FIVE 14

[19:36:12] <@Fats> Ivan Sidorenko, the commanding officer of the security cadre on the train, takes your statements, warning you that he will pass them to the cops in Vladivostok.
[19:36:12] <@Fats> A technician covers the bullet holes in the car's wall with putty, the window glass is replaced, and soon little reminds of your encounter with Rose as the wheels beat their rhythm bringing you to Vladivostok.
[19:36:13] <@Fats> At night, Chingiz leaves your compartment and takes off the train, having not said anything but the passphrase you had settled upon.
[19:36:18] <@Fats> You're in a day's travel from Vladivostok, what is it that you do, runners?
[19:36:47] <@Fats> * also I think of introducing Mary once we're done with this "module".
[19:37:13] * Kit_Remoni will get some tea from the pathguards and gets to the rest of the team
[19:37:16] <Mary_W> (rodger)
[19:37:35] <Kit_Remoni> - Luke, some tea to calm nerves?
[19:37:36] * Che writes request for monetary compensation for incident.
[19:37:38] <Nebokhod> * I pen a report of the encounter to former CO, with juicy videos and even more alarmed tone.
[19:37:47] * Kit_Remoni checks out the suitcase
[19:38:02] <Nebokhod> - Yes, please.
[19:38:21] <Che> - Are there anything interesting in her stuff?
[19:38:29] <Kit_Remoni> * is there
[19:38:45] <Nebokhod> * beside the drone?
[19:38:46] <Kit_Remoni> * also does she even have stuff left?
[19:38:52] <Che> * Yes.
[19:38:53] <@Fats> Che, Ivan promises to do his best, still obviously remembering Kit's subtle hints like the glowing WE KNOW ARO
[19:39:52] <@Fats> Kit, the suitcase sits immobile, mocking you with its stillness
[19:40:05] <Che> = I wonder if she's ok out there?
[19:40:36] <Nebokhod> *inb4 i shoot gazebo^Wsuitcase
[19:41:01] <@Fats> * I don't recall, has she left anything other than her pouch that she set on the suitcase? I don't think so.
[19:41:11] <Kit_Remoni> * +1
[19:41:15] <Nebokhod> = No skin of my nose.
[19:41:19] <Che> = Also, is it a good idea to keep the drone, or better be on the safe side and sell it...
[19:42:10] <Nebokhod> * did the security left us her pouch to begin with?
[19:43:13] <Che> * They can't deny us our loot!!11
[19:43:47] <Nebokhod> * wrong kingdom, knave.
[19:44:12] <@Fats> * You only find personal items in the pouch, besides the drone: a pink toothbrush with multi-coloured plastic fake jewels aplenty on the handle, an equally pink puff-box, a tube of lipstick that looks much like the drone, some perfume, some machine oil in a small tube
[19:44:52] * Kit_Remoni TagErases
[19:45:21] <Che> * what do you mean by looking much like the drone? Is it drone? Drone housing? Same collection?
[19:45:26] <Nebokhod> * I would just hid it in the compartment in the case of trackers
[19:45:37] <@Fats> * Yeah, the security wasn't all that intent on searching your compartment, giving it but a cursory glance, making sure there are no huge bags of explosives left after Rose or something to the effect
[19:45:58] <@Fats> * Che, the drone is designed to look like a tube of lipstick is what I am saying :3
[19:46:07] <Che> * also, no credsticks? aww...
[19:46:29] <@Fats> * If she had any, they were likely implanted in her swiss army arms
[19:46:42] <Che> * I'm becoming greedy. What have you done to me?!
[19:46:58] <Nebokhod> * it's all you.
[19:48:09] * Kit_Remoni will check what Ivan is communicating to the outside world
[19:48:31] <@Fats> Kit, the tag eraser glows green after a quarter hour of EMP blasts
[19:50:04] <@Fats> He does just what is expected of him: files a standard report for an interpassenger fight with likely victims, attaches your statements, sends it to Vladivostok police, Railroad Terminal station.
[19:50:05] <Kit_Remoni> - So, all is left is not to show contents of this to the coppers
[19:50:36] <Kit_Remoni> - Who will likely wait for us at Vladivostok
[19:51:11] <Che> * Can we just give it to Remoni, who wasn't tagged as one participating?
[19:51:27] <Kit_Remoni> - Since I was officially just one of the witnesses, you could pass it to me while you do your citizen duty
[19:51:48] <Che> - Yeah, that's my thoughts exactly.
[19:52:32] <Kit_Remoni> - One good thing to come out of it - legally we are as clear as we could be
[19:53:01] <Kit_Remoni> - But I guess next time someone else should be doing voice-mimicry
[19:53:25] <Kit_Remoni> * any ideas, guys? Or just skip till vlad?
[19:53:45] <Che> - Well, thanks to you that was no that bad - we achieved our goal after all...
[19:55:02] <Nebokhod> - Next time i'll let you soak all the shots then.
[19:55:53] <Che> - Kit, have you got anything on her bike from commlink? I'm guessing she left it somewhere at staion parking and I hope she won't miss it now...
