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Dragcrell (8:54:25 PM): lol some ones been reading or watching old naval books/movies
MilesMk1 (8:54:39 PM): Silence fore and aft!
MilesMk1 (8:55:11 PM): Yeah, I might not be able to talk like a pirate, but a little longer and I'll be able to talk like a 19th century British naval captain...
Dragcrell (8:55:38 PM): ya your doing good so far ^_^
Umbrafer (8:55:59 PM): Talk Like A 19th Century British Naval Captain Day may have difficulty taking off.
Thematrian1 (8:56:08 PM): heh. Once I've found a 19th-century-naval-to-English-dictionary, I'll be sure to do whatever it is you told me ot
Dragcrell (8:57:11 PM): cheater lol :P
Thematrian1 (8:58:02 PM): so, uh...anyone heard from either of our stray lambs?
Umbrafer (8:58:34 PM): Nay. *Digs for foon*
Umbrafer (8:58:46 PM): Ready the fatted calf, in case one of them comes in.
Dragcrell (8:58:50 PM): ya >_> I would like to see what happens ^_^ and see if SC gets to play or not ;3
Umbrafer (9:00:13 PM): (Though unless you've plans I'm not aware of, you may want to consider Gedeon to be out for this run—I don't really see him joining it (again, barring plans I'm not aware of) and it would increase our p-1 hit rate)
Thematrian1 (9:00:32 PM): (If Gedeon shows up, I have a plan for him back at base)
Thematrian1 (9:00:35 PM): (If not, not)
Dragcrell (9:01:05 PM): (well thats kinda disapointing tho -_- he did make thaings mmmmmmmm Intresting
Thematrian1 (9:01:23 PM): what were you guys' plans?
Dragcrell (9:02:03 PM): *shruges* I dont make or have plans for work days lol so I'm here untill at lest 10
Umbrafer (9:02:18 PM): I was moving to be able to cut off anyone leaving the park
Thematrian1 (9:02:19 PM): I meant in game
Thematrian1 (9:02:36 PM): Jon: roll Intelligence for Alex
Umbrafer (9:02:43 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 4 4 4 2 5
Umbrafer (9:02:45 PM): Ow.
Dragcrell (9:02:51 PM): oh looking around and seeing what I can find
Umbrafer (9:02:51 PM): Hm
Umbrafer (9:02:57 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 2-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (9:03:27 PM): Karma would reroll all?
Thematrian1 (9:03:56 PM): hm. What're you at for wound mods?
Umbrafer (9:04:20 PM): Effectively M (+2/-2)
Thematrian1 (9:04:50 PM): check
Thematrian1 (9:05:00 PM): you have no successes
Umbrafer (9:06:22 PM): Karma.
Umbrafer (9:06:24 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 4 4 6 6 4 3 1
Umbrafer (9:06:28 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 5 5
Umbrafer (9:06:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (9:06:33 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:06:38 PM): (A karma point well-spent.)
Thematrian1 (9:06:41 PM): wait
Thematrian1 (9:06:46 PM): roll cursed karma
Umbrafer (9:06:49 PM): !
Umbrafer (9:06:51 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:06:53 PM): Whew
Thematrian1 (9:06:55 PM): ok, all's well
Dragcrell (9:06:58 PM): ( lol)
Thematrian1 (9:07:57 PM): You only spotted one entrance to the garage: the ramp, which was clearly meant only for cars. You didn't see any elevators or such when you were down there, but they must exist and there aren't any other exit-points in the parking
Thematrian1 (9:08:00 PM): lot
Umbrafer (9:08:47 PM): So to be clear, I'm reasonably certain that there's only one ramp?
Thematrian1 (9:09:23 PM): yes. You didn't search the garage in detail, but there aren't any other places where it could come out, unless one of these office/hotel combos is secretly a garage or something
Umbrafer (9:10:28 PM): And do I have a reasonable idea of what the above-ground footprint (headprint?) of the garage would be, that is to say the areas where stairs/elevators could potentially be?
Thematrian1 (9:10:47 PM): no. You can scout around with your kimji some more if you like, though
Umbrafer (9:11:59 PM): Going to sit on it for thirty seconds, scanning for signatures emerging from the hole, then reactivate the Kimji and dump whatever it has recorded.
Umbrafer (9:12:11 PM): Dumping it to the inside of the van so everyone can hear, not that I think anyone else has Russian.
Umbrafer (9:13:21 PM): Jumping into the Kimji at that time and listening.
Umbrafer (9:13:26 PM): Active sensors for the van:
Umbrafer (9:13:28 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 5 5
Thematrian1 (9:14:23 PM): footsteps footsteps footsteps quiet footsteps ding! Silence. ding!
Thematrian1 (9:14:36 PM): no visuals; you were under a parked car
Umbrafer (9:15:14 PM): I didn't actually have the Kimji recording visual, for exactly that reason.
Thematrian1 (9:15:20 PM): that's right
Umbrafer (9:15:22 PM): Did I get a direction on the footsteps?
