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circlmastr (9/14/04 8:02:57 PM): Mmm...
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circlmastr (9/14/04 8:03:02 PM): I'm still hungry..
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:03:02 PM): torture...
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:03:07 PM): oh, nevermind then
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:03:12 PM): Who are we torturing?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:03:17 PM): the J, IIRC
Vernjonal (9/14/04 8:03:23 PM): The J, remember?
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:03:51 PM): I was just wondering whether the usual statements about people who haven't showed up yet were being made.
Vernjonal (9/14/04 8:03:56 PM): Hehehe
Vernjonal (9/14/04 8:04:13 PM): Speaking of which, should I have Adam on call or will he probably not be in tonight either?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:04:35 PM): I doubt very much that he will appear; if he does, I can arrange things such that his presence is unimportant
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Vernjonal (9/14/04 8:04:49 PM): *Nods*
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:05:26 PM): What's Adam'
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:05:32 PM): s new character?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:05:43 PM): ::shrug::
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:05:57 PM): An albino gnome night one drake cyberzombie
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:06:19 PM): Where are Drakes from, again?
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:06:26 PM): The Fourth World
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:06:31 PM): (which book)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:06:33 PM): Dragons of the Sixth World
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:06:36 PM): which I don't have
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:06:39 PM): Ah. Don't have it.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:06:45 PM): Originally Threats 2, IIRC
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:06:49 PM): And before that, Earthdawn
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:06:54 PM): Alamaise getting kinky with some elf honeys.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:07:14 PM): I'm afraid to ask...
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:07:18 PM): On to Mr. Johnson?
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:07:33 PM): brb
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:07:40 PM): (who I believe has been placed on a tarp by this point)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:07:58 PM): (Yep, there's a tarp under him)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:08:45 PM): He is conscious, right?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:08:48 PM): yep
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:08:50 PM): ATM
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:09:15 PM): (And I guess I'm handling the interrogation, as usual?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:09:44 PM): (Do you have any Interrogation?)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:10:25 PM): (No, but that never stopped me from the threatening and the beating before...)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:10:35 PM): (IIRC no one on the team does)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:10:39 PM): (I have one point)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:10:52 PM): (We haven't gotten any karma for that run yet, have we?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:10:59 PM): (No; it's not over yet)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:11:05 PM): (C'est la vie.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:11:51 PM): So what all do we want. I want to track down a squishy ball of the world or five, because even if I don't go with plan stuff-in-mouth they're fun to have around.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:11:55 PM): But that can wait.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:12:06 PM): A headjammer, on the other hand, cannot. Anyone know where we can get one this time of night?
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:12:18 PM): Headjammer?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:12:22 PM): (Headjammer?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:12:49 PM): Headjammer goes on someone's head and when it detects outgoing signals, it zaps them like a taser and jams the signals.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:13:00 PM): The J is holding very still. He's trying to look cool, but not really pulling it off.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:13:27 PM): (I thought we scanned him for signals, and the only thing transmitting was the screamer?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:13:29 PM): Remind me, we blocked his vision somehow, right?
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:13:30 PM): We did
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:13:41 PM): That doesn't mean he doesn't necessarily have something else up his sleeve.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:13:44 PM): Yeah, he's blindfolded.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:14:06 PM): No clue on the jammer, sorry...
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:14:30 PM): We could always wrap his head in tinfoil...
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:15:16 PM): Ah well.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:15:25 PM): I guess I'll scan him every so often.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:15:26 PM): It'
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:15:32 PM): It's not like we care if he gets cancer.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:15:41 PM): He almost certainly won't live long enough to.
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:15:47 PM): Back
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:15:48 PM): That makes me feel so much better to stand right over him.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:16:12 PM): I think we need to find an abandoned warehouse and a sturdy chair, though.
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:16:13 PM): Blake knew the job when he took it
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:16:30 PM): Somewhere we won't be disturbed, and where he won't be soiling the van.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:16:49 PM): "Feel that shock, asshole? That was your screamer getting fried. Turn on any other electronics, and I'm pulling them out with pliers the next time."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:17:03 PM): He doesn't move, he barely breathes.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:18:10 PM): (Yeah, I think a warehouse might be a good idea - does Alex know of any?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:18:31 PM): (No, unfortunately; is there anyplace we could buy on short notice? Preferably with the sound insulation edges?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:18:38 PM): (In broad terms, yes. However, the "abandoned" ones are generally used by somebody for something. Even in the Noose)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:19:15 PM): (Alex could always (finally) agree to move in with Shojo, then we could use Alex's place, heh)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:19:22 PM): (Er, no.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:19:27 PM): (Alex's place has neighbors.)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:19:29 PM): (Well, I have two pre-paid squatter lifestyles I meant to use for emergencies of various kinds... Does either one fit the bill, at least broadly?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:19:51 PM): (Waitaminute!)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:19:56 PM): Broadly, yes. They're not soundproofed, but IIRC they're in areas where screaming won't be investigated.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:19:59 PM): (Or rather, could either one fit the bill?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:20:06 PM): (Alex is living in a High lifestyle. I think Shojo'd be moving, not Alex)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:20:12 PM): (Probably)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:20:37 PM): (We definitely need to invest in a bolthole or two.)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:20:53 PM): (So, do we wanna use the more discreet of the two?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:21:02 PM): "What is your name?"
