A young man, one of the interns, steps up and asks Madame Barpofsky if she would like him to show the guests around. She nods to him, and turns away. A quick tour of the facility shows the following rooms:
Foyer
The ceiling of this room goes all the way up to the top of the second floor. On one side of the room is a comfortable lounge, and on the other an indoor waterfall. Behind the large waterfall is a platform elevator that goes down to the sub-level. It is disguised by a mirrored glass pane hung on a slight angle so that it reflects the falling water, making it virtually impossible to detect with the naked eye.
Waiting Room
This is a Waiting Room where photographers, designers, models and student-applicants wait for the chance to be interviewed.
Office
This office is used primarily for preliminary interviews for applicants to the Agency. The walls are lined with photos of celebrities.
Conference Room
In the center of this room is a very large mahogany table. It is surrounded by fifteen large comfy chairs on wheels. The room is equipped with state of the art teleconference and audio-visual equipment.
Women's Dressing Room
This room contains brightly lit make-up tables and a very long full length mirror.
Men's Dressing Room
This room looks more like a traditional locker room, except with full length mirrors.
Wardrobe
Clothing and costumes of all types fill this room, in wardrobes and racks of clothes on wheels, from luxurious clothes to masks and capes.
Stage, Prop and Equipment Storage
The studio must have only recently finished shooting a photo spread based around a 30s Art Deco-style space adventure theme. There are several colorful planets, and some large model spaceships very clearly based on the designs from the old Flash Gordon movie serial. There are also control panels with flashing lights, and several bugeyed alien mannequins. Two garage doors in this room open to the alley behind the building. Both are currently locked.
Photo Studio
This is a standard photo studio, filled with cameras, lights and photographic equipment, complete with hanging backdrop. The backdrop in this studio is currently a green screen so the background can be replaced by a digital image. There is a door in this room that opens to the alley, but opening this door will trigger the fire alarm.
Backdrop Storage
A long narrow closet where whatever backdrops that are not currently in use are stored.
Storage Room
Excess lights and photo gear litter this room.
Dark Room
This is an old fashioned photo development room. It looks like it has not seen use in some time, but everything you need is here and it all works.
Digital Work Stations
There are several state-of-the-art computer graphics workstations set up in this room.

Bellissima gets on the LESPradio mainly for Hikari but everyone else as well for their own investigations.

[Private to group LESPradio: Hikari, I have discovered additional information about Holly.  Right before the jump event, she had been dating Vitaly who she identified as the Provider, a criminal that served prison time and could get anything anyone wanted while in prison.  She turned down his advances because he wanted to get into a serious relationship and she wanted to keep it just fun.  What is really interesting is that she lost some time after she turned him down.  From her perception, everything turned black, then she opened her eyes, found herself in the kitchen and he was gone.  She had been in her bedroom getting ready for meeting Madam Barpofsky for dinner."  She then relays a description of Vitaly with his fantasy tattoos, "If you find a picture, I can confirm his identity.  The diary should be getting copied and put on servers soon."]

Please understand that I did not mean to cause you any more distress, Jacob apologizes, but, I would be remiss if I did not ask.
At the calling of an assistant to show them around, Jacob offers his appreciation.  Thank you, Madame Barpofski.  If I can think of any more questions for you, will you be available?
As they are given the tour, Jacob tells the intern, We will need the office for our interviews.  Also, we need to speak with anyone who worked with Holly Cook on a regular basis, anyone with whom she was friendly, and anyone who may have held any animosity towards her.

The intern nods, more to Lilibeth than to Jacob, and leads the two of you to an office. Madame Barpofsky, somewhat calmer than before, returns in time to hear the latter portion of Jacob's request. "You may interview everyone. They will come forward, and if you do not need to speak with them send them away."
"Kendra, please have the receptionist schedule everyone to come and be interviewed. It takes precedence over whatever work they are doing. Include the interns, I shall be first."
After ushering the intern from the office, Madame Barpofsky shuts the door and face Jacob and Lilibeth. "The truth is not pretty. It may harm me, but if I don't tell you and it bears on Holly's fate I will never forgive myself. My real name is Zinaida Navokov. My maiden name was Kovolenko, my husband was Valentin Navokov, I believe the Interpol files called him 'knock-off Navokov'. He counterfeited labels for designer clothes, produced barely functional cell phones marked as Appel, ran drugs and women, and was a terrible influence on everyone around him."
"He was also something of an idiot. After he began having a public affair with an attractive young film starlet, he lost hundreds of millions of dollars of laundered cash. I had been putting money away, in the event I could leave him without endangering myself. I took the money and fled to America."
"Valentin and his little starlet were found outside of Donetsk with numerous holes in them. His bosses didn't believe he hadn't stolen the money. I had my own accounts, separate from Valentin's, so they suspected me but after examining my movements knew I was nowhere that would have made such manipulations possible.
"I left Valentin's accounts idle, and headed for America."
She waits for further questions, and then nods and heads up to her room. The other staff is clustered at the door waiting to see what's set up for them.
From the interviews, you will get the impression that Holly Cooks is no more or less isolated from her co-workers than they are from each other. She has had numerous short-term romantic relationships, some with co-workers that are ironically no longer employed by the agency. Her type seems to be “bad boys”: the male model that went on to star in that action-adventure TV show, the set designer that turned pro wrestling “heel”, any of the 'boys' that seemed dangerously out-of-control.
Every one of her co-workers is envious of her success, dismissive of her talent, and careless in their dislike for their peers. There is agreement that Madame Barpofsky was fond of Holly, but even her detractors admit that, on the job, the Madame DOESN'T play favorites.

