GM: Sorina
Players: Fandango, Haley
Synopsis: The runners team up with Jack Hill, to take on a corporate office, in what may end up being a very strange run.
Date: March 18, 2070
Rumor is about that there is a new job. Rumors says it will be easy, but there are some…strings attached. The meet is a small cafe down in the slums. Its a damp, grumy looking place that looks half run down. You are to meet early in the morning, but when you arrive you notice the place is packed.
Fandango shows up at the place on time- though he doesn't look happy about having to be up so early. He's wearing a pretty simple grey hat in addition top the rest of his outfit, and a red shirt today. Once he slips inside, he glances about- not seeing anyone who is obviously a Mr. Johnson, he ehads over to get himself a coffee while he waits.
As the meeting is not in a respectable neighborhood, Haley pulls on her armor jacket. She climbs into her droptop and slides her briefcase under the driver's seat. Having already Froogled the directions to the place, she drives in that direction. The red convertible bounces over hills as the girl drives a little over the speed limit. She leans down towards the steering wheel like a racer.
Once she arrives at the cafe she triggers the button and the top lifts up and locks into place. She walks into the cafe and looks around.
In the very back booth, in a dark corner of the cafe, that simply doesn't seem to get any light is sitting a woman in a nice suit. On the left of her sitting a short man in plain clothing, though the most obvious feature is a large red visor that covers his eyes and circles around his entire head. Sitting to the right of her is a handsome man in a nice suit. Actually he isn't just handsome is he out right hot, with a perfect award winning smile.
Fandango glances up from his coffee- it's a terrible coffee, but he's had worse- and he spots the group of wabnormally well-dressed individuals. He slips through the crowd over towards them, and he takes a seat. "I don't suppose you've heard of any odd jobs that need doing?" He wonders then.
Oh Sorina, that's someone to focus on. She means biz. Haley walks over and looks at the bookends before she takes a seat. Getting comfortable she says, "Hiya toots," a smile showing on her face. Crossing her legs at the knee she looks around the room saying, "Oi liked the other place betta."
Sorina smiles as she sits back with her black sunglasses on. She looks over fandango and gives a slight nod. She waits for Haley to arrive before she starts, "This is an easy job. Just need you to sneak into a corporate office and steal a package for me, then return here. Nothing to difficult really."
Chavez nods his head a little, "How big is the package, and what office exactly?" Fandango asks as he sips in the black… liquid in his cup.
"How soon do you need us ta get it," asks Haley as she looks over Fandango. She looks back then to the lady Fixer and she asks, "How many people have access to it? Is it in a restricted area?"
Sorina glances over towards fandango, "A small one, could probably carry it in your hand." She looks over to her side at the handsome man. He gives a huge grin as she leans over the table slightly, and speaks with a slight british accent. "Do not worry, I know that building in and out. I can lead you right to it!" He leans back with a confident smile, and Sorina looks back over to the group, "Need it by tonight."
Fandango nods his head then and he settles back into the seat. "Alright. The word on the street was there was some complication. Care to enlighten us?"
Scratching her right cheek Haley asks the most obvious question, "How much does this pay?" She gets comfortable in her chair resting her shoulders against it and gently rubbing her shoulders to relax a bit more. She examines the smiling man and she asks, "You're goin' with us?"
Sorina nods her head slightly as she glances over to the man with the large visor around his head, "You have to take him with you. Don't expect him to be much help but he shouldn't get in your way." The other man smiles at haleys question, "Of course." Sorina then looks back towards the group, "Also there is to be absolutely no killing. Not under any circumstance."
Sorina pauses for a moment before looking back towards haley, "The job pays 15,000 per person.
Fandango frowns a little at the no killing clause. "I'll do my best." He offers in response to that.
To the no killing clause, Haley says, "Well Oi can't agree to the part about any circumstance. If it comes down between their life and my gettin' caught they're gonna die." She shrugs her shoulders and she says, "Howeva, Oi can promise that Oi won't kill anybody other than that reason."
Fandango nods his head in agreement with Haley's sentiment, as he sips his drink again- no words, she pretty much summed it up nicely.
Sorina shakes her head slightly, "There will be serious conquences if anyone dies, the least of which is you will not be paid. So please do be careful." She slowly slides out of the booth and turns towards the door. "I will meet you back here later then." She then walks out of the room, the man with the perfect smile and british accent leans forward, "It will be a cake walk, do not worry I am here. I am Hill, Jack Hill."