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:21:13 PM): (Yeah. If you give me the location, I'll go there.)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:21:23 PM): *Gives location to Alex*
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:21:27 PM): "Zephyr"
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:21:48 PM): "Sounds queer."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:21:53 PM): (I think I noted it above, but I don't see it: that and all other communications unless stated otherwise are routed through the Mr. World voice synthesizer"
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:21:54 PM): *)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:22:05 PM): He flushes a bit, but doesn't otherwise react.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:22:28 PM): (No offense meant to any group or person out of the game, BTW)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:22:32 PM): #He probably is queer, the moron. Doesn't even have the decency to appreciate the fairer sex#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:22:47 PM): "Zephyr. You, Zephyr, are in a situation." *Avuncular cluck* "Why did you do it?"
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:23:00 PM): #Do a check on Mr. Zephyr here?#
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:23:06 PM): "Orders"
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circlmastr (9/14/04 8:23:16 PM): #Sure thing# *jacks in and sees what Shadowlands has to say about him*
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:23:39 PM): (Roll Etiquette for peoples' opinions, Computers for records public and private, your call)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:23:53 PM): (Why be narrow-minded? She could easily do both)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:23:57 PM): (Etiquette first)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:24:01 PM): CirclMastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 1 5 1 4
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:24:02 PM): (I recognize a method of doing things :) )
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:24:04 PM): (Eep)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:24:09 PM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 4 2 3 4 4 2
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:24:10 PM): (This'll take some time)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:24:17 PM): (Double eep, at least I have Aptitude there)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:24:21 PM): "Orders, Zephyr? Whose orders?"
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:24:41 PM): (*prays the TN was 5 or less*)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:24:51 PM): "People"
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:25:13 PM): (Remind me: Blake is transduced like the rest of us?)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:25:27 PM): (You guys are transduced all of a sudden?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:25:43 PM): (We always were. You aren't? I've forgotten.)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:25:53 PM): (Nah, but he owns a radio and a subvocal mike.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:26:14 PM): (C'est la vie. Won't take much change.)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:26:53 PM): (He can't hear me either way.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:27:03 PM): (Yes, but communicating the other way is harder)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:27:06 PM): (I might get one, if we live through this shit.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:27:09 PM): "I was afraid you'd say something like that. You see, my friend here is angry with you. Very angry."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:27:45 PM): "And I'm not sure how much longer he can contain himself. We're trying to make this as painless as possible for you, but when you anger him further..."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:27:59 PM): *Taps a pair of pliers against one his synthetic cyber eyes.*
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:28:02 PM): #This could be bad. Zephyr's got powerful backers, and has done work for all the megas. They usually don't handle 'Human Resources' with outsiders#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:28:28 PM): #Heh. Well, you know what they say about riding the tiger...#
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:28:33 PM): He stiffens when Blake touches his eyes.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:28:59 PM): (I didn't remove the blindfold, BTW - just tapping through the cloth.)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:29:19 PM): (I figured)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:29:25 PM): (But thanks for specifying)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:30:00 PM): "You're a pro, so I'll cut the condescending drek. Someone made a mistake. Now, for some someones, it may not be a very big mistake. For you, it would be an extremely big mistake. Now here's the question, and only you have the answe
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:30:05 PM): "answer: whose mistake is it?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:30:34 PM): "Not mine."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:30:42 PM): "Not good enough."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:30:48 PM): "I know."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:31:01 PM): (Huh... They sell external transducers too... Only 1,000. I'll have to get one.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:32:16 PM): "Let's start smaller, then. Why the tracer? Amazingly crude, and with an empty credstick, altogether predictable."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:32:23 PM): "That was careless. Why did you do it?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:32:39 PM): "You were supposed to run, or die."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:32:59 PM): (Aww, he's just telling us what we want to hear)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:33:02 PM): #His employers must have taken 'shadowrunners' too literally#
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:33:18 PM): (I still say we should sell him for parts no matter what)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:33:38 PM): #Ask him whether the Russian chick was in on this#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:33:57 PM): (Unless he gives us a clear and present reason not to... though we may end up having to destroy the eyes rather than selling them, if they're that identifiable)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:33:59 PM): #Yeah, I think we need to pay her a little visit with some pliers too#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:34:33 PM): #Let's not trash our sources before we know they need trashing.#
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:35:10 PM): #Hmm... Sure. BTW, let me know if you need me to do anything to make this more convincing.#
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:35:20 PM): "We had no reason to think you were competent."
