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Umbrafer (8:05:58 PM): Yarr.
Thematrian1 (8:06:04 PM): hoi
MilesMk1 (8:06:18 PM): Evening.
Thematrian1 (8:07:02 PM): so, is this the week of the Return?
Umbrafer (8:07:07 PM): When we last left off, you had just finished palming the passcard?
Umbrafer (8:07:11 PM): It is.
Umbrafer (8:07:16 PM): Well.
Umbrafer (8:07:25 PM): Unless something kills him before he gets back into his apartment.
Thematrian1 (8:07:32 PM): palmed it and changed clothes
MilesMk1 (8:07:33 PM): The Return?
Umbrafer (8:07:34 PM): The fact that he got called away for ten minutes is ominous.
Thematrian1 (8:07:41 PM): I give it no better than even odds
Umbrafer (8:08:38 PM): The return of Scavengers. In any event, she's not in this run, so Benton'd be waiting around anyway.
MilesMk1 (8:09:00 PM): Ah,
Thematrian1 (8:09:13 PM): true enough. So yeah, Glitch is a guard, Gem is...just Gem, I think
MilesMk1 (8:09:24 PM): A guard?
MilesMk1 (8:09:50 PM): I was going to change into the employee uniform, you mean?
Thematrian1 (8:09:56 PM): uh, right
Thematrian1 (8:10:00 PM): by guard, Im eant servant
Thematrian1 (8:10:06 PM): or 'employee
Thematrian1 (8:10:07 PM): clearly
MilesMk1 (8:10:57 PM): Right. So, let's find a place where I can pull the employee outfit over my clothes, put my little cap on, and go for it.
MilesMk1 (8:11:19 PM): I can carry your bag for you, and open and hold the door and all that.
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MilesMk1 (8:13:43 PM): brb
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Thematrian1 (8:14:25 PM): Gem likes that suggestion just fine
Thematrian1 (8:15:07 PM): We stroll like the wind?
Umbrafer (8:15:41 PM): *Stroll stroll*
MilesMk1 (8:16:31 PM): Oh, and I also point out which direction to turn your head to minimize camera exposure.
Thematrian1 (8:16:43 PM): I take your advice
MilesMk1 (8:17:06 PM): So, we head for the bungalow, yes?
Thematrian1 (8:17:11 PM): number seven
MilesMk1 (8:17:32 PM): *stroll there like I'm helping Gem with her luggage, attempt to open the door for her*
MilesMk1 (8:17:52 PM): after
MilesMk1 (8:18:12 PM): *after* listening at the door to make sure I don't hear anyone inside. can't believe I almost forgot.
Umbrafer (8:18:12 PM): *Vzip* *Click*
Thematrian1 (8:18:17 PM): ::graciously acedes::
Umbrafer (8:18:18 PM): Ah, belay that
Umbrafer (8:18:20 PM): Go for it.
MilesMk1 (8:18:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 1 4 1 2
MilesMk1 (8:18:34 PM): Aw, shit.
Thematrian1 (8:18:40 PM): ...Gem listens too, if she can find a ladylike way to do it
MilesMk1 (8:18:52 PM): *jacks in Negotiation*
Thematrian1 (8:19:00 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 3 4 5 4
Thematrian1 (8:19:09 PM): bugger all. In we go
Umbrafer (8:19:38 PM): *Tunk*
Thematrian1 (8:19:53 PM): um. Gem first, I think?
Umbrafer (8:19:58 PM): The door's open. There's some luggage visible within. Perception.
Thematrian1 (8:20:02 PM): for the cameras?
Thematrian1 (8:20:05 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 6 5 5 5
Thematrian1 (8:20:09 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (8:20:25 PM): 11 5 5 5
MilesMk1 (8:20:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 3 4 5
MilesMk1 (8:20:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 5 4
MilesMk1 (8:20:59 PM): 11,11,9,5,4
Umbrafer (8:21:01 PM): Cameras?
MilesMk1 (8:21:34 PM): Wow. We see and hear all. Which hopefully doesn't involve the sound of a gun slide being pulled back.
Umbrafer (8:21:59 PM): Weeell…
Umbrafer (8:22:02 PM): It actually does.
Umbrafer (8:22:16 PM): It sounds like there's something on the other side of the room, behind the bed.
Thematrian1 (8:22:22 PM): New plan. Glitch has armor on, he goes first.
Thematrian1 (8:22:25 PM): actually
Thematrian1 (8:22:58 PM): If I'm looking into the bungalow, am I in Hearth
Umbrafer (8:23:01 PM): Also, you notice that there's a computer terminal inside with the display on.
Umbrafer (8:23:08 PM): Looking into, no. If you step inside, yes.
Thematrian1 (8:23:33 PM): ok. I still have a service left from that Great Form water spirit, I think. Dammit, if I only had channeling...
MilesMk1 (8:23:40 PM): Wait - so do we see someone?
Umbrafer (8:23:44 PM): Nope.
Umbrafer (8:23:58 PM): But you heard some noises from the far side of the bed. Suspicious-type noises.
Thematrian1 (8:24:42 PM): #The tenant, do you think?#
MilesMk1 (8:25:04 PM): #Hiding behind the bed?#
Umbrafer (8:25:06 PM): Glitch in particular thought that one sounded like a slide being worked.
MilesMk1 (8:25:38 PM): "Where would you like me to leave your bag, ma'am?"
Thematrian1 (8:25:55 PM): "Do you know, I think I left something behind at the beach."
MilesMk1 (8:26:01 PM): *walks into the room ready to dodge gunfire / bluff like mad*
Thematrian1 (8:26:13 PM): When I see him walking in
MilesMk1 (8:26:17 PM): or steps in, rather
Umbrafer (8:26:31 PM): You walk into the room. No one is visible, luggage is strewn around.
Thematrian1 (8:26:34 PM): I immediately order my GF to protect Glitch
Thematrian1 (8:26:39 PM): ambiguous, I know
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Umbrafer (8:27:35 PM): The spirit does so, in its own way.
Thematrian1 (8:27:36 PM): does he get shot?
Thematrian1 (8:27:40 PM): If not, I follow him
Umbrafer (8:27:48 PM): Not as such, no. It mostly looks like he stands there.
Umbrafer (8:27:51 PM): Layout:
Umbrafer (8:28:00 PM): The place is a large room, basically.
Umbrafer (8:28:13 PM): There's a door, presumably to a bathroom, along the wall to your Left.
Umbrafer (8:28:16 PM): That wall is very close.
Thematrian1 (8:28:24 PM): I follow him in and shut the fraggin door.
Thematrian1 (8:28:35 PM): What's the spirit doing?
Umbrafer (8:28:41 PM): The bungalow extends right for some distance, with a king-sized bed towards the other side.
Umbrafer (8:28:55 PM): Hard to tell. It's hovering around Glitch.
MilesMk1 (8:29:19 PM): "Would you like me to call the front desk and have them send someone for it?"
Umbrafer (8:29:21 PM): There's a dinner table towards the middle with a kitchenette near the bathroom
Thematrian1 (8:29:22 PM): fair enough
Umbrafer (8:29:34 PM): And a desk-like area where the computer terminal is
Umbrafer (8:29:41 PM): There's also a closet over there
MilesMk1 (8:29:54 PM): *puts the bag down next to the luggage*
Umbrafer (8:29:54 PM): And there's a sitting area between you and the bed with a couch and trid.
Thematrian1 (8:30:38 PM): any sign of the gun-slide-noise-maker?
Umbrafer (8:30:48 PM): None.
Thematrian1 (8:31:11 PM): ok. What's happening on the computer?
MilesMk1 (8:31:13 PM): Are there any windows near the bed that I could walk over to, and open the shades on?
