're some executive for ReMax, but.
Speaker E:There'S an extra R at the beginning.
Speaker A:ReMax for cell R.
Speaker A:Because it's all.
Speaker C:In codes, you see?
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Cool.
Speaker A:Is there anything you two.
Speaker A:So, so basically, Romeo, you're looking around.
Speaker A:You're just kind of scanning from your chair.
Speaker A:You're.
Speaker A:You're looking for surveillance devices.
Speaker A:You don't see any cameras or really anything obvious.
Speaker A:Now, you know that all of these are designed to be concealed.
Speaker A:So unless you stand up and start moving things around, this is.
Speaker A:This is in your own professional estimation, insufficient to ensure that you're not being surveilled right now.
Speaker C:She have any paper on her desk that's readable?
Speaker C:From where we're sitting, the only thing.
Speaker A:On her desk are what look like six Golden Apple Awards and the pieces of paper that have to do with your questionnaire.
Speaker C:Could you.
Speaker C:Not even a computer what a Golden Apple Award is?
Speaker A:Sure.
Speaker A:It looks like some sort of award she's been given for being Best Dean of the Year.
Speaker C:Probably gave it to herself, potentially.
Speaker A:You can ask, find out.
Speaker C:Yeah, it's like a Dundee.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker E:Is there anything on the walls?
Speaker A:There are feces, credentials.
Speaker A:There's also what looks like an old map of the world.
Speaker A:Looks like it's.
Speaker A: Well, maybe circa of the: Speaker C:Okay, that's a clue.
Speaker E:Is there anything unusual about the map?
Speaker E:Anything written on it?
Speaker A:There's nothing unusual that you can see about the map.
Speaker A:Just at a cursory glance, it looks like an old world map that's framed and posted on our wall.
Speaker A:So y'all are going to wait for her to come back in.
Speaker C:Romeo's gonna stand up and kind of start perusing around the walls and look around like he's bored and waiting.
Speaker A:Are you.
Speaker A:Are you moving things with your hands?
Speaker A:Are you just.
Speaker C:No.
Speaker C:Not touching anything.
Speaker A:Cool.
Speaker A:Well, looks like she's got a couple of PhDs and education and looks like psychology as well.
Speaker A:We're.
Speaker A:We're talking Ivy League, so she's well credentialed.
Speaker A:Well, while y'all are waiting, we're gonna return to our friends Ryan and Lenny Hargrave.
Speaker A:What are you two up to?
Speaker B:So Ryan is going to.
Speaker B:Does he have access to Romeo's room?
Speaker A:Since you're paying for everything, I can't see how you wouldn't.
Speaker B:Okay, so he's gonna go into Romeo's room and look for his FBI badge, assuming that he left it behind, given that he is now playing a.
Speaker B:A parental character.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Romay, did you leave your FBI badge behind in your suit?
Speaker A:That sounds like a roll for me to make then.
Speaker A:Man, he is too slow.
Speaker B:Eric?
Speaker D:Eric, you there?
Speaker C:Sorry, you were talking to me?
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker C:Oh.
Speaker A:So you.
Speaker B:You.
Speaker A:When I say.
Speaker A:Hold on, hold on.
Speaker A:Hey, just.
Speaker A:Just as a.
Speaker A:Just as a clue on.
Speaker A:On how this is gonna work when I go.
Speaker A:Hey, Romeo, direct question.
Speaker A:That is definitely for you.
Speaker C:I was observing a squirrel out the window, and I.
Speaker C:Okay, completely.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker C:Sorry.
Speaker B:That is just too sweet.
Speaker D:Some squirrel.
Speaker A:No worries.
Speaker A:So the question was, did Romeo leave his FBI badge with his suit in his room?
Speaker C:Absolutely.
Speaker A:So it doesn't take you long, Agent Ryan, to immediately find his suit hanging in the hall closet.
Speaker A:And right there in the front jacket pocket is his badge holder and his badge.
Speaker B:Fantastic.
Speaker B:So Ryan is going to take that badge.
Speaker B:Does it have a picture of him in it or is it just the.
Speaker B:The badge itself?
Speaker A:It's just the badge itself.
Speaker B:Wonderful.
Speaker B:So Ryan's going to walk into.
Speaker B:Back into the.
Speaker B:The.
Speaker B:The common area looking.
Speaker B:Looking for Lenny, you know, before he heads out to the precinct.
Speaker A:Lenny hasn't yet opened up the book of poetry today, but he has kind of sat down on his lap.
Speaker A:He's drumming it impatiently.
Speaker A:He looks up when you enter the room.
Speaker B:Hey, Lenny, I was thinking we could go talk to the local authorities today.
Speaker B:I think it would be particularly helpful to see if there's already been any work done here.
Speaker B:I know that you're really interested in that book, but to me, it would make it a little bit more official if you came along as my expert from the Federal Bureau and wanted to see if you'd like to.
Speaker B:To join.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Yeah, I guess.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:If you think that's the right thing to do.
Speaker D:I don't know what all I could offer up outside of esoteric kind of antiquity.
Speaker B:I'm sure we could find something.
Speaker B:And before he has too much of a chance to think further, Ryan kind of starts to rush him out the door.
Speaker A:Okay, well, before long, you're in your rental vehicle.
Speaker A:Now, the ubiquitous black SUV is in the hands of real estate mogul Agent Romeo Perkins.
Speaker A:Whatever vehicle that you've procured for yourself, I don't think we set that up yet.
Speaker A:That's what you will be driving.
Speaker A:Can you give me a general idea of what that is?
Speaker A:Maybe come.
Speaker B:Black SUV.
Speaker A:So we're doubling up on the black SUVs.
Speaker A:We're just going full in on the obvious Fed thing.
Speaker C:Could have gone Fiat of Barth Man.
Speaker B:You know what?
Speaker B:You know what?
Speaker B:Let's go.
Speaker B:Tesla.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:A nice Tesla.
Speaker A:That's interesting because he is, I think, an oil tycoon.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:So pretty funny, but yeah, he likes the quiet.
Speaker A:You're in your rental Tesla and.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Where you.
Speaker A:Where are you headed exactly?
Speaker B:To the police precincts for the, you know, for the city that we're in.
Speaker A:There are so many.
Speaker B:There's so many for the.
Speaker B:Sure, sure, sure.
Speaker B:Sorry.
Speaker B:The closest to.
Speaker B:Are we able to.
Speaker B:Is it county that the high school is in or.
Speaker B:Sorry, the.
Speaker B:The school is in.
Speaker A:Yeah, that's going to be one of the.
Speaker A:The northside suburbs.
Speaker A:And there.
Speaker A:There is a particular precinct there.
Speaker A:We're going to go ahead and call it 413.
Speaker A:It's a smaller station.
Speaker A:When you drive up to it, you're able to walk straight on in and it's obviously open to the public.
Speaker B:Seems before we go in, Chris, as we're walking in, Ryan's going to turn to Lenny and say, look back when we were talking to Darren.