"Nice ta meetcha Jack," says Haley as she offers her hand, knuckles up. She offers him, "My name is Cookie." She looks him over and she asks, "So otha than knowin' the place what do you do for us? Do you have a way for us into the place? If so, why cantcha just get the hand sized do-dad and walk out yourself?"
Fandango shakes his head a bit, "I don't like this." he mutters, but then looks towards the man, "Call me Fandango." he responds. He lets Haley ask the questions for now, eyes fixed on this 'Hill' character.
Jack reaches over to take haleys hand and gives it a soft kiss, "A pleasure to meet you. I hacked into the building earlier and got all their security plans. So it shouldn't be to difficult. However its crazy to go into a corporate building alone. You always need a team."
The kiss makes Haley smile all the more, its the little things. She lifts her brows and she says, "Well then, Oi suppose we should go somewhere else ta talk about this stuff." She looks around and says, "Somewhere at least away from prying eyes and open ears." She reaches into her pocket and pulls out her keys as she begins to stand.
Fandango finally speaks up. "Before we move- do you both hae proper comms gear? I have some spare milspec comms if you need one." he explains to the others.
Jack smiles as he slowly stands up, "Of course, I always come prepared. Lets head some where more private then." He turns to follow everyone out. The other man slowly stands up and follows as well, without saying a word.
Looking to Fandango, Haley says, "Oi have encrypted, but its not milspec." She shrugs and places the comm in her right ear and she says, "If whatcha got it betta, Oi'll be happy ta use whicheva."
Fandango nods his head and gets up to follow the others out of the place, and to wherever it is they had in mind to continue this meeting. Whenever they get wherever they're heading, Fandango asks, "What floor is this package on?"
Jack looks over towards Fandango, "It will be up on the 8th floor. There is really only one way into the building, so we will have to talk our way into the building to get inside."
Looking down at her clothes once they arrive at a more private location Haley says, "Oh well Oi'll need ta change then." She walks over to her convertable and she pulls out her briefcase saying, "Once we get close, Oi'll head into a stuffer shack and change in the restroom." She smiles and adjusts the glasses on the bridge of her nose as she asks, "Do they use a badge system there?"
Fandango shakes his head a bit, "There's never only one way to get in or out of a building, and I like to know my options. Are there any windows that don't face the street on that floor? Any metal structures or building materials on the side of the building? Are the windows alarmed?"
Jack looks to haley and nods his head slightly, "Yes they do. If you could get some badges that would be a great help." He looks over to Fandango, "There isn't much on the side of the building, though there are windows of course. They are all alarmed and booby trapped through."
Fandango nods his head as he considers this a little. "What about the roof? There an access line to the roof?" he asks then. "I prefer not to get my face seen."
"Oi can get some badges, but Oi need you to give me the information ya got from their security," says Haley. She lifts her brows and she says, "If there's a template Oi can get them made pretty quick through a chumma of mine." She rocks back onto her heels and onto the balls of her feet, resting her briefcase behind her hips.
Jack thinks for a moment as he tries to remeber what was up on the roof, "Yea, I think you can get in from the roof. Though how are we all going to get up there?" He looks back to haley, and pulls out a datachip and hands it to her, "This should have all the info on that."
Fandango nods his head a little, and considers. "I'm a pretty good climber, especially when there's any kind of magnetic metal about, like steel or iron. I've also got a grapple gun, but a high rise will probably be too tall for that. Besides, if the windows are all visible from the street I won't be able to use it."
The ID do not seem to be anything to difficult to copy, and in a few hours everyone has their own. When you arrive at the building, you find it to be a fairly large 10 story building. There only seems to be one exit like he said, though if someone was crazy enough to climb the side of the building they would find a door leading from the foor inside.
Proper ID, check. Office apparel, check. Makeup applied just so, always. Haley is ready to go. She has her disguise in place and her briefcase in hand, the ID rests on the lapel of her blazer. Parking her car a block away from the building she slides the keys into her pocket.
