Post by Kagi on Jun 2, 2006 15:58:30 GMT -5
*****Recap of Last Session*****
Another day another Nuyen. The runners have been hired by the Yakuza to find and deliver a missing person. Akihana Toyama, the daughter of Yakauza Oyabun Soto Toyama has gone missing. The Yakuza suspect their long term underworld rivals, the Mob.
Kagi After a brief meet with Soto the runners are left with Soto's Kobun, or under boss, Eddie Yamaguchi for questions.
The runners are currently deep inside a yakuza compound and caught up in what might be ground zero of the largest criminal war in years in Seattle. All in a night's work for shdowrunners.
Local time is 6:40am.
*****End Recap*****
[8:42:36 PM] * Doc leans over to DC and whispers in spetherial " Think it is too late to try tracing her astrally?"
[8:42:40 PM] Vince "So Ed, did-a, you guys post any watchouts outside the school?"
[8:42:47 PM] Manzazzuu Manny passes the disk with the information on it over to Butterfly, since she seemed to be better with electronics than he was. "Perhaps you could send the information to all of us, Butterfly? You're better with electronics than I am." He says.
[8:43:47 PM] * Butterfly sends copies of the disk to everyone in the group.
[8:43:58 PM] * Vince checks the info
[8:43:58 PM] Butterfly "There ya go."
[8:44:00 PM] * DC leans back to him and mentions"there might be a trace depending on condition"
[8:45:06 PM] * Doc still whispering to DC " Just worried what else we may find"
[8:45:44 PM] Manzazzuu "Thank you." He says, bringing the information up on his comm unit.
[8:46:13 PM] * DC turns to eddie and politely asks "did you have anyone guarding the entrances of the school?"
[8:46:50 PM] Eddie ::to Vince:: "The school's grounds are private and enclosed, that is why we use it. They provide their own security for all the students."
[8:47:16 PM] Pele "Will they allow us to access their security footage?"
[8:47:46 PM] Vince "Or even let us in the school's grounds...."
[8:48:38 PM] Eddie ::to Pele:: "Not normally, but I believe they will provide it to us. This incident has lost them significant crediablity."
[8:49:13 PM] Vince "On the chiop, they mention a Tokucho Akimana
[8:49:36 PM] Vince "She's Akihana's roomate or something?"
[8:49:59 PM] Eddie ::to Vince:: "We have taken the liberty of securing you a three hour pass. Simply inform us several hours ahead of time when you would like access to the school's grounds. A security detail will escort you once you reach the grounds."
[8:50:23 PM] Vince "So we'll have a chaperon..great..."
[8:51:42 PM] Eddie ::to Vince again:: "Tokucho is Akihana's childhood friend. For security purposes they where paired up at an early age. Tokucho is part of our family of course."
[8:52:11 PM] Vince "figures.."
[8:52:26 PM] Manzazzuu "Have you any other leads?" Manzazzuu asks of Eddie. "Is she usually sequestered at the school, or does she go out on occaision, and have some favorite clubs perhaps?"
[8:55:18 PM] Eddie ::Nods to Manzazzuu:: "Yes she spends some time at the 'Cup of Art' cafe."
[8:56:00 PM] * Manzazzuu makes a note of that in one of his com programs, in case he forgets.
[8:56:05 PM] Pele "Any others?"
[8:56:53 PM] Eddie ::to Pele:: "Not regularly no."
[8:57:26 PM] Vince "How sure are you that the Mafia is involved? It could be the Rings for all we know."
[8:58:53 PM] Manzazzuu "Do you know if there have been any new additions to the school's security or other staff lately? Any very new students?"
[8:59:21 PM] Vince "Or any guards that's on yours or another group's payroll?"
[8:59:37 PM] Eddie ::shakes his head at Vince:: "The rings are thugs, this is not their style. Besides they only exist by staying neutral or uninvolved between ourselves and the Mafia, if war where to break out they would suffer worst of all, they are too weak at the moment to stand a full scale war."
[9:00:12 PM] * Vince grin, but stay silent
[9:01:18 PM] Eddie "We do not have the details of any of that. You may ask the school's headmistress when you arrive there."
[9:01:57 PM] Vince "Yeah, she'll open up like a paperbook I'm usre."
[9:01:59 PM] Pele "Noticed any new friends she has had?"
[9:02:33 PM] Manzazzuu "It is good that they intend to be cooperative. How may we contact you, to let you know when we will be visiting the school?" He asks Eddie, wondering to himself how they would go about doing this. He's never attempted anything like this before.
[9:02:54 PM] Butterfly "I'd like to see the vids of that day. It could really help if someone knew where she was last seen."
[9:04:38 PM] Eddie ::To Pele:: "For Akihana's safety she is not allowed to maintain any relations with those not of the family. All her friends are girls within the family and daughters of the most loyal members."
[9:04:52 PM] Vince "no guy friends?"
[9:06:31 PM] Eddie ::Raises an eyebrow at Vince:: "Akihana is not allowed relations with boys. She is expected to marry within the organization, hopefully uniting two families."
[9:06:51 PM] Vince "Yeah, I'm sure she's thrilled about that."
[9:07:04 PM] Pele "Was she ever rebellious? Did you ever notice her wanting to hang out with others?"
[9:08:30 PM] Manzazzuu "Please forgive the ignorance of my companion, he does not understand that duty would be a daughter of the organization's only concern." He says to Eddie in Japanese, in response to Vince's sarcasm.
[9:08:45 PM] * DC sips some of the tea that was placed in front of them earlier
[9:09:39 PM] Eddie ::He smiles and bows to Manzazzuu::
[9:11:33 PM] * Vince gives Manzazzuu a questionned look
[9:11:47 PM] Eddie ::to Pele:: "Akihana is a model daughter."
