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Post by Braddoc on May 17, 2006 21:43:52 GMT -5
[whisper=gunther,boombaby,Wheels,Braddoc]As you leave the dining room/bar area of the hotel wishing a good evening to Otto and the Doctor, you can hear a slightly surpirsed"Good evening to you too sir" coming from behind you, glancing over your shoulder, you manage to catch Otto turning back to face the Doctor and resume their conversation[/whisper]
The sun is getting ready to disappear at the horizon as you make your way to the store. Kennedy Drive is deserted, short of a couple of parked cars, and a middle-aged man dressed in cook's clothing putting the key in the diner's door, looking at you with disgusted eyes, before getting in a boat (boat as in big car, like a Buick) and driving to the main, turning left after the Stop sign.
The Store seems deserted, surrounded by darkness, darkness stopped only by 1X1 square lamp a bit over the front door and a city lamp post across the street. The red Americar with heavily tinted window is still parked out front, partially lit up.
Unlocking the door and going in, Xeno is able to pick-up sound coming from the closed area at the back, the area with the camera feeds. The sounds then stop, but is followed by footsteps coming toward you. You are soon faced by Ed, who's coming from the back-store. "Hey, Gunt..ahem..I mean Mr. Liebold, Mr. Xenomarch, so I guess you're the ice-breakers huh?" He lightly smile at you "Most of the farmhands around town got their pay today, so they'll be alot of action at the bar on Main, it should be calm here. The only ones that know that's gonna show is the Walker brothers, they used to do some drugs behind here when the place was a hardware store, but they're ok when you get to know them..They should be more activity around 3AM when the bar closes." He reached under the counter and pulls out a baseball bat "I got this with some pepper punch if you need them, worst case I can lend a hand too, if you want.."
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Post by Xenomarch on May 17, 2006 23:01:15 GMT -5
to Gunther on way to Parlor: "Gunther? You ok?" <continuing on, not waiting for an answer> " I figure this is going to be a breeze the first night as no one knows what we can do, but tommorow and the rest of the time it's going to be a drekking pissing contest. I still think we should make any trouble makers disappear. At least for a few days. Now I'm not opposed to digging but I suppose we could start out with duct-tapping them first and go drastic later if we need to. Just some ideas."
After Ed shows us the bat and offers to join the beatfest: "Drunks and druggies are not good combatants. Do you know if any of them have any connections to Humanis? Or if any of them have any combat 'ware?"
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Post by gunther on May 18, 2006 0:54:41 GMT -5
"Yah should be no sweat. I'll just stand behind you and look tough...that should be enought..." Gunther says as the two of them make their way to the store.
After Ed hefts the bat a couple times, Gunther reaches over and gently takes it away from Ed, placing it back behind the counter. "I don't think we'll need that tonight. Why don't you go get some sleep chummer. We got this handled..."
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Post by Braddoc on May 18, 2006 16:30:22 GMT -5
"Drunks and druggies are not good combatants. Do you know if any of them have any connections to Humanis? Or if any of them have any combat 'ware?"
"what?" Ed seems amused by the question "The Walker brothers can't be Humanis, even if they manage to fake their way inside, it'll never work; they're Trolls..as for the other farmhands, some are, some don't, and the humans that aren't usually support them either openly or secretly...as for cyberware..well I think some of them might have a control rig, I know my brother got a smartlink system installed a few years back..don't know about the others.."
After Ed hefts the bat a couple times, Gunther reaches over and gently takes it away from Ed, placing it back behind the counter. "I don't think we'll need that tonight. Why don't you go get some sleep chummer. We got this handled..."
Ed smiles a bit "Yeah, ok, I'll watch some trid, maybe take some air later, I'm kinda used of staying up all night now, but I guess some early rest will be good."
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Post by gunther on May 20, 2006 3:07:37 GMT -5
"Whatever you say kid..." Gunther says as he turns back from putting the bat away. "Xeno, why don't you have a look over the cameras and then make us some coffee. I'm gonna go out and look around. Be back in like 5 minutes. Did you bring your transceiver?" At Xenomarch's nod, Gunther pulls out his microtransceiver and they coordinate a frequency. Heading to the door, Gunther pauses and then turns back to Ed. "Hey Ed. That your ride outside there? It hasn't moved all day..." Gunther points at the car outside...
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Post by Xenomarch on May 20, 2006 17:05:05 GMT -5
SKILLS Athletics (Climbing) 5(7) Stealth 7 Computer 4 Electronics 4 [dice=6] [dice=6] [dice=6] [dice=6] Electronics B/R 4 Lock Picking 4 Pistols 3 Aikido 2 Clubs 2 Etiquette 2 Negotiation 2
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AC: Economics 2 AC: Security Devices (Detection Measures) 2(4) [dice=6] [dice=6] AC: Security Systems 2 [dice=6] [dice=6] IN: Investing 2 IN: Pornography 1 IN: Sim Starlets 2 Street: Fences 4 Street: Lone Star Tactics 2 Street: Safehouse Locations 2 Street: Underworld Politics 3 Street: Yakuza Politics 3 SW: Megacorporate Politics 2 SW: Megacorporate Security 2
"Ed's coffee is better than mine Gunther."
