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Post by meg on Jul 22, 2006 14:08:11 GMT -5
She could use the kilns to create three radicals and keep everyone off her back for the time being - but that would take three solid months, creating silver and copper and mercury but the resale value would be 4000 12000 and 24000 if she could create 10 units of each.. It really was not worth it, if she could hire her services out for about 50,000 a month. She had to be creating magical items to make it worth while.
Gold radical cost 40,000 a pop but was so expensive to buy in to start with.
The answer had to be to buy in the radicals, and later on with the help of study-gap students, begin producing bigger quantities.
Meg knew a lot of people - she had connections all over, but not many close who she could rely on.. Her old college in the London metroplex, Gottal the supplier here in Seattle - but he was an Atzteck cronie, and , erm - yeah, lots of people. What about other freelancers in Seattle? She knew a few by name, professional nods to each other at conferences.
I supppose they are out to make a buck and keep themselves safe and clean... could I possibly trust them to work for me.. short term maybe on single projects - but not close or for more than a couple of months. Too much political brownie points to be made.
It had to be taking on apprentices, have them work on the cheap stuff to start, and once they proved their worth, then progress onto more expensive projects.
Call Gottal and have a chat - he would report to his masters that she was dabbling with alchemy and Aztech would want a slice. Gottal had already found the glass blowing shop that they could lease, so things were already in the wind...
Hello - is that Gottall ? yes it's Meg - from the Snake Oil shop - no were fine for fetish and powders... I wanted to ask you in a professional capacity. I am looking to persue my doctorate and need to create my journeyman piece. I am looking to buy specially refined herbals and silver.... whats the matter, oh youre laughing.. yes I realised that it is a difficult process and I thought the best way is to make your own.. isnt there some form of barter system - we need to meet.....
Yes it is around 30 thou to hire one in of a competent skill, and he should make about six units a month.. so a base price of around 5000 per unit of anything should cover costs.. how about gold then...
Gottall, Gottall - oh you are picking yourself up... right, 40 thou a shout. Yes that stands to reason - and no I cant afford gold. So there must be a sort of barter pool where virtually everything is worth 5000, and a 10% fee....
Hmmm, Gottall - you wouldnt be able to introduce me would you? come to think of it as an independent with links into Aztech, you would be well placed to be able to buy and sell any surplus..
Lets get down to biz then - I am strapped for cash, and I have a bundle of ideal pristine stone that I could work on, now that I know the barter price is 5000 a go - how about trading for other magics as well or instead?
And what about virgin materials.. 20% markup - that is an extra thou per unit with a markdown of 10% ... I am sure we can come to an arrangement as long as we can discuss it - first however I need to create the stuff..
Can I pay cash for radicals.. no, diddnt think so - in reality the alchemists are pooling their resources.. I suppose you could make to order as well..
And of course, the big boys at Aztech have a floating resource - they would not want to harm their golden geese.
What if I wanted to flood the market with herbals.. yes all six units at 200 yen per, means I would have been working for a month to rake in the princely profit of 1,200 - not enough to pay the rent. but bartering would work well
Does this mean that Aztec has an agressive marketing strategy in monitoring cartels around the world - so youve got access to a huge resource - as long as everyone is happy to play the game...?
Works for me!
My next move is to begin the work on the radicals - and you can barter them for other magical goods... what if I can create radical gold - will that still be at 40,000 a unit, and we could discuss how much for virgin material and the 10% fee...
I will get hold of Freddy to finalise renting the shop for a few months -
I never realised that Aztechnology were running such a tight ship... you must find it hard keep ing the cartel intact, keeping the members in the fold as it were. But because any alchemist will tell you that it is not worth their while working on radicals - unless they get compensated for their time, so they can hire out - making the buyer pay through the nose..
It rewards the competent and dissuades the poorer performers.
I am well impressed..
Gottall diddnt say much - Meg had walked through the conclusions - Aztechnology diddnt have hoards of penned -in alchemists slaving away making artifacts - his eyes betrayed this, and Meg organised the setup of the shop, and allowed an opening for future sales win-win all round.
Gottal left appraising her insight - all the right pieces in place - now Aztech had acces to another practitioner who would work dilligently for them.. no doubt she would be looking to create the mystic oils as well.
Gottall made an entry that would alert the drivers to ensure some essential ingredient production in order to trade to Meg. Aztechnology had need for the oil, more than her isolated position could possibly imagine.
He rubbed his wrists where the cuffs had bitten all those years ago, before he had bargained away his soul to escape the fetid pits.