Speaker B:Wait, Darren is the alive one, right?
Speaker A:Darren is the headless corpse.
Speaker A:Danny Corso is the editor.
Speaker A:The currently, perhaps still alive editor of beyond the Dark.
Speaker A:We haven't checked in on him for a while, so.
Speaker B:Back when we were talking to Danny, you did a great job, you know, up until the bashful nature of your exit, acting interested and acting the expert, which is what I need you to do when we go in here.
Speaker B:Play along, follow my lead.
Speaker B:Less is more in this kind of a situation.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker D:Yeah, yeah, got it.
Speaker D:Let's, let's, let's, let's do it.
Speaker B:Great.
Speaker A:My understanding is that you're going to use Agent Romeo's credentials in order to talk to maybe a supervisory commander or lieutenant or something that can help you check out some police reports.
Speaker A:Am I, am I making a proper prediction here or is.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So I do want to ask specifically about the missing persons to see if there's any information.
Speaker B:If I'm able to get away with that level of detail.
Speaker B:Great.
Speaker B:But I'm happy to, you know, come up with alternative explanations if, if required.
Speaker A:Speaking to the clerk on duty.
Speaker A:In your false capacity providing these credentials, there's no role for your approach here.
Speaker A:What ends up happening is you find yourself in a small conference room with blinds drawn, you and Lenny, very uncomfortable plastic chairs, sitting at a cheap particle wood table.
Speaker A:Before long, you're joined by a very ragged looking man.
Speaker D:Before this guy comes in, can Letty cut in with something?
Speaker A:Sure, of course.
Speaker D:Hey, did, did, did, did Agent Romeo say you could take his badge.
Speaker B:No.
Speaker D:Wait.
Speaker D:What do we do?
Speaker B:Seems we have a job to do here, Lenny.
Speaker B:We're investigating missing people.
Speaker B:We have certain amount of time and sometimes, Sometimes you have to bend the rules.
Speaker B:Romeo's fine.
Speaker B:Romeo understands how this goes.
Speaker B:He and I have been working together for years.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker D:Yeah, if you say so.
Speaker B:This one's on me.
Speaker B:This one's on me.
Speaker B:You just.
Speaker B:I didn't even tell you about this.
Speaker A:The door swings open.
Speaker A:A portly gentleman with graying hair, a nearly bald pate walks inside.
Speaker A:He's got a bunch of file folders under his right elbow.
Speaker A:Closes the door behind him.
Speaker A:He's wearing an ill fitting tan suit and a white button down dress shirt that has not seen an iron in years.
Speaker A:He pulls forward another uncomfortable looking plastic chair that's facing both of you.
Speaker A:And it almost starts to feel like a bit of an interrogation.
Speaker A:Just because of the positioning.
Speaker A:The man's demeanor is anything but that of a harsh interrogator.
Speaker A:He sits down in a chair, creaking under his substantive weight.
Speaker A:He sets the mess of folders on the table in front of him, takes out a handkerchief and dabs his sweaty brow.
Speaker A:He looks up at you both now and says, okay.
Speaker A:FBI.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:So, desk clerk said you're here to take over for a couple missing persons cases, is that correct?
Speaker B:Not takeover yet.
Speaker B:Not take over yet.
Speaker B:My assignment's been to work with local law enforcement.
Speaker B:We're not sure if this is yet a official federal level case, but there has been some consistencies with missing persons and in other, other states that has, has led me here, so.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:My understanding is that you guys have done some incredible work.
Speaker B:We're not trying to take credit for that.
Speaker B:We are not wanting to, to overshadow you.
Speaker A:I'm Detective Mitchu.
Speaker A:I, I, I've been looking into some of these missing cases.
Speaker A:Detective Polchowski, who, who is not here right now.
Speaker A:She's, she's got a couple as well.
Speaker A:But we also have a, a pretty long backlist or backlog of missing persons that, that are what we call in the queue.
Speaker A:Clears his throat.
Speaker A:You told the clerk specifically Alina Stover and a Joyce Shores.
Speaker A:And so I think that's, that's why I'm in here talking with you.
Speaker B:That's right, sir.
Speaker B:What information can you provide on those.
Speaker A:Particular cases or other missing persons cases?
Speaker B:Yeah, let's go ahead and start with those particular ones.
Speaker A:He starts kind of shuffling through his papers.
Speaker A:They, they seem fairly disorganized.
Speaker A:He doesn't necessarily look like he's doing a good job of really surfacing any information as he stutters and tries to speak at the same time.
Speaker A:I could, I can tell you that I, I did speak to the father of Joy Shores.
Speaker A:Doesn't seem to be able to find what he's looking for, and he, he gives up.
Speaker A:His name is Dante Shores.
Speaker A:He, he's very distraught, as you can imagine.
Speaker A:Told me that his daughter plays chess every weekend with the elderly at Palmer Park.
Speaker A:Apparently she was part of a prestigious school here.
Speaker A:Flips through a few more papers.
Speaker A:St.
Speaker A:Joseph's or Isaiah or I can't remember.
Speaker A:I'll find it here in a second.
Speaker A:But she was on the chess club.
Speaker A:Apparently after one of these visits to the park, she failed to return.
Speaker A:And that's when he, he filed a report with, with us.
Speaker B:And how long ago was that report filed?
Speaker A:A few weeks ago.
Speaker B:Interesting.
Speaker B:Okay, did he mention anyone that went with her, or did he talk about anyone in particular that she played.
Speaker B:Played with?
Speaker A:I, I, I, I think I asked those questions, sir.
Speaker A:I, I don't, I don't recall.
Speaker A:He's flipping through his papers again.
Speaker A:He seems to have found something.
Speaker A:He almost looks like he's struck gold with how excited he's become.
Speaker A:Ah, here.
Speaker A:Here it is.
Speaker A:Here it is.
Speaker A:Here's my interview notes.
Speaker A:Oh, okay.
Speaker A:Yeah, so he told me that, you know, she would go with other members of the chess club.
Speaker A:I didn't ask for any names.
Speaker A:Sometimes, you know, it could change.
Speaker A:You know, week after week she would play with different folks.
Speaker A:No particular names that the, the father knew.
Speaker A:He's scanning now.
Speaker A:Sorry.
Speaker A:What other questions did you have?
Speaker B:That's really helpful.
Speaker B:I, I appreciate it.
Speaker A:St.
Speaker A:Bartholomew.
Speaker A:St.
Speaker A:Bartholomew Academy.
Speaker A:Ah, geez.
Speaker B:Yes, that's the, the school that they attended, is my understanding.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah, I had it wrong.
Speaker A:I think I said Saint Saint Jude's or something.
Speaker B:No worries.
Speaker B:Did you talk to anyone at the school?
Speaker A:We did speak to a guidance counselor and some of the faculty and staff.
Speaker A:We did get a list of, of friends and we did speak with, with each one of those kids.
Speaker A:With the counselor and faculty present as well as sign off from the parents.
