Double Dealings and Corperate Stealings.

GM: Dante Players: Dalton, Alice, Nate. Synopsis: The runners first meat the J for their first assignment. They are to steal a package from A man's (Alistair) home and deliver it to him. there is reletively high security and spirits watching the place. They get caught snooping by Alistair and an alternate assingment is offered. To break into his home, though this time with a little help from Alistair to make it look authentic but a little less dangerous, and deliver the package. The difference, is Alistair hired the runners to kill the Johnson and return the package after completeing thir first job. Date: Feb. 9, 2070 SO IT BEGINS Through your various contacts, word has gotten out about a job that needs done. There was little in the way of details, only that those intrested in makeing a few extra cred, should meet at the park in the warrens. the only description of the person given is that he will be wearing a blue tie and carries with him a black briefcase with a red stripe across the middle. You paged Nate with 'Do you have an item fullfilling the geas?'. Dalton doesn't like the idea of a meet out in the open, but he is low on cred and he needs the work. He leaves his apartment and catches a cab to the edge of the warrens, there he casts levitate and invisibility and summons a small spirit, all in the effort to give him a speedy flight to the park. Once at the park he lands in a secluded spot and drops his spells, looking around carefully for any sign of the Johnson. Alice probably gets her intel from Miranda and then tells her, "Sure, BAYBAY!" before heading off on a BMW Blitzen to Princess Di Park. It is pretty chilly, so she has herself bundled up in her Saints jacket at the moment, with some long john underwear going on under her ripped-style jeans, which can be seen THROUGH those holes. Oh baby. While on the way, she attempts to avoid conflict, though, she is using vehicular transportation. She keeps wary on the drive there. Nate likes it when his fixers pasds him job details. He's always eager for money and after coming off his last job the adrenaline s flowing, so to speak. The temperature is low though, so he catches a cab to the edge of the warrens and walks in, wrapped up in multiple layers of armour culminating in a leather jacket overtop of a winterized coverall. Hands stuffed into pockets he wanders into Princess Di, keeping his eyes out for the described tie and red stripe, approaching any such people without a word. Beneath a gazebo towards the middle of the park. There was a man wearing a dark suit. he was wearing a blue tie and had a briefcase that fit the description. the gazebo was in a less traveled part of the park, but you had a clear view of most of the arrea surrounding it. Apparently, he wanted to make damn sure he could see people coming ahead of time. as he saw the runners approaching he stood up strait and greeted them with a nod. "I was begining to think that no one got my message. thank you for coming, it seems it is only the 3 of you so far though. It will have to do" Dalton remains quiet, taking a moment to read the aura of the Johnson and the other runners here, he puts his hands into his pockets to keep them warm, and waits to hear what the Johnson has to say. Alice arrives on the bike, zooming in initially with vision mods to see who the hell this is. She parks her bike somewhere where she can see it from the gazeebo, because she rather not have it stolen. Then, she switches it off and swings her leg off the bike before doing the OMG I'M COLD dance over to the gazeebo and then into it. She raises one eyebrow at the Johnson, and then she grins a wicked clown style smile. Noticing Nate, she wrinkles her nose at him slightly but then looks over toward Dalton and up nods to the person she is meeting for the first time. Attention goes back to the Johnson, then. Nate shrugs his hands deep into his pockets as he sizes the Johnson up, giving him the once over. Then a quick glance is spared for the other two, Dalton a once over and alice is given a sneer, "Not going to be a silent slot today as well are you?" He turns back to the Johnson after sending that Alice's way. The johnson looks over the group and gives a nod. he reaches into his coat pocket for a cigar and puts it to his lips before lighting it with an old style butaine lighter "Alright then, Here is the job for you guys. There is this man. He has something that I want. The problem is he keeps it tucked away nice and cozy in a safe at his place in the CAS sector. I had a guy scope it out a coule weeks ago. I was able to get the info from him before Lonestar came down on him. I can letcha know what kind of security you are looking at when he first went there, but the dumb ass got himself caught so it has probably got a little tougher since then. I do know it requires a code just to get into the front door, so how you get in is your own business. What I want though, is in the safe that is in his study. it is likely hidden so look good. it is a little black box accompanied with a few papers tied to it in a brown envelope. you get me that, you get your creds." he takes a long draw on his cigar and eyes the runners. "so, think you can do the job?" Dalton arches a brow, looking briefly at the other two runners, then back to the Johnson "Just how much cred are we talking about?" Nate nods in agreement with Dalton, "Give us the worth before we agree to your run. I ain't doing anything for a few kay in the CAS sector." The man smiles and exhales a plume of smoke "Well now that depends. You do your jobs and I get what I need, it is 25k appiece. You fail, well, Hard to get your Cred in Lonestar lock up. if the security is tripped there you have about 15-20 minuets to completely disappear. depends on how busy they happen to be that night." Alice shows some teeth to Nate, like a dog that is ready to bite someone but then stops that and pays attention. "We're dealing with possible Lonestar? Huh… WHOA! We need a little more than just 25k. Man. Christ!" Dalton glances to the other runners "Either of you an expert with locks? If not, I have an idea." he turns back to the Johnson "How long do we have to get this done? And how do we contact you when we have what you want?" Nate tilts his head at Dalton, "She's better with the electronic ones, I'm better with the old school tumblers." Then he looks back at the Johnson, waiting for his reply to Alice's demand for more cash. The J thinks a moment and makes a face but he gives a nod after a few moments "Alright then, I can go as high as 27500=y= This is as much as I can spare for each of you though." as he says it you could tell he isn't too happy about having to increase the pay, but he other wise says nothing about it. "So," he asks "Can I count on you 3 to get the job done?" Dalton nods "I'm in then, just need to know the guys name and address." Alice brings her hands up slowly as if she were going to grope at some of her invisible suspenders, or mimes as if she does. Her miming is excellente. "Thank you very much!" she says to the man with a rather enthusiastic tone. Alice nods! Nate nods, "It's done. We need the details. Drop off point particularly. Also, a little cash up front, perhaps the seven and a half you just added? Would make the job much smoother." He nods and opens