with extended privileges which has been programmed
to work with five other controllers. That will be Sgt. Scott here, my self, and
my family. We are still working on another non custodial bracelet with no
restriction in permissions or privileges, which will act as a permanent
replacement for your rejected identity implant. But until that is ready, you
are going to need to be accompanied by any one of us five as chaperones
wherever you go.” Carlson now addressed his sergeant. “Ray, after we have
finished deputising them as custodial agents, how about you coming out with us
for a drink uptown, and maybe a better meal than you just had. I feel like
celebrating and it is not easy getting my whole family together for a night on
the town on a weekday evening. And River, you are coming too; you don’t have a
choice,” he said tapping his own wrist custodial controller. Ray Scott laughed
at this, and said that he would at least join them for a drink.
They didn’t have too
long to wait before Valerie, Anton and Audrina arrived at the main reception
upstairs. Nathan went to collect them and bring them down to the custodial
reception. He intended to deputise them as custodial agents so that they would
be legally allowed to chaperone River and provide him with some delegated
permissions and privileges.
The custodial reception
sergeant swore each one of them in and then activated the new control bracelets
placed on their wrist. River was done last, the custody sergeant removed his
present one and replaced it with the new one which he then activated. River’s
was the only bracelet which would be non removable. This whole process was fast
but a little formal. Once everyone had walked past the main reception upstairs,
the air of formality was over and everybody lightened up. All six in this
entourage hugged or greeted each other with some warmth. The two security
officers grabbed their personal belongings and overcoats from their vehicles;
the overcoats were to hide their uniforms in the plush environment of the
central zone. They opted to sign off and leave their vehicles here at the CPS
centre. Tomorrow they would probably be reallocated to someone else. Then the
party of six squeezed into one taxi and took the short ride uptown.
They started their
evening at a well reviewed restaurant in the Central zone. There was a good
vibe in the group and everybody was happy and in good form. Ray Scott stayed
only for a few drinks and apologised that he had to head home to his wife.
Valerie commended him saying that she needed him to teach her husband such
respect for his spouse.
Anton was wearing a
casual suit that he wore earlier to work. He looked much more mature than he
did the other day. Despite Valerie having picked her up from work, Audrina had
somehow managed to dress up for the occasion. She was wearing a short but
elegant pleated black dress with a statement pair of heels, and looked very
stylish as well as glamorous. Valerie dressed with style and with certain flair
too. However, she preferred to look elegant rather than sexy, but it was
evident that she adored the way which her daughter dressed, and was proud of
the admiring glances and stares that Audrina attracted. More than a fair share
of those glances came from River, whom was finding it increasingly difficult to
hide his attraction to Audrina. He hated the way that he was acting out of
character. He was more talkative and smiling, laughing, or agreeing with
everything that she said. Wise people in his tribe said that this behaviour
came when someone had cast a glamour up on you; A spell of attraction. River
believed it to be self inflicted though. Simply put, he was smitten with her.
This made him feel self conscious and that feeling made him cycle through his
alcoholic drinks faster. He was not used to alcohol. It was making him tipsy
very quickly. Everyone was smiling at him; maybe because he was grinning at
them. He was soon beginning to slur his words, and when
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