FIVE 13

[18:44:27] <@Fats> You're going back to the windy sopkas of Seattle of the East, Vladivostok.
[18:44:27] <@Fats> Past your windows flies the alienation zone around the Transsib; cleared either by logging or burning down the forests along it. Unlike the noisy third class, your two second class coupes silence both the low-level chatter from the passageway and the noise of the wheels. Two empty berths wait for Chingiz and Rose. Combat drones from the armoured train before you still do their show-off fly-bys.
[18:44:28] <@Fats> As the sun draws near the horizon, the train slows down for one more station; this is the one where your courier is supposed to join you.
[18:44:31] <@Fats> Anything you plan to do before he arrives?
[18:45:59] <Kit_Remoni> * curious: can flyby combat drone shoot through the glass or is the glass bulletproof?
[18:46:51] <Kit_Remoni> = What's your plan to deal with Rosie when she gets here?
[18:47:09] <Kit_Remoni> = Given that she probably has interest in the goods
[18:47:32] <Nebokhod> * bullets will teleport directly into your brain.
[18:47:39] <@Fats> Kit glances along the plane of the window; the glass is obviously thin, non-bulletproof. As a further confirmation, he recalls how easily the SOFR operatives left through the windows on their way to Izhevsk.
[18:47:59] <@Fats> * nooooo teleeeeeportation in the setting!
[18:48:23] <@Fats> * Also, Nebokhod, we decided to wait for you to arrive and give you the honour of uploading the logs from the previous session :3
[18:49:28] <Nebokhod> * traitors all.
[18:49:54] <Kit_Remoni> * I could try to break into the drone to have surprise advantage
[18:50:14] <Kit_Remoni> * Though given that it's quite probably milspec it would be a pain in the ass
[18:51:18] <Nebokhod> = Plans are for the pussies. Overwhelming firepower is the way of man.
[18:51:48] <Che> = I have a bad feeling about this.
[18:52:17] <Kit_Remoni> = Overwhelming firepower is not something we posess currently
[18:52:34] <Kit_Remoni> = Unless you figure spirits into equation as well
[18:53:44] <Kit_Remoni> * 10#sd matrixperception to get some idea about firewall toughness
[18:53:45] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 10) 5 hits
[18:54:03] <Che> = We can try to delay Rose on her boarding, so we can safely move to soe other place with courier.
[18:54:10] <Che> *m
[18:54:35] <@Fats> Appears to be a milspec, but not SOTA. Rating 5, you'd say.
[18:55:22] <Kit_Remoni> = Hmm.. I could drop this underling-fucker a note regarding her.
[18:56:35] <Che> = We just need around 10 minutes to drop her out of our tail.
[18:57:59] <Kit_Remoni> * how long is until chertova gora?
[18:58:11] <Kit_Remoni> = Though would be funny if SHE is our courier
[18:58:33] <Nebokhod> = Could be a bodyguard.
[18:58:56] <@Fats> * Some 8 hours from the time you hopped on the train, if you need to do something requiring preparations; some 10 minutes away if you don't :3
[18:59:00] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats, how do we know courier is who he is?
[18:59:15] <Nebokhod> = Anyway, prepare the tricks but do not engage them.
[18:59:29] <Kit_Remoni> * do we have like passphrase or smth?
[19:00:21] <@Fats> * yes, "Tired of the Buryats killing each other"
[19:00:57] <Kit_Remoni> * will check Ivan's commlink for an official messages like this. Orientirovkas and stuff
[19:01:14] <Kit_Remoni> * also how many of those drones are around?
[19:02:31] <@Fats> He does have two lists of criminals at large: one to be detained if seen, one not to be touched and reported to the authorities.
[19:03:23] <@Fats> Four drones are flying in a formation above your train, two slightly before it and two slightly after. Every once in a while their controller makes one of them make a pass along the windows to show the passengers it's there.
[19:04:49] <Kit_Remoni> * so spider as well. not all that nice. I'll download both lists from Ivan and share with the crew
[19:05:22] <@Fats> When the train slows down around the areas the Yakuts sabotaged, the drone circle it.
[19:05:47] <@Fats> Neither Rose nor Chingiz on the list
[19:06:32] <Kit_Remoni> * If I added someone to this list, will he know when that someone shows up?
[19:07:00] <Kit_Remoni> * or I'll need to get that info to him first?
[19:08:26] <Che> = Hm, we can let them board, and watch their relations. I doubt Rose will go on killing spree the moment train moves.
[19:08:27] <@Fats> * As you figure yout after a bit of fiddling, passenger background checks are run when they board the train. Once they do, a picture the attendant's cybereyes take goes to Ivan and somewhere else via the sat uplink.
[19:09:24] <Che> = If she is his bodyguard we can work freely, if not then we'll drop her as soon as we can.
[19:10:34] <Kit_Remoni> * OK. I'll put feed from the background check to myself. I assume with admin rights I can block sat uplink
[19:11:29] <@Fats> * You can; but you have no way to know if it will be noticed
[19:12:38] <Kit_Remoni> * well, only way they can know that is if they expect some specific pictures. I'm not blocking right now, I'm just looking.
[19:13:42] <Kit_Remoni> * OK. I think that's enough for me. Anyone else wants to do smth before the show?
[19:13:56] <Nebokhod> *nah
[19:14:49] <Kit_Remoni> * Che?
[19:16:29] <Che> * Nope.
[19:16:56] <Che> ** Wait! I need fresh bottle of wine!
[19:17:11] <@Fats> * okay, let me just pour myself some tea
[19:17:43] <Che> * Also, I'm all out of pierogis.
[19:18:42] <Kit_Remoni> * I'll second the tea
[19:21:24] <@Fats> * who's in which compartment? You have two: one where you will be joined by the courier, and the other to yourself
[19:21:58] <Kit_Remoni> * Are there cams? I
[19:22:07] <Che> * I think we can leave Kit in our.
[19:22:11] <Kit_Remoni> * I'd suggest our own until they come in
[19:22:45] <@Fats> * there are no cams by default in the individual compartments, no
[19:25:38] <Kit_Remoni> * I'll default a small sprite to monitor the feed and ping me when rose and chingis show up. I'll warn others then
[19:25:56] <Kit_Remoni> * the feed from boarding checks, I mean
[19:26:00] <Kit_Remoni> * otherwise I skip
[19:29:35] <Che> * So?
[19:29:56] <@Fats> The train arrives, and just as promptly, the people whose portraits you saw associated with the SINs that purchased the train tickets arrive in the compartment assigned.
[19:29:56] <@Fats> Chingiz is an old hunched Buryat who appears weathered and worn by the hardships of living in an Awakened metahuman-phobic tyranny. He's carrying a large, equally worn suitcase, heavy locks on its upper side.
[19:29:56] <@Fats> Rose is just as you saw her on the EVO Friends, flamboyant. Her bulky cyberarms are polished, shining chrome and glass with mechanisms swirling inside; the denim jacket without sleeves appears worn in all the right places. On her shoulder, a white, slightly glowing raven sits, eyeing you suspiciously. She gives you her best smile, not at all threatening, as Chingiz raises the lower berth, drops his suitcase there, and climbs in a klutzy manner to
[19:30:00] <@Fats> his own upper one.
[19:30:01] <@Fats> You hear him murmur under his breath: "When will I get some peace and quiet; I'm tired of the Buryats killing each other..." as he flops on the berth, turning his back to you. Rose, in turn, sits on her place, trying to start up a conversation.
[19:30:58] <@Fats> She as chatty as she is shallow; her interests apparently end with neo-synth-dubstep and new underground clubs around Vladivostok.
[19:31:47] <Che> * What should we reply to courier?
[19:31:51] <Kit_Remoni> * tell her about Castle of Rock %)
[19:32:29] <@Fats> * Che, you're not supposed to.
[19:32:33] * Che welcomes new faces and compliments Rose on her arms. Also tells her about Castle of Rock.
[19:33:37] <Nebokhod> 7#sd assensing.
[19:33:38] * Che tries to find someone selling pierogis.
[19:33:38] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 7) 3 hits
[19:33:55] <@Fats> She chirps gladly about the club, having apparently been to it on several occasions. She appears a fine connoisseur of party drugs, willing to discuss the particulars of the ones served in this club and that, in meticulous detail. VERY wordy.
[19:34:42] <@Fats> Che, you find a grandma selling hers at some tiny station that'd be lost in the taiga if not for the alienation zone policy.
