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umbrafer (9:01:24 PM): Evening, all
umbrafer (9:01:36 PM): I'm missing a piece of my thumb, so my typing will be a bit slow tonight
MilesMk1 (9:03:13 PM): Cats?
umbrafer (9:03:23 PM): Nay, onions.
umbrafer (9:03:57 PM): Actually the knife I was using to dice onions. I was stupid and left my thumb hanging out too far.
umbrafer (9:04:10 PM): Caught the edge and *snikt*
umbrafer (9:04:17 PM): But it'll grow back, most likely.
MilesMk1 (9:04:24 PM): Ah. Sliced off a thumb-tip? Well, at least fingertips are the only part of the human limbs that grow... right.
umbrafer (9:05:08 PM): Actually, not even that much. Just a flap off the side. Nevertheless uncomfortably close to the spacebar-pressing region.
MilesMk1 (9:05:51 PM): I like to do stuff around the house, but my job is really, really not conducive to having cut up hands. It annoys me, since I've never been the type to avoid scratches or blisters, before.
MilesMk1 (9:06:17 PM): (more like the type who uses an exacto knife to cut off set superglue from my fingertips)
umbrafer (9:06:34 PM): (Hah. I use a metal file for that)
MilesMk1 (9:06:45 PM): (too slow)
umbrafer (9:07:04 PM): So unless someone has sauce recipes to recommend, a review of where we last left our antiheroes:
umbrafer (9:07:30 PM): You were at Hound's, and he was becoming disenchanted with the idea of taking care of Maya.
umbrafer (9:07:54 PM): You'd also found some dirt on some members of the APN.
MilesMk1 (9:07:58 PM): (BTW, what was that thing someone posted about you wearing kevlar... arm warmers? while running a game? Was that a Forearm Guards joke?)
umbrafer (9:09:08 PM): (No, I actually do have a pair that I wear, or at least wore until it got too hot to keep doing so. I'll probably start wearing them again in the Fall)
MilesMk1 (9:09:30 PM): (Ah.)
umbrafer (9:09:55 PM): (IIRC I usually took them off while running the game, though. Our nook was warm.)
MilesMk1 (9:11:39 PM): Ok... Dirt.
umbrafer (9:11:51 PM): So you're at Hound's place. It's evening, research has happened.
MilesMk1 (9:12:16 PM): Right, Gem found out the leader probably disappeared an ex-girlfriend, yes? Was there anything else after I left?
umbrafer (9:13:01 PM): http://www.sotsw.net/runs/SotSW%202007-07-05.html
Thematrian1 (9:13:21 PM): Was that guy the leader?
umbrafer (9:13:28 PM): No.
umbrafer (9:13:41 PM): He was one of the primary members, though.
MilesMk1 (9:14:30 PM): Ah. Got that mixed up, then.
MilesMk1 (9:14:45 PM): So, what's our next step? Was Gem going to try to join, to see what she could find?
MilesMk1 (9:15:00 PM): Well, not join, go to one of those meetings of theirs.
Thematrian1 (9:15:14 PM): Maybe join, though the schedule's probably too tight.
Thematrian1 (9:15:19 PM): The inner circle is all male, right?
umbrafer (9:15:36 PM): Nay. Fierelle is female.
Thematrian1 (9:15:52 PM): 5 out of 6? I can work with that.
Thematrian1 (9:17:34 PM): But we'll need another hidey hole for Maya at some point. My apartment still has a dead guy in the bedroom, so I think Glitch is up.
MilesMk1 (9:18:07 PM): Fine, ok.
MilesMk1 (9:18:18 PM): If Hound is being a baby about it...
MilesMk1 (9:18:20 PM): :)
Thematrian1 (9:18:28 PM): well, not yet. But the time is evidently coming.
MilesMk1 (9:18:41 PM): Ok, Glitch is fine with moving Maya at any point.
Thematrian1 (9:18:55 PM): Meanwhile, I have to infiltrate, and you could break and enter.
