cyroa
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Post by cyroa on Sept 1, 2008 15:32:30 GMT -5
"Roger. You can go over the details later if you like. Recording the entire thing. Heading back now. ETA five minutes. Going back to playing Captain."
Wrench fed the drone a map of coordinates to keep it out of no-fly zones and to meet up with the van. Jumping out of the drone, he went back into Captain's Chair mode to do the rest of the surveillance.
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Post by Crimson D on Sept 1, 2008 16:52:24 GMT -5
((Jimmy Bean? wtf, is he getting paid in whiskey? Jim Bean, get it?))
The guy left the dinner and there was nothing I could really do from here. I waited in FE's car. While he was sitting down I manifested. "That went well, you need anything else or can I get back to my body?" If I freaked him out, it was all the better. I didn't let it show however.
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Post by Braddoc on Sept 1, 2008 17:01:46 GMT -5
He sat in his Americar and lid a smoke, then, looking at his read view mirror, he saw a form appear. He quickly pulled out his flick knife and got ready for..Shade. ...Damn Mage
"No, I'm all good. 'Might have some thing to take care of with Meg and you Mages...and Please don't pop outta the astral like that, one day I'll end up stabbing one of you."
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Post by Crimson D on Sept 1, 2008 17:34:25 GMT -5
I laughed. "You can't hurt me in this form but I would take it personally and we all know what happens when I do that." To prove my point I reached into the seat and my arm popped out of FE's chest. I faded back into the astral and headed for my body at the speed of thought. I knew where I was going plus I had my trail to follow.
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Post by scawire on Sept 1, 2008 17:40:29 GMT -5
Since the sit down with the money man was over Micro decides to check out the designated route for the return trip home. Well the meet went well I hope the ride back will be just as uneventful but better be ready encase it isn't. Micro drops to down to ground level and starts to fly the route the team will take to get back to Meg's doing his best to spot cybered up personal, mages, large groups or anything else that looks like it may be a group waiting to jump the team in transit. Will continue to repeat the sweep until the team is safe at base. Or until 5 hours out of his body which would drop his magic to 2.
Intelligence roll 6 [dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6]
Rule of 6 [dice=6][rand=8779434783238228092902515044016598097479542783668654804411692573]
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Post by Braddoc on Sept 1, 2008 17:42:30 GMT -5
Shade's arm passed through the seat and Four-Eyes' chest. He felt like he and a weight inside of his chest, like when you feel down and depressed, carrying some extra load. As soon as the arm disappeared and Shade vanished, he felt nothing. "you sum'bitch! The hell you did that for?..S..Shade?"
Realizing the Mage was gone, Four-Eyes just sighs, cursed Shade and made his way back to the commute
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Post by cxtwo on Sept 2, 2008 5:39:33 GMT -5
Disgrunteled Chuck packs up the LMG and gets back on the bike. Thinking Might as well go see a few of my contacts and spread a lil bit of cred around.
Nice that nothing happened but damn I just got better with this fragging thing ! Didn't even get to show off the new skills ! Chuck rides off.
SV This is Chuck I'm going to a bar or two to see if anyone I know might know something about the Vamps Meg was talking about.
Chuck heads to the bar by Arties place. The all Troll bar where he talks to the bartender and a few more of the people there he knows. While aroud he'll spend a K of cred to keep up his contacts but to night he decides to stop in and talk to Mixer, Nancy, Gauze and Hammer. To see what they may know.
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Post by gremlin on Sept 2, 2008 16:21:31 GMT -5
Henri finishes his 'kaf & food then joins F-E on the way back to the commute. "A meet that went to plan, you don't see one of those every day." Once there he buries himself in the library's optical chips for the next few days, trying to get his head around the basics of enchanting.
A few days later, his new toy arrives at his apartment and he sets to work stripping the bark & leaves off the branch he hauled back from his time in the wilds. He quickly finds that due to a combination of his inexperience and the level of care needed, this was going to be a much longer process than he anticipated.
OOC: Sorry about the short post & lack of detail. I'm very pushed for time right now. With any luck I should have more time to write properly soon.
