Scott I - Scott's Lies

Summary
Scott is in the Council Room alongside Julian Hernandez, Ezra Navarez, Grant, and Tobas. Julian turns on a television hanging on the wall of the Council Room and Reporter and Journalist Leon Westermack is discussing on Live Television rumors of a Revolution occuring with several riots spreading across Los Angeles, and that just as well there are rumors from an inside source within the Empire that the Empire is nearing bankruptcy.

The council members all discuss various solutions to dealing with the rioters, Grant suggests simply bribing the protestors into stopping protesting, Ezra suggests arresting the rioters via the peaceguard as a message, Julian suggests finding the source of why they're rioting and dealing with that, Tobas agrees with Julian. Scott offers advice as well, but is mostly ignored by everyone except Julian. Scott's thoughts reveal that he's annoyed, and that he's the Emperor of Los Angeles, they should be listening to him regardless of whether his advice is bad or not.

Later on at Scott's home, Julian comes over to visit mostly to Scott's surprise, but Scott doesn't mind his company though, simply wishing that Julian had called first. Julian urgently tells Scott that the Empire's near bankruptcy was a secret, and that only somebody on the Council could have know about that: There's a mole in the Empire. Julian offers to help Scott uncover the mole, but because of Scott's pride he chooses to find the mole himself.

The next morning Scott has a private meeting with Tobas, and Scott tells him that he intends to bring more funds to the empire by selling flags, hats, and other pieces of merchachandise that supporters of the Empire can wear, buy and use. Tobas seems innocent enough, and is supportive of the idea but admits that in a time of riots and protests, many people may not be eager to buy Empire-oriented merchandise.