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Post by wolflet59 on Jul 24, 2006 13:43:42 GMT -5
Meg's next move was to start up conversations with contacts in the schools of Magick - looking for students to take on as apprentice and for suppliers - there would be a wealth of connections through the colleges.
She needed to make a few friends rather than just people she knew, personal contacts who she and they could rely on. Her expertise was in Magic, she also specialised in alchemy, now would be a good time to find out about others in the field.
A little research would dig out those high flyers around the world who were not offered corp positions, the ones who had their doctorates but taught part-time. There would be those who had dropped out from their official studies in order to follow a covert programme - too difficult to track down yet.
Come to think of it, they would be doing the same, looking for talent, with her own high flying first and lecture tours there must have been a lot of practitioners out there who had approached her but unknowingly she had never replied.. time to return a few trid calls from the past four years and do a bit of tub-thumping on the quiet .
The Seattle area had to be first - slap bang in the heart of awakened nations - Seattle would provide a home for many freelancers - and representatives of the nations.. though they would be similar to the corps - tied into politics of some sort, with similar vested interests.
They would all want to make deals and trade - so there must be more than just the guys Gottall knows. A cartel keeps everyone on an even keel - but it is always nice to be able to find work and markets elsewhere - as long as you are not too greedy and work against the system.
One of the big things about magick is noone else can do it.. Everyone else can learn to do just about anything else - Freddy was skillwired and could access information or basic skills on just about anything - but not magic, that was the Gift.. and she had to use it..
Her recent debacle had taught her that she was a pretty crap runner, little more than a spirit summoner, she needed to get to know a wider variety of people from all walks of life, who could help out with the illicit jobs that were around.. It was good to know Glacier, but they were still an isolated pair.
This meant a compromise in her plans - could she concentrate on alchemy for the rest of her life? no .. but to start with it would get her access to magic and contacts and cash. Then improve her other skills an contacts - become a real freelancer who could operate quietly in the shadows with a little help from her freinds.
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Post by wolflet59 on Sept 4, 2006 14:18:03 GMT -5
(OOC As an Aside..)
Hi folks – In my wisdom I have come to the conclusion that the Alchemy rules were pulled from the sky and do not run along the same lines as the rest of Shadowrun. The makers had created a set of listings that make producing magics restrictive in the extreme… it is cheaper and easier to buy the paraphenalia than it is for someone to create the stuff in the first place.. so who IS creating it? The areas of concern cover each and every aspect of talismongering and especially alchemy. I can see why they wanted to restrict magic production – but they have swung so far to another extreme that it becomes ridiculous. There must be a starting point to work from, a valid one is the standard SR3 rules where characters can buy magical items for cash, and karma to bond. Taking a few examples F2 short blade – reach 1 would cost about 400,000 to buy and 10 karma to lock F1 spell sustaining item 15,000 and 1 karma to lock F5 spell sustaining item 75,000 and 5 karma To create these items would require an alchemist to gather the raw materials (or pay for a talismonger to do so) Then spend 4 weeks to create a radical material from them Then spend 4 weeks to create mystical oil Then spend a base 60 days to think up the item for a weapon – less for other items Then create the item itself So around four months worth of work will result in magical item production At F1 the alchemist can easily create the item and spend 1 karma to lock it… so a Weapon focus F1 would cost him 1 Karma as opposed to the standard 5 in SR3 and rake in 100,000 a month – doesn’t sound too bad …if he could make the TN of 15 to construct it at F1 or TN 18 at F4 ! He could instead concentrate on creating oilichalchorum about 1 unit a month using up four months worth of radicals, including gold which costs 40,000 a go (if you could buy it) and a month for the oil, to reduce the TN to 8 would require ten of these… 50 months OK lunar months – so he gets a few days off inbetween No alchemist in his right mind would ever sell any radicals, they take too long to make and are only useful to alchemists. Next problem is constructing a bigger item… To create a F4 Power focus would require somewhere in the region of 30 Karma rather than the 20 for a street-bought item… why? The alchemist can reduce the Karma cost by the amount of orichalchorum used in its construction , dropping it from a TN of 18 to 8 by using 10 units and reducing the Karma by the same – for x10 units of magical oils which take 4x months each to make! About five years of concentrated effort to create a master blade. Ingredients alone costing 1 mill creds. Let alone the time. That a character can buy for the knockdown price of 500,000 Wheras they could create a Power focus F1 with little trouble or cost and make a fortune! I think that the original contributors pulled numbers from the air and then published with little playtesting. My recommendations: Use standard SR skill rules applying them to creation of radicals.. weak practitioners are still scuppered but a powerful alchemist could reduce the time required by some of the successes gained. Oilcalchorum should use the same method of creation as other radicals – again it makes it a little easier to produce the stuff – making bigger magics a little more available There would not be any radicals for sale – alchemists would not sell the stuff – they may swap it though! A closed shop cartel would exist. If you want spares you make some yourself then swap them. Could be you have to join the group as an initiate… The creation of the telesma and the first bonding Karma cost of creating items should be reduced by 2 or 3 points so the higher force items are possible to construct. Why? Well it is just as valid as them saying it costs Force x 8 karma for a weapon as me saying it costs Force x 5 …. As the small stuff is easy to create anyway! (why create a F6 power focus for 56 karma and years of work when you can create x6 force 1 power focuses for x6 karma that have the same effect! A sustaining focus F5 would cost the alchemist 15 karma to bond - but a character only 5.. the current system is too unbalanced.) OR do not use alchemy. The items grow on trees.
