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Umbrafer (8:51:34 PM): Do we get to keelhaul him?
Thematrian1 (8:51:43 PM): sure; Chicago has a lake
Thematrian1 (8:51:50 PM): it's pretty famously nasty, though
Umbrafer (8:52:21 PM): Even better.
MilesMk1 (8:52:37 PM): Ok, so I assume we load him up and go somewhere more private?
Umbrafer (8:52:41 PM): Is it better or worse in 2055?
Umbrafer (8:52:49 PM): *Needs to dig out that map*
Thematrian1 (8:52:56 PM): worse
Thematrian1 (8:52:59 PM): so much worse
Umbrafer (8:53:11 PM): Hehehe
Thematrian1 (8:53:13 PM): Loading him up? That's fine; there's lots of space now
Thematrian1 (8:53:39 PM): (No, seriously. One of the vignettes from Big City is about that lake. It's probably the single most disgusting shadowtalk in the book)
Thematrian1 (8:53:59 PM): no medical supplies, few passengers, and one fewer Strato than there used to be
MilesMk1 (8:54:14 PM): (Ah. Well, since keelhauling him would probably involve getting us all wet, let's not.)
Umbrafer (8:54:23 PM): (We have drones.)
Umbrafer (8:54:32 PM): (Maybe one of them could even be made fireproof.)
MilesMk1 (8:54:59 PM): "So, was he doing anything that made it look like he was with those thugs inside, or was he just handy?" *heaves him into the back, and searches him*
Dragcrell (8:56:11 PM): "Was on rrroof sleeping smells as well thout odd that he had coats one in heat." *shruges* "Can see lots on rrroof tops and non see you."
Thematrian1 (8:59:09 PM): he's wearing his two long coats
Umbrafer (8:59:29 PM): Curious…
Thematrian1 (8:59:32 PM): but his pockets contain only krillflakes wrappers, full and empty
MilesMk1 (8:59:34 PM): Anything else? Does he look like a hobo?
Umbrafer (8:59:46 PM): Is he wearing Shadowrunner underoos?
MilesMk1 (8:59:47 PM): Ah.
Thematrian1 (8:59:49 PM): unshaven, filthy...sorta hoboy
Thematrian1 (8:59:54 PM): hoboesque
MilesMk1 (9:00:08 PM): It was incredibly warm at the UB headquarters, right?
Thematrian1 (9:00:12 PM): it was
Thematrian1 (9:00:18 PM): Does anyone here have Biotech?
MilesMk1 (9:00:24 PM): Yep.
Thematrian1 (9:00:31 PM): roll it
MilesMk1 (9:00:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
MilesMk1 (9:00:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:00:49 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (9:00:58 PM): the Blake effect strikes again
MilesMk1 (9:01:30 PM): And here I was thinking of putting Karma into it.
Thematrian1 (9:01:39 PM): Yeah, the TN was 17, sorry
Umbrafer (9:02:12 PM): Well, it might get you a second success
Thematrian1 (9:02:16 PM): It's not immediately obvious, but as you're checking his pockets you realize that this is a sick man. He's no longer sweating, and his eyes (once you think to look) are tracking at random, even though he's unconscious.
Thematrian1 (9:03:07 PM): if it weren't for the eyes, you'd be thinking heat stroke. As it is, you aren't sure
Thematrian1 (9:03:23 PM): oh, and there's a bruise forming on his jwa
Thematrian1 (9:03:31 PM): s/jwa/jaw/g
MilesMk1 (9:03:40 PM): "Oh, wonderful. This guy's sick."
Dragcrell (9:04:07 PM): "That why he smell like orrrenges?"
MilesMk1 (9:04:36 PM): "Oranges?"
MilesMk1 (9:04:49 PM): Do I know of any medical conditions that make you smell like oranges?
Thematrian1 (9:05:25 PM): No. But your training is geared more to the immediate, practical end of things.
MilesMk1 (9:06:01 PM): "He's got a fever, and I think he's dehydrated as hell... If we're going to do anything with him, I'll need to work on him. Either that, or have Jeremy take a look."
MilesMk1 (9:06:17 PM): "Hey, Alex... Can you still raise the garage on the radio from here?"
MilesMk1 (9:06:28 PM): (I recall they called us once to tell us about SC.)
Thematrian1 (9:06:36 PM): (Yes, she can)
Umbrafer (9:06:47 PM): "Yeah. What do you need?
MilesMk1 (9:06:53 PM): Ok... While she does, can I use first aid to do what I can?
MilesMk1 (9:07:09 PM): "Can you ask them to put Jeremy on the line? I want to ask him something."
Dragcrell (9:07:25 PM): *Finds a comftable spot to sit and still see around the Van*
Umbrafer (9:08:01 PM): #*calls up the ole garage*#
MilesMk1 (9:08:07 PM): *to SC* "So, was he already unconscious when you cocked him?"
Thematrian1 (9:08:25 PM): Accident answers: "What do you need?"
Umbrafer (9:09:18 PM): #Is Jeremy, that doctor we brought in yesterday, around? Need to talk with him.#
Umbrafer (9:09:39 PM): (If it isn't generally known that he's a doc, I don't mention it. I'd expect Accident would know though)
Dragcrell (9:09:40 PM): "no was sleeping waked up when looking in pockets so I knocked him out very exsosted tho when I found him didn't hearrr me land next to him."
Thematrian1 (9:09:54 PM): #I'll send a message.#
Umbrafer (9:10:03 PM): #Thanks.#
Thematrian1 (9:10:07 PM): A pause. #While I have you here...#
MilesMk1 (9:10:28 PM): "Ah."
