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Thematrian1 (8:04:05 PM): hi everyone
Umbrafer (8:04:11 PM): *Waves*
MilesMk1 (8:04:16 PM): Hey.
Umbrafer (8:05:07 PM): Everyone about ready to bug out?
CirclMastr (8:05:13 PM): ...
CirclMastr (8:05:20 PM): That's a poor expression to use in this game.
Umbrafer (8:05:46 PM): Deliberately used, given that it is August 10.
CirclMastr (8:05:58 PM): When do the bugs drop again?
Umbrafer (8:06:03 PM): The 22nd.
Thematrian1 (8:06:03 PM): 22
Thematrian1 (8:06:20 PM): the last two runs are up at www.sotsw.net/runs
Thematrian1 (8:06:54 PM): last week, Blake talked to some people
CirclMastr (8:07:01 PM): Who shot him.
Thematrian1 (8:07:08 PM): no, I'm pretty sure not
Thematrian1 (8:07:20 PM): oh, and Shojo dug up some stuff on your employer
MilesMk1 (8:07:37 PM): And my contacts were acting weird,
Thematrian1 (8:08:12 PM): very
MilesMk1 (8:08:34 PM): and next time I'm getting a Lone Star contact who's a dirty cop, so I can ask him to pull files on people I'm planning to kill.
CirclMastr (8:09:50 PM): Blake has an onikage stink
MilesMk1 (8:10:18 PM): ???
Thematrian1 (8:10:51 PM): think it was supposed to be 'oinkage', as with pigs
CirclMastr (8:10:56 PM): No
Thematrian1 (8:11:12 PM): then I stand corrected, and confused
Umbrafer (8:11:12 PM): Compound word using demon and shadow
Umbrafer (8:11:23 PM): A reference to something that I forget.
CirclMastr (8:11:25 PM): onikage. Demon shadow. From hanging around foul beings
Thematrian1 (8:11:40 PM): so you were insulting cops, just not in the way I thought?
CirclMastr (8:11:52 PM): Uh, no
CirclMastr (8:11:56 PM): I was insulting Blake
CirclMastr (8:12:42 PM): If it was Shojo saying it it'd be probably an insult as his maleness
CirclMastr (8:12:51 PM): It could also be his metaness
Thematrian1 (8:14:26 PM): oh, and there was a bank, but you opted not to buy it
MilesMk1 (8:14:35 PM): You know, I should either switch out my "Vindictive" flaw to something else, or shoot Shojo already.
Umbrafer (8:14:58 PM): What was the asking price again?
MilesMk1 (8:15:13 PM): I think that might be an unwise real estate deal considering the date.
CirclMastr (8:15:15 PM): A pound of flesh.
Umbrafer (8:15:25 PM): We opted not to buy it yet. Though the area will become poor real estate before we could get the money anyway.
Thematrian1 (8:15:31 PM): 160kY
MilesMk1 (8:15:51 PM): Fortunately, we don't even have to metagame since I doubt we could get all the legal paperwork done in 12 days...
Umbrafer (8:15:56 PM): My character's seriously considering buying it if it's still on the market when she's got the funds.
Umbrafer (8:16:49 PM): I'm also kicking myself for not spending the measley 5k or 10k to get myself a Cabrini Ghoul contact.
Thematrian1 (8:17:14 PM): (...?)
Umbrafer (8:17:18 PM): Ah well. We had just dug up some info on whatsisname.
Thematrian1 (8:17:23 PM): Eric
MilesMk1 (8:17:42 PM): Eric Costanzas
Umbrafer (8:18:05 PM): (Cabrini Ghoul Refuge. Big place, now walled in, that was originally going to be a safe haven for peaceful relations between normal metas and ghouls.)
Thematrian1 (8:18:23 PM): (Ooooh yeah, now I remember. What do you want one for, to dispose of bodies?)
Umbrafer (8:18:23 PM): (The harmony ended when a bunch of Humanis tried to torch the place and got eaten instead)
Umbrafer (8:19:03 PM): (Well, a bunch of dual-natured friends-of-a-friend could come in handy in a few weeks)
MilesMk1 (8:19:38 PM): (Week and a half)
MilesMk1 (8:20:40 PM): So, what are we doing? Wasn't I supposed to meet the others after I was done talking to my contacts?
Umbrafer (8:20:42 PM): (Nah, if we're still in the city in a few weeks that'll be when we'll need the help.)
Umbrafer (8:20:46 PM): Yep
Umbrafer (8:21:09 PM): We did in fact meet up
Umbrafer (8:21:16 PM): Was the last thing we did
MilesMk1 (8:22:45 PM): I seem to recall Alex wanted to meet as quickly as possible... Was that just to get this job done, or did something come up?
Umbrafer (8:23:12 PM): To get the job done, mostly. Getting edgy.
Umbrafer (8:25:25 PM): "So you said the Feds were looking for Costanzas? Any idea what for?"
MilesMk1 (8:28:04 PM): "He was assigned to a desk job - pending medical evaluation, or something, I think - then skipped out."
MilesMk1 (8:28:39 PM): "If there's another reason aside from the standard Fed security concerns, they're not advertising it."
Umbrafer (8:28:59 PM): "What exactly did he do before he vanished?"
MilesMk1 (8:29:02 PM): "Although where would he get 150K on a government salary?"
MilesMk1 (8:29:24 PM): "I think Shojo pulled up some stuff on that, right?"
CirclMastr (8:29:35 PM): (I completely forgot)
Thematrian1 (8:30:09 PM): checking
MilesMk1 (8:31:06 PM): Eric Costanzas. Former UCAS agent, decorated for bravery in the line of duty three times.
Thematrian1 (8:31:14 PM): Doesn't look like it.