MilesMk1 (9:19:43 PM): So who'll watch Maya? Or you mean, break and enter while leaving her here, for now?
Thematrian1 (9:19:58 PM): I was thinking Hound.
MilesMk1 (9:20:09 PM): Well, that works too.
Thematrian1 (9:20:15 PM): if your player isn't present, you get to babysit
Thematrian1 (9:20:40 PM): their next meeting = when?
umbrafer (9:21:53 PM): Thursday evenings.
umbrafer (9:22:06 PM): So Thursday the 8th
umbrafer (9:22:20 PM): Topic: Ministering to Misguided Metahumans.
Thematrian1 (9:22:31 PM): what's today?
Thematrian1 (9:22:42 PM): and what time is it? I burned a bunch of time researching, and I don't know precisely how much
umbrafer (9:22:42 PM): The evening of Saturday the 3rd.
umbrafer (9:23:42 PM): You started midday, and it's now about 8:00 PM
MilesMk1 (9:24:28 PM): So, where do you want me to break and enter? Their main building, someone's apartment?
Thematrian1 (9:24:30 PM): I am a researching machine. But I'm going to take some time off to try and purchase an itty-bitty search-helping Agent.
Thematrian1 (9:24:54 PM): I was thinking, we pick one of the six who's present at the meeting and burgle him.
Thematrian1 (9:25:00 PM): Main building would be better if you can swing it.
MilesMk1 (9:25:19 PM): It all depends on the security...
umbrafer (9:25:24 PM): The six, as far as you can tell, live on-site.
umbrafer (9:25:53 PM): So do a decent number of the others.
Thematrian1 (9:26:12 PM): What I really want is all six together in one place. Gem can probably arrange that for the five guys, in a secluded location even, but first we need to know about...hm.
MilesMk1 (9:26:17 PM): Mostly, on whether they have anything magical.
MilesMk1 (9:26:41 PM): Because I'd be surprised if they had mundane security that could stop me.
Thematrian1 (9:26:43 PM): Good point.
MilesMk1 (9:26:58 PM): Not saying they couldn't, but I'd be surprised.
Thematrian1 (9:27:03 PM): They're elf-lovers, so they probably like magic, but...did any of my research on the six turn up evidence of spellcasting ability?
umbrafer (9:28:08 PM): Well, Fierelle's major encounter with the law was for Fireballing a bunch of people
umbrafer (9:28:14 PM): That's evidence of a kind
Thematrian1 (9:28:19 PM): oh, yeah
MilesMk1 (9:28:21 PM): Ooh... I just thought of a good topic for research. It's unlikely, but I really should see if they kicked anyone out of their little club (alive) for not being elfy enough.
Thematrian1 (9:28:32 PM): !
Thematrian1 (9:28:35 PM): Yeah, I like that plan.
Thematrian1 (9:28:58 PM): Research on that:
Thematrian1 (9:29:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 1 3 3 6
Thematrian1 (9:29:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 5
Thematrian1 (9:29:08 PM): Trying to buy an agent:
Thematrian1 (9:29:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 4 3 3 5
MilesMk1 (9:29:19 PM): Computers for the research, yes?
Thematrian1 (9:29:25 PM): (That hits avail 8 after mods)
Thematrian1 (9:29:38 PM): Yeah. Or etiquette if you're asking questions, but that could lead to people figure out what we're up to, so let's not.
MilesMk1 (9:29:44 PM): I'm going to dig on that issue as well.
MilesMk1 (9:29:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 6 5 4 5
umbrafer (9:29:50 PM): (You never specified how itty-bitty you wanted, but that almost assuredly gets it)
MilesMk1 (9:30:02 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (9:30:10 PM): (The smallest possible. Any level of agent offers a large bonus)
MilesMk1 (9:30:18 PM): I'd like to Karma.
umbrafer (9:30:37 PM): (Yeah, but larger Agents offer larger bonuses, if not as large as the one for having one in the first place)
umbrafer (9:30:38 PM): Sure
MilesMk1 (9:30:41 PM): How many?
umbrafer (9:30:43 PM): Let's see
MilesMk1 (9:30:56 PM): (or does it work differently on an open test like this?)
umbrafer (9:31:15 PM): This isn't actually an open test, but yes, it would work differently for open tests
umbrafer (9:31:36 PM): You'd be rerolling six.