Umbrafer (9:10:38 PM): #Hmm?#
Thematrian1 (9:10:38 PM): #...do you have any connection to that hippy cult on Cermak and Ninth?#
Umbrafer (9:11:09 PM): "Cermak and Ninth… that were Bald Boy was?"
Thematrian1 (9:11:16 PM): (Yes)
MilesMk1 (9:11:28 PM): (Aw, shit... Probably more "Will you come? My master say you come.")
Umbrafer (9:11:38 PM): #Don't think so, let me check.#
Umbrafer (9:11:43 PM): *Pause*
Dragcrell (9:12:05 PM): "Bald Boy?" *tilts head to one side*
MilesMk1 (9:12:26 PM): "Yeah..."
MilesMk1 (9:12:36 PM): "Why?"
Dragcrell (9:13:00 PM): "who is Bald Boy?"
MilesMk1 (9:13:11 PM): *turns to SC* "Just some weird hippie at the Universal Brotherhood."
Umbrafer (9:13:21 PM): #Oh, yeah, them. We were down near there the other day looking for supplies, one of them asked us for help. We got a weird feeling so we told them "maybe" and scooted.#
Thematrian1 (9:14:04 PM): #Then you don't mind if my group looks into it? Their terms sound attractive.#
Umbrafer (9:15:35 PM): #No problem here. We're still considering it, but if you make up your mind first… well, just the price of being cautious, eh?#
Umbrafer (9:15:51 PM): *Leans back, massages temples*
Thematrian1 (9:16:06 PM): #Understood. No hard feelings, however it goes.#
Thematrian1 (9:17:08 PM): Another pause. #Jeremy's working on Margulis, he says maybe another hour.#
Umbrafer (9:17:24 PM): #Got it, thanks.#
Thematrian1 (9:17:43 PM): #Any messages?#
Umbrafer (9:17:46 PM): "Jeremy's working on someone, won't be free for about an hour."
Dragcrell (9:17:53 PM): "Univerrrsal Brrrotherrrhood? mmmmm"
Umbrafer (9:18:03 PM): #Just ask him to contact us when he's free.#
Thematrian1 (9:18:12 PM): #I will.#
Umbrafer (9:18:31 PM): #Thanks. Out.#
Umbrafer (9:18:55 PM): "Our friends at the 'hood aren't waiting. Sounds like they made the same offer to Accident's crew."
Umbrafer (9:19:20 PM): "I still don't feel right about it all, but if we're going to do it we should make up our minds fast."
MilesMk1 (9:19:46 PM): "I think there's something seriously wrong with those people..."
Umbrafer (9:20:09 PM): "Of course there is. The question is whether it's going to bite us."
Umbrafer (9:20:32 PM): "You know that, I know." *fumbles for the Aztecola, takes a long swig*
Dragcrell (9:20:39 PM): "It bites bite back worrrks for me"
MilesMk1 (9:20:53 PM): "And I don't trust anyone offering to pay a mil to runners he's never met... Especially with only two hundred thousand upfront."
MilesMk1 (9:21:23 PM): "Sounds like someone who doesn't quite understand how this world works, trying to sucker someone into doing a job for them they'd never take otherwise."
Dragcrell (9:22:30 PM): *nods* "To trrrue to be trrrue neverrr take it." *lests out a soft purrr*
Thematrian1 (9:23:35 PM): actions?
Dragcrell (9:24:04 PM): *looks about waiting on the others8*
MilesMk1 (9:24:36 PM): Well, I'd like to see if I can use First Aid to help this guy, and get him concious eventually.
Thematrian1 (9:24:52 PM): ok, roll it
MilesMk1 (9:25:19 PM): And if Alex isn't driving, I'd ask her to get us cruising again, rather than sit in the parking lot.
MilesMk1 (9:25:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 2 4 4
MilesMk1 (9:25:25 PM): See?
MilesMk1 (9:25:35 PM): The moment I roll more dice, it all falls apart...
Thematrian1 (9:26:10 PM): he grumbles and moans, but doesn't awaken. You don't have much on hand, though; just the van's first-aid kit
MilesMk1 (9:26:26 PM): Argh...
Umbrafer (9:26:31 PM): What're the movements of NNeil and Whitey?
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Thematrian1 (9:28:01 PM): they're on their original vectors
MilesMk1 (9:28:40 PM): Aw, what the hell... I'll just slap a stimpatch on him.
Thematrian1 (9:28:55 PM): ok. Mark it off your inventory. What rating?
Umbrafer (9:29:04 PM): I'll cruise around, staying a conservative distance away from them. Never in LOS, trying to be around 750m-1km. They're still going the same direction?
MilesMk1 (9:29:10 PM): Uh... Something weak we got from Jeremy's stock? :D
MilesMk1 (9:29:22 PM): Rather than my good stuff? :)
Thematrian1 (9:29:37 PM): Jeremy's stock is with Jeremy, unless you explicitly claimed something.
MilesMk1 (9:30:50 PM): Bah. Fine. Be that way. :)
MilesMk1 (9:31:11 PM): Rating 6, then...
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Thematrian1 (9:32:22 PM): "Frmkl." He opens his eyes. He's clearly trying to focus on you, Blake, but his eyes keep wandering.
Dragcrell (9:33:13 PM): *tilts head* "I hit to harrrd?"
MilesMk1 (9:33:23 PM): "I think it's the illness."
MilesMk1 (9:33:40 PM): "Hey... Can you hear me?"
MilesMk1 (9:34:14 PM): I'll give him some water if I think it'll help.
Thematrian1 (9:34:26 PM): "Frng...rktl...y's"
MilesMk1 (9:34:27 PM): (and make sure that bottle gets thrown out afterwards)
Thematrian1 (9:34:35 PM): You don't think it would
MilesMk1 (9:34:59 PM): Don't suppose he's got a datajack?
