Post by Kagi on May 27, 2006 23:02:46 GMT -5
*****Recap of Last Session*****
Someone new has been added, Vince. It seems that the mysterious Hacker Ten had been hard at work and had hired Vince just in case something went wrong. Unfortunatly something did, Ten is now dead and with him went the only contact with Miss Johnson the runners had including Vince.
Completly exhausted and several of the members are wounded, the team has returned to the hotel to pack up their gear, but a surprise awaits them as they enter. Several armed goons and a rather unusual man with his face painted like a carnival clown. Even worse, he seems to know Butterfly on sight and possibly the whole team.
Local time is 12:45pm and the team is in no mood for non-sense.
*****End Recap*****
[8:37:26 PM] * Butterfly points her gun at the clown and smiles amiably.
[8:37:34 PM] * Vince , still waiting in the van, lights up a smoke.
[8:37:59 PM] * Doc remains in the van waiting to see what is goin on now.
[8:38:39 PM] Manzazzuu "Great, just what we need." He grumbles as he notes the group waiting for them.
[8:39:19 PM] GM_Kagi *Clown man ::Stands up slowly and straightens his coat:: "I assure you I'm unarmed. Though my friends are."" ::he nods his head towards the 4 goons standing at attention behind him::
[8:41:10 PM] Butterfly "That more or less reason to shoot you?" she asks lightheartidly, as though joking with a friend, but keeps the weapon trained on him.
[8:43:24 PM] GM_Kagi *Clown man "I guess I did surprise you. I just thought waiting out front might attract too much attention and you did leave the door open..."
[8:43:43 PM] Manzazzuu "Perhaps you should just tell us what you're here for, and quit with the whole mystery song and dance?" He suggests, leaning against the door. "We're tired."
[8:45:54 PM] GM_Kagi *Clown man ::Nods and smiles at Manzazzuu:: "You must be Manzazzuu. You can call me Quinn, I'm a friend of Miss Johnson. She is concerned about Ten and is looking forward to interogating...I mean debriefing you all. I'm here to lead you to her."
[8:47:16 PM] * Pele leans on the wall, and waits for the "debriefing"
[8:47:20 PM] Butterfly "K" she says easily, putting the gun back in her pocket, "Ten's dead. Do I have time for a shower first?"
[8:49:40 PM] Quinn ::his smile fades and he looks to the floor:: "Oh...that's unfortunate. No time for a rinse warrior woman, time's not our friend here. Miss Johnson would like to hear from you as soon as possible."
[8:50:17 PM] * Butterfly sighs.
[8:50:24 PM] Butterfly "Fine."
[8:51:14 PM] Quinn "I have a car out front. You can follow me?"
[8:51:28 PM] * Doc gets out of the van and looks at the clown guy " I need to get some stuff in my room first."
[8:53:42 PM] Pele "I am ready when everyone else is."
[8:54:11 PM] Quinn ::Frowns and turns to the goons:: "Okay goon squad let's go." ::without another word he walks outside. A rolls royce limo pulls up as he walks and he gets in the back dissapearing behind the limo's tinted windows::
[8:55:57 PM] * Vince looked at Quinn and the Goon Squad, not to mention thier bitchin' ride
[8:56:18 PM] Pele "Nice limo."
[8:56:24 PM] * Pele gets in
[8:56:37 PM] Vince "Yeah, I once drove one a bit like that"
[8:57:01 PM] * Doc runs in gets his duffle bag of supplies and comes out to the limo
[8:57:26 PM] GM_Kagi *The "goons" are straight professionals guarding Quinn's every move to the limo with practiced precision. Quinn himself seems to be put out by their presence
[8:58:12 PM] GM_Kagi *The door to the limo is locked
[8:58:46 PM] Pele "Gonna let us in?"
[8:59:45 PM] GM_Kagi *The window rolls down a half foot to show Quinn's face
[8:59:47 PM] * Manzazzuu waits outside for the others to be ready to go, pondering the situation.
[9:00:31 PM] Quinn "No." ::he says with a look of irritation::
[9:00:57 PM] GM_Kagi *The window rises back up again
[9:00:58 PM] * Vince sighs "Pele, we already got a ride"
[9:01:17 PM] Vince "Get your ass in the van"
[9:01:38 PM] Pele "Man, I wanted to ride in the limo." Pele goes to the van
[9:02:09 PM] Vince "We might soon, just need 2 minutes with it..harharhar"
[9:02:56 PM] * Doc gets in the van
[9:03:06 PM] * Butterfly gets in the van as well.
[9:03:37 PM] * Vince signals to Manzazzu "You comin' or walkin'?"
[9:03:48 PM] * Pele gets in
[9:04:47 PM] * Vince starts up the van
[9:05:38 PM] * Manzazzuu gets in too, as everyone else piles in. With a sigh he looks around at the others. "This run is going so well."
[9:05:59 PM] * Vince buckles up, for safety
[9:06:12 PM] GM_Kagi *DC gets in to the van
[9:06:12 PM] Butterfly "Ya, it is."
[9:06:18 PM] * Butterfly nods in agreement.
[9:07:18 PM] * Vince trtuns to the group still sitting on the van's chassis "So-a, where to now? To get our pay?"
[9:07:57 PM] * Butterfly nods again,
[9:08:01 PM] GM_Kagi *The limo pulls away in silence and begins driving slowly to the west
[9:08:07 PM] Butterfly " yup. Just follow the leader."
