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[The video starts to Arthur sitting in a dark, rather indistinguishable room. He's wearing a white shirt with a perfectly tied tie, his hair brushed back but starting to go a little fluffy due to the lack of proper mousse. He hits a few buttons to make sure it's working, then looks into the camera. He's obviously technologically savvy enough to
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[That's clearly the most important thing here. 8|]
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Hn.
[ -- and then, as a realization:]
No, haven't seen it. If you didn't have your hand on it when you came here, then it's still in your world. People only come here with what's on them.
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I haven't been eaten alive yet, you can see.
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Give it another week. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
[But Jo's obviously teasing, and she leans back in her own chair, amused.
That amusement soon gives way to curiosity, though.]
What's in the briefcase that's so important?
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[He looks away for a moment, then back to the camera with a shrug]
Something I need for my work. Which is not, for your information, being an accountant or anything similar.
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Alright, alright -- fine. I'm sorry for making fun of you. Nasty habit. Blame the people I hang out with.
[She holds up her hands in surrender.]
And alright, you're not an accountant. But you're military, you normally carry a gun, and you're sketchy on the details, so I'm gonna go for...
[Jo considers it carefully. She may not look like much more than a tiny blonde thing with a gun, but she's smart. And, like all good hunters, very good at piecing together a string of useless information into a good cohesive collection.]
Con artist. Or gun for hire.
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What do you do?
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I hunt supernatural beings.
And I wouldn't worry about the whole 'legality' thing. Lucifer's running around being a dick every other week, so I'm pretty sure you're in the clear.
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...Lucifer?
What the hell, then.
I'm part of a team that breaks into people's subconsciouses through dreams and steals their secrets. Usually for multinational corporations, or rich CEO's.
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[But Jo falls quiet, at that explanation, before she looks somewhat uncertain.]
So -- you hack people's heads?
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[It's a comment, not a threat. She's actually pretty interested in how that's possible. But the idea of going into someone subconscious, even if it's for a business related secret, doesn't quite sit well with her.]
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Sure. It does in my world too. I believe I still have a price on my head from Cobol Engineering, if Saito didn't throw money at that and make it go away.
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[8|]
How do you get inside someone's head?
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That...is what the silver suitcase does. That, and kidnapping and drugging your victim.
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