Thematrian1 (9:15:46 PM): away from the Kimji. Beyond that, no; the garage is too big and echo-y
Umbrafer (9:16:11 PM): Jumped into the Kimji. Listening.
Umbrafer (9:16:14 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 6 1 1 1 4 2 5
Umbrafer (9:16:17 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
Umbrafer (9:16:21 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (9:16:25 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (9:16:49 PM): Also scanning for active things (EM emission, meaningful heat emission, etc.)
Umbrafer (9:16:51 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (9:17:13 PM): Ok, we'll play with just us. If Adam shows up, he can play too, of course
MilesMk1 (9:17:36 PM): Naturally.
Thematrian1 (9:17:36 PM): Active scan has nothing, listening picks up no new information.
Umbrafer (9:18:00 PM): Scooting to the edge of the car and taking a look.
Thematrian1 (9:18:58 PM): someone's killed the flourescent lights in the last few minutes. Does the kimji do ultrasound?
Umbrafer (9:19:59 PM): Minimal-level ultrasound is done by Rating 0 sensors; ultrasound as such it unaddressed at higher levels, but is presumably present to some level. What it definitely has for darkvision is… *dig*
Thematrian1 (9:20:33 PM): Meanwhile: Blake and SC are just hanging out?
MilesMk1 (9:20:45 PM): Mhmm... Good question.
Dragcrell (9:21:07 PM): nope I'm looking about seeing what I can find
Umbrafer (9:21:23 PM): "Proximity detectors, rangefinders, video (but not trideo) cameras, basic radar, signature-recognition software, and low-light and telescopic magnification."
MilesMk1 (9:22:24 PM): I'm just looking around for now as well - it'd be a waste of Alex' effort to get out of the car and start walking around in plain sight, just yet.
Thematrian1 (9:22:51 PM): ok. Your basic radar is enough to not run into walls, but you've got about enough resolution to distinguish cars from pillars
Thematrian1 (9:23:06 PM): it's dark. There are walls
Umbrafer (9:23:12 PM): Not enough light for low-light?
Thematrian1 (9:23:16 PM): no
Umbrafer (9:23:30 PM): Alea jacta est… firing up the infrared spotlight.
Umbrafer (9:23:55 PM): (Which, bizarrely, works for low-light as well. Don't ask.)
Umbrafer (9:24:10 PM): Listening for a reaction.
Thematrian1 (9:24:21 PM): roll it
Umbrafer (9:24:28 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 5 2 3 2 6 3 5
Umbrafer (9:24:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 2
Umbrafer (9:24:43 PM): 6, 6, 3, 3
Dragcrell (9:24:59 PM): ( mmm could be that they use the low-light systems to boost the IR bounce back for the IR system to get)
Thematrian1 (9:24:59 PM): no change.
Thematrian1 (9:25:21 PM): ok then. There's a single vehicle, noticably nicer than the other junkers, about twenty meters away. It's in about the same place that the voices were coming from. No people within sight
Umbrafer (9:25:35 PM): What does it look like?
Thematrian1 (9:26:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 1 5 4 1
Thematrian1 (9:26:28 PM): It's a Freewind, a cheap knockoff of the americar, if you can imagine such a thing
Umbrafer (9:26:28 PM): Also, is there another junker between me and it?
Umbrafer (9:26:32 PM): Heh
Thematrian1 (9:27:01 PM): no
Thematrian1 (9:27:15 PM): there's a pillar that occludes the hood and part of the nearest front door
Umbrafer (9:28:11 PM): Ok. My movements are going to follow the general pattern of "turn spotlight on, observe, turn spotlight off, move". Spotlight is staying on only long enough for me to see what I'm looking at. Are the windows opaque?
Thematrian1 (9:28:50 PM): yes
Umbrafer (9:30:50 PM): (Sorry, I got caught up in the bullshit.) Flying to behind the pillar, taking a look around with the spotlight on near the floor, then moving to near the ceiling with it off.
Thematrian1 (9:31:58 PM): Done and done. It's a Freewind, all right.
Umbrafer (9:32:32 PM): Any signs of occupation? (signs o
Umbrafer (9:32:41 PM): (Signs of body being pressed down under weight, etc.)
Thematrian1 (9:32:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 5 1 2 5
Thematrian1 (9:32:54 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (9:33:01 PM): no
Umbrafer (9:33:18 PM): Did I see anything that looked like an elevator when I looked around?
Thematrian1 (9:33:55 PM): no. You've seen less than half of this level at this point, though
Umbrafer (9:34:17 PM): How far away was the "ding"?
Thematrian1 (9:34:57 PM): hard to say
Umbrafer (9:35:04 PM): *Nods*
Thematrian1 (9:35:45 PM): probably not from the car
Umbrafer (9:35:55 PM): Yeah, I guessed that :)
Umbrafer (9:36:12 PM): Do I have a direction?
Thematrian1 (9:36:28 PM): no
MilesMk1 (9:36:55 PM): Uh... Are there any sings with "elevators" on them?
MilesMk1 (9:36:59 PM): signs
MilesMk1 (9:37:10 PM): There usually are, in parking garages...
