Tess
Cass
Hikaru
Eridas
Once the guard finally returns with the fourth and final prisoner, he looks over the group before moving to a door. He swipes his wrist over a pad next to it and the door hisses open. "Inside and take a seat," he says, gesturing with his weapon once more. Making your way through the door, you find yourselves in what appears to be an interrogation room, with the back wall covered by a presumably two way mirror.
A large table dominates the center of the room, with four chairs on your side of it. In front of each chair is a pile of personal effects, one pile of which you recognise to be yours. A large tattooed man sits on the other side of the table, busy with something on his compad. He too gestures for you to sit down, as he continues typing.
A few moments pass and once the four of you are seated before the man finishes whatever he was doing and lays his compad down on the table in front of him.
"Welcome, the name's Marco Bao," the large man says. He moves to speak again but the guard who pulled you from your cell interrupts with a cough.
"Of course," Marco replies to the cough. "One moment," he says to you as he picks one his compad once more. After a few taps the guards checks his own and after a nod to Marco he throws a key on to the table, which lands near the large man, and leaves the room with the door closing behind him - leaving the four of you alone with Marco.
"As I was saying, I'm Marco Bao. I'm... an influential figure in this area of the city," the large man continues, seemingly choosing his words carefully. "That key there guarantees your freedom," he says gesturing to the key the guard tossed on to the table. "Although it does come at a very reasonable price. My operation is under threat from another rival operation and I believe one of my right hand men has betrayed me. You all seem to have skills which could be useful, and most importantly I know I can trust you as I don't know you, which is why I've arranged this meeting," he says, picking up the key.
"Now I'm hoping I've chosen well and I can rely on the four of you to solve this problem for me. I'm even willing to pay you handsomely for your services. The alternative, of course, is our friend comes back in and takes you back to the cell you were rotting away in leaving you to the Diktat's mercy, but I feel like I've made a very reasonable proposal. I'm a busy man, what do you say?" He asks, waggling the key in your direction.