MilesMk1 (9:32:02 PM): Ok.
MilesMk1 (9:32:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 5 3 3 4 6
MilesMk1 (9:32:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (9:32:15 PM): Bah. Well, it's something.
MilesMk1 (9:32:18 PM): 8,7
umbrafer (9:32:38 PM): You both get a little information. The short answer is, a few years ago a few people disappeared and a few more left.
Thematrian1 (9:33:14 PM): hm. General research: what happened with them around that time?
Thematrian1 (9:33:18 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 1 5 3 3
MilesMk1 (9:33:18 PM): Yeah.
umbrafer (9:33:21 PM): Of the four that left, one was murdered, two died in traffic accidents, and one moved to the Algonkian-Manitou Council.
MilesMk1 (9:33:30 PM): Fuck.
Thematrian1 (9:33:44 PM): rats
MilesMk1 (9:33:47 PM): Where is that in relation where we are?
MilesMk1 (9:33:54 PM): But, I'll see if they have next of kin.
MilesMk1 (9:34:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 6 1 6 4
MilesMk1 (9:34:04 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
MilesMk1 (9:34:26 PM): Oh, and "few years" is...?
umbrafer (9:35:36 PM): The Algonkian-Manitou Council comprises what is now central Canada (measured E-W, it goes the full length N-S except for the southern bits which are part of the UCAS or Sioux)
umbrafer (9:37:04 PM): As for "a few years", in this case it's three.
umbrafer (9:38:19 PM): As for next of kind, only one has any still in the area.
umbrafer (9:38:27 PM): He's recorded as having been disowned.
Thematrian1 (9:38:55 PM): ka-ching! Maybe.
MilesMk1 (9:39:27 PM): Get all available info on that family.
MilesMk1 (9:39:31 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 6 3 1 6 1 5
MilesMk1 (9:39:34 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
umbrafer (9:40:50 PM): Not a whole lot of info. Six children, two of whom are still alive. The mother of the family and her sister are alive. They've got a little personal page which talks about the whole family except for lacking any mention whatsoever
umbrafer (9:40:55 PM): of the individual involved.
MilesMk1 (9:41:40 PM): Relative age of the other two children to the dead guy?
MilesMk1 (9:41:53 PM): Also, is there contact information?
umbrafer (9:42:37 PM): No contact information on the page, but you can dig up an address other ways. Relative age, both are younger you're pretty sure.
MilesMk1 (9:43:40 PM): Well, I'll try to dig for addresses, then.
MilesMk1 (9:43:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 2 4 4 6 4 5
MilesMk1 (9:43:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
umbrafer (9:44:19 PM): I meant to indicate that you already had found it, but either way you have now.
MilesMk1 (9:45:02 PM): Ah, ok.
MilesMk1 (9:45:12 PM): *passes what he found on to Gem*
MilesMk1 (9:45:31 PM): "Think it's worth a shot for you to try to talk to them?"
Thematrian1 (9:45:58 PM): "It doesn't look like they'll tip him off."
MilesMk1 (9:45:59 PM): Oh... While I was doing this, did I find who the dead guy worked for, what he did, etc?
Thematrian1 (9:46:12 PM): "I say it can't hurt."
umbrafer (9:46:43 PM): Things you found about the guy and his family:
umbrafer (9:46:53 PM): Mother and aunt: human
MilesMk1 (9:46:56 PM): "All right. You wanna do this alone, or should I come along for... hmm. Company?"
umbrafer (9:47:16 PM): Father: elf, died some time ago
Thematrian1 (9:47:48 PM): To herself: "Story is that I joined the group, but I'm not sure of what's going on. I'm aware that something happened to the guy but not what or when, and no one in the group talks about it."
umbrafer (9:47:52 PM): Children: three Orks, one Elf, other two mentioned human.