[19:56:22] <Che> *t
[19:56:40] <Kit_Remoni> * have I, Fats? I don't think I've searched for it deliberately,but I did have full access
[19:57:58] <Kit_Remoni> - Luke, we tried one way which did not require us to fight. What do you think was better choice? Hit her while she's not looking?
[19:58:03] <@Fats> * hm, I guess you might've gotten the access keys among her other files; using those, you can just read the GPS positioning from the bike to get to it.
[19:58:29] <Kit_Remoni> * I do that
[19:59:07] <Che> - Next time we could start with defenestration first. But that'll probably make not so agressive diplomacy a little impossible.
[19:59:45] <@Fats> The bike's not far from the railway station, parked at a rock club lot.
[20:00:07] <Kit_Remoni> - I do not like killing people unless forced to. We could be in the same position next run
[20:00:27] <Nebokhod> - I suggest we look for direct diplomacy specialist.
[20:00:43] <Che> - I'm all for it, guys.
[20:01:39] <Che> - Bloodless solutions makes life easier in the long run.
[20:01:47] <Kit_Remoni> - True enough. Also might look for someone who can help you stop aggressors when those show up. Given that my drones are not always around
[20:01:56] <Nebokhod> - Since we are next to useless in direct confrontation
[20:02:21] <Kit_Remoni> - Well, don't sell yourself short, Luke, you saved our asses twice this time
[20:02:53] <Nebokhod> - Twice?
[20:04:08] <Kit_Remoni> - Okay, that tiger-catchers spetsnaz was not exactly after us, but still, your wrath was glorious and stuff
[20:06:04] <Nebokhod> - Yeah, and the tigress could be useful in the future.
[20:06:44] <Che> - We'll see.
[20:06:46] <Kit_Remoni> - Not sure, given she's in their hands and likely inprisoned
[20:07:08] * Che remembers bottles of wine from before the confrontations.
[20:07:08] <Kit_Remoni> * will ping Che bike position
[20:07:18] <Che> - Oh well, wine anybody?
[20:07:54] <Kit_Remoni> - I'm a beer person, but otherwise sure
[20:08:56] <Che> - Oh, you found bike. Good. If there are no objections I can try to sell it to my mech.
[20:08:58] <Nebokhod> - What is this, Alcoholics Anonymous session?
[20:09:15] <Che> - Totally.
[20:09:51] <Kit_Remoni> - I somehow feel that you're cross with us, Luke.
[20:09:56] <Che> - Do you want to say something about yourself. That's the first step of combating the problem.
[20:10:47] <Che> * no objections?
[20:10:52] <@Fats> * Kit, you remember that Subadi Sagaadai told you the SAFR were in it to make her cooperate, not to detain her. Chances are, she's somewhere in Awakened Yakut right now.
[20:11:02] <Nebokhod> - I do not like being punched in the face. I strange like that, i know.
[20:11:20] <Nebokhod> * am
[20:11:27] <Che> - Do you like to punch people in the face?
[20:11:47] <Kit_Remoni> - I'm sorry it came to that. You know though, that I wouldn't have helped much in that fight
[20:11:47] <Nebokhod> - I have beings to do that for me, silly.
[20:12:46] <Che> - I mean, that if you don't like to do it to others, then there is easy solution - just stay away from any punching!
[20:13:16] <Kit_Remoni> - How does it feel to drag beings from magical worlds to do your bidding? Or do you create them from... whatsitcalled, mana, on the spot?
[20:13:44] <Che> - "Ya yego slepila iz togo, chto bylo..."
[20:14:25] <Nebokhod> - Tiring for the most part, unless I overstep my bounds and it's all the pain you can get.
[20:14:59] <Nebokhod> - Che, please, we hear that shit every new year.
[20:15:13] <Kit_Remoni> - Do they ever complain about work conditions?
[20:15:58] <Nebokhod> - No, i'm not exactly a slavedriver though.
[20:16:49] * Che contacts his mechanic contact, Gears, with details, keys and location of the bike: "Hey, man I have a nice bike to sell. It's a little hot, so be careful about it, but otherwise good."
[20:16:54] <Nebokhod> - Shamans got it rough though.
[20:17:23] <Nebokhod> - They have to talk the spirits into doing anything and everything.
[20:17:23] <Che> - Are there workunions for spirits?
[20:17:39] <Kit_Remoni> - My digitals are mostly too curious to do stuff to worry. Also lately I'm not much into actual cyberfights
[20:19:28] <@Fats> Gears goes silent for a few seconds, running remote diagnostics on the bike, then pronounces: "A grand and it's off your hands, without looking. Deal?"
[20:19:30] <Nebokhod> - Yeah, i hear it's a great way to get your brainmatter turned into mush by the errant piece of code.
[20:20:10] <Kit_Remoni> - That's why I prefer stealth to panache
[20:20:40] <Kit_Remoni> - Spider who cannot detect you does not hit you in a face with giant black hammer
[20:22:23] <Nebokhod> * are we there yet?:)
[20:22:28] <Che> * Aren't that a little cheap for such a pimped bike, even selling it for sraps?