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:35:27 PM): *makes mental note to call Martha a call tomorrow*
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:35:34 PM): He shuts his mouth with a snap.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:35:52 PM): *Chuckles* "So disappointed with our performance?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:36:26 PM): He twitches as though about to reply, but holds his silence.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:37:31 PM): "Oh, go ahead, say what you're going to say. The less you talk now, the more you will later. That I can promise you."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:38:01 PM): *Sensor scan again in the pause*
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:38:09 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 1 1 5 2
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:38:11 PM): "What's the difference? I'm dead either way."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:38:13 PM): (Ew)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:38:23 PM): (Nope, nothing going on)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:38:30 PM): "But we determine how painful that death is."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:38:39 PM): *starts playing with the blowtorch* "Shit... This thing never lights on the first try anymore. I think the last guy left a residue on the nozzle."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:38:56 PM): He does not react.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:39:31 PM): Very carefully, he fails to react.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:39:41 PM): *makes a quick swipe just close enough for him to feel the warmth in the eye area*
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:39:52 PM): (keeping it a good several inches away)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:40:08 PM): #Give him a zap to the jewels just for keeps#
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:40:16 PM): *Er, kicks. My typing sucks today
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:41:20 PM): He flinches away from the flame.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:41:34 PM): #See if you can find a family or friends or something.#
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:41:39 PM): "You're professionals, apparently."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:41:43 PM): "You should understand."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:41:48 PM): #Hmm... Is there anything we can offer him if he spills, besides swift death? It helps if there's a carrot to go with the stick.#
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:42:05 PM): #I found all I'm going to find without several hours of looking#
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:42:08 PM): His words are contemptuous, but he speaks them politely.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:43:13 PM): "Oh, we understand. Nonetheless, you must understand what a position your actions have put us in..."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:44:14 PM): "Oh, I know, you're going to say it was just orders."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:44:24 PM): "What, you think it was personal?"
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:44:32 PM): "But you botched it. If you'd done your job, we'd be dead and wouldn't have to worry about anything."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:44:33 PM): #We need to at least find out if we were being removed to cover something up, or got hired to do this as cannon fodder to begin with.#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:45:08 PM): "But no, we're alive. We're alive and staring into the darkness at an enemy we can't see."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:45:36 PM): "And you're our light."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:45:46 PM): "The only question is how much ignition you take."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:46:07 PM): "I'm an oncoming train. If you know who I am, you know how many people value me."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:46:39 PM): "Oh, certainly. But you know we can't let you go unless we know where we're going next."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:46:50 PM): "If we're dead anyway, that hardly makes a case for your survival."
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:46:52 PM): #How long is this going to take? Should I start an in-depth search?#
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:47:00 PM): "I'm willing to write this job off. It was a stupid idea anyway. But the professional paranoids can't rest so long as I'm out of sight."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:47:01 PM): #Go for it. I think we've got time.#
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:47:14 PM): He chuckles horribly.
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:47:20 PM): *does so*
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:47:22 PM): "It's not you...it's me."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:47:35 PM): He's regained most of his composure.
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:47:55 PM): #Oh, he's giving us the old "It's not you it's me" speech. I INVEnTED that speech, bastard...#
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:48:26 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:48:37 PM): CirclMastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 1 1 2 1
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:48:40 PM): (GRA)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:48:44 PM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 6 2 2 3 3 3
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:48:46 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:48:47 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:48:52 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:48:54 PM): ...
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:48:55 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:48:58 PM): .........
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:49:03 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:49:10 PM): (HAH! We got him... All it takes is time, now....)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:49:17 PM): (Oh great, Circl's hacked AOL's roller ;-))
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:49:27 PM): (I count 36 so far...)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:49:32 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:49:37 PM): (36 and counting.... go for the battleship!)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:49:37 PM): (Aww.)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:49:44 PM): 37
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:49:48 PM): A measly 37.
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:50:01 PM): Don't forget Aptitude!
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:50:04 PM): Well, in seven hours Shojo will have some juicy intel for you.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:50:06 PM): Ah, yes.
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:50:07 PM): So it counts against TN 38!
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:50:10 PM): Hitting that critical TN38.
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:50:40 PM): (That's probably the highest roll in SotSW history)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:50:50 PM): (Yeah, probably. Jon?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:51:06 PM): (Meanwhile, back with the blowtorch)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:51:29 PM): (It is. Beating out the 26 that had previously held the spot, IIRC)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:51:53 PM): (Whoohoo!)
circlmastr (9/14/04 8:51:59 PM): (Do I get an extra Karma for it?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:52:04 PM): "Like I said, it was a dumb plan. But everyone I've ever done work for who knows you have me is going to want you dead."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:53:06 PM): "Again, until we know we're not dead anyway, you're meat to us."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:53:45 PM): "I can't prove it to you. I don't even know for sure it's true."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:54:04 PM): "But you've already cost my employers a lot of money."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:54:18 PM): He's visibly warming to his pitch.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 8:54:24 PM): #Tell him leaving his head out on a pike ought to convince people we don't have him anymore.#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:55:36 PM): "We have, haven't we."
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Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:57:21 PM): "So here we sit. If we keep you, we're dead, or so you say. Judging from what I know of who you run with, I'd rather not find out. But yet you offer us nothing."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:57:27 PM): "That's not true. You offer us one thing."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:57:56 PM): "You offer us the chance to prove that we are willing to cause far more damage to anyone who comes after us than we're worth."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:58:08 PM): "So now it's your choice whether or not you offer us something else."
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thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:58:34 PM): "Are you proposing a deal?"
Umbrafer (9/14/04 8:59:25 PM): "I'm not proposing anything. We hold one card, and it's a final one. You're the only one with cards that don't end the game. I'm giving you a chance to show them."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:59:42 PM): swallow
thematrian1 (9/14/04 8:59:54 PM): pondering, visible even through the blindfold
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:00:17 PM): "Your other choice is to pitch me out of your car right now. I can't threaten you, even if I wanted to."