Thematrian1 (9:48:24 PM): "Sure, it works as well with two."
MilesMk1 (9:48:40 PM): Is our guy the actual elf, or one of the orks?
MilesMk1 (9:48:59 PM): And how the hell did the orks die?
MilesMk1 (9:49:17 PM): Hmm... Guess it could be old age, not something sinister, but...
MilesMk1 (9:49:59 PM): And is it even possible for a human and an elf to have orc kids? Lemme roll my college education, followed my a Matrix search of pre-natal websites.
MilesMk1 (9:50:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 2 2 2 4 6 2 4
MilesMk1 (9:50:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:50:10 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:50:13 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 2 1 1 4 2 6
MilesMk1 (9:50:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
umbrafer (9:51:07 PM): Yes. There are various correlations between parent metatype and offspring metatype, but with the exception of a few weird metavariants, pretty much any combination of parents can result in any combination of child metatypes
MilesMk1 (9:51:27 PM): Ok.
umbrafer (9:51:35 PM): Of course, same-metatype parents generally produce same-metatype children. The most variation seems to come from metatype+human.
umbrafer (9:53:44 PM): There's nothing available on how the Orks died without hunting. Hunting?
MilesMk1 (9:53:51 PM): Yep.
MilesMk1 (9:53:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 6 1 6 4
MilesMk1 (9:54:04 PM): Oops, one short. Gonna roll that first.
MilesMk1 (9:54:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:54:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
MilesMk1 (9:54:15 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (9:54:19 PM): 15,7
umbrafer (9:54:26 PM): And I thought I'd typed this, but I apparently just thought it real hard: the guy must have been human, based on a family photo
umbrafer (9:54:41 PM): Since everyone is accounted for but one human.
umbrafer (9:55:52 PM): One Ork is still alive, one died of congestive heart failure, and one was killed in a street brawl.
MilesMk1 (9:56:17 PM): Oh. So one of the dead ones was an elf.
MilesMk1 (9:56:29 PM): Ok, how did he/she die?
umbrafer (9:58:04 PM): The Elf was murdered, a human was charged and convicted in what the Humanis Policlub says was "the biggest miscarriage of justice since the pardoning of the orchestrators of the '49 riots".
MilesMk1 (9:59:05 PM): *to gem* "That could work, but aren't you risking them resenting you from the start for being involved like that?"
MilesMk1 (9:59:26 PM): Info on the human that was charged and convicted?
MilesMk1 (9:59:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 1 1 3 2 2 5
MilesMk1 (9:59:35 PM): Damn. Gem? ;)
Thematrian1 (9:59:43 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 1 3 1 5
MilesMk1 (9:59:46 PM): (BTW, tell me if I'm hogging too much time.)
Thematrian1 (10:00:03 PM): (It's cool; I've been quite on account of my need to feed and medicate my cats)
umbrafer (10:00:04 PM): Dockworker, gang affiliation. Still in prison.
Thematrian1 (10:00:28 PM): "It's easy to play wrong, true, but I'm a stranger showing up to ask some very personal questions."
Thematrian1 (10:00:35 PM): "Unless I give them a compelling motive they won't talk to me."
MilesMk1 (10:01:09 PM): Check for which gang, and whether any of his gang associates are locatable?
MilesMk1 (10:01:12 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 2 6 5 6 2 5
MilesMk1 (10:01:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
MilesMk1 (10:01:22 PM): 10,8
MilesMk1 (10:01:38 PM): The associates of the guy in prison, I mean.
MilesMk1 (10:02:06 PM): "True, true..."
umbrafer (10:02:58 PM): The gang actually no longer exists. Not long after the sentencing, they got hit with a Lone Star raid. The survivors are both in prison.
MilesMk1 (10:03:16 PM): How convenient.
MilesMk1 (10:03:24 PM): I don't think we'll want to try to visit them.
