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umbrafer (8:49:59 PM): Evening, all
MilesMk1 (8:50:23 PM): Hey.
umbrafer (8:51:10 PM): When we last left our antiheroes…
umbrafer (8:52:15 PM): Hound was going to a meet with the targets, while Gem and Glitch were plotting something.
MilesMk1 (8:52:45 PM): I think Glitch was going to the meet too, but not openly.
umbrafer (8:52:50 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (8:53:22 PM): Of course, this will be difficult to pull off if Dave doesn't show.
MilesMk1 (8:53:40 PM): Gem, IIRC, was going to provide spiritual support,
Thematrian1 (8:53:52 PM): Remotely, yeah. F7 Concealment
umbrafer (8:55:11 PM): Well-Concealed.
umbrafer (8:56:56 PM): (Also, does everyone have something or other that can read icalendar files?)
MilesMk1 (8:57:15 PM): I guess we could try to figure out where I ought to attack, but that's sort of academic when we don't know how many targets there will be.
MilesMk1 (8:57:23 PM): (Don't even know what it is.)
Thematrian1 (8:57:36 PM): (I don't think so...is there a free something that can handle them?)
umbrafer (8:58:35 PM): (A fair number of free somethings—it's RFC2445)
umbrafer (8:59:11 PM): (Several of my new year's resolutions are related to things that might hopefully make the games run more smoothly)
umbrafer (8:59:20 PM): Anyway, that's for later.
MilesMk1 (8:59:47 PM): (Mmm, cake. So delicious and moist. Heh. Anyone here play Portal?)
umbrafer (8:59:59 PM): (Everyone but me, where everyone includes Dave)
MilesMk1 (9:00:32 PM): (...there's no use crying over every mistake, you just keep on trying till you run out of cake.)
Thematrian1 (9:00:50 PM): (Hey, no fair, he's uninitiated)
MilesMk1 (9:00:55 PM): (But isn't your Mac also a PC? ;) Shouldn't you be able to play it?)
Thematrian1 (9:00:59 PM): (Just get Parallels already)
MilesMk1 (9:01:13 PM): (Parallels?)
umbrafer (9:01:18 PM): (That would require a copy of Windows. WINE it is not.)
umbrafer (9:01:33 PM): (Besides, I have principles to uphold ;) )
Thematrian1 (9:01:36 PM): (So steal one. My God, how hard is this ;-))
umbrafer (9:02:34 PM): Anyway.
umbrafer (9:03:13 PM): Had the spirit been summoned?
MilesMk1 (9:03:23 PM): Yes, IIRC.
Thematrian1 (9:03:50 PM): Yes. 2 services
umbrafer (9:03:58 PM): Awesome.
umbrafer (9:05:01 PM): Any other preparations?
Thematrian1 (9:05:56 PM): I have none. I have to decoy away another of them while this is going on.
Thematrian1 (9:06:06 PM): So we have to know who among our targets stayed behind.
umbrafer (9:07:26 PM): Finding that out by observing who shows up at the meet, or staking out the building, or both?
umbrafer (9:07:29 PM): Or something else?
Thematrian1 (9:09:18 PM): I'll drive down to their place (a few blocks away, technically) while we
Thematrian1 (9:09:47 PM): ''re waiting for the meet to go down. Then Glitch can tell me who shows up, and I'll know who to distract.
umbrafer (9:11:29 PM): Keeping tabs on the site itself in any way?
MilesMk1 (9:12:39 PM): The meet site?
Thematrian1 (9:12:58 PM): If Hound can spare a loaner blimp, I'd appreciate it
umbrafer (9:13:28 PM): I was thinking the hideout, but the meet site as well. Really, wherever you're keeping an eye on, let me know about it :)
MilesMk1 (9:14:08 PM): Hmm. I suppose Glitch will swing by the meet site ahead of time and see if there are any good vantage points he could watch it from.