[19:35:16] <Che> * Ah, we moving already.
[19:36:21] * Nebokhod inquires politely about the name of the raven.
[19:36:43] <@Fats> * With the kind of chat Rose engages you in, you've been moving for hours, Che
[19:37:15] * Che offers wine and pierogis to co-travellers and continues to chat with Rose.
[19:37:55] <@Fats> Nebokhod, well, Kit's data on Rose being a razorgirl proves true: in her aura, you can hardly see an untouched bit, needles of butchered essence sipping here and there from the maimed core
[19:38:10] <Nebokhod> * and the raven?
[19:41:27] * Che invites Rose to visit bar-car with him to not bother their co-travellers with synth-talk.
[19:41:29] * Kit_Remoni is drinking orangeade with AR having both WoF and biz-talk-feed windows open
[19:43:12] <@Fats> In addition to the cyberarms, she has implants throughout her body; indeed more synthetic than natural as your contact joked. Judging by the location and shape, you'd say she has at least the standard streetsam set of cybereyes and cyberears, then in her head an attention coprocessor, a sleep regulator and a commlink tied to her fiberoptic glowing pink hair; what must be an olfactory booster up her nose, and a multitude of both cyberware and biowa
[19:43:13] <@Fats> re implants throughout her body of which you can make out an autoinjector and platelet factories, but you're sure there must be more.
[19:43:26] <@Fats> Nebokhod, the raven appears to be a bound guardian spirit.
[19:44:02] <Kit_Remoni> * would that spirit confirm to her that Luke is a mage?
[19:44:34] <Nebokhod> * anyway to track the mage?
[19:44:52] <Nebokhod> = Kit, tap her roses commos. She has magical backup.
[19:45:24] <Nebokhod> *- her Rose's
[19:45:47] <Kit_Remoni> * 11#sd thread scanner
[19:45:47] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 11) 3 hits
[19:46:02] <Kit_Remoni> * 12 dice faderesist - will buy it
[19:46:04] <@Fats> Che, she gladly joins you; the rimmed rubber pads covering her cyberhand are surprisingly hard. She appears solidly competent in personal augmentation, and soon you're chatting on cyberware suites, relative benefits of same implants by different producers, etcetera. It appears she is more competent in the issue than you, easily pointing out the minor changes in sublicensed models, for instance.
[19:46:33] <@Fats> * Yes, the spirit could and likely did.
[19:46:38] <Kit_Remoni> 9#sd scan for hidden nodes on her
[19:46:39] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 9) 2 hits
[19:46:45] <Kit_Remoni> *reroll
[19:46:50] <Kit_Remoni> 7#sd
[19:46:50] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 7) 3 hits
[19:47:12] <@Fats> * Nope. Nothing you'd be able to see/
[19:47:18] <Che> = Guys, try to make bussiness, while I'm walking our Rose.
[19:48:06] <Kit_Remoni> * So I can't get her commlink with 5 successes?
[19:48:30] * Che poses as technical specialist at some company working in the docks.
[19:48:32] <@Fats> * oh, you can. It just isn't in a hidden mode.
[19:48:55] <@Fats> Rose pretends she believes almost believingly
[19:48:58] <Kit_Remoni> * whew. worried for a bit. So nothing hidden on her
[19:49:10] <@Fats> * not to your knowledge
[19:49:37] <Kit_Remoni> 10#sd check out her commlink
[19:49:37] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 10) 1 hit
[19:50:01] <Kit_Remoni> * is it enough for base stats or I need more?
[19:50:13] <Che> * ... why I'm so bad at posing? Nobody believes me these days...
[19:50:42] <Kit_Remoni> * maybe because she is clear you are opposition?
[19:51:10] <@Fats> Rose gulps down the buckwheat caviar she ordered and half-drags you back to your compartment, Che. She raises her berth and drops a pouch off her person near the suitcase Chingiz left there. Then he plops back to her seat, putting her feet on the one opposite.
[19:51:11] <Kit_Remoni> * since spirit probably told her about you being wired
[19:51:41] <Kit_Remoni> * BTW, where's heckfy?
[19:51:56] <Nebokhod> *woot?
[19:52:11] <Che> * Comparing to her I'm not even close to being wired.
[19:52:17] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, you can't exactly estimate how good her commlink is; but it appears like a hard nut to crack.
[19:52:19] <Kit_Remoni> * As in you could do stuff while she was out
[19:52:29] <Kit_Remoni> * 9#sd tryagain
[19:52:29] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 9) 3 hits
[19:52:45] <@Fats> * System 5, Firewall 6.
[19:53:09] <Che> * Yeah, Nebokhod should have worked deal with courier.
[19:53:10] <Kit_Remoni> * fuckshit, drones of death out there are easier to crack
[19:53:48] <Che> * Damn, how many newyen on/in her?
[19:54:00] <@Fats> * Yeah, cause drones are old army stuff, and Rose is a razorgirl trying to follow the SOTA
[19:54:05] <Nebokhod> * LOOOT.
[19:54:06] <Kit_Remoni> * mostly in, I think.
[19:54:10] <@Fats> * more than in you :3
[19:54:40] * Che asks Rose about her car by the way.
[19:54:46] <Kit_Remoni> * well, 12#sd against 14#sd cracksquid
[19:54:46] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 12) 7 hits; (pool 14) 4 hits
[19:54:59] <Nebokhod> * what does the pouch looks like?
[19:55:39] <Che> = I just hope there were no drones/spirits in that pouch.
[19:55:56] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, I believe we agreed the squid adds his hits to your pool, as if buying them. That is, simply increasing your pool by 3.
[19:55:57] <Kit_Remoni> * 12#sd vs 8
[19:55:58] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 12) 3 hits
[19:56:01] <Che> = Neb, do you asked courier in our absence?
[19:56:15] <Nebokhod> = About what?
[19:56:37] <@Fats> Nebokhod, the pouch is a little flat denim thing she had at her side; must be some cosmetics or something.
[19:56:44] <Che> = About bussiness we all are here?
[19:56:46] <Kit_Remoni> 9#sd reroll
[19:56:46] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 9) 1 hit
[19:56:52] <Kit_Remoni> * 4 phys.
[19:57:21] <@Fats> * oh, you're compiling?
[19:57:43] <Kit_Remoni> * yep. sprites de-rez after 8 hours, which we already spent since that time.
[19:57:48] <Kit_Remoni> * also fading's a bitch
[19:58:17] <@Fats> Che, she appears to be a bike rider, explaining to you in excruciating detail why nothing not produced by EVO is worth riding at all.
[19:58:38] <Nebokhod> = Are we even supposed to talk to him at all?
[19:58:54] <Kit_Remoni> = Would be useful to know from him if she's with us or against
[19:59:03] <Kit_Remoni> = Especially since I'm about to hack her shit
[19:59:22] <Kit_Remoni> = Which is good shit BTW
[20:00:02] * Che tells her how he wants to try flying something being industrial rigger and all.
[20:00:29] <Nebokhod> = We'll apologise later, in case of friendlies.
[20:00:29] <Kit_Remoni> * 10#sd thread exploit
[20:00:30] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 10) 3 hits
[20:01:16] <Nebokhod> * also, can i track the mage that summoned spirit?
[20:01:24] <Che> * Yes, remind me what are we supposed to do with courier?
[20:02:23] <Nebokhod> * he'll "forget" the suitcase eventually.
[20:02:32] <Kit_Remoni> * autoresist; 16,12#sde probing
[20:02:32] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 16, threshold 12) 3 passes, 16 hits
[20:02:43] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, I suppose you could, by his astral signature
[20:02:45] <Kit_Remoni> * in about 3h she can make one poke at my stealth
[20:02:57] <@Fats> * and your stealth is?
[20:03:09] <Kit_Remoni> * or squids. Hmm.. squid's stealthier. Can I use his stealth?
[20:03:16] <Kit_Remoni> * his is 7, mine is 5
[20:03:22] <@Fats> * if he's the one logging in
[20:03:41] <Nebokhod> * what should i roll for tracking?
[20:03:46] <Kit_Remoni> * let's say he's logging in
[20:03:49] <@Fats> * one way or another, her commlink does not detect her
[20:04:21] * Che continues to overload Rose speech processors.