his breifcase taking out a data chip and offers it to whoever would take it from him. after that he also takes 3 blank cred sticks from his breifecase and slots them each into his pocsec. he deposits 7500 into each stik and hands them out to each runner. "all the info on the man, and his home is on that data chip. those sticks have 7500 each on them. you will all get the last 20k after the job is completed. As for the drop off point, I will meet you back here when the job is done. I need this done by the end of the week so try to be quick about it. My contact info is on the card when you have accomplished your job. Any questions?" He takes another draw on his cigar and locks his case. he then leans back against the side of the gazebo waiting to see if anyone wanted to ask him anything. Alice is a jerk and takes the datachip first and then pulls out her banana phone and a cable and then starts to slot chip in phone and then cable into phone and then cable into her BRAINz (Via datajack of course). She also takes her monetary compensation with a little grin and a cute wink toward the Johnson. Dalton recieves his credstick and nods to the Johnson "Sounds simple enough." he waits to see if the other runners have any questions. the J nods and waves his hand a bit dismissively "Then our business here is done. Try not to get picked up by the law enforcement like the last guy." he glances at the woman as she winked and shook his head. he then stood there and waited. Obviously he wanted to be the last to leave Alice scans through the info on the chip mentally and commits it to her memory before saying, "HOLD UP! PLEZ. I need to check this and make sure!!!" Alice scans the intel, to see what they got, in case she does have questions. Nate waits in the cold, his breath misting as he stamps his feet and looks around, turning away from the Johnson entirely. Looking out over the park as he listens to Alice doing her crazy. The chip gives a basic layout of the man he wants you to steal from. Previous reports say that he is often accompanied by no less then 2 men. obvious body guards. There is a side note added recently from a report of the last one who went on recon that reads, "the big guys are a tough bunch. I saw one of em had one of those hand cannon like things in his coat. I didn't see a weapon on the second guy, bt he might have been concealing it." The man himself is just an average elf. not awakened and even had his data jack removed when he got a higher position in the corperate offices. His home is also listed with an adress posted beside it. another note is left here as well. "I don't have much time, Lonestar is on my ass hard. The door has a 7 diget code lock of numbers and letters. I tripped an alarm trying to crack into the thing. I was able to get a quick look inside before I heard the sirens. I couldn't find the safe though. probably hidden behind some damned illussion. Drek, they are after me. It's only been 15 minuetes, how did they get here so f…" the note ends here Dalton waits for his turn to access the data, looking to get an idea of what they are up against before they head out. Alice scans over things mentally without taking too long and then pops the chip out of her phone. She walks over and hands it to Dalton with a grin and then goes to say, "Ah. Hmmhmm. This is everything you have for us, yes?" Alice asks that while glancing back over towardS the Johnson. Dalton pulls out a pocsec and checks over the datachip. The J nods and just continues puffing on his cigar. "That's all" Dalton hands the chip to Nate after he puruses the information and records a few things into his pocsec. Nate keeps breathing his misted breath over the scene of the Princess Di park in front of him before finally turning back and addressing the other runners. "We done? Ready to go?" Just as he asks the chip is thrust towards him, he grudgingly takes his hand out of warm pocket into cold air and takes it. Fiddling with pocsec he slots the chip and peruses. Alice hmmhmms. "Ok, thanks! Wahoo." she says to the Johnson and then to Dalton says to him, "Where you wanna go to start plannin this jazz scene?" and then glances over toward Nate, as if to suggest that he is included in this question as well, and then back toward Dalton. "I know of a PERFECT place, not far!" Dalton shrugs "Where ever you want is fine with me, as long as its secure." he turns from the Johnson and starts to walk away "So, where is this place, and does anyone have room for me to ride? Its a bit cold for flying." Nate walks over to the other 'runners. Now ignoring the Johnson he shrugs, "Anywhere is fine with me, tell me where it is, I'll be runnign there." Alice grins, "Grrrrreat! I got 2 seats on my bike. You can ride with me but no groping me. Lucy will eat your liver!" she tells Dalton before looking to Nate and then saying, "CHROME!" and then winks before rubbing her hands together and looking over to her bike. Suddenly, she springs off over toward it to mount up and then get it started, lest someone does something to hinder her. Dalton follows after Alice, climbing on the bike behind her, and somehow managing to resist grabbing her in all the right spots. Nate nods and takes off, running straight up the wall of the nearest building onto the roof and taking off in a direct line towards Chrome, free running style. ASTRAL SCOPE OUT AND THE PLAN…. Alice glances up toward Nate while he runs up the wall there and then her eyes boggle slightly. "WHAT THE FUCK?" she inquires aloud enough for him to hear before she just shakes her head and then says, "Damn carnies." … Then, she starts up the bike and zoom… they are off, to CHROME! When they get there, it is a very shiny place inside without any bars, just bar bots at each booth, but everything is passed up for a door at the back. It is a very solid door, like, big, with a control panel nearby. Wahoo. Dalton follows along behind Alice, watching the bar patrons as they pass by, and following her to the big shiney door. Nate drops down from a roof as the bike arrives, rolling and then standing up. "Oh yeah, needed that warm up." He follows the pair in then, wandering along behind Dalton. Alice stops at the door in the dark back corner and then pulls off one of her hardliner gloves to put a hand over it while whispering to the thing, "Mclovin is so sexy." Then, the maglocks turn green and access is allowed into the back where the PANIC ROOM is. The panic room has two plasteel girders in the form of a sliding lock, combined with a maglock over the heavy door, reinforced by four anchors at the top and bottom that make it virtually immovable when activated. In size, the room is large enough to accomodate a small group of people within it's citadel-like confines. It is not as extravagant as the rest of the club, simply painted stock white with overhead halogen lights. Lining the back wall is a series of lockers containing medkits, a few weapons and some human-size armor. There is a LTG with a dataline for Matrix access, but not much more. The only seating is in the form of two benches on either side of the door. Dalton glances around as he enters, and looks over all the stuff "Impressive." he says, then moves around to a bench and sits down. "Ok, here is my plan, I need one of you to get the guy in the open, run into him, ask him how he likes