Thematrian1 (9:35:04 PM): nope
MilesMk1 (9:35:28 PM): "Try speaking again. More slowly. How long have you been sick?"
Thematrian1 (9:36:26 PM): "Tr...yr...rrrbrrthrrdr'k" He holds up three fingers
MilesMk1 (9:37:57 PM): "Ah... How about two fingers for yes, one finger for no."
MilesMk1 (9:38:05 PM): "You've been sick for three days?"
Thematrian1 (9:38:19 PM): He nods, holding up 2 fingers.
MilesMk1 (9:38:54 PM): "Were you staying with Deadeye's crew?"
Thematrian1 (9:39:45 PM): One finger, and a feeble shake of the head.
MilesMk1 (9:40:06 PM): "Do you know who Deadeye is?"
Thematrian1 (9:40:48 PM): One finger (index finger, BTW), and a head shake.
Dragcrell (9:41:10 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 3 1 6 1
Dragcrell (9:41:17 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:42:37 PM): "Were you squatting when we found you?"
Thematrian1 (9:42:48 PM): He shrugs.
Dragcrell (9:43:03 PM): *leans in closer to get a better wiff*
Thematrian1 (9:43:05 PM): "wstrlrn. TrlRN!"
MilesMk1 (9:43:23 PM): "Don't worry, she won't hurt you."
Thematrian1 (9:43:42 PM): He does not seem to share your optimism.
MilesMk1 (9:43:45 PM): *whispers to SC* "Move back, please?"
Dragcrell (9:44:10 PM): *leans back but keep her eyes on the man*
MilesMk1 (9:44:15 PM): "See?"
Dragcrell (9:44:30 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 2 5 5 4
Thematrian1 (9:44:37 PM): He shuts up. His eyes are still wild and rolling, but they were doing that even before he opened them.
MilesMk1 (9:44:59 PM): "Ok... Do you know anything about an ork with a huge sword or an albino with an umbrella that were in the building you were sleeping on top of?"
Thematrian1 (9:45:54 PM): Another shake of the head.
Dragcrell (9:47:20 PM): *turns to Blake* "He's verrry strrressed but not sick I see mmm?"
MilesMk1 (9:48:30 PM): "You don't think he's sick?"
Umbrafer (9:48:42 PM): "If that's your definition of 'not sick'…"
MilesMk1 (9:48:44 PM): "He seems to think he is..."
MilesMk1 (9:48:55 PM): *to the guy* "Do you know what made you sick?"
Dragcrell (9:49:02 PM): "don't look sick just verrry strrrested."
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Thematrian1 (9:51:07 PM): If he's tracking this conversation, he gives no sign of it.
MilesMk1 (9:51:30 PM): Does he react to my question?
Thematrian1 (9:51:49 PM): (Give me a sec while I find out what it is...)
Thematrian1 (9:52:40 PM): He shakes his head.
Thematrian1 (9:54:24 PM): He's muttering to himself, but it's totally unintelligible
MilesMk1 (9:55:16 PM): "Ok... I'm really not sure this guy is going to be much help to us."
MilesMk1 (9:55:35 PM): #Alex, anything going back at that building?#
MilesMk1 (9:55:44 PM): going on, I mean
Dragcrell (9:56:00 PM): *shurges* "could find ally for him."
MilesMk1 (9:56:19 PM): "What do you mean, ally?"
MilesMk1 (9:56:38 PM): *leans over the guy* "What about the Russians? Know anything about them?"
MilesMk1 (9:56:57 PM): *pause* "Or how about the 'Shackies'?"
Umbrafer (9:57:04 PM): #Not sure. Decided I couldn't risk a drone to stay there…#
Thematrian1 (9:57:05 PM): He shuts his eyes and rubs them with his knuckles, shaking his head.
Thematrian1 (9:57:12 PM): He doesn't stop when you mention the shackies
Dragcrell (9:57:15 PM): "If of no use dump in ally not kill."
Umbrafer (9:57:31 PM): (Why not?)
MilesMk1 (9:58:03 PM): "Oh. Alley. Well, yeah."
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MilesMk1 (9:58:45 PM): #There's something weird going on here, but I don't know if there's any sense in trying to help this guy, with all that's going on."
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MilesMk1 (9:58:48 PM): #
Thematrian1 (9:58:52 PM): (well, this is a bit worse than usual)
Dragcrell (10:00:26 PM): (ya might want to look in to a new modem if you can)
Umbrafer (10:00:55 PM): (Router, in this case)
MilesMk1 (10:01:01 PM): #There's something weird going on here, but I don't know if there's any sense in trying to help this guy, with all that's going on.#
Thematrian1 (10:01:03 PM): (The combination of symptoms makes no sense. From now on, whenever it's not actually snowing, I'll just do this from school)
MilesMk1 (10:02:25 PM): Ok, so what do we do about this guy?
Umbrafer (10:03:06 PM): Well, the usual spare parts market is shut down… ;)
MilesMk1 (10:04:11 PM): I think it'd be out of character even for me to drag him to get help.
MilesMk1 (10:04:36 PM): Especially since it seems like Jeremy's keeping busy, and he doesn't actually appear to know anything.
Umbrafer (10:05:36 PM): And all the things that seem worth investigating are only so because of OOC knowledge.
Umbrafer (10:05:42 PM): I think we kick him out in an alley or something.
Umbrafer (10:05:46 PM): Dead or alive.
MilesMk1 (10:05:48 PM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (10:06:25 PM): You kick him out into a nearby alley. A rat scuttles out of it. The guy lies there, then waves vaguely at you.