[20:22:40] <Nebokhod> * it's hot
[20:22:47] <Kit_Remoni> * I second the skippery
[20:22:57] <Kit_Remoni> * and Che, this is why you want negotiation skill
[20:23:08] <Kit_Remoni> * Face of the group is basically your money man
[20:23:22] <Che> + "Well, that's less, then I anticipated, but for such a good man, as youself there are discounts, I suppose. Deal."
[20:23:30] <@Fats> * Che, well, it's about 10% of the price.
[20:24:14] <@Fats> Gears emits a satisfied giggle before disconnecting; and a thousand nuyen materializes on your account with a Ka-CHING.
[20:24:48] <Kit_Remoni> * I think he ripped you off mightlily
[20:24:53] <Kit_Remoni> *-l
[20:24:56] * Che transfers 350Y to Kit and Luke: "Rose says she's sorry".
[20:25:57] <Nebokhod> - God forbid, that she actually survived.
[20:25:57] <Kit_Remoni> * As a plan: I'll finish talking with team, then get to my coupe with the suitcase and leave separately at the trainstation
[20:26:36] <@Fats> * And here I was typing the skip. So, what's your plan, then?
[20:26:37] <Kit_Remoni> - Well, she could, I guess. She had less squishy parts than most people I know
[20:26:57] <Kit_Remoni> * I think we're ready for skip, just chatting
[20:27:41] <@Fats> After a day more of uneventful travel, you arrive at the end of the Transsib, Vladivostok railway terminal. Stepping onto firm ground feels reassuring after the ceaseless shaking of the old railway cars; and soon you're back at your SUV, driving without issue (or control) through the same gate you came through. You have about two hours until the arranged meet time.
[20:28:06] <Nebokhod> - Kit, can you scout the meet?
[20:28:42] <@Fats> Che, Gears drops you a text: "Gee thanks brother, "hot" doesn't begin to cover it. The bikers showed me some hard love for not being some "Rose" or other".
[20:29:49] <Che> + "Don't tell me you're sorry about that deal."
[20:30:04] <Kit_Remoni> - I can. Che's drone could help also
[20:30:25] * Che prepares his eyes in the sky.
[20:30:42] <@Fats> + A deal's a deal, I said "without looking" myself.
[20:30:56] <Kit_Remoni> * address at the waterfront in the Khasan Coast district
[20:30:56] <Nebokhod> - Please, do. I'd like to be ready for ass-kicking this time.
[20:31:19] <Che> + "I'll send you a bottle for your troubles"
[20:31:51] <@Fats> + Will do :)))
[20:32:23] * Che launches Fly-Spy to scout location from above.
[20:33:28] * Kit_Remoni throws small fish to the murky waters of cybersea, looking for a digital seahawk to help looking around
[20:33:44] <Kit_Remoni> 15#sd 12#sd 11#sd
[20:33:44] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 15) 6 hits; (pool 12) 4 hits; (pool 11) 3 hits
[20:34:02] <Kit_Remoni> 8#sd reroll misses
[20:34:02] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 8) 3 hits
[20:34:21] <Kit_Remoni> 12#sd machine perception pool
[20:34:21] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 12) 5 hits
[20:34:24] <@Fats> Che, as soon as your Fly-Spy flies near the docks at the agreed place, you see things are going wrong. First, there's an OAZ Voronoi in cop white-and-blue parked just across the street. Second, the place looks freshly burned down, with the gates taken off the hinges by explosions, police tape still lining the building, and chalk lines lining no less than half a dozen metahuman shapes on the ground.
[20:35:05] <Kit_Remoni> * does my sprite's cyber-roll reveal any interesting and useful details
[20:35:15] <Che> - Drek, crew, I think we're a little to late.
[20:36:17] <Nebokhod> - Elaborate, please.
[20:36:18] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, roll data search for it if you want details of what happened, threshold 6, period 1 minute
[20:36:22] <Che> - Place looks like a battlefield with cops everywhere.
[20:37:00] <Che> - Kit, is there anything in the news?
[20:37:29] <@Fats> Che, your Fly-Spy goes into a circulation, cam focused at the center of the installation; you can't see any movement, but presume the cops must be keeping watch.
[20:38:20] <Che> - I see traces of half a dozen corpses and large explosion.
[20:38:23] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats, to clarify: I compiled a machine sprite to put into Che's drone, as it has better clearsoft subroutines than traditional autosofts, and hoped that it'd see some more details
[20:38:29] <Kit_Remoni> * will roll data search in a sec
[20:38:40] <Kit_Remoni> * Also, who gave us Bug-eyed Joe's contact?
[20:38:41] <Nebokhod> * I leave the body and check the meet space on astral
[20:38:42] * Che streams omage to the team.
[20:38:45] <Che> *i
[20:38:56] <Nebokhod> * Petrovich?
[20:39:22] <Che> * Fly-Spy has Clearsight 4.
[20:39:34] <Kit_Remoni> * and sprite has 6
[20:39:58] <Che> * Ah, ok. (also chaser and covert ops also at 4)
[20:41:07] <Kit_Remoni> * Fats, what can I uncover in the underworld shadowsites? Threshold and stuff
[20:41:50] <@Fats> Nebokhod, the astral stinks of poverty and despair, as usual for the docks; the installation itself also has that additional taste aspect of recent murder and pain. Other than that, you really can't see much: yeah, there are two cops in the Voronoi, they are intensely bored; the installation itself is completely dead, to the point of the devilrats going
[20:41:52] <Kit_Remoni> * Che, that is good. Don't worry, without heavy nosebleeds I only can get one autosoft above usual
[20:41:56] <Che> * I can look into that too.