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Post by wolflet59 on Sept 18, 2006 14:07:07 GMT -5
They stripped out the lodge together, loading the gear up into a rental truck. A few home belongings and a farewell to Glacier - Meg would keep in touch.. Freddy was still nervous about their safety - arriving in the back yard amidst acloud of hiding vapour...
they were able to strip out the logde electronics quite quickly - it was their meaning when assembled that made the difference - Meg wanted to spread the articles and screens around the warehouse - like a gallery display, it was her workshop after all.
load up the waggon then take off into town. There were a few different routes to take in order to shake any tails they might have picked up - through the park to lose any city spirits and to identify any tails, a thorough inspection of the truck - with a mild shock to the nav system to knock out the route memory easy stuff if you knew what could trace you down - a swift burn at speed to lose a physical tail on the 90 then back down to the industrial zone to unload.
The warehouse was coming along a treat - tarps were up keeping the acid rains off the seedlings - and doubling to keep out unwanted visitors by preventing entry without them cutting a hole...
A neat barrier of lines of plants all in high racks - plas shells used for waggon containers were cheap and ideal as fencing. 30 ft long ten wide an high, high impact plas lattice.. great for climbing over and being easily spotted. These container innards surrounded the warehouse, with four racks of seedling beds arranged two on either side of the 'walls' .
the front entrance overlapped meaning visitors had to come in through the nursery - no quick way in. Also meant a whole section would have to be hoist to get any heavy equipment in - but Meg diddnt need anything that couldnt be handballed in anyway.
Then down to getting the lodge started - it would take her a week - arranging, moving, hoisting, a heap of concentration and a lot of mystical connection to get the lodge set up, with the occasional help from him - a week of hard work and effort from her.. (always the same!)
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Post by wolflet59 on Oct 9, 2006 13:48:06 GMT -5
Freddy had concidered setting up a series of autoturrets to keep out unwanted visitors - but why? the value of any gear in the warehouse was minimal - so why protect a whole lot of nothing wit some big FO turrets? They had reasonable passive security - that was all that was needed for now.
Once her plans came into effect and a production was started by the wannabee mage students, then security became an issue, but not untill she had demonstrated her alchemical prowess and made a weapon focus.
A weapon required the Oil.. required the knowledge, demonstrated the knowhow, and would earn her the doctorate, in turn bringing in the students.
Adjusting the plas screen , squaring up the notice-boards took a good while - by the end of the week she had finished, a little help from her other half, but mostly all her own work. The gardeners were in, tending to the seedlings and their own 'patch' of commercial squash and herbs. Outside the tarps were up, getting gently washed by clean water sprinklers on the outside - to remove the acid smog and irritant dusts. A few well placed electronics for minimal security, and a short wait.
The supplier had sent the goods on their way, what could go wrong?
(OOC as an aside - Using the character purchace points for items seems natural.. Meg will be looking to create a F2 power talisman and a 0 range weapon focus - depending on how much karma she has to spend..watch this space for the trials and tribulations of just getting hold of the flamin raw materials! - actually watch Its All Downhill .. then how to convert it.)
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Post by wolflet59 on Oct 10, 2006 6:59:47 GMT -5
Meg wonders if radical metals can be used elsewhere - other than in alchemical constructs - the electronics industry, superconductors, power and information channelling - the metals once processed are 100% pure, not industry-standard pure, they lend themselves to magic, she would need to have a look at whether they could be used as easily in other tasks as well..