[9:08:11 PM] Pele "Get this over with."
[9:08:14 PM] * Vince drives off behind the limo
[9:09:02 PM] * Vince follows the limo, keeping his eyes open for anything suspicious
[9:09:10 PM] Doc "Not sure if the rest of you noticed but the goons there seem to be all adepts and that Quinn guy he has some serious power too from what I could gather."
[9:09:43 PM] GM_Kagi *The limo continues to drive slowly and carefully westward and away from the redmond barren's. It continues to drive onward towards downtown seattle
[9:10:13 PM] * Vince keeps following the limo from a short distance
[9:14:25 PM] Pele "I did not notice."
[9:14:41 PM] GM_Kagi *The limo continues into downtown seattle and eventually pulls into the parking lot of a nondescript office building and comes to a stop. The parking lot is empty of cars except for a few here and there you guess belong to the over night janitor and security personel
[9:15:06 PM] * Vince parks the van in such a way ot make a quick getaway
[9:15:17 PM] Doc "Just sayin be careful."
[9:15:44 PM] * Butterfly giggles.
[9:16:25 PM] Quinn ::Opens the limo door and steps out along with his bodyguards.::
[9:17:01 PM] Manzazzuu "I'd cast a few spells on us just in case, but my guess is they'd take that as hostile." He tells the others.
[9:17:24 PM] Doc "I'm thinkin your right about that."
[9:17:32 PM] Butterfly "More than pointing guns at them?" she asks before bouncing out of the van.
[9:18:20 PM] * Vince unbuckles his seatbelt and gets out of the van, closes the van's door and lock it before arranging his attire
[9:19:24 PM] Manzazzuu "Believe it or not, yes." He follows Butterfly out of the van.
[9:20:08 PM] Quinn ::Without a word he walks to the building's main entrance:: "Okay you gorilla's can stay here." ::he says to the body guards::
[9:20:54 PM] Butterfly "You guys are really close aren't you?" she asks Quinn smiling.
[9:23:01 PM] Manzazzuu "It's heartwarming." He says, agreeing with Butterfly, as he allows himself to be led inside.
[9:23:31 PM] * DC fallow Vince inside
[9:23:46 PM] * Doc will also follow
[9:23:47 PM] Quinn ::He opens the front door and enters:: "Who those guys? They're no use at all. Just for show really, keeps the average street punk from trying something stupid."
[9:23:52 PM] * Vince goes inside, looking around the building before entering
[9:24:27 PM] * Pele takes the back
[9:25:33 PM] Butterfly "Does it really?" she looks back at them breifly, "I've never seen anything that did that before..."
[9:25:48 PM] GM_Kagi *The exteriour of the building is a typical square office building, cheap plastecrete and mirrored glass box and not much else. Through the front door is a typical communial reception area. The building seems to sublet to various businesses.
[9:26:25 PM] * DC wishes she didn't stink like sewer and fire
[9:26:40 PM] * Vince smells fresh as real air
[9:27:44 PM] * Manzazzuu is somewhat used to the scent of death and decay, so he isn't very worried about the smell. Though that's not to say he wouldn't welcome the opportunity to shower.
[9:28:05 PM] Quinn ::Looks Butterfly up and down with a smirk:: "Yeah, you said it." ::Quinn continues walking towards a set of elevators, one of the doors open as he approches and enters the elevator::
[9:28:43 PM] * Vince follows clown-Face
[9:30:54 PM] * DC continues following the new Yorker
[9:31:21 PM] Quinn ::Waits for the others to enter the elevator, holding the door for them::
[9:31:28 PM] * Pele enters the elevator
[9:31:46 PM] * Butterfly enters the elevator
[9:31:54 PM] Butterfly "Ah...what a gentleman."
[9:32:10 PM] * Vince rolls his eyes behind his goggles
[9:32:19 PM] * Doc enters aswell
[9:33:23 PM] Quinn ::Once all the runners have crammed into the elevator he lets go of the doors and the elevator begins to rise.::
[9:33:29 PM] * Manzazzuu follows along with the others, keeping his thoughts to himself.
[9:34:41 PM] GM_Kagi *At the 4th floor the elevator stops and the doors open to a hallway. At the end of the short hallway is an open door to a conference room
[9:35:06 PM] * Butterfly heads to the conference room.
[9:35:58 PM] Quinn ::Exits the elevator and walks to the conference room where he immediatly takes a seat and puts his snakeskin boots up on the conference table::
[9:36:09 PM] * Vince follows Quinn
[9:36:38 PM] * Doc enter but remains standing in the back of the room
[9:37:04 PM] * Vince , arrving in the conference room, remains standing near the door
[9:37:42 PM] * DC switches to following Doc now
[9:37:44 PM] GM_Kagi *At the other end of the conference table is a female, dark skinned, elf with stark white hair, Miss Johnson. She is alone.
[9:38:10 PM] * Vince checks her out, using all of viewing aid
[9:38:17 PM] * Butterfly sits directly across from Miss Johnson.
[9:38:34 PM] Butterfly "Evening"
[9:39:02 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Nods to Butterfly::
[9:39:23 PM] Pele "Done much since we last saw you?"
[9:39:53 PM] * Vince leans on the wall, listening and observing with attention
[9:39:57 PM] Miss_Johnson "Would everyone please take a seat." ::she frowns at Quinn as he puts his feet up::
[9:40:21 PM] Manzazzuu "Nice to see you again. I hope you had a good dinner with our mutual aquaintance." He says to Miss Johnson, before sitting down.