MilesMk1 (10:04:01 PM): (I assume it's harder than RL movies make it look)
umbrafer (10:04:07 PM): This isn't unusual for small gangs. Those without the resources or talent to either evade, bribe, or threaten Lone Star tend to die off whenever something makes their name come up.
umbrafer (10:04:25 PM): (I'm not sure, but I think in general Shadowrunners try to stay out of prisons)
Thematrian1 (10:04:46 PM): (Gem certainly does)
Thematrian1 (10:05:08 PM): "We'll stick with the relatives."
MilesMk1 (10:05:16 PM): (I meant the "246789B, you have a visitor!" kind of visit)
MilesMk1 (10:06:00 PM): "If we're not worried about them tipping APN off, why not just go with a PI angle, or a reporter one?"
umbrafer (10:06:19 PM): (Yeah, I know. Gem could probably pull it off, all things considered.)
MilesMk1 (10:06:43 PM): "We're working for someone whose son got mixed up with those people, and daddy wants us to get him out before something bad happens."
MilesMk1 (10:07:21 PM): "Though knowing you, you can probably pull it off either way. And it's your call..."
Thematrian1 (10:07:53 PM): Judiciously. "That works too. With two present, that's probably better."
Thematrian1 (10:08:17 PM): "Not my usual line of scam."
MilesMk1 (10:09:06 PM): What, "damsel in distress?" *grins*
Thematrian1 (10:09:37 PM): "It's a classic for a reason." ::also grinning::
MilesMk1 (10:10:55 PM): "Well, let me know when you want to go after the relatives."
Thematrian1 (10:11:14 PM): "How about now?"
Thematrian1 (10:11:19 PM): Or, wait.
MilesMk1 (10:11:25 PM): "Works for me." (if it's not too late)
Thematrian1 (10:11:25 PM): "How about after breakfast tomorrow?"
MilesMk1 (10:11:31 PM): "Works for me."
MilesMk1 (10:12:37 PM): "I guess I'll hold off on trying to break into their place for now, we have plenty of time and we might learn something helpful first."
umbrafer (10:12:51 PM): The next day is Sunday, so a slightly greater than average number of people will be at home.
MilesMk1 (10:14:41 PM): Ok, I guess Glitch will look over Hound's surveillance data for ideas on how to approach the target building, then catch some sleep. (and transport Maya, if necessary)
umbrafer (10:16:54 PM): The target building is in the middle of a pretty typical high-density low-income neighborhood.
umbrafer (10:17:04 PM): Anything in particular you're looking for?
MilesMk1 (10:18:20 PM): Well, yeah. Doors, roof access to elevator shafts, fire escapes and exits, etc.
MilesMk1 (10:18:42 PM): Window that appear to open.
MilesMk1 (10:18:46 PM): Windows.
umbrafer (10:19:25 PM): There's a roof entrance. Occasionally people emerge and walk, smoke, or eat on the roof. Windows are mostly boarded up. There's an unsteady-looking fire escape in the back.
MilesMk1 (10:21:14 PM): No service entrance, basement entrance, etc.?
umbrafer (10:21:44 PM): There is a larger service entrance in back. It hasn't been used in the relatively short time you've been surveilling.
MilesMk1 (10:22:19 PM): Ok. Well, food for thought.
Thematrian1 (10:22:52 PM): This is the cult hideout? Good times.
umbrafer (10:23:33 PM): Not much of a hideout, but yes.
MilesMk1 (10:23:57 PM): So Glitch sleeps, moves Maya if necessary, eats anything he'd miss once Hound is set loose in his apartment to babysit, hides valuables Hound has no business knowing about IC and locks them up, and picks Gem up in the morning.
umbrafer (10:24:31 PM): You hide the box and other miscellany.
umbrafer (10:24:47 PM): In the morning, you pick Gem up. Unless Gem had something to do?
Thematrian1 (10:25:52 PM): Nein. How long until I get the Agent?