One of the things she had been banking on - literally - was that she could sell radical gold to other practitioners to pay off the bills - but logic seemed to dictate that there was a trade-off rather than a market for the stuff... it was certainly cheaper for a mage to make radical gold than to buy it, just took time and knowhow.
It goes back to how many freelance alchemists there are out there she thought.. quite a few in Seattle, but only a handful of professionals who could make a living from it. So there wont be that much around. But if you need it you will already have the shop to smelt the circulation, because you will be using it for making items, so who else can use the stuff? cybertech? electronics, magical rituals - now theres a thought, theres a lot of rituals but you dont need radicals for them , only for making items - full circle again.
Do Dragons bathe in it?, use it as scale rub? did she want to know?
So follow the source, who makes items? and do they want radical gold.. lots of fingers point towards one big AAA Aztechnology hhmmmm.
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Post by meg on Nov 3, 2006 8:50:26 GMT -5
You could set yourself up as near enough anything you wanted, most people would want evidence of your credentials, and the more prestigious the awarding body - the better the kudos it carried.
The flipside was that a lot of people diddnt want themselves to be known, and liked working the shadows, relying on shady contacts and cash contracts to keep the yen rolling in.. Once you were known, there was little chance of getting back into your comfortable shadows, so Meg had to play it clever.
She had enough good, in fact excellent contact in the academic circles... proof to them as required of her capabilities.. It had been proposed to her numerous times to get back into the proper academic circles, make something of her gifts.. and she had. Visiting lecturer status, meetings and small committees had kept her kind of busy, in touch but not in.
Her idea was to firstly reconnect, open the academic doors again, but quietly. Promote her idea of an institute, a training academy that she would run to train alchemy. A year and a day, a traditional apprenticeship, where those with potental could hone their skills - long enough for a thorough grounding, but short enough to be squeezed into a 5 year academic course still run by the big universities..
Win Win for everyone, she gets the students, moulds the talent and makes the bucks, the universities have someone to rely upon to provide the skills, and the students get their grades. Noone loses out!
Meg stays on the quiet, not atracting any commercial attention and can finance her own projects. A fine plan.
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Post by meg on Nov 3, 2006 9:05:32 GMT -5
Yes, that is correct, an alchemist, freelance - no ties. Bright and I think connected. My line of thinking is that she will look to set up a workshop, and begin walking the alchemist path - so the results have to be atlantean metals .. a year at a guess.
I have been a supplier for three years, just standard materials until now. Very academic and could be tempted by knowledge, - yes master I will, but as you know they will become insular and mistrustful very quickly, and lack of freedom will bruise them..insult them unless there are bargaining points. Yes, I am sure bargains can be struck - through a benevolent organisation, and if needs be, pressure can be brought to bear..
Gottal reported dilligently to his superiors, he had witnessed what happened to those who held back secrets, and had willingly helped in order to prove his own devotion.
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Post by wolflet59 on Nov 6, 2006 11:38:22 GMT -5
Different rules and regulations tied different people down... loyalty was generally regarded as a very valuable trait, but each organisation - each individual had different methods of generating that commodity..
Good solid higherarchy with support for the individual - makes sense in a big organisation.. bonus pay, access to perks and you got yourself a loyal happy bunny, works well for most corps.
Reason is that loyalty has been analysed and a number of routes identified in achieving it, all good managerially driven organisations will send their suits on a couple of courses with interesting sounding names, Value your Employees, make the most from your indispensible resources that kind of stuff..
Well Yen works for individuals, as a good starting point for most negotiations, as long term stuff has less relevance than good hard cash...
Gottal worked for Aztechnology, and had the ear of superiors, actually he had a few ears - trophies of traitors that he had been able to unmask and help to strip.
The fear generated by torturing another had been found to contain a massive loyalty bonus to promoting company interests.. the old ways had been brought back, supposedly Coatzecuattol had decided that the memories of two thousand years could be used to promote a newer reigime..
Carrot and stick - they had the stick alright but the carrot? riches and knowledge, and knowledge is power.. knowledge from a few thousand years was worth a lot... ancient information, ancient caches of knowledge...
A lot of it was woven into ritual, and lost under the paraphenalia, and memory changed - ancient magics were known, but dragons had a very different rationale, and that is what drove Aztechnology...