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:00:49 PM): #Lying bastard#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:02:47 PM): "But that's not much of a choice. We didn't know someone was gunning for us before, and we don't know who might be now. I'm sure you'll understand if I say that as it stands, we can't even trust in your inability to threaten us."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:03:49 PM): (Is there anyplace near Chicago that one could go that would be isolated but impractical to walk to civilization from?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:04:22 PM): (Sort of. You can head west, and get into former-praerie desertified type places)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:04:57 PM): (And would it be reasonable for us to have gotten there, or at least near there by now?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:05:02 PM): (No, I'm not driving there.)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:05:24 PM): ( ::ponder:: )
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:05:25 PM): (Not yet; maybe 15 minutes more)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:05:44 PM): (Close enough) "Also, it is a very long walk back to town by now."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:06:41 PM): "I've had worse."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:07:21 PM): "Look, even if I were to tell you that my employers don't care about hitting you anymore, that they couldn't even if they wanted to, how could I prove it to you?"
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:08:06 PM): "You couldn't, I agree."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:08:39 PM): "Then why compromise my reputation for nothing?"
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:10:38 PM): "Think anyone is going to care about your reputation for professionalism after they see the pictures on Shadownet of you with your own dick in your mouth?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:11:03 PM): He opens his mouth.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:11:06 PM): He closes it again.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:11:07 PM): (I really find it ironic that Blake is Bad Cop)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:11:19 PM): "I bet 'well, at leats he died like a professional' is going to be the first thing to come to their minds."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:11:50 PM): (Because of the nice guy Blake usually is?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:12:00 PM): (As compared to Alex?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:12:37 PM): "I don't...I can't stop you."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:14:04 PM): "See, the way this is going, things are rapidly turning from "what can you offer us to get out of this alive" to "what can you offer us to kill you quickly...
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:14:34 PM): "There's nothing I can offer you, not and not die the minute I leave this car."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:14:49 PM): ...without first burning off the tissue around your eye sockets with a torch so I can hook up my electronics kit to the synthetic optic nerve and see how sensitive that setup you have really is."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:15:01 PM): (He says his piece after you finish)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:15:13 PM): (Heh. Still says it after that?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:15:24 PM): (With some desperation, but yes)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:17:34 PM): "Nothing at all? I'll try some questions. If you really can't answer them, well, we'll see what happens."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:18:00 PM): He somehow manages to pounce on that question without moving at all.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:18:21 PM): "Who are they after? All of us? One of us?"
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:18:36 PM): "By name, or just 'that group you hired'?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:18:55 PM): "They were after the group I hired."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:19:50 PM): *Resists the urge to be a condescending bitch (or bastard, if using apparent gender)*
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:20:04 PM): "All of you."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:20:27 PM): "And I suppose, even if you know, that you can't say anything about why."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:20:27 PM): "They wanted the mage in particular, if possible."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:20:33 PM): *Chuckles*
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:20:35 PM): "The one who went in alone."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:22:04 PM): (Ok... Who took the "hunted" flaw at high value?)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:22:11 PM): (Hmm?)
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:22:21 PM): (Don't look at me
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:22:31 PM): "I can say why. They wanted to make sure you didn't tell anyone about the run."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:23:32 PM): "Well, that was an amazingly bad way of going about it. Still..."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:23:49 PM): "They underestimated you."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:24:33 PM): #Shoj: set up a dead drop with everything we know about the run. Set up several. Encrypted as heavily as you can, we don't want it getting out accidentally, but this could be our ticket out.#
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:25:08 PM): #Kinda tied up with the digging right now, but I'll get it going as soon as I have some spare cycles#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:25:44 PM): "Well, he must have known, because the mage skipped town. You will never see him again, and if I know him, neither will your employers. Not unless they try another stunt like that."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:26:09 PM): "I doubt they care anymore; they don't have too many mage-supported assault teams."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:26:43 PM): "He made a... poor life decision."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:27:52 PM): "If you're telling the truth, we've got all we need. I'm sure you'll understand that it isn't just up to me, though."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:28:00 PM): "How quickly will your clients be looking for you?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:29:13 PM): "Probably they'll call me, sometime in the next day. Maybe another day before they conclude that you have me."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:29:37 PM): "Allow me to say that, one way or another, we would not have you by then."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:30:26 PM): "Very well."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:30:31 PM): (We need a mage so we can implement some of my more creative tortures.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:31:28 PM): "We will discuss the matter. In the meantime, I suggest you not try to escape or contact anyone, and to pray to whatever deity you subscribe to that your clients have not been faster on the draw than usual."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:33:12 PM): Have we hit Blake's lifestyle yet?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:33:57 PM): Yes
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:35:01 PM): *crash*
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:35:08 PM): Ok, parking there, setting up the Strato with the MMG so that it's aimed directly at Zephyr, keeping two strato sensors locked on him, and handing the telepresence rig to Blake.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:37:17 PM): All right.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:38:20 PM): *Gets the guy inside when Alex informs him there's a minimum chance of someone witnessing it.*
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:38:46 PM): *Going to do so, and also find a way to get the strato in and watching him, if possible)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:39:00 PM): It can be done, yes.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:39:16 PM): (Apologies in advance if he tries to start something and forces me to hose him down)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:39:35 PM): (Shoot him in the foot)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:39:55 PM): He moves slowly and deliberately, keeping his hands well away from his body.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:40:00 PM): (With a FA MMG?)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:40:29 PM): (Riggers... :))
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:40:41 PM): (I might be able to just remove his lower legs, I suppose)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:42:02 PM): Once he's away from us, I'm going to keep an eye and jump in every few seconds, with the video feed on the screen. Then we'll talk about this.