[9:40:27 PM] * Doc sits in the nearest seat
[9:40:39 PM] * DC stays quite and takes a seat.
[9:41:07 PM] * Vince takes whatever seat is left.
[9:41:30 PM] Miss_Johnson "Quinn has told me that Ten has been killed. I was watching the run up until his video-cast was disrupted. I was hoping he made it, guess not."
[9:42:53 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Nods to Manzazzuu:: "You can ask him yourself when you leave here. Obviously Ten can't block that anymore. Your Mentor has a very nice Family I must say."
[9:43:34 PM] * DC shoots Manzazzuu a puzzeled look
[9:43:39 PM] Butterfly "How much of the show did you catch?" she asks like she were chatting about American Idol.
[9:44:49 PM] GM_Kagi *Quinn seems to take an interest in Miss Johnson's conversation with Manzazzuu he speaks up in a strange language to Miss Johnson.
[9:45:14 PM] Manzazzuu "If he hadn't in the first place we might have been better prepared for what we found, and he might not have died." And so might Rick still be alive, he thinks to himself.
[9:46:06 PM] GM_Kagi *For a moment Quinn and Miss Johnson seem to have an argument, but it quickly subsides as Quinn gets up and leaves the conference room in anger
[9:49:15 PM] * DC checks her commlink's time
[9:50:23 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Miss Johnson stares at Quinn's back with a look of frustration for a moment and then resumes the conversation with the runners:: "I caught only what Ten broadcasted. And as for your lack of information Manzazzuu, I could not allow certain information to be given to the public."
[9:50:43 PM] GM_Kagi *Local time is 2:15 am
[9:50:54 PM] * Vince grins at Johnson's last comment
[9:50:58 PM] Pele "This is all good, but can we get to the payment? I am dreadfully tired."
[9:52:53 PM] DC "I think Miss Johnson would like to know what happend first"
[9:53:21 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Nods to Pele:: "Our bargain was for intel as well. What did you find in the basement and where is the Gestault leader?"
[9:53:35 PM] DC "did you see what happened in the basement?"
[9:53:49 PM] DC "From Ten's little broadcast?"
[9:54:12 PM] Manzazzuu "The leader's in the basement, dead. You never said you wanted a trophy, so we didn't take one."
[9:54:30 PM] Miss_Johnson "Yes."
[9:55:08 PM] DC "I believe Pele has some interesting Images on his comlink"
[9:55:22 PM] Miss_Johnson "I'm glad to hear that Manzazzuu . Our people will check the morgues for the body."
[9:56:10 PM] Butterfly "Have them check close. He'll be a mess."
[9:56:27 PM] Manzazzuu "From the description of some of my compatriots, in the pile of dead bodies, on the astral plane, there was what I would guess to be the astral equivalent of a black hole. I personally would theorize that it is what caused your other groups to go insane."
[9:57:26 PM] Miss_Johnson ::She passes Pele a business card, on it is a commlink number used for e-mailing:: "Please send the pictures to this server."
[9:58:13 PM] DC "oh and the rest of the Gestault members are also dead"
[9:58:55 PM] Miss_Johnson "Yes I know."
[9:58:58 PM] DC "they were disimbouling themselves when I happened to peer into there room"
[10:00:31 PM] Miss_Johnson "The mage that we had pronounced insane...committed suicide around midnight. It was not a very clean death he seemed interested in causing as much pain to himself as possible before death."
[10:00:50 PM] Butterfly "Fun"
[10:00:57 PM] * Pele goes through his pictures and sends the relevant ones
[10:01:26 PM] Butterfly "Did you get any of the labs burning?" she asks Pele.
[10:03:57 PM] Pele "Let me check..."
[10:07:04 PM] Pele "No, I don't, sorry."
[10:07:13 PM] * Butterfly looks disappoointed.
[10:07:40 PM] Butterfly "Ah well....maybe it'll make the news."
[10:07:51 PM] Miss_Johnson "No need. We have a intel from the fire department. We know the labs where destroyed."
[10:08:29 PM] Butterfly "Was there something you wanted to ask us then?"
[10:08:43 PM] Miss_Johnson ::She points to Doc:: "You came in contact with the thing in the basement?"
[10:10:02 PM] Doc "To a degree I supose."
[10:11:06 PM] Miss_Johnson ::She sighs and looks genuinely sad as she stares at Doc:: "I'm sorry."
[10:11:24 PM] Doc " I will survive it."
[10:11:43 PM] Miss_Johnson "You are marked."
[10:12:10 PM] Doc "In what manner do you mean?"
[10:12:23 PM] * DC switches over to astral to see if there is anything different about his aura
[10:15:07 PM] * Vince looks at the other runners, wondering waht being marks means.
[10:15:28 PM] Miss_Johnson "The enemy has placed it's mark on you."
[10:15:59 PM] Manzazzuu "Would simply viewing it in the astral accomplish this? Or does it require more?"
[10:16:00 PM] * Butterfly sighs.
[10:16:16 PM] Doc "Is there a way to remove this mark?"
[10:17:37 PM] Miss_Johnson "No. It will be able to follow you now." ::her face screws up in disgust and she seems to be reflecting on some distant event, remembering something. A single tear rolls down her cheek and she recovers quickly rubbing the tear away::
[10:17:58 PM] * Vince notices Johnson's reaction
[10:19:57 PM] Vince "So-a, you're saying he's stuck with "the enemy", who ever that is, knowing is every steps?"