MilesMk1 (10:06:27 PM): I'll sit him down somwhere, and leave him a bottle of water since he seemed dehydrated.
Thematrian1 (10:06:37 PM): He smiles at you, Blake.
MilesMk1 (10:06:44 PM): Hmm.
MilesMk1 (10:07:04 PM): *I go back to the car, contemplating my life choices*
MilesMk1 (10:08:03 PM): (I've actually played so many evil bastards / criminals / tough guys who look out for #1 lately, I keep wanting to play someone more altruistic. Not the time for it, though...)
Dragcrell (10:08:19 PM): (hehehehehe)
MilesMk1 (10:08:56 PM): "I think we need to go back to watching that place, and try to grab someone else who's not half out of his mind..."
Thematrian1 (10:09:19 PM): Alex: Not!Neil is still headed in the same direction, but he's moving much faster now
Thematrian1 (10:09:29 PM): ~55 km/hr
MilesMk1 (10:09:51 PM): (I'm sure whatever's happening with that guy would turn out to be interesting, but we just have no reasons for sticking with him... Damn it.)
Dragcrell (10:10:04 PM): "Can not get in quietly."
MilesMk1 (10:10:07 PM): "Either that, or follow those two weird people you spotted."
Thematrian1 (10:10:15 PM): (Hey, this way you know you're not being ring-led.)
MilesMk1 (10:10:31 PM): (Hah.;))
Umbrafer (10:10:36 PM): "NNeil got a car."
Umbrafer (10:10:55 PM): *Follows generally*
MilesMk1 (10:11:10 PM): "Well I guess we ought to see what he's about, then..."
Thematrian1 (10:11:11 PM): oh, and UmbrellaMan changed direction a minute ago.
Umbrafer (10:11:17 PM): Oh. Oh dear.
Umbrafer (10:11:21 PM): Where did Whitey go?
Dragcrell (10:12:09 PM): "mmm intrrresting." *purrrrs*
Thematrian1 (10:12:18 PM): ninety degrees left, relative to his original vector. If he walks for another hour or so, he'll reach the monorail that leads into the AA district. In between him and that are any number of interesting things.
Umbrafer (10:12:55 PM): Hm. What do I consider the odds of the monorail running to be?
Thematrian1 (10:13:30 PM): hm
Thematrian1 (10:13:33 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 6 4 2 5
MilesMk1 (10:13:49 PM): Maybe it's has powered, like that streetlamp.
MilesMk1 (10:13:53 PM): gas
Thematrian1 (10:13:55 PM): mathematically indistinguishable from zero. It was a boondoggle from the start, and takes a great deal of babying to stay running at the best of times.
Umbrafer (10:15:51 PM): For now, following NNeil. Alert me when Whitey's heading or speed alter significantly or he reaches 75% of my sensor range.
Thematrian1 (10:16:01 PM): understood. What is that range, again?
Umbrafer (10:17:08 PM): At least nineteen kilometers (75% is, that is). One minute whilst I calculate.
Umbrafer (10:19:00 PM): Unless I miscalculate, 42 kilometers.
Umbrafer (10:19:14 PM): I'll change the notification to 50% of sensor range, please.
Thematrian1 (10:19:28 PM): very good. Not!Neil continues at vehicle speeds
Umbrafer (10:19:33 PM): Wait
Umbrafer (10:20:03 PM): It'll be effectively ~38
Umbrafer (10:20:06 PM): Due to urban conditions
Umbrafer (10:20:10 PM): Still changing to 50%.
Thematrian1 (10:20:17 PM): 19 kilometers again, then
Umbrafer (10:20:46 PM): Where is he headed, in the grand scheme of things? Other than an early grave like the rest of us?
Umbrafer (10:21:05 PM): Or, less philosophically, what is in the line he's traveling along?
Thematrian1 (10:21:36 PM): If he keeps going, he'll be out of the Noose and into Westside. Long enough and he'll reach the lake.
Umbrafer (10:22:41 PM): I will hope he turns before then.
Thematrian1 (10:23:11 PM): you drive for a few minutes
Thematrian1 (10:23:33 PM): He turns. Fifteen seconds and he turns again, then stops.
Umbrafer (10:24:23 PM): What sort of area has he stopped in?
Umbrafer (10:24:39 PM): "Time to decide if we want to take this guy."
MilesMk1 (10:25:06 PM): "He does have a very large sword."
MilesMk1 (10:25:26 PM): "I think we do want to see what he's up to, at the least."
Thematrian1 (10:25:27 PM): Lousy. Class Z, back when that applied to only a subset of the city's area.
Umbrafer (10:25:46 PM): So very true.
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Thematrian1 (10:28:04 PM): getting closer?
Dragcrell (10:28:13 PM): "Larrrge sworrrds slow harrrd to swing fast." *thinks* "migth get him down but might be baddly hurrt."
MilesMk1 (10:28:51 PM): "That's why guns were invented."
Dragcrell (10:30:18 PM): "to loud and thout you wanted to talk to him you not mind if hurrrt?"
MilesMk1 (10:30:36 PM): "Gel rounds."
Thematrian1 (10:31:49 PM): Alex: are you approaching Not!Neil or not?
Umbrafer (10:32:20 PM): I am, but not moving within 150 meters/LOS until we've sorted out exactly what we're doing.
Dragcrell (10:32:32 PM): *lets out a soft growl* "not like them hurrrt much not heal like should."
Thematrian1 (10:33:18 PM): understood. NN is moving around a bit: backward a few meters, then forward, then around in a circle
MilesMk1 (10:33:24 PM): "Yeah, they're fun."
MilesMk1 (10:33:41 PM): "Alex, I don't suppose you have a visual of the guy?"