living in this neigborhood, and what the local security is like. Thats when I read his mind, and get his security setup and codes. Then we simply walk in like we own the place." Nate hmms and nods as he steps inside, "Sounds like a job for little Miss Freakosaur over there." He points at Alice and then looks around, snagging a can of beans from an open locker. Dalton nods "Of course, this is all assuming he has no magical security, if he does, then we have to do it the hard way and break the locks to get inside. I can conceal everyone, but thats the limit of my skills at breaking and entering." Alice quickly slams the door shut, so as to contain all the talking, "FREAKOSAUR?" she rages suddenly. Then, immediately, as soon as it started, it basically stops. She grins to Nate and then winks a little bit before regarding Dalton in a rather happy cheery way, "We should disguise for this, mmhmm… and, you do the mind probing drek? THAT IS SO SCARY." she says to him. "And, concealing whole people… woo! Oh, I have a decker ex… do I have to call this guy to help as backup plan B?" Nate shrugs as he pops open the can and starts eating them, cold, right out of the can. "Sounds good. I was goin g to suggest hiring a gang to make some trouble for the Star while we broke in, but that's good too." Dalton shakes his head "Is it alright if I rest in here? I'll go find this guys house and take a look on the astral plane, see if he has any magical security. If he does, this will be harder." Alice nods a little bit, "Do the astral thingy yeah!" she says and then pumps a fist up in the air before sidling over toward Nate and then grinning, looking at the green bean can, and then up at him, and then the can again. Dalton lays back down on the bench, and leaves his body, he pauses a moment to watch the others, then zips out of the building and across into the sector that the targets home is in, he manifests a few times to check streets and addresses, then locates the house and takes a look from a distance. Nate looks at Alice oddly and then flicks a sauce covered bean towards her. Just the one, then he laughs at Alice with a bean stuck to her face, one of those uncontrollable giggles. Alice closes her eyes reflexively when the bean comes toward her face, and then she jerks back a bit before growling slightly at Nate and then slipping her glove back on. "I'll BEAN you!" she swears aloud! Alice leaves the bean… which slides slowly in a streak line of painted cheek. …down her face… leaving some sauce… mmm mmm good. Nate keeps giggling like he can't help it and holds the half empty can out to her. Dante pages: about what should their level be for that? and he is percieving astrally so he should have a TN of about 4 to see them both right? or lower Alice twitches and reaches toward the can with one hand, trying to take it from him, but he might not let her. Actually, she twists and grunts like she is in labor, but the thing moves not from his hand, as she does. The only movement being whatever Nate's giggling causes. "What the hell!" she exclaims! Nate keeps an iron solid grip on the can, and giggles some more. "You can have some," he finally says, keeping hold of the can. Alice sighs defeatedly! She gives up trying to get the can after he says that she can have some. Though, she does sidle up near him and tries to wipe her bean and paint tinted cheek on his shoulder. Nate grimaces at her, "Eugh, I'm going to have to get this dry cleaned now. You dirty slitch." He huffs meanly. "Wait… do you have a magic marker?" He glances at Dalton. Alice frowns, "I'm not a slitch!" and she tries to slap Nate! Nate dodges Alice quite easily, "Chill out fer fuck sake, aggro causing pixie!" He frowns and looks at the beans, "Do you want some beans or what?" Alice rages, "APE-ologize!!!" and writhes as if she has something SERIOUSLY wrong with her. "YES, I want some beans!" There doesn't seem to be any magical barrior on the building at all. in fact there doesn't seem to be any kind of security outside except a pit bull tied to a chain outside the house. he looked to be sleeping in his little house. At least this is what it looks like to anyone passing by. in the astral it appears to be an air elemental of no small size. you would probably guess him to be around rating 4. as for the outside, that seems to be about it. Nate quickly draws a fake moustache on Dalton's face with the magic marker, he was gone a while right? He lets Alice have the bean can during that. Alice seems to not be physically aggro anymore after the bean can is totally hers! YES! SCORE! She eats up, but then pauses and says, "HEY, you didn't apologize!" she says with a mouthful of saucy beans. Dalton wakes up after a few minutes, frowning "Alright, he has an guard elemental, and probably has wards. So we need to catch him someplace else first. I have a plan. Can you two pose as a reporter and a camera man, asking the guy what he does for his own security, you can be doing an artical on crime and the measures people take to protect themselves. Or, we can simply break in the hard way." Nate holds his hands behind his back and looks serious, nodding. "Huh, I guess we could do that. Alice Freakosaur can do the talking as long as we can get her out of the silly make up." Alice just laughs at Dalton for some reason, but then glances at Nate, and she laughs a little more, with a mouth full of chewy bean stuffs. Dalton nods and stands up, stretching a bit "Alright, so we track him down tommorow, find where he goes, when he gets out in public, you start interviewing people and then interview him. I'll be nearby, cast my spell, read his mind, find out the codes." Nate nods, "Sounds like a plan, I'll get some decent looking clothes on. Alice, can you be not a freak for a day?" Alice just shakes her head! But, then she swallows. "I know just the person for some sexy linger… er, business formal clothing, Mmhmm." she says. Dalton seems oblivious to the fact he has a moustache drawn on his face "Alright, my number is (Blah). I'm going to get some rest, then I'll follow him tommorow morning and call you with where he goes." Alice blahs her number and then says, "Sweet, THE HUNT BEGINS Dalton heads out of the chrome and then goes home, he gets some rest, then at 4:30 AM he wakes up, and astrally projects to go watch the house for when the guy leaves, and to see where the guy goes. He hides somewhere, behind a tree or something, so that he isnt spotted. He also reads the guys aura and the aura of his bodyguards. Nate nods, "Yeah, my details are (MAAAAH), let's get our heads down and work on it tomorrow." Alice waves to Dalton and then looks to Nate, "Gonna call this bastard, so like, like, thanks for the beans." She hands it back, even though there is only two bites left. "I'm gonna sleep in here. I got some phone calls to do and some matrixy style moves to pull out of my fat white ass." Dalton gives the area a good look around for a place to hide. He finally settled on a dumpster that was off in the alley. It smelled like drek, but it was secure. He hoped into the dumpster, it looked as though it was recently emptied by a trash pick up, and kept an eye on the home of his target. Nate wakes up and sends the fat white ass chick a trix mail asking her where they should be going and if she can manage a decent suit. Then he heads out