Thematrian1 (9:37:15 PM): neither signs nor signs
MilesMk1 (9:37:26 PM): Vandalizing bastards!
Thematrian1 (9:37:49 PM): heh
Umbrafer (9:38:04 PM): Ah well. Moving to the… Right, if I'm facing the Freewind. Moving to the nearest non-Freewind cover.
Thematrian1 (9:39:50 PM): ok. This gives you a view of the other half of the garage. In a brief burst of IR you spot some elevator doors; the elevator is emitting no light.
Thematrian1 (9:40:04 PM): Its neon sign has been crudely disconnected, with a sledgehammer by the look of things
Umbrafer (9:40:26 PM): Can I estimate the emergence point?
Thematrian1 (9:40:55 PM): of what?
Umbrafer (9:41:59 PM): The elevator
Umbrafer (9:42:03 PM): Assuming it moves straight up
Thematrian1 (9:42:36 PM): oh. Yes, easily
Dragcrell (9:42:50 PM): (off hand can I get a reffrence point of where I'm standing in relation to the van?)
Thematrian1 (9:43:02 PM): It's one of the vaguely run-down office building/hotels that are so prevalent here
Umbrafer (9:43:44 PM): *Tosses the building up on the van monitor* #They could be coming out over there.#
MilesMk1 (9:44:40 PM): "Or going in there."
Dragcrell (9:44:50 PM): *looks at the monitor* "what makes you think they even know this "Deadeye" fellow?"
MilesMk1 (9:45:13 PM): "It'd be a pretty secure way of entering it, if they blocked all other entrances."
MilesMk1 (9:45:59 PM): "Because he seems to want to establish himself as king of these parts, and was seen in the area. Any local thugs would have to know about him."
Dragcrell (9:47:07 PM): *nods* "mmm not all "entrrrances" can be easly blocked if you know how to use them that is." purrrs softly
MilesMk1 (9:47:46 PM): "I don't really care about Deadeye, I care about my friend... Judging by that crater, we could hardly happen to a nicer bunch of guys, but we really don't have the time or ammo to shoot every razorboy that has it coming."
MilesMk1 (9:48:12 PM): "You talking about climbing the walls? Sewer access? That kind of thing?"
Dragcrell (9:48:55 PM): "yes walls and why shoot to loud hurrrts earrs and alerrrts otherrrs betterrr to use knifes."
MilesMk1 (9:50:42 PM): "Hmm... Well, do you think you could get a look inside the place without anyone noticing? It's broad daylight, and no matter how good you are, you'll stand out on the wall of a building..."
Umbrafer (9:51:11 PM): (But who will notice a large predatory cat in the middle of Chicago? Not that we know that :) )
MilesMk1 (9:51:25 PM): BTW, I start fiddling with the electronic warfare gear we got from the satanists at Jeremy's place - I want to see if I could make it pick up other local frequencies.
Thematrian1 (9:51:35 PM): roll Electronics
MilesMk1 (9:51:41 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 3 5 1 6
MilesMk1 (9:51:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:51:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:51:55 PM): Haha! The Blake factor strikes again.
MilesMk1 (9:52:09 PM): I might be slow, but I'm an Electronics genius. :)
Thematrian1 (9:52:14 PM): Yeah, I think it's earned its own name by now
Dragcrell (9:52:24 PM): "maby allyway wall orrr use otherrr building and go frrrom rrroof to rrroof no meny loook up."
Umbrafer (9:52:36 PM): I would try, but I'd get all ones with my higher skill x.x
Thematrian1 (9:53:16 PM): Fascinating. One of the modules does electronic warfare, though it's running some software you don't recognize. The other is a plug-and-play encryption module, and not a cheap one.
MilesMk1 (9:53:49 PM): Encryption... Could I use it to encrypt my radio?
MilesMk1 (9:54:18 PM): And still be able to communicate with Alex.
Thematrian1 (9:54:18 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (9:54:27 PM): Yes again.
MilesMk1 (9:55:05 PM): Hah! I can transduce again! I do so, but keep track of how the two modules were connected, in case I wanted to recreate the setup.
Dragcrell (9:55:07 PM): "what otherrr buildings look arrround that one?" *pointing to the monitor*
MilesMk1 (9:56:06 PM): #Any luck tracking them down, Alex?#
Umbrafer (9:56:59 PM): Going to do a more thorough scan of the elevator emergence spot with the van sensors.
Umbrafer (9:57:00 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 3 2 6 6
Umbrafer (9:57:03 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
Thematrian1 (9:58:48 PM): ok. It's definitely a building, the walls are quite solid. The one set of doors visible from your position is tinted, but there are no heat signatures within. It's nine stories high, which puts it about average for this area
Umbrafer (10:00:02 PM): #None.#
MilesMk1 (10:00:19 PM): #I think I ought to go in there, and take a look at their car.#
Umbrafer (10:00:39 PM): Back to the Kimji. Is there any opening in the elevator door?