[9:11:52 PM] * Manzazzuu just smiles at Vince, and shrugs in reply.
[9:12:07 PM] Vince "watch yourslef mage."
[9:13:19 PM] * Vince turns to face Eddie "So, got any idea which Mafia family might be able or gain something by getting Akihana?"
[9:13:31 PM] Manzazzuu He rolls his eyes, and turns back to the conversation at hand.
[9:14:40 PM] * Doc looks to Eddie "Whould it be possible to get into the school tonight to gather information before we ask questions tommorow from the facality?"
[9:15:11 PM] Eddie ::to the Group:: "For many years the Bianchi family and our have been in a cold war. Things are particularly heated since we collapsed a steal workers union in Tacoma last month."
[9:18:29 PM] Vince "They're ain't little leaguers"
[9:18:39 PM] Manzazzuu "Can you think of anything else that my assist us in our search?" He asks Eddie, unable to think of other questions himself.
[9:20:05 PM] Eddie ::to Manzazzuu:: "Nothing comes to mind. The chip has my personal comm. code on it if you have questions for me at a later time."
[9:21:18 PM] Manzazzuu He turns to the others. "Then unless any of you have more questions?"
[9:21:20 PM] Eddie "I will say this. Akihana is very dear to Mr. Toyama, she is his only surviving child..."
[9:21:53 PM] Butterfly "What happened to the others?
[9:21:54 PM] Butterfly "
[9:22:11 PM] * Vince slaps his forehead.
[9:22:46 PM] Vince "They won the lottery and froze their bodies for the future generation, wadda 'ya think happend?"
[9:22:58 PM] Eddie ::to Butterfly:: "They are the reason Akihana is so well guarded. They have met violent ends."
[9:23:00 PM] Doc "Where is Tokucho now and is it possible to go to the school this evening?
[9:24:11 PM] Butterfly "Anything similar to what's going on now, in any way?"
[9:25:13 PM] Eddie ::Looks at his watch and then to Doc:: "It is not quiet 7am, the school will just be opening up. I can call ahead and set the pass to take effect for this afternoon if you like. You can find the Cup of Art cafe in the directory, Akihana sells some of her art there on occasion. She is quiet talented."
[9:26:48 PM] Eddie ::To Butterfly:: "One of Mr. Toyama's son was kidnapped, by a team of shadowrunners and used as blackmail. The son was killed and his body thrown in a river."
[9:27:49 PM] * Vince grins just a little and slightly shakes his head.
[9:28:16 PM] Eddie "Mr. Toyama tracked down every member and eliminated them, their family's, and their closest friends. I do not think they have anything to do with this."
[9:29:58 PM] Butterfly "Welcome to nonsequetor theater, eh? But, if it was the same thing, you'd have been notified so it still rules that out."
[9:30:43 PM] * Butterfly looks around the room, "I've got enough to start searching. You guys?"
[9:30:43 PM] Manzazzuu "I can think of nothing else to ask at the moment." He replies to Butterfly's question.
[9:32:24 PM] Doc "I belive I am set would like to go to the cafe soon though."
[9:33:13 PM] Butterfly "I'd like to reveiw the vids immediately. Anyone that doesn't have another task is welcome to help."
[9:33:22 PM] Eddie "Shall I contact the school and set a time for you to tour the grounds?"
[9:33:51 PM] Doc "Please as soon as you can."
[9:34:26 PM] Butterfly "We only have one pass. We may want to talk to some of her classmates before we tour."
[9:35:09 PM] Eddie "Tokucho has been taken out of school until further notice. We feel she maybe at risk. I can also set up a meeting with her if you like."
[9:35:24 PM] Vince "yeah, we'll like that."
[9:35:58 PM] Manzazzuu "Perhaps we should adjourn to another place, to come up with a plan of action before we do anything." Suggests Manny to the others. "I think we have imposed upon the hospitality of our honourable hosts long enough."
[9:36:32 PM] * Vince shakes his head and lowers his fedora.
[9:37:05 PM] Eddie "Finding Akihana is my only concern now. Feel free to contact me for any reason at anytime."
[9:39:15 PM] Vince "Yeah, no problem."
[9:39:39 PM] Manzazzuu When no one objects to his suggested plan of action, he stands and bows to their host.
[9:40:03 PM] * Doc also rises
[9:40:26 PM] * Butterfly follows their lead.
[9:40:54 PM] Manzazzuu "Thank you for your hospitality."
[9:40:58 PM] * DC gets up after the last person gets up and leaves the table
[9:41:01 PM] Pele .me gets up as well
[9:41:13 PM] * Pele gets up as well
[9:41:20 PM] Eddie ::bows to each runner in turn:: "Good luck and thank you."
[9:41:35 PM] * Vince gets up and arrange his clothing
[9:41:54 PM] Eddie ::He turns and exits the room::
[9:42:07 PM] Vince "Let's blow this joint."
[9:42:21 PM] * Vince leaves the room, and makes his way outside
[9:42:23 PM] Kagi *the serving girl comes back in on the heels of Eddie and motions the runners to follow her out::
[9:42:50 PM] * Butterfly follows the serving girl.
[9:42:53 PM] * Doc grabs his shoes on his way out
[9:42:57 PM] * Vince notices the servant girl, and decides to wait on her
[9:43:11 PM] * Manzazzuu follows their escort outside, and then moves to stand by his vehicle, waiting for the others. Once everyone's gathered, he asks:
[9:43:14 PM] * DC switches over to astral and glances around a bit
[9:43:22 PM] Manzazzuu "Does anyone have a safehouse nearby that we can talk at?"
