String

Panel 1:
Si glances at a sign on the fence outside the tower block saying “Jerusalem Holdings.”

INTERFACE:
Clue Deciphered!

SI (box): Then there was something else I noticed.

Panel 2:
Si stands outside a grey edifice car park, also saying it was maintained by “Jerusalem Holdings.”

SI (box): I’d walked past the sign at school a bajillion times and never noticed it.

SI (box): No way it was a coincidence.

Panel 3:
Si adjusts her hoodie to avoid the cops on a Camden backstreet.

INTEFACE:
Stealth Meter: [----|-----]

SI (box): Maybe didn’t need no Nancy after all?

SI (box): Maybe I could crack this case all by meself, show the feds I wasn’t as dumb as they thought I was?

Panel 4:
Si hides under a railway arch and produces her violin.

SI (box): Maybe. Then everything’d be back to normal and Alice would still be a thing my brain made up.

SI (box): No. Finding Nancy’s the whole point of this trip.

Panel 5 (narrow):
Si plays a bit of Max Richter’s “November” under the arch.

SI (box): Because if Nancy was as good at making the coppers look like idiots as I thought she was…

Panel 6 (narrow):
A map materialises in Si’s string-space, pinpointing Jerusalem Holdings’ location. Someone starts to wander past.

SI (box): Then wherever this jerk was hiding…

SI (box): She’d be there.

Panel 7 (narrow):
A guy has flipped a coin at Si’s feet. Si jerks out of string-space to argue with him.

INTEFACE:
Received 37p

SI: Wait-!

SI: I’m not-!

SI: Awwwww…