Under the Bodhi Tree/Dialogues

Coexstance PD, Headquarters...

Chief Aesha Zaman: You must be the new recruit,  . I'm Aesha Zaman, the chief of the Coexstance Police Department. How was the trip to Coexstance? Good, I hope.

Aesha: This time of year is beautiful, and Cultural City is a melting pot. Chinese, Hispanic, Indians, the list goes on.

Aesha: Oh! You want to meet your partners right now? I'd expect you to at least grab a cappuccino or something first? In that case... Meet your two partners, Ebrahim Fassihi and Lauren Thompson!

(Ebrahim and Lauren enter the station.)

Ebrahim: Nice to meet you! You must have done wonders in police academy to be here already!

Lauren: You do realize I'm 24 and a detective?

Ebrahim: I'm pretty sure Chief Zaman hired you because of your coffee-making skills.

Lauren: That's not true...

Ebrahim: Oh yeah? Then name her coffee order.

Lauren: That's a piece of cake! It's a venti iced skinny hazelnut macchiato, upside down, no whip, with caramel drizzle and an extra shot of espresso.

Lauren: But seriously, I went to police academy too!

(Jessica enters the station.)

Jessica: I'm Jessica Freeman, a field detective here. Unlike these two pansies, I'm actually okay with shooting someone.

Ebrahim: One, I was part of the military before. Two, that was my cousin!

Aesha: Anyways... meet the lab personnel! Let's start with Yael Caan, our coroner!

Yael: If you—unfortunately—happen to find a dead body, send it to me and Creameo!

Jessica: Creameo?

Yael: He's my pet... scalpel. Don't judge me; if I could keep a pet hoopoe, I certainly would!

Aesha: , you're probably assuming that the CPD is a female-dominated, but it's not. Meet Arthur Wright, the lab chief-

Arthur: Or director of the forensic laboratory. Or head of forensics. Or forensic expert. But please, spare the rookie the forensic jargon.

Aesha: Here's Sebastian Zhen, the technical expert.

Sebastian: Hey,  , I'm Alex! But you can call me the Digital God if you want to.

Aesha:  I'm sure  will do that... Seb's good at his work, although maybe not THAT good.

Aesha: If we're done hanging out with Mr. Superiority Complex, then get ready to meet Lorenzo Ferrerro, our profiler!

Lorenzo: Ciao! Benvenuti a Coexstance!

Ebrahim: Bentutti what?

Lauren: Tutti sounds like the name of a deformed monster...

Lorenzo: It means "Hello! Welcome to Coexstance!" Not "Hello! Welcome to the land of the deformed monster!"

Aesha: Anyways, that's the Coexstance PD family! Hopefully, you'll be the glue that makes us functional!

Aesha: Who wants to take  out to explore Cultural City?

Ebrahim and Lauren (in unison): ME!

Sebastian: Let's settle it with rock-paper-scissors! I bet-

(Ebrahim's hand resembles a rock, while Lauren's resembles scissors.)

Ebrahim: I win!

Sebastian: You're exactly who I voted for!

Yael: You never finished your sentence...

Sebastian: That's who I WOULD have voted for.

Aesha: So Ebrahim'll partner up with the player. Be careful out there!

Ebrahim: Careful. Tried that once. It was ever so dull. I call shotgun!