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Umbrafer (8:37:50 PM): The game will be delayed a minute whilst the GM hunts down an escaped blood orange.
Umbrafer (8:37:52 PM): *Dig*
MilesMk1 (8:39:12 PM): Karma! Karma!
Umbrafer (8:39:16 PM): It has been recaptured with minimal casualties.
Thematrian1 (8:39:26 PM): unlike our target
Umbrafer (8:39:27 PM): Karma indeed.
Umbrafer (8:39:50 PM): Well
CirclMastr (8:40:02 PM): Karma is meaningless to em.
CirclMastr (8:40:04 PM): *me
Umbrafer (8:40:10 PM): KP refreshes. I'll need a few minutes to work out karma allocation, so we can get this show on the road beforehand.
Umbrafer (8:40:22 PM): Wait
Umbrafer (8:40:23 PM): No
Umbrafer (8:40:29 PM): We didn't do the meet yet, did we?
Thematrian1 (8:40:32 PM): also, we were getting paid. Mmmm, mmmm, paid
MilesMk1 (8:40:58 PM): No...
MilesMk1 (8:41:03 PM): But we were thinking about it.
CirclMastr (8:41:04 PM): Shocker of the night: the Johnson betrays you all. TPK.
Umbrafer (8:41:13 PM): Fortunately for you, KP does in fact refresh now (so if you get screwed at the meet you've a better chance of getting out alive)
MilesMk1 (8:41:17 PM): Bah, you're just being bitter again.
Umbrafer (8:41:26 PM): But no karma award until after the meet, which is mighty convenient for me :)
CirclMastr (8:41:31 PM): You mean "still"
MilesMk1 (8:41:48 PM): Actually, IIRC we were going to stop by my place, and examine some of the interesting cases we found in the trunk.
Umbrafer (8:41:55 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (8:41:58 PM): The... what was, it six? Armored cases.
Thematrian1 (8:42:02 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (8:42:03 PM): six
Thematrian1 (8:42:06 PM): and the magical corpse
Thematrian1 (8:42:15 PM): which we're not moving anywhere until after dark
Umbrafer (8:42:22 PM): Aww…
Umbrafer (8:42:29 PM): I wanted to see you explain it to the neighbors.
Thematrian1 (8:42:45 PM): I don't think even Gem's abilities are up to that
Umbrafer (8:42:56 PM): "Got him for a good price down at the antique store"
Thematrian1 (8:43:13 PM): "Dip him in water and he expands back out fine, you'll see."
Thematrian1 (8:43:26 PM): "I found him in a glacier."
Thematrian1 (8:43:29 PM): You see my dilemma
Umbrafer (8:43:53 PM): Pah, there are plenty of those in Seattle.
Thematrian1 (8:44:18 PM): I do want to keep him, though. If nothing else, I can plant him on somebody.
Umbrafer (8:45:16 PM): So, what are your actions?
Umbrafer (8:45:36 PM): You have a few hours before the meet yet.
Thematrian1 (8:46:02 PM): Hm. Make a call regarding a Disguise activesoft, if I think it'll fit in the time provided.
MilesMk1 (8:46:39 PM): Ooh, I want one too.
Thematrian1 (8:46:55 PM): make that two Disguise activesofts
Umbrafer (8:47:12 PM): The call, or the entire obtaining of the 'soft?
Thematrian1 (8:47:16 PM): (That would rock, wouldn't it? I was watching Veronica Mars the other night, and wishing Gem had physical mask)
Thematrian1 (8:47:18 PM): just the call
CirclMastr (8:47:27 PM): (brb while I switch comps)
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Umbrafer (8:48:09 PM): (It definitely will, unless you go into epic bargaining mode)
MilesMk1 (8:48:12 PM): (I have it DVRed... Good episode?)
Umbrafer (8:48:21 PM): Who're you calling?
Thematrian1 (8:49:05 PM): I'll start with my fence, then ask around from there, if need be.
Thematrian1 (8:49:23 PM): actually, strike that
Thematrian1 (8:49:27 PM): I'll call Sam the Fixer
Thematrian1 (8:49:40 PM): he started life as a fence, he'll probably know some people who know some people
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Umbrafer (8:49:50 PM): That's what Fixers do.
CirclMastr (8:49:50 PM): (I be back)
Thematrian1 (8:51:10 PM): so yeah, ring ring, Etiquette Etiquette
Thematrian1 (8:51:13 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 5 2 6 4
Umbrafer (8:51:15 PM): "Disguise, you say? Give me the constraint."
Thematrian1 (8:51:19 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 4
Thematrian1 (8:51:23 PM): (Constraint?)
Thematrian1 (8:51:35 PM): (Oh)
Umbrafer (8:51:36 PM): (In Fixerspeak, he's asking how fast, cheap, or high quality you want it. It applies to any one.)
Thematrian1 (8:52:04 PM): "Let's splurge and go for the good stuff. I'm not in a tearing hurry."
Thematrian1 (8:52:18 PM): (With TN mods, that's 13 13 8 7 6 5)
Umbrafer (8:53:17 PM): (Got it)
Umbrafer (8:53:35 PM): Gem describes her desired quality level. What range of Ratings are you looking for?
Thematrian1 (8:53:40 PM): "One weaker, one stronger...meeting these specs"
Thematrian1 (8:53:59 PM): I'm looking for a 3 and a 5. Ratings not really negotiable; if it's too big, we can't use 'em at all
Umbrafer (8:54:10 PM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (8:54:11 PM): Well
Umbrafer (8:54:18 PM): Yeah
Umbrafer (8:54:22 PM): Actually, he asks about that
Umbrafer (8:54:25 PM): For exactly that reason
Thematrian1 (8:54:43 PM): "Meeting these specs, and..."
Thematrian1 (8:54:52 PM): ::mute:: "Glitch, what're the specs on your skillwires?"
MilesMk1 (8:56:15 PM): *gives the specs*
MilesMk1 (8:56:23 PM): (rating 5)
Thematrian1 (8:56:46 PM): "And these specs"
Thematrian1 (8:57:33 PM): "Oh, and if you happen to see some disguise kits, could you let me know?"
Umbrafer (8:57:35 PM): (I'm assuming you can handle exactly a chip of your specified rating and no more?)
Thematrian1 (8:57:40 PM): (Yep)
Umbrafer (8:57:43 PM): "You got it."
Thematrian1 (8:57:48 PM): (No DINAB, no optimization, etc)
Umbrafer (8:58:17 PM): (Such a pity. That Etiquette roll opened the door to the real good stuff.)
Thematrian1 (8:58:49 PM): (I'll get it again someday, I'm sure)
Thematrian1 (9:00:03 PM): (If we wind up with some downtime, I'll order some more of the stuff on The List, and start putting out feelers for a rigger to replace Scavs)
Thematrian1 (9:00:16 PM): (Gem's background gives her a healthy respect for their power ;-))
Umbrafer (9:00:35 PM): "Looks like someone I know's trying to move a couple like that. ¥8,100 each, I can get them for you by tomorrow noon."
Thematrian1 (9:01:05 PM): I pass that price on to Glitch. Problems?
Thematrian1 (9:01:36 PM): (I guess street index on activesofts is pretty high?)
MilesMk1 (9:01:42 PM): Only slightly over the standard street price for the 5, but for a 3, that's bloody murder.
Umbrafer (9:01:43 PM): (You're both familiar with 'softs, and this is meaningfully below street price (even before the Fixer markup).)
Umbrafer (9:02:06 PM): Oh, sorry, I thought the 3 was scrubbed.
MilesMk1 (9:02:07 PM): Or I could be wrong...
Thematrian1 (9:02:13 PM): "Outstanding. There's a reason I always call you first."
Thematrian1 (9:02:19 PM): (A 3 is 2.7k at chargen)
Thematrian1 (9:02:22 PM): (But I don't know the SI)
MilesMk1 (9:02:28 PM): 1.5, I think.