All rolls to test the Security around this place.[rand=25520407000812664879228345503956554621174457160545943141100121379]
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Post by Braddoc on May 21, 2006 15:51:19 GMT -5
"Yeah it's my car, pretty nice set of wheels huh? Only 84 000 clicks on it, cost 10 000 Nuyen, heh..even got the tinted windows half-price." Ed grins as he talked, his crest got a little bigger, he looks pretty proud of his vehicle.
"Ed's coffee is better than mine Gunther."
Ed turned to Xenomarch "Huh? What? my coffee?...oh right, you want me to make some.." He signs. "Well let me start the machine then..." He went to the back store, coming back a minutes later with a soycaf machine, plugs it and starts filling it with water.
"It should be ready when you come back Mr. Liebold...but we don't have any troll sized mugs, so you'll be down to drink from a plastic pot we have."
[whisper=Xenomarch,Braddoc]Security seems average, there's the 3 cameras, an alarm system connected to the doors and the windows (it rings if the windows get broken) you do see a couple of motion detector all inside the store. The cameras shows you alot, since they seems to be turning in a 180 degrees angle, always brushing left to right...but with the low light condition, you can't see far...maybe half the store grounds at the back, you do see lightly the fence, but the front camera can see up to the other side of the streets, thanks to the city lights.[/whisper]
[whisper=boombaby,gunther,Wheels,Braddoc]Patrolling around the store, everything is calm, you can hear vehicle rolling down the Main, and some very distant talking, but it's too far away to really know what's being talked. Using your thermal vision, you do spot a few heat sources in trees, squirrels, birds, oh there's some sort of cat in the barren field behind the store. Stopping on the streets you do spot 2 large heat source coming your way, farther down the road, they are walking toward the Main, as big as they are, they do seems like trolls or large orks, maybe even some ice-box of a humans, which may be not so rare in a farming community[/whisper]
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Post by gunther on May 21, 2006 22:02:19 GMT -5
Leaning against the wall in the shadows, Gunther watches as the pedestrian traffic on main street plots it course thru the evening...The two larger pedestrians approach closer and closer as Gunther watches...Gunther tries hard to meld into the scant shelter that is the shadows as he keys his micro-transceiver to let Xenomarch know of the two approaching.
"Psst, the Walker brothers are coming. Be here in about 5 minutes..." he whispers as he shifts positions...
Gunther Steal(3) Open Test:[dice=6][dice=6][dice=6] Rule of six: [dice=6]
Gunther seems to meld into the shadows as the two lumbering brutes approach the store. Both of them are easily 1/4 again as tall and outweigh Gunther by at least two hundred pounds. Farm boys both of them probably...Shoulda brought my assault rifle... he thinks to himself as he watches the two. He hoped that Xenomarch was watching on the cameras. Maybe the two wouldn't cause any trouble tonight...[rand=69207949308937299513628500468098439448087200183256668993779025462]
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Post by Xenomarch on May 23, 2006 2:50:07 GMT -5
((I did bring my Assualt Cannon. I calls it "Gunther" )
" Code 594. Copy. ETA 5 mins. Copy. What's your 10-20? Over."
(( OOC: FYI embedded an addy to police codes. ))
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Post by gunther on May 23, 2006 8:09:04 GMT -5
"South west corner. Behind the dumpster..." Gunther whispers then lapses into silence as the Walker brothers continue to walk towards Main. Neither of the two seems to notice Gunther as they seem to be engrossed in conversation. They seem to be passing something back and forth between them as well, but in the darkness, Gunther is unable to distinquish what it is...
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Post by Braddoc on May 23, 2006 20:49:39 GMT -5
[whisper=Xenomarch,Braddoc]You can't see the brothers passing in front of the store, but you did manage to spot movement from the other side of the fence surrounding the store, and a few moments later, movement behind the fence at the back of the store, followed by something small flying in the air, hitting the metal door with a small "bang". "Don't worry about that Mr.Xenomarch, I know them, I'll go check them." Ed leaves from the back door, walking toward the fence back of the store.[/whisper]
[whisper=boombaby,gunther,Wheels,Braddoc]From your position behind the dumpster, you see 2 trolls, one in dirty coverall, work boots and Black T-Shirt, the other jeans, work boots and a well-ironed blue shirt. They are passing what appears to be a cigar between them, taking a few puffs, then passing it. They make their way behind the broken fence at the back of the store. "Hey, wake up Pinky will 'ya?" "Ya, me wakey Pinkey." The troll wearing the coveralls takes a rock, a pebble in his hand, and positioning himself like a baseball player, trow the rock on the metal back-door, but with such impressive skills that it barely makes a sound. Seconds later Ed comes out, and makes his way toward the Duo of Meta.