[10:20:04 PM] * Butterfly glances at Doc suspitiously, her hand uncontiously twitching toward a pocket slightly.
[10:21:45 PM] * DC switches back to normal
[10:21:49 PM] * DC sighs
[10:22:31 PM] * Doc looks at DC "That bad huh?"
[10:22:47 PM] DC "she is right"
[10:23:35 PM] Doc "So what do I have to look forward too?"
[10:24:17 PM] DC "I think you know, it is what happened to ten and the others"
[10:24:34 PM] * DC spoke in a somber tone
[10:24:38 PM] Doc "I don't want to end up like that."
[10:24:49 PM] Miss_Johnson "These beings will be able to see the mark on you Doc. The one in the basement is not dead. I don't know if it's possible to destroy their kind forever. It can find you if it returns. Not easily, but it can if it searches hard enough."
[10:25:40 PM] * Vince look at the Black elf "What was the thing then?"
[10:25:40 PM] Manzazzuu "I understand that, when you initiate, you can change your aura. Would that help?" He asks, looking around the table.
[10:26:12 PM] Miss_Johnson ::To Vince:: "The enemy."
[10:26:24 PM] Vince "Ok...so who's the enemy then?"
[10:26:43 PM] * Butterfly starts fiddling with her comm in attempted subtlty under the table.
[10:26:50 PM] Miss_Johnson ::To Manzazzuu:: "It would help, but nothing can stop it entirely."
[10:27:06 PM] DC "an anchent Aztec God of fire and War"
[10:27:33 PM] DC "or at least something masqurading as one"
[10:27:37 PM] Miss_Johnson "Your magic provides a defense against what happened to Ten and the others."
[10:28:06 PM] * Vince turns to DC "what? An Aztec God? Can they just stir drek in their own backyard?"
[10:28:37 PM] Doc "Then becoming an initiate would be a wise step?"
[10:29:42 PM] * Vince lights a smoke
[10:29:55 PM] DC "well I guess they didn't want there old god to wreck havock in there own back yard"
[10:30:12 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Looks at Doc as if he just said the sky is blue:: "Unlocking the mysteries of magic within yourself is always a good step."
[10:30:20 PM] Vince "Great...another illegal immigrant causing us trouble..."
[10:30:55 PM] * Butterfly snorts out a laugh.
[10:31:04 PM] Miss_Johnson "That thing in the basement is not a god, well not in the sense you are thinking."
[10:31:13 PM] Butterfly "Ya, like the illegal natives aren't bad enough, right?"
[10:31:19 PM] Pele "Well, what is it then?"
[10:31:34 PM] Butterfly "The enemy...we've covered this."
[10:31:47 PM] Manzazzuu "Would simply viewing the thing in the astral have accomplished this marking? Or does it require more?" He asks the Johnson, since she never answered him the first time. He's pretty sure DC had been using her astral perception too.
[10:31:54 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Nods with Butterfly's statement::
[10:32:04 PM] * Vince truns to butterfly "Illegal natives? What the hell are you talking about?"
[10:32:22 PM] * Butterfly looks shocked
[10:32:34 PM] Butterfly "No way! You're a sinner?"
[10:32:48 PM] DC "I viewed it in astral space but I didn't look at it that long"
[10:33:24 PM] Pele "I know it is 'the enemy,' but if it is not a god, then what is it?"
[10:33:35 PM] * Vince points his smoke "Well-a I know it's a bad habit, but we'll all gonnna die someday I guess.." Vince let out a small patetic grin
[10:33:55 PM] Miss_Johnson "It was not fully in this world. Trust me if that had happened you would all be worse than dead right now. But by opening yourselves to the aether, er astral, you gave it enough of a connection to place a brand on you."
[10:34:04 PM] * Butterfly shakes her head at both of their comments.
[10:34:28 PM] Manzazzuu "So then DC may be marked as well?" He asks, to be clear.
[10:34:51 PM] Vince "whatever" Vince turns to face Johnson
[10:35:09 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Shakes her head:: "No only Doc is. Your magic provides you with a defense. It must have found a way through his."
[10:35:52 PM] Vince "So if-a magic gives you a defence, so the more-a mundanes of us might have that mark?"
[10:35:58 PM] Miss_Johnson "It will be easier for it to interact with you now." ::she says to Doc::
[10:36:29 PM] Doc "It spoke to me in there."
[10:37:03 PM] * Pele looks to Doc
[10:37:26 PM] Miss_Johnson ::To Vince:: "It was not free to act in this world. The ritual was not completed. Only those that reached into the astral brought themselves close enough to it for it to reach out."
[10:37:34 PM] Doc "I didn't want to think about it again but it said it will find me."
[10:37:37 PM] * Butterfly looks up from her comm to listen to Doc.
[10:38:16 PM] Vince "Ok.. good thing I wasn't there when it was around..only got the Leader."
[10:38:35 PM] Miss_Johnson ::She looks sad for Doc again:: "Yes...it will. It has touched you, now it will be easier for it to do so again."
[10:39:05 PM] Miss_Johnson "The mark is a link of sorts."
[10:39:46 PM] Doc "All links can be severed just need to figure out how."
[10:40:40 PM] * Manzazzuu would like to get his money and get out of there, but he keeps that impulse in check - knowing any kind of information Doc can get might help him deal with his problem. Manny had nothing against Doc.