Umbrafer (9:02:33 PM): (Base price on a 5 is 7500, 1.25 street index)
MilesMk1 (9:02:47 PM): (Ah.)
Thematrian1 (9:02:53 PM): (so 10.2 together, plus a quarter makes 12.8)
Umbrafer (9:03:12 PM): For a Rating 3, he quotes you 3,650
MilesMk1 (9:03:36 PM): (Ah. For some reason, I had the 7,500 stuck in my head as the post-SI price. Yeah, that's a great deal.)
Umbrafer (9:04:04 PM): Not as much a bargain as the R5s (you can probably get a better price from a dedicated chipmeister), but still better than most Fixers.
Thematrian1 (9:04:13 PM): Whatever it comes out to, Gem takes it. If we're really supposed to be getting out of town in a week, these would be good to have
Thematrian1 (9:04:36 PM): "Shall I swing by your place then, then?"
Umbrafer (9:05:09 PM): "Anytime. If I'm not here they'll be in Slot Six."
Thematrian1 (9:05:19 PM): "Understood. A pleasure doing business with you."
MilesMk1 (9:05:25 PM): (BTW, is there any way to erase the crap that idiot spammer's been posting on SotSW?)
Thematrian1 (9:05:34 PM): (Yes. I'll go do that)
MilesMk1 (9:05:37 PM): (In lieu of findign and killing him.)
Umbrafer (9:05:43 PM): (Erk, I thought I'd locked that down)
Umbrafer (9:05:45 PM): (Ah well)
MilesMk1 (9:05:56 PM): (Someone logged in as a guest, apparently)
Umbrafer (9:06:19 PM): (Yeah. I could have sworn I'd disabled guest posting about a year ago, though…)
MilesMk1 (9:06:19 PM): (Sort of irritating to have it pop up just as the board was showing some signs of life.)
Thematrian1 (9:06:52 PM): (Your favorite porn...ADULT ACNE...wha?)
MilesMk1 (9:07:30 PM): (I doubt we really want to know...)
Umbrafer (9:07:32 PM): (It is best if you don't attempt comprehension. Only madness lies that way.)
Thematrian1 (9:07:39 PM): (Whatever, it's gone now)
Thematrian1 (9:07:51 PM): Ok, with that done with, I patiently wait for the meet time.
MilesMk1 (9:07:56 PM): (Yay!)
MilesMk1 (9:08:10 PM): Actually, don't we patiently go over our phat lewt?
Thematrian1 (9:08:14 PM): Oh, yes
Thematrian1 (9:08:16 PM): yes we do
Thematrian1 (9:08:31 PM): That's more Glitch's thing than mine, though. I just sit there with my astral vision on
MilesMk1 (9:09:23 PM): Right... To begin with (like I mentioned last time) I make sure they have no locators or screamers, and examine them for traps / security devices.
MilesMk1 (9:09:43 PM): I really need to get one of those airport x-ray machines...
Thematrian1 (9:10:04 PM): I don't think they sell those to private citizens
MilesMk1 (9:10:17 PM): Sell?
Thematrian1 (9:10:38 PM): heh, ok
MilesMk1 (9:11:17 PM): Though I'd never be able to get it into the apartment, anyway...
MilesMk1 (9:11:35 PM): It's a walk-up with a narrow staircase and dormer windows.
MilesMk1 (9:12:25 PM): *tinkers with the cases*
Umbrafer (9:13:27 PM): What all are you using to look for locaters/screamers/traps/security? Just your normal set of tools and some elbow grease?
MilesMk1 (9:13:44 PM): Well, I have... Uh, let me see.
MilesMk1 (9:14:27 PM): I have a rating 8 bug scanner.
Umbrafer (9:14:38 PM): A good place to start.
MilesMk1 (9:14:49 PM): But that's all - for everything else I have to rely on my tools and various vision augmentations.
Umbrafer (9:15:05 PM): Roll for the bugscanning.
MilesMk1 (9:15:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 6 3 4 3 3 2 2
MilesMk1 (9:15:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
Umbrafer (9:15:57 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 1 5 1 5 5 3 6 4 4 4 4 2 6 3
Umbrafer (9:16:00 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 6
Umbrafer (9:16:04 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (9:16:07 PM): You find no traps.
MilesMk1 (9:16:12 PM): Mhmm...
MilesMk1 (9:16:16 PM): "They look clean..."
Umbrafer (9:16:28 PM): Noting, of course, that that can only detect transmitting bugs.
MilesMk1 (9:16:36 PM): Right.
MilesMk1 (9:16:44 PM): I'll try again, later.
MilesMk1 (9:16:52 PM): Perhaps after I crack one open.
MilesMk1 (9:17:33 PM): Ok, so I move on to opening them one by one (ideally in a way that'd detect and disable, say, hidden explosives, if that's possible)
Umbrafer (9:17:37 PM): Electronics if you're going to look for plain ole traps. They seem to be outfitted with a three-factor lock—keypad, keyhole (keyslot, rather), and thumbpad.
MilesMk1 (9:17:49 PM): Ok... Electronics.
Umbrafer (9:17:50 PM): (It's possible, but far from guaranteed)
MilesMk1 (9:17:54 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 4 4 1 1 4 6 1
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MilesMk1 (9:17:57 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (9:18:02 PM): Bah, humbug.
MilesMk1 (9:18:20 PM): That was so mediocre, it knocked Seiler off the Internet.
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MilesMk1 (9:18:55 PM): Do they have external hinges I could laser off, sparing myself the trouble of bypassing all those locks?
Umbrafer (9:18:59 PM): It's hard to tell without actually cracking the thing open, but from the amount of visible security you'd be surprised if it wasn't designed to do /something/ undesirable.
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Umbrafer (9:19:24 PM): Nope. These are not aftermarket additions, sadly, and the cases have been designed for security.
Umbrafer (9:19:37 PM): Roll a Security-related knowledge skill.
MilesMk1 (9:20:00 PM): Sec. Systems.
MilesMk1 (9:20:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 6 5 3 5 2 2 1
MilesMk1 (9:20:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:20:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:20:19 PM): 13,5,5
MilesMk1 (9:20:51 PM): "Should have taken his thumbs, too. Of course, if these are as expensive as they look, they'd check for body temp and pulse anyway..."
Umbrafer (9:21:07 PM): You recognize the case design as a Mitsuhama product. They were originally designed to store temperature-sensitive samples, so they incorporated a fair amount of refrigeration, but you think later models had more generalized purpose
Thematrian1 (9:21:08 PM): "Heh"
MilesMk1 (9:21:19 PM): "And who the hell uses mechanical locks, in this day and age?"
Umbrafer (9:21:19 PM): With either extra armor, security, or space where the refrigeration units were
Thematrian1 (9:21:25 PM): ::stretches out her legs, takes some more pain pills::
MilesMk1 (9:21:38 PM): Do I have a general idea of how to go about cracking them?
MilesMk1 (9:22:06 PM): Ideally, proceeding in a way that'd let me disable any security as I go.
Umbrafer (9:22:23 PM): Pretty general, but not much more of one than you had before—you aren't aware of anything like, for example, the side being made of Plasteel-7.
MilesMk1 (9:23:08 PM): Right... Well, unless I think this is beyind my ability - I do have several hours, after all - I'll make an attempt.
MilesMk1 (9:23:32 PM): (Any way to make this, I don't know, an extended test, to represent the fact I have the time and elbow room to be careful and methodical?)
Umbrafer (9:23:50 PM): You think there's a very real chance of failure, but you also think the odds of a room-destroying bomb are small.
MilesMk1 (9:24:03 PM): Mhmm... Ok, I'll give it a try.
MilesMk1 (9:24:19 PM): I'll keep the bug scanner on, BTW, in case my tampering sets something off.
Umbrafer (9:24:36 PM): Got it.