MilesMk1 (10:27:59 PM): *drives Gem where necessary*
umbrafer (10:28:00 PM): 28 hours from when you secured it
Thematrian1 (10:28:13 PM): so not yet. Let's ride.
umbrafer (10:28:46 PM): Actually, that may be low. Not yet, anyway.
umbrafer (10:31:46 PM): Riding happens. You arrive at the building.
umbrafer (10:32:10 PM): It's an old three-family house. To say that it has seen better days would be an understatement.
umbrafer (10:32:23 PM): It appears to be held up by makeshift pillars of quick-setting concrete.
umbrafer (10:33:58 PM): The building is probably pre-Crash. Maybe even pre-Awakening.
MilesMk1 (10:34:07 PM): "Looks like the disowning was mainly a formality..."
MilesMk1 (10:34:21 PM): "Or rather, a statement."
Thematrian1 (10:34:30 PM): ::unhappy nod::
MilesMk1 (10:35:16 PM): *follows Gem's lead*
Thematrian1 (10:35:25 PM): (Bah! I overlooked something important. I wanted to pick up a pair of fake badges to flourish impressively when we were giving our PI cover.)
MilesMk1 (10:35:25 PM): *keeps an eye out for gangers and other scum*
Thematrian1 (10:35:38 PM): astral vision ON. How are things?
umbrafer (10:35:52 PM): (A quick trip to the local police supply store later…)
umbrafer (10:37:03 PM): Dirty. Varying levels of anger, hope, passion, apathy, and desperation have soaked into the area.
umbrafer (10:37:29 PM): Background count is pretty solid 1, with a number of areas into 2. No 3 that you can see off-hand, which is not surprising.
Thematrian1 (10:37:46 PM): To be expected, I suppose. I head up and knock.
umbrafer (10:37:56 PM): Which door?
Thematrian1 (10:38:38 PM): The biggest.
umbrafer (10:39:07 PM): They're probably all the same size. It's a three-story three-family in the old style.
Thematrian1 (10:39:18 PM): oh. Rats. The one in the middle.
umbrafer (10:40:49 PM): You trudge up the stairs, which surprisingly seem decently solid, and knock on the door.
umbrafer (10:40:58 PM): A clamor arises from within.
Thematrian1 (10:41:55 PM): Cheerful: #Showtime!#
umbrafer (10:42:25 PM): After about a minute of what might be an off-beat percussion section, a little slot in the door slides open. A pair of eyes stare out at you from a considerably wrinkled face.
umbrafer (10:42:30 PM): "Whaddya want?"
MilesMk1 (10:42:33 PM): *assumes a business-like deameanor*
Thematrian1 (10:42:57 PM): What's this guy's name?
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circlmastr (10:43:10 PM): (Apologies for my tardiness, family stuff happened)
MilesMk1 (10:44:12 PM): (You didn't miss much you'd have enjoyed anyway. But we did get some (maybe) useful research done.)
circlmastr (10:44:41 PM): (I'm not sure whether the first part of that is good or bad.)
umbrafer (10:44:43 PM): Anthony DiMarco.
Thematrian1 (10:45:49 PM): "Good morning, Mr. DiMarco. My name is Angela Learned, and this is my associate Mr. Fine."
Thematrian1 (10:45:58 PM): (Sorry; we should have picked fake names in advance. Oh well.)
Thematrian1 (10:46:52 PM): "Are you familiar with <that damned cult's name>?"
umbrafer (10:48:04 PM): Association Para-Nobilis.
circlmastr (10:48:36 PM): (Dare I ask what Hound has been left with?)
Thematrian1 (10:48:37 PM): If he looks pissed off, I'll interject:
Thematrian1 (10:48:52 PM): (Babysitting. But you can safely surveil, I expect)
Thematrian1 (10:49:14 PM): "There's a boy who we believe may be in great danger."
MilesMk1 (10:49:35 PM): (Maya. In Glitch's apartment.)
circlmastr (10:49:50 PM): (The surveilling is recorded automatically, Hound just reviews it a couple times a day, so he can babysit effectively.)