Hikari returns to the Justicar suiting up... and receives Bellissima's LESP call and replied...
[Private to group LESPradio: +"Thank You Bellissima, I'll get right on doing some more background investigation into this Vitaly/Provider.  I have made some startling discoveries into the Blue Flash Events.  There is a High Probability that both Events were artificially created and worse have set up a Dimensional Threshold that will occur again with in 24 hours give or take some variance.  The Quantum Physics explaining it are not important right now.. what IS important is that the Dimensional threshold created for long-distance transport will VERY likely open again and potentially transport ...something Not of our Universe here from whatever side Dimension was used to transport Holly Cook and the State Bank heist.  There is a high likelihood of an imminent threshold opening at the State Bank as it took place over 24 hours ago.  The Area of the State Bank needs to be evacuated and a cordon set up to keep people away.  The Sentinels should be there in case ... something unpleasant arrives.  I'm going to investigate the Holly  Event site here.. there is a possibility that I can trigger the Threshold event sooner than the 24hour period and perhaps get some readings that may allow me to track the Quantum Tunnels to the exits possibly lead me to her current location."+]

Justicar is on his way to retrieve the Severed Bungee cord ... when he starts receiving the digital copies of Holly Cook's diary from Senor Garcia...

He texted back...
[Private to group LESPradio: + Data received, Senor Garcia. Thank you ~ Will keep you all informed of any developments.  Be careful at the State Bank... no idea what could arrive through the Dimensional Threshold! +]

Bellissima got on radio with a warning for the team:
[Private to group LESPradio: Warning, there is a strong indication that Vitaly the Provider has mind reading and some type of mental control powers. He might have others mental powers as well.  Be cautious when approaching him.]

In reply to Bellissima's Warning Justicar Text's in reply...
[Private to group LESPradio: +"THAT is ...very unsettling. CMZ...if you are questioning 'Madam Barpofsky'/Zinaida Navokov... you might want to ask her if she knows anything of this Vitaly / Provider as he's Russian and her ex-husband was once KGB? I'd ... word the question delicately... as possible."+]

I appreciate your candor, Madame Barpofski, Jacob replies.  He turns to Lilibeth.  I have another question for Madame Barpofski.   If you could start interviewing the others, record them on your phone, and I will be right with you.
He turns back to the boss.  What do you know of someone she was seeing by the name of Vitaly?

It turns out Holly was very protective of her love life, and the only men she dated that Madame Barpofsky had any knowledge of were those that worked at the agency.

Justicar will immediately post to the Secure LESP channel...
[Private to group LESPradio: +"Justicar here.  New Intel ~ Vitaly / Provider may in fact be the leader of a Russian Supervillain Team called the Refusenik's.  Currently seeking any intel on their number and potential powers.  I can understand with a leader who can control minds how they have stayed in the realm of 'Rumor' and Urban legend.  Be Very careful.  Bellissima I don't know of any technological means to shield from mental influence... at some point I might like to, if your willing, investigate such protections."+]
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Lilibeth nods her head, "Of course, right away," she says, in her most professional, matter of fact, tone of voice she could muster. She didn't really understand all of the chatter on the team radio net. She gathered that Hikari believed that Ms. Cook disappeared into some other universe  and that maybe it would happen again soon. She could accept that other universes might exist. Two of her favorite celebrity scientists had said it often enough and she wouldn't dream of arguing with such clearly smarter than her people.

What she did have a hard time believing was that mysterious beings from another universe would go through the trouble of opening a portal, only to kidnap a woman and rob a bank. "I mean, the money can't be the same right? And yah Holly is super pretty but its not like she is the second coming of Audrey Hepburn."

Those thoughts run through her mind as she leaves Jacob and returns to the young man that Madame Barpofsky had tasked with showing them around. "I'd like to use the conference room for the interviews. Please send everyone in, one at a time, if you please."

Once inside the interview room, she takes a seat near the middle and faces the door. She places her agency phone on the desk, setting it to record audio. Her intent is to have each person sit across from her, making it easier to record their voice, as well as observe their body language. She was no trained investigator or telepath but she did know a bit about the human body and how it reacted to stress.