Thematrian1 (8:31:21 PM): Don
MilesMk1 (8:31:25 PM): Don't?
Thematrian1 (8:31:31 PM): 't; the spirit is visible if nothing else
Umbrafer (8:31:45 PM): Nothing much. It looks like an ordinary desktop of the 2050s variety.
MilesMk1 (8:32:31 PM): #Whoever it is seems to be behind the bed... We need to check it out somehow.#
Thematrian1 (8:33:09 PM): #On it#
MilesMk1 (8:33:55 PM): *stands around and tries to look stuffily patient*
Thematrian1 (8:33:56 PM): I summon up a force...hm. Force 6 Hearth spirit. All focus dice into casting.
Thematrian1 (8:34:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 4 1 1 5 5 1 6 2 2
Thematrian1 (8:34:06 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 6 1 1 2 3 6
Thematrian1 (8:34:13 PM): L drain, one service.
Umbrafer (8:35:14 PM): It looks very hearthy. It's also big.
Umbrafer (8:35:22 PM): It looks vaguely confused.
Thematrian1 (8:36:29 PM): I beckon it down to me, very close, and whisper in its near, or nearest equivalent orifice: "If you find a living thing in that second of the room <gesture> restrain it without harming it."
MilesMk1 (8:36:49 PM): that second of the room?
Thematrian1 (8:36:55 PM): section
Thematrian1 (8:37:01 PM): grph
Umbrafer (8:37:44 PM): It heads over to yonder section of the room and starts looking around. What section did you indicate?
Thematrian1 (8:38:05 PM): the bed area
Thematrian1 (8:38:32 PM): the far end relative to us, if I have the positioning right
Umbrafer (8:38:57 PM): Yep
Umbrafer (8:38:59 PM): Oh, whew.
Umbrafer (8:39:14 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 4 5 6 4
Thematrian1 (8:39:17 PM): yeah, I wasn't sic'ing it on us
Umbrafer (8:39:20 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (8:39:34 PM): Not so much that, as I'd been looking at the stats for Spirits of the Land instead.
Umbrafer (8:39:43 PM): I mean, it'd be awesome for you to have a spirit with Strength 10
Umbrafer (8:39:49 PM): But it seemed odd for a Hearth Spirit.
Thematrian1 (8:40:04 PM): once I can get my great forms together better...
Umbrafer (8:40:24 PM): It flits around a bit, then disappears under the bed.
Umbrafer (8:40:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 4 3 4 4 2
Umbrafer (8:40:35 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (8:40:38 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (8:40:40 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 6 6 5 1 2 4 2 2 2 1 2 6 5 5
Umbrafer (8:40:44 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 2 5
Umbrafer (8:40:48 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 2 4 4 6 4 1 2 1 5 4 1 4 2 6
Umbrafer (8:40:51 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
Umbrafer (8:41:18 PM): There are several suppressed gunshots, then things get quieter.
MilesMk1 (8:41:56 PM): #Competition?#
MilesMk1 (8:42:10 PM): *slips on his shock gloves*
Thematrian1 (8:42:13 PM): #I think so. Who else would hide under the bed and then shoot my spirit?#
MilesMk1 (8:42:28 PM): #Who do you think won?#
MilesMk1 (8:42:51 PM): *looks for visible damage from bullets wihin the room*
Thematrian1 (8:42:54 PM): #Probably him. Spirits of man aren't all that tough.#
Thematrian1 (8:43:05 PM): #Spirits of the land, or the waters, are much tougher.#
MilesMk1 (8:43:41 PM): *Here's hoping this doesn't get me shot*
MilesMk1 (8:43:49 PM): Imagine that had ##
Umbrafer (8:44:09 PM): *Imagines*
MilesMk1 (8:44:13 PM): *crouches to look under the bed, ready to spring away if someone aims a gun at him*
Thematrian1 (8:44:33 PM): #My river spirit is still protecting you.#
MilesMk1 (8:44:42 PM): #Thanks.#
Umbrafer (8:45:13 PM): There's a guy under there, a burly ork, wrestling quietly with what looks to be a large Keebler elf.
Umbrafer (8:45:47 PM): The keeb has the Ork semi-pinned due to the awkward conditions, but the Ork is clearly going to overpower him eventually.
MilesMk1 (8:46:05 PM): *burst forward to shock-glove the Ork*
MilesMk1 (8:46:35 PM): #Ork under bed.#
Thematrian1 (8:46:44 PM): #Figures.#
Thematrian1 (8:47:01 PM): I examine the workstation some more; what was going on before we busted in?
Umbrafer (8:47:06 PM): ("Mommy, there's an Ork under my bed")
MilesMk1 (8:47:13 PM): Does being double-jointed and small help me out in this situation?
Umbrafer (8:47:20 PM): Probably, yes.
MilesMk1 (8:47:45 PM): Should I roll my attack, then?
Umbrafer (8:47:48 PM): The workstation appears to be inactive at the moment.
Umbrafer (8:47:50 PM): Yep, go for it.
MilesMk1 (8:47:59 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 1 4 4 3 6 6 3 2 5 2
Thematrian1 (8:48:09 PM): Uh huh. I turn it on.
MilesMk1 (8:48:11 PM): friends in melee applies?
MilesMk1 (8:48:18 PM): *crosses fingers*
Umbrafer (8:49:06 PM): It seems likely.
Umbrafer (8:49:18 PM): Well, on but not running anything.
Thematrian1 (8:49:40 PM): Ok. What are we supposed to be doing here again?
Umbrafer (8:49:57 PM): You've got some software that needs to be loaded on.
MilesMk1 (8:49:58 PM): Same as the last place, except the priorities are reversed.
Umbrafer (8:50:03 PM): Yeah, exactly.
MilesMk1 (8:50:09 PM): The software matters more than the hardware here.
Thematrian1 (8:50:55 PM): Fair enough. If I have the software, I slot it in and get things started. If not
Thematrian1 (8:51:12 PM): if there's room under the bed, I join Glitch there. If not that either, I just sit on the floor and wait for the fight to finish.
Umbrafer (8:51:20 PM): You probably do. I hope one of you two does.
Thematrian1 (8:51:34 PM): I know one of us does
Thematrian1 (8:51:46 PM): were we going to give it to MacLeod? No. Ok then.
Thematrian1 (8:51:57 PM): I load some mystery software
Umbrafer (8:52:27 PM): *Load*
Umbrafer (8:53:13 PM): Roll Computers.
Umbrafer (8:53:16 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 5 3 5 6 4 2 4 4 5 5 6 6 3 4
Thematrian1 (8:53:19 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 6 6 3 6
Umbrafer (8:53:21 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 1 3 3
Thematrian1 (8:53:23 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 3 6
Thematrian1 (8:53:27 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (8:53:29 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 1 2 6 3 6 6 1 1 3 4 5 2 4 5
Umbrafer (8:53:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 1 5
Thematrian1 (8:53:34 PM): 14 9 7 3 1 1
Umbrafer (8:53:49 PM): Glitch lays the smack down on some Ork.
Umbrafer (8:54:18 PM): His struggling subsides, though he's clearly still conscious. He glares at you.
Umbrafer (8:54:55 PM): You work your way over, under, around, and through the protections and logs. The terminal is almost shockingly poorly-protected.
Thematrian1 (8:55:34 PM): tsk tsk
MilesMk1 (8:55:39 PM): If he's dropped his gun, I collect it and turn it on him.
Umbrafer (8:55:58 PM): He has indeed.
MilesMk1 (8:57:11 PM): "Ok, here's how this works. You answer my questions, or I have a spirit drag you over to the bathtub, gag you, and start putting bullets into your extremities. Got it?"
Umbrafer (8:57:26 PM): This surprises him.