MilesMk1 (8:31:21 PM): Honorably discharged from the select service for medical reasons
MilesMk1 (8:31:40 PM): Shojo has collected all the information she can. Distinguished if unspectacular career, then a mysterious medical discharge
Umbrafer (8:31:44 PM): Ah yes, I remember now. Any mention as to what exactly the bravery was?
Thematrian1 (8:32:28 PM): Not in the records Shojo saw.
Umbrafer (8:32:55 PM): So it goes. What do we have on where our target is again? *Digging*
MilesMk1 (8:33:14 PM): We're supposed to meet Costanzas, who'll give use the info.
MilesMk1 (8:33:38 PM): Along with the initial 50K
Umbrafer (8:34:06 PM): *Nods* Was wondering where that was.
MilesMk1 (8:34:28 PM): I need to call him about that... Let the record show I'll be buying a new phone first.
Umbrafer (8:34:38 PM): Good idea.
MilesMk1 (8:34:54 PM): "So, should I set up the meeting?"
Umbrafer (8:35:16 PM): "I think we've done all we can do until the meet."
MilesMk1 (8:36:20 PM): "All right..." *cracks open the package on the new cell*
MilesMk1 (8:36:42 PM): *calls Eric*
Thematrian1 (8:36:57 PM): *ring, ring, ring* "Hello?"
MilesMk1 (8:37:52 PM): "Hello. This is James."
Thematrian1 (8:38:33 PM): "Ah, good." From somewhere in the background, there's a shriek of metal and a crash.
Umbrafer (8:39:06 PM): (Is this audible to us, or transduced?)
MilesMk1 (8:39:26 PM): (Sure... transduced)
Umbrafer (8:39:39 PM): (Ok)
MilesMk1 (8:40:09 PM): "We're ready to meet whenever you are."
Thematrian1 (8:40:09 PM): "You wish to meet?"
Thematrian1 (8:40:14 PM): "Good."
Thematrian1 (8:40:35 PM): "Tonight? 8 o'clock? Name a place, I don't know this city well."
MilesMk1 (8:41:08 PM): *hits mute* "Any preferences?"
MilesMk1 (8:41:25 PM): Actually, never mind that...
MilesMk1 (8:41:42 PM): *transduces to Alex and Shojo* "Any preferences?*
Umbrafer (8:42:25 PM): #Anyplace friendly to us that we wouldn't be exposing? Otherwise just pick a place.#
MilesMk1 (8:43:40 PM): *Passes on a place that best fits those requirements.*
MilesMk1 (8:43:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 1 1 1
MilesMk1 (8:44:08 PM): Hmm... Crappy result on my "Shadowrunner Haunts" skill.
Umbrafer (8:44:12 PM): (Hopefully the TN is low)
Thematrian1 (8:44:38 PM): You think a minute, and settle on the club/restraunt 'Ceremony'
Umbrafer (8:45:13 PM): (Name rings a bell. Were we there before?)
Thematrian1 (8:45:27 PM): (No; that was the Coffin)
MilesMk1 (8:46:29 PM): "Ceremony, at 8:00. We'll be in the back."
MilesMk1 (8:46:57 PM): (The spider, the briefcase, and I.)
Thematrian1 (8:46:58 PM): A pause. "Where is it, in the city?"
MilesMk1 (8:47:13 PM): *provides a description*
Thematrian1 (8:47:31 PM): "Very well, I'll ::pause:: be there"
MilesMk1 (8:48:32 PM): "Excellent. If there is nothing else, I will see you there."
Thematrian1 (8:48:53 PM): "Great"
Thematrian1 (8:48:56 PM): ::click::
Umbrafer (8:48:59 PM): What time is it now, and how far away are we from the target location?
Thematrian1 (8:49:18 PM): About 5:00, and 15 minutes tops
Umbrafer (8:49:33 PM): Going there immediately.
Umbrafer (8:49:43 PM): What kind of neighborhood?
Thematrian1 (8:51:13 PM): It's on a shopping street, almost an open-air bazaar. Very busy, very crowded, lots of craziness and flashing lights to draw peoples' attention
Umbrafer (8:53:34 PM): I'm going to find nearby alleys with easy routes to the target. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions for how to bide our time.
Umbrafer (8:57:05 PM): I am going to deploy the Kimji and park it on a nearby rooftop, unless doing so would attract attention.
MilesMk1 (9:00:19 PM): "I think I'll need to step out for some take-out... My lunch is about to eat through my stomach lining, all 80 proof of it."
MilesMk1 (9:00:24 PM): "Anyone want anything?"
Umbrafer (9:00:45 PM): "What are you getting?"
MilesMk1 (9:00:55 PM): "I was thinking Thai."
Umbrafer (9:01:55 PM): "I could go for some chicken pad thai without the seabugs. Thanks."
MilesMk1 (9:02:28 PM): "Sure." *tromps off to get some food*
Umbrafer (9:04:46 PM): "Hey Shoj, do you have the source on that Sleaze prog handy?"
CirclMastr (9:05:00 PM): "In the deck, why?"
Umbrafer (9:06:17 PM): "Mind if I snag a copy? I want to see if it'll compile on this thing." *Hefts the CTY-360-D*
CirclMastr (9:06:58 PM): "Sure thing."
Umbrafer (9:08:54 PM): *Starts trying to compile while keeping an eye out* "You know, Vegas was nice to visit, but I think I like Chicago better. Less worrying that the guards are packing AV ammo."
CirclMastr (9:09:16 PM): "Not as expensive either."
Umbrafer (9:10:38 PM): (Here's the question: does the proram fail to compile, or does it compile just fine but not run/run unacceptably? Probably the latter)
CirclMastr (9:11:03 PM): (I would guess fail to run)
CirclMastr (9:11:06 PM): (Dinner, brb)
Thematrian1 (9:11:39 PM): (It runs, but spews a bunch of diagnostic garbage instead of doing anything sleazy. It's still technically running, but as far as you can tell it isn't doing anything)
Umbrafer (9:12:00 PM): $Killall Sleaze
Umbrafer (9:12:26 PM): "Damn. I wonder... if I just do this and that..."