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:42:22 PM): (brb again, not that I'm getting out, busy with searching)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:43:53 PM): He's sitting very still, on whatever you gave him to sit on.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:44:55 PM): (That's Blake's call)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:45:38 PM): (Tied to a chair.)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:46:10 PM): He sits tied to his chair (with what?) trying hard to look relaxed.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:46:54 PM): (Wire from my electronics kit. Not so hard that'll cut off circulation.)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:47:37 PM): (He sits, tied to the chair)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:48:04 PM): *Voice from telepresence rig* "I'll stay with him."
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:49:23 PM): (Back)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:49:31 PM): look
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:49:42 PM): ?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:49:57 PM): (My mistake, nevermind)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:50:22 PM): *Heads outside to talk*
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:50:38 PM): (Leaving the rig in the room?)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:50:51 PM): (I thought that was the idea.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:51:31 PM): (It was)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:51:43 PM): (But you didn't state, so I wanted to make sure)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:51:58 PM): (Thank you for that; I'd assumed Blake was still carrying it)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:53:06 PM): "So what do we do now?"
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:53:30 PM): "Has Shojo found anything we can use for leverage?"
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:53:50 PM): (How many more hours? heh)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:54:04 PM): "For that matter, are we sure this guy really is "Zephyr", and not some shmuck who dropped a big name hoping we won't kill him?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:54:15 PM): (Six)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:54:17 PM): (Ish)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:54:53 PM): (Woah, six hours?)
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:55:10 PM): (It started at 7)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:55:40 PM): "We're sure of very little right now, other than that he needs to be free or dead in... ten hours. Twelve at the outside."
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:56:04 PM): (Make it look like a suicide!)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:56:20 PM): (Twenty-six stab wounds in the back; worst case of suicide they ever saw)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:57:26 PM): (Twenty-six stab wounds, a hundred rounds of MMG ammo, and some blowtorching. Oh, and the tire marks. Suicide in style.).
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:57:38 PM): (Anyone ever read The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:57:48 PM): (No. My roommate owns it though)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:57:55 PM): (Worst case of suicide you ever saw is a guy shooting himself 9 times in the back with a revolver.)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 9:58:04 PM): (Can't say I have.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:58:19 PM): (I have)
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:58:23 PM): (Early on, the protagonist finds a man dead. His body in the fridge or somesuch, his head rotating on an old record-player. Cops rule it a suicide.)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:58:34 PM): (Hehehe)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:58:55 PM): (Wait, I was supposed to be horrified, wasn't I?)
circlmastr (9/14/04 9:59:02 PM): (No, it's a comedy)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 9:59:19 PM): (Oh, ok, good)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 9:59:21 PM): (Incidentally, I find it amusingly morbid that I'm watching a special on the Rwandan genocides in the background.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:00:38 PM): "So I guess we wait for Shojo."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:00:42 PM): Is he doing anything?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:01:09 PM): At the moment he's holding still.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:01:11 PM): "Yeah. The only other alternative is to start burning pieces off and see if he talks eventually..."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:01:14 PM): You've only given him a few minutes though.
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:02:00 PM): (Give him electric shocks at irregular intervals)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:02:09 PM): (BTW, can I roll to see how long it take for me to recover from my L wound? It could matter, the way this is going.)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:02:17 PM): (Heh, ok, do that)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:02:24 PM): TN 4
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:02:29 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 1 2 6 3
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:02:38 PM): Hrmph.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:02:41 PM): 12 hours.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:03:05 PM): How many passed already since I got torn up?
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:03:06 PM): (I thought the base time was 24)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:03:14 PM): It is. 2 successes.
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:03:45 PM): (Oh, for some reason I only saw the 6)(
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:04:48 PM): (And in this juncture, let me remind everyone that the van still has L damage)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:05:08 PM): (So how much time has it been since I got wounded?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:05:19 PM): (Two hours, let's call it)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:05:33 PM): (The van does indeed have L damage. However, with L3 CMCs, it doesn't matter immediately.)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:05:39 PM): (Ok.)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:05:45 PM): (Yeah, just thought I'd remind everybody)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:06:24 PM): (It does bring up the issue of payment, though. I wonder if we can get any money out of this...)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:06:33 PM): (A pity, he'd've been worth a lot to organleg.)
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:06:35 PM): (We'll see what Shojo digs up)
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:06:43 PM): (We can still rip his eyes out and sell those)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:06:53 PM): (I think he's protective of those.)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:07:03 PM): (I think if we let him go, it'll have to be intact...)
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:07:07 PM): (Make him choose between his eyes and his boys)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:08:54 PM): "So are we waiting for Shojo?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:09:09 PM): ::hand hovers over the Game Fast Forward button::
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:09:15 PM): *Stifles a yawn*
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:10:00 PM): (*hits Fast Forward*)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:10:24 PM): Six hours pass. Zephyr squirms a bit, but makes no effort to escape.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:10:29 PM): *Gets his AK from the van, reloads all weapons that need it with EX ammo, but keeps one Pred loaded with APDS, and waits.*
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:10:31 PM): Ok, unless anyone says anything to the contrary we're rotating the watch on him and grabbing quick naps when we can. A full scan on him occasionally.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:10:34 PM): Yeah,basically.