Dragcrell (10:33:47 PM): "Not when one shoot with." *shackes body*
MilesMk1 (10:34:46 PM): "Fair enough... Me, I just try to avoid getting shot altogether."
Umbrafer (10:34:48 PM): "Nope. Can try to get one.#
Umbrafer (10:34:51 PM): *"
Umbrafer (10:35:16 PM): *Popping out Kimji*
MilesMk1 (10:35:20 PM): "It seems like he's waiting for someone." (assuming you told us about his movements)
Umbrafer (10:35:24 PM): Yep
Dragcrell (10:35:26 PM): *nods* "why I not use gun's betterrr quieterrr ways to......."
Umbrafer (10:36:24 PM): Kimji will move over and investigate the area. What's the terrain like/
Umbrafer (10:36:26 PM): *?
Thematrian1 (10:37:05 PM): lots of broken streets. The streetlights are out, the signage is mostly down
Thematrian1 (10:37:31 PM): Ok. Does the Kimji into into LOS of Not!Neil?
Umbrafer (10:37:48 PM): Not yet. The buildings are how tall?
Thematrian1 (10:38:31 PM): between two and ten stories; this area has been the victim of 4 separate reconstruction projects, back in the 20s and 30s
Umbrafer (10:39:07 PM): Well, I'll enter approximate LOS of NNeil via the rooftops, as usual
MilesMk1 (10:40:08 PM): "Well, I use other things besides guns, but if you're dealing with multiple targets, nothing beats an assault rifle with a grenade launcher."
Thematrian1 (10:40:23 PM): All right. Not!Neil is easy to spot; he's standing over a headless troll with a combat axe, while several other orks and trolls stand in a circle around them.
Umbrafer (10:40:43 PM): *Tosses this up on the viewscreens*
Dragcrell (10:40:56 PM): "harrrd to shoot that wich you do not see or hearrr."
Thematrian1 (10:41:03 PM): The orks and trolls (eight in all) are wavering between pissed and worried.
MilesMk1 (10:41:21 PM): Is there a coruscating discharge of electricity surging around him?
Thematrian1 (10:41:23 PM): Not!Neil is saying something, but until you're much closer you won't be able to hear what.
Thematrian1 (10:41:25 PM): no
Umbrafer (10:41:52 PM): If there's an obvious highly-concealed way to move closer, I do so. If not, I practice lipreading.
Thematrian1 (10:42:11 PM): hm, ok. Perception to read lips.
MilesMk1 (10:42:14 PM): (Hmm... Ok, so he beat a troll with a reach 2 weapon. So much for my briefly entertained idea of facing with using my staff, like a man.)
Umbrafer (10:42:29 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 5 5 5 4 6 1 6
Thematrian1 (10:42:29 PM): (His sword is probably also reach 2, FWIW)
Umbrafer (10:42:33 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 4
Umbrafer (10:42:40 PM): 8, 7, 3, 3, 3
MilesMk1 (10:42:45 PM): (Yeah, but the troll would have one more point...)
Thematrian1 (10:42:48 PM): (Indeed)
Thematrian1 (10:44:11 PM): Alex: "...mother fraggers, just ??????? and say so."
Umbrafer (10:44:45 PM): *Relays*
Umbrafer (10:45:00 PM): I'm also going to search for a nonobvious highly-concealed way to move closer.
Umbrafer (10:45:02 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 6 5 3 2 5 3 4
Umbrafer (10:45:05 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
Umbrafer (10:45:08 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (10:45:14 PM): 12, 5, 3
Thematrian1 (10:45:43 PM): Best you can manage is to slip into one of the alleys and head to street level
Thematrian1 (10:45:51 PM): there's just not a lot of cover otherwise
Dragcrell (10:46:03 PM): *watches the monitor*
Thematrian1 (10:46:31 PM): Oh, and you've spotted a motorcycle, a reasonably nice one, tangled in a chain strung between two street light posts
Umbrafer (10:47:45 PM): I'll try the alley-and-street-level approach. Are any ranged weapons evident?
Thematrian1 (10:47:57 PM): nothing more advanced than the rock
Thematrian1 (10:48:26 PM): "Now look. You drekheads...a motorcycle. But I know where you can get one."
Umbrafer (10:48:56 PM): Am I hearing now, or is this more skillful lipreading?
Thematrian1 (10:49:13 PM): hearing, though imperfect
Umbrafer (10:50:21 PM): *Keeps relaying*
Umbrafer (10:50:26 PM): *And watching/listening*
Thematrian1 (10:50:52 PM): "Just follow me, and there'll be a bike for everybody. Don't, and your brains come out your ears. Questions?"
Dragcrell (10:52:00 PM): *chucles* "brrrains out earrrs intrrresting."
Umbrafer (10:53:30 PM): *Waits to hear the bike-plan, intrigued*
Thematrian1 (10:54:01 PM): There are no questions.
MilesMk1 (10:54:47 PM): "I have a sudden urge to put a bullet in his head from afar, just for the dramatic effect, but that could be counterproductive."
Thematrian1 (10:54:57 PM): "Good. We're headed to a place I know."
Thematrian1 (10:55:10 PM): "That way." He points. "March, chummers."
Umbrafer (10:56:34 PM): Hm. And they march?
Umbrafer (10:56:37 PM): How many of them?
Umbrafer (10:56:47 PM): Ah
Umbrafer (10:56:50 PM): Nine
Dragcrell (10:56:58 PM): "mmmm wast tho may have to much meteal bits for likeing."
Thematrian1 (10:56:59 PM): They march in front of him, looking uncertain.
Thematrian1 (10:57:13 PM): There's something terribly off-script about all of this, they seem to be thinking.