Thematrian1 (9:15:47 PM): And what about Maya?
MilesMk1 (9:16:04 PM): Ah. Damn.
umbrafer (9:16:57 PM): (If Glitch swings by the meet site, let me know. I've got a description of the area for him if so.)
MilesMk1 (9:19:33 PM): Well, he will, as soon as we figure out what to do with Maya. Can we leave her alone?
MilesMk1 (9:19:40 PM): That's probably not a good idea.
MilesMk1 (9:20:02 PM): Call a friend to come babysit? Hound would freak if I had someone he doesn't know come over.
umbrafer (9:20:23 PM): Maya has thus far not exhibited dangerous tendencies except very early on, but then, you never know what even normal kids will get up to when you leave them alone.
MilesMk1 (9:20:52 PM): That's assuming that Foster would even agree to watch her.
MilesMk1 (9:21:05 PM): Does Gem have any thoughts on this?
Thematrian1 (9:22:09 PM): thinking...
Thematrian1 (9:22:22 PM): Still can't take her to my place; corpse issues
Thematrian1 (9:22:37 PM): Could we drop her off with someone you know?
Thematrian1 (9:22:44 PM): My contacts...aren't child friendly
Thematrian1 (9:22:55 PM): that one drug dealer is representative
Thematrian1 (9:23:05 PM): well, he's pretty child-friendly; but you know
umbrafer (9:23:59 PM): He did give you some tips for where to find friends for her
Thematrian1 (9:25:05 PM): Yeah, but they weren't people I want to leave her alone with for any length of time. Argh, we need a 4th person.
Thematrian1 (9:25:24 PM): Or maybe I can cozy up to the gang members after the attack...
MilesMk1 (9:26:54 PM): The one friend I do have in this place (Level 2 contact) is someone we could leave her with.
Thematrian1 (9:27:05 PM): This I like. Go on.
MilesMk1 (9:28:44 PM): If anything, his problem is that he thinks many runners are scum and thinks he's better than they are, so he definitely wouldn't do anything to hurt a kid or get one in trouble.
MilesMk1 (9:29:03 PM): Sort of depressed about his life, but stable.
MilesMk1 (9:29:34 PM): If I make it clear to him that we're protecting her and didn't kidnap her, he would be ok with watching the kid, I'd imagine.
umbrafer (9:31:13 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 6 5 6 4 1 3 6 3 4 5 6 5 5 1
umbrafer (9:31:20 PM): umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 3 3 2 5
Thematrian1 (9:31:43 PM): Yeah, that works for me.
MilesMk1 (9:32:37 PM): Someone invite Dave.
umbrafer (9:33:59 PM): Ooh, a Dave.
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CirclMastr (9:34:43 PM): (Apologies for lateness all, familial suchness)
CirclMastr (9:37:01 PM): (Ping?)
umbrafer (9:37:02 PM): The current topic is how to deal with having only three people.
MilesMk1 (9:37:24 PM): We're trying to figure out who'll watch Maya.
CirclMastr (9:37:48 PM): Well, what's Gem doing?
Thematrian1 (9:38:49 PM): I was going to engage in my own sub-assassination before/during the meet
CirclMastr (9:41:02 PM): Eh?
umbrafer (9:42:22 PM): Assassination is fairly parallelizable.
CirclMastr (9:43:11 PM): Not if Maya needs to be babysat.
Thematrian1 (9:43:57 PM): We've got a plan involving one of Glitch's contacts
CirclMastr (9:44:47 PM): AH
CirclMastr (9:44:49 PM): *Ah
MilesMk1 (9:46:40 PM): It's not that complicated. Glitch has an old friend who'd be safe to leave with the kid. He hasn't asked him to do it, yet.
MilesMk1 (9:46:58 PM): And there's the question of whether we'd ask him to come here, or take Maya to him. How paranoid is Hound?
CirclMastr (9:48:43 PM): Fairly. He would definitely go for taking Maya to him/her.
