Special Unit- The Mean Streets of London: Chapter 1

[MrEdwardNigma]

14:17
"Why did you assume he was involved? I can't believe you thought that just because he seemed agressive"

((Dr. Cramer is smart enough to stay across the room from the landlord, he'd have to sprint towards him to disarm him, and even Cramer can react in that time))

[Silent Hunter]

14:17
"Why did you assume he was involved? I can't believe you thought that just because he seemed agressive"

((Dr. Cramer is smart enough to stay across the room from the landlord, he'd have to sprint towards him to disarm him, and even Cramer can react in that time))

"I guessed, alright?" the landlord replied, "Have you got any actual evidence that will stand up in court?"

[Silent Hunter]

"I'm DC Gainsbourg, this is DC Tattershall. We're from the GLPS Special Unit. We need to speak to David O'Reilly."
Luc did not drop his facade.

"Right", she replied, "I'll go get him".

She turned around and called out.

"Boss!"

Twenty seconds later David O'Reilly came out. He was a fat, balding man with a short-sleeved shirt and a dragon tattoo in his left arm. He was smoking a cigarette- illegal in an enclosed workplace.

"Can I help you, officers. I guess this is about the shooting this morning. They don't call out Special Unit for the three muggings we had last week".

[MrEdwardNigma]

"I guessed, alright?" the landlord replied, "Have you got any actual evidence that will stand up in court?"

Alvin sighed.
"We're not planning on charging you with anything, sir, we'd just like some help on the case. You'll be left unmentioned, I assure you, we just need to know all the details of this case. If you choose to be trouble though, we can always dig deeper. The Special Unit can cause a man a lot of trouble even if he is innocent. This is a one-time offer, sir, you tell us what we need to know, and we'll leave you alone"

[Silent Hunter]

"I don't know anything", the landlord replied, "that's the truth".

He showed no obvious signs of lying, but lying was difficult to spot even for experts, at least without a polygraph to hand.

[Voshkod]

Tattershall gave the woman an appraising glance as she turned. "Afternoon, Mr. O'Reilly. Hope you can help on this little matter. Hate to be a bother."

[MrEdwardNigma]

14:18
"Look, sir, there's plenty of people who look agressive in London. In fact, there's hardly any who don't. Linking that to the shootings immediately seems a far stretch, wouldn't you agree?"

[Silent Hunter]

14:18
"Look, sir, there's plenty of people who look agressive in London. In fact, there's hardly any who don't. Linking that to the shootings immediately seems a far stretch, wouldn't you agree?"

"It was a guess, OK?"

[Silent Hunter]

Tattershall gave the woman an appraising glance as she turned. "Afternoon, Mr. O'Reilly. Hope you can help on this little matter. Hate to be a bother."

The woman had a good looking backside.

O'Reilly continued to smoke.

"I don't know a thing about it. Why should I care if some drug dealer gets offed? If I was in charge he'd have danced the hemp fandango".

[Hairb]

Luc cut in, making it obvious that O'Reilly's thoughts on capital punishment were not in the least bit of interest to him.
"Mr O'Reilly, we have reason to believe that you knew a Mr Edward Barker. Is this correct?"

[Silent Hunter]

Luc cut in, making it obvious that O'Reilly's thoughts on capital punishment were not in the least bit of interest to him.
"Mr O'Reilly, we have reason to believe that you knew a Mr Edward Barker. Is this correct?"

"Yes, but how is that relevant?" O'Reilly replied.

[MrEdwardNigma]

14:18
Dr. Cramer had the landlord brought in for questioning and did an extensive background check on him. Then he checked the PC that had belonged to Barker.

[Silent Hunter]

14:18
Dr. Cramer had the landlord brought in for questioning and did an extensive background check on him. Then he checked the PC that had belonged to Barker.

(The former is going to take a while, maybe four hours)

The PC looked like a Nazi meeting hall. It was filled with Nazi related video clips, music and pictures.

The main thing of interest was a series of emails from O'Reilly to Barker, all pertaining to Jomo. They referred, in racially loaded terms, to Barker removing a "waste of oxygen".

[MrEdwardNigma]

(The former is going to take a while, maybe four hours)

The PC looked like a Nazi meeting hall. It was filled with Nazi related video clips, music and pictures.