Umbrafer (9:24:53 PM): Roll when ready.
Thematrian1 (9:25:00 PM): astral senses on
Umbrafer (9:25:00 PM): Where is Gem relative to these proceedings?
MilesMk1 (9:25:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 4 1 5 4 1 5 5
MilesMk1 (9:25:09 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:25:12 PM): Grr....
Thematrian1 (9:25:27 PM): sitting with her back against one wall
Thematrian1 (9:25:31 PM): legs out in front of her
Thematrian1 (9:25:34 PM): watching
Thematrian1 (9:25:39 PM): does Microscopic Vision apply to this?
MilesMk1 (9:25:42 PM): Talent with electronics and microscopic vision apply?
Umbrafer (9:25:53 PM): They do indeed.
MilesMk1 (9:26:05 PM): Well, so that was a 10... Not too bad, but...
Umbrafer (9:26:17 PM): Going to karma or let it ride?
MilesMk1 (9:26:50 PM): Hmm... On the assumption (perhaps incorrect) that cracking one up without blowing shit up will make the rest easier, I'll Karma.
Umbrafer (9:27:08 PM): Reroll seven.
Thematrian1 (9:27:12 PM): woah
MilesMk1 (9:27:13 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 4 6 6 6 5 5
MilesMk1 (9:27:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 5 6
Thematrian1 (9:27:18 PM): hah
MilesMk1 (9:27:20 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (9:27:24 PM): that's what we like to see
MilesMk1 (9:27:30 PM): *grins*
Umbrafer (9:28:55 PM): You crack your way inside. Several times along the way you come near to triggering something, but you aren't quite sure what. At least, not until you make it to the center and discover…
Umbrafer (9:28:58 PM): Ew.
Umbrafer (9:29:08 PM): A few little fleshy nodules floating in a cylinder of liquid.
CirclMastr (9:29:10 PM): (Hitler's brain!(
CirclMastr (9:29:11 PM): * )
Umbrafer (9:29:34 PM): There are a number of little discs around the cylinder wired to the side of the case.
Thematrian1 (9:29:44 PM): astral activity?
Umbrafer (9:30:05 PM): It appears to be alive, but not living, if you catch my drift.
Thematrian1 (9:30:13 PM): not really
Umbrafer (9:30:31 PM): It's alive, not astral. Assense?
Thematrian1 (9:30:37 PM): sure
Thematrian1 (9:30:40 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 5 3 3 5
Thematrian1 (9:30:48 PM): that's no successes after wound mods. Oh well
Umbrafer (9:31:08 PM): Ah well.
Umbrafer (9:31:11 PM): Well
Thematrian1 (9:31:17 PM): "Yuck. It's alive...sort of..."
MilesMk1 (9:31:22 PM): Can I try a demolitions roll on the little discs?
Umbrafer (9:31:23 PM): It's definitely alive, but looking at it, it doesn't look like any sort of creature
Umbrafer (9:31:29 PM): Sure, go for it. Removing them?
MilesMk1 (9:31:36 PM): And a biotech roll on the lumps.
MilesMk1 (9:31:43 PM): No, just identifying them.
MilesMk1 (9:31:51 PM): Demo:
MilesMk1 (9:31:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 5 5 1 1 3 6 4
MilesMk1 (9:31:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 3
MilesMk1 (9:32:02 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (9:32:13 PM): I knew I'd wish I said I am removing them...
Umbrafer (9:32:22 PM): Hehehe
MilesMk1 (9:32:22 PM): Biotech:
MilesMk1 (9:32:26 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 2 1 5 6 1 6 1
MilesMk1 (9:32:29 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 6
MilesMk1 (9:32:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:32:43 PM): 13,11,5
Umbrafer (9:32:54 PM): They appear to be very low-powered explosives. Probably designed to just destroy the container, maybe cause some nasty pressure waves in the fluid within.
MilesMk1 (9:33:28 PM): "Wired to blow, but stay contained. Like that car trunk with the weird magical shit and bits of finger..."
Thematrian1 (9:33:47 PM): "There's no aspect of this that makes me happy."
MilesMk1 (9:34:08 PM): "Tell me about it... I was hoping for certified credsticks, or some sort of exotic gear..."
Umbrafer (9:34:12 PM): As for the lumps, you have no idea. They look like some bizarre combination of marrow, blood vessels, and… well, some fleshy lump.
Thematrian1 (9:34:33 PM): "You mind if I take these down to a street doc I know, get it clandestinely checked out?"
CirclMastr (9:34:34 PM): (Hitler's central nervous system)
Umbrafer (9:35:01 PM): The whole thing looks like storage for transplantation, but this is no body part you've ever seen.
MilesMk1 (9:35:09 PM): "Kind of makes you wonder how our employer is going to react if we tell him about this. Offer to buy it, or try to have us killed?"
MilesMk1 (9:35:36 PM): "Sure." (I've disabled the security on this one, and it can be opend and closed safely now, right?)
Umbrafer (9:35:56 PM): (As far as you know.)
MilesMk1 (9:36:14 PM): Oh, and a check for bugs, now that it's open:
Thematrian1 (9:36:15 PM): "I don't think our employer needs to know about any of this."
MilesMk1 (9:36:18 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 4 2 3 1 6 6 1
MilesMk1 (9:36:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 2
MilesMk1 (9:36:45 PM): "Well, yes. I'm just wondering who else we might be able to sell it to."
MilesMk1 (9:36:55 PM): "It's got to be worth something."
Thematrian1 (9:37:19 PM): "It's got 'corporate' written on it in large letters. I'm thinking finder's fee, in some suitably roundabout way."
MilesMk1 (9:37:28 PM): "The six cases alone would cost around X." (since I id'd the make)
Thematrian1 (9:37:45 PM): (br)
MilesMk1 (9:37:54 PM): Where X is?
Umbrafer (9:38:54 PM): X varies widely, depending on how many of them (like this one) have refrigeration and what all security measures are involved. Range from ¥6,000 to ¥40,000 each, with the refrigeration models occupying a space from ¥12,000 on up
Thematrian1 (9:40:57 PM): Woah. Screw the contents, can we sell the cases?
Umbrafer (9:41:19 PM): Yes, but they do tend to devalue very sharply on the second-hand market
Umbrafer (9:41:29 PM): Since security is the primary consideration for purchasing them
Thematrian1 (9:41:32 PM): yeah, yeah
MilesMk1 (9:42:09 PM): Hmm... Was this one refrigerated? If yes, I make sure I didn't shut that off. (or leave it open too long and let it warm up)
MilesMk1 (9:42:55 PM): Also, I check the others to see if they all appear to weigh the same amount, and if there are any differences between them.
Umbrafer (9:43:04 PM): It was.
MilesMk1 (9:43:41 PM): Ah. Ok, I'll close it down, and let the lumps cool peacefully.
Umbrafer (9:43:55 PM): The others weigh similarly, though they are generally weighted to be roughly similar prior to loading
MilesMk1 (9:44:06 PM): Bah...
Umbrafer (9:44:07 PM): (To prevent people from determining exactly what you're trying to determine, natch ;) )
MilesMk1 (9:44:28 PM): "Ok, so when do you want to see this doc friend of yours?"
MilesMk1 (9:44:53 PM): "Also, do I try the others? It might be wrong to assume they all hold the same thing."
Thematrian1 (9:44:56 PM): "Not until tomrrow, that's for sure."
Thematrian1 (9:45:05 PM): "Sure, go for it."
Thematrian1 (9:45:13 PM): "Actually..."
Thematrian1 (9:45:18 PM): "How hard were those to open?"
MilesMk1 (9:45:22 PM): Is it any easier now that I know how?
MilesMk1 (9:45:28 PM): Also, what Gem asked.
Thematrian1 (9:45:35 PM): I'm wondering if we have time
Umbrafer (9:46:04 PM): Unfortunately, not meaningfully easier. There's a lot of tricky work involved.