Umbrafer (8:57:31 PM): "Who the hell are you?"
Umbrafer (8:58:20 PM): *Chug chug chug* goes the software-loading.
Thematrian1 (8:58:31 PM): Gem hangs out
MilesMk1 (8:59:24 PM): "Take a fucking guess. My turn, and you better get this right if you want to walk out of here. What are you doing here? I don't give a shit who you're doing it for, just what."
MilesMk1 (8:59:46 PM): BTW, can I roll something to intimidate?
Umbrafer (8:59:54 PM): Go for it. Got Intimidation?
MilesMk1 (9:00:01 PM): Does it default to anything, like negotiation?
Umbrafer (9:00:04 PM): *Digs up the table o' mods*
Umbrafer (9:00:10 PM): I'll check
MilesMk1 (9:00:33 PM): No, just interrogation.
Umbrafer (9:00:35 PM): Interrogation.
Umbrafer (9:00:58 PM): Your Charisma?
MilesMk1 (9:01:01 PM): I guess I need to default to charisma and hope for positive modifiers.
MilesMk1 (9:01:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 2
Thematrian1 (9:01:16 PM): aw, come on. You're totally interrogating him
Thematrian1 (9:01:18 PM): although
MilesMk1 (9:01:20 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:01:23 PM): 11
Thematrian1 (9:01:25 PM): I'm no longer inclined to make an issue of it
Umbrafer (9:01:54 PM): Well, the mods are the same really
Umbrafer (9:02:00 PM): And he has neither skill, unless I'm mistaken
MilesMk1 (9:02:09 PM): Right.
MilesMk1 (9:02:20 PM): Clearly, I need to but a new skillsoft.
Thematrian1 (9:03:18 PM): Clearly
Umbrafer (9:03:23 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 3 2 2 3 4 1 5 5 1 6 4 3 5 4
Umbrafer (9:03:26 PM): (One second)
Umbrafer (9:04:42 PM): (Sorry, foon)
Umbrafer (9:04:48 PM): He swallows nervously.
Umbrafer (9:04:51 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:04:57 PM): Though I don't think I did all that badly here...
Umbrafer (9:05:36 PM): *Shifts head slightly in the direction of the computer terminal* "I needed to do something to the computer."
MilesMk1 (9:06:00 PM): "And did you do it yet?"
Thematrian1 (9:06:01 PM): (Let me know when the software gets done doing the thing it's doing)
MilesMk1 (9:06:44 PM): #How many damn people did they hire to do this job?#
Umbrafer (9:06:47 PM): "No. I'd just cracked the security when you walked in."
Thematrian1 (9:06:53 PM): #Us, and some other guys#
Thematrian1 (9:06:58 PM): (Much becomes clear)
MilesMk1 (9:07:14 PM): "How did you get into the bugalow?"
MilesMk1 (9:07:22 PM): bungalow
Umbrafer (9:08:04 PM): Another pause. "Sequencer."
MilesMk1 (9:08:18 PM): "Through the front door?"
Umbrafer (9:09:01 PM): "Yeah."
MilesMk1 (9:09:17 PM): "Were you part of that group of people that got into a fight with someone earlier?"
Umbrafer (9:09:56 PM): Now he looks distinctly confused. "…Yeah, I guess…"
MilesMk1 (9:11:12 PM): "...and they had to make a run for it? Or are they still in the area? If we get jumped coming out of here, it's not going to work out well for you."
Umbrafer (9:11:58 PM): "They ditched. Never shoulda signed them on, I got a rep to think of."
MilesMk1 (9:12:18 PM): "Mhmm."
MilesMk1 (9:12:58 PM): "Get out from under the bed, and get your tools. Also, get any casings you might have fired."
MilesMk1 (9:13:42 PM): #Let's hope those bullets didn't hit anything that's not hidden from sight by the bed.#
Umbrafer (9:13:50 PM): "Caseless."
Thematrian1 (9:14:04 PM): #And by being a supernatural being, yeah.#
MilesMk1 (9:14:24 PM): "Good. So go get your stuff, then sit down with your hands on top of your head."
Umbrafer (9:14:28 PM): He slides out, pushing a small satchel next to him.
Umbrafer (9:14:40 PM): He does so in a slow manner.
Umbrafer (9:15:50 PM): Meanwhile, the software appears to have done its thing.
Thematrian1 (9:16:01 PM): Nifty. I jack out.
Umbrafer (9:16:07 PM): *Vzoop*
Thematrian1 (9:16:14 PM): And assense the ork once I spot him.
Thematrian1 (9:16:17 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 2 6 4 4
MilesMk1 (9:16:48 PM): *towards the ork* "You got all your gear in there? Nothing left behind? Did you touch the hardware yet?"
Umbrafer (9:17:00 PM): Moderately cybered, Essence lower than yours, feeling somewhat tazed, annoyed, and just a little bit afraid
Umbrafer (9:17:27 PM): "Everything I brought with me. Didn't touch nothin' but the terminal security."
MilesMk1 (9:17:46 PM): *passes the gun over to Gem, gets his own goody bag*
Thematrian1 (9:17:54 PM): "Ah, you're the one who cracked it?"
Umbrafer (9:18:13 PM): "Yeah."
Thematrian1 (9:18:24 PM): "And here I was, all embarassed for the guys who put it together."
MilesMk1 (9:18:28 PM): *takes care of the hardware*
MilesMk1 (9:18:41 PM): (What do I roll?)
Thematrian1 (9:18:53 PM): #Watch yourself; he's a little bit wired#
Umbrafer (9:19:08 PM): (B/R and Electronics)
Umbrafer (9:19:16 PM): (EBR and E, rather)
MilesMk1 (9:19:25 PM): #I debated hitting him again, but we don't want to leave him here unconscious...#
MilesMk1 (9:19:46 PM): This is BR
MilesMk1 (9:19:50 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 5 5 2 4 5 6 2
Umbrafer (9:19:51 PM): He's still got a keebler elf wrapped around him.
Thematrian1 (9:19:55 PM): #True enough.#
MilesMk1 (9:19:59 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:20:11 PM): Now electronics.
MilesMk1 (9:20:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 1 2 2 6 3
MilesMk1 (9:20:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 6 6
MilesMk1 (9:20:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
MilesMk1 (9:20:32 PM): Hah. Let him watch in envy. :)
Umbrafer (9:20:48 PM): He does so.
Thematrian1 (9:20:54 PM): ::makes little watch-in-envy gestures::
Thematrian1 (9:21:02 PM): inviting him to, that is
Umbrafer (9:21:07 PM): That thing is so installed you think it's now part of the original design specs.
Thematrian1 (9:21:15 PM): I've seen Glitch work, so I'm innured
MilesMk1 (9:21:40 PM): *cleans up*
MilesMk1 (9:21:50 PM): *Looks around for stray bullet holes*
Umbrafer (9:21:56 PM): You slap the case back on as it was before. Perception.
MilesMk1 (9:22:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 4 6 4 2
MilesMk1 (9:22:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (9:22:32 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 5 1 1 5
MilesMk1 (9:22:33 PM): I look under the bed first, then elsewhere.
Thematrian1 (9:22:40 PM): (If I can perceive it)
MilesMk1 (9:22:42 PM): "How many rounds did you fire?"
MilesMk1 (9:22:52 PM): "And what did they go into?"
Umbrafer (9:23:50 PM): "Three, dunno. 'Pparently not that thing." *Jerks head at the keeb*
Thematrian1 (9:24:42 PM): "No, you did."
Thematrian1 (9:24:48 PM): "It just didn't care."
MilesMk1 (9:25:02 PM): #By the way, does the spirit choose how it looks, or you do? Just apropos nothing.#
Umbrafer (9:25:27 PM): As for the perception, there are two bullet holes visible under the bed.
