Maria De La Vega:
"Search. Find. Look. Listen"
These were the only thoughts running in Maria's head for weeks. Finding one person in a city of 3+ million was an impossible task, more so when living in a time, where people could jump on a plane and be on the other side of the globe in hours.
And if that wasn't enough, a few weeks ago, after that bombing incident, KE started to swarm the streets (at least it felt like to her) making it harder and harder to hide her true identity. She was stopped three times already, two routine checks and once a patrolling astral presence saw her magical aura and alerted the mundane security. Her papers held out so far, but with every inspection, the chance of finding out who she was increased substantially.
People who had valuable informations also had things to hide - and the KE patrols made them more paranoid then ever. They did not respond well to Maria's questioning, because as it turned out, KE was searching for someone too. More and more doors closed before Sammy, the trail was getting colder and colder...
Currently she's sulking in a bar in Fairmount. This time her "informant" just took her money and doesn't even bothered to show up and give her some tale about Jemina. On the trid, an attractive pair of newscaters talk about "the latest" pretty loudly, but she doesn't mind sitting in front of it, in fact, it's perfect for her this way.
As always, it starts with a summary, then the average everyday and sports news, followed by the weathercast, then finally come the "big" news which everyone have been waiting for all along.
They discharged two more people from the hospital today. They were victims in the bombing incident now known as "Dirty Tuesday", but, with the sponsorship of Federated Boeing, they are now cured and can go back to their families.
Relatives of the victims involved in the big car crash one week ago plan to sue the operator company of the GridGuide system. There were 11 deaths and 10 seriously injured with more then 20 additional people needing medical assistance that night at the intersection of 99 and 526.
The joined weather cleaning operation entered into the third stage yesterday. The project between the NAN and Emerald City will clear the sky from the pollutants, drastically reducing the effects of acid rain. Manufacturers of the various clothing and chemicals that protects from the rain, stamped the project as a fraud which serves only to amuse the masses and they provide data that diminishes the efficiency the government hopes for.
In connection to this, a week from now, Paul Coal, the Executive Director of Ares' new division, the Seattle Operations moves into Seattle with his family. Exclusive report on this provided later.