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"And here I was trying to be nice," says Holly. "After that rudeness, I wouldn't feel so bad if I were to make you talk. However, that might not even be necessary. Any private detective worth his salt keeps good notes."

"Be my guest", he says, with a sarcastic smile on his face.

"Thank you for you consent," says Holly, grinning back. She feels less compunction about her idea now. She nods to Christopher. "We should probably all go some place private." She knows that scopolamine has often been used in conjunction with opioids as a form of anesthetic to put a patient into twilight sleep, and she is also aware of studies about its potential use as a truth serum. It did have side effects, one of which was memory loss of things that happened shortly before exposure, so it was possible he wouldn't even remember being questioned or even this entire encounter, and it would also cause drowsiness. She is confident that her medical and pharmaceutical knowledge will allow her to administer the proper dosage.

Christopher Fontana

Christoper pockets the man's ID and cash, he can always give it back later or not, depending on how things panned out. Holly had a good point about keeping records - they could go and search Pizner's house for anything that would indicate who his client was. Christopher was concerned about how quickly they had been tracked down, how could that happen? Someone at one of the places they'd been to find information must have put Pizner onto them or, more likely, been in touch with the person or people employing Pizner. Christopher and Holly had to try and find out who is after them and also find a way to keep Pizner 'out of the picture' for a few days.

Christopher jabs Pizner in the ribs again "I warned you about your foul mouth." he says. "Well, Pizner] I can see your mind is made up... " he mimes pushing the plunger of a syringe with his left hand so that Holly can see it "... I doubt we could persuade you to inform on your client... perhaps there is a deal to be done.."

OOC:   Jab him here - we can man-handle him out of th car and onto the back-seat, then go over to his house and see what we can find.

Holly nods and takes her prepared sedative out of her medical bag, with which she injects Pizner. "Pleasant dreams," she says in a sweet tone.

Pizner reacts violently at the injection: "What did you inject me... bitch... I'm gonna kill you! Fuck...", he struggles, but Christopher manages to restrain him until the sedative kicks in and he falls unconscious. You then move him on the back seat and plan your next moves.

"He should be out for a while," says Holly after Pizner falls unconscious. "If we can't find his notes, there may be another way to get the information out of him. I feel kind of bad about abusing my medical skills to do this, but I don't feel quite as guilty considering his attitude. There's a drug called scopolamine. It's used in conjunction with opioids as a type of anesthetic, but it doesn't render the patient fully unconscious. It puts him in a kind of twilight sleep. It has another potential use: as a truth serum. There have been studies on it, but they stopped doing them because of the side effects. It won't kill him, but it can cause short-term memory loss in addition to drowsiness. That's probably a good thing if we have to use it. I don't think I have everything I need in my bag, but as a doctor I can get it. I can take my car to do that and then meet you where you're going. We may not need it, but it's better to be prepared."

OOC,I was thinking along the same lines. We can also wear surgical gloves while we're in his house to prevent leaving fingerprints. I'll spend 1 Bureaucracy and 1 Pharmacy.

The address for Pizner's house leads Christopher to a poorly kept bungalow in Hollywood. The man is still sound asleep when he gets there, and after checking to make sure that the area is as empty as possible, Christopher carries him inside. It's small, and slightly stinky. Christopher drops off Pizner on a chair and starts looking around. The search doesn't lead to anything useful: some guns, plenty of booze, and a stash of relatively tame pornography. Either Pizner doesn't keep any record of his investigations, or those records are not here.

Ten or fifteen minutes later, Holly joins him. She has gathered all the necessary ingredients, and can now prepare the truth serum. Pizner is still asleep, but looks like he's starting to regain consciousness.

"I'll get it ready," whispers Holly. "Can you keep my 'patient' company?"

OOC,Is [b]Pizner[/b] tied to the chair? Some rope or handcuffs (if [b]Pizner[/b] owns a pair) would do the trick nicely, but belts would work in a pinch.

There are no ropes, but you find a pair of handcuffs to block its hands behind the chair, and a couple of belts for the legs. Holly finishes to prepare the truth serum, and judges what might be the correct dosage. Pizner is just about waking up when Holly injects him with the serum. He has the time to regain consciousness and throws around a couple of insults and curses, before the serum kicks in and he falls silent, looking around with a dumb smile on his lips.

"Mr. Pizner. who is your client?" Holly asks calmly. People under the influence of scopolamine are said to simply answer any questions put to them, bypassing their brain's capacity for deception. She hopes it will work that way here.

"Captain Walker...", he answers, absentmindedly.

"What is Captain Walker's first name?" Holly asks, raising an eyebrow. "Is he a police captain?"

"No fucking cop, that one", he says, half chuckling. "He's just Captain Walker, no name. Works for some big shot up in Pasadena, a guy named Trammel".

"When did he hire you, how much is he paying you, and what instructions did he give you?" Holly asks next.

"He gives me jobs from time to time, pay's good. Told me two men were at the police station, from a group of possible troublemakers. Gave me a description. I had to follow them and report back to him".

"How do you report to him?" asks Holly, taking careful notes. "Do you ever meet him in person anywhere, or do you call him on the telephone?"