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The cafe itself is pretty empty and would have line of sight of the train normally but it's blocked off by a wall of semi-opaque glass. You'd have to leer around it like a super obvious creep. That's a no go but you did overhear someone saying a 'Molly' would be at some 'Drone production demo' nearby.
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The next location you check is a small clothing store that WOULD have line of sight but fuck, man, that place is crowded beyond all measure. There's barely enough room in there for the Drones to squirm around, let alone for someone to inconspicuously watch the train.
All of them seem to be buying the same specific 'Vanni' branded suit and tie that the Broker was wearing. Odd.
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"Hm. Call it a hunch but let's go here." Kiara drags you over to a pretty non-descript newspaper stand close to the cafe you walked past. There's only one man waiting by it and he seems like any other non-descript Drone you saw. He's currently reading a newspaper.
The two of you each grab a newspaper to skim through "Why are we doing this?" You whisper to Kiara.
"I checked, this place has line of sight. Just pretend you're watching him."
The two of you stand there, pretending to watch the Drone. At first he doesn't seem to notice the two of you but as the two of you continue to spy on him, his body tenses up and he's clearly looking around as if he's expecting you to say something.
"HEY. DUMBASSES." He quietly hisses at the two of you. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?"
"Reading a newspaper. What are YOU doing?" You hiss right back. "We're waiting for the train, you know?"
"THAT'S A LIE. YOU JUST CAME O-"
"Oh? You were watching us leave the train? Why?" Kiara asks.
A beat passes. The Drone folds the newspaper up and immediately breaks into a sprint. This throws both you and Kiara off guard and by the time you try to freeze him in place with your PUPPETEER ability, he ducks into a nearby crowd. You lost him. But he's also no longer watching the train now.
However, in the rush to get away from you, he left something behind. An ID card. Kiara picks it up and scans it before tossing it to you. "It's a fake but I got a read on where he could've gotten it. It's from some shady part of town; probably from a Syndicate dealer. I'll mark it on your map later."
Oh? Maybe you can get them to rat out on who they gave the card to.
With that handled, the two of you head back to rejoin your group. It takes a moment to shove through the crowd. Once you rejoin your group, you find that the Broker has managed to step off the train...but it's clear the Guards are still on high alert.
"HE MAY BE YOUR ASSOCIATE BUT WE HAVE HEARD RUMORS OF A SHAPESHIFTER. WE CAN NOT LET ANYONE THROUGH WITHOUT PROPER ID-"
"I'm sorry, I've been on enough public transport to know you should not be giving this much of a shit. Listen..." Max notices you and Kiara returning and, feeling comfortably, drops the truth.
"I'm a Krakatoa. The same Krakatoa family that is working with the Vanni family."