Thematrian1 (9:12:32 PM): it resists your first few efforts to kill it, but you manage to shut it down
Umbrafer (9:16:14 PM): *Starts making a program plan*
CirclMastr (9:16:15 PM): (Back)
Umbrafer (9:16:19 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 2 2 5 5 3 6
Umbrafer (9:16:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:16:43 PM): (One success, that'll be done in 18 hours. I get what I can done sitting in the alley.)
Umbrafer (9:16:54 PM): (For the actual programming:)
MilesMk1 (9:17:53 PM): *comes back with the food*
Umbrafer (9:17:56 PM): (Oh, score, I have double needed memory)
Umbrafer (9:17:58 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 1 2 2 6
Umbrafer (9:18:07 PM): (Ow. Ah well.)
Umbrafer (9:18:19 PM): (It'll take 11 days for me to downgrade it successfully.)
MilesMk1 (9:18:24 PM): "Guess what, the Turducken people have opened a Chicago franchise."
Umbrafer (9:18:32 PM): "Yay!"
CirclMastr (9:18:36 PM): "..."
CirclMastr (9:18:48 PM): "So how's Florida sound to you?"
MilesMk1 (9:19:30 PM): "Although I decided to get the Thai after all."
MilesMk1 (9:20:11 PM): "Since we don't know what the half-life was like on that stuff we ate in LA."
Umbrafer (9:20:33 PM): "We should have grabbed a sample for analysis."
MilesMk1 (9:20:38 PM): *passes on the food, starts eating*
MilesMk1 (9:21:00 PM): "I think that troll might have gotten violent at that point, she was close to freaking out as it was..."
Umbrafer (9:21:33 PM): *Munch munch* "I wonder what she was hiding... hey Shoj, want some?"
CirclMastr (9:22:03 PM): "Never had thai before."
Umbrafer (9:23:31 PM): "It's good, not that godawful stuff they try to pass as Thai in Düsseldorf."
CirclMastr (9:24:06 PM): *Tries some*
Umbrafer (9:25:04 PM): (I assume you're familiar enough with pad thai to judge Shojo's reaction?)
CirclMastr (9:25:47 PM): (I've not had thai either)
MilesMk1 (9:26:38 PM): (Like chinese food made by someone with a detish for noodles and peanuts.)
Umbrafer (9:26:46 PM): (Ah. Well, it's somewhat sweet, noodles and chicken and crushed peanuts and some egg here and there. Fairly inoffensive, and quite tasty if you don't mind a bit of the bland)
MilesMk1 (9:26:47 PM): Fetish, rather.
Umbrafer (9:26:59 PM): (I'd disagree with the comparison to Chinese food, myself.)
Umbrafer (9:27:21 PM): (Well, at least the Westernized versions of bothj)
Umbrafer (9:27:23 PM): *both)
Umbrafer (9:28:26 PM): What did Blake get, out of interest?
MilesMk1 (9:29:00 PM): Shrimp pad thai.
MilesMk1 (9:29:15 PM): And a bowl of beef and noodle soup.
Umbrafer (9:30:25 PM): *Munches while working on the program design plan and watching the area*
MilesMk1 (9:30:35 PM): *eats and waits*
Umbrafer (9:33:14 PM): Time?
Thematrian1 (9:33:26 PM): passes
Thematrian1 (9:33:27 PM): to 8?
Thematrian1 (9:33:33 PM): (6-ish, now)
Umbrafer (9:33:37 PM): Unless something interesting happens in the meantime.
Umbrafer (9:33:57 PM): Going to inch the Kimji a bit closer, but nothing significant.
Thematrian1 (9:36:37 PM): At 8:00, Eric hasn't appeared
Umbrafer (9:37:02 PM): How crowded is the area?
Umbrafer (9:37:17 PM): Handing the spider off to Blake, getting ready.
MilesMk1 (9:37:23 PM): *heads into the place, carrying the telepresence rig and spider*
Umbrafer (9:38:11 PM): (Incidentally, when I eventually manage to improve my core skills, which would people like to see upped first? Car or Gunnery?)
MilesMk1 (9:39:06 PM): (What are they now?)
MilesMk1 (9:39:09 PM): (Both at 6?)
Umbrafer (9:39:26 PM): (Yep)
Umbrafer (9:39:36 PM): (Rotor aircraft is a possibility too, but it gets used less)
Thematrian1 (9:39:43 PM): The area is crowded, Ceremony is packed. They have a back room for Blake though...
MilesMk1 (9:39:50 PM): (Eh... Save the Karma, and improve something else. ;))
Umbrafer (9:40:07 PM): (Eventually, I mean. There are a lot of things on the list before.)
Umbrafer (9:40:31 PM): Can the Kimji skim to the roof of Ceremony without having to cross empty air?
Thematrian1 (9:40:51 PM): Yes, though it'd attract some attention.
MilesMk1 (9:41:11 PM): (I'd go with Car, considering how many bonuses you get with sensor enhanced gunnery already. What does one more die matter?)
Umbrafer (9:41:13 PM): From whom?
Thematrian1 (9:41:58 PM): ...the many people bustling through the streets? Or did you mean something else?
Umbrafer (9:42:30 PM): I meant without having to cross empty air, like the air above the bustling streets. Going along rooftops only.
Thematrian1 (9:43:07 PM): Ah, I see. The answer to that question is also yes.
Umbrafer (9:43:34 PM): With or without attracting attention?
Thematrian1 (9:44:09 PM): without; all the bright glaring lights will be between the watchers and the Kimji
Umbrafer (9:44:35 PM): Doing so, then.