Umbrafer (10:57:24 PM): "I can get their attention now. Should I?
MilesMk1 (10:57:51 PM): "I'm not sure if this guy is going to be the best one to question."
MilesMk1 (10:58:10 PM): "On the other hand, he'd be a fool to argue with a machine gun turret..."
Umbrafer (10:58:18 PM): "He's got a plan, looks like. We could always follow him and see what it is…"
MilesMk1 (10:58:32 PM): "I think that'
Thematrian1 (10:58:33 PM): march march march
MilesMk1 (10:58:39 PM): s probably the best thing for now."
Umbrafer (10:59:17 PM): Kimji will march along after them, whirring around building rooftops and the like.
Thematrian1 (10:59:41 PM): understood. They march for three blocks, four blocks, five, six...
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Thematrian1 (11:01:42 PM): they turn a corner. They cross the not-terribly-formal boundary between the Noose and Westside
Thematrian1 (11:04:36 PM): march march march. Ten minutes later, they stop in front of a nondescript building marked "Microdesign LTD"
Umbrafer (11:04:48 PM): Kimji will follow. If the van has a good way to tag along out of LOS, it will do so.
Thematrian1 (11:04:59 PM): good enough, yeah
Umbrafer (11:05:01 PM): Hm. Nondescript buildings.
Umbrafer (11:05:10 PM): "Anyone know that building?"
MilesMk1 (11:05:41 PM): Area knowledge?
Thematrian1 (11:05:48 PM): go for it
MilesMk1 (11:06:11 PM): I also have fences, arms dealers and shadowrunner haunts if any of those would be better.
Thematrian1 (11:06:25 PM): hm. I'll accept arms dealers
MilesMk1 (11:06:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 4 2 3 3
MilesMk1 (11:06:40 PM): Bah.
Thematrian1 (11:06:49 PM): you've got nothing
Thematrian1 (11:08:42 PM): Not!Neil speaks, but quietly: "...simple. ....the door."
Thematrian1 (11:11:03 PM): The largest troll starts bashing on the door. Seems the frame wasn't set properly, but being supported by something behind it
Umbrafer (11:11:47 PM): "…the hell are they…"
Thematrian1 (11:11:53 PM): it falls inward, and Not!Neil waves his little imprompteau army inside
Thematrian1 (11:13:17 PM): He enters last.
Thematrian1 (11:13:23 PM): care to follow?
Dragcrell (11:13:43 PM): "Looting, stealing." *shruges* "may have lots of tech in side."
Umbrafer (11:13:51 PM): …Not really, but I'll do it anyway. As usual, following all of the principles of Kimji stealth.
Thematrian1 (11:14:06 PM): ok. Stealth, please
Umbrafer (11:14:24 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 6 2 1
Umbrafer (11:14:28 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 3
Umbrafer (11:14:48 PM): 7, keeping in mind Kimji's Signature of 12.
Thematrian1 (11:14:57 PM): yep
MilesMk1 (11:16:21 PM): "They're really getting serious about recruiting, it looks like."
Dragcrell (11:16:45 PM): "mmmm?"
MilesMk1 (11:16:47 PM): "Depending on how long we'll be stuck there, it might be in our interest to disrupt stuff like that."
MilesMk1 (11:17:04 PM): "Oh. Sorry, just continuing a train of thought..."
Thematrian1 (11:17:44 PM): The Kimji enters. The first room is a receptionist's office, in which someone has recently had a grenade fight.
Thematrian1 (11:18:24 PM): Not!Neil confidently enters a single door, and the gangers follow.
Thematrian1 (11:19:32 PM): He guides them past some offices to a stairwell. He holds the door open for them. Notably less nervous, they head down the stairs.
Thematrian1 (11:19:36 PM): Jon, passive sensors please
Umbrafer (11:19:55 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 3 3 5 4 3 6 6
Umbrafer (11:19:58 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 6
Umbrafer (11:20:01 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 5
Umbrafer (11:20:10 PM): 15, 14, 3, 2, 2
Thematrian1 (11:20:23 PM): there's a low hum coming from downstairs. It's not quite regular enough to be machinery. The gangers haven't heard it, you don't think
Thematrian1 (11:21:13 PM): clomp clomp clomp down the stairs, Neil last
Umbrafer (11:21:22 PM): Hm.
Thematrian1 (11:21:28 PM): Following?
Umbrafer (11:21:32 PM): Doesn't sound like buzzing at all, does it?
Thematrian1 (11:21:40 PM): since you mention it, yeah, a little
Umbrafer (11:21:59 PM): I am following, staying well back.
MilesMk1 (11:22:10 PM): Oh, these guys are just a bunch of geniuses. Yeah, the bikes are down the staircase, in the basement.
MilesMk1 (11:23:06 PM): Someone carried them in through the receptionist's and the offices.
Umbrafer (11:23:09 PM): Independently of Alex, the Kimji starts to get worried.
Dragcrell (11:23:17 PM): (Hey you would be surprised at what some ppl well fall for *cough* nothign like getting a e-mail flyer selling Sidewinders and liquid crack to show when the FBI is fishing for idiots)
MilesMk1 (11:23:47 PM): Sidewinders?
Dragcrell (11:24:12 PM): (missels)
Thematrian1 (11:24:28 PM): Bottom of the stairwell, Neil does his "after you" thing again. Once all eight are through, he slams the door closed and leans against it. There's the sound of someone pounding against the doors, the buzzing intensifies
Thematrian1 (11:24:31 PM): and the pounding stops
MilesMk1 (11:24:58 PM): (Oh. I figured it'd have to be something else, 150lbs missiles being a bit obvious...)