Thematrian1 (9:25:38 PM): #That's like asking which of us two chooses how ork-boy there looks.#
Umbrafer (9:25:39 PM): One is near enough the edge that it might be visible.
Thematrian1 (9:25:50 PM): #I don't create 'em, I just bring them close enough to be useful, for a little while.#
MilesMk1 (9:25:59 PM): Any holes elsewhere?
Umbrafer (9:26:17 PM): If there are, you can't find them.
MilesMk1 (9:26:35 PM): #Found two holes under the bed... See any others, Gem?#
MilesMk1 (9:26:59 PM): I make sure the third one isn't somewhere really embarassing, like the scattered luggage.
Thematrian1 (9:27:05 PM): We trade off searcher/orkwatcher roles.
Thematrian1 (9:27:07 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 1 4 6 2
Thematrian1 (9:27:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 5
Thematrian1 (9:27:15 PM): 11 8
Umbrafer (9:27:28 PM): There was a HOLE here. It's gone now.
Umbrafer (9:27:31 PM): You see nothing.
MilesMk1 (9:27:49 PM): Huh?
terminal handle (9:27:54 PM): Piping up to say that you're the coolest guy ever, Jon.
Umbrafer (9:28:09 PM): (Someone gets that reference :) )
Thematrian1 (9:28:20 PM): (Not me)
terminal handle (9:28:28 PM): *cough*greatknife!*cough*
terminal handle (9:28:30 PM): Anywho.
MilesMk1 (9:28:31 PM): Ok. Well, would moving the bed be really obvious?
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Umbrafer (9:29:11 PM): Hard to tell.
MilesMk1 (9:29:37 PM): If yes, then what I'll do is just cut a very small patch out of the carpet somewhere it won't be seen, and stick it in the bullet hole, making it look like - if not perfect - at least not what it actually is.
MilesMk1 (9:29:48 PM): And try to ruffle the shag to smooth it out.
Umbrafer (9:29:51 PM): It wouldn't be obvious in and of itself
Umbrafer (9:30:08 PM): But you never know who knows the room well enough to notice things like that, etc.
MilesMk1 (9:31:01 PM): Meh. I guess I just do my best to smooth it out and camouflage it.
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Umbrafer (9:31:39 PM): Done.
Thematrian1 (9:31:45 PM): #Same rules as before; it only has to last until midnight#
MilesMk1 (9:31:56 PM): #Right.#
MilesMk1 (9:32:40 PM): #Ok, I think it's probably a bit odious, but it'll be best if you help the ork walk by pretending you're with him, and I carry your bags, and we're out of here.#
MilesMk1 (9:33:04 PM): #Also, do we take the key, or ditch it somewhere the maid might have plausibly lost it?#
Thematrian1 (9:33:10 PM): #Ditch it#
MilesMk1 (9:33:40 PM): #All right. I'll drop it off the edge of the walkway on the way out.#
MilesMk1 (9:34:01 PM): *Peeks out a window / peephole to make sure the coast is clear*
Thematrian1 (9:34:05 PM): #There's almost certainly some kind of locator. If we had time, we could short it.#
Thematrian1 (9:34:16 PM): ::pointing to the Ork::
Thematrian1 (9:35:19 PM): "You are my drunken friend. I'm the high-class bitch who's leading you down to the beach."
Umbrafer (9:35:42 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 1 6 1
Umbrafer (9:35:46 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (9:35:48 PM): "He's carrying our bags. Nice and easy, and we're out."
Umbrafer (9:36:03 PM): He looks vaguely unhappy at this arrangement, but happier than certain other arrangements that could be made.
MilesMk1 (9:37:15 PM): "Unless, of course, you can walk straight, in which case you can just be friends."
MilesMk1 (9:37:35 PM): If I didn't see anyone out front, I suggest we decamp.
Umbrafer (9:37:43 PM): He doesn't look too beaten-up, just a little unsteady.
MilesMk1 (9:38:32 PM): I go behind them with the bags, holding them in front of me to hide the gun I shove in my waistband.
Umbrafer (9:38:52 PM): You do so. You exit the bungalow, leaving it and its memories behind.
Thematrian1 (9:38:54 PM): "You first, then me, then him" (That's Ork, Gem, Glitch)
MilesMk1 (9:39:16 PM): Ooh...
MilesMk1 (9:39:20 PM): One last thing.
Umbrafer (9:39:27 PM): Fire away
MilesMk1 (9:39:58 PM): If there's some kind of air freshener in the bathroom, I give it a spray to cover the smell of gunpowder, if necessary. If the place seems to have an efficient air flitration system, I don't bother.
Umbrafer (9:40:30 PM): You give it a few spritzes.
MilesMk1 (9:40:46 PM): Ok. Let's blow this joint.
Thematrian1 (9:40:57 PM): And we're out. I dismiss the elf
Thematrian1 (9:41:03 PM): not that he could leave the bungalow anyway
Umbrafer (9:41:08 PM): The Ork looks much gratified.
MilesMk1 (9:41:16 PM): I'll ditch the card-key somewhere the maid could have conceivably dropped it on her rounds.
Thematrian1 (9:41:20 PM): If the GF is visible, I dismiss it too
Umbrafer (9:41:27 PM): Done.
Thematrian1 (9:41:52 PM): And...to the beach!
Umbrafer (9:42:02 PM): You parade out, dropping the card at a convenient location along the way, then troupe to the beach.
MilesMk1 (9:42:30 PM): #Do we swim hit out of here with us? We'll probably have to, to avoid him getting picked up.#
Umbrafer (9:42:30 PM): The Ork continues to look not happy with the situation, though he brightens a bit when you get into the beach area.
Thematrian1 (9:42:50 PM): #Exactly#
Thematrian1 (9:43:38 PM): #Feels odd to rescue a witness, though.#
Thematrian1 (9:44:01 PM): I beckon beckoningly, then dive in (taking most of my clothes off first, if applicable)
MilesMk1 (9:44:22 PM): #True... But he did do a good job on the computer...#
Umbrafer (9:44:34 PM): He follows you in. His expression has changed to one of uncertainty.
Thematrian1 (9:44:46 PM): #That's true.#
Thematrian1 (9:44:52 PM): I beckon to him again.
MilesMk1 (9:45:16 PM): #And look at it this way, it's one person who'll probably be easier for them to find than us if they try.#
Umbrafer (9:45:21 PM): *Follow, more uncertainty*
Thematrian1 (9:46:05 PM): When he's close enough, I lean in and whisper in his ear. For the benefit of any watchers, I go for 'flirtatious'
MilesMk1 (9:46:14 PM): I get changed as well (assuming we make a stop, or just walk to a secluded place) and place all the gear in the waterproof bag - including his gear.
Thematrian1 (9:46:34 PM): "We're going to swim, underwater, the length of the channel. My river spirit will permit us to breathe underwater; it's not a lot of fun, but no one ever suspects it."
Umbrafer (9:47:03 PM): He now looks distinctly unhappy. You catch a longing glimpse at the throngs of people.
Thematrian1 (9:47:19 PM): "Enhances our swimming speed, too. Fifteen minutes of patience and we're out."
Thematrian1 (9:47:39 PM): "Yeah, what about them?"
Umbrafer (9:47:53 PM): He blinks. "What?"
Thematrian1 (9:48:18 PM): "You want to mingle, mister decker?"
MilesMk1 (9:48:46 PM): "Sorry, pal, but we're not risking you getting caught. All things considered, we've been extremely civil about this so far, so play along a little longer, and you'll be fine."
Umbrafer (9:48:58 PM): "I just figure the more of them around, the less likely you are to kill me."
Thematrian1 (9:49:13 PM): "You're confused."