Someone new has been added, Vince. It seems that the mysterious Hacker Ten had been hard at work and had hired Vince just in case something went wrong. Unfortunatly something did, Ten is now dead and with him went the only contact with Miss Johnson the runners had including Vince.
Completly exhausted and several of the members are wounded, the team has returned to the hotel to pack up their gear, but a surprise awaits them as they enter. Several armed goons and a rather unusual man with his face painted like a carnival clown. Even worse, he seems to know Butterfly on sight and possibly the whole team.
Local time is 12:45pm and the team is in no mood for non-sense.
*****End Recap*****
[8:37:26 PM] * Butterfly points her gun at the clown and smiles amiably.
[8:37:34 PM] * Vince , still waiting in the van, lights up a smoke.
[8:37:59 PM] * Doc remains in the van waiting to see what is goin on now.
[8:38:39 PM] Manzazzuu "Great, just what we need." He grumbles as he notes the group waiting for them.
[8:39:19 PM] GM_Kagi *Clown man ::Stands up slowly and straightens his coat:: "I assure you I'm unarmed. Though my friends are."" ::he nods his head towards the 4 goons standing at attention behind him::
[8:41:10 PM] Butterfly "That more or less reason to shoot you?" she asks lightheartidly, as though joking with a friend, but keeps the weapon trained on him.
[8:43:24 PM] GM_Kagi *Clown man "I guess I did surprise you. I just thought waiting out front might attract too much attention and you did leave the door open..."
[8:43:43 PM] Manzazzuu "Perhaps you should just tell us what you're here for, and quit with the whole mystery song and dance?" He suggests, leaning against the door. "We're tired."
[8:45:54 PM] GM_Kagi *Clown man ::Nods and smiles at Manzazzuu:: "You must be Manzazzuu. You can call me Quinn, I'm a friend of Miss Johnson. She is concerned about Ten and is looking forward to interogating...I mean debriefing you all. I'm here to lead you to her."
[8:47:16 PM] * Pele leans on the wall, and waits for the "debriefing"
[8:47:20 PM] Butterfly "K" she says easily, putting the gun back in her pocket, "Ten's dead. Do I have time for a shower first?"
[8:49:40 PM] Quinn ::his smile fades and he looks to the floor:: "Oh...that's unfortunate. No time for a rinse warrior woman, time's not our friend here. Miss Johnson would like to hear from you as soon as possible."
[8:50:17 PM] * Butterfly sighs.
[8:50:24 PM] Butterfly "Fine."
[8:51:14 PM] Quinn "I have a car out front. You can follow me?"
[8:51:28 PM] * Doc gets out of the van and looks at the clown guy " I need to get some stuff in my room first."
[8:53:42 PM] Pele "I am ready when everyone else is."
[8:54:11 PM] Quinn ::Frowns and turns to the goons:: "Okay goon squad let's go." ::without another word he walks outside. A rolls royce limo pulls up as he walks and he gets in the back dissapearing behind the limo's tinted windows::
[8:55:57 PM] * Vince looked at Quinn and the Goon Squad, not to mention thier bitchin' ride
[8:56:18 PM] Pele "Nice limo."
[8:56:24 PM] * Pele gets in
[8:56:37 PM] Vince "Yeah, I once drove one a bit like that"
[8:57:01 PM] * Doc runs in gets his duffle bag of supplies and comes out to the limo
[8:57:26 PM] GM_Kagi *The "goons" are straight professionals guarding Quinn's every move to the limo with practiced precision. Quinn himself seems to be put out by their presence
[8:58:12 PM] GM_Kagi *The door to the limo is locked
[8:58:46 PM] Pele "Gonna let us in?"
[8:59:45 PM] GM_Kagi *The window rolls down a half foot to show Quinn's face
[8:59:47 PM] * Manzazzuu waits outside for the others to be ready to go, pondering the situation.
[9:00:31 PM] Quinn "No." ::he says with a look of irritation::
[9:00:57 PM] GM_Kagi *The window rises back up again
[9:00:58 PM] * Vince sighs "Pele, we already got a ride"
[9:01:17 PM] Vince "Get your ass in the van"
[9:01:38 PM] Pele "Man, I wanted to ride in the limo." Pele goes to the van
[9:02:09 PM] Vince "We might soon, just need 2 minutes with it..harharhar"
[9:02:56 PM] * Doc gets in the van
[9:03:06 PM] * Butterfly gets in the van as well.
[9:03:37 PM] * Vince signals to Manzazzu "You comin' or walkin'?"
[9:03:48 PM] * Pele gets in
[9:04:47 PM] * Vince starts up the van
[9:05:38 PM] * Manzazzuu gets in too, as everyone else piles in. With a sigh he looks around at the others. "This run is going so well."
[9:05:59 PM] * Vince buckles up, for safety
[9:06:12 PM] GM_Kagi *DC gets in to the van
[9:06:12 PM] Butterfly "Ya, it is."
[9:06:18 PM] * Butterfly nods in agreement.
[9:07:18 PM] * Vince trtuns to the group still sitting on the van's chassis "So-a, where to now? To get our pay?"
[9:07:57 PM] * Butterfly nods again,
[9:08:01 PM] GM_Kagi *The limo pulls away in silence and begins driving slowly to the west
[9:08:07 PM] Butterfly " yup. Just follow the leader."
[9:08:11 PM] Pele "Get this over with."