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Post by meg on Nov 13, 2006 9:34:48 GMT -5
Dear Dr Blaise,
Thank you for another year of my being able to contribute to the futhering of mystical wellbeing of your librarian service. As you know, I have been working in our field for five years since leaving the collegiate, furthering my own researches and progressing in my chosen fields, for which I owe your metoring a debt of gratitude. I have chosen to demonstrate my capability inthe field of Alchemical preparation by constructing my journeyman piece, which I shall complete by the end of the year. Upon finalisation, I am wondering if your offer of presenting me, my Doctorate in Mystical Philosophies at the college, would stil be open. I would would be a proud moment to have my collegiate Professor present me with the Doctorate through my House for so many fond years. My plans for the future are to include giving something back to the academic world, through tuition of students in the Alchemical pracktice. I understand that I have not yet gained my Dorctorate, and may seem overambitious and presumptuous in asuming that I have the qualities which you desire., yet it is my ambition to open a practical course of one year and one day, to students of the arcane, in the persuit of matters Mystical Philosophical. I would dearly welcome your comments upon these matters.
Madam, your Searvant
Megan Fredericks Ba MysPhil Ma AsPhil
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Post by meg on Nov 13, 2006 10:14:56 GMT -5
Meg sent out hand-written letters on parchment - boxed up and dispatched by courier... to nine prominent academics. Each she had links with, and each who had access to promising students. Point being that she was advertising in advance that she was setting up shop, setting up a set of practical courses that many colleges would find difficult if not impossible to run themselves. Politics both national and worse, internal could sink a new department if it was felt that it could create a new force that could provide influence in the future. The Lord High Protectorate in Britain forced all practitioners to register, in order to maintain a hold over mages.
Independance was the only way to escape the stifling throttle of shch politik, and far far away! Out of sigh tout of mind - students given a 'sandwich' year a full year out of their academic world, in order to create the work of alchemy.
Meg had already thought about the curriculum in lunar cycles, thirteen - four-week tours, starting with Talismongering in the field, then refining and radicalisation in the laboritory. Once she had her Doctorate she would have the cudos that demonstrated to academic institutions that she could teach Bachelor of Arts students.
There had to be a starting point, and it was very rare indeed for the self-taught to have any knowledge of alchemy, so she had to take students who already had a little training, so it had to be through rather than in spite of the institutions.
A year and a day - squeeze in enough training to make sure that each could come out with their own hand-crafted item. In return, the student work would belong to her, for which each student would be hansomly rewarded. She was thinking along the lines of 8000 creds a month, 100,000 a year, for around six students. Half a million a year outgoings. The return on this - well, six alchemists working for three months on magical oils.
if each could create two successful batches, then all costs could be met, and cover her own time - just. a little luck there could be twenty batches of oils - an Alchemist could make nearly anything, as the oils would make any creatings easy.... or at least within the realms of possibility
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Post by wolflet59 on Dec 4, 2006 11:36:12 GMT -5
FAO M. Fredericks BaHons Mystical Philosophy
Thank you for your kind invitation for our potential students. We are always open to innovative methods of furthering individual career opportunities, especially where students are guided under the auspices of collegiate representatives.
Of course, as you are looking to become a Fellow of John Dee College and therefore falling under our regulatory body, we will, upon completion of your Doctorate, contemplate future employment possibilities.
Being an exemplory student of the college in past years, and maintaining your participation in the college future through membership of the boards has allowed your application to be concidered. Without this established close cooperation, there would not be any way the college authorities could have even contemplated your application.
Your proposal has merit, especially coming from such a promising graduate.
As an aside, Dr Beakly sends his warmest regards to his'Most promising fledgeling hoping that you can show us how to spread our wings'
Sincerely Yours
A Runcie Principal, John Dee College of Mystical Philosophies.
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Post by meg on Dec 7, 2006 8:04:18 GMT -5
Meg read the reply - official information, college procedures and protocol, provisional acceptance though ! good news that.. Meg had maintained close ties with the academic foundations through meetings and committees, showing willing - playing the game, which gave her the recognition.
Recognition, not acceptance.
She hadnt expected her enquiry to be accepted, especially with the official college line being monitored by the Lord Protector's office.
The last part certainly indicated their want to expand - couched in metaphor that could be interperated to denote acceptance...Dr Beakly had been a mentor of hers in the third circle of the college, and the quote was not his, but from one of the alchemical texts on homuncuulii - if she began reading into this what it could mean, then it was about an artificial fabrication into which the creator put their essence... hmmmm
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Post by meg on Dec 8, 2006 7:16:36 GMT -5
Over the next four days of assembling and positioning the lodge materials around the inside of the industrial shed, Meg was able to pick up replies from the other academic organisations- all had the same theme, prove your worth then we'll think about it..