Speaker A:He's reading his notes fairly religiously now, but nothing forthcoming really sped along the investigation.
Speaker A:He looks up at you now.
Speaker A:Looks over at you as well, Lenny.
Speaker A:You know, when it takes this long, well, the likelihood of finding anything is.
Speaker A:Trails off.
Speaker B:Yeah, I understand.
Speaker B:Anything about Ms.
Speaker B:Stover?
Speaker A:He looks back down at his notes.
Speaker A:Captain of the, of the swim team.
Speaker A:Same school.
Speaker A:She was reported missing after failing to return from school.
Speaker A:So it was a weekday.
Speaker A:His finger traces some words.
Speaker A:Looks like it was a Tuesday.
Speaker A:This was a few weeks ago as well.
Speaker A:But she was last reported seen by other.
Speaker A:Other Students at the St Bartholomew Pool A day before the report was filed by her parents.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:And similarly, did you have any follow up conversations we did?
Speaker B:Anything about.
Speaker B:Yeah, go ahead, please.
Speaker A:We.
Speaker A:We spoke with, with her friends as well.
Speaker A:We made a whole day of it once we got parental permission for.
Speaker A:For most of the kids.
Speaker A:I'll be honest, there were some strictures around it, which is common, as I'm sure you're aware.
Speaker A:You know, they were brief interviews.
Speaker A:We.
Speaker A:We didn't really uncover anything of.
Speaker A:Of note that could further the investigation in either of the girls disappearances.
Speaker B:Gotcha.
Speaker A:He glances over at Lenny, who's remained quiet during this.
Speaker A:During this interview.
Speaker A:He doesn't say anything.
Speaker D:Mahnoon looks up and like, may I.
Speaker D:May I look at the case file or the interview notes that you have there?
Speaker A:He glances over at Agent Romeo and swallows.
Speaker A:And he says, sure, sure.
Speaker A:Passes over this stack of disorganized papers to you.
Speaker D:I don't know if it's bureaucracy or criminology, but kind of look through it and see if I, if there's anything he may have not mentioned that might.
Speaker A:Be valuable to us and apologies.
Speaker A:I just called you Agent Romeo.
Speaker A:Agent Ryan.
Speaker A:I should have said Agent.
Speaker B:I am impersonating him.
Speaker A:I should have said Agent Jelinek, which is what the ID would have on it, not Romeo.
Speaker B:Oh, fuck.
Speaker B:Sorry guys.
Speaker B:There's sirens outside my window in case you can hear that.
Speaker A:Totally can.
Speaker A:So.
Speaker A:So yeah, your.
Speaker A:Your idea says totally can.
Speaker A:Your.
Speaker A:Your idiot ID says.
Speaker A:Is it Jan Yellenik?
Speaker A:Am I misremembering that it's Aaron?
Speaker A:Aaron.
Speaker A:What the heck is going on with my memory?
Speaker A:Aaron Yellen is the name of the person on this id.
Speaker A:So he says yeah, of course, and passes it over to you, Lenny.
Speaker A:It's a big stack of messy, hastily scribbled notes on what looks like boilerplate reports.
Speaker A:So you start kind of scanning over this as Agent Ryan continues his interview.
Speaker A:And I will give you a.
Speaker A:I will give you a human intelligence role.
Speaker D:Oh, here we go.
Speaker D:Oh, failed.
Speaker D:Do not have a lot of human intelligence with this character.
Speaker A:You're looking over this and you can just tell that Detective Minchu is harried, busy underwater.
Speaker A:Really isn't doing a great job.
Speaker A:The notes are.
Speaker A:You're just.
Speaker A:You're just happy you're not his supervisor.
Speaker A:This is.
Speaker A:This is a mess.
Speaker A:And you're not surprised that this Missing person's case has gone stale.
Speaker A:It's sad actually.
Speaker D:Have you all had any other missing persons.
Speaker D:Missing persons show up through the sewer system.
Speaker A:He looks up.
Speaker A:You mean deaths?
Speaker A:Accidental deaths maybe.
Speaker A:I'm not really on that beat though.
Speaker D:Oh, okay.
Speaker D:I was wondering if you might have a.
Speaker D:If there's a, there's a city map or access to a city map of the, the, the underground sewage system that we.
Speaker D:Sewer system that we might be able to, to access.
Speaker A:I don't think I have anything like that to give you.
Speaker D:He looks confused, but he looks over at Agent Ryan.
Speaker B:Come on now.
Speaker B:I'm sure that well connected guy like you, you're respected here.
Speaker B:Clearly you work hard.
Speaker B:Jesters of the vile.
Speaker B:You don't.
Speaker B:You're not in touch with anyone who's able to provide us with some city plans.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:This is an important investigation.
Speaker A:I could ask, I could ask the.
Speaker A:One of the clerks and see if I could request something like that.
Speaker A:I'm sure the city would provide it in due time.
Speaker B:Fantastic.
Speaker B:Is that something that you're able to do now?
Speaker B:We can wait.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah, I, I, I suppose.
Speaker A:He stands up, looks down at the papers on the table.
Speaker A:I should probably take these back to the, to the cabinet.
Speaker A:I'll go ahead and pick these, pick these up from you.
Speaker A:Oh, yep.
Speaker A:Thanks.
Speaker A:Thank you.
Speaker A:Thank you.
Speaker A:He goes ahead.
Speaker A:Thank you.
Speaker B:Thank you for your work.
Speaker B:I appreciate it.
Speaker A:The door closes.
Speaker A:You're left alone in the small conference room, listening to the buzzing and hurried activity of the police station.
Speaker D:Letty looks over and just shrugs.
Speaker B:You did well.
Speaker B:Good thought there on the sewer system.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Thank you.
Speaker A:Are you all going to sit around and wait for a map of the sewer system?
Speaker B:I will wait up to 15 minutes.
Speaker A:He does not return after 15 minutes.
Speaker D:You should probably go in case they, you know, run the badge or whatever.
Speaker B:You know what, actually I'm just gonna give up on the whole map thing.
Speaker B:I'll probably take the.
Speaker B:Take the time or kind of as a not press our luck further and.
Speaker B:Hold on, let me pause for, pause for sirens.
Speaker A:Pause for sirens.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:A map of.
Speaker A:A map of the Detroit sewer systems would include zones, perhaps multiple zones that you would have to request for.
Speaker A:And you know, right now what's happening is the detective doesn't have enough information to get what is needed.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:So he's finding out that he needs to come back to you probably and ask for more information to get what you need.
Speaker A:Now, municipal schematics and maps of this city definitely are issued to law enforcement, especially for ongoing investigations.
Speaker A:So that that wasn't a bad idea.
Speaker A:But as far as helping you out, it's probably going to be so complex that you would not be able to glean much out of it.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:It's going to be a huge city, a huge municipal map, even with these focused zones that it is going to be full of miles of utility, piping, culverts, etc, it's, it's going to be.
Speaker A:Neither of you are civil engineers, right?