Thematrian1 (9:49:43 PM): "It's, 'the less stupid drek you say and do, the less likely we are to kill you'. So far you're doing fine, so don't break your streak, ok?"
Umbrafer (9:50:03 PM): "Yeah, got it."
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Thematrian1 (9:50:35 PM): "Excellent. Give it a ten count, then follow me."
Thematrian1 (9:51:04 PM): I submerge myself, and summon a F3 great form River spirit. All focus dice to drain:
Thematrian1 (9:51:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 3 2 6 3 5
Thematrian1 (9:51:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 4
Thematrian1 (9:51:19 PM): and the upgrade:
Umbrafer (9:51:22 PM): (I believe it was a Lake Spirit, actually, not that it matters much)
Thematrian1 (9:51:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 4 5 6 5
Thematrian1 (9:51:27 PM): (Ah, whoops)
Thematrian1 (9:51:49 PM): F3 great form, no drain. Whee
Thematrian1 (9:52:11 PM): 3 services
Thematrian1 (9:52:48 PM): Speaking underwater: "Protect me, and my two companions ::gesture:: from these waters."
Umbrafer (9:53:11 PM): He gives it the old ten-count, then follows reluctantly.
Thematrian1 (9:53:17 PM): #If he bolts, shock him#
Thematrian1 (9:53:18 PM): Oh good.
Umbrafer (9:53:27 PM): (Shock him? In water?)
Thematrian1 (9:53:36 PM): (Ok, perhaps not)
Umbrafer (9:53:37 PM): If any of you are watching, you see a familiar-looking coughing fit.
Thematrian1 (9:53:47 PM): Strike that; Gem would know what a dumb idea that is.
terminal handle (9:53:48 PM): (That could be a successful fishing venture.)
Thematrian1 (9:53:56 PM): Even if the conductivity of water is opaque to me.
Umbrafer (9:54:03 PM): :)
Umbrafer (9:55:14 PM): Anyway. You slog through the water in the usual fashion.
Umbrafer (9:55:21 PM): Perception.
Thematrian1 (9:55:22 PM): Breathe breathe breathe.
Thematrian1 (9:55:25 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 5 3 2 5
Umbrafer (9:55:51 PM): Out of the corner of your eye you catch a glimpse of something. You're not sure what it was, but it looked at least human-sized.
Umbrafer (9:55:54 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 4 6 3 1 2 3 3 6 5 4 2 2 6 2
Umbrafer (9:55:59 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 1 3 6
Umbrafer (9:56:03 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (9:56:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 1 1 2 5
Umbrafer (9:56:32 PM): Glitch just hears some louder-than-usual swishing.
Thematrian1 (9:56:40 PM): #Spotted something#
MilesMk1 (9:57:00 PM): #What is it?#
Thematrian1 (9:57:30 PM): #Couldn't tell. Roughly man-sized; I'm going to get the super-speed started.#
Thematrian1 (9:58:07 PM): ::glub glub glub:: "Speed us through these waters."
MilesMk1 (9:58:46 PM): #Not awakened, though? Was it visible astrally?#
Umbrafer (9:59:00 PM): The Ork looks like he's trying to get a start on the super-speed before you even say that. Afterwards, only his lack of swimming ability causes you to outpace him.
Umbrafer (9:59:56 PM): A very short time later, you reach the far shore.
Thematrian1 (10:00:09 PM): #Me first#
Thematrian1 (10:00:17 PM): I poke my head out. Are we in roughly the right place?
Umbrafer (10:00:55 PM): Roughly.
Umbrafer (10:01:02 PM): You're maybe a hundred meters off.
Thematrian1 (10:01:22 PM): sights? enemies? Danger?
Thematrian1 (10:01:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 1 3 2 2
Umbrafer (10:01:44 PM): No sign, aside from a few startled squirrels.
Thematrian1 (10:01:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (10:02:09 PM): #I scared the squirrels, but other that things look good.#
Thematrian1 (10:02:15 PM): I get up out of the water.
MilesMk1 (10:02:24 PM): #Let's hope we got out clean.#
Umbrafer (10:02:41 PM): The Ork emerges from the water after you.
Umbrafer (10:02:49 PM): "Glub glub glub glub glub glub!"
Umbrafer (10:02:55 PM): Water pours from his mouth as he speaks.
Thematrian1 (10:02:57 PM): I spit water at him.
Thematrian1 (10:03:14 PM): "See? All their security, worth exactly zero."
Umbrafer (10:03:30 PM): He bends over, exhaling deeply. Water pours out.
Umbrafer (10:03:59 PM): "What the fuck was that thing?"
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MilesMk1 (10:04:30 PM): "What thing? Under the water?"
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Thematrian1 (10:05:44 PM): "Which thing? There were several."
MilesMk1 (10:06:00 PM): (Really hope we didn't get busted at the last minute by some security spirit...)
Umbrafer (10:06:03 PM): "The… "
Umbrafer (10:06:12 PM): "It looked like catfish."
Umbrafer (10:06:21 PM): "It was bigger than me…"
Thematrian1 (10:06:44 PM): "Oh, that."
Thematrian1 (10:07:20 PM): "They're not dangerous to humans, unless you're drowning already."
Thematrian1 (10:07:29 PM): #I didn't see it, for the record.#
Umbrafer (10:07:50 PM): He looks unconvinced, and shifts up slightly to be standing out of the water.
MilesMk1 (10:09:40 PM): #So yo don't know what it actually was?#
Thematrian1 (10:10:05 PM): #Haven't a clue. Almost certainly not security, but we were down deep; all kinds of funny stuff down there.#
MilesMk1 (10:10:34 PM): #By the way, I suggest you check out his deck before we part ways, just to make sure he is who he says he is... and to have a handle on him if we need one.#
Thematrian1 (10:10:57 PM): #Good plan. If I jack in and catch fire, please kill him.#
Umbrafer (10:10:58 PM): (Indeed. I'll add that it's very difficult to swim anywhere but near the bottom while breathing water, at least until you get pretty deep.)
Thematrian1 (10:11:07 PM): (Pressure too low?)
Thematrian1 (10:11:21 PM): (Past a certain point, it's probably too hard to exhale)
Umbrafer (10:11:29 PM): (Buoyancy. Instead of air you've got water bringing your average density crashing down.)
Umbrafer (10:11:35 PM): (And yes, that's probably true.)
Umbrafer (10:11:41 PM): (Crashing up, rather)
Thematrian1 (10:11:44 PM): (Ah, indeed)
Umbrafer (10:13:04 PM): Anyway. Actions?
Thematrian1 (10:13:18 PM): Where's the ork's bag? In the waterproof dealie?
MilesMk1 (10:13:22 PM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (10:13:39 PM): Cool. I take the waterproof dealie.
Umbrafer (10:14:36 PM): Waterproof dealie is taken.
MilesMk1 (10:14:49 PM): I get my shock gloves back on, and watch the ork.
Thematrian1 (10:14:53 PM): I take his deck out, holding out a hand to ward him off.
Thematrian1 (10:15:11 PM): (pre-emptively)
Thematrian1 (10:15:18 PM): "Relax. I'm just checking your story."
Umbrafer (10:15:28 PM): There is no deck in his bag. There is a collection of other electronic gear, though.
Thematrian1 (10:15:59 PM): uh huh. Could any of it have broken the security I didn't encounter?
MilesMk1 (10:16:29 PM): Could he have just jacked in to the terminal and disabled the security without a deck?
Umbrafer (10:16:57 PM): Could any of /it/, per se, no. The latter he could have done, and there is a small portable computer he could have used in there.
Umbrafer (10:17:21 PM): He starts, then in response to your warding-off: "at least get away from the water?"
Umbrafer (10:17:36 PM): He looks somewhat nervous.
MilesMk1 (10:17:47 PM): And it is a viable way of doing it, when you have access to a jackpoint on the inside, like he/we did?
MilesMk1 (10:17:59 PM): "You can step out of the water, but no sudden movements."
Umbrafer (10:18:24 PM): He's already done that. He's more requestiong that Gem do so with his presumably water-sensitive gear.
Umbrafer (10:18:32 PM): (Did it after the catfish thing)
Thematrian1 (10:18:35 PM): I examine some things, then saunter out.
MilesMk1 (10:18:54 PM): Oh. Scratch that line, then.
Umbrafer (10:19:39 PM): Looks like a sequencer, small subset of an electronics kit, a baggie containing items such as those you were given to install, and other miscellany.
Umbrafer (10:20:42 PM): The small computer and an assortment of OMCs are also there.
Thematrian1 (10:20:53 PM): I don't steal his OMCs
Umbrafer (10:21:00 PM): One of them has a Jolly Roger on it.
Thematrian1 (10:21:09 PM): I don't steal that one either.
Thematrian1 (10:21:11 PM): Instead, I give him his bag back.
Umbrafer (10:21:41 PM): Done. He accepts it gratefully.
Thematrian1 (10:23:25 PM): #He's free to go?#
MilesMk1 (10:24:00 PM): #Let's have him wait here while we leave. Tell him we'll have a spirit watch him, and he can leave after ten minutes.#
Thematrian1 (10:24:16 PM): #Fair enough.#
MilesMk1 (10:24:55 PM): *pats the guy down for spare mags for the gun*
Umbrafer (10:25:05 PM): He's got two.
Umbrafer (10:25:22 PM): He also, you note, has a boot knife.
MilesMk1 (10:25:59 PM): Before we leave, I take all the ammo - including ejecting the round in the chamber.
MilesMk1 (10:26:33 PM): I also take his gun and knife, and toss them in the water, but only a couple of feet away from shore.
Umbrafer (10:26:37 PM): You do so. Perception.
Thematrian1 (10:26:39 PM): "We're going to leave now. Sit quietly here for ten minutes, and then you're free to go. I've got one of my invisible friends watching you; try to skip out early and he'll throw you in the lake. Questions?"
MilesMk1 (10:26:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 3 2 3 2
MilesMk1 (10:26:48 PM): Karma
Umbrafer (10:26:58 PM): Roll six
MilesMk1 (10:26:59 PM): (got one left, might as well...)
MilesMk1 (10:27:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 2 3 3 4
MilesMk1 (10:27:06 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 4
MilesMk1 (10:27:15 PM): That's better.
Umbrafer (10:27:27 PM): You notice that the round you took out is explosive. Just straight EX, but explosive nonetheless.
MilesMk1 (10:28:12 PM): But there was no sign of explosive ammo when he fired inside the room, was there?
Umbrafer (10:28:34 PM): There wasn't, although the wall material wasn't that hard. It may have ballooned past the edge of the wall.
MilesMk1 (10:28:48 PM): Wall?
MilesMk1 (10:28:59 PM): Didn't the shots hit the floor as far as I saw?
Umbrafer (10:29:14 PM): Nope, they hit the wall under the bed (assuming that that's where the holes came from)
MilesMk1 (10:29:25 PM): Ah...
MilesMk1 (10:29:46 PM): Shit, I assumed they were in the carpet under the bed.
Umbrafer (10:30:00 PM): If you want to change your moving-the-bed plan based on this, go ahead.
MilesMk1 (10:30:04 PM): I'd have checked the other side of the wall otherwise.
Umbrafer (10:30:11 PM): (Rather, not-moving-the-bed)
Umbrafer (10:30:23 PM): You saw no signs of damage from the outside.
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MilesMk1 (10:32:35 PM): Let's just assume I tried to hide the holes as best as I could (though obviously not with carpet, given the reality)
Umbrafer (10:32:41 PM): *Nods*
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MilesMk1 (10:33:02 PM): "You loaded a silenced gun with explosive rounds?"
Umbrafer (10:33:50 PM): "Needed to not attract attention."
Umbrafer (10:34:05 PM): "Figured anyone I didn't put down in one would attract more attention than the bullet."
Thematrian1 (10:34:07 PM): Gem buries her face in her hands.
MilesMk1 (10:35:08 PM): "Well, obviously no one heard the shots inside the place, but let's just hope they didn't damage something inside the walls that'll attract attention..."
Thematrian1 (10:35:09 PM): Gem unburies, reluctantly.
MilesMk1 (10:35:29 PM): *shakes his head, decamps when Gem's ready to go*
Thematrian1 (10:35:38 PM): Gem's ready
MilesMk1 (10:36:10 PM): *heads out, keeping an eye and an ear on the guy - especially for any suspicious splashing*
MilesMk1 (10:36:49 PM): And if nothing else untoward occurrs, gets in the car and drives us the hell out of here, somewhere we can rest and call Conroy.
Thematrian1 (10:36:55 PM): Amen
Umbrafer (10:37:00 PM): You hear some, but turn to find that he's sitting down and chucking pebbles into the lake.
Umbrafer (10:37:25 PM): Driving?
MilesMk1 (10:37:59 PM): Yep.
Umbrafer (10:38:12 PM): *Vroom*
MilesMk1 (10:38:17 PM): "God, let's hope that worked."
Thematrian1 (10:39:00 PM): "Currents flow as they will. But I think we pulled it off."
Thematrian1 (10:39:21 PM): "If it had to last for a week, I'd be worried."
MilesMk1 (10:39:41 PM): "Let's stop somewhere for coffee, and I'll phone it in, and then we can wait nervously till midnight."
Thematrian1 (10:39:58 PM): "Sounds like fun. Your place or mine?"
MilesMk1 (10:41:38 PM): "I don't know... You don't have a house somewhere by the water, do you?"
Thematrian1 (10:42:01 PM): (I'd guess not?)
Umbrafer (10:42:52 PM): (No clue. Unless you're High or better, Squatter or lower, or way on the outskirts of Seattle, probably not.)
Thematrian1 (10:43:10 PM): Gem shakes her head sadly.
MilesMk1 (10:43:30 PM): "Oh well. I'm perversely tempted to go spend the rest of the day on an actual beach. My place, then?"
Thematrian1 (10:44:10 PM): "On an actual beach, we're a little bit explosed."
Thematrian1 (10:44:14 PM): exposed
Thematrian1 (10:44:19 PM): although, I guess it would follow
Umbrafer (10:44:29 PM): (Freudian slip for "exploded" there? ;) )
MilesMk1 (10:44:33 PM): "True. Didn't say it was a good idea."
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Umbrafer (10:46:01 PM): Anyway. Where are you headed in the near instant?
Thematrian1 (10:46:17 PM): Have we called Conroy?
Umbrafer (10:46:51 PM): Not yet.
MilesMk1 (10:46:54 PM): A cofee shop. Then a stuffer shack, to get a disposeable phone and call Conroy, I propose.
MilesMk1 (10:47:20 PM): Unless we want to brave Stuffer Shack coffee, in which case, we get it done in one go.
Thematrian1 (10:47:43 PM): Coming off of a big job? Oh hell no
Umbrafer (10:48:37 PM): You won't need to drink Stuffer Shack coffee for weeks. Months, even.
Thematrian1 (10:49:35 PM): Times are good
MilesMk1 (10:50:00 PM): Ok. Decent coffee, then a phone, then I call Conroy.
Umbrafer (10:50:29 PM): Done and done. The coffee is delicious.
Umbrafer (10:50:34 PM): *Ring ring*
Umbrafer (10:50:38 PM): *Click* "Hello?"
MilesMk1 (10:50:45 PM): (Which might have been a bad name to give a fixer, all things considering, but I just fnished reading Neuromancer and it came to mind...)
MilesMk1 (10:50:57 PM): "Hey, it's Glitch."
Thematrian1 (10:51:13 PM): (Hah. The whole thing took an hour and a half, tops. We rule)
Umbrafer (10:51:27 PM): "Glitch! What news?"
MilesMk1 (10:52:52 PM): "We're done - had a slight hitch when it turned out the place was overbooked, but we got it squared away."
Umbrafer (10:54:03 PM): There's a pause, he decides not to ask. "Wonderful, I can't thank you enough."
Umbrafer (10:54:21 PM): "When do you want to pick up your pay?"
MilesMk1 (10:55:26 PM): "Don't take it as a sing of a lack of confidence in our work, but as soon as possible would be good... You never know with these things. We can take care of the rest tomorrow, when you've had a chance to check on it."
Thematrian1 (10:55:31 PM): (If I can hear that) "Before midnight today."
MilesMk1 (10:56:18 PM): as a sign
Umbrafer (10:56:39 PM): "I can give you the half any time, but the rest can't come before tomorrow. You know how it is."
MilesMk1 (10:57:01 PM): "Yeah, I understand. When and where, then?"
Umbrafer (10:57:57 PM): "Yew and Greenwood, Bellevue in an hour?"
Umbrafer (10:59:21 PM): "Or the same place tomorrow noon if you'd rather get it all at once."
MilesMk1 (11:00:02 PM): "I'll see you in an hour, then."
Thematrian1 (11:00:26 PM): (Once he's hung up) "Where?"
Umbrafer (11:00:46 PM): "See you then. Oh, by the way, I bet you're tired but if you're looking for another job I've got a connection. Figured I'd give you first crack as a thank-you."
Thematrian1 (11:01:11 PM): (Oh God, at least give us a night's sleep)
MilesMk1 (11:01:23 PM): "Hah... It doesn't need to be done right away, does it?"
Umbrafer (11:02:00 PM): "Pretty sure not. The guy wants to find a team and meet fast, but I think it's at least a week off."
MilesMk1 (11:02:01 PM): *tells Gem where we're meeting once he hangs up*
MilesMk1 (11:03:22 PM): "Well, work's always good, but after this, we really need a day of downtime before getting into anything."
Thematrian1 (11:03:33 PM): "Agreed."
Thematrian1 (11:03:45 PM): oh, never mind
Umbrafer (11:03:48 PM): "I understand. Thanks again, and I'll see you in an hour."
Umbrafer (11:03:53 PM): *Click*
MilesMk1 (11:03:58 PM): Well, you'd still hear me say it, so you can respond. :)
MilesMk1 (11:04:47 PM): *unless something comes up, leisurely finishes the coffee before driving over to the meet*
Thematrian1 (11:05:12 PM): sip sip sip, drive drive drive?
Umbrafer (11:05:41 PM): Done.
Umbrafer (11:06:21 PM): The meet location's another park. Conroy's there, walking a very large dog.
MilesMk1 (11:07:09 PM): #Should I tell him about the ork, do you think? Just to see if he's one of those clowns he booked?#
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MilesMk1 (11:07:48 PM): I could take that as a "no" but I think I'll just wait.
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Thematrian1 (11:08:35 PM): #Seems best#
MilesMk1 (11:09:47 PM): *gets out to meet Conroy*
MilesMk1 (11:10:16 PM): "Hey there."
Umbrafer (11:10:25 PM): He waves at you cheerfully, if tiredly. You suspect he's gotten less sleep than you have.
MilesMk1 (11:10:57 PM): "About that over-booking I mentioned on the phone..."
Umbrafer (11:11:25 PM): He looks up from digging out a small bag
Umbrafer (11:12:11 PM): "Yes?"
Umbrafer (11:12:37 PM): He hands the bag to you. It's brown paper, somewhat greasy, and feels like it contains a small bundle of credsticks.
MilesMk1 (11:12:54 PM): "We ran into a strange ork inside the bungalow. Didn't know who he was, so we quietly restrained him and questioned him - he seemed to have been a part of that earlier group who got themselves into trouble..."
Thematrian1 (11:13:31 PM): "All the checkable facts matched up."
MilesMk1 (11:13:36 PM): "Anyway, we did the job, got ourselves and him out of there so he wouldn't get caught and compromise the whole thing, then gave him a kick in the ass and let him loose."
Umbrafer (11:14:17 PM): He breathes heavily. "Yeah, the tech guy wasn't accounted for. Guess he is now."
MilesMk1 (11:14:57 PM): "Ah, good. I had a nagging worry he'd turn out to be a third party."
Umbrafer (11:16:02 PM): "I hope not. Doesn't sound like it."
MilesMk1 (11:16:11 PM): *takes bag* "Thanks."
MilesMk1 (11:16:50 PM): "He looked like <description> and had some of the same gear as what we installed, so..."
Umbrafer (11:17:22 PM): "Don't worry, we'll take care of him."
MilesMk1 (11:17:37 PM): "Anyway, you'll give me a call tomrrow, about the rest of it?" *holds up crossed fingers*
Umbrafer (11:17:43 PM): "By the way, if you want that other job the number's on a chip in the bag."
Thematrian1 (11:18:03 PM): ::yawns delicately behind her hand, even though it's mid-afternoon::
Umbrafer (11:18:05 PM): "Yeah, I will. If you don't hear from me, it didn't go well." He give a weak smile.
MilesMk1 (11:18:27 PM): "Don't be too hard on him... He didn't seem to be doing too badly, truth be told."
Thematrian1 (11:19:01 PM): "He was a good boy on the way out."
Umbrafer (11:19:21 PM): He chuckles. "Not like that. We just need the stuff back."
MilesMk1 (11:20:06 PM): "Ah, right. Sorry, it's been a long couple of days. See you tomorrow, hopefully." *waves*
Umbrafer (11:20:24 PM): He waves back, stifling a yawn himself.
MilesMk1 (11:20:53 PM): *waits to see if Gem wants to add anything, then books*
Thematrian1 (11:21:10 PM): I've got nothing to add
Umbrafer (11:21:48 PM): You book.
Umbrafer (11:22:01 PM): Actions?
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Umbrafer (11:22:11 PM): Other than that.
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Umbrafer (11:24:47 PM): Actions?
MilesMk1 (11:24:50 PM): Pick up some good take-out, then head home for some well-deserved rest?
Thematrian1 (11:25:18 PM): no midnight death-watch?
MilesMk1 (11:25:27 PM): Well, that too.
MilesMk1 (11:25:55 PM): But we can rest as we wait for midnight, and occasionally flip through the news to see if any nuclear plants blow up.
Thematrian1 (11:26:19 PM): sounds like a plan
Umbrafer (11:26:46 PM): You do so. Dusk comes.
Umbrafer (11:26:53 PM): (What sort of takeout, out of interest?)
Umbrafer (11:27:00 PM): The news covers nothing in particular interesting.
Umbrafer (11:27:20 PM): Hours pass. There's some sort of scandal at Seattle General.
Umbrafer (11:27:42 PM): Apparently one of the employees was selling bits marked for incineration to ghouls.
Umbrafer (11:27:56 PM): Midnight comes.
Thematrian1 (11:28:09 PM): ::bates breath::
Umbrafer (11:28:14 PM): Nothing happens, the news continues as previously. Actions/
MilesMk1 (11:28:15 PM): (I feel like barbeque.)
Umbrafer (11:28:17 PM): *?
MilesMk1 (11:28:49 PM): I think we should give it another hour, and then get some sleep...
Thematrian1 (11:29:01 PM): Give it an hour, then give up and...yes, that.