[20:05:00] <Kit_Remoni> * so we've got admin account? OK. will buy hits for thread edit and cleanup logs, then look around
[20:05:56] * Kit_Remoni works in tandem with a cybersquid, patting him on his purple head in the meanwhile
[20:05:58] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, Following an astral link requires an Assensing + Intuition (5, 1 hour) Extended Test. Докинь еще 5 к таргет намберу за Target behind mana barrier
[20:06:20] <Kit_Remoni> * I see Fats is upping the opposition
[20:06:21] <@Fats> Che, she appears much more likely to overload yours.
[20:06:34] <@Fats> * Kit, not quite.
[20:06:40] <Nebokhod> 7,10#sde
[20:06:40] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 7, threshold 10) 4 passes, 10 hits
[20:09:16] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, it's a neat EVO Ibis host, sculpted like a five-room flat overlooking the Vladivostok bay; the myriad combat and civilian ships casting lights in the dark. You search around, producing the datachips representing commtalk records and commmail; in the medkit on the wall you find implant diagnostics; in a notebook on the table, her contact list.
[20:11:13] <@Fats> Nebokhod, you switch to astral and follow the link tethering the spirit on Rose's shoulder to its summoner, and ultimately, to this plane of existance. First the glowing thread leads you along the Transsib, then turns North, and you fly deep into the no-man's land in Buryatia, where the Russian Army, the Sagan-Zaba and the Awakened Yakut fight their battles.
[20:11:57] * Kit_Remoni feels somewhat unsure - he's used to corporate hosts, nodes of clubs and restaurants and trains, sometimes to ugly gangster commnodes, but rarely something so neat and.. nice. Homely, even. "Okay, I'm really sorry if you're just a bodyguard. I just need to be safe, okay?"
[20:12:01] <@Fats> Finally, you stand before a shamanic lodge, its form glowing warm yellow light in the murky green darkness of the Siberian astral.
[20:12:25] <Kit_Remoni> * drop exploit, thread stealth 10#sd
[20:12:25] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 10) 1 hit
[20:12:38] <Kit_Remoni> 9#sd retry
[20:12:39] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 9) 3 hits
[20:12:43] <@Fats> * glolious
[20:12:45] <Kit_Remoni> * 8 stealth
[20:13:12] <@Fats> * okay, noted. There must be IC in the node, but you see no sign of it detecting you.
[20:13:21] <Nebokhod> 7#sd trying to gauge the strength of the barrier.
[20:13:22] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 7) 0 hits
[20:14:26] <Nebokhod> 11#sd military to remember if there werer shamans in red army.
[20:14:26] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 11) 3 hits
[20:15:34] <@Fats> * Yeah, there were indeed shamans in the Red Army, mostly Russian Rodnover pagan ones; but also from the minority ethnicities as well.
[20:16:33] <Kit_Remoni> * I have admin account. Can't I just check programs running in the node?
[20:16:41] <Nebokhod> * can i discern details of the material plane around the lodge?
[20:18:10] <@Fats> * You can. There's EVO Advanced Guardian in the node, sculpted as the home security system. It runs Analyze for every user in the node every turn.
[20:18:48] <Kit_Remoni> * What it takes to make him ignore me?
[20:20:18] <Kit_Remoni> * I can just stop him, sure, but I want to check other options
[20:20:22] <@Fats> Nebokhod, only dimly, as usual. It appears to be a tribal settlement like you know the Yakutian metahuman nomads establish when they want contact with the outside world, a weird mix of yarangas, old Army and modern-day tourist tents gathered around the central fire.
[20:20:50] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, he's ignoring you simply because he has no chance of punching through your Stealth
[20:21:10] <Nebokhod> * i return to my body.
[20:22:05] <Kit_Remoni> * ok. I'll go through commlink records looking to find Rose's current mission
[20:25:35] <@Fats> Nebokhod, you have to presume providing a bound spirit is just a service some shamans provide.
[20:26:05] <Kit_Remoni> * would I not be busy I'd comment buryat shamans and buryat courier might be linked
[20:26:10] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, you quickly find that Rose is just as chatty online as she is in person. Roll Computer+Edit to find anything.
[20:27:06] <Kit_Remoni> * oh, btw. 9#sd scan for data bombs
[20:27:06] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 9) 2 hits
[20:27:07] <Nebokhod> = Say, was that bird very expensive?
[20:27:28] <Kit_Remoni> * and sprite will roll 14#sd
[20:27:28] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 14) 7 hits
[20:27:33] <Kit_Remoni> * for computer + edit
[20:28:25] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, via the subvoc?!
[20:28:42] <Nebokhod> *-
[20:29:20] <Nebokhod> * via voice, obv, probably had subvoc pretyped
[20:31:00] <@Fats> Rose replies in a quarter-hour tirade on how she had to pay to find someone who'd bind her a spirit, and how much the travel to inner Buryatia cost her, and how the shaman initially did not want to see her because she was a razorgirl with a bunch of implants, but then broke after she sent him gifts through his aides repeatedly, and how the ritual dance was long and stupid, and how much trouble she had getting back around the Border Guard, all in m
[20:31:01] <@Fats> inute detail
[20:31:31] <@Fats> If she is to be believed, it came up to some 20k in total, as far as you could keep track of her tale.
[20:31:36] <Kit_Remoni> * OK. I did not expect her to be this open
[20:31:49] <Kit_Remoni> * I do wonder will she openly tell if she's out here to kill us
[20:31:53] <Kit_Remoni> * ?
[20:32:37] <Kit_Remoni> * Also 20k is indeed crazy. Curious what does it do
[20:32:51] <Nebokhod> - Pretty steep price, i would say. Woudn't it be cheaper somewhere closer to home?
[20:33:02] <@Fats> * it is a guardian spirit, Rating 6, bound and ordered to serve her.
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[20:34:35] <Kit_Remoni> * oops.
[20:34:37] <@Fats> - Perhaps it would, if you're with the UGB or something. Who else can get those priestly types to summon them a spirit? 'sides, their angels and flaming snakes look stupid as hell, - the raven quoths, as if to agree with her point.
[20:34:51] <@Fats> * yeah, this is unusual
[20:35:09] <Kit_Remoni> * how do we get bot back?
[20:35:27] <Kit_Remoni> * also, I'm not sure about spirits - does this thing mean she has unlimited services?
[20:36:07] <Nebokhod> * no it means, that spirit doesn't autodisrupts at dawn/dusk
[20:36:48] <@Fats> * and that she can use the services instead of the original summoner
[20:36:54] <Kit_Remoni> * I mean my sprites have limited tasks whether they are registered or not, just registered won't disappear. But spending 20k for a limited number of tasks you cannot increase?
[20:37:30] <Nebokhod> * it is actually matches up with her profile.
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[20:38:56] <@Fats> * you can ask her about it :3
[20:39:02] * Nebokhod calls up Madam Darya to enquire about the cost of a bound spirit like the burya raven.
[20:39:08] <Nebokhod> *buryat
[20:39:55] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats, I'm serious. Like how many services it gets the buyer? 10? 20? 1K per spirit6 service feels a bit much.
[20:40:53] <Nebokhod> * 3-4 i think.
[20:41:01] <Che> * Well, if you have so many newyens...
[20:41:23] <Kit_Remoni> * I mean it's cheaper to hire a mage himself
[20:41:31] <Che> * And there're people out there who wants you dead...
[20:42:04] <Kit_Remoni> * I should start selling registered sprites
[20:42:15] <Kit_Remoni> * it would be crazy more profitable than this job
[20:42:40] <@Fats> Nebokhod, the cost varies greatly depending on the people you know. Naturally, some mages will give you a bound spirit for free as long as you're with the same megacorp or gang or runner troupe. Finding someone who'd risk his life and limb to sell bound spirit services commercially is rather hard, so there's no average price on the market, except perhaps for the baseline of 500Y x spirit rating x number of services
[20:45:47] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats, what about my actions btw?
[20:46:19] <@Fats> * which ones?
[20:46:48] <@Fats> * also, Lucas is costing you 8k just for his run alone, and so far he has been nothing but trouble :3
[20:47:47] <Nebokhod> * i've got us a contact!!111
[20:48:23] <Kit_Remoni> * 8k is less then 20. and he can get better spirits, and for as long as mission requires
[20:49:07] <Kit_Remoni> * >>which ones | I've asked sprite to look through rose's comm records with his 7hits
[20:49:10] <Che> * And we can send him to fetch wine and pierogis!