Thematrian1 (9:46:18 PM): All right. Blake is in Ceremony. You know the place, and know which bartender to ask about the back rooms.
Umbrafer (9:46:50 PM): *Remembering the last time, does not move the spider a millimeter*
MilesMk1 (9:47:05 PM): *Gets settled in*
Umbrafer (9:47:49 PM): *Keeps an eye out for J-man*
Thematrian1 (9:48:28 PM): At 8:08, you catch him slipping through the crowd
Umbrafer (9:48:49 PM): #He's incoming.#
MilesMk1 (9:49:01 PM): #Got it.#
Umbrafer (9:49:13 PM): Looking for anyone else following him or for apparent weapons.
Umbrafer (9:49:14 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 3 3 1 1
MilesMk1 (9:49:15 PM): *looks for Costanzas*
Umbrafer (9:49:18 PM): Eww.
MilesMk1 (9:49:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 5 4 2 5
Thematrian1 (9:49:48 PM): No one following him, a shape that could be a pistol in his jacket
Umbrafer (9:50:04 PM): #He might be packing, but that's to be expected. In the jacket.#
Umbrafer (9:50:40 PM): (I'm half-expecting Mr. Bad Teeth to end up as the one person fighting the bugs before they hit, and Eric to be a high-up Good Merge or Insect Shaman)
MilesMk1 (9:51:55 PM): (Who knows?)
Thematrian1 (9:54:15 PM): The door to your little room opens, Blake. A bouncer escorts Eric into your presence.
MilesMk1 (9:55:11 PM): "'Evening. Anything to drink?"
Thematrian1 (9:55:23 PM): "No thank you."
MilesMk1 (9:55:24 PM): *turns on the telepresence rig*
Thematrian1 (9:55:31 PM): ::click::
MilesMk1 (9:55:40 PM): Click?
MilesMk1 (9:56:11 PM): "On to business, then?"
Thematrian1 (9:56:29 PM): "Gladly."
Umbrafer (9:56:31 PM): *World appears, rotates slowly*
Thematrian1 (9:56:35 PM): He nods to the rig.
CirclMastr (9:57:16 PM): (*Hacks the rig so Mister World turns into Will & Grace*)
Umbrafer (9:58:20 PM): (Thankfully, it isn't Matrix-connected.)
Thematrian1 (9:58:43 PM): "I don't have a name for the target; it's not clear to me that he, or it, even has one."
MilesMk1 (9:59:24 PM): "It?"
Thematrian1 (10:00:32 PM): "I don't truly know, but witness reports suggest that...he...can do things no metahuman can and survive."
Umbrafer (10:01:11 PM): "Do you have examples?"
Thematrian1 (10:03:25 PM): He pauses, and seems conflicted.
Thematrian1 (10:04:21 PM): "I once met a man who claimed to be...
Thematrian1 (10:06:59 PM): after a pause, he clearly shifts direction.
Umbrafer (10:07:29 PM): "The more you tell us, the more likely we will be able to tell you what you want to know."
Thematrian1 (10:07:41 PM): "Anyway, who watched this person get his head cut off."
Thematrian1 (10:09:20 PM): "Some friends from above swear he's not a magician, but other witnesses say they've seen him work magic. And I know he's kidnapping people now."
Umbrafer (10:10:22 PM): (Out loud, to Shojo and not over any comm gear) "How do you feel about killing the immortal?"
CirclMastr (10:10:43 PM): "Who?"
MilesMk1 (10:11:52 PM): "What happened after his head was cut off? Did it grow back? Did he put it back on? Was he disabled for a time, or just went on acting?"
Umbrafer (10:12:03 PM): "If Eric is to be believed, Mr. Bad Teeth is not particularly inconvenienced by incapacitation."
Umbrafer (10:12:28 PM): Er
Umbrafer (10:12:32 PM): *decapitation
MilesMk1 (10:12:44 PM): (Incapacitated by decapitation?)
Umbrafer (10:12:45 PM): That'll teach me to try to type on low sleep
Umbrafer (10:13:15 PM): (It was meant to read either inconvenienced or incapacitated. I don't think I made up my mind before typing)
Thematrian1 (10:13:16 PM): "He killed the rest of that team. Or so my witness says."
MilesMk1 (10:14:18 PM): "Did your witness say what kind of weapons they were using? Besides whatever it was that took his head off."
Umbrafer (10:14:30 PM): "And was it revealed how he killed them?"
Thematrian1 (10:15:07 PM): "A katana, some guns. He wasn't specific. When they started to search his body, the body broke their necks. That's when my witness ran."
Umbrafer (10:15:52 PM): (Meatside) "I guess we don't get close to the body." *Routes video and audio to the van, though not the other way around (of course)*
MilesMk1 (10:16:06 PM): #I think we might want to start looking into incendiaries.#
Umbrafer (10:16:37 PM): #And high explosives, and possibly tactical nuclear devices.#
MilesMk1 (10:18:39 PM): "Well, this is certainly cause for concern, but I suppose that just means we have to apply the right amount of firepower."
Umbrafer (10:18:58 PM): *Flexes servos without deploying*
MilesMk1 (10:19:03 PM): "Anything else we should know about him? Are those people he's kidnapping of concern to you?"
Thematrian1 (10:19:08 PM): "I didn't think it would stop you. But I'm sure he's unnatural."
Umbrafer (10:20:02 PM): #Well, we're almost as much metal as original nervous system ourselves...#
Thematrian1 (10:20:11 PM): "Not me personally, but I want to know why he's doing it."
Thematrian1 (10:22:00 PM): "He has a history of buying corpses from the Ork underground, even from the ghouls
MilesMk1 (10:22:14 PM): "Does that mean that information retrieval has become part of the job now, or is that incidental to the primary goal?"