[9:43:39 PM] * Vince , arriving at the front door, takes his shoes from him duffel bag and puts them on.
[9:44:03 PM] Butterfly "We can get a private room at the club." she says while she puts her shoes back on.
[9:44:39 PM] Vince "Except if you're rich like Cresus you have one around here...club it'll fine with me."
[9:44:54 PM] * Manzazzuu of course puts his shoes back on, and helps his 'yojimbo' with her boots so it's quicker.
[9:45:39 PM] * Vince heads for his van, and gets inside
[9:45:42 PM] * Pele slips his shoes on and follows the rest out
[9:46:06 PM] * Butterfly also heads for her van. "Just follow. It's not too far, really..."
[9:46:09 PM] * Doc will get into the van and wait for everyone
[9:46:34 PM] Manzazzuu "Alright. Anyone coming with me?" He asks, still standing beside his car.
[9:47:36 PM] * Vince reached under the van's dashboard, before starting the engine
[9:47:41 PM] Pele "Not I,"
[9:48:25 PM] * Butterfly starts her van and waits for everyone to be ready to follow.
[9:48:25 PM] * Manzazzuu shrugs, and gets into his Mercury Comet with his new bodyguard when no one says they're going with him. He starts the engine, and waits for Butterfly to start leading the way.
[9:49:05 PM] * Pele jumps on his bike and waits for someone to lead the caravan of runners
[9:49:05 PM] Butterfly When everyone seems ready to go, Butterfly leads them down the twisting driveway and out the gates.
[9:49:15 PM] * DC will go with butterfly it that is possible
[9:49:56 PM] * Manzazzuu follows behind Butterfly in his car.
[9:52:20 PM] * Vince closes the convoy
[10:01:45 PM] * Vince contacts Manzazzuu on his comm @@so, what did you tell Eddie back there in Japanese? Little secrets?"@@
[10:02:39 PM] * Vince buckles up when leaving the compound
[10:03:13 PM] * Manzazzuu , concentrating on driving, and hardly being a professional driver, doesn't reply.
[10:03:49 PM] * Butterfly leads the convoy into the heart of Bellvue.
[10:04:05 PM] * Vince taps his earplug @@hello? Did you hear me?@@
[10:05:14 PM] * Vince lights a smoke, insulting Manny from the safety of his van.
[10:05:27 PM] * Butterfly leads the group through bellevue's very posh entertainment district, and around the back of Gotham Hall. She parks in the employee parking lot and waits for the rest of the team to park as well.
[10:05:59 PM] * Vince gets into the aprking lot and parks near the door, ready for a quick getaway.
[10:06:24 PM] * Manzazzuu pulls up into a spot next to Butterfly's van, and stops his car. He turns off the engine and gets out. He waits for Vince to come over with the others.
[10:06:31 PM] Butterfly "This is the place guys," she says to DC and Doc.
[10:06:58 PM] * Vince reach under the dash, then gets out, locking up the van
[10:07:06 PM] DC "looks nice"
[10:07:35 PM] Manzazzuu "You sure they're going to let us in, Butterfly?" He asks.
[10:07:45 PM] DC "who wants to talk to Vince about not getting our loved ones killed by angering the Yakuza?"
[10:07:49 PM] * Doc "you been here before?"
[10:07:50 PM] * Vince ajust his clothing
[10:08:16 PM] * Pele parks, gets off his bike, takes the keys and waits for the other runners to head inside
[10:08:23 PM] * Vince turns to DC "Hey, you're the Yak soldier, you get your hands dirty."
[10:08:40 PM] * Doc looks towards Butterfly"Gonna leave my stuff in here k?"
[10:08:46 PM] Manzazzuu "Vince, do me a favour, don't try to talk to me when I'm driving."
[10:09:02 PM] Butterfly "Oh ya. You just can't go into the public part of the club."
[10:09:21 PM] Vince "Fine fine, just don't drive if you can't do it..so what did you tell Ed in japanese back at the compound?"
[10:09:35 PM] * Butterfly walks up to the employee entrance and knocks loudly.
[10:10:09 PM] Manzazzuu "I said a lot of things to the man in Japanese. Half the conversation was in Japanese."
[10:10:26 PM] * Doc grins at Manny
[10:10:36 PM] Vince "I'm talking about when he bows to you, when you smiled and shruged at me."
[10:10:50 PM] Manzazzuu "Nothing important."
[10:11:18 PM] * DC fallows Butterfly
[10:11:22 PM] Vince "Yeah right, whatever then."
[10:11:46 PM] * Manzazzuu waits for Butterfly to call them over, standing close to the small asian woman who's replaced Rick as his bodyguard.
[10:12:01 PM] DC "Vince just because I'm Japanese doesn't make me a Yakuza Solder"
[10:12:22 PM] Vince "Yeah, but you sure did look shocked when we came..and when the old man meet with us."
[10:12:51 PM] Kagi *A beautiful Elven woman opens the door "Hello Butterfly!"
[10:12:52 PM] * Vince gives a quick glances at Manzazzuu's new bodyguard.
[10:13:08 PM] * Butterfly hugs the beuatiful woman.
[10:13:25 PM] Butterfly "Hi Patti! Thanks for letting us in," she says with a big smile.
[10:13:25 PM] Manzazzuu "Anyone with an ounce of sense would be nervous when dealing with the Yakuza, but we should wait until we're somewhere less public to talk about this."
[10:13:42 PM] DC "when someone has the ability to make your life a living hell they tend to make you a little nervous"
[10:14:00 PM] * Butterfly leans in and whispers to Patti, "Those are the ones I told you about"
[10:14:21 PM] Vince "They're only Yaks, they can't do squat drek when they're not with 50 of their yak buddies to back them up."