[20:49:26] <@Fats> * And perhaps die in the process of binding. Or summoning. and yeah, 8k is less than 20k, but it keeps piling up, and if you're smart, you won't need the spirit's support at all.
[20:49:35] <@Fats> * oh
[20:50:54] <@Fats> The sprite finds that a fair share of Rose's runs are through someone calling her, dropping a few cryptic details and disconnecting; it is usually up to Rose herself to profit from the deal afterward.
[20:52:08] <Kit_Remoni> * what is her current mission?
[20:52:21] <Kit_Remoni> * at least those cryptic details
[20:53:51] <Che> * And how much profit she expects?
[20:53:56] <@Fats> * "Transsib A165, 7, 12, Chingiz, in three days, suitcase full of want"
[20:55:12] * Kit_Remoni sends message to others: 'Guys, here's this lovely razor-motormouth-lady mission parameters
[20:55:20] <Kit_Remoni> * copy above
[20:55:39] <Kit_Remoni> = Looks like she's opposition after all
[20:56:01] <Nebokhod> = Yeah, seems so.
[20:56:09] <Che> = Aww, I almost started to like her...
[20:56:11] <Kit_Remoni> * does her commlink have her detailed cyberware stats?
[20:57:47] <@Fats> * You could deduct the details of her implants based on the diagnostic data you've found, if you know your way around 'ware, yes.
[20:57:54] <Nebokhod> * better yet, has she a cyberware open to hacking, for that 5e feel?
[20:58:11] <@Fats> * don't get me started, please :3
[20:59:01] <Kit_Remoni> = Understandable. Would be nice to avoid combat, but I'm not sure it is possible. I can get our friend Ivan her info for detainment, but with her skill I doubt it will do anything but bloodbath. There are combat drones behind the window, but it won't be easy. Other options?
[21:00:16] <@Fats> * just as a sidenote, hearing what someone is saying via a subvoc mic is a Perception(Audial)-4 test :3
[21:01:12] <Kit_Remoni> * can we retroactively switch to cybereyes messaging?
[21:01:18] <Nebokhod> * we're texting! join the digital age!
[21:02:03] <Nebokhod> * cause subvoking or no, the throat has to make sounds.
[21:02:13] <Che> * I'm using my controlrig/data jack to message.
[21:02:33] <@Fats> * you can, but I suggest it's marked in some way other than =. Like, [] or something
[21:02:46] <Kit_Remoni> * OK
[21:02:47] <Che> * Ah, ok.
[21:02:58] <Che> ~ !
[21:03:18] <Che> + Or should it be...
[21:03:39] <Kit_Remoni> * + was traditionally for trid phantasm speak
[21:03:43] <Kit_Remoni> * %)
[21:03:49] <Nebokhod> * yeah
[21:04:19] <Kit_Remoni> ~ So can you guys make something out of this? *send medical data from her*
[21:04:51] <Kit_Remoni> ~ I do prefer not to fight, first of all because she's outperforms everyone here except perhaps Luke's spirits.
[21:05:04] <Kit_Remoni> *-'s
[21:05:26] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats, can I spoof message from the same account as mission one?
[21:05:32] <Che> ~ Can we use spirits to disable her?
[21:05:55] <Nebokhod> ~she has one of her own.
[21:06:33] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, potentially
[21:07:31] <Nebokhod> * can i check if the spirit is performing a task?
[21:08:09] <@Fats> * hm? what is it that you want to learn?
[21:09:17] <Nebokhod> * well, if the spirit is awaiting her command it is one thing, if it is actively defending her - it's another.
[21:10:54] <Kit_Remoni> * meanwhile will cleanup logs
[21:11:09] <@Fats> * roll kno:magical theory, would you kindly
[21:11:36] <Nebokhod> 14#sd
[21:11:37] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 14) 7 hits
[21:11:58] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, okay. You walk up to the entrance door of the flat and erase yourself from the list of visitors near it
[21:12:55] <Kit_Remoni> ~ Possible way: initiate wide security sweep, 'detain' chingiz and his suitcase, with us not being an opposition. Then retrieve the stuff from Ivan by threatening to expose him. This MAY provoke bloodbath, but also will allow us to distract her.
[21:13:05] <Kit_Remoni> * what time do we have until arriving?
[21:13:18] <@Fats> Nebokhod, more often than not, bound spirits loaned to another are simply ordered to "protect them from threats", counting every combat as a service
[21:13:23] <Kit_Remoni> * BTW, guys, if she has THAT much money to blow on a spirit, SHE might have a boat
[21:13:44] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, you have two days
[21:14:52] * aaa13 (~quassel@wrar.name) Quit (SSL I/O error)
[21:18:13] <Kit_Remoni> * so what do we do?
[21:19:00] <@Fats> * yes, what do you do? the clock ticks hours away, but Rose does not appear tired at all
[21:19:27] <Nebokhod> * on what station chingiz is supposed to leave the train?
[21:20:02] <Kit_Remoni> * Yes, we should know that according to his ticket data, and I can pull it from train
[21:20:17] <Kit_Remoni> * actually I already did that earlier when I found out he's boarding
[21:21:26] <Che> * And when leaves Rose?
[21:23:32] <@Fats> * Chingiz is taking off at Burlit-Volochaevsky, a day and twelve hours from now (it is now midnight of the first day of three of your journey back)
[21:23:47] <@Fats> * Rose has a ticket to Vladivostok
[21:25:25] <Nebokhod> * do we have a fix on hers approximate Strength and Body?
[21:27:15] <@Fats> * your assensing did not give you this data, yu can try with perception(visual) if you want
[21:28:20] <Nebokhod> 10#sd
[21:28:20] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 10) 5 hits
[21:28:24] <Kit_Remoni> * We also have bunch of medical data from her, which I don't have enough knowledge to use
[21:28:37] <Nebokhod> * maybe che has something?
[21:28:52] <Che> * Hmm, can we leave with courier and then seek other means of transportation?
[21:29:20] <Kit_Remoni> * I assume she'll at the very least follow us
[21:30:01] <Che> * We can try to detain her via security on our way out.
[21:30:24] <Nebokhod> * btw, check her pouch, maybe there's some tech in it.
[21:30:30] <Kit_Remoni> * We can, but she'll probably tear through them.
[21:30:47] <@Fats> Nebokhod, she is surprisingly lithe under that denim of hers, if you discount the huge cyberarms and the pecs binding them to her breastbone.
[21:30:48] <Nebokhod> * better them, then us.
[21:30:55] <Kit_Remoni> * If we were able to skedaddle while she does that it would be nice, but that's unknown city
[21:31:05] <@Fats> * Body 3 Str 2
[21:31:23] <Kit_Remoni> * Besides that being callous, I doubt they'll slow her down enough
[21:32:08] <Kit_Remoni> * Does she have any history of calling the number the directives came from, or its just texts?
[21:34:09] <@Fats> * it's commcalls, and rare ones at that
[21:34:47] <Kit_Remoni> * I need 'imitate voice' complex form %)
[21:36:16] <Nebokhod> * how big is the window in our compartment?
[21:36:33] <Che> * ThisisSparta her off?
[21:36:40] <Che> ** out
[21:36:49] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, Computer+Edit works for that if you have ample samples
[21:37:00] <Kit_Remoni> ~ Option: I could imitate text from the employer for her, that he's held at gunpoint to push her to abort the mission. If she calls him I could send call to one of you to imitate the 'adversary'
[21:37:09] <Kit_Remoni> ~ what do you think, Luke?
[21:37:14] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, same as in modern-day trains
[21:37:50] <Che> ~ Sounds crazy enough.
[21:38:25] <Kit_Remoni> ~ Let me look if I can emulate just enough voice from the employer to imitate panicked dude at gunpoint
[21:38:41] <Kit_Remoni> * last computer+edit from sprite 14#sd
[21:38:41] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 14) 6 hits
[21:38:59] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats?
[21:39:00] <Nebokhod> ~ Maybe message that opportunity window has passed, buyer has skedaddled and the suitcase is full of nope.
[21:39:33] <@Fats> * sounds good enough to you
[21:39:56] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats, question is how much I can imitate with available voice data?
[21:40:01] <Che> ~ And then, if she tries to call back we can emulate dade-at-gunpoint.
[21:40:06] <Che> **u
[21:40:28] <Kit_Remoni> ~ Yep, that's what I was suggesting.
[21:40:32] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats, can we do that
[21:41:14] <Kit_Remoni> * ?