Speaker A:And so it's just going to be really hard for either of you to come to any logical conclusions with that in your possession.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:So as, as we're leaving, Ryan will stop by whatever front desk clerk or whomever we talked to as we went in and just say thank you so much for your help.
Speaker B:Please pass on our thanks to, to the agent or the detective here.
Speaker B:We'll be back in touch very soon.
Speaker B:And just leaves it ambiguously like that.
Speaker A:The clerk raises their eyebrows as they're looks like they're taking a phone call and looks back down at what they're writing on their notebook.
Speaker A:You both leave and pile into the rental Tesla.
Speaker A:Let's get back to Agent Romeo and Roiza.
Speaker A:Assistant Dean Reynolds returns in the promised time window.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Did you have a chance to review everything?
Speaker A:It's okay if you didn't finish.
Speaker E:I, I think so.
Speaker E:There's, you know, a few questions on here I didn't know off the top of my head, but you know how it is.
Speaker A:Sure, sure.
Speaker A:Let me just have a look here.
Speaker A:She goes ahead and takes the paperwork from you, scans over it.
Speaker A:You both kind of see her eyes light up a bit.
Speaker C:And romeo says the 4 million is an estimate of, of course it's variable.
Speaker A:Oh, I, I hadn't even read down that far yet.
Speaker A:I'm just so happy to, well, to see, you know, somebody from your line of work showing an interest in really an academy that, that focuses on the liberal arts.
Speaker A:She smiles.
Speaker A:Excellent.
Speaker A:Well, let me go ahead and set this aside.
Speaker A:We'll, we'll, we'll return to this if we need to.
Speaker A:Would you like to see some of the campus first or did you have any questions for me?
Speaker C:We'd absolutely love to see the campus in facilities.
Speaker A:Sure.
Speaker A:Was there anything in particular you'd like to focus on during your short visit today?
Speaker E:Do you have any clubs or sports teams?
Speaker E:We want to make sure she has the most well rounded experience possible.
Speaker A:Well, the list of extracurriculars that we offer here, both formal and informal, is quite lengthy.
Speaker A:What, what is little Patricia interested in at the moment?
Speaker E:Soccer.
Speaker E:We're starting to introduce her to chess, of course, and she's taking swim lessons at the moment.
Speaker A:Well, you'll be happy to hear that we have award winning chess and swim teams here.
Speaker A:Soccer is an absolute wonderful co ed opportunity for our students.
Speaker A:Our chess club, however, just brought in a state championship last year and we're hoping for another one this year.
Speaker E:Oh, that's wonderful.
Speaker E:Congratulations.
Speaker A:She beams.
Speaker A:Is there something that you.
Speaker A:Another part of the campus that you'd like to see?
Speaker A:I mean, the clubs aren't meeting right now, obviously, so I, I can't at this time introduce you to their sponsors, but I'm.
Speaker A:I'm happy to set up appointments if that's something you'd like to explore one on one.
Speaker A:Would you like to see our state of the art theater room?
Speaker A:I made that up.
Speaker A:Sorry, guys, that was bad.
Speaker C:Theater room.
Speaker A:I don't know.
Speaker A:I don't know why that was so bad, but it was.
Speaker A:Would you like to, Would you like to see our.
Speaker A:I'd love to show you Mr.
Speaker A:And Mrs.
Speaker A:Perkins to some of our auditoriums so you can see our unique approach to teaching.
Speaker E:Oh, that would be lovely.
Speaker E:And I know it might be a bit disruptive, but is there any way we could peek through a window into a classroom, just kind of see how the teachers teach?
Speaker A:Of course.
Speaker A:That's exactly what I had in mind.
Speaker A:So classes are going all right now and what we're going to do is we're going to observe from the back so you can see what our unique spaces do for the learning experience.
Speaker E:Oh, that's absolutely perfect.
Speaker A:So she's going to start taking you around.
Speaker A:This wonderful prestigious private academy does have Greco auditorium type seating, which you would typically see in a larger university for these, for these classrooms, but they're still quite small.
Speaker A:We're talking, you know, 15 to 20 at most.
Speaker A:Now you're peeking in.
Speaker A:You're.
Speaker A:You're taking a look.
Speaker A:What, what is, what is the.
Speaker A:I don't want to role play an entire school tour here.
Speaker A:So what are we trying to do?
Speaker C:Yes, what are we trying to do?
Speaker E:Well, for one, we're trying to look authentic.
Speaker C:But beyond that, I mean, we, we, we know that.
Speaker C:Not Danny, the dead guy.
Speaker E:Darren.
Speaker B:Darren.
Speaker C:Darren.
Speaker C:Thank you.
Speaker A:I'm so sorry.
Speaker A:I chose two names, y'all.
Speaker A:I, I keep hearing it.
Speaker A:And the knife twist every time.
Speaker A:Next time it'll be Abigail and Zeta and in that way we'll Abigail and Abner.
Speaker E:I think the problem is that they both start with Da.
Speaker E:I think if you had gone with.
Speaker B:Like Danny Something like Julie and Julia.
Speaker A:Danny Corso.
Speaker A:Corso.
Speaker A:Darren Hen.
Speaker A:Hen?
Speaker A:Hen is dead.
Speaker A:Headless hen.
Speaker C:Headless Hen, we call him.
Speaker C:Yeah, good old friend from high school.
Speaker C:Never had a head.
Speaker C:Anyhow, we know that he wanted to talk to some of the other kids.
Speaker C:Uptight pricks were his specific notes.
Speaker C:I don't think he was calling the kids pricks for the audience here.
Speaker C:But you never.
Speaker A:Well, you never know.
Speaker A:We can't talk to him now.
Speaker A:Or can we?
Speaker C:Well, that's the problem, is we don't know who to talk to.
Speaker E:Have we tried turning on the radio in the car?
Speaker A:Great callback, but no, you haven't.
Speaker A:Just to be clear.
Speaker E:Well, I guess I know what we're doing on the way back to the hotel.
Speaker E:But now Roizen.
Speaker E:Part of it is Roizen wants to get a look at the students because.
Speaker C:If she can, if they have fish features, we know this place has to be nuked.
Speaker A:Agreed.
Speaker E:No, it was more of a bumping into some kids at the park this weekend.
Speaker E:And if she just happens to recognize them from the school.
Speaker A:Got it.
Speaker A:I like that a lot.
Speaker A:So, as you're committing to this tour, Roizen, you're doing your best to put features into your memory.
Speaker A:Although the student body is large, the classes are small.
Speaker A:This makes this task a little bit easier.
Speaker A:I'm going to have you go ahead and roll me just a straight up intelligence.
Speaker E:Well, that's a success.
Speaker A:And before long, you're back in Dean Reynolds office.
Speaker A:And she says, well, I need to get to another appointment.
Speaker A:It was such a pleasure showing both of you around.
Speaker A:I hope that I've at least given you a good introduction to what the academy can offer.