Thematrian1 (10:01:16 PM): No. The doors are sealed shut. There is a set of elevator buttons off to one side
Umbrafer (10:02:20 PM): Going to explore around the garage a bit more.
Thematrian1 (10:02:26 PM): emitting no light, in keeping with the general theme
Umbrafer (10:02:27 PM): #Not a bad idea.#
Dragcrell (10:02:30 PM): *sits and studys the building on the monitor* "That wise to do? could be waiting forrr you to do that."
Thematrian1 (10:02:45 PM): All right. There's the ramp up, a ramp down, eight cars in various stages of beater-ness, plus the Freewind
MilesMk1 (10:03:08 PM): *smiles* "And they could have a sniper on the roof, waiting for climbers."
MilesMk1 (10:03:49 PM): "There are no guarantees in this line of work, but I'm usually pretty hard to ambush."
MilesMk1 (10:04:02 PM): BTW - I assume Rock is in the van with us still, right?
Dragcrell (10:04:03 PM): "trrrue but might not climb that one could climb one 3 blocks away and jump therrre as well."
MilesMk1 (10:04:07 PM): So Alex won't be all alone.
Thematrian1 (10:04:16 PM): Yes, but his eyes are unfocused. Hard to say what he's doing, or who with.
Thematrian1 (10:04:20 PM): But yes
MilesMk1 (10:04:23 PM): Hmm... Oh well.
Thematrian1 (10:04:25 PM): if something busts in, he'll be there
MilesMk1 (10:04:53 PM): "For all its worth, I think it could be a good idea for you to check the area out from the rooftops, if you think you can do it without any trouble."
MilesMk1 (10:05:14 PM): "While I go take a look at that car."
Dragcrell (10:05:49 PM): *nods* "well take time but yes I can and if I find the.........ones yourrr looking forrr?"
MilesMk1 (10:05:56 PM): *stuffs his helmet and a couple of defensive IPE grenades and a concussion IPE grenade in his backpackm leaves his AR behind*
MilesMk1 (10:06:20 PM): "I'm looking for *gives a description of Jerome*. I'd expect him to be held prisoner, maybe hurt."
Dragcrell (10:06:54 PM): "no need forrr otherrrs to be worryed if killed then?"
MilesMk1 (10:06:55 PM): Actually, check that - grenades go into inner jacket pockets.
MilesMk1 (10:07:46 PM): "Not if you have to kill them, but don't go slashing people's throats when you could walk around them..."
MilesMk1 (10:08:36 PM): #Drop me off somewhere close by with at least minimal cover, Alex?#
Dragcrell (10:08:47 PM): "I only kill when needed wast of........enerrrgy."
Umbrafer (10:09:10 PM): #Sure. Pick the spot.#
MilesMk1 (10:09:27 PM): *picks a spot from which he can quickly move to the ramp*
Thematrian1 (10:10:44 PM): Hm. The parkling lot itself is totally open; the few cars are the only things resembling cover
Dragcrell (10:10:56 PM): *gets out and looks for a building thats close and has a farly asluded allyway and head for the roof tops*
Thematrian1 (10:11:08 PM): ok. Stealth from SC
MilesMk1 (10:11:33 PM): So there's an outdoor parking lot, and a ramp to an underground garage?
Dragcrell (10:11:41 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 1 5 4 3
Thematrian1 (10:12:12 PM): The ramp is at the center of the lot, yeah
Thematrian1 (10:12:20 PM): rather odd that no one built the garage up, as well as down
MilesMk1 (10:12:56 PM): Never mind, then... I'll just have Alex put me down somewhere out of sight, and then I'll move in, casing the various cars. If they see me, I'd like to be mistaken for a car thief.
MilesMk1 (10:13:30 PM): I'll watch out for people on rooftops, especially ones with rocket launchers.
Thematrian1 (10:13:58 PM): all right. Perception for Blake
MilesMk1 (10:14:02 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 5 3 3 2
MilesMk1 (10:14:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (10:14:12 PM): 8,5
Thematrian1 (10:15:03 PM): The rooftops are clear. Speaking of: SC, you're in an alley a street away from the target building. What do you do?
Umbrafer (10:15:26 PM): #Let me know if you need some light.#
MilesMk1 (10:15:33 PM): #Will do.#
Dragcrell (10:15:50 PM): *climb up the wall to the roof and look around befor heading to the next roof on the way to the target building*
Thematrian1 (10:16:59 PM): Up the walls you go. The roofs are smooth, broken only by satellite receivers of various kinds, and the gaps between buildings are narrow.
Thematrian1 (10:17:08 PM): Blake: you're at the ramp. Nothing untoward has happened.
Dragcrell (10:17:32 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 1 4 5 2
MilesMk1 (10:18:20 PM): Ok. I head down the ramp, scanning for anything threatening, but still pretending to be interested in the cars.
Thematrian1 (10:18:29 PM): Perception again
MilesMk1 (10:18:41 PM): Working my way over to the pseudo-Americar.