MilesMk1 (9:51:46 PM): But taking her out of familiar surroundings could traumatize her. ;)
Thematrian1 (9:52:07 PM): FWIW, I think she's mostly indifferent to her surroundings.
MilesMk1 (9:52:34 PM): Well, it's up to you guys. Glitch will be happy to make the call.
umbrafer (9:52:55 PM): The phone abides.
CirclMastr (9:54:28 PM): I stand by taking Maya to the contact rather than vice versa.
Thematrian1 (9:54:35 PM): I agree.
MilesMk1 (9:54:48 PM): Ok. Glitch calls Foster.
umbrafer (9:54:55 PM): *Ring ring*
umbrafer (9:54:56 PM): *Ring ring*
umbrafer (9:55:06 PM): *Ri—* *Click* "Yeah?"
MilesMk1 (9:55:28 PM): "Hey, what's up. It's Glitch."
CirclMastr (9:55:32 PM): (ugh, brb, dinner)
MilesMk1 (9:55:48 PM): "How're you doing?"
umbrafer (9:55:48 PM): "Oh, hey, Glitch. Gimme a sec."
MilesMk1 (9:55:56 PM): "Sure."
umbrafer (9:55:57 PM): You hear some drill noises.
umbrafer (9:56:09 PM): After about 15 seconds, they stop.
umbrafer (9:56:20 PM): "Hey, sorry. What's up?"
MilesMk1 (9:58:09 PM): "Decided to redecorate? Listen, I was wondering if you could do me a favor. Do you think you could baby-sit someone for a few hours? No risk, it's just a scheduling issue on my end."
umbrafer (9:59:03 PM): "Um… yeah, prob'ly. What kind of baby, and who's gonna come knocking?"
MilesMk1 (10:01:42 PM): (Sorry, phone call. Ah, the irony.)
MilesMk1 (10:03:36 PM): "Well... You know what they say, no such thing as a 100% certainty, but it's pretty low-profile stuff, at least right now, and I don't expect anyone to come knocking at all. It's just a sensible precauction. Sorry, I know
MilesMk1 (10:03:47 PM): you crave excitement. Heh."
umbrafer (10:05:36 PM): "Ok, sure. Gimme an hour and a half to clean the place up, and you can bring the package over. Just don't let it see the way… you sure it isn't reccing?"
MilesMk1 (10:05:50 PM): (reccing?)
umbrafer (10:06:19 PM): ("Recording", usually either audio, video, or positional data)
MilesMk1 (10:06:47 PM): "Pretty damn sure."
MilesMk1 (10:07:12 PM): "All right, I'll see you in an hour and a half."
MilesMk1 (10:07:14 PM): "Thanks."
umbrafer (10:07:42 PM): "You got it. It all goes quiet, I won't even charge you more than dinner sometime."
MilesMk1 (10:08:05 PM): "You got it."
umbrafer (10:08:14 PM): *Click*
CirclMastr (10:08:24 PM): (Back)
MilesMk1 (10:08:36 PM): Ok, then.
MilesMk1 (10:09:08 PM): 1. I'll double-check Maya and her stuff to make sure she's not transmitting - though I think I checked her over before, Glitch always sweeps for bugs.
MilesMk1 (10:09:47 PM): 2. I suppose I'll get here some sort of portable glasses/goggle rig she can watch her nature shows on on the ride over, since I don't want to blindfold her.
CirclMastr (10:09:52 PM): (Shocking Swerve: Maya is a Terminator)
umbrafer (10:10:06 PM): (Dave always sees right through me.)
MilesMk1 (10:10:16 PM): I assume they have 3D glasses you can use to watch stuff, right?
umbrafer (10:10:30 PM): Probably
umbrafer (10:10:47 PM): Give a roll for the bugsweeping, but if you ask Gem you can probably find all the answer you need.