Speaker A:Is there any last question that I can answer for you both?
Speaker E:I.
Speaker E:I don't want to bring up a difficult topic.
Speaker E:When we were doing our research, I did see that a couple of girls have recently gone missing from the school.
Speaker E:And, well, security is a big concern for us.
Speaker E:You can understand that.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:I'm so.
Speaker C:What are you doing to protect the children in light of this?
Speaker E:Oh, hush, dear.
Speaker B:So aggressive.
Speaker A:Well, I.
Speaker A:We are.
Speaker A:We are well aware of this.
Speaker A:Of course.
Speaker A:It is horrifically heartbreaking that these children have been reported missing by their parents.
Speaker A:Students well cared for.
Speaker A:Students of the academy.
Speaker A:I'll just let you know that they were last seen not on school property necessarily.
Speaker A:They were.
Speaker A:Outside of our ability to keep an eye on them, we've never had any abductions or security issues around the school.
Speaker A:Not once.
Speaker A:We have a well trained security team on staff as well as state of the art security features on the building itself.
Speaker A:We have.
Speaker A:She starts going into a spiel about surveillance, which is of course non intrusive.
Speaker A:It's just there for security measures.
Speaker A:But blah, blah, blah, blah.
Speaker A:She talks.
Speaker B:Those state of the art security features.
Speaker A:They'Re state of the art.
Speaker A:They.
Speaker A:Yes, they are.
Speaker B:With the theater.
Speaker C:Living gargoyles.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:Like the state of the art theater as well.
Speaker A:That I'm gonna cut out of the cast.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:But yeah.
Speaker A:So she goes, that's a relief.
Speaker A:But how?
Speaker A:They're still, you know, working with the police.
Speaker A:And as long as the parents have signed off, they've provided time with the students that the police have wanted to speak with.
Speaker E:Oh, that's so wonderful to hear.
Speaker E:I can't imagine how difficult it must be for the parents.
Speaker C:It really must be.
Speaker C:And the articles we had read about it did not really indicate that this happened outside the school.
Speaker C:It just said that it.
Speaker C:It was.
Speaker C:And we definitely wanted to ask that question to make sure.
Speaker A:Of course, sometimes the.
Speaker A:The newspapers or the media will.
Speaker A:Will get their facts a little bit blurry, and this is one of those cases.
Speaker C:We hear you.
Speaker C:Thank you for your time.
Speaker A:Oh, of course.
Speaker A:And here's my personal card.
Speaker A:She slides you a couple of business cards.
Speaker A:And please call me anytime.
Speaker A:My personal is written on the back there.
Speaker A:I'm happy to answer any questions as they arise and I look forward to seeing you again.
Speaker A:Hopefully we can do a little bit more and I can meet Patricia and have her shadow somebody maybe for the day.
Speaker E:Definitely.
Speaker C:We would love that.
Speaker C:And I can't praise this state of the art school enough.
Speaker A:What did you think of the theater?
Speaker C:Why, I thought it was state of the art.
Speaker A:Excellent.
Speaker A:Before long, you're back in your black suv.
Speaker A:Where are you headed?
Speaker E:Back to the hotel.
Speaker E:I think it's time to regroup.
Speaker B:State of the art hotel.
Speaker A:No, no, we know that that's canon.
Speaker A:It's just the winter.
Speaker A:It's a Detroit winter.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker C:It's not the four Seasons, it's the winter.
Speaker B:I forgot about that bit.
Speaker C:Romeo requests schools out for summer by Kiss as they leave.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:It is miraculously plain, but there's no staticky voice.
Speaker A:Still you feel blessed that that is exactly the right song.
Speaker A:That is on.
Speaker A:On the speaker's list.
Speaker C:You're making no mistakes, says the Yithian.
Speaker A:Agent.
Speaker A:Ryan.
Speaker A:Lenny.
Speaker A:Where are you headed?
Speaker A:What are you doing?
Speaker D:I guess we're in the car, right?
Speaker A:Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker A:Where are you headed?
Speaker D:Logan looks over.
Speaker D:I guess.
Speaker D:Wait, before we go any further, what time of day is it?
Speaker A:Oh, that's always a good question to ask me.
Speaker C:2:00Am It's 2:30am oh my God, it's.
Speaker B:So dark for the sun.
Speaker D:Why is it weird to be here right now?
Speaker D:I don't understand.
Speaker D:Well, it's 3:30 in the morning.
Speaker A:It's actually 3:30pm for y'all.
Speaker D:Perfect.
Speaker D:Okay, cool.
Speaker A:You're feeling a club sandwich hankering, but otherwise feeling pretty good about how things are going today.
Speaker D:I think you mean a deep fried club sandwich.
Speaker D:Linus was like, hey, well why don't, why don't we go take a look at this park?
Speaker D:You know, if she disappeared there, we could look around for sewer access and we know her address.
Speaker D:So we could trace her route back to her house and see if anything, you know, anything pops out at us.
Speaker B:Yeah, that, that makes a lot of sense.
Speaker D:I pull up the GPS and Palmer.
Speaker A:Palmer park is, is actually not too far from Both the school, St.
Speaker A:Bartholomew's and the police station on the north side where you're at right now.
Speaker A:And when you arrive it's very clear that there is a line of stone chess pedestals with benches on either side.
Speaker A:Looks like about 12 that are, that are in a line.
Speaker A:And there are a few what look like elderly folks parked at some of these, these chessboard stations.
Speaker A:Despite much of Detroit looking worse for the wear, this park is, is, is quite pastoral.
Speaker A:Large, well kept trees, overhanging branches, the late day sun filtering down.
Speaker A:It creates, creates kind of a peaceful, peaceful view for you as you roll up.
Speaker B:Does anyone have kind of like an open game?
Speaker B:Anyone sitting, waiting for an opponent or is everyone in, in a game already?
Speaker A:Yeah, there's a older gentleman wearing a classic old man taxicab style hat with a cane next to him who's by himself.
Speaker A:Looks like he's watching passersby expectantly watching joggers.
Speaker A:He's got a game set up, but no moves yet.
Speaker D:Should we look around for a sewer entrance or talk to the, you know, maybe see if somebody new knew the girl.
Speaker B:How are you at chess, Lenny?
Speaker D:That's a great question, Chris.
Speaker D:How am I at the chess?
Speaker A:That's up to you.
Speaker A:I think Lenny would, would absolutely dabble in chess.
Speaker A:I mean he's a, he's his.
Speaker A:Like he wants to do magic tricks as a pastime.
Speaker A:Like he's devoted to that.
Speaker A:That sounds like a chess guy to me.
Speaker A:Am I wrong?
Speaker D:I, I would, I want to say that he would be a chess guy.
Speaker D:I just don't know what.
Speaker A:He works in a museum.
Speaker A:He loves ancient esoteria.
Speaker A:He's trying to Say about chess, Magic guy.
Speaker A:I mean, this feel.
Speaker A:This is cool.
Speaker A:Like, it's very cool.