Umbrafer (10:22:27 PM): (Information retrieval was always the primary goal)
Umbrafer (10:22:35 PM): (He had actually said that killing him was negotiable)
MilesMk1 (10:23:07 PM): (Did he? If he did, then I don't say that, but I thought he wanted him dead first and foremost.)
Umbrafer (10:23:38 PM): Thematrian1: He ignores that. "I know where he's hiding. I want to know what he's keeping there. I want to know why no two people can agree about what his accent sounds like."
Thematrian1 (10:23:39 PM): (He does want him dead, and he wants to know what the hell is going on. He's got a lot of wants, in relation to this guy.)
Umbrafer (10:23:53 PM): Thematrian1: "I want to know how he drinks that sludge and lives."
Umbrafer (10:23:58 PM): Thematrian1: "I want him dead, but that's negotiable."
Thematrian1 (10:24:11 PM): (Thank you, Jon)
MilesMk1 (10:24:36 PM): (Doh... Ok, then.)
Umbrafer (10:24:40 PM): (Anytime :) )
Umbrafer (10:25:42 PM): (Incidentally, does my font look huge now or is that just on the text input?)
MilesMk1 (10:25:53 PM): No, it's huge.
Thematrian1 (10:25:57 PM): (No, it's not huge)
Thematrian1 (10:26:00 PM): (...)
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Umbrafer (10:26:17 PM): Better?
Umbrafer (10:26:43 PM): (Note to self: do all copying/pasting in other client)
MilesMk1 (10:26:48 PM): Well, "huge" might be an exaggeration, but it is different. Doesn't bother me, though.
Umbrafer (10:26:57 PM): (Is it back to the way it was?)
MilesMk1 (10:27:28 PM): (Yeah.)
Thematrian1 (10:27:31 PM): (Still seeing nothing nonstandard here)
Umbrafer (10:28:26 PM): (Anyway, moving on.
Thematrian1 (10:28:55 PM): "So...are you willing to kill him?"
MilesMk1 (10:28:58 PM): "All right... You briefly mentioned several things you wanted done about this... man. Can we go over it again, in order of priority?"
Thematrian1 (10:29:08 PM): (strike mine)
Umbrafer (10:30:54 PM): *Starts compiling a shopping list to submit to Zbyhnev*
Thematrian1 (10:31:31 PM): He starts holding up fingers. "I want to know who he is. I want to know what goes on in his air force base. I want to know why he bought so many corpses ten years ago."
Thematrian1 (10:31:37 PM): "I want to know why he's kidnapping people now. I want him to die."
MilesMk1 (10:33:08 PM): "In other words, you want us to collect as much information as possible and to kill him."
Thematrian1 (10:33:18 PM): "Essentially, yes."
MilesMk1 (10:33:30 PM): "Since the answers to most of those questions aren't necessarily in our power to asnwer."
Umbrafer (10:33:52 PM): "What can you tell us about his corpse-buying a decade ago? I assume you've already followed up on those who sold them to him?"
MilesMk1 (10:34:11 PM): "I don't think he'll be in a mood to answer questions, so it all depends on what information we can find on-site and from any potential survivors."
Thematrian1 (10:34:36 PM): "...yes, though it wasn't easy. The Orks assumed he was selling to the ghouls, the ghouls assumed he was selling to other ghouls."
Thematrian1 (10:34:44 PM): "But as far as I can tell, he never sold the bodies.
Umbrafer (10:36:38 PM): Did we ever get the specific location of his AFB?
Thematrian1 (10:37:13 PM): Not that I recall, no. Just "former-praerie desert west of Chicago"
Umbrafer (10:37:50 PM): Is there any farmland in that general area?
Umbrafer (10:37:56 PM): Or all desert-ish?
Thematrian1 (10:38:09 PM): all deserty
Thematrian1 (10:42:19 PM): "Questions?"
Umbrafer (10:43:18 PM): "What kind of security can we expect? Will the base's radar systems or weaponry emplacements be active, or indeed still in place?"
Thematrian1 (10:45:12 PM): "It was abandoned by the UCAS very early on, and they took all the serious hardware with them when they left. I haven't had a chance to investigate personally...
Thematrian1 (10:45:58 PM): ...but all the weapons are gone, the radar systems are gone, but most of internal security hardware will be in place but the software will be dead."
Umbrafer (10:47:43 PM): #Penny for your thoughts?#
MilesMk1 (10:48:43 PM): #Software is easy to replace?#
MilesMk1 (10:49:02 PM): #We need AV rounds?#
Umbrafer (10:49:45 PM): #I was going to get in touch with a friend of mine for some, actually. I could use some more MMG rounds, too, as I plan on leaving at least a hundred of them in our target#
MilesMk1 (10:50:22 PM): #Well, this time I'll definitely have my grenade launcher with me.#
Umbrafer (10:52:34 PM): #Do we need any more vehicular firepower? I'm considering getting a dronethrower, but it'd soak up a lot of our capital. We may want to give him the chance to offer us more in hopes of receiving better results; up to you.#
MilesMk1 (10:53:17 PM): #Firepower is always a good investment... Give it a try, if you want.#
Umbrafer (10:54:35 PM): "You've given us a lot to think about... I do want to say one thing, though."
Umbrafer (10:54:58 PM): "You've offered us a fair sum, I realize that, and I believe we are interested in the job at the current sum."
Umbrafer (10:55:33 PM): "I do, however, want to point out that the more you spend, the more we spend, and thus the more chance that the result will be favourable for all concerned. All represented here, at least."
Thematrian1 (10:58:17 PM): "I appreciate that, but I really can't offer you more."
Umbrafer (10:58:31 PM): "We understand."
Umbrafer (10:58:35 PM): #What do you think?#
Umbrafer (10:59:29 PM): "Is there any assistance you can offer in procuring supplies, or will we be taking care of that entirely ourselves?"