The employees that come in for the interviews are a mixed bag. The models are obvious, beginning the interview as if answering pageant questions before relaxing and saying what they really mean. The other employees have little to say on the subject of Holly, but they will express how hard it is to believe she vanished 'like that'. There are numerous anecdotes concerning the precautions taken for the jump (they were extensive).

Jacob nods as he takes some notes on a small notepad he had produced from his pocker with a cheap pen.  I have what I think may be my last questions for now.  Do you know anything about the Refuseniks?  Did your husband have any dealings with them?

Madame Barpofsky chuckles, "you don't understand what that really means, no. Both my husband and myself were beyond determined never to have anything to do with them."
She stands, and then says to Jacob, "whatever else I might have done, Holly was the daughter I never had. Find her, save her."

Whatever you've done in the past that brought you here, Madame Barpofski, happened outside of my jurisdiction, and is of little concern to me any department, Jacob informs her.  We have a couple of leads we are following.
He pauses a moment, like he just thought of something.  Was there any outdoor setting  for a shoot that she seemed to really like?  Some place you think she might return to on her own?
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Madame Barpofsky looks back from the door, and says, "nowhere I haven't already looked, young man."

Jacob simply nods.  The Madame seems to deeply care for the missing model.  He briefly wonders how deeply she cares for the others who work for her.  May the rest of your day go as well as it can, under the circumstances, Madame Barpofski.  We will try to be out of your hair as quickly as possible.
He returns to Lilibeth, sitting in on the questioning, asking his own queries as they come to mind, to each of them.
I know there is a strong rivalry in the modelling industry, but did she have any actual enemies who might wish to do her harm?  Do you know if anyone who is a credible threat has been stalking her?

Although the models don't say anything, several of the support personnel mention that Holly didn't make enemies "like the other models". None of them have a notion of a credible stalker.

Jacob turns to Lilibeth.  I think we're done here.  Let's join the others at her apartment.
As they head out, he stops by Madame Barpofski's secretary.  Dis Holly Cook use any of the company's electronic devices on a regular basis?  A tablet?  A laptop?  A phone?  If so, I'll need to take them in as evidence.

"Holly used a company phone when she was assigned to a shoot, otherwise she used her own."

Lilibeth smiled at Jacob and nodded her head. "You got it," she says to him. She wanted to say goodbye to Madame Barpofsky but felt that would go against character. She was supposed to be a junior investigator and it seemed to her that juniors followed their seniors lead and otherwise shut up, spoke when spoken to and all that.

Was the company phone on her at the time of the bungee jump?  Or had she set it aside?
He pauses, listening to the radio earpiece he is wearing.  It seems some of our team are involved in an interesting situation.  There is something about a bank and a dinosaur.  Officer injured.
He turns back to the receptionist.  Tell Madame Barpofski that we said thanks for her cooperation.  And thank you to you and all the models and crew  as well.  We'll be in touch as soon as we find anything.
He heads out and down to their waiting police escort/driver.  As he gets in, he asks the officer, That situation with the dinosaur and put team.  How fast can you get us there?

Bellissima was in a bit of shock that she was facing a T-Rex in real life.  Itt took her a couple of seconds to realize she should inform Justicar that he was right about his concern and warn the others as she activated the hands free radio and got on the encrypted LESP channel, [Private to group LESPradio: "We have an incursion at the Bank of State Facility!  A T-Rex with 4 eyes.  Moving to contain it!"]  She announced to all Sentinels. Hopefully this warning would be useful for Justicar  and his team at the disappearance site.
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Lilibeth listened to her ear piece as Bellissima spoke over the team radio net, announcing that they were engaged with an honest to goodness dinosaur. Not just any dinosaur either but a T-Rex!

"What a fearsome creature!" Runa exclaims in her mind. Llilbeth had been host or whatever to Runa long enough to have figured out some things about how their bond worked. Their memories weren't shared, nor was their knowledge, not really but if one of them was thinking about something or remembering details, the other could 'see' those same thoughts as if they were hers. Sometimes it was annoying but other times, like now, it was a great time saver because it meant that Runa, who had never heard of a T-Rex before, got an idea of what one was because of the mental image of one that had popped into Lilibeth's mind.

"What are you waiting for? Bring me forth!", the other woman demanded. "Not yet, not in the car. As soon as we are there, you can come out."

Outwardly, Lilibeth appeared more or less calm, though the corners of her eyes showed consternation. No doubt at the thought that her teammates were facing deadly danger without her there to help and heal.
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The officer has the lights flashing as Z and Lilibeth enter the vehicle. "Only one way to find out," he says before turning on the siren and hitting the gas.
Mere minutes later, Chimp Man Z and Lilibeth are debarking at an alley.