Fandango makes much less obvious changes to his appearance on the way- he trades his hat for a bike helmet, and chooses ID as a courier. he even buys himself one of those big padded envelopes, stuffs a bunch of toilet paper into it from the stuffer shack restroom. But he doesn't approach the main entrance for now, instead he tries to see if he can take a peek around the side or back of the huilding
Walking in the front door would lead you to a large grand lobby, with a beautiful water fountain in the center. It isn't crowded but it does seem active with businessmen and the ocassional security guard. There is only one path leading deeper into the building however, and two large security guards stand next to it.
Fandango doesn't find any metal structures or fire escapes on the side of the building. Though with a bit a look he would find out that the building is steel reinforced.
Commlink-Fandango> Fandango says, "Looks like I could make my way up the side of the building, but it might be a little tricky. If nothing else, could be an emergency escape rout."
Commlink-Cookie> Haley clicks her comm twice to acknowledge.
Look like you belong, act like you belong and people will assume you belong. That's Haley's method, she walks through the front door and only takes in the environment with a sweep of her eyes. She strides across the floor with a casual grace, the briefcase held in her right hand.
Fandango looks up and down the side of the house, as if considering just going for a climb anyway, but he shakes his head. He wanders out of the alleyways, and then towards the main entrance. He takes off the helmet, and he carries it along with the package under his arm when he gets there. He makes like Haley, simply acting casual as he heads in, although she is better at it than he is.
Jack is casual as he strolls into the building, cool and confident. He gets a few glances his way, though he is unphassed. Its not because he is suspicious he figures, its just because he is good looking. He makes his way over towards the two guards, giving a woman a smile and a wink as he passes by.
Chatting casually with Jack, Haley says, "What say we take the elevator up, huh?" She walks in that direction giving Jack a smile as she motions to the buttons, stepping to the side to allow him. After all he's proven to be the perfect gentleman so far, why not expect him to get the door?
The two securty guards look Jack and Haley over closely when they walk by. They ask to see their id, and Jack flashes his all cool like. There doesn't seem to be any trouble and they get by. Jack smiles as he reaches over and hits the button for the elevator.
The man with the visor just seems to blend in, in fact the securty guard doesn't even ask him for an ID as he just walks right by. In fact haley notices that no one even gives him a second look, despite the fact he has that large visor around his head.
Stepping into the elevator, Haley rests her briefcase in front of her hips. She steps back to allow Jack up to the front of the tube. She looks around at the lift itself checking over the way it is made.
Jack smiles as he gets up and presses the button for the right floor. There is a ding and soft music plays as the elevator begins to raise. "Once the door open, there is two doors one leading right and one left. It doesn't matter which we take, they both go down a long hallway and curve around and meet back on the other side. From there, there is three or four rooms we need to pass through to get to where the package is."
Nodding her head once, Haley steps forward as the elevator reaches the seventh floor. She shifts the briefcase from both hands to her left as she waits patiently for the doors to open. She remains quiet inside the elevator, its one thing to speak in a lobby, but its another to speak inside an enclosed place that may do voice recordings. She smiles brightly at the 'ding' of the doors and she walks out first her eyes scanning the area carefully.
Just as the door opens haley and jack find themself face to face with two security guards, each holding an uzi which they aim at the pair. "Oh my, look what we have here. Jack Hill." He grins, "I think you two better come along with us, before this gets messy…"
Looking more than a little confused, Haley looks to the UZIs and then to the guards. She steps away from the elevator to allow Jack out of it. Once the doors slide closed she asks, "What seems to be the problem offica?"
One of the guards moves over to haley and begins to pat her down for weapons. Though Jack quickly speaks up, "No leave her out of this, she has nothing to do with me! I tricked her into letting me into the building with my charming good looks. You can't blame her for falling for it."
Allowing the guards to search her, Haley presses her thumb against her briefcase to open it up. She offers it up for inspection and looks confused at Jack as he speaks up. She turns and looks back to the guards, her eyes looking at them and around checking the security of the area.
In goes Fandango to the building, entirely unawares of what's going on up on the eigth floor for now, he heads over and presses the call button on the elevator. When it arrives, he puts his helmet back on before slipping inside, and pressing the button for floor 8.
They wait until two more guards show up through the left door. "Alright, take her to the third floor for questioning. I will deal with jack." Two of the guards move to wait with haley for the elevator to arrive, as the other two lead Jack off down the hallway. The guy in the visor just remains quiet as he stands near haley. No one seems to bother him however.