MilesMk1 (10:59:53 PM): #I think the money is good... Seems risky, but if we get on-site and it's more than we can handle... Well, it's 50k for trying.#
Umbrafer (11:00:09 PM): #Worth a shot.#
MilesMk1 (11:03:57 PM): #So, we're taking the job, then? You want to tell him, Mr. World, or should I?#
Umbrafer (11:04:30 PM): #I want to see if there's any other way he can help us out, but unless an objection comes up, I think we're sold.#
MilesMk1 (11:05:06 PM): #Right.#
Thematrian1 (11:06:09 PM): Shojo maintains a companionable silence.
MilesMk1 (11:07:03 PM): ?
Umbrafer (11:07:18 PM): So no response from him?
Thematrian1 (11:07:21 PM): (We haven't heard from her in quite some time)
Thematrian1 (11:07:49 PM): "You'll have to handle that yourselves."
Thematrian1 (11:07:59 PM): (Sorry, could have sworn I typed that already."
Umbrafer (11:08:17 PM): "Very well. I believe we have come to terms."
Thematrian1 (11:08:43 PM): "To be clear: 50 thousand now, and another hundred thousand afterward."
CirclMastr (11:08:48 PM): (Shojo is mostly out of it)
Thematrian1 (11:09:42 PM): ::addressing Blake:: "Very well. We have a deal." ::extends a hand::
MilesMk1 (11:10:02 PM): "A deal." *shakes the hand*
Thematrian1 (11:10:52 PM): ::withdraws a pair of credsticks from a pants pocket::
Thematrian1 (11:11:04 PM): "25 each, feel free to check them"
MilesMk1 (11:12:46 PM): "Thanks." *does so*
Thematrian1 (11:14:38 PM): The sticks check out: 25 thousand nuyen each
MilesMk1 (11:14:54 PM): #We're good.#
Umbrafer (11:16:16 PM): "One final detail."
Umbrafer (11:16:24 PM): "I just want to confirm the date you want this done by."
Thematrian1 (11:17:05 PM): "Within two weeks, if it's at all possible. After that, I may not have a way to contact you."
Umbrafer (11:17:41 PM): "Certainly. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to our next meeting." *World vanishes*
Thematrian1 (11:18:25 PM): "Classy." He sounds sincere, though it's hard to tell.
MilesMk1 (11:20:25 PM): "Yeah, all you need is someone to carry the projector for you..."
Umbrafer (11:21:00 PM): *Resists the urge to jab Blake with a spider-leg*
MilesMk1 (11:21:09 PM): "Well, good doing business with you. I'll be heading out, unless you'd prefer to leave first?"
Thematrian1 (11:21:35 PM): ::he gestures toward the door:: "Feel free."
Umbrafer (11:21:48 PM): Sensor lock with the
MilesMk1 (11:21:48 PM): *nods, packs up and leaves*
Umbrafer (11:21:54 PM): *spider before leaving LOS
Umbrafer (11:21:57 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (11:22:00 PM): roll it, don't botch
Thematrian1 (11:22:03 PM): heh
Umbrafer (11:22:17 PM): (Actually, if he's a normal human a 2 would have failed as well, but yeah)
Thematrian1 (11:22:54 PM): (6 -3LOS -1somethingelseIthought?)
Umbrafer (11:23:18 PM): (I think it's just 6 -3LOS, but I'll check. We can move on while I do.)
Thematrian1 (11:24:20 PM): Blake leaves. Ceremony is still very crowded of course; the whole thing took only 15 minutes.
CirclMastr (11:25:12 PM): (Missiles would clear that up)
Umbrafer (11:25:30 PM): (Not really, they'd just change what was cluttering the place)
CirclMastr (11:25:41 PM): (It wouldn't be crowded though)
Umbrafer (11:27:11 PM): Trying for a lock with the van sensors
Umbrafer (11:27:16 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 5 5 1 4
Umbrafer (11:27:24 PM): Bah. Waiting for the signal to get clear.
Umbrafer (11:27:38 PM): What is Eric doing?
Thematrian1 (11:27:50 PM): He hasn't moved.
Umbrafer (11:28:31 PM): Pulling the Kimji back along with Blake, trying again with the Schattenauge.
Umbrafer (11:28:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 6 3 2
Umbrafer (11:28:38 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 4 1 2
Thematrian1 (11:28:49 PM): I daresay you succeed
Umbrafer (11:29:33 PM): I'm going to record his signature, since I got a good scan of it with that one. Letting the spider's lock slip.
Thematrian1 (11:30:15 PM): you do so. Eric is just hanging out
Umbrafer (11:31:50 PM): Well, I've got at least 20 kilometers to work with, so I'm going to drive about five away and watch for any motion.
Umbrafer (11:31:52 PM): c"
Umbrafer (11:32:03 PM): "So, do we do the usual tail-the-J routine?"
Thematrian1 (11:32:04 PM): about five minutes in, you get some movement
Umbrafer (11:32:39 PM): Walking speed?
MilesMk1 (11:32:51 PM): "Sure."
Thematrian1 (11:33:08 PM): yep
Umbrafer (11:33:37 PM): "Say, you know a good weapons dealer, don't you?"
Umbrafer (11:33:44 PM): "And we should check over those sticks."
Umbrafer (11:35:28 PM): *Watch watch watch*
Thematrian1 (11:35:43 PM): walking speed, up and down the street
MilesMk1 (11:35:57 PM): (I forget... Was Ed suppposed to call me back once he was free?)
MilesMk1 (11:36:29 PM): *checks the credsticks over using electronics and microscopic vision*
MilesMk1 (11:36:41 PM): Perception
MilesMk1 (11:36:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 3 1 6 2 6
MilesMk1 (11:36:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
MilesMk1 (11:36:53 PM): Electronics.
