Present Day - Wednesday Morning
The crowd outside Vale Tech's headquarters grows larger by the hour.
Aria watches from her office window as more people arrive with handmade signs and desperate faces. Former Hart Industries employees, some she recognizes, others she doesn't.
WHERE ARE OUR PENSIONS? VALE TECH PROFITED FROM OUR LOSSES. WE TRUSTED YOU
That last sign hits hardest because it's true.
"The police want to know if you're pressing charges for trespassing," David Kim says from her doorway.
"They're not trespassing. They're on the public sidewalk."
"Some of them are getting pretty aggressive. Security is concerned."
Aria turns from the window to face her chief technology officer.
"Concerned about what? That people who lost their life savings might be angry?"
"Concerned about
