Heisting 101
Chapter 2 - Trouble At The Door
Kasumi lands the skycar in an available space and presses the door release. Both women step out of the vehicle and look toward the mansion. There's no denying that the building is very impressive. A small staircase leads up to a large double door which is flanked by massive windows on either side. As Sophie and Kasumi look around, they spot their life sized statue of Saren being looked over by an Eclipse merc dressed in a suit of black armour instead of the usual yellow. The guard wastes no time in speaking up when he detects a problem. His voice is sluggish and certainly gives away his boredom "Hold a moment, ma'am. There seems to be a problem with the statue."
As the two women look to the guard a voice with an Afrikaans accent catches their attention. "Is there a problem here?"
"No, Mr Hock. Just doing a scan." The guard seems to pay more attention and speaks a little more clearly as the man shows up next to him.
Hock looks to his guests. He is wearing an expensive white suit, his face sports a moustache, a small patch of hair just below his lower lip and two full strips of hair that run along both sides of his jaw and stop at his chin. His eyes linger on Sophie. "I don't believe we've met. Donovan Hock." The man's arms go behind his back and he cups his hands together.
"Alison Gunn. A pleasure." replies Shepard, trying to hide her utter disgust for the man in front of her.
The security guard speaks up again, having run some more scans "Sir, the scans aren't picking anything up."
Hock approaches the statue. "Hmm. I don't think our guests would come all the way from Illium just to cause trouble. Do you?" The guard rubs the back of his neck with his hand and then shrugs his shoulders and walks off to carry on with other duties. Donovan's gaze falls on Shepard again. "You may enter Ms Gunn, you were invited after all." His scrutinizing gaze then looks over Kasumi and his eyes narrow. "However, I must ask that your friend remain outside."
Sophie looks to Kasumi and then back to Hock. "Is there a problem with my friend?"
"I don't like the way your friend looks." is the callous reply before Hock proceeds to head back inside his mansion.
"Great. Did he recognise you?"
"No way, I'm the best thief in the galaxy. No one knows what I look like." is the confident reply.
"What now?"
"You'll have to do more talking, other than that nothing changes. I'll follow along cloaked." replies the thief, her cloak activating as she heads toward the doors of the mansion. Sophie follows along, her head shaking in annoyance.