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cyroa
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Post by cyroa on Sept 2, 2008 17:07:06 GMT -5
Wrench recalled his various drones, letting them dock easily. Once everything was squared away, he started up the van and headed back to the commune, checking for tails and signals all the way. Just in case of course...
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Post by Braddoc on Sept 2, 2008 19:25:12 GMT -5
Four-Eyes drives back to the Commute. There he go sees Meg and explain to her what happened (and of course, cough out the cash.)
"They did not have an once of magic on them Meg, at least the people I directly worked with and even their escort. That cousin business seems more or less viable; though we can maybe buy peace with them; that place got 'Organized Crime Front' writtin' all over it. It can help us get our foot in the door in Chinatown, more easy to meet the gangs and groups present.
Also, I've been thinking with Mr. Bean's cousin there. We both have families Meg, while I did take steps to keep'em outta the loop, you're a 'public' figure; We must keep in mind they, whoever 'they' are, can use your kids as a way to get what they want. I don't know if they go to school and such outside the compound, but we might have to spend security on them as well."
((how old are Meg's kids by the way? Like under 7 years old?..Maybe 9-10 years of age for the oldest?))
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Post by Crimson D on Sept 2, 2008 20:51:06 GMT -5
I jumped back into my body and exited my car. I liked keeping my body there in case shit went down i could turn the key and take off. I stretched working the kinks out and giggling at FE's expense. The poor bastard had a long way to go till we were even and until then I'd have my fun with'em. I started thinking about my new foci. I wanted it to look cool but I came to see this would destroy it's functionality. I had to suck it up and go with a standard ring design. I have Taz a quick to let him know I wouldn't need the robe and after a bit of talk I shelled out an extra 300 to reserve his forging services.
He tried talking me into a already researched formula he had for such things but I wanted a foci that was truly mine. Although I was getting tired of always using my poc sec. I missed owning a terminal. I had a image link already and gloves wouldn't cost much. I wanted some black leather mostly fingerless gloves. I always liked that style. I could get a ext. radio link. Brand new terminals were costly but since there legal even brand new on the black market they sold for next to nothing and I knew just the man for that.
I gave Safecracker a call next. I bullshit with him for while sharing war stories. Of course we always kept details to our selves just in case. I asked about the hardware I had in mind. I wanted a Sony Abacus with a radio link. A good one. He'd see what he could do in the meantime I'd take him out for drinks when I got off work. It'd been a while since we had time to hang out and what not. He always drug me to the same decker bar. It's a great place learn tips if you don't mind ease dropping.
A few beers here and there. It was a good night and in a few days I'd have my new hardware. SC had the software I needed so he was willing to cut me a deal. The problem was we were both drunk, so we'd wait for another day to take care of that little peace of biz. We took his van to the bar and when we got back to his place I set my alarm for a hour sooner so I could wake up and drive home. I had to shower and change into clean cloths after all
Driving back into civilization in the early morning hours was a sight in it's own to see. SC lived on the very edge of where people were willing to live. I remember helping him scout the place out. We had to hire guards to keep the building crews safe. Ghouls were still a common sight on the flat screens when the sun came down but they'd learned they couldn't get in. Even if they did they had a other hell waiting for them. I helped him design some of his defense systems as well. His drones were a sight too. They looked like large crabs with weapons that were enclosed on their backs. Their pincers were diktoe. They hid under the floor and in the celling down stairs. The lines around their hidy-holes were thin, they were easy to miss if you didn't know they were there. When I asked how he came up with their design he made one hell of a outlandish clam but I gave no stock.... then again he was good at what he did.
I woke up on his couch the next morning to the felling of being shook. I looked up. "Your poc sec's been going off for the past two minutes." I groaned and rose. He gave me some coffee. "This tastes kinda funny." "That's because I make enough money to have real coffee." Rather then drive back to my house I went downstairs and opened my trunk where I kept a travel bag and took a shower at his place and changed into my cloths there. I had a spare red sack i kept dirty cloths in. Once I stuffed that back in the trunk I had another cup of real coffee to go.