Not one to fight with the security, Haley says, "Um…questioning," her eyes widening a little. She clings to her briefcase as she steps back asking, "What is questioning?" She looks as the doors to the lift opens and she says, "Oi didn't do anything wrong."
Jack is out of the site by the time the elevator reaches the 8th floor, and fandango finds Haley with two securty guards. "If you didn't do anything wrong, then this will just be a moment. Please calm down." They seem nice enough but they weren't going to play games, and one reaches to grab Haleys arm.
As the guard reaches to take her arm, Haley says, "This is a frame up," snatching her arm away. She's every bit the panicked office girl she says, "Oi want a lawya, Oi want a docta, Oi want a cheese sandwich!" She steps back in horror from the guards angling herself to be away from Fandango.
Fandango, Upon seeing Haley being manhandled by the guards and with no other information having beenr eceived through the comm, assumes the worst. He spends a moment glancing around for cameras, and seeing none, he darts out of the elevator and he punches one of the guards a couple of times, his fsts slamming into him with the force of a shotgun blast, before he spins on his foot and slams his heel into the side of the guard's head. He doesn't speak throughout this exchange.
The guard lifts his uzi to try and block the attack, but it does little use and he takes a solid hit and nearly falls over. He then fires his uzi back at fandango, with two burst shots.
He opens fires and the bullets spray out at fandango, a few shots going wide but others slamming straight into him. The gel rounds hit him with a loud thud but doesn't seem to do any real damage.
The other guy is more focused, likely because he didn't just get punched in the side of the head. He opens fire and sprays fandango with six bullets. They slam into him, and he might even get a few welts from the the gel round slaming into him at high speeds. Though he remains up.
As the guard opens up with his uzi, Haley says, "Oh no," shocked and she stumbles back. Her own form of martial arts is less agressive, more flowing. She seems to trip over her feet and she slams her elbow into the guard's face. She yelps, "Sorry," as she tries to untangle herself with the guard.
Fandango stumbles back a bit at the spray of bullets as the gel splatters all over him, but he doesn't fall over. He rolls towards the guard he had attacked previously and launches two more attacks to his midsection as he rises, before finishing off with an elbow uppercut.
Spinning around once she's loose from the guard she hit she says, "Sorry," and slams her shoulders into the next one. Clearly on accident. She blinks as his head slams into the wall next to him and he slumps to the floor saying, "Oh no, I think he's hurt."
Both guards hit the ground, and look to be out for the time being. Luckly with all the fighting none of the alarms in the building have yet gone off. The man with the red visor is still standing there, having not moved the entire fight. Over the comm a british voice speaks, "I don't know what you guys are doing, but I could use some help in here…"
As the last guard begins to back off, giving up, Fandango punches him right in the face to finish the job. The skin is grazed off his knuckles revealing something that looks suspiciously like carbon fiber underneath. He pulls a pair of gloves on. He glances at the two unconscious guards, "We need to hide these, and quickly." And he glances around for a supply closet or similar within easy reach.
Fandango drags one guard into a closet, fully expecting that Haley will follow up with the other one. Once they're in there he shuts the door, and then he gives the handle a tug (hopefully) snapping it off.
Haley is happy to help, she loads the guy up in the closet and she slips the UZI into her briefcase. Clicking it closed she says, "Oh yeah," and takes any communications from the security guard. Just in case they need a way to keep tabs on what the building security is doing.
The handle breaks off and the people are clear of the area for now. People might eventually notice them missing, but for now things seem to go well. Fandango barely has time but as he listens to the communications he hears, "Hurry clear this line, go to back up two." before it goes to static.
Fandango winces, "Shit, they must have some system for monitoring the transponders connected." he comments, and then he throws that particular comms device into the elevator and he begins moving, as he takes out his spare and rejoins the channel. "We need to meet up with our friend. Which way did he go?"
From the other side of your own comm you hear that british voice again, "You guys still alive, where are you at? I am in a little trouble here."
Pointing in the direction the voice came from, Haley says, "He's that way." She grips her briefcase tightly as she starts to run in that direction. She laughs softly and says, "Oh this is crazy, I love it."
Commlink-Fandango> Fandango says, "Sorry, ran into some guards. Where are you?"
Fandango speaks on the walkie talkie even as he runs off after Haley.