MilesMk1 (10:18:45 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 2 4 6 2
MilesMk1 (10:18:49 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 3
Thematrian1 (10:19:15 PM): that requires you to go down a level
Dragcrell (10:21:06 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 1 5 1 6
Thematrian1 (10:21:07 PM): you reach the Freewind. Your eyelights make your life comparatively easy. Is the Kimji still on this level, Alex?
MilesMk1 (10:21:08 PM): Unless I see any other cars that stand out on this levels, I'll do so.
Dragcrell (10:21:12 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 3
Thematrian1 (10:21:12 PM): you don't
MilesMk1 (10:21:45 PM): I'll first examine it, and try to determine if it's alarmed.
Umbrafer (10:22:07 PM): It is.
Thematrian1 (10:22:58 PM): roll Electronics
MilesMk1 (10:25:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 2 2 5 5
MilesMk1 (10:25:29 PM): I request a light from the drone if necessary.
Thematrian1 (10:25:53 PM): no need; you examine the car carefully and conclude that it is alarmed, and alarmed well
MilesMk1 (10:26:26 PM): Oh... Beyond my ability to deal with? Shock system>
MilesMk1 (10:26:27 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (10:26:43 PM): No shock system. Probably not beyond your abilities, given time.
Thematrian1 (10:26:52 PM): Alex: where's your mind?
MilesMk1 (10:27:03 PM): Out of place for such a (relative) shitbox of a car?
MilesMk1 (10:27:30 PM): #They've got a decent alarm system on it... Let's see what I can do about it.#
Thematrian1 (10:27:34 PM): Yes
MilesMk1 (10:27:45 PM): Curiouser and curiouser.
MilesMk1 (10:27:55 PM): Ok, I'll try to have my way with it.
Thematrian1 (10:28:25 PM): Electronics B/R
MilesMk1 (10:28:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 4 4 2 1
MilesMk1 (10:28:38 PM): Uh... Karma.
Thematrian1 (10:28:45 PM): reroll 5
MilesMk1 (10:28:49 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 5 4 4 5
MilesMk1 (10:28:52 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (10:29:14 PM): Again, I make sure I have the necessary light to work without penalty.
Umbrafer (10:29:58 PM): I provide it, if necessary. In a way that will avoid glare modifiers.
MilesMk1 (10:30:36 PM): I have flare comp. I don't get glare mods, unless looking at a flash-bang or something. :p
MilesMk1 (10:30:48 PM): Or burning thermite...
Thematrian1 (10:32:21 PM): nope, no glare mods.
Thematrian1 (10:32:54 PM): You begin to work patiently. This is going to be slow and painful, but you see a clear path ahead of you. You can do this, it just takes time.
MilesMk1 (10:33:08 PM): Ok.
MilesMk1 (10:33:12 PM): Can't be helped.
Thematrian1 (10:33:24 PM): Alex is in the Kimji?
MilesMk1 (10:35:32 PM): BTW, if it's not too late - I try to work on the side of the car not facing the elevators, if possible.
Umbrafer (10:35:33 PM): Yes. Bouncing back to the van every twenty seconds for a look-see.
Thematrian1 (10:35:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Thematrian1 (10:38:08 PM): ok. On one such bounce-back, you spot an ork with a tremendous sword strapped to his back strolling down the street. He's unhurried, with long blond hair, moving away from the van and the parkling lot
MilesMk1 (10:38:56 PM): ...huh.
Umbrafer (10:39:09 PM): Zooming in. Don't suppose I recognize him?
Umbrafer (10:39:15 PM): #We've got an Ork with a sword up here.#
MilesMk1 (10:39:19 PM): Where the hell were all these people hiding before the lockdown?
Umbrafer (10:39:44 PM): Says the guy who rides around the city in a van with a machine-gun on top
MilesMk1 (10:40:05 PM): ...in a retractable turret. ;)
MilesMk1 (10:40:32 PM): #What's he doing?#
Dragcrell (10:40:59 PM): and that dont question how a 7' huminoid Tigeris has gotten around the city with out a peep from the news about them
Umbrafer (10:41:19 PM): #Maybe it's Neil.#
Umbrafer (10:41:30 PM): Is he wearing a shirt?
Thematrian1 (10:41:59 PM): a jacket, anyway
Thematrian1 (10:42:16 PM): no visible shirt from this angle, but then there wouldn't be one
Umbrafer (10:42:17 PM): Probably not Neil, then.
Umbrafer (10:42:30 PM): Unless the jacket is made of furs.
Thematrian1 (10:43:04 PM): (?)
Umbrafer (10:43:12 PM): (Neil the Ork Barbarian.)
Umbrafer (10:43:40 PM): Is he heading for anyplace apparent?
Thematrian1 (10:44:35 PM): no
Umbrafer (10:45:41 PM): Sensor lock.
Umbrafer (10:45:45 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 3 3 2 2
Umbrafer (10:45:48 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (10:46:01 PM): got it
Umbrafer (10:46:47 PM): Going to keep track of him. All the sensor data is consistent with the visual?
Thematrian1 (10:46:59 PM): yep
Dragcrell (10:47:45 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 3 4 5 1
Umbrafer (10:47:51 PM): Keeping track, instructing van to alert me if he closes to within thirty meters.