[20:42:12] <Kit_Remoni> * devilrats going where?
[20:42:39] <@Fats> * If you want shadowsites, it's not 6 but 12, and add a -1 dice pool modifier. Period still 1 minute
[20:42:52] <@Fats> * elsewhere
[20:43:16] <Kit_Remoni> 11#sd 12#sd thread browse up from 5
[20:43:16] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 11) 3 hits; (pool 12) 4 hits
[20:43:30] <Kit_Remoni> 12,12#sde
[20:43:31] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 12, threshold 12) 3 passes, 16 hits
[20:43:35] <Kit_Remoni> * 3 minutes
[20:43:47] <Nebokhod> * I return to the body
[20:45:07] <@Fats> Nebokhod, flying through Vladivostok's astral feels like swimming through the murky waters of an old stale pond, so returning to your own meat feels refreshing.
[20:45:55] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, it was all over the news that Faceless Avenger dismembered one more Yakuza horribly, him having put up a sim recording, as usual
[20:46:44] <Che> * should I roll my Vladivostok Undeground knowledges?
[20:46:52] <Kit_Remoni> * We know this dude.
[20:47:07] <Kit_Remoni> * Any comments from underground?
[20:47:15] <Nebokhod> * we do?
[20:47:29] <Kit_Remoni> * It was our first assignment
[20:47:40] <Che> * Yeah.
[20:47:45] <Kit_Remoni> * They guy who wanted to kidnap children of powerful assholes
[20:47:47] <Che> * He tried to blow our sofa.
[20:47:56] <Kit_Remoni> * And I assume sym record shows this place, right, Fats?
[20:48:33] <@Fats> On the shadow sites, you find a full, uncut version: the "creep" he claims to "punish" with a lobster leg cracker seems to be your Johnson. Judging by the flames and other signs of destruction in the background, Faceless Avenger stormed the facility; you can see figures of some kind of helpers around the Avenger at the corner of his eye, but their faces have been edited out.
[20:49:09] <Che> * now we have a suitcase full of want.
[20:49:20] <Kit_Remoni> - Well, guys, maybe leaving this ass behind did not remove him from our lives completely
[20:49:34] <@Fats> * not just faces, but any identifying details; leaving them little more than contours.
[20:49:47] <Kit_Remoni> *Share details via ARO
[20:49:51] <Nebokhod> - You know this fuck?
[20:50:16] <Nebokhod> * how many contours, btw?
[20:50:40] <Che> - He tried to hire us to do some crimepurging and kidnapping.
[20:50:46] <Kit_Remoni> - Don't you remember? Concrete bunker, monitors, 'I want to fix the city', kidnapping children and threatening with dismemberment? He was angry to us not being helpful, too
[20:51:15] <@Fats> Nebokhod, let's say perception(visual)
[20:51:23] <Nebokhod> 10#sd
[20:51:24] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 10) 3 hits
[20:51:42] <Nebokhod> - Was before me, i think.
[20:51:54] <@Fats> You'd say between three and six, you can't quite place your finger at precise number with how alike they look
[20:52:41] <Kit_Remoni> * Johnson is dead on 'camera'?
[20:52:45] <Che> - Looks like he finally found some muscle to help him in his crusade.
[20:53:31] <@Fats> * Very much painfully and obviously so.
[20:54:00] * Nebokhod puts the Faceless Avenger and his invisible elves in his little black file.
[20:54:21] <Kit_Remoni> - Yep.
[20:54:44] <Kit_Remoni> - Well, let's at least look at what we worked so hard to get
[20:55:20] <Che> - Ok, looks like we either try to find Johnson's client, find new buyer for that stuff in the case, or just throw it out.
[20:55:38] <Nebokhod> - Yeah, not like he have much coice in the matter.
[20:55:42] <Nebokhod> *choice
[20:55:46] <Nebokhod> * we
[20:56:01] <Che> - Also, I'm advising against it, but we can try to sell it to Rose employer.
[20:56:19] <Kit_Remoni> ...OK. That would be ironic
[20:56:31] <Nebokhod> - That would be moronic.
[20:56:52] <Che> - And unsafe.
[20:58:05] * Che drives to Bar with OK-drinks, to buy a bottle for Gears.
[20:58:15] * Kit_Remoni contacts Petrovich
[20:58:34] <Che> - Anyone knows a safe place, where we can look into that case?
[21:01:07] <Kit_Remoni> * Michalych, actually. Sorry.
[21:01:29] <@Fats> * Yeah, I kept looking for any contacts you'd know who'd be named Petrovich lol
[21:02:41] <@Fats> The burly troll picks up, sitting in his Yakor v Glotke (The Anchor in the Throat) runner canteen, pouring drinks to patrons as he glances in the cam once in a while.