to the Gadgeteers store all casual dress as cameraman, and buys the nicest looking handheld digicam they have. At about 6 am, a corperate looking Americar SUV pulls up to the front of the house and obstucts your view of the front of the house from your position. you can still see most of the yard but the front door is behind the car. After the car parks the engines are killed and from the drivers side door steps a large man that fits the discription on the date chip as "the one with the hand cannon thing." You hear two doors close though and you could probably guess the other guy just left the passenger seat. Dalton tries to get a good look at both guys and the door without being seen. The big guy's aura had a few hints of a smoking habit and the occational drink. He wasn't awakened that was for sure. Though it was kinda hard to see at first, there were black spots where his eyes where and what looked like a black line down his spine. you could also see a gun shape at his side. this was likely the hand cannon that was mentioned before. Alice already has some suits, and apparently, something that fits Nate rather well. She does have a pretty good memory, advanced eye sight, and like, a lot of experience hanging around that boy Hutch. They have nice biz clothing, yes, and Alice is totally in makeup, just not clown makeup, and her eyes are blue and her hair is quite blonde, actually. She looks almost completely different, except for her facial features and her current dress, and she even represses herself pretty good, since she got pleanty sleep (sleep regulator!!!). She also has a healthy diet going on, as she muches on plain corn chex style cereal from a little ziplock baggie while following Nate around. "Nice clothes." she comments, and then chuckles softly, not seeming quite so distasteful while properly dudded. Alice spends 1k on 2x Fine Clothing (Business Casual) for Alice and Nate. Dalton continues to wait and watch, assuming that once they leave they will have he target, and he will follow them to the office most likely. It took only about 15 minuetes or so before the front door of the house opens and closes again. There was a series of quick barks before the voice of a man walks over and calms it down. Soon after one door his heard opening and closeing and then a second. the big guy comes around to the divers side and opens his door, but stops before getting in to light his smoke. his lighter was giving him problems. Dalton continues to observe from his place of concealment, intent on following them when they leave. It is hard for you to hear from this possition, but you could make out some bits "….don't let any……let me kno…..get lone…right?" there was then a bark from the dog before the next sound is that of a car door closing Dalton listens hard, and only makes out some of the conversation, but the prey is about ready to move, and he must follow them, he waits patiently in his dumpster for the car to leave, then he will begin to tail it discreetly. after the man gets his smoke lit, he makes his way into the vehicle and the engine turns over soon after. it then pulls off down the road towards his offices. He had a meeting first with another exec over breakfast. The car pulled into a small resturant place and all 3 exited the vehicle and made their way inside. It looked like they would be there a little while. The elf, the man you are stealing from, was carrying a brief case with him and was flanked by both his guards as he made his way inside. The second guard IS awakened. though he also had a few black spots where his eyes and ears are though. most likely a physad. he lacked the subtle poisons of a smoker, but he seemed to be a heavy drinker. There was a small handgun shape in the small of his back. it looked a lot smaller then the other man's but this might just meen he didn't need a large gun to get the job done You paged Dalton with 'we can do your part here while they get there. roll me perception again to see a hiding spot. remember, the guy is awakened. so he might see you if your not careful. ;)' You paged Dalton with 'the restraunt is an old burger joint stuffed into a corner between to larger buildings. it rested off of a main street so there was little in the way of hiding places aside from the parking lot. there was plenty of space across the street, but your view would be obstructed. one building beside the restraunt is a parking garrage though. the downside, is you can only just barely see the man through the window from there.'. Dalton zips back to his body, and calls the others "We need to hurry, he is having breakfast right now at (Place). We can catch him there I think, tell him your interviewing him because he reciently had his house broken into and your getting stories for a piece on home security." Nate wanders the streets with his new camera waiting for a call from Dalton, eventually settling into a coffee shop for a hot soykaf, which is where they are when Dalton calls. Alice answers with an electronically transduced voice over the phone, "OK!" Then, she turns to Nate and tells him, "That guy with whom we are doing that thing with the thing is at (PLACE), and so we should go do our interview! LETS GO." she says and then turns, fluffing some of her long blonde hair before winking back over her shoulder at Nate with the blue eyes. Then, she dashes out of the coffee shop with a latte in one hand, letting him deal with the camera handling. Dalton leaves his apartment after making the call and catches a cab as fast as possible to the resteraunt. Once there, he looks around for a hiding spot where he can cast his spell and see the target when he comes out of the resteraunt. Nate follows Alice, camera in one hand and cup of hot 'kaf in the other. He tries to drink some while hurrying to follow and keep up the pretense of being a reporter with a story to record. Alice catches the attention of a male taxi cab driver, and then she ducks into the back seat of his ride. "Thank you." she says to him in a sauve way before smiling over to Nate a little, "You got the cab fare." . Nate sighs as he hands over a registered stick to one of his fake SINS, "Uhuh. We need a ride to (PLACE) please." Alice grins happily and sips at her latte and enjoys a mime-quiet ride unless Nate wants to talk to her. She seems actually… very well mannered, well, for now. Nate and Alice arrive at the place they are heading to, getting out after Nate pays the fare. "Alright, here we are. Get your questions ready." Dalton calls the team "I'm on my way, lets use comm channel 238.221 when I get there, wait till he comes out of the restraunt to ambush him with the questions." Alice emerges from the cab and then smiles toward him. "Sure thing. OH, We should tip the man, yeah?" to Nate before looking back at the cab driver with a smile. "Hey, what's your name, chum?" she inquires of him. Glancing slightly toward the restaurant place, to keep aware of those entering and exitting. Nate looks down Alice's top while she bends over, hey she said they were nice herself! The taxi pulls up in front of the resturaunt and the cabbie only charges a few cred for the trip (10) since it was such a short ride. after the tab is paid he drives off again down the road. the Resturaunt is an old burger joint looking place squashed between to buildings one a parking garage and the other an office building of some kind. the busy road was right next to the parking lot that had its space in front of the building. there was a few vehicles in the lot but nothing extraordinary. Meanwhile, electronically transduced to Dalton, "Got it, watching now." Alice shrugs a bit as the cab rolls off, "Hah, guess my boob shaking was not a long term attraction." she then winks to Nate and leans in to whisper to him, "Freq 238. 