MilesMk1 (11:36:56 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 1 2 5
Thematrian1 (11:37:15 PM): (Yes, yes he was. He said probably tomorrow)
MilesMk1 (11:38:10 PM): "I was actually trying to get in touch with my weapons guy today, and he said he was tied up with something - supposed to call me back tomorrow."
Umbrafer (11:38:27 PM): When he's done with each stick, I'm going to have a look-see too. Microscopic vision also applies.
Umbrafer (11:38:30 PM): Perception:
Umbrafer (11:38:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 4 2 4 5 1 2
Umbrafer (11:38:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 2 6 6 6
Umbrafer (11:38:53 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 5 3
MilesMk1 (11:41:03 PM): "Kind of out of character for him, but not all that surprising in this business, I guess. Although another guy I talked to today was also acting kind of weird... Must be something in the water."
MilesMk1 (11:41:55 PM): "Dare we even try the Russians?"
Umbrafer (11:41:59 PM): "Weird... I'll have to check in with my sources, then."
Umbrafer (11:42:29 PM): "Heh. I don't know."
Umbrafer (11:43:33 PM): "I've got someone I can go to, but I don't know if I'll be able to get much in the way of AV. What else do we need?"
MilesMk1 (11:43:54 PM): "They're both reliable long-term contacts... I have no reason to think it's anything, but you know how it goes. Paranoia is practically a requirement in this job."
MilesMk1 (11:45:06 PM): "Incendiary grenades, regular and mini... Maybe more Great Dragon rounds?"
MilesMk1 (11:45:39 PM): "Heh... Security armor?"
Umbrafer (11:46:16 PM): "I'll do what I can. Want anything vehicle- or drone-related?"
MilesMk1 (11:47:06 PM): "Plasma torch? We don't know what we'll have to go through in order to get into that place. Rappelling equipment might come in handy too, if it's underground, but that's easy."
MilesMk1 (11:47:51 PM): "Lockpick gun, in case there are any old-fashioned doors in the place?"
Umbrafer (11:48:30 PM): "I don't know if my associates would have that, but I'll check."
MilesMk1 (11:49:16 PM): "Give me your shopping list too, I do have one guy I can talk to, but he's not specialized in weapons."
MilesMk1 (11:50:01 PM): (or rather, talk to right away)
Umbrafer (11:50:39 PM): "I need MMG rounds, and if possible some AV rounds for the blimp's rifle. Those'll be hard to come by in the timeframe, though."
Umbrafer (11:51:07 PM): "I can probably get most stuff myself"
MilesMk1 (11:51:10 PM): "All right."
MilesMk1 (11:51:18 PM): (Does this strike anyone as a good place to call it a night? I'd like to keep playing, but I'm trying to be sensible about sleep this week...)
Thematrian1 (11:51:36 PM): (Actually, yeah, that works for me)
Umbrafer (11:51:58 PM): (Pretty much, yeah. I'd like to do a few dierolls for obtaining stuff if possible, but I think we're pretty much done with game proper at the moment)
Thematrian1 (11:52:10 PM): (Feel free with the dierolls)
MilesMk1 (11:52:39 PM): (All right... I'll be getting in touch with my fixer too to see the new stuff he mentioned having, and see if I can get any of the other things.)
MilesMk1 (11:53:38 PM): (How does this work, again? My etiquette vs. the availability?)
Umbrafer (11:53:43 PM): (yep)
Umbrafer (11:54:30 PM): I'm calling up Zbyhnev first, looking for white phosphorus minigrenades, a box of AV Sporting Rifle rounds, and MMG rounds. Hopefully the ten Great Dragons we have on-hand will be enough.
Umbrafer (11:55:05 PM): Phosphorus: 6/5 days, reduced to 4 by Good Rep. Etiquette:
Umbrafer (11:55:15 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 3 1 2 5
Thematrian1 (11:55:28 PM): 2.5 days it is
Umbrafer (11:55:33 PM): Ew. Still, two and a half days ain't so bad.
Umbrafer (11:55:46 PM): How many are available?
MilesMk1 (11:56:50 PM): I go see Mr. Goetzke, and ask about incendiary mini grenades, APDS pistol rounds, AV assault rifle and rifle rounds, MMG rounds, light security armor and helmet. ;)
Thematrian1 (11:57:05 PM): heh. Good luck with that :-D
MilesMk1 (11:57:18 PM): (Keeping in touch with Alex, so that we don't end up buying multiuple things unnecessarily.)
Thematrian1 (11:58:05 PM): (Two and a half days from now) "I just acquired this nice case of 20 phosphorous grenades. For the right price, some or all could be yours."
MilesMk1 (11:58:12 PM): WP grenades...
MilesMk1 (11:58:16 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 2 4 1
MilesMk1 (11:58:20 PM): Gah.
Umbrafer (11:59:23 PM): What's he asking for them?
Thematrian1 (11:59:41 PM): Price * street index. I'm tired, don't make me look for it.
Umbrafer (11:59:45 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (11:59:49 PM): Eek
Umbrafer (12:00:00 AM): 120*2*3
Thematrian1 (12:00:07 AM): "Sorry Blake, I'd love to help, but those're a popular item."
Umbrafer (12:00:14 AM): 720 per.
MilesMk1 (12:00:20 AM): Let's see...
MilesMk1 (12:00:49 AM): APDS rounds.
MilesMk1 (12:00:53 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 3 3 5
MilesMk1 (12:00:56 AM): Heh.
Umbrafer (12:01:02 AM): Negotiation to try to reduce price?
Umbrafer (12:01:09 AM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 4 1
MilesMk1 (12:01:11 AM): AV AR rounds.
Umbrafer (12:01:12 AM): Eww.
Thematrian1 (12:01:13 AM): no
MilesMk1 (12:01:17 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 3 4 1
Umbrafer (12:01:32 AM): I guess I'll take ten.