AIM (9/14/04 10:11:03 PM): EverGuard4 has left Chat 34542469771301959874
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:12:22 PM): *Yawns again* "What'd you find?"
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:12:45 PM): *Gets some real clothes he had stashed at this place to replace the flast*
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:12:58 PM): (flats)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:13:07 PM): (Keep the flats in case you need to get them bloody)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:14:03 PM): (Not burning them yet)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:15:25 PM): *Waits in the silence*
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:17:37 PM): (Getting lots of info)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:17:48 PM): *Waits in dignified silence.*
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:27:36 PM): (Longness upcoming)
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:27:52 PM): #Okay, he came apparently out of nowhere 11 years ago, worked for Fuchi...
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:28:20 PM): #Fuchi? Big-time, eh?#
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:28:22 PM): Looked like he double-crossed Fuchi for Shiawase, but it was actually legit and only looked like a betrayal, he kept working for Fuchi after that...
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:28:48 PM): Ended up doing work for all the megas, corps say he's "honest, but not so honest you can't trust him"...
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:29:11 PM): Does a lot of work for smaller corps that deal in cyberware design, especially 'ware that interacts with the brain...
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:29:25 PM): He's got his own company of employees, based in Seattle...
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:30:05 PM): His last employer, who got so mad at us, has two locations. One was the place we just hit...
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:30:53 PM): *rattles off other address*
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:30:58 PM): "Woah. Wait. They gave us the job to hit them? Or something else?"
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:31:02 PM): Anything else you want to know?#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:31:04 PM): (Where is the other address?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:31:30 PM): (It's XXXXXXXXXX. I don't have my books, so I can't make up an address)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:31:40 PM): (I mean, I can, but don't want to)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:31:56 PM): (So no hints as to where it is until later?)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:32:15 PM): Does he have any family? Friends? Lovers?
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:32:46 PM): #Rumors of a son#
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:32:50 PM): (Ok, ok. It's also in Chicago)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:32:59 PM): And to reiterate - whoah, did that company hire us to attack one of their buildings?
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:33:13 PM): (Apparently, yes)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:33:14 PM): (their own buildings)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:33:31 PM): Well, I called it.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:33:34 PM): And there's no clue in his files as to what we did to annoy them so much?
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:36:26 PM): And nothing more than rumors on the son?
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:36:36 PM): #Nothing that says they even know who we are. And no, if he has a son it's VERY quiet#
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:37:50 PM): So his flies support the idea that they wanted us (for same unknown reason) to blow their own place to shreds, and then die so there'd be no witnesses, as opposed to the idea that they wanted us dead, and sent us into a trap, right?
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:37:58 PM): (his files)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:38:09 PM): (some unknown reason)
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:38:23 PM): Indeed
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:38:31 PM): We so should have stolen that computer.
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:38:37 PM): Yup
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:38:40 PM): It was kind of large.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:40:22 PM): Well, I was really worried for a moment there, thinking someone big wanted us dead.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:40:36 PM): Indeed
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:40:45 PM): So it looks like someone smallish wanting us silent.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:40:54 PM): Dead-drops?
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:41:00 PM): Oh yeah.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:41:25 PM): I think there are two things I really want right now...
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:41:50 PM): 1. We'd still better get paid, even if he has to do it out of his own pocket.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:41:54 PM): Indeed
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:42:09 PM): 2. I want to know what it was that made him think we'd be the right people to take this fall.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:42:28 PM): Also indeed.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:44:01 PM): So, what now?
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:44:02 PM): *goes about setting up the data dumps*
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:44:26 PM): (Roll Computers, don't rule-of-1 it)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:44:32 PM): We get the data dumps, we ask him about those two points, and then we wash our hands of as much of this as will come off with some judicious scrubbing.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:44:59 PM): Let's figure out what he owes us...
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:45:24 PM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 6 2 6 2 1 2
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:45:28 PM): CirclMastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:46:23 PM): (Repair costs for vehicles: are they based on base vehicle cost or total?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:46:38 PM): (Total IIRC, but you'd know better than I)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:47:06 PM): There's the 80,000 + van repair costs + my repair costs for fixing all the holes in my dermal plating...
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:47:33 PM): And any premium we want to put on him fucking with us.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:47:44 PM): (I'll look it up. Repair cost will be either 2,250 or 7842.5)
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:47:47 PM): + my... um... damaged... Fairlight Excalibur...
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:48:10 PM): (And my... destroyed... deltaware VCR-3...)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:48:37 PM): And the trauma counseling, and a the price of Sam's burial...
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:48:48 PM): MAGICAL burial
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:48:57 PM): We're not admitting he's dead
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:49:13 PM): MAGICAL retreat
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:49:27 PM): Unless he has another source, I told him that Sam's gone. Now, the company may know
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:49:30 PM): But still
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:49:46 PM): Ok... So, how much are we asking for? 150,000?
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:50:03 PM): Better start with 250,000 and let him negotiate down
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:51:11 PM): So who talks to him? Alex, still? If so, let's do this...