[10:14:24 PM] Kagi *Patti ::smiles and returns the hug:: "No problem Buttercup. Come on in. I have you set up in number 5."
[10:14:58 PM] * Doc smirks "Buttercup"
[10:15:13 PM] Butterfly "Great. You wanna walk us, or just get back to work?"
[10:16:12 PM] Kagi *Patti "I'm supposed to be on my smoke break." ::she grins:: "You know the way, I'll send a round up when you sit."
[10:16:37 PM] * Manzazzuu offers a friendly smile to Patti, probably not looking his usual scary self today, since he's sans makeup.
[10:18:08 PM] * Butterfly hugs Patti again, then leads the group to room 5, "Follow me."
[10:18:24 PM] * Pele followsd the group
[10:18:25 PM] * Vince nods to Patti and follow Butterfly inside
[10:18:33 PM] * Doc follows as well
[10:18:37 PM] * Manzazzuu follows behind Butterfly, offering a friendly "Hello" to Patti if he happens to pass by her.
[10:20:33 PM] Kagi *Patti ::smiles at Manzazzuu and looks him up and down:: "I see what you mean Butterfly." ::giggles and quickly exits back into the club and out of sight::
[10:21:04 PM] Manzazzuu He raises an eyebrow at that comment, and looks over at Butterfly. "Should I ask you what that was about?"
[10:21:17 PM] Butterfly The room is typical Gotham Hall decor, with couches and comfy chairs in a semi circle on one side of the room with tables by them. The rest of the room is a small dance floor.
[10:21:48 PM] * Butterfly looks at Manzazzuu, "I rented a room."
[10:22:40 PM] Manzazzuu "That's not what I meant." He says with a sigh, he makes his way over to a comfy chair and sits down. His bodyguard stands next to him.
[10:23:17 PM] * DC finds a comfy chair and sits down then looks into astral space to see if there is anything odd about the place
[10:23:45 PM] * Doc sits by DC also
[10:24:10 PM] * Pele sits in a 'comfy chair'
[10:24:12 PM] * Vince sits on a couch.
[10:24:18 PM] * Butterfly sprawls out on a couch.
[10:24:19 PM] Kagi *As the runners enter they are asked to subscribe to Gotham halls comm.
[10:25:26 PM] * Pele declines
[10:25:32 PM] * Manzazzuu sets his decoy comm to the hall's comm.
[10:25:33 PM] Kagi *A small ping and a virtual waitress appears floating in front of them and to the left asking them to subscribe for menu options and a map
[10:27:00 PM] * Vince lficks on his fake ID and get the comm transmission.
[10:27:43 PM] * Butterfly turns on her Gotham subscription.
[10:28:46 PM] Manzazzuu "So, Butterfly, how private are these private rooms?" He asks, wondering how freely they could speak.
[10:29:40 PM] Butterfly "Oh, don't worry. They have top notch cleaning crews."
[10:29:45 PM] Kagi *For those who subscribe a small map registers in the corner or their vision with their position marked. A menu becomes avaliable and a short commercial spouts their latest specials.
[10:29:47 PM] * DC lets out a soft "hmm"
[10:31:27 PM] * Vince turns to the VR waitress "gimme the New-York cheese steak, and it better be real New-York"
[10:32:44 PM] * Manzazzuu glances briefly at the menu-prices, to see if he can even -afford- to buy anything here.
[10:32:52 PM] * Vince then turns to face the group "Ok, so we need a plan on how we're gonna do things now.."
[10:33:05 PM] * Butterfly orders as well. "oo...one of those great 'sunrise omlets' and some OJ!"
[10:34:29 PM] Manzazzuu "First things first. Everyone, some of you may have already realized this, but the most important word for this Run will be 'subtlety'. If we let word leak out that this girl's dissapeared, and our employer had to hire out to find her, it will be much worse than just not finding her."
[10:34:44 PM] Kagi *As the runners move back through the club and into a small private and enclosed room your comm signals lower and finally cut out as the door closes to the private room. A touch screen with the menu options lights up, it's built right into the table top
[10:36:06 PM] Kagi *The same pleasant voice of the virtual waitress informs you that the room is shielded from comm signals to insure privacy
[10:36:16 PM] Vince "Wow Manny, you're good to point out the obvious, you should get hired by LoneStar"
[10:36:51 PM] * Manzazzuu pointedly ignores Vince.
[10:36:58 PM] * Pele nods
[10:37:57 PM] Butterfly "So, who needs to do what? Some of you wanted to check the cafe. I want to check vids. What else right now, or do we just need to split into groups?"
[10:38:22 PM] Vince "I'm more concerned about the-a possibility of this being the start point of a mob war."
[10:39:43 PM] Vince "I don't mind where I go, I just want to find the girl alive and well."
[10:40:19 PM] Manzazzuu "Splitting into groups might be best. It will help us keep a lower profile." He suggests, after Butterfly's question.
[10:41:02 PM] Vince "So who's going with who?"
[10:41:16 PM] Pele "Matters little where I go."
[10:42:30 PM] Manzazzuu "If we're lucky, we may be able to get Eddie to send those vids to your comm, Butterfly, and not have to waste time on our three hour pass with it." He turns to Doc. "You were interested in going to the school right away, what were you hoping to find?"
[10:43:05 PM] * Doc " I was hopin to look around befroe too much was disturbed."
[10:43:09 PM] * DC sighs and lets her eyes unglaze and looks at the menu and lets out a small "ooo" with a tinge of hunger in her voice
[10:45:08 PM] * DC orders a couple vegi spring rolls from the menu along with a sugar-free caffinated soda
[10:45:21 PM] * Butterfly fiddles around with her comm for a bit while everyone talks and orders.