Thematrian1 (11:25:16 PM): (fishing for idiots, like he said. Bet they caught a few, too)
Umbrafer (11:26:04 PM): (Hey, Sidewinders? When the chance of a lifetime comes up, you sometimes have to take the risks.)
Thematrian1 (11:26:06 PM): Once the pounding stops, Neil heads back upstairs to the receptionist's desk.
Thematrian1 (11:26:15 PM): (Yeah, a lifetime in southern Cuba)
Umbrafer (11:26:28 PM): The Kimji hides beneath the desk, cowering in terror.
Thematrian1 (11:26:40 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 1 2 6 6
Thematrian1 (11:26:43 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 3 6 2
Thematrian1 (11:26:45 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (11:26:59 PM): Alex runs a diagnostic on the Kimji, trying to figure out why it went beneath the desk on its own.
Thematrian1 (11:27:12 PM): He's moving much more quickly than he was around the gangers. He steps behind the desk, reaches down to one of the drawers, and spots the Kimji.
Thematrian1 (11:27:21 PM): His eyes widen. "What the frag?"
MilesMk1 (11:27:32 PM): *reloads his AR with gel rounds*
Umbrafer (11:27:34 PM): Held action to run if he reaches for it.
Dragcrell (11:27:43 PM): "that bad yes?"
Umbrafer (11:28:36 PM): (It's just a mouse! With one large eye and helicopter ears!)
Thematrian1 (11:29:06 PM): He studies it for a moment.
Umbrafer (11:29:25 PM): Order the van closer. #Get ready.#
MilesMk1 (11:30:09 PM): #Yep.#
Thematrian1 (11:30:15 PM): He abruptly lunges for it. I'll call this a contest of Reaction; you get -1 for a held action.
Thematrian1 (11:30:25 PM): Shadowcat, who has no radio, remains oblivious.
Umbrafer (11:31:01 PM): Umbrafer rolled 13 6-sided dice: 6 3 1 1 2 1 5 1 3 5 1 3 3
Umbrafer (11:31:04 PM): Ow.
Umbrafer (11:31:08 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (11:31:13 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 3 3 5 4 1 3 5 6 6 5
Umbrafer (11:31:18 PM): Three successes? I may karma.
Thematrian1 (11:31:24 PM): I count three successes, yeah
Umbrafer (11:31:28 PM): Karma.
Umbrafer (11:31:31 PM): Cursed karma roll:
Umbrafer (11:31:33 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (11:31:37 PM): very good
Umbrafer (11:31:39 PM): Umbrafer rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 6 4 1 2 5 6 3 2 4
Umbrafer (11:31:52 PM): That makes seven total?
Thematrian1 (11:32:25 PM): sure does. He's fast, but the Kimji was built to maneuver. You dart under his hand and away.
Umbrafer (11:32:33 PM): *Voomp*
Thematrian1 (11:33:03 PM): You hear the dopplered sound of his curses as you evade a second, hopeless grab. You're out of his reach on the other side of the desk. Now what?
Umbrafer (11:33:19 PM): My action is to skedaddle. The door, having been bashed in, is open?
Thematrian1 (11:33:23 PM): sure is
Umbrafer (11:33:28 PM): Two things, then:
Thematrian1 (11:33:29 PM): oh
Umbrafer (11:33:35 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (11:33:47 PM): and it was held closed by a file cabinet, like you see in those old office movies
Umbrafer (11:33:53 PM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (11:34:37 PM): Well, I'm going to skedaddle out like I've never skedaddled before, and activate both spotlights at his face.
Thematrian1 (11:34:44 PM): You skedaddle. Behind you, Neil is turning the air blue but not chasing you.
Thematrian1 (11:34:52 PM): oh, and ducking behind the desk
Umbrafer (11:35:10 PM): Once I'm out, I kill the spotlights and go about twenty meters straight up.
Thematrian1 (11:35:33 PM): Just at this moment, Whitey picks up the pace. Not tremendously, just to a fast running speed. Same direction.
Thematrian1 (11:35:43 PM): you're up
Umbrafer (11:36:06 PM): After that, ordering the Kimji back to the van (covering X before Y) and switching back to van control. How close is this area to the Garage?
Thematrian1 (11:36:20 PM): not very
Thematrian1 (11:36:28 PM): several miles
Thematrian1 (11:37:53 PM): now what?
Thematrian1 (11:38:01 PM): (I mostly ask that so I can be sure I'm still connected)
Umbrafer (11:38:06 PM): I was just wondering that myself.
Dragcrell (11:38:09 PM): "what happened?"
Umbrafer (11:38:12 PM): Not if you were connected. The other.
Thematrian1 (11:38:28 PM): right
Umbrafer (11:38:56 PM): "He's got something weird down there. Either wired or magicked up, and I think he just fed the gang to a beehive."
Umbrafer (11:39:07 PM): "Or maybe an angry caterpillar."
Dragcrell (11:39:38 PM): "you mean the larrrge bugs yes?"
Umbrafer (11:40:04 PM): "Maybe. Buzzing like nothing else."
MilesMk1 (11:40:15 PM): "Ah. Wonderful. So, do we take him out, then?"
Umbrafer (11:40:29 PM): "Time to do our good deed for the day…"
Umbrafer (11:41:15 PM): Is he still inside the building? I'm going to try to maneuver in such a way that I'm in LOS of just outside of it, but not any point inside. If that's impractical, I settle for just around the corner.
Dragcrell (11:41:17 PM): *tilts head* "mmm?"
MilesMk1 (11:42:55 PM): "We're going to shoot some people."
Umbrafer (11:43:03 PM): (This is what happens when you scoff at the idea that the gangers could be spying on you with crawler drones.)
MilesMk1 (11:43:44 PM): "Do you want to take him alive, or take him out?"
Thematrian1 (11:43:56 PM): Around the corner it is.
Umbrafer (11:44:14 PM): "Some answers would be nice, but fuck
Umbrafer (11:44:19 PM): "From the way he was moving in there"
Dragcrell (11:44:20 PM): "mmmm what if he is a mage?"
Umbrafer (11:44:24 PM): "I don't know we can."
Umbrafer (11:44:34 PM): "Don't go to any trouble keeping him alive."
MilesMk1 (11:44:47 PM): "All right. EX it is."
MilesMk1 (11:45:00 PM): *returns his AR to its original config*
Thematrian1 (11:45:52 PM): check
MilesMk1 (11:45:57 PM): "Still have the lock on him? What's he doing?"
Dragcrell (11:45:59 PM): "mmmm sounds like fun."
Umbrafer (11:46:07 PM): I do. What is he doing?
Thematrian1 (11:46:34 PM): he's heading down
Thematrian1 (11:46:55 PM): into the bowels of the earth, or more likely the ganger-eating basement
MilesMk1 (11:47:16 PM): "He doesn't come across like a mage... But what if he was? They bleed like everyone else."
Umbrafer (11:47:29 PM): "Damn, he's going down. We may not be able to get him without going in… we got any spare explosives?"
MilesMk1 (11:47:46 PM): "Huh... Well, yeah, I'm not going down there. Let me see..."
Dragcrell (11:48:06 PM): "Mages can cast spells same as you can shoot em."
MilesMk1 (11:48:24 PM): "Got about a dozen grenades I got at Ed's place. It's a start."
Umbrafer (11:48:45 PM): "We need some of the commercial stuff."
MilesMk1 (11:48:53 PM): "True, but I tend to resist spells better than mages resist explosive bullets."
Dragcrell (11:49:33 PM): "mmmm true unless they use arrrmorrr spell."
Thematrian1 (11:49:57 PM): final actions?
Dragcrell (11:50:54 PM): *look the building over see whats all going on with it*
MilesMk1 (11:51:08 PM): *holds up a small remote-controlled charge* "Well, I still have five of these."
MilesMk1 (11:51:51 PM): "Got them as a triggering mechanism for that Russian nerve gas canister, and just forgot about them."
Thematrian1 (11:52:12 PM): (the nerve gas is in Blake's apartment, right?)
Dragcrell (11:52:14 PM): "mmmm the building is icky you shourrre you wish to go in?"
MilesMk1 (11:52:15 PM): "I think we'll have to wait for him to come out."
MilesMk1 (11:52:47 PM): (Right. Which causes me much anxiety when I think about it. :))
Umbrafer (11:52:55 PM): (Provided it isn't now dispersed into the atmosphere around his apartment)
Umbrafer (11:53:01 PM): How big are the charges?
MilesMk1 (11:53:50 PM): However much would have been needed to reliably shred a large metal canister - we never elaborated on exact weight.
Umbrafer (11:53:59 PM): Small, then.
Umbrafer (11:54:07 PM): I mean
Umbrafer (11:54:15 PM): Smaller than we'd need to, say, collapse a building into its basement.
Thematrian1 (11:54:18 PM): yeah
Thematrian1 (11:54:21 PM): very much so
Umbrafer (11:54:42 PM): Why did it never occur to us to buy, say, ten thousand kilos of high-rating FAE?
MilesMk1 (11:54:48 PM): Right. Though SR explosives, being what they are... For all we know, in order to beat the tank's barrier rating, you need 12 kilos of the stuff or something...
MilesMk1 (11:55:07 PM): Vestigial sanity?
MilesMk1 (11:55:31 PM): We could always set it on fire with WP grenades...
Umbrafer (11:56:01 PM): I think setting it on fire is the way to go, though I'd prefer to avoid using a WP grenade if possible.
MilesMk1 (11:56:59 PM): Huh... I actually have 6 incendiary mini-grenades.
MilesMk1 (11:57:14 PM): The oridinary kind, but good enough for this. Not nearly as useful as WP.
MilesMk1 (11:58:22 PM): I don't think we have any other means of setting a building on fire that'll be reliable.
MilesMk1 (11:58:28 PM): Sleep on it?
Umbrafer (11:58:44 PM): Sounds good. Just one question:
Dragcrell (11:58:49 PM): ( well I have to ether way)
Thematrian1 (11:58:50 PM): yes?
Umbrafer (11:58:59 PM): How much wood, paper, and other flammables did I see during the Kimji's brief tour?
Thematrian1 (12:00:05 AM): very little. Everything was plastic-derived; even the carpet looks like it'd sooner melt than burn
Umbrafer (12:00:30 AM): Bugger all. If only fuel was not such a precious commodity.
MilesMk1 (12:00:45 AM): Plastic burns, once it gets hot enough...
Umbrafer (12:01:15 AM): But not particularly well—it doesn't tend to propagate, IIRC
MilesMk1 (12:02:03 AM): My experience with... spontaneously combusting... model planes says otherwise, but who knows what they use in the Sixth World.
Umbrafer (12:02:15 AM): Heh, fair enow
Thematrian1 (12:02:49 AM): they probably use stuff that's as minimally flammable as is cost effective
MilesMk1 (12:02:55 AM): See you guys later in the week / next Tues.
Dragcrell (12:03:31 AM): yep have fun Z_Z
Thematrian1 (12:03:33 AM): sure thing
Thematrian1 (12:03:34 AM): sleep well
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MilesMk1 (12:03:44 AM): Thanks. Have a good one, guys.
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Thematrian1 (12:04:12 AM): ok, I still need to take out the trash &c, so I'll see you all later
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