[21:41:16] <@Fats> * he normally calls her; reading the messages in that cryptic old man voice.
[21:41:25] <@Fats> <Fats> The sprite finds that a fair share of Rose's runs are through someone calling her, dropping a few cryptic details and disconnecting; it is usually up to Rose herself to profit from the deal afterward.
[21:41:44] <@Fats> * But yeah, you have enough samples to try and piece something together
[21:42:04] <Kit_Remoni> * OK. 6 hits above to imitate stuff
[21:42:15] <@Fats> * sounds good enough to you
[21:42:19] <Nebokhod> * Maria, this council decided that your performance was mediocre this month.
[21:42:25] <Che> * Can we then feed her fake message to attack Silver's pirates?
[21:42:30] <Kit_Remoni> * Luke, LOLZ
[21:42:43] <@Fats> * mediocre!
[21:43:19] <Nebokhod> * she will take us to valhalla. shiny and chrome.
[21:43:35] <Kit_Remoni> ~ OK, decent plan. Do we do that now, or wait until we're closer to Vlad?
[21:44:34] <Kit_Remoni> ~ Though as soon as courier leaves she'll probably try to take the suitcase
[21:45:15] <Kit_Remoni> * Also I just imagined that in reality given the evolution of texting in US, 2070s texts would be half-emoticons
[21:45:58] <Kit_Remoni> * also - emoticons for runners. Special pack! introduces macguffin emoji, johnson emoji and clusterfuck emoji
[21:46:10] <Nebokhod> ~ Maybe Subadi can hook us with some backup?
[21:46:11] <@Fats> * Yeah, that's the kind of stuff I talked about when bemoaning the diffuculties of simulating a culture 60 years ahead of our own
[21:46:53] <Kit_Remoni> * this days even politicians tweets are in l33tspeak and emoji
[21:49:36] <Nebokhod> ~ Che, you can go to the dining car and call her on the way.
[21:49:42] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, something tells you Subadi might be a bit tied up at the moment
[21:50:07] <Che> ~ At the midnight, hmm...
[21:50:52] <Nebokhod> ~ Or maybe tomorrow.
[21:51:25] <Che> ~ Daytime sound better, yes.
[21:51:51] <Che> ~ Let's hope we'kk survive that long.
[21:51:56] <Che> *ll
[21:52:34] <Kit_Remoni> ~ If we wait until morning, who's on guard duty? She's certainly better prepared than those spetznaz guys who jumped us
[21:56:33] <@Fats> * What do you do, runners, what do you do?
[21:56:35] <Kit_Remoni> * suggestion for 3 shifts heckfy-che-me, and skip to morning if nothing happens.
[21:58:17] <Kit_Remoni> * I'll monitor by che's microdrone
[21:58:43] <Nebokhod> * can we get long haul in the train?
[21:59:02] <Kit_Remoni> * I actually won't be surprised if you could just ask HER
[21:59:13] <@Fats> * You don't know if there are drug dealers on the train, and Rose isn't sharing :3
[21:59:53] <Kit_Remoni> * is anyone of the guards selling?
[21:59:56] <Kit_Remoni> * :)
[21:59:59] <Che> * Hm, I have G3...
[22:02:21] <@Fats> Rose continues to blather happily with whoever is on watch, still sitting on her berth.
[22:02:56] <Kit_Remoni> * Is her berth just below Chingiz and on the prize?
[22:03:03] <@Fats> *a-yup
[22:03:43] <@Fats> Che, Kit_Remoni, when you check your newsfeeds come morning, they're all plastered with "FACELESS AVENGER STRIKES AGAIN". As usual, there's a sim recording, too; judging by the comments, it's unusually gruesome.
[22:04:25] <@Fats> * do you watch it?
[22:04:30] <Nebokhod> * btw, what is the range at which the drones start shooting?
[22:04:41] <Che> - What a gruesome world we live in.
[22:05:23] <Kit_Remoni> ~ We certainly do. I'm ready to start operation 'misdirected razor'
[22:05:30] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, they shoot anything they see in the alienation zone
[22:05:39] <Che> ~ Ok.
[22:06:13] * Che invites Rose to car-restourant for a breakfast.
[22:06:51] <Nebokhod> * and alienation zone starts outside the train?
[22:07:07] <@Fats> * yep
[22:07:11] <Nebokhod> ~ Kit, can you scan her pouch, please?
[22:07:33] <@Fats> Che, she waves you away, saying she'll just get something from the peddlers passing through the car every once in a while
[22:08:08] <Kit_Remoni> ~ On it
[22:08:23] <Kit_Remoni> * Is the pouch still in front of the suitcase?
[22:08:27] * Che shrugs ang goes without her.
[22:08:46] <Kit_Remoni> 10#sd thread scanner
[22:08:47] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 10) 7 hits
[22:08:48] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, on top of it, actually
[22:09:06] <Kit_Remoni> *will use 3 hits and autoresist
[22:09:19] <Kit_Remoni> 8#sd scan the pouch
[22:09:19] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 8) 3 hits
[22:10:11] * Che returns after a short time.
[22:11:16] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, apparently, there's a drone node inside.
[22:12:52] <Kit_Remoni> * Stepping 'into' Luke's commlink, Kit discards minesweeper tool used to find the drone, and uses heavy virtual goggles to check what the thing really is
[22:12:56] <Kit_Remoni> 9#sd matrixscan
[22:12:57] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 9) 5 hits
[22:14:15] <@Fats> It's a YNT Caterpillar, a microdrone used for sowing RFIDs onto whatever items found neardby.
[22:15:01] <Kit_Remoni> * so we'd need tag eraser
[22:15:26] <Kit_Remoni> ~ She used a drone to tag the suitcase it seems
[22:16:39] <Kit_Remoni> * How she'd know the ids afterwards? From drone? Also is drone enslaved to her commlink?
[22:17:37] * aaa13 (~quassel@2a01:4f8:c17:2da8:0:0:0:2) has joined #TeamA
[22:18:17] <@Fats> * She knows them already, the drone encodes the RFIDs with the IDs supplied from the commlink it is slaved to
[22:18:38] * aaa13 is now known as 1aaa13fBERS
[22:18:38] * 1aaa13fBERS is now known as aaa1316884
[22:19:13] <Kit_Remoni> * can we re-encode them?
[22:19:16] <Che> ~ Well, can you hijack that drone?
[22:20:15] <Kit_Remoni> ~ I can. Erasing the tags is not that hard, though, I have the tools.
[22:20:22] <Che> ~ So we can tag another suitcase...
[22:20:22] <Nebokhod> * is it confirmed, that she marked the suitcase?
[22:20:53] <Kit_Remoni> ~ If we're still going to do the misdirect angle this does not matter
[22:20:56] <@Fats> * you can reencode them, if you find them
[22:21:17] <Kit_Remoni> * If I hack drone, will I auto-find them?
[22:21:23] <Che> ~ That can be our fallback plan.
[22:21:39] <@Fats> * with a scanner, yes
[22:22:53] <Kit_Remoni> * If I hack from her commlink, which it is linked into, I though I can autosuccess
[22:24:10] * aaa1316884 is now known as aaa13
[22:24:26] <@Fats> You can easily get the codes of the RFIDs, the issue is finding the RFIDs themselves: you need to physically access them to recode.
[22:24:52] <Kit_Remoni> * drone is just on the suitcase, which implies same level of physical access
[22:24:57] <Che> ~ Can we "recode" commlink instead?
[22:25:03] <Che> * *
[22:25:34] <Che> * So it'll look for other set of IDs.
[22:25:51] <@Fats> * no reason why you wouldn't be able to
[22:26:38] <Kit_Remoni> ~ Sure I can.
[22:26:40] <Che> * Just don't forget to save old and new IDs to ourselves.
[22:26:56] <Che> * So we can track them.
[22:27:40] <Kit_Remoni> ~ Yes. So do we start? And who's playing the visitor?
[22:29:52] <Che> * I have Con at 5.
[22:30:30] <Kit_Remoni> ~ You can, but get out of her sight then. * also how can I mask his voice? another comp+edit?
[22:31:04] * Che invites Rose to a dinner.
[22:31:39] <@Fats> She waves him away again.
[22:31:39] <Che> ~ Let's see if she wants to stretch her legs.
[22:31:43] <Kit_Remoni> * someone is endlessly flirting.
[22:31:48] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, yes.
[22:32:02] * Che shrugs again and goes out.