[10:45:54 PM] * Vince lights a smoke
Another day another Nuyen. The runners have been hired by the Yakuza to find and deliver a missing person. Akihana Toyama, the daughter of Yakauza Oyabun Soto Toyama has gone missing. The Yakuza suspect their long term underworld rivals, the Mob.
Kagi After a brief meet with Soto the runners are left with Soto's Kobun, or under boss, Eddie Yamaguchi for questions.
The runners are currently deep inside a yakuza compound and caught up in what might be ground zero of the largest criminal war in years in Seattle. All in a night's work for shdowrunners.
Local time is 6:40am.
*****End Recap*****
[8:42:36 PM] * Doc leans over to DC and whispers in spetherial " Think it is too late to try tracing her astrally?"
[8:42:40 PM] Vince "So Ed, did-a, you guys post any watchouts outside the school?"
[8:42:47 PM] Manzazzuu Manny passes the disk with the information on it over to Butterfly, since she seemed to be better with electronics than he was. "Perhaps you could send the information to all of us, Butterfly? You're better with electronics than I am." He says.
[8:43:47 PM] * Butterfly sends copies of the disk to everyone in the group.
[8:43:58 PM] * Vince checks the info
[8:43:58 PM] Butterfly "There ya go."
[8:44:00 PM] * DC leans back to him and mentions"there might be a trace depending on condition"
[8:45:06 PM] * Doc still whispering to DC " Just worried what else we may find"
[8:45:44 PM] Manzazzuu "Thank you." He says, bringing the information up on his comm unit.
[8:46:13 PM] * DC turns to eddie and politely asks "did you have anyone guarding the entrances of the school?"
[8:46:50 PM] Eddie ::to Vince:: "The school's grounds are private and enclosed, that is why we use it. They provide their own security for all the students."
[8:47:16 PM] Pele "Will they allow us to access their security footage?"
[8:47:46 PM] Vince "Or even let us in the school's grounds...."
[8:48:38 PM] Eddie ::to Pele:: "Not normally, but I believe they will provide it to us. This incident has lost them significant crediablity."
[8:49:13 PM] Vince "On the chiop, they mention a Tokucho Akimana
[8:49:36 PM] Vince "She's Akihana's roomate or something?"
[8:49:59 PM] Eddie ::to Vince:: "We have taken the liberty of securing you a three hour pass. Simply inform us several hours ahead of time when you would like access to the school's grounds. A security detail will escort you once you reach the grounds."
[8:50:23 PM] Vince "So we'll have a chaperon..great..."
[8:51:42 PM] Eddie ::to Vince again:: "Tokucho is Akihana's childhood friend. For security purposes they where paired up at an early age. Tokucho is part of our family of course."
[8:52:11 PM] Vince "figures.."
[8:52:26 PM] Manzazzuu "Have you any other leads?" Manzazzuu asks of Eddie. "Is she usually sequestered at the school, or does she go out on occaision, and have some favorite clubs perhaps?"
[8:55:18 PM] Eddie ::Nods to Manzazzuu:: "Yes she spends some time at the 'Cup of Art' cafe."
[8:56:00 PM] * Manzazzuu makes a note of that in one of his com programs, in case he forgets.
[8:56:05 PM] Pele "Any others?"
[8:56:53 PM] Eddie ::to Pele:: "Not regularly no."
[8:57:26 PM] Vince "How sure are you that the Mafia is involved? It could be the Rings for all we know."
[8:58:53 PM] Manzazzuu "Do you know if there have been any new additions to the school's security or other staff lately? Any very new students?"
[8:59:21 PM] Vince "Or any guards that's on yours or another group's payroll?"
[8:59:37 PM] Eddie ::shakes his head at Vince:: "The rings are thugs, this is not their style. Besides they only exist by staying neutral or uninvolved between ourselves and the Mafia, if war where to break out they would suffer worst of all, they are too weak at the moment to stand a full scale war."
[9:00:12 PM] * Vince grin, but stay silent
[9:01:18 PM] Eddie "We do not have the details of any of that. You may ask the school's headmistress when you arrive there."
[9:01:57 PM] Vince "Yeah, she'll open up like a paperbook I'm usre."
[9:01:59 PM] Pele "Noticed any new friends she has had?"
[9:02:33 PM] Manzazzuu "It is good that they intend to be cooperative. How may we contact you, to let you know when we will be visiting the school?" He asks Eddie, wondering to himself how they would go about doing this. He's never attempted anything like this before.
[9:02:54 PM] Butterfly "I'd like to see the vids of that day. It could really help if someone knew where she was last seen."
[9:04:38 PM] Eddie ::To Pele:: "For Akihana's safety she is not allowed to maintain any relations with those not of the family. All her friends are girls within the family and daughters of the most loyal members."
[9:04:52 PM] Vince "no guy friends?"
[9:06:31 PM] Eddie ::Raises an eyebrow at Vince:: "Akihana is not allowed relations with boys. She is expected to marry within the organization, hopefully uniting two families."
[9:06:51 PM] Vince "Yeah, I'm sure she's thrilled about that."
[9:07:04 PM] Pele "Was she ever rebellious? Did you ever notice her wanting to hang out with others?"
[9:08:30 PM] Manzazzuu "Please forgive the ignorance of my companion, he does not understand that duty would be a daughter of the organization's only concern." He says to Eddie in Japanese, in response to Vince's sarcasm.
[9:08:45 PM] * DC sips some of the tea that was placed in front of them earlier
[9:09:39 PM] Eddie ::He smiles and bows to Manzazzuu::
[9:11:33 PM] * Vince gives Manzazzuu a questionned look
[9:11:47 PM] Eddie ::to Pele:: "Akihana is a model daughter."