Thematrian1 (10:48:12 PM): it will do so
Umbrafer (10:49:35 PM): Also if he starts moving faster than thirty KPH or reaches a distance of fifteen kilometers.
Umbrafer (10:49:43 PM): And back to my normal monitoring schedule.
Thematrian1 (10:50:15 PM): anddone
Thematrian1 (10:50:43 PM): Blake wears away. Five minutes down, maybe another half-hour to go
MilesMk1 (10:52:14 PM): Ok...
Thematrian1 (10:52:52 PM): Another ten minutes pass in peace.
Umbrafer (10:53:10 PM): Still no signs of emergence from the building?
Thematrian1 (10:53:31 PM): none
Thematrian1 (10:53:40 PM): although, since you're only checking once/20 seconds
Thematrian1 (10:54:54 PM): Ten minutes pass
Umbrafer (10:55:14 PM): True. Next time I'm in the van, I tell it to also alert me if there's movement over in that direction. I also double my van-checking frequency.
Dragcrell (10:57:12 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 5 4 1 5
Thematrian1 (10:57:16 PM): ok. Another five minutes, and Blake has disarmed the security system
Dragcrell (10:57:19 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (10:57:33 PM): Hah-hah!
Dragcrell (10:57:46 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 3 3 6 5
Dragcrell (10:57:52 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (10:58:25 PM): #Finally got it... This security system was probably worth more than the damn car.#
MilesMk1 (10:58:52 PM): I look inside the car.
Umbrafer (10:59:09 PM): (Please don't blow up, please don't blow up…)
Thematrian1 (10:59:17 PM): You open the door, and find...
MilesMk1 (10:59:40 PM): I also pop the trunk, and look in there. Do a thorough job searching. Glove compartment, under the seats, under the floormats, behind visors - as thorough as I can.
Thematrian1 (10:59:47 PM): genuine leather seats? Sophisticated, ergonomic control systems? Yeah, both of those.
MilesMk1 (10:59:55 PM): Huh.
Thematrian1 (11:00:13 PM): The interior would be more at home in a high-end sports car than in this piece of garbage.
MilesMk1 (11:00:41 PM): #...and it has leather seats. This looks like a Westwind on the inside.#
MilesMk1 (11:01:05 PM): Rigger adaptation?
Umbrafer (11:01:25 PM): Unbeknownst to her, a little bit of drool drips from the corner of Alex's mouth.
MilesMk1 (11:01:36 PM): I doubt it, to be honest, considering I actually managed to crack the security.
Thematrian1 (11:01:44 PM): datajack port, but nothing more
MilesMk1 (11:01:57 PM): #Doesn't look like it's fitted for a VCR.#
MilesMk1 (11:02:23 PM): Hey, since I'm looking so closely... Is this thing armored?
Thematrian1 (11:02:36 PM): Perception
MilesMk1 (11:02:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 4 3 4 3
MilesMk1 (11:02:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (11:02:51 PM): yes, but not heavily
MilesMk1 (11:03:04 PM): Ok... Well, I begin a methodical search of the inside.
MilesMk1 (11:03:42 PM): Again, keeping the doors facing the elevator closed.
Thematrian1 (11:03:46 PM): Your search of the trunk turns up a large metal safe.
MilesMk1 (11:04:11 PM): #They have a safe in the damn trunk.#
Thematrian1 (11:04:12 PM): Alex: the van wants your attention, something about activity from the target building
Umbrafer (11:04:28 PM): *Bounces into the van, full attention to the location*
Umbrafer (11:04:43 PM): What is the movement?
MilesMk1 (11:04:48 PM): #...must have reinforced the suspension.#
Thematrian1 (11:05:20 PM): A short man with milk-white skin just emerged from the building. He's blinking into the midafternoon glare, unfolding a large umbrella.
Umbrafer (11:05:43 PM): Can I see his teeth?
Dragcrell (11:05:54 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 1 3 5 5
Thematrian1 (11:06:02 PM): no, but you can see his eyes; they're pinkish-red
Umbrafer (11:06:03 PM): Also, sensor lock.
MilesMk1 (11:06:10 PM): (He's a mage! Shoot him!)
Umbrafer (11:06:12 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 6 1
Umbrafer (11:06:16 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 6 6
Umbrafer (11:06:19 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
Thematrian1 (11:06:23 PM): You don't get lock.
Umbrafer (11:06:24 PM): (Is he a Gnome?)
Thematrian1 (11:06:25 PM): I'm totally lying
Thematrian1 (11:06:28 PM): it's all yours
Umbrafer (11:06:36 PM): Don't do that to me!
Thematrian1 (11:06:39 PM): and no, he's not that short; he's five seven or five eight
Umbrafer (11:07:02 PM): Hm.
Umbrafer (11:07:25 PM): #Got a guy, looks like an albino, coming out of the building.#
Umbrafer (11:07:56 PM): Does the umbrella have anything on it?
Thematrian1 (11:08:11 PM): it's solid black
Thematrian1 (11:08:23 PM): and very large, easily six feet in diameter
Umbrafer (11:09:03 PM): Any visible weaponry?
MilesMk1 (11:09:05 PM): #All clear here, so far. Is he doing anything hostile?#
Thematrian1 (11:09:15 PM): He's got the standard long coat. Roll perception.
Umbrafer (11:09:18 PM): #He's holding a gigantic umbrella. Does that count?#
MilesMk1 (11:09:22 PM): *continues searching the car, leaving the safe alone for now*
Umbrafer (11:09:24 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 3 3 5 3 3
Umbrafer (11:09:26 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (11:09:32 PM): 7, 3, 3, 3
Thematrian1 (11:09:37 PM): no visible weapons
MilesMk1 (11:10:04 PM): #Not unless he's skipping and singing, causing a chorus line to appear.#
Dragcrell (11:10:06 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 2 1 1 3
Dragcrell (11:11:13 PM): (ROFL)
Umbrafer (11:11:22 PM): I hold an action to shoot him should that occur.
Thematrian1 (11:11:26 PM): understood
Umbrafer (11:11:36 PM): Likewise if he should begin to float away on the umbrella.
Dragcrell (11:11:50 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 5 1 4
Umbrafer (11:11:50 PM): Scrap that, he might be a mage.
Umbrafer (11:12:06 PM): (Levitate linked to an Umbrella fetish)
Umbrafer (11:12:18 PM): (Or the umbrella as a Spell Focus)
MilesMk1 (11:12:38 PM): (I'm pretty sure he'd deserve to get shot for that.)
MilesMk1 (11:12:57 PM): (But maybe it'd be too rash.)
Dragcrell (11:13:04 PM): (Hey could be a fan of "Mary Poppens")
Umbrafer (11:15:04 PM): I watch him.
Thematrian1 (11:15:13 PM): He looks up and down the street, slowly.
Thematrian1 (11:15:37 PM): Then saunters off in the same direction as Not!Neil earlier
Umbrafer (11:17:00 PM): #He's following the Ork Barbarian.#
MilesMk1 (11:17:16 PM): #Interesting. I wonder where they'll eventually end up.#
MilesMk1 (11:17:40 PM): *roots around in the car*
Thematrian1 (11:18:22 PM): You find a datajack cable in the glove compartment...
Umbrafer (11:18:26 PM): #I'll find out.#
MilesMk1 (11:18:31 PM): #I doubt I'll be able to crack this safe they have here...#
MilesMk1 (11:18:49 PM): That's it? Hmm... Well, sort of figures, given the safe in the trunk.
Umbrafer (11:18:52 PM): Van is given instructions to track Whitey with the same parameters as Barbarian.
MilesMk1 (11:19:08 PM): #...and I haven't found anything else of interest.#
Thematrian1 (11:19:11 PM): and a small mine under one of the seats
MilesMk1 (11:19:20 PM): ???
Umbrafer (11:19:25 PM): Armed or unarmed?
MilesMk1 (11:19:26 PM): SeriouslY?
Thematrian1 (11:19:30 PM): seriously
Thematrian1 (11:19:35 PM): unarmed
MilesMk1 (11:19:43 PM): Was it connected to the security system?
Dragcrell (11:19:55 PM): Dragcrell rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 1 4 4 1 4 6 5
Thematrian1 (11:19:56 PM): no. There are some wires leading from the system to it, but they're presently disconnected.
Thematrian1 (11:20:01 PM): (Way to anticipate my exposition, there)
Dragcrell (11:20:03 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (11:20:07 PM): Also, does it require demolition skill to arm, or is it more user-friendly than that?
Thematrian1 (11:20:25 PM): no demolition to arm, demolition to attach it to the security system
MilesMk1 (11:21:04 PM): #...besides and unarmed mine under the seat.#
MilesMk1 (11:21:36 PM): Ok, I go back to look at the safe - just to get an idea of whether I should even bother trying to crack it.
Thematrian1 (11:22:42 PM): It's pretty light, and it doesn't clank when you tip it.
MilesMk1 (11:23:22 PM): Ok - how about the lock? Does it look like something I could crack? If it's mechanical, I don't have a shot.
Thematrian1 (11:23:48 PM): it's mechanical
MilesMk1 (11:24:16 PM): Damn.
MilesMk1 (11:24:55 PM): #Ok, the safe I can't get at... I suppose we could always take the car, but we don't even know if these are the right people, or people we can afford to mess with.#
MilesMk1 (11:25:09 PM): *looks around for a staircase*
Thematrian1 (11:25:33 PM): You find the same elevator the kimji found, and the ramp down. No staircase
MilesMk1 (11:25:53 PM): #Alex, did you check the levels below this one?#
Umbrafer (11:26:37 PM): #Haven't yet. Ghost knows what's down there.#
MilesMk1 (11:27:27 PM): #I'm going to take a quick look.#
MilesMk1 (11:27:38 PM): *does so, unless there are objections*
MilesMk1 (11:27:57 PM): And just for laughs, I'll try to be stealthy.
MilesMk1 (11:28:02 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 6 3 4
MilesMk1 (11:28:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (11:31:32 PM): And down you go, creeping through the dark
Thematrian1 (11:32:12 PM): The third level is much like the second; there's even another ramp down. Elevator in the same place, but only one beater car, and this one is missing its tires
MilesMk1 (11:32:44 PM): Is there another ramp down?
MilesMk1 (11:32:50 PM): Doh,
MilesMk1 (11:32:59 PM): I go down again.
Thematrian1 (11:33:05 PM): Alex: the van wants your attention. Someone's approaching
Umbrafer (11:33:11 PM): *Takes a look*
Thematrian1 (11:36:33 PM): Shadowcat approaches, with a dirty man in a long coat slung over her shoulder
Thematrian1 (11:36:46 PM): Blake, the fourth level appears to be the bottom. No more ramp, and the elevator button only points up
Umbrafer (11:36:55 PM): #Looks like the cat's dragging something in.#
Thematrian1 (11:37:10 PM): (Oh man, we're going to hear that joke again)
Thematrian1 (11:37:21 PM): No cars whatsoever.
Thematrian1 (11:37:24 PM): oh
Dragcrell (11:37:30 PM): ( lol)
Thematrian1 (11:37:35 PM): and on this level, the flourescent lights work
Umbrafer (11:37:36 PM): (Be honest, how many points of karma did I lose? ;) )
Thematrian1 (11:37:46 PM): (Hey, I laughed)
Dragcrell (11:38:48 PM): *stops and sets the guy on the ground then sits on the side of the van waiting keeping a eye on the guy and anyone else that passes by*
Thematrian1 (11:38:55 PM): no passers by today
Umbrafer (11:39:21 PM): *Pops the door slightly* "Do I want to know?"
MilesMk1 (11:39:33 PM): #I'm heading back, just need to do something about that car.#
MilesMk1 (11:40:06 PM): Can I - now that I got into the security system - do something like lock out someone else, but set it to let me in?
Dragcrell (11:40:40 PM): "found him sleeping in a dish on the rrroof had this as well." *holds out the cell phone* "has 15 numberrrs in it."
Thematrian1 (11:40:50 PM): Reprogramming the system requires Computers
MilesMk1 (11:40:54 PM): Doh.
Thematrian1 (11:41:02 PM): I will accept a default
Umbrafer (11:41:08 PM): (I have Computers, but I have wound modifiers.)
Thematrian1 (11:41:14 PM): (What you describe is an advanced use, but not ludicrous)
MilesMk1 (11:41:14 PM): Ok... Let me try.
MilesMk1 (11:41:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 5 2 6 2
Umbrafer (11:41:21 PM): *Takes a look at the cellphone*
MilesMk1 (11:41:24 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (11:41:30 PM): *crosses fingers*
Thematrian1 (11:41:36 PM): Now: what were you trying to do?
MilesMk1 (11:42:12 PM): Just set it up to re-lock, cutting out the current owner, and letting me open it later.
MilesMk1 (11:42:40 PM): shutting out
Thematrian1 (11:42:51 PM): done and done. It bugs you about ten times about "are you sure you want to disable the standard unlocking system", but you manage it eventually.
MilesMk1 (11:43:01 PM): Ok.
MilesMk1 (11:43:14 PM): I head back upstairs, to rejoin the van.
MilesMk1 (11:43:27 PM): #Dare I ask?#
Thematrian1 (11:43:28 PM): Up you go, into the wild blue yonder
Thematrian1 (11:43:37 PM): although it's more overcast at this point
Thematrian1 (11:45:30 PM): Ok, you're reunited at the van.
Thematrian1 (11:45:34 PM): Next week: what the cat caught.
MilesMk1 (11:45:38 PM): Excellent.
Thematrian1 (11:45:44 PM): And maybe another player or 2?
MilesMk1 (11:45:46 PM): And I think we need another car, right?
MilesMk1 (11:45:57 PM): Hopefully, we'll have an excuse to acquire it...
Dragcrell (11:46:00 PM): :P
Thematrian1 (11:46:01 PM): hey, if this group has a guiding philosophy
Thematrian1 (11:46:08 PM): it's "Always steal the car"
Umbrafer (11:46:14 PM): Yeah
MilesMk1 (11:46:24 PM): Bah... We're victims of circumstance.
Umbrafer (11:46:26 PM): Stealing the car has served us naught but well so far.
MilesMk1 (11:46:40 PM): It's not our fault it's always the right thing to do.
Umbrafer (11:46:48 PM): We're only victims if we don't steal the car.
MilesMk1 (11:48:51 PM): Ok, fine, you convinced me.
Dragcrell (11:49:09 PM): lol that didn't take much
MilesMk1 (11:49:22 PM): All right - see you guys Thursday / next week.
Thematrian1 (11:49:25 PM): yep
MilesMk1 (11:49:27 PM): Good night.
Dragcrell (11:49:49 PM): ok have fun ^_^ going to med my self up and head to bed
Umbrafer (11:49:51 PM): Sleep well, all.
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