[21:04:33] <Kit_Remoni> = Hey, Michalych. Kit here. Remember last Johnson you recommended us? Joe, little something with his eye. We think he and Faceless met. With bad results for our successful run
[21:05:49] <Kit_Remoni> = Do you have any idea who was the client?
[21:07:24] <@Fats> = Dunno, don't remember sending such a passenger your way. Besides, even if I did, do you think I'd know his clients? No Johnson would ever mention those; except of course for some it's obvious.
[21:07:49] <Kit_Remoni> * Ok, Fats, then who sent him our way?
[21:08:08] <@Fats> The troll takes a drag of his cig: "Then again, some make it obvious on purpose, to fool you" - he exhales a cloud of smoke in the cam.
[21:08:26] <@Fats> * Dagda, actually, lol. Got a message. It's in the logs, session 2.
[21:08:57] <Kit_Remoni> * and I assume Dagda is unavailable
[21:09:53] <Kit_Remoni> = I expected as much. Still, a chance. Anyway, see you later this night.
[21:10:51] <@Fats> The old man touches his temple with two fingers in a mock salute and disconnects
[21:10:56] <Kit_Remoni> - Guys, I don't think Michalych is aware of this dude. Now thinking of it, it was Dagda who got him.
[21:11:33] <Nebokhod> - Great.
[21:11:36] <Che> - Hm, yeah.
[21:11:43] <Kit_Remoni> * Will matrixfind nearby empty warehouse to open this thing.
[21:12:06] <@Fats> * threshold 12, period 1 minute
[21:12:19] <Kit_Remoni> 13,12#sde
[21:12:19] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 13, threshold 12) 3 passes, 18 hits
[21:12:46] <Kit_Remoni> - Well, I guess we still can open this thing and sell the contents
[21:13:16] <Kit_Remoni> * does it look like mono-saw will not open it?
[21:13:33] <@Fats> You find one just nearby in the docks; a company went out of business when it competed with Mostrans successfuly in sea logistics, so the rucorp bought it up and closed it
[21:13:49] <@Fats> * no, it doesn't, it's a pretty standard suitcase
[21:14:45] <Kit_Remoni> - There's an empty warehouse this way.
[21:15:16] <Kit_Remoni> * I spend my one left edgepoint to remember to put mono-saw in my backpack
[21:15:37] <@Fats> * okay
[21:16:20] * Che drives there.
[21:16:50] <@Fats> The warehouse building is dark and dirty: someone has used the corners as the corners are always used in abandoned buildings; the windows are all missing, and the walls are plastered with graffiti, a few largest gang tags still glowing brightly.
[21:17:11] <@Fats> The rusted gates creak loudly as they let you in.
[21:17:43] <Nebokhod> - Nice place.
[21:17:59] * Che sends in his Fly-Spy.
[21:18:00] <Nebokhod> - Makes you all warm and fuzzy.
[21:18:08] <Kit_Remoni> - Well, at least I won't be sad if it blows up. Luke, wanna do the honours?
[21:18:41] <Che> ** I checked crimescene with Optic-X, not Fly-Spy.
[21:19:21] <@Fats> The place seems empty, except for some ruined shelf stacks and demon rats
[21:19:25] <Che> - Can we scan it beforehand?
[21:20:28] <Nebokhod> - We didn't?
[21:20:40] <Che> * We did?
[21:20:45] <Kit_Remoni> * I thought we did. Fats?
[21:21:06] <Kit_Remoni> * Though i don't really have xray
[21:21:21] <@Fats> * You did a surface scan (that is, stared at it intently) and cleared it of tags, to the best of my knowledge
[21:23:06] <@Fats> * I am waiting for your actions, runners
[21:23:29] <Kit_Remoni> * thread scanner, will check for electronic signals.
[21:23:36] <Kit_Remoni> 11#sd 12#sd
[21:23:36] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 11) 1 hit; (pool 12) 4 hits
[21:24:04] <Kit_Remoni> *retry
[21:24:08] <Kit_Remoni> 10#sd 12#sd
[21:24:08] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 10) 2 hits; (pool 12) 5 hits
[21:24:31] <Nebokhod> * i put the suitcase at the far end of the warehouse and order the spirit to open it, after Kit finishes with it.
[21:24:35] <@Fats> * haven't you spent your last edge point just above?
[21:24:46] <Kit_Remoni> * try again is not reroll
[21:24:55] <Kit_Remoni> * just try again with -1 to dicepool
[21:25:03] <@Fats> * oh, okay
[21:25:06] <Kit_Remoni> * 4+2+2 = 8#sd
[21:25:08] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 8) 4 hits
[21:25:10] <@Fats> * you have which type of spirit, Nebokhod?
[21:25:10] * Che just in case puts his drones on patroling duty - Optic-X circling the skyes above and Fly-Spy checking interiors of the storehouse.
[21:26:04] * Kit_Remoni matrixcreates a large encephalograph and puts it on suitcase. Any signals from inside ? (scan for nodes)
[21:26:08] <Nebokhod> * human spirit, good guy jeff, 1 task for 1S
[21:26:34] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, you have nothing.