Umbrafer (9:46:45 PM): As for how hard, the path to opening is straightforward, but the execution is quite difficult. TN 8, and you can't guarantee entirely positive results with a single success.
MilesMk1 (9:47:01 PM): "Pretty tricky. There's a non-trivial chance of setting one off."
Thematrian1 (9:47:08 PM): "Let's leave them for now, then."
Thematrian1 (9:47:16 PM): (Fast-forward to meet time?)
Umbrafer (9:47:50 PM): If you wish.
MilesMk1 (9:47:56 PM): "If I had to guess... I'd expect to lose one, maybe two out of six."
Thematrian1 (9:48:18 PM): "No hurry, then, right?"
MilesMk1 (9:48:36 PM): Oh yeah, another thing... Did I detect anything that'd shield them from being x-rayed or examined with some other tech like that, or security to blow them if exposed to such rays?
Thematrian1 (9:48:45 PM): (Oh, and I whistle up a F3 Great Form Hearth spirit in Glitch's apartment)
Thematrian1 (9:48:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 3 1 5 5
Thematrian1 (9:48:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 3 6 2 1 1 5 3 4 4
Thematrian1 (9:48:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 5 3 2 4
Thematrian1 (9:49:05 PM): (Got him)
Umbrafer (9:49:24 PM): The armor's pretty dense, but if whatever you have will penetrate you didn't see anything that would blow up.
MilesMk1 (9:49:28 PM): "Not really... I mean, I seriously doubt there's going to be anything too different in them, anyway."
Umbrafer (9:49:33 PM): There was a little pouch containing unexposed film, though.
MilesMk1 (9:49:45 PM): Ah. Clever...
Thematrian1 (9:49:48 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (9:49:55 PM): Just a passive detection mechanism?
MilesMk1 (9:50:01 PM): Looks like it.
MilesMk1 (9:50:14 PM): The contents could also be sensitive to radiation of various kinds.
MilesMk1 (9:50:20 PM): So it could be a radiometer.
Thematrian1 (9:50:33 PM): Cute
MilesMk1 (9:50:35 PM): No need to have an electronic one, film works just fine.
MilesMk1 (9:50:58 PM): BTW, my second bug sweep found nothing, right?
MilesMk1 (9:51:34 PM): Regardless, I'll be wrapping the cases in metal mesh before leaving the apartment.
Umbrafer (9:51:44 PM): Nothing.
Umbrafer (9:51:47 PM): You mesh it up.
MilesMk1 (9:52:08 PM): (Assuming that does what physics say it should, in SR.)
MilesMk1 (9:52:25 PM): "Yeah, I guess we can wait."
Umbrafer (9:52:26 PM): (In SR, you can never be too sure. That said, as far as Glitch knows it does.)
Thematrian1 (9:52:27 PM): (Faraday cage FTW. I don't think there's anything contradicting it)
MilesMk1 (9:52:59 PM): "And perhaps we'll be able to glean something from the Johnson about it."
MilesMk1 (9:53:28 PM): "Though if he wanted what was in those, he sure was going about this in a strange way."
MilesMk1 (9:53:37 PM): (Ok, so, fast-forward?)
Umbrafer (9:53:39 PM): Unless there are any more actions, time to leave for the meet arrives. How were you storing your grisly trophy, anyway?
MilesMk1 (9:53:56 PM): Ice chest, IIRC.
Thematrian1 (9:54:01 PM): yep
MilesMk1 (9:54:48 PM): Ok, so I set my security, and we leave.
Umbrafer (9:54:55 PM): Roll Perception.
Thematrian1 (9:55:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 2 2 4 6
MilesMk1 (9:55:02 PM): Bastard. :)
Thematrian1 (9:55:04 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (9:55:06 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 5 1 1
MilesMk1 (9:55:09 PM): Shit...
Thematrian1 (9:55:11 PM): 7 3 2 2 0 0 after mods
MilesMk1 (9:55:15 PM): 5,5
Umbrafer (9:55:17 PM): You find no traps.
Umbrafer (9:56:04 PM): The route to the meet is pretty clear, though it takes you past the apartment building again
MilesMk1 (9:56:17 PM): Anything there, still?
Umbrafer (9:56:50 PM): A police line, a chalk outline. Nothing else.
MilesMk1 (9:57:20 PM): *drive*
Umbrafer (9:58:02 PM): You drive along. Another Perception.
MilesMk1 (9:58:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 5 6 6 1
Thematrian1 (9:58:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 2 3 2 6
MilesMk1 (9:58:10 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 1
Thematrian1 (9:58:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
Thematrian1 (9:58:14 PM): 9 7
MilesMk1 (9:58:21 PM): 11,7,5,4
Umbrafer (9:58:48 PM): Once again, the other drivers seem to be clearing out of your way, making room for you to merge, always changing lanes if you want to pass… it's downright creepy.
Umbrafer (9:59:24 PM): Whenever you wish, you reach the meet area ahead of schedule.
Thematrian1 (9:59:59 PM): Awesome. I give it an astral once-over
Thematrian1 (10:00:02 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 4 6 3 5
Thematrian1 (10:00:05 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (10:00:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (10:00:09 PM): 11
MilesMk1 (10:00:28 PM): Did I feel anything like that on the job? Because it sure didn't feel like the bad guys were going out of their way to... Well, there was that car that almost seemed to wait for us to catch up and shoot it...
Umbrafer (10:00:29 PM): Clean, for Puyallup. Has perhaps a cold and hard-edged feel to it.
Umbrafer (10:00:49 PM): You did not feel like that on the job, no.
MilesMk1 (10:01:07 PM): Hmm... Picky. Well, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
MilesMk1 (10:01:24 PM): Ok, so let's arrive, what, 1/2 hour early, and give the place a once-over?
Thematrian1 (10:02:28 PM): Sounds like fun. If nothing's the matter, though, I head on in. This is a pretty public place IIRC?
Umbrafer (10:02:41 PM): *Double-check*
Umbrafer (10:02:55 PM): (I'm almost certain not, what with the CNS tissue changing hands…)
Thematrian1 (10:03:18 PM): (Heh, that makes some sense)
Umbrafer (10:04:17 PM): He gave you a location a short distance into Puyallup, on the edge of where the infrastructure really breaks down.
Thematrian1 (10:04:23 PM): aha
Thematrian1 (10:04:34 PM): I bring in my blimp, then, and use it to monitor incoming traffic
Umbrafer (10:04:43 PM): It's public in the sense that anyone can wander in, but that's like saying that the middle of a forest is public.
Thematrian1 (10:04:44 PM): from half a kilometer up, because I can
Umbrafer (10:05:05 PM): The blimp pretends to be a Dwarf on a hang-glider.
Umbrafer (10:05:35 PM): There's traffic, there's some busy streets not too far away, but near you all is quiet.
Thematrian1 (10:05:37 PM): much appreciated ;-)
Umbrafer (10:05:38 PM): Well
Umbrafer (10:05:46 PM): A quarter-mile off there's what looks to be a street brawl.
Umbrafer (10:05:57 PM): Mmm, mixed units.
MilesMk1 (10:06:18 PM): "So, our plan is, no word to the Johnson about the cases, period, right? If he mentions anything about them, we offer to look for them, for a fee?"
Thematrian1 (10:06:27 PM): "I like it."
Thematrian1 (10:06:41 PM): "With a bonus because we'd have to go back right away."
Thematrian1 (10:06:53 PM): "And even then, we only find five"
MilesMk1 (10:07:07 PM): "Right... Well, I'm sure you'll be able to spin it to our max advantage." *smiles*
Thematrian1 (10:07:21 PM): Demure shrug. "It's what I do."
Umbrafer (10:08:08 PM): Actions before the J arrives?
MilesMk1 (10:08:09 PM): (*demurely wipes CNS tissue from her hands*)
Thematrian1 (10:08:25 PM): (That's the other thing she does)
MilesMk1 (10:08:27 PM): I look around for snipers, cops, anyone threatening, etc.