He replies on the comm, "I am in the room with the package, but I am a little…tied up at the moment."
The hallway leads to the door, and there really is only one path to follow on this floor, and everything eventually leads to a single large room. However once the group reaches it, they find the door locked.
Fandango skids to a stop at the door, and then glances towards Haley, "Any good with locks?" he asks her then, as he looks up and down making sure there's no-one coming.
Reaching the door, Haley reaches for the latch. She shakes her head and looks to Fandango saying, "No, but Oi can help ya kick in a door if ya need." She steps back and gets ready to help if it is required.
The door shakes with the first hit, but it remains solid. The second hit smashes through the door which flies off the hinges. Before the door hits the ground a loud siren goes off, likely alerting the entire building that there are people inside. In side the room you find Jack, hanging up side down from the ceiling. Rope tied around his feet as he is being slowly lowered towards the ground, where two flame throwers are spurting fire across the floor. "About time!" His face is a bit red and he is sweating pretty bad as he lowers slower towards the fire. Three guards turn around to face you, each pulling out a stun baton as they charge.
Fandango nods his ehad at Haley then, "They'll know we're coming in, so be ready." he comments, and takes out a pair of silenced pistols. He takes a step back and then he launches his foot at the door, attempting to kick it right below the lock. When it doesn't go through the first time, he pulls his foot back and then gives it another solid boot.
All playing is thrown to the side as the door hits the ground. Haley rushes towards one of the guards and she draws back her briefcase like she's about to swing it. When his eyes track the motion she kicks him in the shin. Lucky for him he was able to twist a little to the side and only receive a glancing blow.
Fandango is like a robot with those pistols, his smartlink immediately picking out targets as they come into view. He aims both pistols at one of them, and fires two shots in short order, the silencers on the ends of the guns meaning they make barely a noise as the gel-filled rounds are launched towards their target.
The first guard seems pretty good, using his baton to keep haley back just enough to not take any serious wounds. The second one quickly rushes over ducks as a bullet flies over his head. Though he can't duck the second that nails him right between the eyes and knocks him out cold.
Jack uses the distraction to his advantage and starts to wiggle back and forth, slowly at first but soon he starts to swing. As he is slowly picking up speed a small blade pops out the bottom of his shoes and he starts trying to cut the rope above him. Mean while the guards make their attacks. One takes a wild swing and haley only to miss, and he pays for it with a blow to his side. The other doesn't do much better when he takes a swipe at fandango.
The knee to the groin made the guard look down, mostly to make sure she didn't try it again. That, to the guard's credit was a success, however he must be a new recruit because Haley brings her knee up and jumps to crash it into his chin. The guard sputters from the impact, but he didn't drop from it.
Fandango ducks under the guards attacks at they come towards him, ducking this way and that way, and he tosses his guns to the ground- no good to him in close combat. Eventualy he sees an opening, and rushes in, inside the man's defenses and slams him with a powerful punch right to the gut.
Jack continues to rock back and forth and soon he is swinging wildly over the fire below him. He is drawing closer and closer til his head is about to catch fire. But some how he got his hand free from the rope and she bends up to hold his legs, giving him a an extra foot before he goes in. Then snap, the rope is finally cuts when his is in his furthest arch from the fire. He goes flying and does a flip before landing safely on the ground.
The two guards seem to have trouble as they swipe at the other two with their stun batons.
For a moment Haley was going to go help Jack, but once he managed to save himself she allowed her focus to shift to one of the Stooges. Let's call him Joe, because no one liked Joe. Moving around behind the guard she positions him between her and Fandango, slamming her right fist into the back of Joe's head.
Jack smiles as he slowly pulls out his pistol, which he some how hid from the searches. Its a beatiful gold plated pistol with a very long barrel. It looks almost more for art than for actually shooting. However he aims it carefully and nails the wounded guard that was fighting haley in the back of the head, and knocks him out cold.
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Seeing the guard dropped by Jack's expert shot, Haley moves over and punches the guard in the back of the head. There's a crack as bone meets bone and she shakes her after the strike saying, "Ow, steel plate!"
Fandango delivers a spinning kick to the ehad of the last remainign guard to finish him up, and then gathers his guns as he looks over to the others. "You got the package?" He asks the man who had been hanging over fire just moments ago.