[22:32:17] <Che> * That was excuse!
[22:32:45] <Che> * Also maybe. Let's call it a practice.
[22:33:36] <Nebokhod> ~She's a poster girl for "Better living through surgery".
[22:35:06] <Che> ~ Compared to our poor souls she's a poster girl for just "Better living".
[22:35:38] <Che> ~ Not that I'm jealous, but...
[22:35:58] <Che> ~ Well, yes, I'm probably jealous.
[22:36:02] * Kit_Remoni ensures that all calls Rose does go to Che's commlink. Then sends a message from spoofed 'boss' account: 'Situation change for Transsib A165: suitcase useless.'
[22:37:28] * Che hides in nice soundproofed WC.
[22:40:09] <@Fats> Rose's reaction to the message is remarkably tame: had you not been looking at her face, you wouldn't notice anything at all; as it is, for a brief second she furrows her eyebrows, then returns to relaxed chatting. In a minute, however, she excuses herself, and soon Che hears her calling: "Why a message now, Grandpa?"
[22:41:48] <Che> * Should I roll or should I roll?
[22:42:08] <@Fats> * you should roll
[22:42:14] <Kit_Remoni> * I'd say first roleplay
[22:42:19] <@Fats> * con. And trulyplay it :3
[22:42:34] <Kit_Remoni> * let's assume we planned this so he can use 'grandpa' voice as well
[22:43:05] <@Fats> * That's the only voice the guy uses. btw, where's your edit roll?
[22:43:29] <Kit_Remoni> * I used sprite for it earlier
[22:43:49] <Kit_Remoni> >> 13:40 <Kit_Remoni> ~ Let me look if I can emulate just enough voice from the employer to imitate panicked dude at gunpoint
[22:43:49] <Kit_Remoni> >> 13:40 <Kit_Remoni> * last computer+edit from sprite 14#sd
[22:43:50] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 14) 1 hit
[22:43:55] <Che> * Hmm, what guys at gunpoint usually says?
[22:44:15] <Kit_Remoni> * cryptic council guys? Try to stay cool and say that it is only a minor setback
[22:45:09] <Che> * "I can't chat right now, just drop it?", "There're complications, it's a trap"?
[22:45:09] <Kit_Remoni> * ok, didn't copy everything
[22:45:13] <Nebokhod> * the roll was 6 hits.
[22:45:31] <Kit_Remoni> >> 13:40 <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 14) 6 hits
[22:45:35] <Kit_Remoni> * yep
[22:45:46] <Che> * Hm, I personally like "It's a trap variant".
[22:46:03] <Che> *<-"
[22:46:16] <Che> * Any other suggestions?
[22:46:27] <Kit_Remoni> * don't say about trap. She'll definitely be upon us. I'd think he'd say this is only a minor setback, then switch to yourself and something like 'Drop it now, or the man is dead
[22:46:59] <Che> * She can recognize Che, and then things go South.
[22:47:22] <Che> * Also we don't know if she values his life at all.
[22:47:26] <Kit_Remoni> * I was asking Fats about if I can mask your voice and how. It should be relatively trivial
[22:47:45] <Kit_Remoni> * She values her payday and mission hooks, I think. Neither would be available if he's dead
[22:48:40] <Che> * Well, ok, let's try that way. At least if she wents on berserking her only target will be Khod, as we are out of her reach.
[22:49:46] <Kit_Remoni> * I assume voice-filters are trivial enough to implement, as long as you only distort the voice
[22:50:24] <Che> 5#sd Con -"There're complications"; -"Drop out of that run, kiddo, or your 'Grandpa' will bite it!"
[22:50:25] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 5) 0 hits
[22:50:30] <Che> * re
[22:50:36] <@Fats> * glolius
[22:50:39] <Che> 5#sd
[22:50:39] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 5) 1 hit
[22:50:45] <@Fats> * glolius indeed
[22:51:06] <Che> * And that's how we lost our mage...
[22:52:17] <@Fats> Rose makes no reply; hanging up early.
[22:52:24] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, where are you?
[22:52:44] <Kit_Remoni> * In nearby couple, she's not supposed to ever having seen me
[22:53:01] <@Fats> * right. Where's everyone else?
[22:53:16] <Nebokhod> * in the compartment.
[22:53:35] * Che wents out of WC at dinning car.
[22:54:49] * Che buys some wine and goes back to their compartment.
[22:55:11] <Kit_Remoni> * If you have time.
[22:55:26] <Kit_Remoni> * also awesome plans require charisma. =(
[22:55:52] <Che> * I have 3!
[22:56:14] <@Fats> Nebokhod, Rose glances in the compartment, then leaves, closing the door behind her. She appears distressed.
[22:56:16] <Kit_Remoni> * I have 3, too. My face on ther hand used to haved at least 12
[22:56:27] <@Fats> * Lucas, anything you do at that chance?
[22:56:58] <Che> * Get that drone from suitcase?
[22:57:15] <Nebokhod> 7#sd quick assensing for emotions
[22:57:15] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 7) 5 hits
[22:57:24] <Kit_Remoni> * wow.
[22:57:40] <@Fats> Lucas, she's puzzled and more than a little bit angry.
[22:57:51] <Nebokhod> * and what would i do with said drone?
[22:57:58] <Che> * also is she trying to cantact somebody else?
[22:58:14] <Che> * hand to me later on?
[22:58:18] <Nebokhod> ~ You managed to piss her off it seems.
[22:58:22] <@Fats> Che, Rose meets you in the passageway in your car; she is rapidly approaching you. What do you do?
[22:58:33] <Kit_Remoni> * Whoever she will contact will end up being you. Actually. Fats, I'll block this number from any other phone on the train
[22:58:35] * Che smiles.
[22:58:48] * Che offers some wine.
[22:59:22] <Che> * Let me guess, now she murders me with a bottle of wine?
[22:59:43] <@Fats> She grabs you by the throat, lifting you up as easily as a child lifts a doll. A blade slides out of her right cyberarm, pointing directly in your left eye. She roars: "IS THAT YOUR TOMFUCKERY?!"
[23:00:03] <Che> - My what?!
[23:00:17] <@Fats> She is very convincing. Like, 6 hits on Intimidate test convincing.
[23:00:24] <Che> ~ Guys, we have some... complications.
[23:00:43] <@Fats> - TOM. FUCKERY! - she shakes you around like a kitten that has pissed itself.
[23:00:46] * Nebokhod comes out of compartment.
[23:01:10] <Kit_Remoni> ~ No shit. I'll alert the guards, we have benefit of her starting first
[23:01:21] <Nebokhod> - What's with all the noise?
[23:01:23] <Che> - Look, girl, if you don't like me you can always tell me, and I'll leave you alone.
[23:01:39] <Che> - No need for that pointy things. Please?
[23:01:42] <@Fats> Nebokhod, Rose turns her head half-way between you two; one eye is looking at you, while the other is still obviously fixated on Che.
[23:01:51] <Kit_Remoni> * Will imitate any security alert I can to Ivan
[23:02:04] <Kit_Remoni> * and his friends
[23:02:48] <Kit_Remoni> * does he need to roll con to lie about this?
[23:03:39] <@Fats> - Ah, so it's YOU, then! - she throws Che to the end of the car, crushing spine-forward into a very very hard wall, and breaks distance with Lucas; the raven on her shoulder raises his wings and caws menacingly.
[23:04:01] <Che> ~ Oh, drek.
[23:04:12] <Nebokhod> - If that's your idea of foreplay. i don't envy your partners.
[23:04:33] <@Fats> * Che, 6S, resist with Impact
[23:04:37] * Kit_Remoni feels very nice NOT being in line of sight of an angry razor-lady
[23:05:05] <Che> * remind me what should I roll, if I should.
[23:05:17] <Nebokhod> 7#sd perception audial | listen for security
[23:05:18] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 7) 1 hit
[23:05:18] <@Fats> * body+impact armour rating
[23:05:21] <Kit_Remoni> * body + impact armor. You do have armor, right?
[23:05:30] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, nothing yet.
[23:05:44] <Che> 7#sd resist
[23:05:44] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 7) 2 hits
[23:05:53] <@Fats> * does he need to roll con to lie about this? | Che? He doesn't, he has a very valid reason to call for backup.
[23:06:02] <@Fats> * 4S it is then you take
[23:06:07] <Kit_Remoni> * you're at -1 =(
[23:06:45] <Che> * Chummer tells me I have 10 at tracks.