[9:11:52 PM] * Manzazzuu just smiles at Vince, and shrugs in reply.
[9:12:07 PM] Vince "watch yourslef mage."
[9:13:19 PM] * Vince turns to face Eddie "So, got any idea which Mafia family might be able or gain something by getting Akihana?"
[9:13:31 PM] Manzazzuu He rolls his eyes, and turns back to the conversation at hand.
[9:14:40 PM] * Doc looks to Eddie "Whould it be possible to get into the school tonight to gather information before we ask questions tommorow from the facality?"
[9:15:11 PM] Eddie ::to the Group:: "For many years the Bianchi family and our have been in a cold war. Things are particularly heated since we collapsed a steal workers union in Tacoma last month."
[9:18:29 PM] Vince "They're ain't little leaguers"
[9:18:39 PM] Manzazzuu "Can you think of anything else that my assist us in our search?" He asks Eddie, unable to think of other questions himself.
[9:20:05 PM] Eddie ::to Manzazzuu:: "Nothing comes to mind. The chip has my personal comm. code on it if you have questions for me at a later time."
[9:21:18 PM] Manzazzuu He turns to the others. "Then unless any of you have more questions?"
[9:21:20 PM] Eddie "I will say this. Akihana is very dear to Mr. Toyama, she is his only surviving child..."
[9:21:53 PM] Butterfly "What happened to the others?
[9:21:54 PM] Butterfly "
[9:22:11 PM] * Vince slaps his forehead.
[9:22:46 PM] Vince "They won the lottery and froze their bodies for the future generation, wadda 'ya think happend?"
[9:22:58 PM] Eddie ::to Butterfly:: "They are the reason Akihana is so well guarded. They have met violent ends."
[9:23:00 PM] Doc "Where is Tokucho now and is it possible to go to the school this evening?
[9:24:11 PM] Butterfly "Anything similar to what's going on now, in any way?"
[9:25:13 PM] Eddie ::Looks at his watch and then to Doc:: "It is not quiet 7am, the school will just be opening up. I can call ahead and set the pass to take effect for this afternoon if you like. You can find the Cup of Art cafe in the directory, Akihana sells some of her art there on occasion. She is quiet talented."
[9:26:48 PM] Eddie ::To Butterfly:: "One of Mr. Toyama's son was kidnapped, by a team of shadowrunners and used as blackmail. The son was killed and his body thrown in a river."
[9:27:49 PM] * Vince grins just a little and slightly shakes his head.
[9:28:16 PM] Eddie "Mr. Toyama tracked down every member and eliminated them, their family's, and their closest friends. I do not think they have anything to do with this."
[9:29:58 PM] Butterfly "Welcome to nonsequetor theater, eh? But, if it was the same thing, you'd have been notified so it still rules that out."
[9:30:43 PM] * Butterfly looks around the room, "I've got enough to start searching. You guys?"
[9:30:43 PM] Manzazzuu "I can think of nothing else to ask at the moment." He replies to Butterfly's question.
[9:32:24 PM] Doc "I belive I am set would like to go to the cafe soon though."
[9:33:13 PM] Butterfly "I'd like to reveiw the vids immediately. Anyone that doesn't have another task is welcome to help."
[9:33:22 PM] Eddie "Shall I contact the school and set a time for you to tour the grounds?"
[9:33:51 PM] Doc "Please as soon as you can."
[9:34:26 PM] Butterfly "We only have one pass. We may want to talk to some of her classmates before we tour."
[9:35:09 PM] Eddie "Tokucho has been taken out of school until further notice. We feel she maybe at risk. I can also set up a meeting with her if you like."
[9:35:24 PM] Vince "yeah, we'll like that."
[9:35:58 PM] Manzazzuu "Perhaps we should adjourn to another place, to come up with a plan of action before we do anything." Suggests Manny to the others. "I think we have imposed upon the hospitality of our honourable hosts long enough."
[9:36:32 PM] * Vince shakes his head and lowers his fedora.
[9:37:05 PM] Eddie "Finding Akihana is my only concern now. Feel free to contact me for any reason at anytime."
[9:39:15 PM] Vince "Yeah, no problem."
[9:39:39 PM] Manzazzuu When no one objects to his suggested plan of action, he stands and bows to their host.
[9:40:03 PM] * Doc also rises
[9:40:26 PM] * Butterfly follows their lead.
[9:40:54 PM] Manzazzuu "Thank you for your hospitality."
[9:40:58 PM] * DC gets up after the last person gets up and leaves the table
[9:41:01 PM] Pele .me gets up as well
[9:41:13 PM] * Pele gets up as well
[9:41:20 PM] Eddie ::bows to each runner in turn:: "Good luck and thank you."
[9:41:35 PM] * Vince gets up and arrange his clothing
[9:41:54 PM] Eddie ::He turns and exits the room::
[9:42:07 PM] Vince "Let's blow this joint."
[9:42:21 PM] * Vince leaves the room, and makes his way outside
[9:42:23 PM] Kagi *the serving girl comes back in on the heels of Eddie and motions the runners to follow her out::
[9:42:50 PM] * Butterfly follows the serving girl.
[9:42:53 PM] * Doc grabs his shoes on his way out
[9:42:57 PM] * Vince notices the servant girl, and decides to wait on her
[9:43:11 PM] * Manzazzuu follows their escort outside, and then moves to stand by his vehicle, waiting for the others. Once everyone's gathered, he asks:
[9:43:14 PM] * DC switches over to astral and glances around a bit
[9:43:22 PM] Manzazzuu "Does anyone have a safehouse nearby that we can talk at?"
[9:43:39 PM] * Vince , arriving at the front door, takes his shoes from him duffel bag and puts them on.