MilesMk1 (10:08:38 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 3 2 5 5
MilesMk1 (10:08:42 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (10:08:45 PM): F4 City spirit, please
MilesMk1 (10:08:47 PM): 9,5,5,4
Thematrian1 (10:08:49 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 4 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 6
Thematrian1 (10:08:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 6 4 3 4 2 6
Thematrian1 (10:08:58 PM): Yep, got me one of them too
Umbrafer (10:09:17 PM): You see what initially appears to be a medium-sized, angry-looking dog, but it turns out to just be a rat watching you from the shadows.
MilesMk1 (10:09:19 PM): Oh, and load the GDATGM launcher and stash it under the seat, just in case.
Umbrafer (10:09:36 PM): Done. Keep in mind you still need to set it up to fire it, though.
MilesMk1 (10:09:49 PM): A common occurence in this part of town?
Thematrian1 (10:09:52 PM): I'll slot Cars
Thematrian1 (10:09:56 PM): I can drive while he shoots
MilesMk1 (10:09:57 PM): The watching rat, I mean.
Thematrian1 (10:09:58 PM): no other actions
Thematrian1 (10:10:04 PM): yeah, is the rat awakened?
Umbrafer (10:10:33 PM): Very possibly. It isn't dual-natured or astral, though.
Thematrian1 (10:10:39 PM): good enough
Umbrafer (10:11:01 PM): And yes, big-ass rats are a common sight in both Barrens.
MilesMk1 (10:11:02 PM): I slot Negotiation - not to try to step on Gem's toes, but in case I too am called on to bullshit convincingly.
Umbrafer (10:11:14 PM): The rat seems unimpressed.
Thematrian1 (10:11:16 PM): (Hey, you roll more dice than me at it)
MilesMk1 (10:11:35 PM): (Yeah, but I have a Cha of 4 and nothing else that helps me...)
Thematrian1 (10:11:55 PM): (And you're not suffering wound mods. My TN mods are still negative overall, though)
Umbrafer (10:12:12 PM): (Gem has the Face's VCR.)
MilesMk1 (10:12:24 PM): *waits*
CirclMastr (10:12:27 PM): (*Tries to press fast-forward on it*)
Thematrian1 (10:12:27 PM): Lalala hanging around
Umbrafer (10:12:42 PM): Unless there are other actions, a car shows up.
Umbrafer (10:12:51 PM): Let's get a Sensors roll from the drone.
Thematrian1 (10:12:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (10:12:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (10:13:00 PM): that's more like it
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Umbrafer (10:14:08 PM): Interestingly enough, the drone didn't spot it until it was a few hundred meters away. That said, it followed it all the way in. Looks like it came from deeper in the Barrens.
Thematrian1 (10:14:33 PM): #Came from the deep Barrens, looks like.#
Thematrian1 (10:14:49 PM): I get out of the car, and lean against a street light or a wall or whatever's available for casual leaning
Thematrian1 (10:14:59 PM): Ice chest is in the trunk, we're ready
Umbrafer (10:14:59 PM): You lean against the rat.
Umbrafer (10:15:00 PM): *Ahem*
Umbrafer (10:15:04 PM): There's a wall handy.
Umbrafer (10:15:37 PM): The car pulls up, running no lights. A door opens, the Johnson steps out.
CirclMastr (10:15:53 PM): (With a machine gun. Roll Dodge or Body as desired)
Umbrafer (10:16:04 PM): Seemingly oblivious to the weather, he's wearing a heavy coat.
Thematrian1 (10:16:17 PM): heh
MilesMk1 (10:16:40 PM): I, too, get out of the car.
MilesMk1 (10:16:58 PM): Hey, does my thermal vision indicate his body is the same temp as the air?
Umbrafer (10:17:37 PM): Yes, actually. Odd, that.
Thematrian1 (10:18:02 PM): uh huh
Umbrafer (10:18:03 PM): He slowly puts a hand into his jacket, comes out with a few credsticks. He holds them up, displaying them, then waits.
Thematrian1 (10:18:05 PM): what's he like astrally?
Thematrian1 (10:18:10 PM): ::assense::
Thematrian1 (10:18:12 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 4 1 2 6
Thematrian1 (10:18:14 PM): 1 success
Thematrian1 (10:18:22 PM): I gesture to Glitch.
Thematrian1 (10:18:29 PM): #Get the chest out?#
MilesMk1 (10:18:54 PM): How're his teeth?
MilesMk1 (10:18:58 PM): I go get the chest out.
Umbrafer (10:19:03 PM): Healthy, cyberimplants present, emotional state flat, you have not seen this aura before.
Thematrian1 (10:19:23 PM): not a mage, not a machine, not a zombie
Thematrian1 (10:19:24 PM): ?
Umbrafer (10:19:36 PM): Correct.
MilesMk1 (10:19:51 PM): Cyberzombie?
Thematrian1 (10:20:10 PM): Heh, yeah, is he hazing the astral in his vicinity?
Thematrian1 (10:20:14 PM): When Glitch is over near us, I take the chest, and open it up to show him the head.
Thematrian1 (10:20:52 PM): Then I set it down and extend a hand for the cred. Is the amount right?
Umbrafer (10:20:57 PM): You see no hazing.
Umbrafer (10:21:24 PM): He indicates for you to leave the chest a few meters in front of him.
Thematrian1 (10:21:34 PM): I go ahead and do that then
Thematrian1 (10:21:44 PM): #He's a genius. I can't work him over if he never talks.#
Umbrafer (10:22:34 PM): He motions you away, then walks up to the chest. He looks over the interior, then withdraws something from his coat. Perception to see what.
MilesMk1 (10:22:49 PM): #Or he's a pseudo-zombie controlled by a rogue AI who cares for nothing except the job.#
Thematrian1 (10:22:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 6 2 5 6
Thematrian1 (10:22:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 5 3
MilesMk1 (10:22:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 4 1 2 3
Thematrian1 (10:22:58 PM): 7 9 7
MilesMk1 (10:23:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (10:23:07 PM): 10,4,4
Umbrafer (10:23:15 PM): Glitch sees a small tube. Gem sees what looks to be some sort of collecor.
Umbrafer (10:23:23 PM): Er
Umbrafer (10:23:28 PM): *collector
Thematrian1 (10:23:53 PM): aha
Thematrian1 (10:23:55 PM): also, ew
Umbrafer (10:24:12 PM): He does something in the chest with it, then closes the chest and leaves the credsticks on top while motioning you to wait. He then withdraws to the car.
Thematrian1 (10:24:19 PM): #If so, we're both going to dessicate in hell when we die.#
Thematrian1 (10:24:29 PM): I take the opportunity to count our hard-earned cred
Umbrafer (10:24:42 PM): A few minutes pass. You went up and took the sticks?
Thematrian1 (10:24:58 PM): Nope, just looked at them
Thematrian1 (10:25:01 PM): at first, anyway
Umbrafer (10:25:04 PM): *Nods8
Umbrafer (10:26:07 PM): It's all there in good order, as far as you can tell.
Thematrian1 (10:26:21 PM): nifty. How much was that again?
Thematrian1 (10:26:31 PM): I hang out.
Umbrafer (10:26:32 PM): Aw crap, you just had to ask.
Thematrian1 (10:26:36 PM): No hurry, I guess
Umbrafer (10:27:15 PM): A few minutes afterwards he returns from the car, walks up, takes the credsticks and places them on the ground next to the chest, then picks up the chest and carries it back to the car.
Thematrian1 (10:27:42 PM): I scoop 'em up. As he turns, lazily: "I take it everything's in order, then?"
Thematrian1 (10:27:57 PM): Turn the sex appeal on to say level 3.
Umbrafer (10:28:05 PM): Roll it.