The last of the guards hit the ground with a thud. Jack quickly puts his gun away and rushes over to a near by wall safe. He enters the combination and opens the safe. He pulls out an envelope, and checks inside. "This is it! The nuclear weapon codes. Lets get out of here." The alarms are still echoing through the building as he turns to run back towards the exit. "They will be here soon."
Laughing softly Haley says, "Great, we got nukes." She shakes her head and looks towards the door. She grins and gives an exadurated shrug as she says, "Well lets hurry, they'll be taking the stairs while they watch the elevator. Picking up one of the guards she drags him by the shoulders, "Lets take the elevator too."
Jack looks around as he quickly heads down the hallway back towards the elevator, "Are we going to the lobby or the roof? Either way we need to hurry, we dont have much time." The other guy is still follow everyone around, he hasn't said a word. Its a bit strange, but at least he doesn't get in the way either.
Fandango glances about, and he shakes his head, "Ther'll be way too many at the elevator. We can't fight the whole security force."
Dropping the guard with a thunk, Haley says, "Sounds like we're gonna hit the roof." She looks over Fandango and asks, "You sure you got enough rope?" She moves to follow behind the two men, clearly content to let them lead the way.
Fandango nods his head. "I have a fifty meter line. Rangefinder said this place couldn't be higher than fourty meters. Let's move."
Jack nods as he turns towards the steps and runs up. He pulls out his cell phone, "I got a friend I can call in to help us out. Just leave it to me." He speaks quickly on the phone and as he runs. The stairs that lead to the roof is a good way off but eventually the group reach them. He begins to run up, but once everyone reaches the door to the roof they find it locked.
"MOVE!" barks Fandango as he charges up the stairs after the others, and he barges into it, shoulder first. The lock practicaly explodes as the force of his impact forces the door open and he stumbles out onto the roof.
At the sharp yell to move, Haley laughs saying, "Oi'm movin', Oi'm movin'." Too funny a moment to pass up. She rushes through the door after Dango busts it open and she looks down the stairs getting ready to run up them.
As everyone steps onto the roof its just starting to get dark outside. Though suddenly the entire area is bathed in bright light. Huge spot light move across the roof, and nearly fifty guards circle the exit, all with assault rifles aimed at the door. A beautiful woman in a black dress is standing in the center, holding a huge machine gun. She laughs evily, "Ha Ha Ha! You thought you could escape. Today you will meet your death Jack Hill!"
Suddenly a helicopter raises up from the side of the building, just behind the group. It moves over the door and drops a rope ladder down to the shadowrunners. Jack turns and slides his arm around haleys waist and pulls her in close. Before she can react he kisses her deeply on the lips, but then pulls away. "We can't let them get the nuclear weapon codes." He shoves the envelope into her hands. "Go quickly, take the codes and run! I will hold them off!" He slowly draws his pistol and aims it towards the woman and the fifty guards.
Fandango immediately draws his guns when the spotlight shines on them, and then he looks between the chopper, the woman, the man they were with. "Frak me." He says and then shakes his head. He takes off towards the chopper then, happily abandoning 'Jack Hill' and rather glad he had a bike helmet that covered his face on all this time.
Thankfully she's wearing her mask, Haley takes the package and she says, "Yeah, thanks." She looks towards the guards and she moves to follow after Fandango getting ready to depart the roof. She laughs and says, "Oi think this is gonna be a great show."
The man with the visor climbs up into the helicopter leaving, Jack to his fate. The chopper quickly takes off and he gets a nice parting view as bullets start to fly across the roof, followed by loud explosions and an amazing light show. Apparently one man can do a lot of damage, even outnumbered 50 to 1.
Once out of view the man smiles as he looks over to the two, "That was very good work, thank you." He hands each a credstick with the proper cash balance on it for their pay. "Don't worry, we will be editing out any identify features. It will come out nice."
Offering a bright smile Haley says, "Oi'm glad ta hear that. Oi would be a little upset over that if it wasn't how things went." She nods her head at the man and she says, "Nice smile by the way." She slides the credstick in her pocket and she nods her head to Fandango heading towards where she parked her car.
When Fandango gets his money he scowls and then grabs the man by the scruff f his neck. "You see that you do, or you're going to fucking regret it. Scan?" he asks him, and then shoves him back and walks off without another word- spitting on the ground as he does.
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