[9:08:14 PM] * Vince drives off behind the limo
[9:09:02 PM] * Vince follows the limo, keeping his eyes open for anything suspicious
[9:09:10 PM] Doc "Not sure if the rest of you noticed but the goons there seem to be all adepts and that Quinn guy he has some serious power too from what I could gather."
[9:09:43 PM] GM_Kagi *The limo continues to drive slowly and carefully westward and away from the redmond barren's. It continues to drive onward towards downtown seattle
[9:10:13 PM] * Vince keeps following the limo from a short distance
[9:14:25 PM] Pele "I did not notice."
[9:14:41 PM] GM_Kagi *The limo continues into downtown seattle and eventually pulls into the parking lot of a nondescript office building and comes to a stop. The parking lot is empty of cars except for a few here and there you guess belong to the over night janitor and security personel
[9:15:06 PM] * Vince parks the van in such a way ot make a quick getaway
[9:15:17 PM] Doc "Just sayin be careful."
[9:15:44 PM] * Butterfly giggles.
[9:16:25 PM] Quinn ::Opens the limo door and steps out along with his bodyguards.::
[9:17:01 PM] Manzazzuu "I'd cast a few spells on us just in case, but my guess is they'd take that as hostile." He tells the others.
[9:17:24 PM] Doc "I'm thinkin your right about that."
[9:17:32 PM] Butterfly "More than pointing guns at them?" she asks before bouncing out of the van.
[9:18:20 PM] * Vince unbuckles his seatbelt and gets out of the van, closes the van's door and lock it before arranging his attire
[9:19:24 PM] Manzazzuu "Believe it or not, yes." He follows Butterfly out of the van.
[9:20:08 PM] Quinn ::Without a word he walks to the building's main entrance:: "Okay you gorilla's can stay here." ::he says to the body guards::
[9:20:54 PM] Butterfly "You guys are really close aren't you?" she asks Quinn smiling.
[9:23:01 PM] Manzazzuu "It's heartwarming." He says, agreeing with Butterfly, as he allows himself to be led inside.
[9:23:31 PM] * DC fallow Vince inside
[9:23:46 PM] * Doc will also follow
[9:23:47 PM] Quinn ::He opens the front door and enters:: "Who those guys? They're no use at all. Just for show really, keeps the average street punk from trying something stupid."
[9:23:52 PM] * Vince goes inside, looking around the building before entering
[9:24:27 PM] * Pele takes the back
[9:25:33 PM] Butterfly "Does it really?" she looks back at them breifly, "I've never seen anything that did that before..."
[9:25:48 PM] GM_Kagi *The exteriour of the building is a typical square office building, cheap plastecrete and mirrored glass box and not much else. Through the front door is a typical communial reception area. The building seems to sublet to various businesses.
[9:26:25 PM] * DC wishes she didn't stink like sewer and fire
[9:26:40 PM] * Vince smells fresh as real air
[9:27:44 PM] * Manzazzuu is somewhat used to the scent of death and decay, so he isn't very worried about the smell. Though that's not to say he wouldn't welcome the opportunity to shower.
[9:28:05 PM] Quinn ::Looks Butterfly up and down with a smirk:: "Yeah, you said it." ::Quinn continues walking towards a set of elevators, one of the doors open as he approches and enters the elevator::
[9:28:43 PM] * Vince follows clown-Face
[9:30:54 PM] * DC continues following the new Yorker
[9:31:21 PM] Quinn ::Waits for the others to enter the elevator, holding the door for them::
[9:31:28 PM] * Pele enters the elevator
[9:31:46 PM] * Butterfly enters the elevator
[9:31:54 PM] Butterfly "Ah...what a gentleman."
[9:32:10 PM] * Vince rolls his eyes behind his goggles
[9:32:19 PM] * Doc enters aswell
[9:33:23 PM] Quinn ::Once all the runners have crammed into the elevator he lets go of the doors and the elevator begins to rise.::
[9:33:29 PM] * Manzazzuu follows along with the others, keeping his thoughts to himself.
[9:34:41 PM] GM_Kagi *At the 4th floor the elevator stops and the doors open to a hallway. At the end of the short hallway is an open door to a conference room
[9:35:06 PM] * Butterfly heads to the conference room.
[9:35:58 PM] Quinn ::Exits the elevator and walks to the conference room where he immediatly takes a seat and puts his snakeskin boots up on the conference table::
[9:36:09 PM] * Vince follows Quinn
[9:36:38 PM] * Doc enter but remains standing in the back of the room
[9:37:04 PM] * Vince , arrving in the conference room, remains standing near the door
[9:37:42 PM] * DC switches to following Doc now
[9:37:44 PM] GM_Kagi *At the other end of the conference table is a female, dark skinned, elf with stark white hair, Miss Johnson. She is alone.
[9:38:10 PM] * Vince checks her out, using all of viewing aid
[9:38:17 PM] * Butterfly sits directly across from Miss Johnson.
[9:38:34 PM] Butterfly "Evening"
[9:39:02 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Nods to Butterfly::
[9:39:23 PM] Pele "Done much since we last saw you?"
[9:39:53 PM] * Vince leans on the wall, listening and observing with attention
[9:39:57 PM] Miss_Johnson "Would everyone please take a seat." ::she frowns at Quinn as he puts his feet up::
[9:40:21 PM] Manzazzuu "Nice to see you again. I hope you had a good dinner with our mutual aquaintance." He says to Miss Johnson, before sitting down.