MilesMk1 (10:10:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 2 5 1 6 6 6 5
MilesMk1 (10:11:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 5 3
MilesMk1 (10:11:16 PM): And I ask Gem. (I also check Maya's things, not just her.)
umbrafer (10:12:22 PM): No signals at all. Gem reports that she lacks cyberware, unless she decides to conceal that or lie, in which case her player will have to pipe up.
Thematrian1 (10:12:22 PM): Ok, I also check Maya...
umbrafer (10:12:29 PM): I guess you could again
Thematrian1 (10:12:30 PM): heh
Thematrian1 (10:12:33 PM): no and no
umbrafer (10:12:36 PM): Though you have Assensed her before.
umbrafer (10:12:48 PM): Someone could have implanted some since you last checked ;)
MilesMk1 (10:13:49 PM): Ok, then. I get Maya some VR glasses and a mix of nature and mecha shows.
umbrafer (10:15:02 PM): Some nature shows, some mecha shows, some mecha nature shows (giant mecha in their natural habitats!)
CirclMastr (10:15:42 PM): Hound has the last two in ample quantity already
CirclMastr (10:15:55 PM): In fact, most would call his quantity far more than ample. Excessive, even.
umbrafer (10:17:15 PM): Maya is enthralled. Or possibly semi-conscious.
Thematrian1 (10:17:17 PM): not to his face, though
umbrafer (10:17:38 PM): No no no, when you can see his face is the safest time to say that sort of thing :)
MilesMk1 (10:17:41 PM): Ok, then. I tell Maya to please keep it on once we're in the car, and we take her to Foster's.
CirclMastr (10:17:58 PM): Watch out, I've got 4 dice of Pistols now. :D
umbrafer (10:18:40 PM): She mumbles something in return, and shows no signs of removing the glasses.
MilesMk1 (10:19:41 PM): *drive*
umbrafer (10:19:50 PM): *Drive drive drive*
Thematrian1 (10:21:48 PM): *drive* in another direction
umbrafer (10:22:02 PM): *Drive drive drive*
CirclMastr (10:22:10 PM): Hound, uh, waits for the meet?
umbrafer (10:22:39 PM): *Wait wait wait*
MilesMk1 (10:22:42 PM): Hopefully I have enough time to drop her off and meet Hound.
umbrafer (10:22:47 PM): You reach Foster's place. It's a decent spot in a triplex.
MilesMk1 (10:22:49 PM): Follow Hound, rather.
umbrafer (10:22:55 PM): Ground level.
MilesMk1 (10:23:41 PM): Ok. I let Maya keep her glasses on, wait for a bit and look around to make sure we weren't followed (in ways I could spot), then lead her in, letting her keep the glasses on.
umbrafer (10:24:05 PM): Roll them bones.
umbrafer (10:25:37 PM): (Perception, unless there's a skill to lead people wearing vid-shades around)
umbrafer (10:26:56 PM): Meanwhile, Gem drives up to a spot near the group's lair.
MilesMk1 (10:27:06 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 4 4 1 5
umbrafer (10:27:27 PM): Glitch detects no tails.
Thematrian1 (10:27:58 PM): Which reminds me: Hound, may I borrow a blimp for overwatch?
CirclMastr (10:28:26 PM): I thought Gem didn't have an RCD
Thematrian1 (10:28:46 PM): She does, she just has to Captain's Chair it.
umbrafer (10:28:58 PM): RCD, but no VCR.
CirclMastr (10:29:38 PM): Ah. Well, sure thing.
