Black screen just talking in background.

Marric “YOU’RE POSITIVE THIS IS A SECURE LOCATION”

Det2 “YES I’M POSITI- OO-UHH DAKOTA PLEASE”

Det1 “YELLOW STONE THANKS, ANOTHER?”

Marric “YE- NO NO IM FINE THANKS.”

Det2 “OK, LETS GO OVER THIS AGAIN”

Reveal a luxury club bar with three people huddling around a small bar table drinking refreshments. The three are, Det1 and Det2 (two Gatekeepers) and thirdly Marric. Around the bar sit other people as well as identical Humanoid waitresses that are serving and making drinks. Det1 is smoking.

Det2 “YOUR BOTH RAISING YOUR GUNS AT THE JUDGE. HE DIDN’T EVEN MOVE?”

Marric “NO. NOT A MUSICLE. I DON’T THINK HE EVEN BLINKED. HANDS BY HIS SIDE HE STOOD THERE. STARING RIGHT BACK AT US.

Det1 “AND HE WAS... SMILING?”

Marric nods.

Det2 “WHAT THE FUCK”

Det1 “CREEPY MOTHER FUCKERS”

Short pause.

Marric “NOW. BEFORE I’M QUESTIONED ABOUT THIS SHIT AGAIN. LET’S COVER SOME THINGS.”

Marric pulls out his gun and places it in the middle of the table. As he talks, he picks up the gun and points it at the other keepers explaining all its key features.

Marric “A TRIPLE HOT RING. NAMED AFTER ITS THREE INTERIOR ROTATING BARRELS PROVIDING ITS CAPABILITY TO FIRE AT THE FINGER’S DEMAND IN A BURST FORMATION REST ASSURING THE RETURNING BARRELS WILL NOT OVERHEAT CAUSING MALFUNCTION. AMATEUR STUFF. (PICKS UP GUN) NOW SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IS THAT UNLIKE OTHER GATE ARMS THE HOT RING REQUIRES AN EXTRA FIVE OUNCES OF PRESSURE ON THE TRIGGER TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ITS EXTREMELY FATAL PLASMA ROUNDS. THAT’S 14 OUNCES TOTAL. NOW I DON’T KNOW HOW YOUR ACCADEMY EXPERINCE MESSURED UP BUT I WAS TAUGHT TO HOLD A FIREARM LIKE SUCH. FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF AN ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE. SORRY FOR THE LECTURE BUT, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND MY SERIOUSNESS. WE DID NOT SHOOT THAT JUDGE.”

Det1 “MARRIC. THERE’S NEVER BEEN A FIREARM MALFUNCTION HOMICIDE IN THE HISTORY OF THE GATES KEEP. TO TELL THE TRUTH THERE PROBABLY HASN’T EVEN BEEN A MALFUNCTION RESULTING IN ANY DEATH SINCE THE TERRAWAR.”

Marric “AFIRM. CORRECT. YOUR RIGHT. THIS HOT RING IS THE LATEST MARK OF ITS KIND AND WAS ONLY ISSUED TO ME LAST YEAR. THIS WASN’T A TECH ANNOMALLY. A MULFUNCTION. THE LEADING FACTOR HERE IS THE WEAPONS BOTH FIRED AT THE EXACT SAME TIME ON THEIR OWN DEMAND. RIGHT AS THEY WERE BEING I AIMED ON THE JUDGE.”

Marric puts the gun back away.