221" And, she also fiddles with some cables in her suit jacket, socketting into a personal tac comm unit there, then patting the jacket down. Nate looks around carefully and then taps the earbud in his ear, reporters have those don't ya know? "We could always steal the car to delay him." He glances around, smiling at passers by and fiddling with the camera to get it turned on. The mark and his 2 goons sat 2 rows to the left of the door in the resturant. they were chatting it up with another suit inside and seemed to be sipping on some coffe. it was about then that a woman came to the table getting ready to take their breakfast order. Dalton rides in a taxi, its exciting, its thrilling, its non stop suspence, his heart cant take much more of it…..not really. Commlink-DJ> Alice electronically transduces, "There he is. Over there, man and 2 body guards to the left of the entrances. Got another person in there chatting with him about something. Alice actually moves to walk closer to the restaurant but without any intention of going inside just yet, just getting closer, hoping that her enhanced hearing can eaves drop in on what they are saying inside. Also, she is going to try to find someone to start the interview and reporting with before they ambush the fellow inside (upon his exit). Nate follows Alice with the camera, getting it ready to record, placing himself so he can see into the restaurant while also recording Alice and her interviewee. Dalton drums his fingers on his knee as he rides along in the cab, cursing mentally to himself for the traffic delays that keep him from reaching his destination quickly. Alice sets up not far from the exit of the restaurant and then starts to set up in front of Nate (who has the camera) and she begins to start talking, "Hello. This is Katie Harms with Five News. Today, we are doing a special on popular security systems. How to make your home and your property better…" Just as Alice starts her thing, a Dwarf woman comes out from inside the resturant and starts to make her way towards the parking lot. she didn't seem to be in any particular hurry but she had a work uniform on that hinted towards a janitorial job Nate rolls the camera pointing it at Alice with a decent shot of the restaurant in the background. Alice glances back toward the restaurant behind her and then looks back to the camera that Nate has with him, "We are standing outside (PLACE), and… oh, look, there is one of the employees!" she says with a big grin that you could swear goes *PING* when she flashes her teeth. She looks to the dwarf and moves her way while trying to get her attention, "Ma'am, do you work here?" Course, Alice will move enough to try to borrow attention, but not going too far away from the exit just in case the target gets ready to leave, too. Dalton starts talking to the cab driver, asking him if he can hurry, that Dalton is missing a very important meeting, and perhaps a few extra nuyen might help the driver get there quicker. Nate moves steadily, keeping his perfect balance to prevent rocking the camera around too much, panning to keep the restaurant in view as he moves with Alice. Finally framing both Alice and the Dwarf through a nifty perspective trick (He goes onto one knee). The driver gives a nod and a slight grin. before giving him the price. almost imediately the speed increases and the traffic seems to be a little less of a problem. you get the feeling that he has probably done this before. The dwarf woman raises an eyebrow as she looks up at the strange woman and makes a face "No ah don't wark 'ere" she says with a bit of an accent. "Whot kin ah do ye fore? Ah wuld like tu get bach to me fahmily soon if ya don't mind." Alice smiles reassuringly to the dwarf lady, probably also with some measure of actual respect, simply because she -is- a woman, or looks like it. Even though, this whole setting is a big con and lie that she and Nate are doing right now. "Oh, I apologize for assuming. Tell me, do you work for a company that incorporates security measures? Or, do you have your own home security? We are doing a news special in hopes of finding out what security systems are the most reliable and popular today in 2070." The woman bites her lip and looks towards her car a moment before giveing a nod "ah suppose I could spare a few moments. The place I work at does have some security of course, but the place is a bloody corperation building in the free trade zone. so it is obvious. as for our home, we got a few locks on the place and my husbands brother knows a friend that set us up with a fairly sturdy ward. we can't afford much really these days, we are lucky to have what we do. nothin like my boss though, hah! now that is one paranoid son of a…" the Woman chatters on for a bit as the mark gets their meal and starts eating. about now another taxi pulls up with dalton inside Dalton arrives, finally, paying his cabbie and getting out of the cab. He wanders down the street and into the parking garage, setting up a surveillance spot to watch the door when they try to exit. Dalton hides in the parcking garage, trying to keep an eye out for the fellow and the reporter team. Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "I'm here, let me know when they come outside" Nate rolls camera on the Dwarven lady and Alice, making sure to get everything, and also recrod the mark in the background, for whatever reason. Alice is listening to the woman and watching her with the vibrant icy blue eyes and nodding her head, bobbing her blonde hair a little. She frowns sympathetically when the woman states that she is not able to afford much. "Oh wow… well, it sounds like you are doing what you can. Thanks for your time." The dwarven woman doesn't stop talking for a good 6 minuets before she is cut off. she gives a polite nod and a smile then. "Not a problem. I hope it helps. um, what time will this air? I can't wait to show the kids that their mom was on televission" she smiled warmly. at about that time, the Man inside stood up and shook hands with the other suit and made his way to the front of the building. he was almost at the door and ready to leave the building. Dalton hides as best he can in the parking garage next door, looking through to see the resteraunt next to the place, he tries to get a good look when the guy comes out, so he can use his mind magics on him. Alice totally lets her talk if she wants to, and then nods to her, "Yes, it really does. It gives us a scope on what it is like for good citizens like yourself, and the scoop on the variety of different security systems. And, it will Air online. Just search <google.com in 2070> for it!" she flashes another smile to the woman and then toward the camera. Having heard the goodbyes and what not within the restaurant, she starts getting ready. She addresses the camera for just a bit here, though, while simultaneously moving