((Compelling aspect: Mysterious Informant))
Peter watches a family of ducks float innocently by across the top of the river from his vantage point beneath the bridge. The roar of traffic above is all but deafening. Pater glances nervously up and down the concrete footpath that leads back up to the tidal basin with it’s bare cherry blossom trees awaiting the coming spring. The sound of footsteps nearby makes Peter start but as he turns quickly to see who is approaching he sees nobody but a jogger, who quickly continues on past him and disappears around the next bend in the path.
Suddenly Peter hears a familiar low, gravelly voice. “Had to make sure we weren’t being watched,” the voice says by way of explaining its delayed arrival.
Peter begins to turn to respond to the voice, but the voice stops him, “Don’t look. The area appears clear, but to be safe we should never be seen looking at one another. Listen: the FDA has just approved a new chemical, Compound 641, to be added to the water supply in major cities around the nation. Look into it, it’s not what it seems.”
Peter turns to ask the mysterious speaker to explain, but when he does the man is gone.