Speaker A:I'm not saying anything disparaging.
Speaker A:I'm saying this cool guy probably is cool enough to play chess too.
Speaker D:Yeah, he probably does.
Speaker D:Is there.
Speaker D:What's.
Speaker D:What skill would that even be?
Speaker A:I guess we would use your intelligence for this.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:You didn't build this as like a chess grandmaster, so you don't have like a special training skill of chess.
Speaker A:We would just use your intelligence as a baseball.
Speaker D:I do have a 17 intelligence, so I can roll with that.
Speaker D:Let's do it.
Speaker D:Oh, no pun intended.
Speaker B:Ryan's pretty good with human intelligence as well, in case this doesn't go Lenny's way.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:It's like I'm.
Speaker D:I'm good at chess.
Speaker D:I could.
Speaker D:I could play the guy.
Speaker A:Well, it sounds like that's what you're gonna do, I guess.
Speaker D:Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:So he walks up and I think it's.
Speaker B:I think Ryan would think it's.
Speaker B:It's kind of weird if he goes with him.
Speaker B:I think my, my.
Speaker B:Or I guess let me talk to chaperone.
Speaker B:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker B:Let me talk to.
Speaker B:To Lenny before we head up.
Speaker B:So starting back, I guess the being that Lenny.
Speaker B:How are you?
Speaker B:How are you at chess?
Speaker D:Yeah, I'm.
Speaker D:I'm pretty good.
Speaker D:Pretty good.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker B:So I.
Speaker B:I don't want to.
Speaker B:I don't want to stir up any trouble here, needlessly worry anybody.
Speaker B:So see if you can start a game with.
Speaker B:With that gentleman over there.
Speaker B:It looks like he's.
Speaker B:He's open.
Speaker B:And just ask him about.
Speaker B:About the.
Speaker B:The Shores girl to see if you can get any more information in terms of if he saw anything.
Speaker B:If he saw her leave.
Speaker B:I'll go for a little stroll, see if there's anybody else that is looking for a friendly conversation.
Speaker D:Sure.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:And I guess we should keep an eye out for overt sewer entrances, I suppose.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:That's a great call.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:And should I just ask this guy like straight out, or should I say it's.
Speaker D:I'm not used to this kind of.
Speaker D:Kind of thing?
Speaker D:Exactly what would you recommend?
Speaker B:I mean, it's a very reasonable question.
Speaker B:Give me a sec.
Speaker C:Hey, know any dead girls?
Speaker A:How state of the art is to.
Speaker B:Show hot dead girls?
Speaker D:I should.
Speaker D:I should have pointed out too, that this character does have eight charisma with a.
Speaker D:Specifically an odd character.
Speaker B:Agent Ryan could do this.
Speaker A:Look, you.
Speaker A:You can tell Lenny's a little bit weird, but you just are putting all your money.
Speaker A:Agent Ryan, that he is good at fucking chess.
Speaker A:You just know this kid has to be good at chess just by looking at him.
Speaker D:So here's the deal.
Speaker D:If you chess, tell me everything you know about this girl.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker B:Comments?
Speaker A:Once I beat you at chess.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Let him.
Speaker B:Let him do.
Speaker B:Let him do.
Speaker B:Well, you know, go a little bit easy on him and comment on how he's a good chess player.
Speaker B:Ask.
Speaker B:Get him talking about who he plays with, how often he plays.
Speaker B:You know, see if he mentions joy.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Yeah, I can do that.
Speaker D:I can do that.
Speaker D:Sure.
Speaker B:Agent Ryan slaps him on in the ass while he walks away.
Speaker A:Oh, nice.
Speaker A:Cool.
Speaker A:Are you in your pants right now, Liddy?
Speaker A:Just asking.
Speaker B:He exclusively wears pants.
Speaker B:Chris, this is a problem.
Speaker C:This is a very big problem we're having.
Speaker A:Before long, Lenny, you are seated across from this old man.
Speaker A:He looks up to regard you, kind of frowns when you take the seat there.
Speaker A:He watches you.
Speaker A:He doesn't say anything.
Speaker D:Sorry, were you waiting for somebody else?
Speaker A:He shakes his head slowly.
Speaker A:Never seen you play here in the park.
Speaker D:Oh, I'm just visiting.
Speaker A:Big chess fan.
Speaker A:Kind of looks you up and down.
Speaker D:I look down at the board.
Speaker D:Who's got.
Speaker D:Do I have white or does he have white?
Speaker A:You have white.
Speaker D:Okay.
Speaker D:I don't answer.
Speaker D:I just move my center pawn forward, too.
Speaker B:Oh, fuck.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Holy shit.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker D:It's so hot.
Speaker C:Which open is this?
Speaker C:Who knows?
Speaker A:His eyebrows raised and he casually lets his hand glide over his pieces, settles on his knight, moves it forward.
Speaker A:Where are you from?
Speaker A:Yes?
Speaker D:I can't actually call a chess game in my head.
Speaker A:Oh, I thought you could.
Speaker A:I thought we were doing this.
Speaker A:I'm just kidding.
Speaker A:I'm just kidding.
Speaker A:Go ahead.
Speaker D:Rook to.
Speaker B:Unnecessary.
Speaker A:No, your rook's behind the pawns.
Speaker A:I didn't know that much.
Speaker D:Well, I could get.
Speaker D:All right, whatever.
Speaker D:Anyways, I'm.
Speaker D:I'm from Los Angeles.
Speaker C:Earth.
Speaker B:Got him.
Speaker A:Technically accurate.
Speaker A:So, anyway, his eyebrows race again, he nods.
Speaker D:How long have you been here in.
Speaker D:In Detroit?
Speaker A:40 years now.
Speaker A:40 years.
Speaker A:Wood.
Speaker A:British.
Speaker A:Brings you here, young man?
Speaker B:Oh, just.
Speaker D:Just visiting family and here with my brother and his wife are thinking about and, you know, enrolling their.
Speaker D:Their daughter in.
Speaker D:In a school nearby.
Speaker D:And.
Speaker D:And there's just a lot going on, and so I said I'd come out to help out and help.
Speaker D:Help family, you know, when they need it.
Speaker A:That's kind of you.
Speaker A:That's very kind of you.
Speaker A:He seems to lighten a little bit.
Speaker A:My name is Walter.
Speaker D:Walter.
Speaker D:Good to meet you.
Speaker D:My name is Leroy.
Speaker A:Oh, good.
Speaker A:Good to meet you too, Leroy.
Speaker A:It's nice that you put family so, so highly in your life.
Speaker A:He is doing quite well against you.
Speaker A:Let's see how you're doing.
Speaker A:Roll your intelligence, please.
Speaker D:39 out of 85 per agent.
Speaker D:You know, Ryan's.
Speaker D:If I'm, if I have the ability to draw the game out, I will do so.
Speaker D:If that's something I'm capable.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker A:If that's your goal, no problem.
Speaker B:You're in full control here.
Speaker A:You think you are.