[9:44:03 PM] Butterfly "We can get a private room at the club." she says while she puts her shoes back on.
[9:44:39 PM] Vince "Except if you're rich like Cresus you have one around here...club it'll fine with me."
[9:44:54 PM] * Manzazzuu of course puts his shoes back on, and helps his 'yojimbo' with her boots so it's quicker.
[9:45:39 PM] * Vince heads for his van, and gets inside
[9:45:42 PM] * Pele slips his shoes on and follows the rest out
[9:46:06 PM] * Butterfly also heads for her van. "Just follow. It's not too far, really..."
[9:46:09 PM] * Doc will get into the van and wait for everyone
[9:46:34 PM] Manzazzuu "Alright. Anyone coming with me?" He asks, still standing beside his car.
[9:47:36 PM] * Vince reached under the van's dashboard, before starting the engine
[9:47:41 PM] Pele "Not I,"
[9:48:25 PM] * Butterfly starts her van and waits for everyone to be ready to follow.
[9:48:25 PM] * Manzazzuu shrugs, and gets into his Mercury Comet with his new bodyguard when no one says they're going with him. He starts the engine, and waits for Butterfly to start leading the way.
[9:49:05 PM] * Pele jumps on his bike and waits for someone to lead the caravan of runners
[9:49:05 PM] Butterfly When everyone seems ready to go, Butterfly leads them down the twisting driveway and out the gates.
[9:49:15 PM] * DC will go with butterfly it that is possible
[9:49:56 PM] * Manzazzuu follows behind Butterfly in his car.
[9:52:20 PM] * Vince closes the convoy
[10:01:45 PM] * Vince contacts Manzazzuu on his comm @@so, what did you tell Eddie back there in Japanese? Little secrets?"@@
[10:02:39 PM] * Vince buckles up when leaving the compound
[10:03:13 PM] * Manzazzuu , concentrating on driving, and hardly being a professional driver, doesn't reply.
[10:03:49 PM] * Butterfly leads the convoy into the heart of Bellvue.
[10:04:05 PM] * Vince taps his earplug @@hello? Did you hear me?@@
[10:05:14 PM] * Vince lights a smoke, insulting Manny from the safety of his van.
[10:05:27 PM] * Butterfly leads the group through bellevue's very posh entertainment district, and around the back of Gotham Hall. She parks in the employee parking lot and waits for the rest of the team to park as well.
[10:05:59 PM] * Vince gets into the aprking lot and parks near the door, ready for a quick getaway.
[10:06:24 PM] * Manzazzuu pulls up into a spot next to Butterfly's van, and stops his car. He turns off the engine and gets out. He waits for Vince to come over with the others.
[10:06:31 PM] Butterfly "This is the place guys," she says to DC and Doc.
[10:06:58 PM] * Vince reach under the dash, then gets out, locking up the van
[10:07:06 PM] DC "looks nice"
[10:07:35 PM] Manzazzuu "You sure they're going to let us in, Butterfly?" He asks.
[10:07:45 PM] DC "who wants to talk to Vince about not getting our loved ones killed by angering the Yakuza?"
[10:07:49 PM] * Doc "you been here before?"
[10:07:50 PM] * Vince ajust his clothing
[10:08:16 PM] * Pele parks, gets off his bike, takes the keys and waits for the other runners to head inside
[10:08:23 PM] * Vince turns to DC "Hey, you're the Yak soldier, you get your hands dirty."
[10:08:40 PM] * Doc looks towards Butterfly"Gonna leave my stuff in here k?"
[10:08:46 PM] Manzazzuu "Vince, do me a favour, don't try to talk to me when I'm driving."
[10:09:02 PM] Butterfly "Oh ya. You just can't go into the public part of the club."
[10:09:21 PM] Vince "Fine fine, just don't drive if you can't do it..so what did you tell Ed in japanese back at the compound?"
[10:09:35 PM] * Butterfly walks up to the employee entrance and knocks loudly.
[10:10:09 PM] Manzazzuu "I said a lot of things to the man in Japanese. Half the conversation was in Japanese."
[10:10:26 PM] * Doc grins at Manny
[10:10:36 PM] Vince "I'm talking about when he bows to you, when you smiled and shruged at me."
[10:10:50 PM] Manzazzuu "Nothing important."
[10:11:18 PM] * DC fallows Butterfly
[10:11:22 PM] Vince "Yeah right, whatever then."
[10:11:46 PM] * Manzazzuu waits for Butterfly to call them over, standing close to the small asian woman who's replaced Rick as his bodyguard.
[10:12:01 PM] DC "Vince just because I'm Japanese doesn't make me a Yakuza Solder"
[10:12:22 PM] Vince "Yeah, but you sure did look shocked when we came..and when the old man meet with us."
[10:12:51 PM] Kagi *A beautiful Elven woman opens the door "Hello Butterfly!"
[10:12:52 PM] * Vince gives a quick glances at Manzazzuu's new bodyguard.
[10:13:08 PM] * Butterfly hugs the beuatiful woman.
[10:13:25 PM] Butterfly "Hi Patti! Thanks for letting us in," she says with a big smile.
[10:13:25 PM] Manzazzuu "Anyone with an ounce of sense would be nervous when dealing with the Yakuza, but we should wait until we're somewhere less public to talk about this."
[10:13:42 PM] DC "when someone has the ability to make your life a living hell they tend to make you a little nervous"
[10:14:00 PM] * Butterfly leans in and whispers to Patti, "Those are the ones I told you about"
[10:14:21 PM] Vince "They're only Yaks, they can't do squat drek when they're not with 50 of their yak buddies to back them up."