[23:07:08] <Nebokhod> * he meant malus, i think
[23:07:08] <Che> * Or is it penalty?
[23:07:09] <@Fats> Nebokhod, Rose shouts out "I'M NOT STUPID!!" as she plunges her fist in your face (luckily, having retracted the blade).
[23:07:39] <Kit_Remoni> * Oh, she at least not planning to actually kill us all ATM
[23:07:39] <Nebokhod> * do i have time to react?
[23:07:48] <@Fats> * roll melee defense of whatever kind you prefer, if indeed you do try to defend yourself
[23:07:48] <Che> ~ Uhh, now it's time for alarming security.
[23:08:21] <Kit_Remoni> ~ Already did. No reaction yet. * Where's currently Ivan's node located?
[23:08:36] <Che> * well, judging by retracted blades she does not tries to kill us, right?
[23:08:57] <Che> * Can we kill her with drones?
[23:08:58] <@Fats> * up ahead, in the first class car next to the locomotive
[23:09:13] <Kit_Remoni> * haven't moved since the alerts?
[23:09:23] <Che> - Hey, what's wrong with you?
[23:09:26] <Nebokhod> 4#sd
[23:09:26] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 4) 1 hit
[23:09:28] <Che> * I can roll something.
[23:09:49] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, nope; he must be shouting orders, if at all he reacts
[23:09:56] <Che> * It's not that bot will let me succede, but why not...
[23:10:14] <Kit_Remoni> * Che, I could but then we will be perpetrators. right now we're victims in train secutity's eyes.
[23:10:26] <@Fats> * Che, well, you can use any of your skills and abilities; but Rose ignores you calling out
[23:10:57] <Che> * I don't want to shoot her with all the passengers around.
[23:11:17] <Kit_Remoni> * that, too.
[23:12:22] <@Fats> Lucas, Rose's fist hits you like a train, throwing you off your feet and onto the floor, the back of your hand striking the carpet with a sound like a giant bell tolling to you.
[23:12:37] <Kit_Remoni> * head?
[23:12:46] <@Fats> * 10S, that was an exceptional attack roll
[23:12:49] <@Fats> * head, of course
[23:13:17] <Che> * Am I further away from her then Knod?
[23:13:48] <Nebokhod> 7#sd body+impact
[23:13:49] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 7) 2 hits
[23:13:49] <@Fats> * yes, much further. You're at the end of the car, she is with Lucas at its middle.
[23:13:49] <Che> ~ Do we have any plans?
[23:14:06] <@Fats> * roll init, if you are going to resist.
[23:14:32] <Che> ~ I'm afraid she'll drop Khod soon and will be back at me.
[23:15:12] <Kit_Remoni> ~ Fuck.
[23:15:23] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats, how much money we've got beforehand?
[23:15:42] <Nebokhod> * resistance isn't passive?
[23:16:22] * Che stands up and runs to Rose in a attemt to stop her. Or, at least, save mage.
[23:16:46] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, if I recall, you didn't, it's all post-factum
[23:17:24] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, obviously enough, I mean active resistance. As in: dealing damage to her.
[23:17:45] <@Fats> Che, you're some five meters away from Rose at the end of your turn.
[23:17:50] <Nebokhod> * ah, let's see
[23:17:52] <@Fats> Nebokhod, anything you do?
[23:17:53] <Che> * Remeber guys we need to look like victims on the tapes!
[23:18:05] <Kit_Remoni> * there are no tapes
[23:18:14] <@Fats> * since, well, Rose has acted and so has Che
[23:18:24] <Nebokhod> 6#sd composure
[23:18:25] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 6) 2 hits
[23:18:37] <Che> * So no one will know of our misery?
[23:18:48] <Che> * And I can draw my baton?
[23:18:53] <Kit_Remoni> * Wait, Fats, this is corridor, are there cams?
[23:19:01] <@Fats> * at the very least everyone on the car will know
[23:19:12] <@Fats> * Che, yes, that takes one of your Simple Actions
[23:19:18] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, two, in fact
[23:19:24] <Nebokhod> * so, should i reroll? or is it angrymage time?
[23:20:02] <Che> * Hmm, can we solve problems by throwing angrymage at them?
[23:20:11] <@Fats> * it's your turn now, then we'll roll init (if Rose is still up)
[23:20:35] <@Fats> * also, what is that composure roll for? Your vindictiveness?
[23:20:39] <Nebokhod> * yeah
[23:20:41] <Kit_Remoni> * Will add Rose to Ivan's 'detain on sight' list and imitate 'ping' from cameras
[23:21:48] <@Fats> * Kit, understood.
[23:22:45] <@Fats> * That spends Kit's turn, as well. Nebokhod, your go.
[23:23:12] <Nebokhod> * what's the vote?
[23:23:28] <Che> * reroll what?
[23:23:48] <Nebokhod> * composure check
[23:23:59] <Kit_Remoni> * I think he's asking should he start tearing her apart or do we still try to be helpless
[23:24:09] <Kit_Remoni> * Does your mage have at least fake licence?
[23:24:30] <Kit_Remoni> * I think by this point it should count as self-defence
[23:24:47] <Che> * Yeah, probably.
[23:24:51] <Nebokhod> * yeah, i have a licence
[23:25:14] <Che> * At least, its better be alive and convicted, then dead and innocent.
[23:25:15] <Nebokhod> * probably even two.
[23:25:33] <Kit_Remoni> * well. we tried to do it the nice way, and we did not start fight first
[23:25:37] <Kit_Remoni> * do it, Luke
[23:25:58] <Che> * try to throw her out of window.
[23:26:06] <Nebokhod> * i have -2 penalty currently?
[23:27:19] <Nebokhod> 5#sd init
[23:27:20] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 5) 1 hit
[23:27:22] <@Fats> * Well, you have 8S, so -2, yes.
[23:28:27] <Nebokhod> 12#sd f5 orgy
[23:28:27] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 12) 4 hits
[23:28:35] <@Fats> * we'll count this as the first IP (rose attacks you, Che runs to her from behind, Kit summons the guards, you do something); then proceed with the init rolled.
[23:28:55] <Nebokhod> 12#sd drain vs 2
[23:28:56] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 12) 3 hits
[23:29:55] <@Fats> Lucas, as you cast, you feel the mana you're manipulating struggling against your will; apparently, the raven is now just for show. Rose weathers your spell with no visible effect.
[23:30:03] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, Che, init, please.
[23:31:14] <Che> * is aforementioned penalty applies to init?
[23:31:27] <@Fats> * yes, wound penalties do apply to init
[23:31:38] <Che> 10#sd init
[23:31:38] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 10) 3 hits
[23:32:08] <Kit_Remoni> 8#sd phys 9#sd matrix
[23:32:08] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 8) 3 hits; (pool 9) 2 hits
[23:32:30] <@Fats> * Oho, you have 11 reaction+intuition, Che?
[23:32:49] <Che> * Yep.
[23:33:12] <Kit_Remoni> * he does. he has wired reflexes even
[23:33:20] <Kit_Remoni> * which I would suggest to engage
[23:33:25] <@Fats> Turn 1, IP 2. Rose 16, Che 13, Kit 11, Lucas 6
[23:33:54] <Che> * You should have expected that, looking at my low CHA.
[23:34:22] <@Fats> Nebokhod, Rose continues attacking you, trying to kick you where it hurts.
[23:34:33] <@Fats> * roll melee defense as normal, -2 for being prone
[23:34:42] <Nebokhod> 2#sd
[23:34:42] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 2) 2 hits
[23:34:53] <Nebokhod> * lol
[23:35:05] <@Fats> * fantastic, you almost did it :3
[23:35:47] <@Fats> * resist 4s
[23:36:05] <Nebokhod> 7#sd
[23:36:06] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 7) 3 hits
[23:36:15] <Nebokhod> 4#sd edge
[23:36:15] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 4) 0 hits
[23:36:25] <Che> * also, that's probably was with activated reflexes.
[23:36:38] <@Fats> She doesn't manage to get anything but a glancing kick on your troubled head.
[23:36:46] <@Fats> * Che, your go
[23:36:47] <Che> * as I went with modified values.
[23:38:03] <Che> * I run closer, draw extendable baton and try to block/parry her strikes?
[23:38:58] <Che> * can I provide defences for Khod?
[23:39:39] <@Fats> * you have drawn your baton on the previous turn; I guess you could, roll agility+clubs as normal, and let Lucas add this to his next defense roll.