So her next priority was to spend what they would think a years work - she reconed on three or four months. She was good. Produce a Weapon focus, oil and all - her journeyman peice.
Most had some rider to indicate that if it was an academic course then it should be run under their own college juristriction, - in other words they wanted control.. which for Meg was out of the question- she diddnt want to haveto toe the line to any big organisation that was heavily corp funded and have to sing to their tune.
Thats why her idea was to encourage a few graduates with a little theory to take a year and a day out - and persue an independant specialist sandwitch year - an apprenticship with her.
the carrot? well all expenses paid and materials supplied - to leave with your own created focus which would provide proof of competence towards gaining a Doctorate, a solid grounding in the arts of alchemy - private tuition from an acknowledged leader in the field, and no future contract tie-ins with a funding corp.
Meg mentally ticked it off - a light powered Power focus had to be worth 200,000 , the materials to make it and facilities, along with the other costs of creation.. or a light weopan focus - more expensive as it had to contain mystic oil.
Compared to a professional freelance alchemist charging at around 50,000 a month to just do the work for you (if you could get hold of one) - that in itself was reasonable, especially as the students would have only primer knowledge and would have to learn a few other skills to help become capable rather than just promising.
Meg was looking to provide a comfortable lifestyle for thm, and a few high points as well.
It had occurred to her that there would be a lot of potential out on the streets, but to start with she had to make sure that it worked.
The benefits.. well after six months of training, they should be competent enough to try to create Olichalcorum - the oil - an essential for any weapon focus, and very useful for any focus anyway... each should be able to create a single unit to use, and another which Meg would use to cover her costs.. She could teach six with ease, the oil was worth about 100,000 a shot so a half mill would cover costs and leave a profit.
Or she could concentrate on creating the stuff herself... if the apprenticeship diddnt work out.
She dozed - planning ahead, looking to promote untapped potential.. Snake liked that - untapped potential, hidden talents.. include a novice - but how to find them without trawling the streets.. other awakened would know... ditch the academics and mould your own.. her head slid onto the cushions, a last hiss of breath before a light sssleep.
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Post by meg on Dec 8, 2006 11:30:34 GMT -5
The porter at John Dee college exchanged the data link with a practiced manouver, the embedded spychip activated at lunchtime only - avoiding the battery of bug detectors installed around the main site.
The electronic log soon wound its way to Whitehall - the Inquisitors depatment - actually the IQ department but for some reason.... the messages, student files reports tutorials and cctv were all analysed for cryptic comments .. one of which was a dispatch delivery from Seattle catching one operators curiosity
she zoomed in to enhance the return address - damn handwriting - it was too awkward to computer analyse - if they wanted to they could physically check that out - but would need a state permit. A swift bit of cross referencing with known associates pulled up half-a-dozen names linked to the college and Seattle -
After a few more hours checking the handwritten titbit, another two surfaced - one at Edinburgh the other at Aylesbury colleges .. academic Magical associations.. so what was Megan Fredericks contacting UK collegiate organisations for?
The State wheels slid into low gear, not a need to know, but a 'would like to know' - lower the accessibility of her files so the agency agents could make some preliminary investigations
Megan had become interesting, and she diddnt even know it.
The agency were freelancers, pick up a task from the bank of investigations that needed doing, low level tasks paid poorly, usually some time trawling local records, charges and costs generated.. set a spider up to weave overnight then send the dossier back, snap up the yen.
Oh yeah.. nice one.. I should make a handsome bonus on this one.. the faceless nark reviewed the MF file before putting in for a 1000 cred bonus
Megan Fredericks Registered shamanic practitioner Married to Freddy Fredericks.. his recent employment was locked out - but some swift hacking got the movement of files from NAN - a bonus in its own right, to Krass...
Recent 10,000 damage to their seafront shop, a dissapearance for a week off Seattle vids then they emptied out the shop - the vans hidden from screening ..
Freddy linked to a Star investigation into a bombing campaign...
the Lord Protectorates Office paid out the bounus and did a little more digging of their own
Now what was the status of operatives in the city.. two strike teams eliminated in an attempt to recover a rogue coven - Freddy's name again coming up in the remaining Captain's dossier
she drops from sight and he gets cloaked by Krass
within days Meg's files had been reviewed steadily up the chain of Civil Service command
She became officially 'of interest'
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