at a slow side walk toward the restaurant entrance. "So, as you can see, almost everyone has become security aware these days. But, what do you do when these systems fail?" she inquires rhetorically, as if leading up into another subtopic to their story. The man and his guards leave the building. The big one leaveing first, followed by the the suit and then the other body guard. They walk out of the building but the first guard stops as he sees the blond standing in front of them. "Hey, 'scuse us. We have places to go." Nate makes sure to catch the three on the camera as they approach from behind Alice. Dalton reaches out a hand, working his magics from his place of hiding, a dark cloak covers his head and back, flowing out in an astral wind, the cloak dissappears as the magic rushes forth and entwines about the mans head, the thoughts suddenly coming to Dalton. Alice turns toward the three men and then apologizes, "Oh, I'm sorry." But, despite saying so, she does not really get out of the way for them. BLONDE! Either way, she adds, "Would you three mind answering a few questions?" she asks them, flashing them a hopefully winning smile. The guard up front raises a hand at the woman and shakes his head. "Sorry, the boss has to get to work in the FTZ. We aint got no time for an interview." there was a light smack from behind the man and he turned around to look a what hit him. it was his boss "Now don't be rude, John. I still have plenty of time to get to the office and work out the deal. Lets at least see what she wants." he says. The large man just grunts and stands to the side a little as the man walks up to her. "My name is Alistair, How can I help you miss?" he said with a smile. He was definately suave. The man's mind goes to him shaking hands with a man in an office. Likely a business deal that went down. You see the name of a business, "Starate sales" and another for "Wuxing" his mind then flashes to a desk with a black box with a brown envelope tied to it. he was feeling rather happy but about something entirely other then the woman. He saw a mental flash of him and his boyfriend haveing a nice dinner, likely later that night You paged Dalton with 'in other words you got a miny flashback when his thoughts went to the "business deal"'. Nate pans the camera up over the big lad, and then down as the other man interrupts, making sure to keep things smooth as he takes a sidestep to frame both Alice and him, perfectly natural shot Alice does have nice boobs, even if the boss man is gay. She smiles up at the boss man, " Well, we are doing a special on security systems. Tell me, do you have one for your own personal use?" She tilts her head, looking at him inquizzitively. Dalton notes when the topic turns to security, he starts digging into the mans mind. "What sort of security setup does the man have." "Whats the code to the door." "Where is the safe." "Whats the combination to the safe." "Where is that black box with the brown envelope." Dalton reaches into his pocket pulling out his pocsec, ready to type all the information down as he reads it from the mans mind. You paged Dalton with 'you see a large dog in the front of the lawn. your vission suddenly flicks to astral as a pair of purple sunglasses are pulled over "your" eyes and you see a large force 5 air elemental. your civvin then clashes forward to inside the house and a black cat just hops into your lap. he look at it and pet it a few times. the purple glasses never left and you see a nother spirit is actually the cat as well. it is another force 5 spirit. this one a water elemental though. your vission then goes ahead to his study. there beside his desk is a mini fridge. it opens and inside is a botle of whine, a candy bar, a few fizzy cokes, and an old piece oc cheese. "your hand reaches in and hits a hidden button just behind the light and there is a click. the door closes and the safe rises out of the gloor beneath the fridge. it is locked with a card scanner and….a thumb print. once the door is opened the package you are looking for is stuffed inside and then closed again. your vission flashes a final time to the front door and he punches in the code to lock it. the code is….he forgets. but he does keep it written down with him. his mind flashes to a piece of paper taped inside his suit case. it is a riddle.'. It is in the sky but also at your feet. 3 times a day though never as neat. Always at home on land or sea, 2 ways to nothing, it will never catch me. Steady of hand and strong of will, Never a debt and nary a bill 5 minuets left, there is wine to distill Code is I3A2SN5 Dalton pages: I3A2SN5 thats what I think it is Alistair shakes his head a bit and offers a small chuckle "I am sorry miss, But I just had a recent break in not long ago. I am not about to divulge my own safty measures. they only just barely held up last time. I will just say that they are well enough that I do not much fear for my safty at night, nore that any of my posettions will go missing for long. Is there anything else?" he felt around in his pocket for something and frowned. he sighed exasperatedly and looked to John, the big guard. "John? be a dear and go back to the table. I think I forgot my Hankerchief and my id badge again. I swear I am always loseing things." He looked back at the woman. "So, will that be all?" Alice listens and then ohs softly, "That's too bad." She shakes her head a little bit there. "I can understand that you might not want to divulge the exact details. Could you maybe give a vague overview of the extent of different security measures, in general? Are pass codes really effective anymore?" Alistair raised an eyebrow at the woman's continued questioning and turns to look back at his guard. The man gave a light nod and closed his eyes a moment. at that same time he turned back around with a smile and reached into his vest pocket for a pair of purple tinted sunglasses. "I am sorry miss, but I really would rather not discuss it. as I said, We just recently had a break in…and I am a litle on edge after that particular event." the man behind him opens his eyes and starts scanning the area around them both, including his boss Nate is nice and steady with the camera, keeping Alistair and Alice framed nicely, from the side, as if they were having a perfectly normal conversation on the street. Nate cuts the camera down and shakes his head to Alice, "Nothing we can use there, let's see if we can find some good material downtown." Alice raises an eyebrow slightly before looking back to Nate and nodding a little bit, "Yeah. Maybe we should check out that new maglock retailer." The man named victor looks up directly at dalton for a few moments and then back towards the camera man and the woman. He sees her fake hair and the magical energies around the camera man. he leans in and whispers something to his boss and Alistair simply sighs "I thought as much." he looks up at the woman and frowns…but he doesn't look angry. "So tell me, exactly how much are you getting paid to ruin a man's future?" Dalton knows the jig is up as soon as his mental reading catches the new thoughts, and he breaks off contact and starts running through the garage and geting the heck out of dodge. He manages to comm the others before he gets too far away. Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "I'm bailing, they know" You paged Dalton with 'You see "yourself" argueing with a man who is pacing back and forth with a plume of smoke leaveing his mouth, looking very much like an angry train. rather, "you wern't really argueing, the other man was yelling. at "you" it was here a few words are actually heard. the first from you and the second from the other man "I am sorry, If I sell to you the entire integraty of my research will go to pot and it will take years to get this kind of data compiled again. I am going with Wuxing." the angry man finally slams his fist on the table and yells "I WILL get this company somehow….MARK my words!" as the memory starts to fade, you never really make out the face, just the billowing smoke….and the blue tie'. Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Seems like we might be working for the wrong side here, see if you can get money out of him to turn on our employeer." Nate quirks an eyebrow at the man, "We're just doing a story on the lengths people will go to protect their homes in this modern climate of fear. What are you talking about?" Alice pages: Before I pose, what did the guy whisper? «OOC» Dante says, "alice all you heard was "your head looks like its gettin scanned. mage up in the drive, the camera man looks hot to. not as active, but its there. the blond has fake hair as well"" Alice was about to wing for Nate but knows they already know too much. So, she sighs, and she tries to act like she is fessing up, but not really doing it exactly properly, "120k. Why? You wanna counter that?" Commlink-DJ> Alice says, "On it." Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Ask him to provide a fake data copy of his research, that way we can tell the J we finished the job and still get paid." Nate is stuck watching this from a sideline almost, having to listen and watch their reactions. He does close up the camera and start to slide it into a pocket though, to free up his hands. Victor starts to reach for his weapon and by now the larger of the 2 is coming back outside. he sees victor go for his gun and jogs out beside his boss. Alistair holds out a hand to the man though and looks back at the woman with a knowing smile. "If you are working for who I believe you are, then I know that your telling me a lie. If the man could afford to pay each of you 125000 nuyen, he wouldn't need to ruin me. so why don't you level with me here, hmm? I can tell you that going after my records would be a huge mistake, so maybe we could work something out." he looks up to where he was told the mage was and then back to the woman "all of us" Dalton circles around to a higher level of the parking garage, the roof, and looks down on the scene, this way he can help if a fight breaks out, and he doesnt have to risk being shot at that much. Alice rolls her eyes, "You misunderstand the ways of things. Think in group pay." she explains while sliding her thumbs along her suit jacket edge. "We already got some up front, anyway." She smiles. "I was being level, your perception of math was incorrect. You see." Nate eyeballs the guy with the glasses, "Nice shades mate, cost you a bob or two ey?" John looked ready to step forward and swing at the woman but Alistair stalled him with a glare. he then looked back and offered a polite bow "My appologies, I simply misunderstood. however, evern 40000 nuyen seems a bit rich for his blood. I still find it hard to believe. However, If you would care to talk in real numbers instead of hypothetical, I can tell you why this man is so eager to get his hands ony my research. If possible, I may be able to convince you to end this foolish job of his…and take it right back to his doorstep. And if not? well, the authorities always have spare rooms at their place I am sure." he smiled Alice shrugs her shoulders, "Well, if you cannot afford to pay up, I suppose ending this really means little to you. I don't see why I should care about the personal business between you and whoever you think is doing this. Though, I also would like to point out that there are more people in the world who you probably know than just one from your past life." Alice snaps a hard look toward John, squinting. Nate scowls and looks back to Alistair, "Undiscioplined bodyguards you have, to be going right for their guns when nothing is happening. You know, if you attack us, you'll be the ones sent down. We've done nothing wrong." He looks back at his guards and jerks his head back a little. They glared at the two in front of them but gave a lite nod and steped back away from them. Alistair then stands there in front of them with his hands folded in front of him. "Is that better? By the way, I think I would be more aware of my enemies then you would be. I am sure you know very little about me. I can tell you a little about your employer though, That man, is a crook. He seeks to take all my years of research and break it appart for profit. I am looking to sell my company and my research to Wuxing. There, It will do the best good and will be put to use." he smiled a little "The man you work for, is only frightened that this merger will put him out of business. It definately will, I will see to it personally. However, I can only do that with my research and the sales papers I have. should you take, forgive me, TRY to take my work, on the off chance you succeed, My future and reputation is ruined, while a theif and a lier make off with the profits of my work. Now, would you care to discuss tis further and start going over details? or should I press this little button on my wrist that calls over a few more friend's to play?" he smiles. he pulled up his sleave just a little. he had a PANIC! button. Alice glances toward the PANIC button and then laughs openly at it… "You are not even wounded, Mister. You would be wasting their time and yours. You know, the cops really dislike false alarms. Come now. I know tons of people in that corporate scheme… Seriously. How sure are you of your PANIC button services when their switchboard operators are but pawns?" She grins a little wickedly, but then turns it into a normal smile. "Good sir. I hate to be disrespectful, but we really do not care at all about why and who does what, just the money. Get on with pay off or live your life wondering if you have to watch your back. Your choice. Hell, you could even throw a fake copy our way to take to the fool. I don't care." Alice emphasizes something, maybe, by reaching up to adjust the cable that is socketted into her blonde hair, giving it a little twist, and the man a wink. He chuckles a little and gives a little nod "Ordinarily you would be right, but after I had the little incident I had this link me directly to the office. However, I would rather like to avoid violence and the like. I would prefer to make a deal." he shakes his head at the mention of a fake "That wouldn't work I am afraid. He would know it was forged. You see, he and I were partners once upon a time. Once I said I was going to sell the company to Wuxing along with all our research, he got infuriated. he wanted to split it up and sell it for maximum profit. The problem with that is the quality of the research would suffer greatly. I could't abide that. So, I cut off all ties to his company. when my company is sold he will be left on his own. Victim of his own