MilesMk1 (10:49:59 PM): (I think. We decided to move her if Hound got pissy enough. ;))
MilesMk1 (10:50:10 PM): (Did you get pissy enough?)
circlmastr (10:50:13 PM): (Eh, nah.)
umbrafer (10:51:10 PM): This triggers an instant response. She positively /screams/ at you. "I'LL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT SATANIC CULT!" and slams the slot-door closed. Reaction if you want to try to stop it or something.
Thematrian1 (10:51:20 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 6 2 4 4
Thematrian1 (10:51:23 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (10:52:40 PM): "Sir! The man we work for, he son is in it! He's going to die unless we can prove their crimes!"
Thematrian1 (10:53:10 PM): (Ugh. So far off my game tonight. Want a backing Negotiation roll?)
umbrafer (10:53:24 PM): There's some shouting. Roll it.
Thematrian1 (10:53:46 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 3 1 6 5
Thematrian1 (10:53:49 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
Thematrian1 (10:54:09 PM): 12 10 7 7 after mods
MilesMk1 (10:55:20 PM): (BTW, anyone who doesn't hiss and smoke when exposed to an X-Box should check out http://www.gamespot.com/video/930279/61745...ct-stage-demo-1)
MilesMk1 (10:55:44 PM): (New Mass Effect info. Looks solid.)
MilesMk1 (10:56:06 PM): (Oh, and Jon, did you know that they're making a Marathon port for X-Box Live? ;))
umbrafer (10:56:07 PM): (*Hiss* *Smoke* ;) )
umbrafer (10:56:16 PM): (It burns!!!)
MilesMk1 (10:56:41 PM): (They really are, though it is the sort of thing I'd make up to see you twitch.:))
umbrafer (10:56:48 PM): The shouting continues for a few seconds, then ceases.
umbrafer (10:57:08 PM): (At least it isn't a PiD port. That would make me deeply, deeply conflicted.)
umbrafer (10:57:27 PM): The slot slides open a very small crack. A single eyeball peers out.
Thematrian1 (10:57:34 PM): ::radiants sincerity::
umbrafer (10:57:57 PM): "I don't know where you got this address, but we have nothing to do with them. Nothing at all."
umbrafer (11:00:11 PM): The eyeball does not, however, depart.
Thematrian1 (11:00:19 PM): (Phrasing...)
Thematrian1 (11:00:26 PM): "Understandable. The Association is very dangerous.
Thematrian1 (11:00:32 PM): (More coming)
Thematrian1 (11:02:27 PM): "But our client wants to protect his son. And his son is involved now. We need to prove their wickedness to him, and for that we need evidence of their primes."
umbrafer (11:03:27 PM): The eye blinks at you slowly.
umbrafer (11:06:03 PM): "What do you want from me?"
Thematrian1 (11:07:41 PM): "I want to know what happened <n> years ago." More softly, gently: "I want to hear about <that dude you disowned>"
umbrafer (11:08:14 PM): "Never heard of him." Perception.
Thematrian1 (11:08:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 1 2 1
Thematrian1 (11:08:53 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (11:08:56 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
umbrafer (11:09:21 PM): The eye narrowed and the voice somehow managed to get harsher in that response. It was also quite quick.
Thematrian1 (11:10:32 PM): Too soon. Oh well. "As you wish. Then I need to know everything you can tell me about the Association Para Nobilis."
umbrafer (11:11:41 PM): How old is Gem?
Thematrian1 (11:12:03 PM): She looks like she's in her mid to late 20s.
umbrafer (11:13:45 PM): "They're a bunch of Nazi pigs. If my sons aren't good enough for their 'new world', they can go hang."
umbrafer (11:14:12 PM): Depending on your age and history-related knowledge skills, there's a decent chance you have no idea what that first sentence means.
Thematrian1 (11:14:46 PM): Gem's education was not terribly formal. #Whosit pigs?#
umbrafer (11:15:07 PM): (That's what College Boy there is for :) )
circlmastr (11:16:06 PM): (I find it hard to believe that "Nazi" fell out of the common vernacular in so short a time.)
