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umbrafer (8:41:39 PM): Evening, all
MilesMk1 (8:41:40 PM): Evening.
Thematrian1 (8:42:32 PM): yo
umbrafer (8:44:28 PM): Let's see.
umbrafer (8:44:31 PM): When we last left our antiheroes…
umbrafer (8:45:09 PM): There was chicken.
umbrafer (8:45:17 PM): And Ministering to Misguided Metahumans.
MilesMk1 (8:46:02 PM): Hmm. That reminds me, what's their take - since we've been looking at their literature - on metahumans like me? Human-looking ones, I mean.
MilesMk1 (8:46:17 PM): (non surgically-altered)
MilesMk1 (8:46:33 PM): Am I "misguided"?
umbrafer (8:47:08 PM): It's not immediately clear.
MilesMk1 (8:47:21 PM): I bet it's not nice.
MilesMk1 (8:47:35 PM): Anyway... I think we were doing research?
umbrafer (8:47:42 PM): As far as you can tell, the "misguided" ones are any of the ones who don't want to look like Elves.
umbrafer (8:47:43 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (8:48:02 PM): ...even the Trolls?
umbrafer (8:48:20 PM): They aren't mentioned specifically anywhere you can see.
MilesMk1 (8:48:31 PM): Never mind, no point in trying to understand the mind of the insane.
MilesMk1 (8:50:27 PM): I'd like to investigate: 1. Which corp exactly they might be getting backing from 2. The minor trid station and 3. The Young Elven Technologists.
umbrafer (8:51:21 PM): Roll your appropriate skill in the desired order, or describe what steps you're going to take to make things easier.
MilesMk1 (8:52:22 PM): I'm just going to stick to a matrix search for the corp, but for the other two, I'd actually like to dig first and see whether my technical abilities might provide me with an angle that'd let me get some face time with them.
MilesMk1 (8:52:52 PM): I assume I might have something in common with both the trid pirates and the technologists.
MilesMk1 (8:53:47 PM): (I realize that it might take a little bit of time, but we have that now.)
umbrafer (8:54:27 PM): You do indeed. Pick an order.
MilesMk1 (8:54:44 PM): I'll go in the order I listed them.
umbrafer (8:55:00 PM): Roll them bones.
MilesMk1 (8:55:03 PM): Computers for all three, or something else for 2 and 3?
MilesMk1 (8:55:53 PM): I'll roll computers for now...
MilesMk1 (8:55:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 4 6 1 3
MilesMk1 (8:56:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 6
MilesMk1 (8:56:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (8:56:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
umbrafer (8:56:17 PM): Let's see. Corp backing.
MilesMk1 (8:56:28 PM): 20,9,5,4
MilesMk1 (8:56:34 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 5 3 2 2 6 4
MilesMk1 (8:56:38 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (8:56:49 PM): 7,5,5,4 for the trid station
MilesMk1 (8:56:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 3 2 5 5 4 3
MilesMk1 (8:57:18 PM): 5,5,4,4 for the YETs.
umbrafer (8:57:23 PM): For corp backing, you find a few things.
umbrafer (8:58:07 PM): For one, the building they're in is officially owned by Shiawase.
umbrafer (8:58:48 PM): There's some debate as to whether or not there's any connection there beyond the use of the building. No one seems to be able to present evidence that they're anything but ignored by Shiawase.
umbrafer (9:00:45 PM): There's a chain of restaurants that appears to have associated with them until about fourteen months ago
MilesMk1 (9:00:53 PM): Interesting. Still, all things considered, corporations generally don't just give away property in Downtown. Even the shitty part.
umbrafer (9:00:58 PM): It's small, six locations
umbrafer (9:01:50 PM): There's speculation that they're involved with a company in the Tir.
umbrafer (9:01:57 PM): It's all speculation, though.
MilesMk1 (9:02:42 PM): Shit. Shiawase, eh?
MilesMk1 (9:03:00 PM): (haven't thought about it in so long it didn't click)
umbrafer (9:03:02 PM): As for the trid station, it's called Sceptre Productions
umbrafer (9:04:16 PM): You get an address for the office. They were apparently doing a piece on the Arc that got abruptly cancelled, but not much info is forthcoming.
umbrafer (9:05:45 PM): And the YETs.
umbrafer (9:06:22 PM): The YETs seem to be pretty much directly at ideological odds with the APN, as far as you can tell.
umbrafer (9:07:28 PM): They call for the embrace of modern technology, for the recognition that Elves are as human as, well, Humans, and that simply because there's several millenia of myth and legend encouraging elves to live solely amongst nature, that'
umbrafer (9:07:49 PM): that's no reason to discard a life among the rest of society
umbrafer (9:08:26 PM): Contact information is pretty easy to find. The group is small, and mostly appears to take out the occasional ad or organize the occasional demonstration.
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MilesMk1 (9:10:13 PM): Do they have any message boards?
umbrafer (9:10:17 PM): Yep
umbrafer (9:10:25 PM): A few minor Tir politicians from Portland have said disparaging things about them.
circlmastr (9:10:37 PM): What'd I miss?
MilesMk1 (9:10:55 PM): I'll trawl those to see if anyone seems to have anything of substance to say regarding the Purity shmucks.
MilesMk1 (9:11:49 PM): I was just doing some digging on the group we're after.
MilesMk1 (9:12:19 PM): One important fact so far, their building appears to be owned by Shiawase. (who appear to ignore them, but they do own it)
umbrafer (9:12:43 PM): There are a few posts that mention the APN. In general, a moderator replies that the APN seeks to propagate stereotypes that they find damaging, and that they believe the APN is misguided. They claim to use calm debate and reason as
umbrafer (9:12:57 PM): their weapon in combating these ideas.
umbrafer (9:13:06 PM): The thread is then immediately locked.
MilesMk1 (9:13:27 PM): Ah. How high-brow.
MilesMk1 (9:16:05 PM): Hmm. What's Gem up to?
Thematrian1 (9:16:58 PM): I assumed she got left babysitting last week. No?
circlmastr (9:17:44 PM): I thought Hound was still babysitting, since drone surveillance didn't require active presence.
umbrafer (9:19:33 PM): You're all wherever you say you are, since I don't think anyone has said they're doing anything that requires a physical location
MilesMk1 (9:21:22 PM): So, there's nothing online about this "minor feud" the trid station supposedly had with them?
umbrafer (9:21:50 PM): You can't find anything more on it. It's widely recognized to exist, but details are not forthcoming.
circlmastr (9:22:20 PM): Did you try Wikipedia?
MilesMk1 (9:22:21 PM): No archived news stories as evidence?
umbrafer (9:23:26 PM): None. There's no official documentation of anything. Searching news stories is made more difficult by the infuriating interface of several news organizations, making it incredibly difficult to tell apart things about them and things
umbrafer (9:23:27 PM): made by them
MilesMk1 (9:23:31 PM): Unless they actually aired something, it wouldn't be much of a feud, and once they do air it, there's no hiding it. Some shmuck on Youtube will play it forever..
MilesMk1 (9:23:47 PM): Ah, well.
MilesMk1 (9:24:01 PM): I think I feel like taking a physical look at the location.
umbrafer (9:24:51 PM): One physical look, coming right up. What is Gem doing, anyway?
circlmastr (9:28:57 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
umbrafer (9:29:09 PM): In the absence of action by Gem, Glitch is going via car? Monorail? Some other path?
MilesMk1 (9:29:15 PM): Before I leave, though, let me make an account on the YETs message boards. If there's tech discussion, I'll respond in several threads - keep it polite, but flash some know-how.
umbrafer (9:29:36 PM): Got it. Hm, roll Etiquette (Matrix)
MilesMk1 (9:29:49 PM): One more thing.
Thematrian1 (9:30:01 PM): I posted a list of research topics on the forums
umbrafer (9:30:06 PM): !!!
Thematrian1 (9:30:16 PM): long story short, I'm interested in the individual members of the gang, rather than the gang itself
umbrafer (9:30:29 PM): I've been watching for little "new activity" markers, but have seen none all this time. Sorry about that.
Thematrian1 (9:30:50 PM): Yeah, those aren't reliable. I tried to set it up to email us whenever someone posts, but no dice
circlmastr (9:31:02 PM): (brb, dinner)
umbrafer (9:31:09 PM): Speaking of which, we broke something when we changed hosts
umbrafer (9:31:30 PM): I get between one and two email bounces per notification that someone new has signed up.
MilesMk1 (9:32:22 PM): I won't talk about APN outright, but I'll put in a sig mocking them. (can't think of anything good myself, so I'll leave it to Glitch - who has more time on his hands ;))
MilesMk1 (9:32:28 PM): Etiquette:
MilesMk1 (9:32:31 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 3 2 1 3 1 2 1
MilesMk1 (9:32:35 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:32:48 PM): Damn. That's some distribution...
umbrafer (9:33:02 PM): Well, roll Computers if you're searching on the Matrix. Otherwise, tell me where you're going to find records.
MilesMk1 (9:33:26 PM): Oh, and can I set it up so that the account can't be readily traced back to me?
umbrafer (9:33:41 PM): You're still alive, so I assume yes
MilesMk1 (9:33:52 PM): Right, ok. :)
MilesMk1 (9:34:19 PM): I'll take my car out, park it at a commerical garage, then take a walk.
umbrafer (9:34:57 PM): Glitch manages to make a few minor errors of etiquette, but one post moved back into the correct thread later, you're chatting it up with the locals. You head out and await responses.
umbrafer (9:35:07 PM): The prices are highway robbery, as they always are in Downtown.
MilesMk1 (9:35:14 PM): Carrying only a pistol. And shock gloves. And a shock stick in the glove compartment.
MilesMk1 (9:36:49 PM): (Shit, I have 18 points of unpsent Karma)
umbrafer (9:37:03 PM): (Spend! Spend! :D )
MilesMk1 (9:37:04 PM): (I ought to do something with that)
umbrafer (9:37:20 PM): (You could initiate ;) )
Thematrian1 (9:37:54 PM): (I don't think I've spent any karma yet. I'd've initiated days ago, but then I blew my roll to join the group. Boo! Boo!
umbrafer (9:38:09 PM): (Well, your second chance is coming up and there are new rules in place)
umbrafer (9:38:30 PM): What time of day are you doing this physical legwork?
MilesMk1 (9:39:04 PM): Late afternoon / early evening.
umbrafer (9:40:24 PM): The area is enjoying its late-day sun, briefly freed from the shadow of the Arcology.
MilesMk1 (9:43:13 PM): I stroll past the building, looking around casually, and also check out adjoining structures looking for anyplace that could be used for longer-term surveillance.
umbrafer (9:43:57 PM): Perception.
MilesMk1 (9:44:04 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 3 3 1 5
MilesMk1 (9:44:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (9:44:13 PM): 8,5,4
umbrafer (9:45:41 PM): The building itself is a little on the run-down side. A trickle of smoke emerges from a vent.
umbrafer (9:45:55 PM): Most of the windows have their blinds drawn, and a few are actually boarded up.
umbrafer (9:46:22 PM): The buildings on either side are mostly run-down formerly public housing, probably built before the Crash.
MilesMk1 (9:47:49 PM): Security presence? Nearby cameras?
circlmastr (9:47:56 PM): (Back)
MilesMk1 (9:48:11 PM): Places one might be able to hang out? (coffe shop, Stuffer Shack?)
umbrafer (9:49:26 PM): It's about a block and a half down, but there's a Joe's Donut Shack within LOS
circlmastr (9:49:40 PM): Glitch doesn't trust Hound's surveillance?
umbrafer (9:49:43 PM): You don't see any particular security presence. There are a few cameras here and there, two of which are obviously broken.
MilesMk1 (9:50:23 PM): He just wanted to stretch his legs and see the area for himself.
umbrafer (9:51:54 PM): You do not see any blimps.
MilesMk1 (9:52:19 PM): Ok, I'll resist the urge to try to go in and see how they react to a very short human with cybereyes. I'll buy some coffee and donuts, stop by a couple times on the block their building is at using picking through the box of donuts
MilesMk1 (9:52:35 PM): while juggling a large coffee as an excuse, then head back.
umbrafer (9:53:14 PM): You do so. The coffee (or soykaf, rather--none of the real stuff here) and donuts are mediocre, but edible. Perception again.
MilesMk1 (9:53:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 6 3 1
MilesMk1 (9:53:26 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (9:53:33 PM): 10,5,4
circlmastr (9:53:40 PM): Ewww, soynuts... or faux-nuts?
MilesMk1 (9:53:55 PM): These are donuts, how much unnatural can they get?
umbrafer (9:54:11 PM): They probably use soy-flour. If such a thing exists.
circlmastr (9:54:21 PM): In a world of turducken and tofurkey, anything is possible.
umbrafer (9:54:26 PM): It does.
MilesMk1 (9:54:30 PM): It's all just stuff suspended in a lattice made of deep-fry atoms.
umbrafer (9:54:53 PM): You think you catch sight of something in the sky, possibly a bird. Someone with pointy ears leaves the APN building.
MilesMk1 (9:55:11 PM): Hmm... Heading where?
MilesMk1 (9:55:27 PM): Can I plausibly get close to them for an ID?
MilesMk1 (9:55:52 PM): See how they react to me? I'll dribble some napkins for effect and almost spill my coffee.
umbrafer (9:56:28 PM): He turns in the direction you're going. Unfortunately, he appears to be moving at a decent clip—you could catch up, but you'd have to hurry (though not flat-out run)
umbrafer (9:56:57 PM): If you want to catch up to him soon, you'd risk someone watching realizing you were doing it deliberately.
MilesMk1 (9:58:11 PM): I'll catch up more gradually, then.
MilesMk1 (9:58:39 PM): I will make a show of checking my watch and picking up a pace, though.
umbrafer (9:58:50 PM): You do so. A few blocks away you've closed to eight meters, and then he takes a right.
MilesMk1 (9:59:44 PM): I follow, still munching donuts.
MilesMk1 (10:00:07 PM): What skill would cover this, if any?
umbrafer (10:00:46 PM): What part of "this", precisely?
MilesMk1 (10:01:12 PM): Acting like I'm an innocent passer-by.
circlmastr (10:01:24 PM): Stealth usually covers shadowing someone, IIRC
umbrafer (10:01:38 PM): Yeah, I think Stealth is probably the go-to skill for this.
MilesMk1 (10:01:45 PM): Ah, ok.
Thematrian1 (10:02:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 4 4 3 5
MilesMk1 (10:05:29 PM): (should I roll it, is what you're saying?)
Thematrian1 (10:05:47 PM): (switching to a chat client that'll flash when I get a message...)
umbrafer (10:05:48 PM): (Yeah, probably)
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MilesMk1 (10:05:51 PM): (Sorry, English Language.)
MilesMk1 (10:06:02 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 3 6 6 5
MilesMk1 (10:06:06 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
MilesMk1 (10:06:24 PM): (did Seiler have to leave?)
umbrafer (10:07:00 PM): (Absolutely no idea)
umbrafer (10:07:30 PM): You follow. He picks up his pace a little, but he doesn't glance back at you or anything.
MilesMk1 (10:07:47 PM): Ok.
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MilesMk1 (10:08:11 PM): I'll give this a few minutes, I figure anything more will make it obvious even with good skill on my part.
circlmastr (10:08:24 PM): (Admiral Ackbar: "IT'S A TRAP!")
MilesMk1 (10:09:32 PM): Then I'll peel off at an intersection or stop at some place of business, as appropriate.
umbrafer (10:09:41 PM): Eventually, he stops at a run-down car parked at a meter.
MilesMk1 (10:10:11 PM): In that case, I'll just walk by taking an opportunity to note his face and the car's license plate, and move on.
umbrafer (10:10:57 PM): You do so. Roll Perception; looking for anything in particular?
MilesMk1 (10:11:29 PM): I was wondering if he's someone I'll recognize from the dossier. Also, whether he's a real Elf or a poser.
MilesMk1 (10:11:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 5 5 4 2
MilesMk1 (10:11:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (10:11:41 PM): 10,5,5,4
umbrafer (10:12:34 PM): He is not one of the targets you were given pictures of. Your gut tells you he's a poser, but it's hard to be entirely certain.
MilesMk1 (10:13:33 PM): Right. Well, I just wanted to take a look around in the flesh. I'm old-fashioned, sometimes.
MilesMk1 (10:14:10 PM): I'll pretend to take care of some minor errand, then go back to my car and head back.
umbrafer (10:14:55 PM): Done. You are one soykaf, one box of soy-donuts the richer and one hour or meaningful fraction thereof the poorer, not counting commute.
MilesMk1 (10:15:36 PM): I head back.
umbrafer (10:15:50 PM): Done.
MilesMk1 (10:17:22 PM): Hmm.
MilesMk1 (10:17:42 PM): Well, I'm sort of out of meaningful ideas. (not that I tried so many, I'm just tired)
MilesMk1 (10:17:51 PM): I'll leave it to you guys. :)
umbrafer (10:18:04 PM): It is currently evening on Saturday, July 3rd.
MilesMk1 (10:18:19 PM): How many days till we're supposed to deliver the girl, again?
circlmastr (10:18:21 PM): Does UCAS celebrate July 4th?
umbrafer (10:18:38 PM): Hm. They probably do, in some warped fashion.
umbrafer (10:18:54 PM): 26 days until the meeting with Jim Oaks. 11 days until the Sisters reopen their doors.
Thematrian1 (10:19:12 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 4 2 3 4
MilesMk1 (10:19:39 PM): Sisters?
Thematrian1 (10:19:51 PM): (My magical group, or it will be)
MilesMk1 (10:20:05 PM): (Ah.)
MilesMk1 (10:22:29 PM): So, Glitch gets back, does some more Matrix research, checks his messages, chills out.
umbrafer (10:23:02 PM): There's some more chitchat, which you respond to presumably.
MilesMk1 (10:23:09 PM): Right.
Thematrian1 (10:23:13 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 2 2 6 6
Thematrian1 (10:23:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 1
Thematrian1 (10:23:32 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (10:26:28 PM): Maya do anything exciting or scary?
umbrafer (10:27:19 PM): You checking in on her?
Thematrian1 (10:27:25 PM): indeed
umbrafer (10:28:06 PM): She appears to be staring at the wall.
Thematrian1 (10:29:36 PM): doing anything astrally?
Thematrian1 (10:30:01 PM): To Glitch, when he gets in: "You get anything?"
umbrafer (10:30:23 PM): She is astrally active, yes.
MilesMk1 (10:33:47 PM): "A sugar buzz. There are some soy-donuts in the kitchen. A license plate and a face, but it could very well be a nobody. I just wanted to take a look around, take a walk."
Thematrian1 (10:33:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 2 5 6 5
Thematrian1 (10:34:04 PM): Gem nods her understanding of this.
circlmastr (10:35:32 PM): Hound comes in after checking surveillance footage, with a donut in hand. "These donuts are terrible, who bought these? What are they, soy?"
umbrafer (10:35:59 PM): Also, Perception from Gem.
Thematrian1 (10:36:02 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 6 6 5 5
Thematrian1 (10:36:06 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 6
Thematrian1 (10:36:09 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 3
Thematrian1 (10:36:13 PM): 15 5 5 5 5
Thematrian1 (10:36:16 PM): plus another 15
MilesMk1 (10:36:43 PM): "Yep. It was the only store selling food in the area."
Thematrian1 (10:37:13 PM): "Well, I've got some good news."
MilesMk1 (10:37:28 PM): "What's a good donut, anyway? Waste of real food..."
MilesMk1 (10:37:32 PM): "Oh?"
circlmastr (10:38:49 PM): "Hey, don't mock my donuts."
circlmastr (10:39:13 PM): circlmastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 6
circlmastr (10:39:18 PM): (Er)
circlmastr (10:39:20 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 4 2 2
circlmastr (10:39:26 PM): (...I liked the old one better)
Thematrian1 (10:39:40 PM): (I had a long message, but...)
MilesMk1 (10:40:08 PM): (I'm listening...)
Thematrian1 (10:40:15 PM): "Well, this target of ours, name of Erendahl, has a fairly short criminal record, BUT, two years ago he was sued for child support."
Thematrian1 (10:40:21 PM): "Guess who turned up missing later that month?"
circlmastr (10:40:47 PM): "The child?"
MilesMk1 (10:40:55 PM): (I assume we're not talking in Maya's hearing, or transducing the bad bits?)
umbrafer (10:41:02 PM): (I assume so as well)
MilesMk1 (10:41:02 PM): "The plaintiff?"
Thematrian1 (10:41:09 PM): (Yeah)
umbrafer (10:41:19 PM): (Let me know if that isn't the case)
Thematrian1 (10:41:40 PM): "Two points to the man with the fake donuts! She vanishes two weeks later and hasn't been heard from since."
MilesMk1 (10:42:23 PM): "Asshole. What happened to the kid?"
Thematrian1 (10:43:41 PM): "No one seems to know."
circlmastr (10:44:20 PM): "Wait, so the kid disappeared or the mom?"
Thematrian1 (10:44:45 PM): "The mom disappeared. The kid I couldn't trace."
Thematrian1 (10:44:52 PM): "Not reported missing, at least"
MilesMk1 (10:44:56 PM): "Was the mother human?"
Thematrian1 (10:45:35 PM): "I have the reports here, have a look..."
MilesMk1 (10:45:50 PM): *takes a look*
umbrafer (10:45:59 PM): The mother was quite human.
circlmastr (10:47:15 PM): "Well, one of our targets went into the building today. Didn't emerge yet, as far as I could tell."
MilesMk1 (10:47:22 PM): "Ugh, this could play in so many sick ways... He kills the kid too, for not being elf material. Or decides to make the kid more elven than elven, get 'em young."
Thematrian1 (10:47:52 PM): "Yeah. I have no moral issues with this job."
MilesMk1 (10:48:25 PM): (Glitch is probably acting more emotional - only just now, though - than you've seen him in a long time.)
MilesMk1 (10:48:55 PM): "Any other interesting tidbits on these people?"
Thematrian1 (10:49:09 PM): "I've just gotten started."
circlmastr (10:49:13 PM): "Aside that they're all going to die?"
circlmastr (10:50:23 PM): "The woman I spotted was that one who killed some people with Fireball but got away with a self-defense story."
MilesMk1 (10:50:56 PM): "Yeah, aside from that... I thought you said you never killed anyone before."
Thematrian1 (10:51:00 PM): "And she didn't get pulled in for knowing an illegal spell?
MilesMk1 (10:51:10 PM): "Wait, what? Fireball?"
circlmastr (10:51:39 PM): "Well, she got dinged for some minor shit. But, obviously, she's still on the streets."
Thematrian1 (10:51:43 PM): "One moment." I go in and get closer to Maya. Look her in the eyes, if I can. Astral senses ON.
Thematrian1 (10:52:38 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 2 1 5 4
MilesMk1 (10:53:19 PM): "Is she one of our six?"
circlmastr (10:53:30 PM): "Yeah, hence my reference to her as a target."
Thematrian1 (10:53:39 PM): #Better and better.#
Thematrian1 (10:54:26 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 2 6 4 5
Thematrian1 (10:54:29 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
circlmastr (10:54:34 PM): #What?#
MilesMk1 (10:55:00 PM): #I'll second that.#
Thematrian1 (10:55:13 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 4 2 3 5
Thematrian1 (10:56:40 PM): #I'm 90% convinced that we're looking at some kind of possession#\
circlmastr (10:57:13 PM): #Good god.#
circlmastr (10:57:45 PM): #Okay, I've lost just about all empathy with her. What do we do with her? Can you do an exorcism or something?#
Thematrian1 (10:58:12 PM): #Maybe. But I don't know what whoever did this was trying to accomplish.#
circlmastr (10:58:37 PM): #I don't mind not knowing. Just get it the fuck out of my house.#
MilesMk1 (10:59:04 PM): #...why did you lose all empathy with her? Someone stuck a... what, spirit? inside a kid and you're acting like it's her fault?#
umbrafer (10:59:10 PM): (A man's home is his castle)
circlmastr (11:00:08 PM): #I was under the impression it was some trauma or something, not fucking magical woowoo soul-eaters.#
Thematrian1 (11:00:54 PM): #Oh, the trauma definitely complicated things.#
MilesMk1 (11:01:22 PM): #Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a trauma AND some... magical woo-woo.#
Thematrian1 (11:01:30 PM): #My working theory is that somebody decided that it would be a good idea to stash a free spirit inside her, for whatever asinine reason.#
umbrafer (11:01:52 PM): (You have to store them someplace)
MilesMk1 (11:02:05 PM): #Any idea how powerful a spirit? And is she really Awakened, or is that... like a side effect, from the spirit?#
Thematrian1 (11:02:17 PM): #Or maybe she has some other special gift, and something escaped through that rift-or-whatever-it-was that appeared at the train site.#
Thematrian1 (11:02:33 PM): #And here's an interesting question we haven't asked yet: how did our journalist know about what was going to happen?#
circlmastr (11:03:11 PM): #I'm guessing that while you're pontificating, you're not exorcising. Let's exorcise more and pontificate later, please.#
umbrafer (11:05:08 PM): A group of people stand (or in one case sit) around silently.
Thematrian1 (11:05:14 PM): #No. In the first place, I don't know if I can.#
Thematrian1 (11:05:27 PM): #In the second place, I don't know what will happen to her.#
circlmastr (11:05:45 PM): Hound groans audibly.
Thematrian1 (11:05:57 PM): #And in the third place, I don't know what will happen to it. It might have to go home to the metaplanes, or, hell, maybe it'll stick around here looking for new people to possess.#
MilesMk1 (11:06:29 PM): #What, you want to get the girl killed now, Hound?#
circlmastr (11:06:45 PM): #Better her than me.#
MilesMk1 (11:06:59 PM): *snorts*
MilesMk1 (11:07:17 PM): #Well, I'm sure we can take her to mine or Gem's place if you're so worried...#
Thematrian1 (11:07:28 PM): Maya's not reacting to me anymore?
MilesMk1 (11:07:38 PM): #They did tell you this line of work involves risks, right?#
umbrafer (11:07:45 PM): Aside from the brief eye-refocusing, she isn't reacting.
circlmastr (11:09:31 PM): #Work? What work? Are we getting paid for this now and nobody told me? This is some fucked up hobby or something.#
MilesMk1 (11:10:10 PM): #Actually, we were told it'd be worth our while to deliver the kid at the end of the month.#
circlmastr (11:10:54 PM): #Meaning what?#
MilesMk1 (11:11:49 PM): #Meaning... Oh, hell, like I said, if this is going to be a problem, we can move her. Just calm down. She's been here for days now, she's not going to eat your soul if she stays here another hour.#
umbrafer (11:12:24 PM): (Actually about a day and a half)
umbrafer (11:12:31 PM): (Still plenty of time for most methods of soul-eating)
circlmastr (11:13:41 PM): Hound grumbles but capitulates.
Thematrian1 (11:14:48 PM): #Thank you, Hound.#
Thematrian1 (11:15:30 PM): Meanwhile: "Maya? I need to talk to you.:"
umbrafer (11:15:52 PM): No response.
circlmastr (11:16:13 PM): ("Maya's not here anymore! *head spin* ")
MilesMk1 (11:16:48 PM): (I need to turn in, guys - see you Monday?)
umbrafer (11:17:09 PM): (Monday! Or the Tuesday on Monday. Sleep well.)
circlmastr (11:17:17 PM): (Night.)
MilesMk1 (11:17:25 PM): (Thanks. Have a good weekend, everyone.)
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umbrafer (11:18:41 PM): Actions?
Thematrian1 (11:19:28 PM): More research:
Thematrian1 (11:19:33 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 1 1 2
circlmastr (11:19:42 PM): I thought the ball was in Gem's court.
umbrafer (11:19:59 PM): It's Multiball.
Thematrian1 (11:20:15 PM): I thought Hound gave in, at least for now?
Thematrian1 (11:21:12 PM): anyway, I may be doing this later.
umbrafer (11:22:00 PM): If precise timing begins to matter, we'll figure it out.
circlmastr (11:22:17 PM): Apparently it's Blurnsball
umbrafer (11:22:23 PM): The next is a few people from Tacoma. One of them is ex-military, used to be stationed in Fort Lewis. Discharged after a particularly nasty ball.
umbrafer (11:22:26 PM): *TILT*
Thematrian1 (11:24:10 PM): ?
umbrafer (11:24:12 PM): Er
umbrafer (11:24:14 PM): Brawl
umbrafer (11:24:17 PM): I blame Dave
Thematrian1 (11:24:19 PM): I mean, heh, but
circlmastr (11:24:21 PM): :(
umbrafer (11:24:33 PM): My brain got dislodgefd
umbrafer (11:24:33 PM): *dislodged
umbrafer (11:24:45 PM): Erg. Ok, let's wrap this research up.