[10:14:24 PM] Kagi *Patti ::smiles and returns the hug:: "No problem Buttercup. Come on in. I have you set up in number 5."
[10:14:58 PM] * Doc smirks "Buttercup"
[10:15:13 PM] Butterfly "Great. You wanna walk us, or just get back to work?"
[10:16:12 PM] Kagi *Patti "I'm supposed to be on my smoke break." ::she grins:: "You know the way, I'll send a round up when you sit."
[10:16:37 PM] * Manzazzuu offers a friendly smile to Patti, probably not looking his usual scary self today, since he's sans makeup.
[10:18:08 PM] * Butterfly hugs Patti again, then leads the group to room 5, "Follow me."
[10:18:24 PM] * Pele followsd the group
[10:18:25 PM] * Vince nods to Patti and follow Butterfly inside
[10:18:33 PM] * Doc follows as well
[10:18:37 PM] * Manzazzuu follows behind Butterfly, offering a friendly "Hello" to Patti if he happens to pass by her.
[10:20:33 PM] Kagi *Patti ::smiles at Manzazzuu and looks him up and down:: "I see what you mean Butterfly." ::giggles and quickly exits back into the club and out of sight::
[10:21:04 PM] Manzazzuu He raises an eyebrow at that comment, and looks over at Butterfly. "Should I ask you what that was about?"
[10:21:17 PM] Butterfly The room is typical Gotham Hall decor, with couches and comfy chairs in a semi circle on one side of the room with tables by them. The rest of the room is a small dance floor.
[10:21:48 PM] * Butterfly looks at Manzazzuu, "I rented a room."
[10:22:40 PM] Manzazzuu "That's not what I meant." He says with a sigh, he makes his way over to a comfy chair and sits down. His bodyguard stands next to him.
[10:23:17 PM] * DC finds a comfy chair and sits down then looks into astral space to see if there is anything odd about the place
[10:23:45 PM] * Doc sits by DC also
[10:24:10 PM] * Pele sits in a 'comfy chair'
[10:24:12 PM] * Vince sits on a couch.
[10:24:18 PM] * Butterfly sprawls out on a couch.
[10:24:19 PM] Kagi *As the runners enter they are asked to subscribe to Gotham halls comm.
[10:25:26 PM] * Pele declines
[10:25:32 PM] * Manzazzuu sets his decoy comm to the hall's comm.
[10:25:33 PM] Kagi *A small ping and a virtual waitress appears floating in front of them and to the left asking them to subscribe for menu options and a map
[10:27:00 PM] * Vince lficks on his fake ID and get the comm transmission.
[10:27:43 PM] * Butterfly turns on her Gotham subscription.
[10:28:46 PM] Manzazzuu "So, Butterfly, how private are these private rooms?" He asks, wondering how freely they could speak.
[10:29:40 PM] Butterfly "Oh, don't worry. They have top notch cleaning crews."
[10:29:45 PM] Kagi *For those who subscribe a small map registers in the corner or their vision with their position marked. A menu becomes avaliable and a short commercial spouts their latest specials.
[10:29:47 PM] * DC lets out a soft "hmm"
[10:31:27 PM] * Vince turns to the VR waitress "gimme the New-York cheese steak, and it better be real New-York"
[10:32:44 PM] * Manzazzuu glances briefly at the menu-prices, to see if he can even -afford- to buy anything here.
[10:32:52 PM] * Vince then turns to face the group "Ok, so we need a plan on how we're gonna do things now.."
[10:33:05 PM] * Butterfly orders as well. "oo...one of those great 'sunrise omlets' and some OJ!"
[10:34:29 PM] Manzazzuu "First things first. Everyone, some of you may have already realized this, but the most important word for this Run will be 'subtlety'. If we let word leak out that this girl's dissapeared, and our employer had to hire out to find her, it will be much worse than just not finding her."
[10:34:44 PM] Kagi *As the runners move back through the club and into a small private and enclosed room your comm signals lower and finally cut out as the door closes to the private room. A touch screen with the menu options lights up, it's built right into the table top
[10:36:06 PM] Kagi *The same pleasant voice of the virtual waitress informs you that the room is shielded from comm signals to insure privacy
[10:36:16 PM] Vince "Wow Manny, you're good to point out the obvious, you should get hired by LoneStar"
[10:36:51 PM] * Manzazzuu pointedly ignores Vince.
[10:36:58 PM] * Pele nods
[10:37:57 PM] Butterfly "So, who needs to do what? Some of you wanted to check the cafe. I want to check vids. What else right now, or do we just need to split into groups?"
[10:38:22 PM] Vince "I'm more concerned about the-a possibility of this being the start point of a mob war."
[10:39:43 PM] Vince "I don't mind where I go, I just want to find the girl alive and well."
[10:40:19 PM] Manzazzuu "Splitting into groups might be best. It will help us keep a lower profile." He suggests, after Butterfly's question.
[10:41:02 PM] Vince "So who's going with who?"
[10:41:16 PM] Pele "Matters little where I go."
[10:42:30 PM] Manzazzuu "If we're lucky, we may be able to get Eddie to send those vids to your comm, Butterfly, and not have to waste time on our three hour pass with it." He turns to Doc. "You were interested in going to the school right away, what were you hoping to find?"
[10:43:05 PM] * Doc " I was hopin to look around befroe too much was disturbed."
[10:43:09 PM] * DC sighs and lets her eyes unglaze and looks at the menu and lets out a small "ooo" with a tinge of hunger in her voice
[10:45:08 PM] * DC orders a couple vegi spring rolls from the menu along with a sugar-free caffinated soda
[10:45:21 PM] * Butterfly fiddles around with her comm for a bit while everyone talks and orders.
[10:45:54 PM] * Vince lights a smoke