greed. However, it is his own fault." he shrugs and looks down a little. The guards behind him both lit up a smoke but kept an eye on the two people in front. "He wont stop you know, not till he either gets what he is after…or I am dead. So," he looks up and sounds a bit more chipper. "why don't we all cut the act. I have been honest with you, why not be honest with me. tell me how much you are getting paid. I might be able to garner a bit more for you if you help me instead" he asks. Nate interrupts Alice here, plainly stating, "Look, we've told you, one hundred and twenty kay. That's the price you're looking at. There's no point us walking away with less than what we can earn. So let's cut the friendly, chit chat, bollocks." He shakes his head side to side, "You can either pay it, or you can't." Alice looks a little bored while listening to the man speak so much, and it does not really take Nate much effort to cut in. She lets him and then she nods some. "Exactly." Dalton hides on the roof of the parking garage, looking down in a position of overwatch, should things go nasty he can act, unfortunately, he cannot hear what is being said. «Plot-Page» (To: Dante) Alice is gonna transducer phonecall Esan. Alice looks a little bored while listening to the man speak so much, and it does not really take Nate much effort to cut in. She lets him and then she nods some. "Exactly." You paged Alice with 'gotcha well you have him on the phone but he is in themiddle of something so "make it snappy" as he so politely put it'. Alice pages: Alice says, "Hey! I need some decking done! I got a guy with a panic button near my location @ <wherever we are>, and I need you to tell me if he has pushed it yet! I got some MONEY here for you. Also, if you can do that wizz decking thing, and like, make sure he can't get through to the cops, that would be SO AWESOME." Alice grins after what she said last, brushing her hair back a bit on one side while staying quiet for now, for some reason, after having said what she did in her last pose there. She watches the Johnson, ready to interact, though, with him as priority over whatever she is doing mentally, right now. Long distance to Alice: Dante there is a sound of some quick typing and some mumbling of a few search peramiters before he responds "yeah, I don't see any responces in the CAS secter. If you got a guy near you with a PANIC button and it isn't pressed he seems pretty on the level if you ask me. Might wanna hear him out. Though be careful. Most corperate guys are kinda jumpy, so just the fact that it isn't pressed probably meens he knows what he is doing. Give him a chance, but if he tries anything pop him" Alice pages: (IC) Alice listens and then huhs! "Ok, thanks!" Nate just shrugs to Alistair, a relaxed expression of his to try and put across an air of calm and confidence. He does keep eyeing the adept guard though, those glasses look interesting. The camera is put out of the way in a pocket now, to keep hands free. The Man seems to contemplate this as he looks over the two and starts to tap his foot, rubbing a hand on his chin as he thinks. He smiles wide before giving a nod "I can see your point….But I cannot affod that. I think I may know of a way to solve this little issue though and still get you more then what you are asking. Call your friend down and meet me back inside the diner. If we are to talk business I would rather do it when I am not standing out in the open. I have a proposition that might intrest you and benifit us all" he said. Alice pages: (IC) "Hey Esan, hold the line with me! For now! But keep doing whatever you're doing. I'll let you know if I need something else. Use SPEAKER PHONE!!! AHAHA!" Alice glances between Nate and then Alistair and then blinks before she says to Alistair, "Welp, you see, if we do this, then we are not doing what we were hired to do… If you double cross everyone, then look where we are? All… fucked up! Hold on!" She sighs and then glances at Nate, as if to see what he thinks about this. Commlink-DJ> Alice says, "What do you say? I don't like it. I have bad feelings. It seems real bad." Commlink-DJ> Alice says, "I called my decker, and he says the guy has not yet pushed his panic button. I rather not be trapped inside a diner though, in case he really does push the thing." Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Tell him to come inside the parking garage, we have some protection, and lots of escape routes" Commlink-DJ> Alice says, "Got it!" Nate shrugs with a considering hmm, then leans in to whisper in Alice's ear, "No choice." Then he seems like he's willing to go inside and talk about it over a milkshake. Then to Alistair, "Give up your panic button for the duration," He then holds his hand out for it. Alice ahs and then nods some to Nate but then reaches over and clutches onto his arm a bit as if to redirect him toward the parking garage, "Maybe, like, the parking garage? That would be better. And yeah! Give it up!" Alistair gives the man a look as if he was crazy "I will not make my self more vulnerable by parting with my security meassures. However, I can give you my word, so long as no attempts are made on my life, it will remain unpressed. I said I want to make a deal and I meant it." he does give a nod at the mention of the parking garage though. "If you would prefer that then that is fine as well. I just figured it would be warmer inside the dinner. Any way, please! lead the way." he says with a slight smile at the end. Alice pages: (IC) "Esan! We gonna talk to the panic button feller hold on! Still got me on speaker phone?! You're awesome! Well, for this once! Alice pages: (IC) I'm actually taking your advice! WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? Long distance to Alice: Dante the mn on the other end of the phone just humphs and goes about his business keeping the line open Dalton moves away from the rooftop, and starts heading down to the lower levels of the garage, hopefully this will all end well, if not, he can always stun the adept. Nate nods and lets his hand drop, instead indicating that they should head over to the garage. He's even polite enough to let them go first. The 2 Of you along with the 3 men now in your company make your way up to about the 3rd level of the parking garage and meet up with dalton there. The man does't seem all that botherd by the situation considering. Either he was cocky, or had an Idea on how things could work out. there were some benches off in the corner where a bus stop goes through in the warmer months. In this weather the bus rarely ran. You all sit there and he introduces himself as if this was an every day meeting. "Well now, I know what you are after and I know why you are after it. I also gather that you are reluctant to go back on a deal; an admirable trait. However, I Simply cannot let that man get his hands on my research. So, if you are intrested, I would like to propose a deal that could save your walets and reputations." He patted the big guy's arm once and he reached into his coat and produced a pack of smokes. he took one for himself and gave one to alistair along with a lighter after he lit his own. Dalton remains quiet, and watches them, he will defer to the girl on this one, letting her speak for the group. Alice twirls some of her blonde hair and then says, "Oh yeah? