[Kain] Act 1 (S1): RoI: Return on Investment.
The man was wearing Brook's Brothers, custom tailored and very expensive. The sort of suit you'd see on an investment broker on thw way up, successful but not there yet. Problem was, despite the three figure haircut and suit, he still looked like a soldier in a uniform. He sat down in the booth and drummed his fingers on the table as he waited.
In a way he was an investor, though it was more proper to call him 'Purchasing Officer' than investor. His 'company' was more than happy to buy any of a variety of things. Most of them less than legal and definitely not ethical in any way.
"Excuse me sir, this is for you." A messenger came up holding a manifest with his alias on it. He signed for it and nodded to the young man, making note of his features and company to find him later. He discretely slit open the package and pulled out a tablet, already on.
Nice to meet you. You come well spoken of. Text scrawled across the screen as the camera lit up and showed his face in one window. Three other windows opened up.
"Melodramatics won't make a sale. You want my superiors to buy your tech, we'll need.. proof of concept at least and preferably a deployment over a specific time frame and area. Your project looks promising but..." He shrugged as he paused to let the waitress drop off his meal and depart.
I have more than proof of concept. Observe.
Two of the windows lit up. One contained a 3d model of a brain and the other showed an alley where a woman was unloading a minivan. The last window popped up and showed a second camera leading up to the alley. A heavy set man walked into the alley, pulling a length of chain from his biker jacket and started walking towards the woman. The approach screen switched to show the man's record. A killer through and through, starting with his time in service and refined by more than a decade as a legbreaker for an outlaw bike gang. He had nearly 150 pounds on the woman.
Then she turned and the brain scan went wild with lights as the biker moved quickly towards the woman. Whose eyes lit up, literally, at the sight of the man. She slid smoothy to one side as he slung the chain at her.
Combat wetwire enhancement of muscular tissue. She's three times faster and four times stronger than a normal human of her mass. The text explained as she moved to meet the man's follow up punch, doing a clean chop block followed by sliding under the extended arm and slamming her free hand upwards in a savage strike that snapped the biker's arm.
He watched as the woman quickly, and violently, killed the man in stages. Hammer blows highlighting her augmented strength and speed. Till she smashed his face in with a double fisted blow that sent his body across the alley like a rag doll.
Total control of implanted persona, the perfect sleeper agents. You can turn them on, get special forces level soldiers with augmented physical capacities. The text explained as the woman's eyes dimmed and she started to freak out.
And just as easily turned off. The woman twitched and collapsed to the floor, her eyes, ears and nose erupting in a gush of blood.
"I like what I'm seeing but I have some questions about the .. assets though." He said calmly as he considered the uses his superiors could put to this. Specifics came up as the alley scene faded from the screens. Several options came to mind as he considered what the bosses would want. "I have an.. extended field test. Care to put five or six of your toys in the field for an operation as a proof of concept to ... my employers?"
I am open for options.