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:51:30 PM): "Zephyr?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:51:38 PM): "Hm?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:51:44 PM): (You think maybe he was dozing)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:51:46 PM): *Blake walks into the room while this takes place.*
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:51:58 PM): (What time of day is it?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:52:14 PM): early morning
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:52:19 PM): (We need to get some drugs. Lots of them. Especially Laes.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:52:32 PM): "Good afternoon. We've come to an agreement of sorts."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:53:48 PM): "Yeah?"
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:53:56 PM): "It might be quite good for you. Now that you've given us something to work with, we're willing to make a deal. You've given us a new card. Before we talk deals, though, we need to know one more thing."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:54:17 PM): "You needed someone. Someone to do a job, someone to take a fall. Why us?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:55:14 PM): "Good enough to be a credible threat, not good enough to endanger my reputation."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:55:48 PM): "There was a lot to it, but that was basically it."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:56:22 PM): "Feel free to elaborate."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:56:32 PM): How quickly can I look up the Russian for "is that all there was to it?"?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:56:56 PM): ~4 minutes
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:57:12 PM): Eesh, that long?
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:57:16 PM): (You can try UCASFish, but you'll end up saying "Is that quantity of sperm freely inserted?" and look stupid)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:57:21 PM): yeah; translation is valuable intel
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:57:22 PM): (True)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:57:36 PM): Hm. Do I feel lucky?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:58:13 PM): "My employers...needed to test their defenses. I needed a serious threat, a threat they'd respect. But it would have been...better, if you'd failed."
circlmastr (9/14/04 10:58:52 PM): (Why do I get the feeling the computer was blank?)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:59:08 PM): (I'm not familiar with Russian grammar and vocabulary; is it at all reasonable to default to German from it?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 10:59:19 PM): (Not really, no)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 10:59:24 PM): (NO)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:59:27 PM): (C'est la vie.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 10:59:39 PM): (Default to Int or leave it be?)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:00:07 PM): (I think leave it be...)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:00:14 PM): (Ok, then)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:00:28 PM): "The other is a more practical consideration."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:01:57 PM): "This whole mess cost us rather a lot of money. We think it only fair that we be properly compensated."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:02:39 PM): "Two hundred and fifty thousand nuyen and your word that you will not come after us again, and we'll let you go."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:03:20 PM): "The deal was eighty"
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:04:09 PM): "The deal wasn't for blowing the shit out a computer and an assault squad with a combat mage."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:04:15 PM): "The deal was eighty, yes. The deal didn't account for betrayals or the damages and other fees associated with such."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:04:42 PM): "I bow to my comrade's eloquence."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:04:46 PM): "The deal wasn't with my money, either. But very well. 120"
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:06:07 PM): #Let's call it an even 160,000 for double the effort?#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:06:10 PM): "Paul? Your opinion of his offer?"
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:06:27 PM): (Who's Paul?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:06:37 PM): (alt.You, I think)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:07:13 PM): (Not that he ever used it, but Blake is a James Q.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:07:19 PM): (That would be correct. What, you didn't think I was going to use your name, did you? Even if he likely already knows it, no reason to make things consistent.)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:07:43 PM): (Ah, ok...)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:08:10 PM): "Let's call it an even 160,000, 80,000 for each firefight."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:08:23 PM): A fractional pause.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:08:26 PM): "And we'll call the chopper a freebie."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:08:29 PM): "Done."
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:08:38 PM): He actually chuckles at the "chopper" line
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:09:02 PM): #We gonna teal him about the dead-drops?#
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:09:10 PM): (tell him... jeez...)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:09:19 PM): (We gonna tope him about...)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:09:21 PM): "And the other matter? Forgive me if, in the old fashion, I request that you explicitly state it..."
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:09:31 PM): ("If you say word one about us, we're dropping a bucket of teal on your ass so fast...!")
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:10:18 PM): (Recording the bit where he actually says it, by the by)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:10:48 PM): "And I swear that I'll take no vengeance against you, or act against you in any way as a result of this incident."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:11:26 PM): "Thank you. Do you have any preference where we leave you?"
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:11:28 PM): (Or any other incident!)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:11:51 PM): "After we get the money?"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:12:00 PM): "Somewhere in Westside"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:12:42 PM): "I don't have any money on me. Give me an account to drop it in and you'll get your pay."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:12:54 PM): #Shojo?#
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:13:38 PM): #I've got a throwaway SIN we could use#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:14:15 PM): (Hm. How would this work? Would it be possible to just set up a temporary anonymous account, or would it require a SIN tied to it?)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:14:21 PM): #We're trusting him an awful lot all of a sudden, no?#
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:14:35 PM): #Pssh, it's a throwaway like I said, I won't miss it#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:14:51 PM): #Sure.#
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:15:32 PM): "Of course. I don't think I need warn you about double-crossing us again, not when we've come so far, but should your employer inquire about us you may rest assured that all potentially compromising information is in a very safe..."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:16:01 PM): "...place. It won't see the light of day unless steps are taken to ensure that it doesn't, shall we say.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:16:03 PM): *"
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:16:05 PM): "I don't think they'll try. Too expensive."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:16:18 PM): "Call it a precaution."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:17:25 PM): "Very well, then." *Gives him the information for the throwaway account if Shojo gives the go-ahead*
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:17:33 PM): *does so*
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:17:47 PM): *Gives*
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:18:19 PM): He repeats it back to you, correctly.