[21:28:03] <Kit_Remoni> - Well, no active or hidden nodes inside, so whatever it is it's not my department. I'd suggest open it then duck if necessary
[21:28:04] <@Fats> Nebokhod, your spirit opens the suitcase, overcoming the lock easily. Inside are glass tubes in velvet slots; inside the tubes are forearm-sized greenish objects with a knob at one end.
[21:28:16] <@Fats> * anyone with paranormal animal knowledge?
[21:28:46] <Kit_Remoni> * Kit has visited Chicago, if it hephs
[21:28:47] <Che> * not me.
[21:28:52] <Nebokhod> * generic magic knowledge.
[21:28:55] <Kit_Remoni> * helps
[21:28:58] <@Fats> * Nebokhod roll that
[21:29:23] <Nebokhod> 14#sd
[21:29:24] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 14) 4 hits
[21:29:59] <@Fats> Nebokhod, those are certain parts of mammoth anatomy, used in traditional Chinese medicine to revitalize elder men.
[21:30:32] <Kit_Remoni> * Hm. awekened mammoths?
[21:30:36] <Kit_Remoni> *a
[21:30:37] <Nebokhod> - Now, this is a jackpot.
[21:30:42] <@Fats> Obviously, they are illegal to export from Awakened Yakut, like most non-state-sanctioned telesma or other magical objects.
[21:30:58] <Nebokhod> - Gentlemen, we risked our lives for suitcase full of mammoth dongs.
[21:31:21] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, well, they're not as much awakened as goblinized from Indian elephants from what I gather. Otherwise, they're pretty much the normal mammoths.
[21:31:43] <Che> - Can we write in on the tombstone of Rose?
[21:32:25] <Che> * и сколько оно примерно стоит?
[21:32:42] <Che> * oops.
[21:32:54] <Kit_Remoni> - Well. Isn't it embarassing story to put on Shadowsea in about a year
[21:32:57] <@Fats> * haha
[21:33:17] <Che> * Sorry, channel hopping does this for me.
[21:33:52] <@Fats> * Che, it costs a lot... to the right buyer. Well over what your Johnson offered you.
[21:33:56] <Che> * We can sell it for much more, then we were promised for transporting, right?
[21:33:59] <Nebokhod> * I send the pic to Madam Darya "Apparently, this want, is the want yours?"
[21:34:07] <Nebokhod> *is
[21:34:20] <Che> *a
[21:34:26] <Kit_Remoni> * Luke, sending your ladyfriend picture of mammoth dongs.
[21:34:33] <Kit_Remoni> * You are an unusual flirt
[21:34:38] <Che> * mages.
[21:36:34] <Kit_Remoni> * also I just picture a fight with Rose with suitcase in hand
[21:36:45] <@Fats> Nebokhod, instead of texting, she comcalls: "Where did you get that? Do you realize the kind of things the Triads will do to get their hands on that suitcase? I can arrange to have it taken off your hands for some fifty grand, but ten of that is mine".
[21:36:57] <Kit_Remoni> * Stray razorhit opens the lock...
[21:36:57] <Kit_Remoni> And everyone is showered in dicks
[21:37:22] <@Fats> * the dicks are packed in glass, so non-issue. Too valueable to have them flopping around!
[21:37:41] <Kit_Remoni> * Still. I would've liked to see Rose's face.
[21:37:45] <Nebokhod> = Would you believe that i found it on a train?
[21:37:49] <Che> * (45k is better divided by 3)
[21:38:06] <Nebokhod> * not with your charisma.
[21:38:09] <Kit_Remoni> * with our negotiation pools it probably will turn into 30
[21:38:10] <@Fats> = Not really, no.
[21:38:28] <@Fats> * two_thieves_and_a_coin.mp3
[21:38:36] <@Fats> * no, no, rather, .wav!
[21:38:47] <Che> * I like, how you never tries to bargain.
[21:38:53] <Che> * try
[21:39:10] <Kit_Remoni> * When I played my face character I got extra 8K to the team
[21:39:18] <Kit_Remoni> * just by talking
[21:39:29] <Nebokhod> * i'll take the offer, anyway.
[21:40:17] <Che> * I mean, first sum usually is lowered to poke you.
[21:40:21] <Nebokhod> = That would be very nice. I hope it will bring them much happiness and joy.
[21:40:23] <Kit_Remoni> * BTW, how many dongs are there?
[21:40:44] <@Fats> * You count six.
[21:40:57] <Kit_Remoni> * Well, that's six sad mammoths =(
[21:41:17] <Che> * (how about 42k?)
[21:41:20] <@Fats> Nebokhod, she nods: "Fine then, give me time to arrange that. I will contact you tomorrow".
[21:41:38] <@Fats> With that, she's gone.
[21:42:53] <Che> - Any good news?
[21:43:13] <@Fats> You are still in the abandoned warehouse, with demon rats starting a noisy fight in the dark, a suitcase full of want at the far wall, guarded by Lucas's spirit. Cold wind from the ocean blows, howling in the broken windows.
[21:43:41] <Nebokhod> - So, thankfully, that is very hot item. We will get 40k for the suitcase. So we should pack it up and leave.
[21:44:12] <Che> - Oh, nice.
[21:44:50] <Kit_Remoni> - Hot. *shudders* Great. One could say eliminating a middleman was a good idea. Hopefully no one thinks we actually orchestrated that
[21:45:15] <Che> - I don't think anybody cares.
[21:45:37] <Nebokhod> * and for the record, 40k splits very nice by 3 = 14/13/13 :)
[21:45:59] <@Fats> * well, the Avenger killed your Johnson for being Yakuza, Che.
[21:46:00] <Kit_Remoni> - Johnsons do care about working with people who might slug them to talk to the employer directly
[21:46:13] <Che> * Yakuza or Triads?
[21:46:18] <Nebokhod> - As long as nobody thinks that I harvested them, I am a happy camper.
[21:46:33] <Kit_Remoni> - Anyway, I suggest Michalych's place and drinks.
[21:46:41] <@Fats> * HE called him Yakuza.
[21:46:44] <Che> - Sounds good.
[21:46:51] <Kit_Remoni> *END?
[21:46:59] <@Fats> * Not yet
[21:47:02] <Che> * we can meet Mary there.
[21:47:25] <Che> * or Fats is planning to rob us of our fortune.
[21:48:27] <@Fats> The following day, Lucas, you get a voicemail from an anonymous account. It details the meeting: the place (a backstreet in Artyom slums) and the time (half an hour from the current time). Kit would find the voice familiar.
[21:48:43] <Kit_Remoni> * Shit.
[21:49:02] <Kit_Remoni> * Though it implies I listen in on ALL commcalls of the team just in case
[21:49:13] * Nebokhod send the file to Kit.
[21:49:13] <Kit_Remoni> * How did you know, Fats?
[21:49:27] <@Fats> * <:3 I said "would".
[21:49:37] <@Fats> * What do you do, runners?
[21:49:45] <Kit_Remoni> + Well. Now we meet Rosie's granddad himself
[21:49:52] <Che> * we panic and leave city as soon as we could?
[21:50:02] <Kit_Remoni> + I do suggest packing for a bear. Or a Rose in this case
[21:50:16] <Nebokhod> * so, does Kit recognise the voice?
[21:50:34] <Kit_Remoni> * I assume it's Rosie's employer
[21:50:38] * Che checks Rose's pages on social networks.
[21:51:21] <@Fats> Che, nothing new there in the last two days, after checking in on the train and a few selfies with Siberian landscapes.
[21:51:49] <Nebokhod> * not the faceless douchenozzle?
[21:52:13] <Kit_Remoni> * OK. Fats, confirm whose voice it is )
[21:52:49] <@Fats> That's the man you tried to emulate, whom Rose knew simply as "Grandpa".
[21:53:38] <Kit_Remoni> * So yes.
[21:54:05] <Che> + Oh, drek.
[21:54:16] <Kit_Remoni> + I mean it should not be that big of deal, stuff like this happens. Still, I'll load my ex-ex rounds.
[21:54:37] <Nebokhod> * i summon the spirit on the way to the meet.
[21:54:48] <@Fats> * which one?
[21:55:59] <Nebokhod> * human spirit, shiba-inu.
[21:56:07] <@Fats> * confirmed
[21:56:27] <Che> * So, what's our plan? We stay back on hacking/driving droning duty, and Luke goes in and throws him out of window?
[21:56:49] <Kit_Remoni> * Lynx and Doberman in the SUV's back cargo bay
[21:56:57] <@Fats> * IC please?
[21:57:01] <Nebokhod> 14#sd vs 6#sd
[21:57:01] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 14) 4 hits; (pool 6) 0 hits
[21:57:26] <Kit_Remoni> = Ok, Luke, I'd say you talk to them, me and Che can be in a car with drones of doom ready to shoot
[21:57:34] <Che> - Nice to meet you my electronic friends.
[21:57:43] <Nebokhod> = Sure.
[21:58:09] * Che prepares his scouting drones.
[21:58:13] <Kit_Remoni> * We could also have me talk to them, since neither Rose nor Grandpa saw me, but this is more fun )
[21:58:16] <Nebokhod> * spirit looks like a normal dog, mostly.
[21:58:44] <Che> * why it's a human spirit looking like a dog?
[21:58:44] <Kit_Remoni> 15#sd 12#sd
[21:58:44] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 15) 7 hits; (pool 12) 4 hits
[21:58:55] <Kit_Remoni> 12#sd
[21:58:55] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 12) 2 hits
[21:59:07] <Nebokhod> * human is type of spirit.
[21:59:13] <Kit_Remoni> * 6 stun, but we're covered
[21:59:20] <@Fats> * Spirits are hard to mask. They still glow a bit, behave weird (like have their limbs bend wrong), etc. It might take a perception test to notice something is a spirit, like Rose's raven did, but it's not a hard one
[21:59:35] <@Fats> * covered with what?
[21:59:45] <Nebokhod> * mine human spirits look like meme characters.
[22:00:41] <Mary_W> *disgust
[22:00:47] <Kit_Remoni> * covered by a 6-rating machine sprite inside a rather tough drone
[22:01:08] <@Fats> * gotcha
[22:01:15] <@Fats> * so what's your plan, then?
