[The General]

Meanwhile, at the other side of MegaTokyo, a few hours before Linna's troubles has begun. Sylia Stingray walks up to the door of the newest restaurant called 'Uplift'. She stops and glances at her watch. She smiles and looks up and walks into the restaurant. There standing before her is a C-33 hostess boomer talking into the front desk phone. Sylia walks up to the desk and waits for the boomer to finish the phone conversation. The boomer thanks the person at other end of the conversation and hangs up the phone. The boomer looks at Sylia.

"Yes, may I help with you with something?", the boomer replies.

"Do you have a reserved table for me, I'm Sylia Stingray.", Sylia asks.

The boomer blinks rapidly and looks at Sylia and nods.

"Alright, can you show me the way to my table?", Sylia asks. The boomer nods and leads Sylia to her table. There sitting on one of the two chair table is a very tall platinum blonde female in her late teens smiling at Sylia. The female is dressed in a fashionable black velvet bolero dress jacket, a plain black silk blouse with a silver-colored men's thin neck tie, a ruby and sapphire gem neck coker, and mini skirt with matching hosiery and medium high heeled pumps. Her long hair is tied up into a french braid. Her unearthly silvery eyes peruses over Sylia's presence.

"Glad that you made it.", the female replied.
"Likewise too, Cassidy." , Sylia responded.
"Well, take a seat and starting ordering.", asked Cassidy. As she gives the restaurant menu to Sylia.
"I guess you have chosen your order before I arrived here.", Sylia replied.
Cassidy nodded and looks around, casually.
"Yes, this my second time here after I got my bioroid body working. Speaking of time, you know tomorrow is the first annual anniversary of my joining into your group.", Cassidy responded.
"Hmmm, I didn't expected for you as a former combat boomer to stay with us and hunt down some rogues. You would have left Japan for greener pastures elsewhere." , Sylia spoke.
"I had no problems with the rogues. They're just my versions of riff-raft who don't listen to common sense and tolerence for all life.", Cassidy shrugged.
While still reading the menu, Sylia said, "Your large toy company store is the talk of this town and I'd read up in the local business news that you making a good sale profit."
"True, true, the kids like me and one of them compared me to Uncle Drosselmeier from the Nutcracker tale. They think I'm not human but a new type of boomer. But they haven't ratted me out yet and those children bring their single fathers with them. Those fathers have stated to me of going on a date with them and that there are those single males who behave shamelessly try to find ways to spy under my skirt.", Cassidy lamented. Sylia started to giggle behind the menu.
"Now, stop that. Sylia. And make your order.", Cassidy demanded quietly.
"Alright, alright, I take the stir fry vegetable salad with the grilled curried duck liver and I suspect that you chosen our appetitizers and desert entrees for us?", Sylia enquires.
"Yep," Cassidy responded.

After they finished their late dinner, Cassidy glanced up and listen into air.
"What's the matter, Cassidy?", Sylia asked.
"I'm picking up an ADP police code red at the Odaiba area at the new metropolitian express way with a descriptions of the three persons being chased by a BU-55C. One of these person described by the ADP matches that of Linna's!", Cassidy responded.
Sylia is astounded by the news and gets up to pay the food bill.
"Don't worry about the bill, I paid with my special credit account software. Now let's to my wheels.", Cassidy responded. Both of them walk out of the restaurant.
"Now what vehicle did you bring here?", Sylia asked.
"Remember that old 20th Century UK kids tv show, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterions?", Cassidy responded.
"Oh, no, you made that sleek APC for your ride.", Sylia exclaimed.
Cassidy nodded and Sylia shakes her head.
"Oh well, Spectra is red.", Sylia replied, "We have to call and pick up Priss at Hot Legs during that live recording session and Nene at that new VR cyber cafe." After Sylia made her statement, a very large light aqua multi-wheeled vehicle drives up in front of the two females and slides open a door in front of the women. Both women jump into the APC and the vehicle races out into the direction of the night club.