The Two Sided Coin: Log 6.2: We see you

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Suspect identified XFI tracks down the scientist and decides to follow him to see what they can find.

"Ah, the ole team. Tracking foes until they make mistakes. Winning the hearts and minds of people everywhere."

Arthur had, in fact, been waxing this same sort of near-but-technically-true nostalgic for a good hour or so by now. Sometimes trailing and undercover work was painfully boring, and Arthur was never the sort to let boredom get in the way of the good work of keeping spirits high. Fortunately, their mark -- lead, most suspected nefarious conspirator, villainous scientist who had published research only being done at Hope's company, whatevs -- had been easy to tail. Still, there were things to learn here. Maybe.

"So, team, what have we learned so far?" Arthur inquired, just to clarify matters.

"Okay, so we know that the others found a paper very similar to the one that Hope has been accused of having stolen that was published by a Hammer scientist. Our job is to track him down and find out just who gave him access to that paper." Jessica recapped, before she turned to Arthur. "I've done a little bit of asking around and fly by spying, enough to know that a few times a month this guy visits this seedy bar in town. Nothing like a seedy bar for a seedy exchange, am I right?" She asked.

"Well, I think it is a perfectly nice bar. It has landscaping!" Arthur commented, leaning outside their car window to take a better look at the location at hand. It did, technically, still boast a few scraggly planters, but the location was a lot more in line with Jessica's description. The neighborhood wasn't much better.

"I've got a good feeling about this."

The window was grimy and it was not easy to make out, but their target took a seat next to familiar look man at the bar, their heads bending together soon afterwards.

"Hmm the other sleazeball looks sorta familiar, don't you think?" Jessica asked. She reached down and lifted her camera and carefully took a few pictures of both men. "Get ready to record. I think that's the guy from the video that Sue told us about."

Arthur winced at his own camera, but their vehicle was parked too far away from the outside of the bar to get a clear shot in the way of identifiable features.

"He's most certainly close, but..." This was followed with a shrug. "How are you feeling about this, Lorna?"

"Look at that!" Jessica whispered excitedly. "Sleazeball one is giving sleazeball two cash. That seems like damning evidence to me."

Arthur's attention whipped back to the camera, but he has already, accidentally, swiped the record button. The equipment was chugging on merrily as the two shook hands and finished their exchange. SB2, still back to the camera, stood from his table.

"And now all we need is..."

Then just like anyone with a nagging conscience, SB2 turned to look directly out the window and inadvertently toward the camera.

"To follow him home." Jessica answered. "And then back to the office to reconnoiter."