Thematrian1 (10:30:31 PM): thanks. I'm a few streets away, with the blimp overhead giving me video feed into my eyes
umbrafer (10:30:36 PM): Gem is blimped.
umbrafer (10:31:01 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 1 4 2 1 3 5 5 5 2 5 2 4 4 3
Thematrian1 (10:32:45 PM): strike the loan; it turns out that Gem has her own blimp. Sorry.
umbrafer (10:34:07 PM): What's the Signature and Sensor of the blimp
umbrafer (10:34:08 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (10:34:31 PM): 10 and 1
umbrafer (10:34:53 PM): umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 6 1 1 2 2 1 6 5 6 2 5 3 5 6
umbrafer (10:34:55 PM): umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 1 1 5
umbrafer (10:35:30 PM): Foster opens the door and ushers the two of you in. He gives Maya a glance, then Glitch, then raises an eyebrow.
umbrafer (10:35:59 PM): Gem, meanwhile, sees a fair bit of coming and going. Sensors.
umbrafer (10:36:02 PM): Active and Passive.
Thematrian1 (10:36:22 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (10:36:25 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 1 6 6 3
Thematrian1 (10:36:30 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
umbrafer (10:37:22 PM): The news is mostly that there's an unusual amount of traffic going in and out, at least by the standards you've obtained from previous surveillance.
umbrafer (10:37:52 PM): None of the targets are making themselves visible that you can see, though.
Thematrian1 (10:38:17 PM): Lots of people going in, as well as coming out? Odd.
MilesMk1 (10:38:26 PM): *settles Maya in (which probably involves putting her in front of the TV) then takes Foster aside*
MilesMk1 (10:38:46 PM): "Hey, I did say "baby-sit"."
umbrafer (10:39:13 PM): "You certainly did."
umbrafer (10:41:07 PM): Despite the non-question nature of this statement, Foster does not appear totally satisfied.
umbrafer (10:41:13 PM): (And yes, the traffic was bidirectional)
umbrafer (10:41:46 PM): Any actions from Hound?
CirclMastr (10:42:18 PM): Um, still waiting?
MilesMk1 (10:42:54 PM): "I couldn't elaborate on the phone, of course, but no, we did NOT kidnap her. Her guardian got hurt and we're keeping an eye on her."
umbrafer (10:43:15 PM): All things come to Hound.
umbrafer (10:43:35 PM): "I'll take your word for it. Anything I should know?"
MilesMk1 (10:44:15 PM): "...and we've been keeping a really low profile, so this is really almost as simple as I made it sound on the phone."
CirclMastr (10:45:01 PM): Hound keeps what he wants and fences the rest of big bucks.
CirclMastr (10:45:05 PM): *for big bucks
MilesMk1 (10:46:22 PM): "She's quiet and keeps to herself. Likes nature and mecha shows. Will eat whatever you put in front of her. Has bad dreams sometimes, but I don't imagine that'll come up, we'll pick her up in a few hours."
MilesMk1 (10:47:20 PM): "She is awakened, or so I was told, but you can hardly tell."
MilesMk1 (10:47:55 PM): "Oh. And her name's Maya."
umbrafer (10:48:07 PM): Foster appears satisfied that he has teased the dark secret out of you. "I'll give you a ring if anything happens."
umbrafer (10:48:43 PM): (It's a good thing one existed, or he never would have stopped pestering you)
MilesMk1 (10:49:34 PM): "Thanks. If I don't pick up, try *Gem's number*."
Thematrian1 (10:50:02 PM): (If there wasn't one, we wouldn't be involved)
MilesMk1 (10:50:16 PM): "I'll see you later - figure out which place you want that dinner at."
MilesMk1 (10:50:44 PM): *heads off to suit up and wait along with Hound*
umbrafer (10:50:46 PM): "You bet."
umbrafer (10:51:08 PM): When you leave, he's settling in on a chair near Maya's couch, and they're both watching a mech stalking a gazelle.
umbrafer (10:52:30 PM): Gem watches a stream of people enter and exit. Glitch returns to the house.
Thematrian1 (10:52:39 PM): (I would watch that show)
umbrafer (10:52:43 PM): It's getting closer to meet time.
umbrafer (10:53:00 PM): (So would I. It sounds awesome.)
Thematrian1 (10:53:47 PM): Still no target movement? Nothing on the roof?