The main thing of interest was a series of emails from O'Reilly to Barker, all pertaining to Jomo. They referred, in racially loaded terms, to Barker removing a "waste of oxygen".

((Any more details on that? Like a name, a location, mission specifics, a reason?))

[Silent Hunter]

((Any more details on that? Like a name, a location, mission specifics, a reason?))

The emails only called him JS, but referenced his drug dealing and private detective reports on his routine. The hit was due to take place at Barking Station on that day at the time that the shooting took place.

The reason giving was that he was a drug dealer and it was time to get him off the street for good.

There was one odd thing. References to getting a "Russian thing" from an AS.

[Voshkod]

"Well, it's probably not, sir," Tattershall said apologetically. "But Barker had your card is his pocket, and we have to follow up all leads, even in a case like this, where someone's done us all a favor."

[Silent Hunter]

"Well, it's probably not, sir," Tattershall said apologetically. "But Barker had your card is his pocket, and we have to follow up all leads, even in a case like this, where someone's done us all a favor."

"He used to work for me, sure. Is he the guy who shot himself?"

O'Reilly looked impatient- and worried.

[MrEdwardNigma]

14:20
Dr. Cramer called Gainsbourg.
"Hello? Luc? This is Dr. Cramer. I'm just calling to let you know I found some interesting stuff in barker's appartment. Emails from O'Reilly ordering him to kill of Jomo. This is probably not enough proof to book the guy, but I thought you might like to know. Seems they knew all about Jomo, had him followed even. It makes me think visiting the club he worked at might be interesting. Someone might be able to ID his stalker"

[Hairb]

Luc ignored the question.
"How long did you know Mr Barker?"

[Hairb]

Before O'Reilly could answer, Luc took the call on his phone. Rude, officious, bean-counting Young Labour types would have done it, he mused to himself. Even if it was a wrong number, it would still help alienate O'Reilly.

After hearing Cramer's message, it took him several seconds to respond.

[Voshkod]

While Luc was on the phone, Tattershall continued. "Shot himself, but blew away a Yardie druggie before hand. Like I said, saved us a lot of trouble there. Now, sir, you don't know anything about this, do you? What's your relationship with Mr. Barker?"

[Hairb]

"Honey, that's wonderful! I have to go." Luc said joyfully, then hung up the phone, resuming his equally phony no-nonsense act. If O'Reilly thought he was off the hook, he wouldn't be prepared when they came for him with solid evidence. If Cramer thought the emails wouldn't stand up alone, then Luc had no intention of risking the investigation. As eccentric as he was, the man was often right.

Luc listened intently to the extremist's reply.

[Silent Hunter]

While Luc was on the phone, Tattershall continued. "Shot himself, but blew away a Yardie druggie before hand. Like I said, saved us a lot of trouble there. Now, sir, you don't know anything about this, do you? What's your relationship with Mr. Barker?"

"No, I don't know anything about it. Barker used to work for me, but I had to let him go. Kept being late".

[Hairb]

"Were you ever aware of any drug use on Mr Barker's behalf?"

[Silent Hunter]

"Were you ever aware of any drug use on Mr Barker's behalf?"

"No, I wasn't", O'Reilly replied, "Why are you asking me about a guy I no longer know?"

[Voshkod]

"Because the man's dead, sir, and that's what we do. Can we see his employment records? A simple thing, sir."

[Silent Hunter]

"Because the man's dead, sir, and that's what we do. Can we see his employment records? A simple thing, sir."

"I'll get them", he replied, "Would you mind just waiting a minute?"

O'Reilly was trying to look co-operative.

[Voshkod]

"Thank you, sir," Tattershall said, and began to follow him back.

[Silent Hunter]

"Thank you, sir," Tattershall said, and began to follow him back.

O'Reilly turned and walked back into the office. There was a large St George's flag on the wall and a bunch of plumbing-related posters.

He looked and saw Tattershall following him. Change of plan, he thought. Might as well prolong the inevitable...

O'Reilly suddenly grabbed the telephone off one of the desks and threw at Tattershall before running for the back entrance.

[Hairb]

Luc, who had been following behind Tattershall, ducked around him and took off after O'Reilly.