Thematrian1 (11:24:59 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 6 5 4 3
Thematrian1 (11:25:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 5 1 4 6
Thematrian1 (11:25:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 5 1 4 4
Thematrian1 (11:25:05 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 4 3 3 4
Thematrian1 (11:25:07 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 5 6 3 5
Thematrian1 (11:25:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 4 2 3 2
Thematrian1 (11:25:12 PM): there
umbrafer (11:25:12 PM): One of them appears to have come out of Puyallup, or at least nothing can be found about him before a certain point and… heh, you took that seriously :)
umbrafer (11:25:17 PM): Not that it wasn't serious
umbrafer (11:26:43 PM): Next one is Fierelle. Old member, co-founder of the organization. Appears to have gone off the deep end at some point in the past when the APN's membership declined sharply.
umbrafer (11:26:54 PM): After that, it looks lke she started blowing things up and wearing a lot of red.
umbrafer (11:28:37 PM): They've got a semi-convert semi-retainer who supposedly runs their Matrix presence. He moved in from a nicer area of Downtown under what is suspected to be not-entirely-voluntary circumstances.
umbrafer (11:29:18 PM): He'd previously worked for Mitsuhama. Rumor is that he was the subject of an internal investigation.
umbrafer (11:29:56 PM): There's a few people who are refreshingly generic. Couple of speeding tickets, mediocre financials, that sort of thing.
umbrafer (11:31:03 PM): There's Thiran, who wears around a sword and has a bunch of arrests for various brawls. His face is mostly one big scar.
umbrafer (11:31:28 PM): Picked up on suspicion of murder in a case involving a bar fight, but was later released.
umbrafer (11:31:59 PM): And then there's Xeric. You don't find anything new—everything is just what's in the file you got.
umbrafer (11:32:35 PM): Maya emerges from her room and wanders into the bathroom.
Thematrian1 (11:32:58 PM): she still growling?
umbrafer (11:33:09 PM): Perception
umbrafer (11:33:18 PM): Actually, Glitch is with you
umbrafer (11:33:18 PM): umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 1 3 2 3
umbrafer (11:33:24 PM): No.
umbrafer (11:33:50 PM): (Well, you can roll if you want to, or if you wanted to not tell him)
umbrafer (11:34:37 PM): Wait, didn't you have amplification as well? Or someone? Argh, I need to write this down somewhere (like, say, a forum? <--needs better organization)
Thematrian1 (11:34:43 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 1 6 5 4
Thematrian1 (11:34:44 PM): I do
umbrafer (11:34:48 PM): Ok
umbrafer (11:34:50 PM): So yeah
umbrafer (11:34:55 PM): This is basically a "don't botch" kind of test
umbrafer (11:34:59 PM): She isn't.
Thematrian1 (11:35:13 PM): I'll try and intercepter her on the way out. "Feeling any better?"
umbrafer (11:35:52 PM): She glances up at you, briefly uncomprehending. She looks extremely tired. "Yeah."
umbrafer (11:36:02 PM): It's difficult to tell whether this is at all true.
umbrafer (11:37:14 PM): Final actions?
Thematrian1 (11:37:43 PM): Ask her if she needs anything. I'd like to lead her into talking about what it was like from her perspective. That's outside my RL expertise, so: is that Etiquette or Negotiation?
umbrafer (11:39:13 PM): Hm. I'd almost call it a variant on Interrogation, actually, with Psychotherapy as a complementary skill.
Thematrian1 (11:39:55 PM): Huh. Default from Negotiation, Cha 7 negates the defaulting penalty:
Thematrian1 (11:40:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 5 1 5 3
umbrafer (11:40:15 PM): It's weird, but you're trying to extract information from her
umbrafer (11:41:04 PM): She reports having had some weird dreams and just woken up.
Thematrian1 (11:41:39 PM): I opt not to worry her with the details of her sleepwalking or whatever. And done.
umbrafer (11:43:34 PM): Next week: zombies walk the earth! Wait, that's 2061.
umbrafer (11:44:17 PM): Sleep well, all, and I'll see you Monday and then Thursday.
Thematrian1 (11:45:00 PM): yep
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