MilesMk1 (10:53:51 PM): (BTW, I realize this will be unpopular in certain circles, but do we want to call it a night, maybe? It's late-ish and I hardly slept for two days.)
MilesMk1 (10:54:07 PM): (Not necessarily this minute, mind you.)
umbrafer (10:54:37 PM): (Give it a few more minutes—I think we can probably halt soon, though, as I'm also rather bushed.)
umbrafer (10:55:01 PM): People have entered and exited the roof for various reasons, but you haven't been able to identify any of them as targets.
umbrafer (10:55:25 PM): The big guy with the raincoat does at one point leave. He's still wearing it, despite the fact that right now it's definitely not raining.
umbrafer (10:59:00 PM): The hood obscures his face from your angle; it looks like he's wearing it fairly low. Glitch, Hound, headed for the meet or doing anything else/
umbrafer (10:59:01 PM): */
umbrafer (10:59:03 PM): *?
CirclMastr (10:59:45 PM): Hound is ready for the meet, at this point.
CirclMastr (10:59:50 PM): Barring some new development.
umbrafer (11:00:20 PM): Gem: let's get another Sensor test.
MilesMk1 (11:01:28 PM): Glitch brings his GL for this one.
MilesMk1 (11:01:37 PM): And follows Hound in a separate car.
umbrafer (11:02:50 PM): *Vrm vrm vrm*
CirclMastr (11:03:27 PM): *vroooooom*
umbrafer (11:03:40 PM): (Just FYI, you're out of sync—Gem's Sensor test occurs before you leave, when it happens)
umbrafer (11:03:52 PM): (If any paradoxes emerge, we'll deal with them)
CirclMastr (11:04:41 PM): (Colonel Campbell will inform us of any, I'm sure.)
umbrafer (11:05:17 PM): You arrive in the area of the meet. It's a quiet area of Renton, looks like it mostly has a bunch of restaurants and cafes.
CirclMastr (11:05:55 PM): Hound looks for the correct one and parks, then heads into it (after locking his van and activating its security systems, of course)
umbrafer (11:06:16 PM): The Forest Heart Cafe is on a corner at a 4-way intersection. Facing across the intersection, across the road to the left is an antique store, and across the road and to the right are both cafes with outdoor seating.
umbrafer (11:06:21 PM): Done.
MilesMk1 (11:07:36 PM): Glitch will park a couple of blocks back and look for hiding places.
MilesMk1 (11:08:06 PM): I assume hiding inside the cafe would be a bit much, even for glitch with concealment going.
umbrafer (11:09:21 PM): There are a bunch of great hiding places for visible people. Foot traffic isn't heavy, so it's not too bad for the stealthy types, but it's still a bit more iffy. The bad news is that the Forest Heart does not offer a great deal in
umbrafer (11:09:28 PM): terms of visibility into the interior.
umbrafer (11:12:05 PM): And I sense that there's some nodding off going on, so we'll call it a night here.
CirclMastr (11:12:16 PM): A'ight
MilesMk1 (11:12:20 PM): Probably a good idea. Sorry, but I can't think anymore.
MilesMk1 (11:12:29 PM): See you guys next Thursday, I guess?
umbrafer (11:12:39 PM): Next week: Hound talks to people, people maybe shoot other people.
CirclMastr (11:12:50 PM): Hopefully not Hound.
MilesMk1 (11:13:55 PM): Good night.
CirclMastr (11:14:22 PM): Goodnight.
MilesMk1 (11:14:25 PM): (Oh. I assume next Monday isn't happening, right? It being New Year's Eve?)
CirclMastr (11:14:33 PM): Not for me, at any rate.
umbrafer (11:14:39 PM): (IIRC, Seiler had said it wasn't last week)
umbrafer (11:14:47 PM): (I guess that means I get into arguments on Dumpshock)
MilesMk1 (11:14:50 PM): (Right. Later.)
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