MilesMk1 (12:01:36 AM): AV sporting rifle rounds
MilesMk1 (12:01:39 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 5 1 5
Thematrian1 (12:01:51 AM): (10 phosphorous grenades@7.2kY)
Umbrafer (12:02:13 AM): (Minigrenades, mind you. That's why they're so expensive)
Umbrafer (12:02:24 AM): (Regular ones would only have cost me 240 each)
MilesMk1 (12:02:54 AM): (You can try to get regular ones... I figure they'
MilesMk1 (12:03:22 AM): re mostly for completely destroying what we've already blown up, so they don't need to be fired from a launcher.)
Umbrafer (12:03:28 AM): Now trying for that magic 12 on AV rounds.
Umbrafer (12:03:35 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 4 6 4 4
Umbrafer (12:03:39 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (12:03:43 AM): And failing.
Thematrian1 (12:03:53 AM): wait, the base avail is 12?
Umbrafer (12:04:00 AM): No, 14
Thematrian1 (12:04:04 AM): ah, nm
MilesMk1 (12:04:05 AM): Light Security armor...
Umbrafer (12:04:05 AM): Good Rep 2.
MilesMk1 (12:04:08 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 2 6 4
MilesMk1 (12:04:12 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (12:04:15 AM): (I was going to factor that in, if you hadn't)
MilesMk1 (12:04:16 AM): nope.
MilesMk1 (12:04:23 AM): Security Helmet
MilesMk1 (12:04:26 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 2
MilesMk1 (12:04:30 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (12:04:32 AM): Nope.
Thematrian1 (12:04:38 AM): "Things like that usually don't make it here, Blake."
Umbrafer (12:04:46 AM): MMG ammo. I will be horribly embarrassed if I fail this one.
Umbrafer (12:04:50 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 4 4 5 3
MilesMk1 (12:04:58 AM): That's the avail 2 one?
Umbrafer (12:05:10 AM): Five successes, for a base time of 4.8 hours.
Umbrafer (12:05:13 AM): 2/24, yes.
MilesMk1 (12:05:31 AM): "I figured... What was the ineresting stuff you told me you had come in, by the way?"
MilesMk1 (12:05:47 AM): (Damn it, where is Ed?)
Umbrafer (12:05:48 AM): Street index .75, no less. How much does he have available? Arbitrary quantities?
Thematrian1 (12:05:55 AM): Essentially, yeah
Umbrafer (12:06:08 AM): I'm also going to try to buy some tracers.
Thematrian1 (12:06:52 AM): "Yes. My best guess is it's some kind of nerve gas."
Umbrafer (12:07:03 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 1 6 3 5
Umbrafer (12:07:10 AM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
Umbrafer (12:07:13 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (12:07:19 AM): I needed that for the AV. So it goes.
MilesMk1 (12:07:35 AM): "Really? What form does it come in?"
Umbrafer (12:07:43 AM): Tracers will be available in 6 hours.
MilesMk1 (12:08:17 AM): (BTW, can we do this once per appropriate contact? How often can we re-try?)
Thematrian1 (12:08:25 AM): "A big, sturdy, box. Two gasses, inert on their own."
MilesMk1 (12:08:57 AM): "Any markings? Or instructions?"
Umbrafer (12:09:13 AM): Buying 1000 MMG rounds, 500 tracers.
Thematrian1 (12:09:48 AM): "Yeah, some. They don't spell out what the gas does, though; we had to do our own analysis."
MilesMk1 (12:10:09 AM): "Oh yeah? And what does it do?"
Thematrian1 (12:10:59 AM): "Kill people. Breaks the brain/body connection in a big way."
MilesMk1 (12:11:42 AM): "How big of an area does it cover, you think?"
Umbrafer (12:11:49 AM): (Go go justice chemical warfare!)
Thematrian1 (12:12:31 AM): ::ponder:: "Potentially vast; it's under a lot of pressure right now."
MilesMk1 (12:12:45 AM): "And how much are you asking for it?"
Thematrian1 (12:14:12 AM): (Way to make me look up my old notes there)
MilesMk1 (12:15:20 AM): (Heh... Wanna do it some other time, or on the boards?)
Umbrafer (12:15:21 AM): (If he goes for this, the instant I hear about it I'm trying to get a Gas Enviroseal and some time at a vehicle facility.)
Umbrafer (12:15:29 AM): (Not that I'm discouraging it, but still.)
Thematrian1 (12:15:44 AM): (Yes, please)
Umbrafer (12:16:14 AM): Ok, last thing I'm doing is calling up Sigrun and trying to get a flamedrone.
MilesMk1 (12:16:19 AM): (If I buy this, I'm also looking for the best chemsuit I can buy. ;))
Umbrafer (12:16:28 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 2 1 3 4
Umbrafer (12:16:33 AM): Ew. Again at +2?
Thematrian1 (12:17:09 AM): sure, why not
Umbrafer (12:17:14 AM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 3 5 6 1
Umbrafer (12:17:19 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (12:17:24 AM): Bah. So it goes.
MilesMk1 (12:17:58 AM): Well, goodnight everyone, then.
Umbrafer (12:18:02 AM): Other than that, I relink my MMG belts to have a tracer every three rounds.
Thematrian1 (12:18:05 AM): ok, sleep well
Umbrafer (12:18:08 AM): Sleep well, and I will see you on Thursday.
MilesMk1 (12:18:08 AM): *wave*
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Umbrafer (12:18:13 AM): If I survive the Japanese exam.
Thematrian1 (12:18:30 AM): ?
Umbrafer (12:18:43 AM): Later today. Japanese midterm. Will eat my brain.
Thematrian1 (12:18:57 AM): shoo! Go to bed!
Thematrian1 (12:18:59 AM): ;-)
Umbrafer (12:19:19 AM): I'd love to, but it's studying time for a bit more. 'Nighty-night
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