"I got some easy work for ya before I go." I asked him to look around for vampire activity in Seattle for the past 6 months. I wanted a clear view and tracking backwards would help. I sloted him 250 for his effort. I had a lot of time before work started and SC acutly talked me into getting a shadow account. "You wont have all that money on you anymore. In case you get mugged or something."
He informed me that my new hardware would be in my drop off box by the end of my work day in a few days.. Six at the latest.
I killed one night I could have been researching out drinking with SC but he was more then worth it. We were friends and it's hard to put a price on friendship.
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Post by wolflet59 on Sept 3, 2008 7:58:19 GMT -5
Meg chats with Wrench regards the car - Great idea there Wrench - though most of the cash we are pulling in will be going out just as fast - untill we stabilise which should be in a couple of months.. we just got an added bonus however I think a lot of that will go out on our own protection here..
Everyone - youve thiought about what this place may need to delay any strike - any idea of the cost?
I would thing there will be some yen involved in greasing the way into becoming a known operating firm in Seattle and avoiding being targetted by anyone who wants a slice.. that will mean our profile will be visible - means we get a little more attention - so we need to make sure we can look after ourselves - and also that others will be watcing our backs
Sounds like the meet went well - not just collecting but a potential freindly face in Chinatown. The recent Japcorp move on Calicit has forced out a lot of refugees who like the city life so Seattle will grow. Good or bad it will grow meaning more pressure and more people willing to muscle their way in.
How about looking into helping Jimmy Bean out.. at the very least we get a look around Chinatown which is our closest district if you discount the Renraku Archology. Gang interference will more than likley come from there - We may be able to provide certain specialist help to different families rather than just being seen as a potential source of revenue.. that would put our profile up again..
I cant see us being able to operate without being picked on in this playground unless we form alliances or demonstrate that we should be left alone. We're not big enough to be tough so we need to look out for connections.
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Post by Crimson D on Sept 3, 2008 13:38:26 GMT -5
I said the same thing every time Meg asked for ideas. "A bound high force air elemental would be a way to go. Get a few mages together for a ritual conjuring. I'm guessing at least 16 grand." I also decided to see if I could benefit the mages somehow. "I'd summon my own but it's so much money. Given were we're at, we'd need big spirits. We're trying to demonstrate power, right? Another idea would be summon more permanent watchers. This would also a little extra but despite your misgivings about watchers Meg, you simply need them. Simply put." I straightened my hat. "A alarm ward would be useful too. Doesn't keep them out but it lets us know their there. If we made the ward in pizza shape slices, we could do it in several days." I hooked my thumbs on my pockets. "At the very least you need air superiority. Or you could level the playing field with a high powered jammer. Keep their drones grounded. I'm sure Wrench could come up with something. Right Wrench?"
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Post by Braddoc on Sept 3, 2008 16:18:55 GMT -5
"Right well, sounds good for magical defence then..You're the expert Shade, I handle the meaty side of things. I could set up a meeting with Mr. Bean and his cousin, if only to see what's her problem, and maybe cut some sort of deal; can't really help her if we dunno what she's doing wrong. 'Can do that while you guys set up a better magical perimeter."
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Post by scawire on Sept 3, 2008 17:42:33 GMT -5
Micro returns to his meat shell when the team gets back to base, then proceeds to let Meg know what he is up to. Hey there Meg, I already asked if I can use your Library to do some research, I plan on setting up a cot in the library area I'm not sure how long it will be. If you need me for something I'm important that is where I'll be if you can handle it with out me I'd love to have the time to research but I will be on site if needed. 2nd I'm planing on moving out of my old apartment into a smaller cheaper place (Med level) I've decided to move into the area around here so if it is my day off and I'm at home it will not take too long for me to get here, the down side is it won't be easy to shake tails from here to my home since I plan on being so close. Micro waits to hear what Meg has to say,Thanks again for lending me your library that will save me a bundle of Nuyen I can now use for other stuff. Micro then heads to the library to start his research ASAP. (I've already rolled for the research it is in the Train N' shop)
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