[9:40:27 PM] * Doc sits in the nearest seat
[9:40:39 PM] * DC stays quite and takes a seat.
[9:41:07 PM] * Vince takes whatever seat is left.
[9:41:30 PM] Miss_Johnson "Quinn has told me that Ten has been killed. I was watching the run up until his video-cast was disrupted. I was hoping he made it, guess not."
[9:42:53 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Nods to Manzazzuu:: "You can ask him yourself when you leave here. Obviously Ten can't block that anymore. Your Mentor has a very nice Family I must say."
[9:43:34 PM] * DC shoots Manzazzuu a puzzeled look
[9:43:39 PM] Butterfly "How much of the show did you catch?" she asks like she were chatting about American Idol.
[9:44:49 PM] GM_Kagi *Quinn seems to take an interest in Miss Johnson's conversation with Manzazzuu he speaks up in a strange language to Miss Johnson.
[9:45:14 PM] Manzazzuu "If he hadn't in the first place we might have been better prepared for what we found, and he might not have died." And so might Rick still be alive, he thinks to himself.
[9:46:06 PM] GM_Kagi *For a moment Quinn and Miss Johnson seem to have an argument, but it quickly subsides as Quinn gets up and leaves the conference room in anger
[9:49:15 PM] * DC checks her commlink's time
[9:50:23 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Miss Johnson stares at Quinn's back with a look of frustration for a moment and then resumes the conversation with the runners:: "I caught only what Ten broadcasted. And as for your lack of information Manzazzuu, I could not allow certain information to be given to the public."
[9:50:43 PM] GM_Kagi *Local time is 2:15 am
[9:50:54 PM] * Vince grins at Johnson's last comment
[9:50:58 PM] Pele "This is all good, but can we get to the payment? I am dreadfully tired."
[9:52:53 PM] DC "I think Miss Johnson would like to know what happend first"
[9:53:21 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Nods to Pele:: "Our bargain was for intel as well. What did you find in the basement and where is the Gestault leader?"
[9:53:35 PM] DC "did you see what happened in the basement?"
[9:53:49 PM] DC "From Ten's little broadcast?"
[9:54:12 PM] Manzazzuu "The leader's in the basement, dead. You never said you wanted a trophy, so we didn't take one."
[9:54:30 PM] Miss_Johnson "Yes."
[9:55:08 PM] DC "I believe Pele has some interesting Images on his comlink"
[9:55:22 PM] Miss_Johnson "I'm glad to hear that Manzazzuu . Our people will check the morgues for the body."
[9:56:10 PM] Butterfly "Have them check close. He'll be a mess."
[9:56:27 PM] Manzazzuu "From the description of some of my compatriots, in the pile of dead bodies, on the astral plane, there was what I would guess to be the astral equivalent of a black hole. I personally would theorize that it is what caused your other groups to go insane."
[9:57:26 PM] Miss_Johnson ::She passes Pele a business card, on it is a commlink number used for e-mailing:: "Please send the pictures to this server."
[9:58:13 PM] DC "oh and the rest of the Gestault members are also dead"
[9:58:55 PM] Miss_Johnson "Yes I know."
[9:58:58 PM] DC "they were disimbouling themselves when I happened to peer into there room"
[10:00:31 PM] Miss_Johnson "The mage that we had pronounced insane...committed suicide around midnight. It was not a very clean death he seemed interested in causing as much pain to himself as possible before death."
[10:00:50 PM] Butterfly "Fun"
[10:00:57 PM] * Pele goes through his pictures and sends the relevant ones
[10:01:26 PM] Butterfly "Did you get any of the labs burning?" she asks Pele.
[10:03:57 PM] Pele "Let me check..."
[10:07:04 PM] Pele "No, I don't, sorry."
[10:07:13 PM] * Butterfly looks disappoointed.
[10:07:40 PM] Butterfly "Ah well....maybe it'll make the news."
[10:07:51 PM] Miss_Johnson "No need. We have a intel from the fire department. We know the labs where destroyed."
[10:08:29 PM] Butterfly "Was there something you wanted to ask us then?"
[10:08:43 PM] Miss_Johnson ::She points to Doc:: "You came in contact with the thing in the basement?"
[10:10:02 PM] Doc "To a degree I supose."
[10:11:06 PM] Miss_Johnson ::She sighs and looks genuinely sad as she stares at Doc:: "I'm sorry."
[10:11:24 PM] Doc " I will survive it."
[10:11:43 PM] Miss_Johnson "You are marked."
[10:12:10 PM] Doc "In what manner do you mean?"
[10:12:23 PM] * DC switches over to astral to see if there is anything different about his aura
[10:15:07 PM] * Vince looks at the other runners, wondering waht being marks means.
[10:15:28 PM] Miss_Johnson "The enemy has placed it's mark on you."
[10:15:59 PM] Manzazzuu "Would simply viewing it in the astral accomplish this? Or does it require more?"
[10:16:00 PM] * Butterfly sighs.
[10:16:16 PM] Doc "Is there a way to remove this mark?"
[10:17:37 PM] Miss_Johnson "No. It will be able to follow you now." ::her face screws up in disgust and she seems to be reflecting on some distant event, remembering something. A single tear rolls down her cheek and she recovers quickly rubbing the tear away::
[10:17:58 PM] * Vince notices Johnson's reaction
[10:19:57 PM] Vince "So-a, you're saying he's stuck with "the enemy", who ever that is, knowing is every steps?"
[10:20:04 PM] * Butterfly glances at Doc suspitiously, her hand uncontiously twitching toward a pocket slightly.
[10:21:45 PM] * DC switches back to normal
[10:21:49 PM] * DC sighs
[10:22:31 PM] * Doc looks at DC "That bad huh?"
[10:22:47 PM] DC "she is right"
[10:23:35 PM] Doc "So what do I have to look forward too?"
[10:24:17 PM] DC "I think you know, it is what happened to ten and the others"
[10:24:34 PM] * DC spoke in a somber tone
[10:24:38 PM] Doc "I don't want to end up like that."
[10:24:49 PM] Miss_Johnson "These beings will be able to see the mark on you Doc. The one in the basement is not dead. I don't know if it's possible to destroy their kind forever. It can find you if it returns. Not easily, but it can if it searches hard enough."
[10:25:40 PM] * Vince look at the Black elf "What was the thing then?"
[10:25:40 PM] Manzazzuu "I understand that, when you initiate, you can change your aura. Would that help?" He asks, looking around the table.
[10:26:12 PM] Miss_Johnson ::To Vince:: "The enemy."
[10:26:24 PM] Vince "Ok...so who's the enemy then?"
[10:26:43 PM] * Butterfly starts fiddling with her comm in attempted subtlty under the table.
[10:26:50 PM] Miss_Johnson ::To Manzazzuu:: "It would help, but nothing can stop it entirely."
[10:27:06 PM] DC "an anchent Aztec God of fire and War"
[10:27:33 PM] DC "or at least something masqurading as one"
[10:27:37 PM] Miss_Johnson "Your magic provides a defense against what happened to Ten and the others."
[10:28:06 PM] * Vince turns to DC "what? An Aztec God? Can they just stir drek in their own backyard?"
[10:28:37 PM] Doc "Then becoming an initiate would be a wise step?"
[10:29:42 PM] * Vince lights a smoke
[10:29:55 PM] DC "well I guess they didn't want there old god to wreck havock in there own back yard"
[10:30:12 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Looks at Doc as if he just said the sky is blue:: "Unlocking the mysteries of magic within yourself is always a good step."
[10:30:20 PM] Vince "Great...another illegal immigrant causing us trouble..."
[10:30:55 PM] * Butterfly snorts out a laugh.
[10:31:04 PM] Miss_Johnson "That thing in the basement is not a god, well not in the sense you are thinking."
[10:31:13 PM] Butterfly "Ya, like the illegal natives aren't bad enough, right?"
[10:31:19 PM] Pele "Well, what is it then?"
[10:31:34 PM] Butterfly "The enemy...we've covered this."
[10:31:47 PM] Manzazzuu "Would simply viewing the thing in the astral have accomplished this marking? Or does it require more?" He asks the Johnson, since she never answered him the first time. He's pretty sure DC had been using her astral perception too.
[10:31:54 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Nods with Butterfly's statement::
[10:32:04 PM] * Vince truns to butterfly "Illegal natives? What the hell are you talking about?"
[10:32:22 PM] * Butterfly looks shocked
[10:32:34 PM] Butterfly "No way! You're a sinner?"
[10:32:48 PM] DC "I viewed it in astral space but I didn't look at it that long"
[10:33:24 PM] Pele "I know it is 'the enemy,' but if it is not a god, then what is it?"
[10:33:35 PM] * Vince points his smoke "Well-a I know it's a bad habit, but we'll all gonnna die someday I guess.." Vince let out a small patetic grin
[10:33:55 PM] Miss_Johnson "It was not fully in this world. Trust me if that had happened you would all be worse than dead right now. But by opening yourselves to the aether, er astral, you gave it enough of a connection to place a brand on you."
[10:34:04 PM] * Butterfly shakes her head at both of their comments.
[10:34:28 PM] Manzazzuu "So then DC may be marked as well?" He asks, to be clear.
[10:34:51 PM] Vince "whatever" Vince turns to face Johnson
[10:35:09 PM] Miss_Johnson ::Shakes her head:: "No only Doc is. Your magic provides you with a defense. It must have found a way through his."
[10:35:52 PM] Vince "So if-a magic gives you a defence, so the more-a mundanes of us might have that mark?"
[10:35:58 PM] Miss_Johnson "It will be easier for it to interact with you now." ::she says to Doc::
[10:36:29 PM] Doc "It spoke to me in there."
[10:37:03 PM] * Pele looks to Doc
[10:37:26 PM] Miss_Johnson ::To Vince:: "It was not free to act in this world. The ritual was not completed. Only those that reached into the astral brought themselves close enough to it for it to reach out."
[10:37:34 PM] Doc "I didn't want to think about it again but it said it will find me."
[10:37:37 PM] * Butterfly looks up from her comm to listen to Doc.
[10:38:16 PM] Vince "Ok.. good thing I wasn't there when it was around..only got the Leader."
[10:38:35 PM] Miss_Johnson ::She looks sad for Doc again:: "Yes...it will. It has touched you, now it will be easier for it to do so again."
[10:39:05 PM] Miss_Johnson "The mark is a link of sorts."
[10:39:46 PM] Doc "All links can be severed just need to figure out how."
[10:40:40 PM] * Manzazzuu would like to get his money and get out of there, but he keeps that impulse in check - knowing any kind of information Doc can get might help him deal with his problem. Manny had nothing against Doc.