Thematrian1 (10:28:06 PM): See if I can get some kind of human reaction
Thematrian1 (10:28:09 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 2 1 4 6
Thematrian1 (10:28:13 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (10:28:16 PM): bollocks
Thematrian1 (10:28:19 PM): 9, but nothing else
Umbrafer (10:28:36 PM): He turns. "Satisfactory. We may have more work for you later."
Thematrian1 (10:28:59 PM): Big smile, nod. "You know who to call."
Umbrafer (10:29:13 PM): ("Ghostbusters!")
Umbrafer (10:29:25 PM): He turns back to the car, puts the chest in the trunk, then gets in.
Thematrian1 (10:29:27 PM): (No variation on that phrase will ever be usable again. Even in 2055.)
Umbrafer (10:29:37 PM): (Indeed.)
Umbrafer (10:29:46 PM): The car pulls away, still sans lights.
Thematrian1 (10:30:25 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (10:30:37 PM): I send the blimp to follow it, in a general sort of way
Thematrian1 (10:30:48 PM): It can fly, so I don't need to be too precise
Umbrafer (10:30:53 PM): You do so.
Umbrafer (10:30:56 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 5 1 4 5 3 5 1
Umbrafer (10:31:07 PM): Unfortunately, it loses contact within a few hundred meters.
Umbrafer (10:31:25 PM): There's a lot of interference around parts of Puyallup.
Thematrian1 (10:31:26 PM): #This guy knows how to lose a tail. We need another real rigger#
Umbrafer (10:31:36 PM): The infrastructure's destroyed, but some of it's still dumping power into the air.
Thematrian1 (10:32:00 PM): yeah
MilesMk1 (10:32:14 PM): #Yeah, we do... And we need to find out what happened to Scavengers. If only because they might be coming after us, too...#
Thematrian1 (10:32:36 PM): #Seriously. The whole thing is so weird...but I need to sleep, now.#
Thematrian1 (10:32:41 PM): #Again#
MilesMk1 (10:33:19 PM): #All right. Where do you want me to drop you off?#
Thematrian1 (10:33:38 PM): I go ahead and give him directions to my apartment.
Umbrafer (10:33:47 PM): Remarkably trusting
Thematrian1 (10:33:56 PM): Hey, I've been in his.
Umbrafer (10:34:02 PM): Nevertheless
Thematrian1 (10:34:19 PM): It's the sort of trusting gesture that demands recopricity, if a relationship is going to develop.
MilesMk1 (10:34:20 PM): *drops her off*
Umbrafer (10:34:41 PM): That's what Middle-lifestyle safehouses are for ;)
Thematrian1 (10:34:46 PM): "Thanks. If I get wind of some more work, want me to ring you up?"
MilesMk1 (10:36:12 PM): "Sure, though I think we ought to consider taking Conroy's advice and skipping town, or at least laying low, next week."
MilesMk1 (10:36:35 PM): Oh, and let's make sure you have the one opened case, so you can show it to your doc contact.
Thematrian1 (10:36:36 PM): "Maybe. See you tomorrow at <place> for those softs?"
Thematrian1 (10:36:42 PM): Yeah, I like that.
MilesMk1 (10:36:58 PM): "Yep. See you then."
Thematrian1 (10:37:03 PM): I take the case upstairs, put it in my lodge.
Thematrian1 (10:37:04 PM): Oh
Thematrian1 (10:37:21 PM): I enlist my two great forms to cart the body upstairs while under Concealment
Umbrafer (10:37:50 PM): You have some difficulty convincing them to touch it.
Thematrian1 (10:38:21 PM): "Come on, guys, it's just a body. River carries it all to the sea."
Umbrafer (10:38:23 PM): Nevertheless, force of personality prevails.
Umbrafer (10:38:36 PM): What sorts of spirits were these again?
Thematrian1 (10:38:51 PM): F3 Hearth, F4 City
Umbrafer (10:39:05 PM): Hearth: "Not this one."
Thematrian1 (10:39:29 PM): "So she carries it where? Upstream?"
Thematrian1 (10:39:42 PM): (It's never a good idea to argue with your spirits, but she's had a rough night)
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Umbrafer (10:40:09 PM): They both look at you in an annoyed fashion, then sigh (or exhale smoke/exhaust, as the case may be) and haul the thing up.
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Thematrian1 (10:41:25 PM): "Much appreciated."
Thematrian1 (10:41:39 PM): Yeah, this stuff all goes under the wards
Umbrafer (10:43:02 PM): Done.
Umbrafer (10:43:11 PM): To perfection, even.
Umbrafer (10:43:14 PM): Actions?
Thematrian1 (10:43:29 PM): zzzzzzz
Thematrian1 (10:43:37 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 4 1 6
Thematrian1 (10:43:48 PM): That's a healing roll, but I forget how to interpret it
Umbrafer (10:43:49 PM): You do a pretty decent job of sleeping, by that roll
Umbrafer (10:43:57 PM): Well, what's your wound level again?
Thematrian1 (10:44:35 PM): M
Thematrian1 (10:44:40 PM): (Thanks Glitch)
Umbrafer (10:45:17 PM): Physical? Then you're looking at…SR3 page 127.
Umbrafer (10:45:24 PM): Base of 10 days, TN 6
Thematrian1 (10:45:28 PM): sigh
Umbrafer (10:45:32 PM): Need to be in at least a Middle lifestyle to be healing.
Thematrian1 (10:45:35 PM): I am
Thematrian1 (10:45:54 PM): down to 2 boxes in ten days. Yuck.
MilesMk1 (10:45:59 PM): (I did get it reduced, right? I didn't forget to use first aid?)
Thematrian1 (10:46:05 PM): (Yes. I was at S)
Umbrafer (10:46:09 PM): It's down to one box in ten.
Thematrian1 (10:46:15 PM): Oh, good times
Umbrafer (10:46:19 PM): If you get a doctor involved, you may be able to speed things up.
Thematrian1 (10:46:26 PM): tomorrow
Thematrian1 (10:46:35 PM): activesoft pickup goes without problems?
Umbrafer (10:47:01 PM): None whatsoever.
Thematrian1 (10:47:15 PM): if so, I call up my street doc/shaman buddy
MilesMk1 (10:47:48 PM): I almost forgot... I actually have a L wound.
MilesMk1 (10:48:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 3 4 5
MilesMk1 (10:48:28 PM): Gone in 8 hours.
Umbrafer (10:48:38 PM): You get the answering machine. He usually gets back to you quickly, though.
Umbrafer (10:48:53 PM): A good night's rest and Glitch is right as rain. He also has mail.
Thematrian1 (10:48:57 PM): Ok. I enjoy the afternoon, unless it's raining
MilesMk1 (10:49:00 PM): *checks mail*
MilesMk1 (10:49:10 PM): Elecronic, I assume?
Thematrian1 (10:49:22 PM): Oh, and I buy the sorts of things one might use to disguise one's self. Cosmetics, I guess.
Umbrafer (10:49:24 PM): (In general, if it's physical mail I'll specify "package" or "letter". And, you read my mind.)
Thematrian1 (10:49:26 PM): Gem would know all about it
Thematrian1 (10:49:40 PM): especially after she has the chip slotted
Umbrafer (10:50:09 PM): You do so. It's about ¥80 per setup for a fairly comprehensive disguise—you can do things significantly more cheaply, but it involves knowing what you want to disguise yourself as before you start buying.
MilesMk1 (10:51:21 PM): (Buy me something, too?)
Thematrian1 (10:51:27 PM): (Sure thing)
Thematrian1 (10:51:42 PM): Ok. I buy five, ideally in five different places.
Umbrafer (10:52:25 PM): Done.
Umbrafer (10:52:53 PM): As for Glitch, the mail:
Umbrafer (10:52:58 PM): It's a job offer.
Umbrafer (10:53:12 PM): You are apparently highly in demand.