MilesMk1 (11:16:21 PM): #Nazi. World War II Germany? Hitler? Racial supremacists.#
umbrafer (11:16:25 PM): (Over a hundred years, including the Awakening and Crash?)
Thematrian1 (11:17:00 PM): #Check#
Thematrian1 (11:18:06 PM): Inviting elaboration: "They're trying to make a new world...?"
circlmastr (11:18:13 PM): ("Napolean" is still easily recognized several hundred years later. Ditto "samurai")
Thematrian1 (11:19:33 PM): (Depends which class you're in)
MilesMk1 (11:20:19 PM): (Guys, I need to crash.)
umbrafer (11:20:25 PM): The eye disappears briefly and there's a definite sound of spitting. The eye returns.
circlmastr (11:20:28 PM): (Doh)
MilesMk1 (11:20:32 PM): (Had a long day, will have a longer one tomorrow.)
umbrafer (11:20:53 PM): (Ok, we'll wrap up Angry Old Lady without you and give you the report next week. See you Monday, and sleep well)
Thematrian1 (11:20:54 PM): (Sleep well)
MilesMk1 (11:21:23 PM): (I'm sure Jon doesn't mind doing stuff with me missing... Right. See you guys Monday.)
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umbrafer (11:21:41 PM): (Though I'm pretty tired myself, so unless there aren't a lot of questions for AOL we'll have to wrap up anyway.)
Thematrian1 (11:22:04 PM): (I just want the story from her perspective)
umbrafer (11:22:49 PM): "Their bull… bull… bull. It's all bull."
Thematrian1 (11:23:26 PM): I'm tired too, though, so I try to coax her into elaborating on that. And maybe letting us in at some point:
Thematrian1 (11:23:28 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 2 4 5 6
Thematrian1 (11:23:31 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
umbrafer (11:24:19 PM): "Singing and dancing in the trees like a bunch of poofters."
umbrafer (11:25:57 PM): How aggressively are you coaxing?
umbrafer (11:26:00 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 6 6 2 4 3 1 1 3 2 4 3 4 2 1
umbrafer (11:26:03 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 5
Thematrian1 (11:26:13 PM): gently
Thematrian1 (11:26:59 PM): Though I'm interested in an elaboration on the poofters thing
umbrafer (11:28:08 PM): Without pressure the letting-in doesn't seem to be happening. She elaborates to the best of her ability on various things, but mostly she criticizes the APN in various ways, including assorted questioning of their collective sexual
umbrafer (11:28:10 PM): orientation.
umbrafer (11:28:36 PM): If there's anything in particular you'd like her to elaborate on, let me know.
Thematrian1 (11:29:13 PM): Has she ever met any of the folks on our list? I'll explain as people our client's son has been involved with, if necessary.
Thematrian1 (11:30:19 PM): And after this has been going on for a few minutes, I'll lean on her to invite us in. Still no mention of the disowned guy.
umbrafer (11:30:20 PM): She claims not to remember anyone in particular, only that they had a bunch of crazed and dangerous notions. As the conversation continues, you're relatively confident that with the exception of her son she probably didn't know anyo
Thematrian1 (11:30:28 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 2 5 3 5
umbrafer (11:30:43 PM): anyone in the APN in any real sense of the word.
umbrafer (11:30:46 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 6 5 2 2 2 4 2 2 1 3 6 4 1 2
umbrafer (11:30:50 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 6
umbrafer (11:30:53 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 1
Thematrian1 (11:31:36 PM): (Thank God negotiation is a contest)
umbrafer (11:32:09 PM): It takes some leaning, but eventually the old lady cracks. You are allowed into an apartment… which will be described next week!
circlmastr (11:32:24 PM): My prediction: lots of cats
Thematrian1 (11:34:23 PM): sleep well, all
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umbrafer (11:34:28 PM): *Waves*
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