Speaker A:At least the man says.
Speaker A:What's, what school is it, Is it the academy?
Speaker A:The, the private school?
Speaker D:It's Saint.
Speaker D:Saint.
Speaker A:Saint Bartholomew.
Speaker A:Yes, that's one.
Speaker D:Yeah, that's it.
Speaker A:A few of the, the chess club folks.
Speaker A:Some of the students there, they come play us quite often actually, after school.
Speaker A:Some very bright young, young minds coming out of it.
Speaker A:Your, your family couldn't have chosen a, a better, a better prospect for their child.
Speaker D:Oh, that makes me, that makes me happy to hear.
Speaker D:Thank you.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:I, I think I've been teaching teaching my, my niece chess as well, and she seems to be taking to it.
Speaker D:So I, I, I hope she, or maybe you'll meet her soon.
Speaker D:I don't know know.
Speaker A:That's amazing.
Speaker A:I, I see so many children coming up in the world with their eyes glued to their, their cell phones now.
Speaker A:I feel like this might be a dying, a dying art.
Speaker A:He looks down at the board as he moves his bishop to take one of your pawns.
Speaker A:But it's actually one of the students that I've been been waiting for.
Speaker A:She, she normally comes by almost every day around this time and haven't seen her for weeks.
Speaker A:I'm worried.
Speaker D:Who is it?
Speaker A:Her name is Joy.
Speaker A:Very, very bright, very good player.
Speaker A:Ruthless, actually.
Speaker A:He smiles.
Speaker D:Well, I got bad news for you, bud.
Speaker A:Checkmate.
Speaker D:Bitch.
Speaker D:Enjoys.
Speaker D:Dad.
Speaker A:Oh, then you somehow lift the stone pedestal out of its.
Speaker A:All right, never mind.
Speaker D:Break it over my knee and just hand it to him.
Speaker A:So anyway, that's what he says.
Speaker D:When, when would she.
Speaker D:Or when did the she and I guess the other students typically come by.
Speaker A:Again, around, around this time after school.
Speaker A:Gets out.
Speaker A:She always brought a friend with her.
Speaker A:He never played me.
Speaker A:Probably probably because he didn't have the talent that she had.
Speaker A:He smiles.
Speaker A:Almost looks a little sheepish, but you can tell he's, he's proud.
Speaker A:I think he well, had eyes for her and maybe wasn't as skilled yet, but he certainly liked being around her.
Speaker A:I could tell.
Speaker D:Was he, was he also a member of the chess club?
Speaker D:And I'm sorry, what'd you say his name was again?
Speaker A:I never played him.
Speaker A:He played some of the others.
Speaker A:Some of the others who were a bit more forgiving.
Speaker A:He motions to some of the folks farther down the line.
Speaker A:Hispanic.
Speaker A:He wore the same uniform, so I imagine he was part of the same club.
Speaker D:Oh, okay.
Speaker D:Let's keep playing the game.
Speaker A:Is there anything else you want to ask Walter Nguyen?
Speaker D:No, I think that's.
Speaker D:I think that's about everything I can reasonably get out of the guy.
Speaker D:So.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Good.
Speaker A:The game ends in a stalemate, and he leans back and he says, oh, it's been a while.
Speaker A:Well, should we go again?
Speaker D:I'd like to.
Speaker D:I just.
Speaker D:I gotta be moving on.
Speaker D:They're expecting me soon.
Speaker D:What was your name?
Speaker D:I might tell my niece to look for you to play a game when she comes out here with the team.
Speaker A:Walter.
Speaker A:Walter.
Speaker A:Call me Walt.
Speaker D:Walter.
Speaker D:Good to meet you.
Speaker D:Good to meet you again.
Speaker D:Leroy.
Speaker D:Good to meet you.
Speaker A:Oh, Leroy.
Speaker A:Yes, I.
Speaker A:I'll remember.
Speaker A:This is a good game.
Speaker A:Let's do it again.
Speaker A:If.
Speaker A:If.
Speaker A:If you have time before you leave.
Speaker D:Sure, yeah.
Speaker D:If I'm still in town.
Speaker D:Have it.
Speaker D:Have it.
Speaker D:Have a good day.
Speaker A:He nods, smiles.
Speaker D:Lenny looks, goes off to look for Agent.
Speaker D:Agent Ryan.
Speaker A:You just see a manhole cover that's been dislodged nearby and spot a prostrate form at.
Speaker A:No, I'm just kidding.
Speaker B:Do you guys hear that?
Speaker B:Do you guys hear that?
Speaker B:The sound of a train.
Speaker B:Sounds like I'm getting railroaded.
Speaker A:You're dead at the bottom of a fucking manhole cover.
Speaker A:So anyway, Ryan, what were you up to during this.
Speaker A:During this event, this.
Speaker A:This exchange?
Speaker B:Ryan does walk through the park, keeping kind of an eye out for.
Speaker B:Not.
Speaker B:Not far within.
Speaker B:Within, you know, visual distance of the.
Speaker B:The chess area, but keeping an eye out for any, you know, obvious drainage pipes or, you know, sewer entrances.
Speaker B:But a little bit more importantly, looking to see if there's anyone in the periphery of the chess area that's by themselves that he might be able to approach and engage in conversation.
Speaker A:There is a.
Speaker A:What looks like a jogger who has stopped, and he's currently stretching out nearby, drinking from a water fountain.
Speaker A:He's stopped for the moment.
Speaker A:If you wanted to walk up and engage this jogger, he looks like he's maybe in his mid-20s.
Speaker A:You're welcome to do so.
Speaker B:This is probably against recommended protocol, but not.
Speaker B:Not really.
Speaker B:I just.
Speaker B:My logic being that that's not really.
Speaker B:I'm looking for somebody who's kind of in the area.
Speaker B:You understand?
Speaker A:Yeah, I totally understand.
Speaker A:Yeah, I'm not going to kind of let you know.
Speaker A:There's.
Speaker B:There's ways.
Speaker A:Doesn't look like there's a.
Speaker A:There's a real person of interest that you're spotting here.
Speaker B:That's fine.
Speaker A:You just see a few chess players.
Speaker A:You definitely spot Lenny talking to this.
Speaker A:This older gentleman.
Speaker A:Yeah, and it's.
Speaker A:It's.
Speaker A:Otherwise it's just kind of a normal park.
Speaker B:Okay, then I guess maybe we cut to when Lenny.
Speaker A:I'd see Lenny.
Speaker A:Lenny walks up to you.
Speaker A:Exactly.
Speaker A:Perfect.
Speaker B:Hey, how did.
Speaker B:How'd it go?
Speaker D:It was good.
Speaker D:I got some information for sure.
Speaker D:She.
Speaker D:She definitely came here often with a male friend perhaps.
Speaker D:Perhaps boyfriend.
Speaker D:And he.
Speaker D:He hasn't seen her for weeks, which makes sense.
Speaker D:And.
Speaker D:And I think she.