Umbrafer (10:54:34 PM): It's from Conroy, mentioning that he's passing along a job from a friend in case you wanted to look into it. Thought it would be good for you, since you're the electronics whiz you are and you know someone with a good pair of wheels
MilesMk1 (10:54:53 PM): Knew...
Umbrafer (10:54:56 PM): He also idly drops the fact that he's got a plane to the Caribbean League later in the day.
Umbrafer (10:55:00 PM): (He doesn't know that :) )
Thematrian1 (10:55:41 PM): (Push him on what he thinks is going to happen)
MilesMk1 (10:55:53 PM): Mhmm... Well, I'll give him a call, and let him know that, unless he knows a reliable wheelman we could use, we're actually out of the running for this one.
MilesMk1 (10:56:02 PM): Also, I'll ask him about his vacation plans...
MilesMk1 (10:56:25 PM): And, yeah, try to find out what he knows about what's coming. Maybe over dinner, or drinks, if he has the time.
MilesMk1 (10:56:48 PM): Well, not drinks, since I can't...
Umbrafer (10:57:08 PM): Sure you can. They're just going to be different drinks from everyone else's drinks.
Umbrafer (10:57:15 PM): Just don't do business with the Japanese or Russians.
Thematrian1 (10:57:17 PM): (Can't?)(
MilesMk1 (10:57:38 PM): (BTW, is getting e-mail from him normal? And secure?)
MilesMk1 (10:57:44 PM): (Allergy.)
Thematrian1 (10:58:03 PM): (Aha)
Thematrian1 (10:58:19 PM): (And Glitch is college educated? That must have sucked ;-))
Umbrafer (10:58:56 PM): (Yes and somewhat—on the same level as phone conversations, these days.)
MilesMk1 (10:59:28 PM): (Well, he has the educational equivalent, anyway...)
Umbrafer (11:00:12 PM): (Actually, who is to say he didn't develop it while in college?)
Thematrian1 (11:00:23 PM): "I'm walking on sunshine..."
MilesMk1 (11:00:39 PM): (I've never met anyone in RL allergic to alcohol as such, but I'm actually allergic to any kind of wine -red, white, champagne.)
Umbrafer (11:00:53 PM): He picks up, says he has a flight in the early afternoon but that he can do an early lunch if you've got the time.
MilesMk1 (11:01:00 PM): (Not grapes, though, strangely enough.)
Thematrian1 (11:01:06 PM): (Go for it; I want to know what he's so scared of)
MilesMk1 (11:01:09 PM): Ok, lunch is fine.
Umbrafer (11:02:09 PM): He meets up with you at a nice little French restaurant that also does a side business selling mother sauces.
Umbrafer (11:02:39 PM): Perception.
MilesMk1 (11:02:43 PM): I attempt to soften his brain with alcohol...
MilesMk1 (11:02:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 2 5 1 5
Umbrafer (11:03:28 PM): He seems in good spirits, but is a little overly animated—from your knowledge of him you'd guess he's nervous, but not overwhelmingly so.
Umbrafer (11:03:34 PM): You don't think the good spirits are a front.
MilesMk1 (11:05:05 PM): Hmm... Well, I let the food and drink soften him up some, talking about the Caribbean, mention I've been thinking of doing some snorkling lately, etc.
MilesMk1 (11:05:23 PM): Before trying to pump him for info. (have Negotiation slotted, BTW.)
Umbrafer (11:05:54 PM): He takes a little softening, but waves off more insisting that it will do horrible things to him if he flies with any more. He does perk up at that, and urges you to come along (not particularly forcefully, just friendly encourageme
Umbrafer (11:05:56 PM): *ment)
Umbrafer (11:07:05 PM): Roll Negotiations as desired.
MilesMk1 (11:07:39 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 6 5 1 2 1
MilesMk1 (11:07:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (11:07:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (11:07:49 PM): 15
MilesMk1 (11:08:04 PM): 5,4
Umbrafer (11:08:10 PM): You turn the discussion towards more serious matters.
Umbrafer (11:08:39 PM): "Just precautions. I think the Star's been getting antsy lately—word's gone out that their contract might be in trouble if things don't clean up soon."
Umbrafer (11:09:20 PM): "I don't know what's going to happen, but they might be more active than usual soon."
MilesMk1 (11:09:57 PM): "So, you think they'll be trying to roll up some... dangerous people... *smiles* to prove they're doing something?"
Umbrafer (11:10:30 PM): "Yeah, something like that."
MilesMk1 (11:10:59 PM): "Maybe I should fly out... Of course, the cyber is always a problem, unless you have private access and charter."
Umbrafer (11:12:12 PM): "Dangerous people."
Umbrafer (11:12:47 PM): "I used to know some pilots."
Umbrafer (11:12:55 PM): "I think it's been a bad few years for them."
Umbrafer (11:13:09 PM): "That and the good ones always move to Denver."
Umbrafer (11:13:25 PM): "We should nuke Denver. Blow it up. Then they'd stop stealing our talent."
MilesMk1 (11:13:32 PM): "Mhmm... Well, maybe I'll take a more local trip."
MilesMk1 (11:13:57 PM): "So, when're you getting back?"
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Umbrafer (11:15:02 PM): "I'm spending about a month down there. Too many people these days don't give relaxation the time it needs to set in.
Umbrafer (11:15:03 PM): *"
MilesMk1 (11:16:31 PM): "Yeah, sounds like it could be a serious problem." *grins*
Umbrafer (11:18:02 PM): "I expect things'll clear up here faster than that… faster or slower than I can afford to wait. No, it's that long because if I'm going to take a vacation, damn it, I'm going to do it right."
Umbrafer (11:18:24 PM): He half-grins at you.
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Umbrafer (11:19:47 PM): Unless there's anything further of import, he makes pleasantries and heads off to make his flight.
MilesMk1 (11:19:57 PM): Nah, I'll leave him be.
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Umbrafer (11:21:29 PM): Further actions?
MilesMk1 (11:21:32 PM): Wish him a good flight.
MilesMk1 (11:21:52 PM): Damn... He didn't reply to my e-mailed question about a wheelman?
Umbrafer (11:22:15 PM): Ah! I knew I was forgetting something. Sorry, I'm distracted by my search for your fee for the last run.
MilesMk1 (11:22:29 PM): Ok, well... I'll call Gem (or meet her for the activesofts) and tell her what I found out - and mention the job offer as well, just in case.
Umbrafer (11:22:30 PM): I'm back in the logs to October. It puts things in perspective.
Umbrafer (11:23:07 PM): He offers his condolences for whatever happened to your wheelman, and gives you a number of someone he knows who might know someone who might be looking for a job.
MilesMk1 (11:24:41 PM): Ok...
MilesMk1 (11:24:51 PM): I still go through with my plans vis a vis Gem.
MilesMk1 (11:24:57 PM): Wait, that sounded weird...
MilesMk1 (11:25:03 PM): You know what I mean.
CirclMastr (11:25:04 PM): (Heh)
Thematrian1 (11:25:11 PM): (I was gonna say...)
MilesMk1 (11:27:06 PM): I get in touch with Gem like I said I would.
Thematrian1 (11:27:40 PM): Nifty. We pick up our softs if we haven't. I report no progress on the doctor front
Umbrafer (11:27:45 PM): You had seventy-five coming to you. It's roughly evenly split between the three sticks.
Umbrafer (11:28:11 PM): You'd picked up the softs by the time Glitch finishes his food.
MilesMk1 (11:28:21 PM): So, I guess Pusher gets one, in theory?
Umbrafer (11:28:50 PM): Depends on whether you play this the honest way or if you buy him a stack of NNN discs and ask him if he wants the stack or the stick.
MilesMk1 (11:29:03 PM): We don't get to Kill Him and Take His +1 Longsword? ;)
Umbrafer (11:29:21 PM): You do, but that converts the campaign to The Other Game.
MilesMk1 (11:29:25 PM): Well, he seems like a bad person to cheat.