[23:40:39] <Che> * Skill rating? or total clubs that already include AGI?
[23:41:43] <@Fats> * no, the usual parrying test: attribute+skill rating
[23:41:56] <Che> 7#sd clubs
[23:41:57] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 7) 0 hits
[23:42:09] <Kit_Remoni> * bot hates us after his rebirth
[23:42:10] <Che> * surprise!
[23:43:05] <@Fats> * Ahahah
[23:43:07] <Che> * end of turn, probably.
[23:43:28] <@Fats> * yeah. Kit?
[23:43:39] <Kit_Remoni> * On my turn I'll clean up logs to make it look like detain order on Rose actually came in from 'central' just a few minutes ago (and not mysteriously appeared out of nowhere)
[23:43:57] <@Fats> * roll computer+edit
[23:44:16] <Kit_Remoni> * any specific threshold?
[23:44:39] <@Fats> * (2), if I recall. We're in combat, so no buying hits.
[23:45:59] <Kit_Remoni> * 10#sd thread edit
[23:45:59] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 10) 4 hits
[23:46:12] <Kit_Remoni> * use 3, 12#sd faderesist
[23:46:13] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 12) 3 hits
[23:46:41] <Kit_Remoni> 9#sd edit
[23:46:42] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 9) 3 hits
[23:47:17] <@Fats> * okay, confirmed. Lucas?
[23:48:37] <Nebokhod> *hm, maybe i should go out in a blaze of gory?:)
[23:50:12] <Che> * try not to paint my lined coat with your blood.
[23:50:14] <Kit_Remoni> * Really? We just had one run together! NOOOO!!!
[23:51:26] <Nebokhod> 11#sd levitate f7
[23:51:26] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 11) 3 hits
[23:51:47] <Nebokhod> 12#sd drain vs4
[23:51:47] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 12) 4 hits
[23:51:55] <Kit_Remoni> * wat 0.0
[23:52:35] <@Fats> * wat indeed
[23:53:07] <Nebokhod> * what is the height of the ceiling?
[23:54:13] <@Fats> * About 2.5 meters
[23:55:07] <Nebokhod> ok, she resists 14#sd with body + str
[23:55:07] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 14) 5 hits
[23:55:24] <Nebokhod> 9#sd edge
[23:55:25] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 9) 1 hit
[23:55:41] <Kit_Remoni> * hit her head-first into the ceiling?
[23:55:44] <Kit_Remoni> * niiice
[23:56:17] <Nebokhod> * had she resisted?
[23:57:14] <Nebokhod> * movement rate is 21 meters per turn
[23:57:31] <@Fats> * a second, please, I was reading the rules on the matter
[23:58:25] <@Fats> * she doesn't resist, but only thanks to edge.
[23:58:37] <Kit_Remoni> * %)
[23:59:34] <@Fats> * When she flung Che, that was 6S for his Body 3; she should get as much I figure..
[00:00:03] <Nebokhod> * yeah, about that, is there a wondow nearby?
[00:00:11] <Nebokhod> *window
[00:00:39] <@Fats> Of course; the passageway in the train is lined with windows.
[00:01:04] <Che> * This. Is. SIBERIA!
[00:01:16] <Nebokhod> * maybe i should just chuck her through the window?
[00:01:26] <Kit_Remoni> * Should be better than just 6s
[00:01:44] <Kit_Remoni> * as she probably will be back for more next round otherwise
[00:01:53] <Nebokhod> * i mean i am protecting a train from dangerous criminal
[00:02:01] <Che> * Can we time it that way, so she meet some pillars or something after leaving train?
[00:02:06] <@Fats> * (and a blade is not the only thing in her cyberarms)
[00:02:13] <Nebokhod> * terrorist even.
[00:02:20] <Kit_Remoni> * swiss army cyberarms
[00:02:34] <Kit_Remoni> * actually does swiss produce cyberware?
[00:02:34] <@Fats> * staple of the genre
[00:02:44] <@Fats> * yes
[00:03:27] <@Fats> * if I remember, Zeiss cybereyes are mentioned in Augmentation, canonically
[00:03:28] <Kit_Remoni> * I hope it has all those tools in one package )
[00:03:38] <Nebokhod> * ok, will she fit through the window?
[00:03:47] <Kit_Remoni> * Zeiss - sure, it is Neuromancer-based
[00:04:45] <@Fats> * sure, why not.
[00:05:19] <Che> * are there lighting masts or somethings along tre rails?
[00:05:25] <Nebokhod> * ok, then i move her through the window and hold her at maximum length.
[00:05:56] <Che> * so she can eventually hit one.
[00:06:13] <Che> * with all the train speed.
[00:06:24] <Nebokhod> * there is a pack of drones outside.
[00:07:01] <Kit_Remoni> * which shoot anything in the alienation zone
[00:07:07] <Che> * drones are drones, but collision with something on taht speed should be more than enough.
[00:07:38] <Nebokhod> * afk for few minutes
[00:08:10] <Che> * I'd prefer not to meet her afterwards in some dark and lonely place.
[00:08:56] <Kit_Remoni> * Yep. If she does not die we do get an enemy at the very least
[00:09:27] <Che> * Also 10 minutes afk too.
[00:10:24] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats, results?
[00:10:51] <@Fats> Despite Rose doing her best to hang on to the window still, the force of Nebokhod's magic pushes her out, suspending in mid-air.
[00:12:12] <@Fats> Turn 1, IP 3. Rose 16, Che 13, Kit 11, Escort drones 11, Lucas 5
[00:13:17] <Kit_Remoni> * does everyone have 3 IPs?
[00:13:38] <@Fats> * no, Rose has 4.
[00:14:06] <Kit_Remoni> * I mean I though Che and Luke only have like 2
[00:15:44] <Nebokhod> * yeah, lucas is very busy being in a world of hurt.
[00:17:50] <@Fats> Lucas, as you lay on the floor in shock, bullets start whizzing and buzzing around your form, forming a decent-sized hole next to where you lay. Through the hole, you can see Rose, her eyes mad, aiming a submachine gun in her left arm at you.
[00:17:54] <Kit_Remoni> * your drain was 4 vs 4, no?
[00:18:06] <@Fats> * Kit, your go, I believe
[00:18:25] <Kit_Remoni> * Log into rose's commlink. Does she have smartlink to her gun?
[00:18:55] <Nebokhod> * pain does hurt, y'know
[00:19:05] <@Fats> Yes, it's wired over the DNI into her brain, controlled just like her cyberarms are controlled, directly.
[00:19:32] <Nebokhod> - Where the fuck is that security when you fucking need it?!
[00:20:05] <Kit_Remoni> * OK. can i distract her via throwing ddos in her cyber-eyes imagelink?
[00:20:31] <Che> * I'm back.
[00:21:02] <@Fats> * Yes, sure. It'll eat up your action and give Rose disorientation, -2 to all actions, as standard
[00:21:34] * Kit_Remoni throws a bunch of virtual fireworks in Rose's commlink
[00:27:04] <@Fats> Rose does appear distracted, when the drones with machineguns come for her. Of course, seeing people levitated out of the train is unusual for them, but their programming is clear: attack everything in the exclusion zone. The first one to come fires a narrow full burst, but Rose twists and turns in the air, managing to dodge most of the bullets and block the rest with the bulkier parts of her cyberarms. The second fires a wide burst, and you see t
[00:27:05] <@Fats> racers hit Rose's suspended form all across. This is the last you see of her, as the train enters a tunnel, and she disappears from view, apparently crashing into the portal. Kit, your connection to her commlink is severed. As lights come up in the long tunnel, train guards glance into the passageway cautiously, weapons at the ready.
[00:27:13] <@Fats> * and I suggest we save here.
[00:27:39] <Kit_Remoni> * Flashy.
[00:27:49] <Kit_Remoni> * save.
[00:27:51] <@Fats> === SESSION 13 END ===
[00:28:59] * Kit_Remoni is now known as Guns_n_Droids
[00:29:06] <Guns_n_Droids> man, I do suck without my droids
[00:29:06] <@Fats> Всем по четыре кармы, залейте логи, хуярьте фидбэк, пометьте Rose Maria Primrose в Enemy c неизвестным connection и incidence (потому что вы не знаете, выжила она там или нет).
[00:29:07] <Che> ~ Well, now we can call you "the Defenestrator", Khod.