Speaker D:I guess he.
Speaker D:He didn't mention that she.
Speaker D:She didn't see.
Speaker D:He didn't see.
Speaker D:Oh, sorry.
Speaker D:The chess game still got me all worked up as a fun one.
Speaker D:Sorry guys, tripping over words here.
Speaker B:Hey, John.
Speaker B:Pull together.
Speaker B:Yeah, you're vibing.
Speaker D:He didn't mention anything that he saw anything weird, but just that she hasn't been by.
Speaker D:Have you found anything?
Speaker B:No, nothing.
Speaker B:Nothing.
Speaker B:Well, actually, did I see anything?
Speaker B:Sewers wise of interest.
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:I mean there's definitely some utility covers that required one of those big keys to open up nearby in the park, especially near the water fountain.
Speaker A:But as far as like an entrance.
Speaker A:You didn't spot anything nearby?
Speaker B:Sewer thing?
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker D:Yeah.
Speaker A:Nah, there's no monster tracks leading into a giant culvert or anything.
Speaker D:What's weird to me is, you know, it sucks.
Speaker D:She.
Speaker D:He said they usually come by around this time of day, which is 3:30 in the afternoon.
Speaker B:So it's 3:30.
Speaker B:Why is it so dark out?
Speaker D:So if she disappeared, it would have been during the afternoon.
Speaker D:I guess so.
Speaker B:That's interesting.
Speaker D:Maybe we walk in the direction of her address and see if there's a.
Speaker D:I don't know, alley or a larger sewer entrance or something that might have.
Speaker D:I don't know.
Speaker D:I'm trying to go with this.
Speaker D:Facilitated an abduction.
Speaker D:What am I trying to say here?
Speaker B:No, I think it's a good idea to follow.
Speaker B:To follow the trail.
Speaker B:I think that's a decent thought.
Speaker B:See if we can glean anything before we head back to the hotel to see how Roizen and Romeo came along.
Speaker B:But did you get any more information about this guy she was with?
Speaker B:A name or.
Speaker B:Or anything there?
Speaker D:I couldn't get a name.
Speaker D:Just Hispanic.
Speaker D:Also on the chess team.
Speaker D:That was about it.
Speaker D:He's often with her.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:All Right.
Speaker D:That is all I got.
Speaker D:Chris.
Speaker D:Right.
Speaker D:That's all the information he gave.
Speaker A:That's correct.
Speaker A:And that some of the other players who normally played the weaker students may know him.
Speaker D:Gotcha.
Speaker B:So Ryan's gonna think aloud with Lenny.
Speaker B:I guess we could do a couple things.
Speaker B:You know, we're heading.
Speaker B:I think it's a good idea to follow the trail to her.
Speaker B:Her parents place.
Speaker B:We could ask them who this other.
Speaker B:Other guy was.
Speaker B:Maybe they know.
Speaker B:But I'm wondering if it's a better idea to.
Speaker B:To try to see if we can find him in a directory directly and, and you know, kind of contact him that way.
Speaker D:Yeah, that makes sense.
Speaker B:For the sake of time.
Speaker B:I wonder if it's.
Speaker B:It's better to just.
Speaker B:We're going to be driving their way anyway.
Speaker B:Why not just talk to the parents?
Speaker D:You seem pretty good at flashing the badge around, so I'm.
Speaker D:Sure they'd.
Speaker D:I'm sure they'd believe you if you said it was an official matter.
Speaker B:Yeah, that's a fair point.
Speaker B:I guess we'll head off in that direction then.
Speaker A:So you're going to someone's address.
Speaker A:Did I hear that correctly?
Speaker D:The idea I think here is she would have to walk home from the park and so we would walk that route home and.
Speaker A:Gotcha.
Speaker D:Try to figure out where she might have been abducted.
Speaker D:Is the idea.
Speaker A:Perfect.
Speaker A:How do we find her address?
Speaker D:Oh, I thought we had that.
Speaker B:We have it.
Speaker A:From where?
Speaker D:From the police station.
Speaker B:The DM gave it to us.
Speaker D:Oh yeah, that's right.
Speaker A:Didn't actually.
Speaker B:Did we not get it from the.
Speaker B:The files in the.
Speaker A:It was in the files.
Speaker A:So maybe Lenny does remember where that address is.
Speaker A:But you don't have the files with you right now.
Speaker A:So let's, let's see how.
Speaker A:Let's see how Lenny did.
Speaker A:Go ahead and roll your.
Speaker A:Your luck to see if you happen to scan over that little bit and, and keep it in your big old brain.
Speaker B:He's so annoying.
Speaker A:So it wasn't data that you happened to scan over when you were looking through that big did Ryan.
Speaker A:Big amount of paper.
Speaker A:No, no, no, you didn't.
Speaker A:You were talking to my guy the whole time.
Speaker A:So yeah.
Speaker A:It's not something that you have right now access to.
Speaker A:However, I will.
Speaker A:I will remind you that I did tell you that some of the other players might know the Hispanic youth.
Speaker A:The name there, that's additional information you have not yet potentially pursued.
Speaker D:Hey, he also mentioned that they know some of the other players here.
Speaker A:I did.
Speaker A:I mentioned twice.
Speaker A:So this is all good.
Speaker A:That's so funny.
Speaker D:Just review some of the other players.
Speaker B:We call really, really good storytelling.
Speaker D:Pull together.
Speaker D:Pull together.
Speaker D:Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:So you ask a few of the other players and you find out that.
Speaker B:Oh, they're there in the fucking park.
Speaker B:Duh.
Speaker B:Sorry, the name is not putting that together.
Speaker A:The name is Andy or Andrew, not Daniel.
Speaker A:It's Dan Drew.
Speaker A:Dan Drew.
Speaker B:Dan Drew.
Speaker D:Well, I think that's like.
Speaker D:Man, I wish.
Speaker D:I wish I could remember the address from.
Speaker D:From we were at the police station.
Speaker D:But maybe, maybe we can look it up through.
Speaker D:Through a directory or something.
Speaker D:Or maybe the other agents.
Speaker D:I don't.
Speaker D:I don't know.
Speaker D:They're interviewing at this place.
Speaker D:I don't know.
Speaker D:But, I mean, I think that might be worth.
Speaker D:Worth checking out.
Speaker B:Ryan's going to ask whoever tells us.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's Andrew.
Speaker B:Can you point me in the direction of where he lives?
Speaker B:You happen to have his address memorized?
Speaker A:Sorry, you're asking who, who didn't we get that?
Speaker B:Who he is from one of the other kids there.
Speaker A:Oh, I got it.
Speaker A:So you're talking to one of the kids.
Speaker B:So I'm also asking, you know, for, like, address.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker C:What is this kid live?
Speaker A:Yeah, they don't know where the.
Speaker A:Either of the kids live.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:All right, well, yeah, I think we'll probably just head back to the hotel then.
Speaker A:Well, I have good news for all four of my players.
Speaker A:The party is whole again for the time being.