Umbrafer (11:29:38 PM): Giant Trolls are like that.
Thematrian1 (11:29:43 PM): And Cheating Your Teammates Is Wrong. Goodbye, 12.5kY
MilesMk1 (11:29:44 PM): And he's so hapless sometimes, even I'd feel bad about it.
Umbrafer (11:30:12 PM): On the other hand, you don't necessarily need to adjust his share for the lack of Scavengers
Umbrafer (11:30:19 PM): Unless you want to hold out her share, just in case
MilesMk1 (11:30:22 PM): And he did a significant amount of work...
Thematrian1 (11:31:14 PM): We could give Pusher 20 even, and split 55.
MilesMk1 (11:31:24 PM): You know, I guess I'll buy him a stack of NNN disks to go along with the money.
Umbrafer (11:32:12 PM): Depending on whether you deliver this before or after 3:30, he seems either sullen or overjoyed.
MilesMk1 (11:32:14 PM): And try to stay in touch with the big lunkhead... You never know when you'll need a giant Troll.
MilesMk1 (11:32:32 PM): ... after 3:30.
Thematrian1 (11:32:37 PM): heh
Umbrafer (11:33:02 PM): He seems overjoyed, and offers to punch something for you.
MilesMk1 (11:33:10 PM): Does he meet us somewhere, or do we get to see his place?
Umbrafer (11:35:35 PM): It's a park.
Umbrafer (11:35:58 PM): You assuage your consciences.
MilesMk1 (11:36:08 PM): Ah, ok. Well, I guess we hand over the stuff, and tell him to stay in touch.
MilesMk1 (11:36:20 PM): Maybe I can make him a portable trid set, or something.
MilesMk1 (11:36:39 PM): That way, he'll be able to feel like he's watching it on a big screen anywhere he goes.
Umbrafer (11:36:57 PM): As things stand you have: an M wound, a number for "someone who knows someone", a job offer, several unknown cases, one case with fleshy bits, one case with burnt things, one corps, one pile of dirt with finger, and two cars.
Thematrian1 (11:37:11 PM): and an OMC
Umbrafer (11:37:14 PM): This "you" being collective—Gem, of course, is the one with the M wound.
Umbrafer (11:37:15 PM): Yes.
MilesMk1 (11:37:20 PM): And a pile of guns and some mini-mines.
Umbrafer (11:37:24 PM): Ytes.
Umbrafer (11:37:26 PM): *yes
MilesMk1 (11:37:44 PM): And a credstick and pass-card from one of the LTs.
Umbrafer (11:38:11 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (11:39:07 PM): Oh, right... I check the credsticks we got for tracers, like always.
MilesMk1 (11:39:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 2 5 6 4 5
MilesMk1 (11:39:16 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (11:39:33 PM): You find no traps.
Umbrafer (11:40:15 PM): Actions?
Thematrian1 (11:40:30 PM): I wait for Doc!Buddy to give me a call
Umbrafer (11:40:57 PM): He does so.
Umbrafer (11:41:10 PM): "Hey Gem, what do you need?"
MilesMk1 (11:41:16 PM): I follow up on the somebody-who-knows-somebody-who...
Umbrafer (11:41:29 PM): *Ring ring*
Umbrafer (11:41:30 PM): *Ring ring*
Umbrafer (11:41:36 PM): *Click* "Yeah?"
Thematrian1 (11:41:37 PM): "I've got a couple of things for you to look at, Theo, when you've got the time."
Umbrafer (11:41:52 PM): Doc: "Sure thing. What kinds of things?"
Thematrian1 (11:42:57 PM): "I got myself injured. Funny story, but it's better in person."
Umbrafer (11:43:23 PM): "Got some free time later this evening. 6:00?"
Thematrian1 (11:43:35 PM): "Sure do"
Umbrafer (11:44:36 PM): "Swing by and tell me all about it."
Thematrian1 (11:45:13 PM): "Will do. Private party?"
Umbrafer (11:45:41 PM): "Would it be any other way?"
Thematrian1 (11:45:53 PM): "I hardly needed to ask. Be seeing you."
Umbrafer (11:46:38 PM): SWKS: "Hello? Anyone there?"
Thematrian1 (11:47:07 PM): (I think he's been distracted by RL)
Umbrafer (11:47:31 PM): (If so all well and good, I just wanted to make clear that it was SWKS talking earlier and not Doc)
MilesMk1 (11:47:41 PM): (Oh, right.)
MilesMk1 (11:48:12 PM): "Hey, this is Glitch... *so and so* told me to call you about a driver?"
Umbrafer (11:49:12 PM): "Oh, yeah. Good one, rigged and everything. I can set you up with a meeting for ¥4k."
MilesMk1 (11:49:52 PM): (Hmm... Perhaps we ought to see if Gem can turn one up?)
Thematrian1 (11:50:15 PM): (Yeah, may be. 4k is steep for a finder's fee)
Umbrafer (11:50:29 PM): (Steep, but not out of line for a specialist.)
Umbrafer (11:50:41 PM): (Riggers, Deckers, Mages tend to command fees like that.)
MilesMk1 (11:51:05 PM): (I assume this isn't someone we'll be hiring, right? Just someone who's looking for a group to work with?)
Umbrafer (11:51:36 PM): (That's generally negotiated with the specialist)
MilesMk1 (11:51:36 PM): (And would I be right to guess that, regardless of what avenue we pursue, we're likely to find a particular rigger? ;))
Umbrafer (11:51:57 PM): (Maybe, maybe not.)
CirclMastr (11:52:22 PM): (If you don't, I'm making the physical adept who get s hired to KILL YOU. I want to PLAY goddamnit!)
Thematrian1 (11:52:45 PM): (Price of switching characters)
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MilesMk1 (11:53:29 PM): (Bah... Fine, I'll pony up the cash, just to get things moving... Between the money I spent on MacLeod's clothes and this, your characters are really starting to cost me.:))
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MilesMk1 (11:54:00 PM): (Though to torture you some to make up for it, I'll point out it's midnight here, and I really can't play much longer, alas.)
Umbrafer (11:54:11 PM): (Yeah, we're breaking soon)
MilesMk1 (11:56:02 PM): "All right - when can you arrange the meeting?"
Umbrafer (11:57:35 PM): "Tonight. 10:00, Leo's Bar near the bridge to nowhere. Get a booth, then stick the salt and pepper shakers way on the edge of the table."
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MilesMk1 (11:58:33 PM): "Got it."
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Thematrian1 (11:59:15 PM): My internet connection is trying to tell me something. Specifically: "you're done for tonight"
Thematrian1 (11:59:24 PM): So, yeah, sleep well everyone
MilesMk1 (11:59:37 PM): Ok... See you Tuesday.
MilesMk1 (11:59:45 PM): Good night.
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MilesMk1 (12:01:27 AM): Later?
Umbrafer (12:01:52 AM): Indeed. Sleep well.
MilesMk1 (12:02:02 AM): Oh, one last thing... Karma? :)
Umbrafer (12:02:05 AM): !
Umbrafer (12:11:55 AM): I think 16 karma is the way to go on this one.
MilesMk1 (12:12:03 AM): ...damn.
Umbrafer (12:12:04 AM): Sorry for the delay, don't spend it all in one place.
Umbrafer (12:12:07 AM): Hm?
MilesMk1 (12:12:09 AM): Thanks. :)
MilesMk1 (12:12:24 AM): It was just a large amount.
Umbrafer (12:12:34 AM): Ah :) well, I realized that this run started in October.
MilesMk1 (12:12:39 AM): Right.
MilesMk1 (12:12:53 AM): Ok, see you Tuesday?
Umbrafer (12:12:54 AM): And was decidedly more multipart than most.
Umbrafer (12:12:59 AM): Sounds good. Sleep well.
MilesMk1 (12:13:01 AM): Good night. *waves*
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