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:19:09 PM): (Now cut out his tongue!)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:20:27 PM): (Can dried blood be used for ritual sorcery?)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:20:41 PM): (Yeah)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:20:52 PM): (I think we should keep the tarp in a safe place.)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:20:55 PM): (If you're quick, IIRC)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:21:01 PM): (Never mind.)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:21:11 PM): (We should keep the tarp in a safe place)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:21:20 PM): (Grab some DNA evidence, if nothing else)
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:21:20 PM): (Dried blood work, it just can't be bleached or anything)
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:21:24 PM): *works
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:22:06 PM): All right, so we're setting him loose?
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:22:35 PM): We could always stick a tag on his ear like they do with wildlife ;)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:23:05 PM): Heh. Catch and release... Tempting as it is, I'd rather get the money.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:23:23 PM): Going to load him and the Strato back into the van when no one's looking, then check the van over again for anything incriminating.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:23:42 PM): #By the way... Has there been anything on the news about our shootout with the assault squad?#
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:23:53 PM): *Does the loading as appropriate*
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:23:53 PM): *checks the news*
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:24:13 PM): There's a scroller about a disturbence in the area, but no details
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:24:28 PM): #Just a blurb about a disturbance, no details#
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:24:40 PM): #Thanks#
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:26:10 PM): Your check of the van reveals nothing incriminating.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:26:39 PM): Mmk. Going to drive around for a while before heading to drop him off somewhere out-of-the-way.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:27:30 PM): All right. Untying him?
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:27:40 PM): (We ought to have threatened to set him up on a date with the Turducken cook...)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:27:55 PM): Untying, but not removing the blindfold.
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:28:00 PM): (You lose karma for mentioning Turducken)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:28:10 PM): (Maybe we were really being killed to cover up our association with turducken)
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:28:23 PM): (You lose karma for mentioning it too)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:28:35 PM): Mentioning what?
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:28:43 PM): (That Which Cannot Be Named)
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:29:06 PM): (It'll take more to trap me than that, boy-o)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:29:56 PM): I'm assuming he's still sluggish enough from all the punishment he took not to be any kind of a threat.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:30:04 PM): Ok, he's untied and left by the side of the road? He's slow-moving.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:30:32 PM): Let's buy him a nice set of flats first, so he doesn't attract attention in his bloodstained clothing.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:32:06 PM): Er, yeah, good call.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:32:20 PM): Getting him picked up by the Star would not help.
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:33:10 PM): Sure it would. Just force-feed him a bottle of tequila mixed with Laes first
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:34:05 PM): I really shouldn't talk, because I did the exact same thing to a group less than a month ago, but I hate it when people are powerful enough to prevent extracting proper revenge.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:35:15 PM): So going to stop by a flats machine for Blake to pick the stuff up. We can put them on over his normal clothes or whatever, just so he's not obviously stumbling out of a firefight.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:36:51 PM): He puts up with that.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:37:19 PM): It would not promote goodwill to strip the Johnson naked.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:39:25 PM): So any obstacles to dumping him and booking?
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:39:29 PM): None
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:40:03 PM): Doing so, then.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:40:14 PM): "Does anyone know a bar that's still open?"
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:40:26 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 6 6 6 2
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:40:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 1 6
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:40:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:40:38 PM): "Yeah."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:40:52 PM): (My "Shadowrunner Haunts" skill. ;))
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:40:53 PM): (Yeah)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:40:56 PM): "Any good? Do they serve food?"
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:41:10 PM): Oops.
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:41:13 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:41:17 PM): (Blake knows one that does)
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:41:18 PM): Forgot 1 die.
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:41:32 PM): "Ugh, you people... I haven't slept in over a day and I need sleep before I call Martha."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:41:41 PM): "Take your pick."
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:41:58 PM): (of bars, I mean, not responding to Shojo)
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:42:22 PM): "I'll drive you home if you want. I want a good stiff drink and a hot meal before I collapse from exhaustion."
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:42:38 PM): "Drop me at home, please..."
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:42:51 PM): *Does so*
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:43:12 PM): So everybody goes home and dies after their busy day?
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:43:13 PM): *Kisses Alex goodnight/morning/bye and barely makes it to bed before collapsing*
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:43:58 PM): After hitting the bar briefly (more for the food than for the booze, not drinking much), yeah.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:44:21 PM): Taking one stiff drink, but only one because that's all it takes on this little sleep.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:44:24 PM): Mostly food.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:44:56 PM): Ok, in that case your GM is going to do the same.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:45:14 PM): Karma comes...tomorrow probably.
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:45:21 PM): 'cause now I have to crash.
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:45:36 PM): *Nods*
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:45:38 PM): ;_;
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:45:41 PM): Including the hitting-the-bar part
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:45:44 PM): I wanted to call Martha though ;_;
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:45:47 PM): ? ;)
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:45:53 PM): Yeah, for sure
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:45:57 PM): I live next to a frat
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:46:00 PM): So it's easy
thematrian1 (9/14/04 11:46:13 PM): sleep well everybody
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circlmastr (9/14/04 11:46:22 PM): So no Martha call? ;_;
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:46:26 PM): Damnit...
Umbrafer (9/14/04 11:46:31 PM): Sleep well everyone
circlmastr (9/14/04 11:46:40 PM): Nighty
milesmk1 (9/14/04 11:46:49 PM): Good night, all.
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