[22:01:22] <Kit_Remoni> * Mary_W, sorry this is prolonged
[22:01:28] <Mary_W> *it's fine
[22:01:51] <Che> * do you have a grumpy cat one?
[22:01:51] <Nebokhod> * i go in with the spirit materialized at my side.
[22:02:19] <@Fats> * where's the rest?
[22:02:21] <Nebokhod> * if the mood strikes, then yes.
[22:02:47] <Kit_Remoni> * I'm in the car, wearing a slap stim patch and drinking orangeade
[22:03:19] <Kit_Remoni> * Car is one good reverse-move away from the action
[22:03:22] * Che in his car now painted as one belonging to local security firm.
[22:03:34] <Che> *is
[22:04:02] <Che> * wait, better as a taxi again.
[22:04:57] <Che> * drones are on close and far observation duties.
[22:05:33] <@Fats> * Perception(Visual), Che
[22:06:07] <Che> 9#sd
[22:06:07] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 9) 4 hits
[22:06:28] <@Fats> The Artyom district you had to drive in is semi-abandoned living quarters, left to rot after one of EVO's genomics projects downsized. The street Lucas walks into is line on both sides by multi-story apartment buildings of gray concrete; the buildings have obviously seen better days. The backstreet is empty except for a small human in a suit walking to meet him. As he draws near, Lucas sees he has Asian features on his expressionless face; the kin
[22:06:28] <@Fats> d of face he wouldn't recognize seeing in a crowd again.
[22:07:23] <@Fats> Che, there is piping sticking out of one of the buildings that line the street; one of the pipes looks awfully like a Dragunov Drake muzzle.
[22:07:40] <Che> - Sniper alert!
[22:07:55] <Che> * + Sniper alert!
[22:08:12] * Che marks possible sniper location.
[22:08:15] <Nebokhod> * can i move to the blind zone?
[22:08:42] <@Fats> * it is pretty obvious the street was chosen so that there are no blind zones for the man.
[22:09:50] <Che> * are there any hanging banners that can be cut and block line of sight?
[22:10:10] <@Fats> Lucas, the man shows you a slim suitcase he is carrying; opens it. It's full of Canton Confederation scrip; judging by the mad numbers on the banknotes, it should be some 50k nuyen right there. Still expressionless and eying you intensely, the man extends a hand with the suitcase towards you, while reaching out for your suitcase, in turn.
[22:10:16] <Che> * or hang over sniper position.
[22:11:20] <Kit_Remoni> * How many actions would be for us to get to line of sight to the sniper and fire?
[22:11:29] <Nebokhod> * order the spirit to influence the sniper to drop his weapon.
[22:12:15] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, I'd say it'd be a full round if Che succeeds on a driving test, and two if not.
[22:12:40] <Kit_Remoni> * OK. I'm checking if there's a chance for Luke to live through that )
[22:12:44] <@Fats> Nebokhod, if there is any effect to the spirit's actions, you can not see it.
[22:13:00] <Che> * can we send Kit's drones to put some dakka into it?
[22:13:19] * Nebokhod makes the transfer
[22:13:34] <Kit_Remoni> * it won't be faster.
[22:13:38] <Che> * get his number!
[22:13:44] <Kit_Remoni> * )))
[22:14:12] <Nebokhod> * orders the spirit to stop the sniper if he tries to shoot.
[22:14:40] * Nebokhod bows awkwardly and starts to walk away.
[22:15:25] <@Fats> The man opens the suitcase, looks over the contents briefly, then walks into one of the doors of the apartment building.
[22:15:39] <Che> * actually his contacts can be pretty useful in case we get another case of such things.
[22:15:40] <@Fats> You make your way back to the SUV safely, Nebokhod.
[22:16:11] <Che> * like 20% more useful, then now.
[22:16:15] <Kit_Remoni> * I don't plan to specialize in magic dongs
[22:16:29] <@Fats> * You have your 50 grand, of which 10 you owe to Lucas's contact. We can save here.
[22:16:38] <Nebokhod> * I recall the spirit to me.
[22:16:45] <Kit_Remoni> - Whew. This was tense
[22:16:51] <Nebokhod> - For sure.
[22:17:01] <Che> - Good work.
[22:17:14] <Che> - Should I drive you to your contact?
[22:17:17] <Kit_Remoni> - Still, I'm not sure if I'm sad or happy not to see Rose
[22:17:59] <Nebokhod> - Happy.
[22:18:19] * Che sometime drives around city while changing plates and paintjob of a car, in case some one tries to tail them.
[22:18:22] <Nebokhod> - You need to have a brighter outlook on life, you know.
[22:18:37] <Nebokhod> - Think happy thoughts, the works.
[22:18:50] <Kit_Remoni> - I do. Those 13.3K will help in that, surely
[22:19:29] <Nebokhod> - That they'll do.
[22:19:51] <Che> * I can has crawler?
[22:19:52] <Kit_Remoni> * Save?
[22:19:58] <Nebokhod> * yeah
[22:20:10] <Kit_Remoni> * karma!
[22:20:16] <@Fats> * 4 karma everyone, good job on the first finished run in this campaign, lol