Piece from Twenties

I wrote this this weekend. Another piece added to Twenties which still has a small way to go before being finished. To me this scene shows both how much crap the "heroes" of the story are in and yet how wily and ahead of the game they are (and maybe how out of they are at the same time):

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

THE CONNECTION
Okay, we have to assume this man is under surveillance by the FBI and that is a whole world we do not want to be in or even on their radar.

THE BRAINS
As far as we know we are still not even known to them.

THE PLAYER
All FOIA requests came back negative for us.

THE CONNECTION
So we know they will be onhim. We are going to need more noise than just the crowd although that is going to help a lot.

THE BRAINS
Small white noise emitters. Keep them on you and going at all times. Kind of fucks up surveillance. We hope.

THE JOCK
“We hope” doesn’t sound very hopeful.

THE BRAINS
Hey, doing what I can with the resources I have.

THE CONNECTION
You two will be on his guards. Keep an eye on them. All three of you have to be watching though for a pattern in the crowd. The surveillance team will be blending in, but they still are going to want to keep close. I am going to keep him on the move, with no discernible pattern.

THE PLAYER
Look at you with the big words and jargon. So what do we do, with us on his guys, not a lot we can do.

THE BRAINS
They will be looking for the same thing I am sure. They don’t want the FBI getting close to their boss. So follow them and their eyes and keep a look out. You see them heading into a certain direction or pointing someone out, you try and make a move the best you can. I will run interference where I can, as well as try and find their listening spot or van or whatever the hell they have set up.

THE CONNECTION
They will be there. We want them off of us. I will try and stay near groups to keep the sound going and talk as low as I can. But again, I can’t keep any kind of pattern going. Every time I shift us, you have to look.

THE JOCK
And what exactly do we look for?

THE CONNECTION
That is the hard part.

THE BRAINS
We don’t really know.

THE CONNECTION
You look for what feels wrong. Someone quickly trying to follow us. Someone almost running into the back of us but ignoring us. Home less people who don’t ask for money.

THE PLAYER
The thing which appears normal but is slightly off. The forgery.