"Hey guys, what's up?" "Pinkey!!" The coveralls Troll picks up Ed from the ground and hold him tight "Me happy to see you!" "Dammit Paul, you're crushing me again! Stop it! Stop it!" "C'mon Paulie, let Pinky breathe a little." "Me just happy to see Pinkey.." Paul puts Ed down, himself trying to stand up straight after being nearly crushed to death. "So, what are you guys up to?" "Bah.." The well-ironed shirt troll replies "Maybe drink a few rounds at the Coloniales, punch out some humie trash, then sleep." He took a few puff out of his cigar "Want some Ed?" "Sure thing Sammy." "Yeah, we go punchin' humies!" They all sit down, leaning on the fence, taking turns smoking the sin-baton.
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Post by gunther on May 24, 2006 16:36:39 GMT -5
"Hey Xeno, I thought that Ed was going to sleep?" Gunther subvocalizes as he watches the going-ons over by the fence. He could smell the cigar and it made his nose wrinkle.
Since his goblinization, his sense of smell was both better and worse than being a straight human. He could now distinquish scents that were normally only detectable by humans in a sterile environment, but since he'd been living in squallor for the better part of a year until recently, he'd also learned to ignore smells that bothered him. His new constitution allowed him to eat almost anything and not have it bother him, but sometimes, like out in the country, a smell was more vivid and real. Anyways, it made his nose wrinkle...
"Looks like our friend Ed is out here doin' some drugs with his troll chummers..." Gunther whispers again..."You're catching this right? You know, I just had a thought...What if, we arranged for the Walkers to take care of brother Frank? They seem to like Ed or Pinky as they are calling him. Hmm. Wonder what they'd do if they knew Frank was abusing their good friend Pinky? I know what I'd do, if I had their I.Q." Gunther whispers into his microcommunicator...
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Post by Xenomarch on May 25, 2006 17:33:23 GMT -5
"Hey Xeno, I thought that Ed was going to sleep?" Gunther subvocalizes as he watches the going-ons over by the fence. He could smell the cigar and it made his nose wrinkle. " He said he was but... eh, I really don't care as long as he stays outta the way." " I like your idea. Very... very discreet." <evil grin>
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Post by Braddoc on May 26, 2006 20:13:30 GMT -5
[whisper=boombaby,gunther,Wheels,Braddoc]The next 10-15 minutes are pretty calm; Ed and the Walkers Brothers smoke and small talk, about work, about when the store's gonna open, what's the store's selling (yeah, not really smart, or educated trolls), weather, who's gonna win the Super Bowl, what's the store's selling again, a couple of jokes and teasing comments toward Ed and Paulie...Ed leaves the back of the fence "Well, got to go guys, 'got som security guards at the store tonight, gonna show them the job, see you tomorrow?" "okey, see you lata Pinkey" "Bye Pinky, don't be to hard 'them hired goons harharhar..." Ed makes his way to the back door, walking fast and in a straight line, unlock the door and gets back inside. "Hey Paulie, want to go grab a beer at the Coloniales?" "Okey, me want to drink somethin'" The Brothers and up and circle the store from behind the fence, making their way to the street before walking on toward the Main, and the Coloniales Hotel[/whisper]
[whisper=Xenomarch,Glacier,Braddoc] The next 10-15 minutes are calm..nothing on the cameras, and Ed and the Walker Brothers didn't seems to have left the back of the fence, right outside the camera's POV. You then spot Ed making his way back to the back door and getting in the store "So everything's calm Mr. Xenomarch?" Ed's voice seems tired "I'll watch some trid, if the sound's too high, don't hesitate to tell me." He lies on the camp bed, turning on the small trid unit on the nearby chair "Hey, it's LS: CSI, you watch that show, it's pretty good if you ask me..." In the distance behind the fence, you see tow large figures moving toward the Main. A few seconds later, as the outside front camera rotates, you see the Walker brothers walking on the side walk toward the main again, passing themselves a cigar-like object.[/whisper]
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Post by Xenomarch on May 29, 2006 19:41:25 GMT -5
((I forgot to post after I read this, sorry.))
"Yeah, night Ed and don't stress the sound on my account. I'll hear the mice farting anyway. Oh, Ed just how chummy at you with the Brothers out there?" I will walk towards the front of the store not waiting for an answer. To Gunther: "If you can set it up, go with your plan, I got your back." After his reply, I'll crank my Sense-ware to max andlisten see there general area: [dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6] rule of 6: [dice=6]=10,5,5,5,2,1[rand=707198602375424792587718097989830042241360994668665722894068822]
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