Our Story

In the humid streets of a city in the north, where the sun cast long shadows and the air filled with the sound of distant conflict, Mat found himself nursing a whisky at the bar of The 71. This joint was a haunt for night owls and lost souls, the kind of place where dreams came to drown and the night never seemed to end. 
 
A private investigator, Mat was contemplating the events that took place earlier that evening. He’d had a disagreement with his boss; well, he called it that, someone else might call it throwing a chair through a window. He was chuckling to himself when he noticed Steph sauntering in, looking like trouble wrapped in mystery. 
 
She had the kind of presence that paused conversations, her eyes holding stories untold. Approaching Mat, she bypassed the usual pleasantries. 
 
"What's your take on hard drives? I’ve got some sensitive information I’m looking to keep - for a rainy day”, she asked, eyebrow raised in challenge. 
 
“She already knows who I am,” Mat thought before responding with a smirk. Hard drives are only as good as the secrets they hold or the hands they fall into." Steph gave a wry nod like a test had been passed and ordered a Tempranillo from the barman. An exotic choice, she did seem like she could be from the East, Mat mused to himself—completely unaware that the wine hails from Spain. 
 
Their conversation meandered through the labyrinth of technology and mystery, with each revelation drawing them closer in the fluorescent light of The 71. 

Steph, a digital artist with a penchant for trouble was on a quest to uncover a conspiracy that threaded through the city's dark underbelly. Mat, intrigued and admittedly charmed by her intellect and audacity, offered his skills. "I'll help you crack this case, but first - dinner. How do lamb cutlets sound?" Steph laughed, a sound that seemed too genuine for a place like this, and agreed. 
 
In that moment, a connection sparked, an unspoken promise that this was just the beginning.

Under the watchful eyes of The 71, amidst a city that thrived on the hidden and forbidden, Mat and Steph embarked on a journey that was part detective work, part digital warfare, and entirely a leap into the unknown, together.