Umbrafer (11:29:08 PM): 12:15 comes and goes.
Umbrafer (11:29:17 PM): Perception.
Umbrafer (11:29:24 PM): (Modified for exhaustion, I'll warn you.)
Thematrian1 (11:29:31 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 3 3 5 3
MilesMk1 (11:29:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 6 3 3 6
MilesMk1 (11:29:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 5
Umbrafer (11:30:18 PM): At 12:20, the lights flicker ever so slightly. Glitch notices this. If Gem notices, it's at some subconscious level.
Umbrafer (11:31:04 PM): More time passes.
MilesMk1 (11:31:31 PM): "Well, the lights flickered. Should we take that as an ominous sign?"
Thematrian1 (11:31:55 PM): "Maybe a little. There was a power plant downstream of our monitoring station, wasn't there?"
MilesMk1 (11:32:47 PM): "Yep. Nuclear, wasn't it?"
Thematrian1 (11:33:18 PM): "So, Glitch, who exactly powers your apartment?"
MilesMk1 (11:33:37 PM): "I'm sure they just needed power off somewhere... After all, there's no money in irradiating all of Seattle..."
Thematrian1 (11:34:16 PM): "Not everyone works for money. But if it was that, the lights would be off."
MilesMk1 (11:34:23 PM): "Uh... Whoever it is that sells power to that supermarket down the block."
Umbrafer (11:34:54 PM): At 12:37 the power dies for a full three seconds, then sputters on coming back up.
MilesMk1 (11:35:07 PM): "Interesting..."
Umbrafer (11:35:23 PM): By the time thirty seconds have passed everything appears to be back to normal, but it was a sustained glitch.
MilesMk1 (11:35:47 PM): "You know, I bet if we hadn't been so tired, it'd have occurred to us to check to see if Conroy was leaving town."
Thematrian1 (11:36:36 PM): Gem thumps her head slowly against the wall.
Thematrian1 (11:37:10 PM): I jack in and check out the city power grid, if possible. Who's feeding Glitch's apartment?
Umbrafer (11:37:37 PM): Shiawase, but a different plant from the one down the tunnel from you.
Umbrafer (11:37:49 PM): Roll…
Umbrafer (11:37:51 PM): Hm.
MilesMk1 (11:38:00 PM): (BTW, I just pulled the line about stealing power out of my ass, but it seems like the sort of thing I'd do, doesn't it? I bet I have free cable too. ;P)
Umbrafer (11:38:04 PM): Roll whatever you consider most reasonable for understanding a power grid.
Thematrian1 (11:38:14 PM): uh...Intelligence?
Thematrian1 (11:38:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 2 3 4 1
Umbrafer (11:38:18 PM): (Hehehe)
Umbrafer (11:38:20 PM): (It does.)
Thematrian1 (11:38:21 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (11:38:25 PM): 8 4
Umbrafer (11:39:08 PM): It is close enough to the station down the tunnel's grid that it might pick up the slack should something happen to SDtT
Thematrian1 (11:39:25 PM): SDtT?
Umbrafer (11:39:50 PM): Station Down the Tunnel.
Thematrian1 (11:40:02 PM): ah
Thematrian1 (11:40:11 PM): unjack
Umbrafer (11:40:27 PM): *Vzoop*
Thematrian1 (11:40:41 PM): "We're on another grid, but it's adjacent. If something bad happened to the station we worked with, our grid might pick up the slack."
Umbrafer (11:41:07 PM): When the trid reboots there's a news item on the outage. It apparently affected most of the city, but not much is said about actual causes.
Umbrafer (11:41:39 PM): They take the opportunity to do a number of human-interest pieces on the effects, with two interviews with people close to people who suffered dump shock due to them.
MilesMk1 (11:42:10 PM): "That's never bad enough to be lethal, is it?"
Thematrian1 (11:42:58 PM): She shakes her head. "Bad headache, nasty twelve hours at most."
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Thematrian1 (11:45:48 PM): We wait?
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Umbrafer (11:46:11 PM): The trid eventually moves on to some other topic.
MilesMk1 (11:46:26 PM): So, no mass deaths caused by the outage. Good.
Umbrafer (11:46:35 PM): Unless you do something else, that's where we break tonight.
Thematrian1 (11:46:51 PM): indeed
MilesMk1 (11:47:02 PM): It's probably a bit late to make an appointment to arrange cosmetic surgery, so I guess I'll just crash.
Umbrafer (11:47:09 PM): Hehehe
Thematrian1 (11:47:25 PM): Gem says goodbye to Gem and goes home.
Umbrafer (11:47:36 PM): Leaving self behind?
Thematrian1 (11:48:07 PM): s/Gem/Glitch/2
MilesMk1 (11:48:17 PM): Glitch offers Gem a ride, but doesn't insist if it's declined.
MilesMk1 (11:48:36 PM): Then falls asleep after setting his security system.
MilesMk1 (11:48:43 PM): See you guys Tuesday?
Thematrian1 (11:48:44 PM): I take him up on it, to within a few blockss
Thematrian1 (11:48:47 PM): Tuesday
Umbrafer (11:48:51 PM): Perception right qucik.
Umbrafer (11:48:54 PM): *quick.
MilesMk1 (11:48:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 3 3 6
MilesMk1 (11:49:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (11:49:04 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (11:49:07 PM): 14
Thematrian1 (11:49:23 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 4 5 6 1
Thematrian1 (11:49:27 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (11:49:30 PM): 8
Umbrafer (11:49:50 PM): Glitch catches a glimpse of something in the shadows in one of the alleys as he passes by. Gem notices that it appears to be holding a cluster of balloons.
Umbrafer (11:50:01 PM): When you look again, there's nothing there.
Umbrafer (11:50:05 PM): Tuesday.
MilesMk1 (11:50:22 PM): I think we did good work...
Thematrian1 (11:50:29 PM): I think you're right.
Thematrian1 (11:50:36 PM): let's hope we were working for
Thematrian1 (11:50:38 PM): well
Thematrian1 (11:50:39 PM): not the good guys
Thematrian1 (11:50:42 PM): that's a lot to ask
MilesMk1 (11:50:50 PM): Someone not entirely evil?
Thematrian1 (11:51:22 PM): let's hope whatever evil our employers perpetrated through us doesn't impinge on us personally
MilesMk1 (11:51:31 PM): Right.
MilesMk1 (11:52:08 PM): Let's hope the guy with the balloons doesn't decide to punish us for being naughty and wipe us out of existence...
MilesMk1 (11:52:16 PM): And now, really, goodnight.
Thematrian1 (11:52:20 PM): exactly
MilesMk1 (11:52:39 PM): Oh... Can we get karma before Tuesday, or does that come later? :D
Umbrafer (11:56:16 PM): Ah, karma.
Umbrafer (11:56:23 PM): That's going to come slightly later.
Umbrafer (11:56:36 PM): It'll come within the day, in-game, barring major unforseen events.
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MilesMk1 (11:56:54 PM): I guess you wouldn't want us to use the amount we get to guess if we suceeded or not. ;)
MilesMk1 (11:57:01 PM): Ok, night, all.
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terminal handle (11:57:33 PM): Cameo appearance by Scavengers. The crowd goes wild.
Umbrafer (11:58:15 PM): Woo! *Cheer*
Umbrafer (11:58:21 PM): They were doubting.
Umbrafer (11:58:28 PM): Doubting Thomases.
terminal handle (11:58:30 PM): For my next trick I will eat Jon.
Umbrafer (11:58:36 PM): I told them to put their fingers in my wound.
Umbrafer (11:58:39 PM): They said I was weird.
terminal handle (11:58:40 PM): Thank you, everyone, and good night!
Umbrafer (11:58:42 PM): And to stop scaring them.
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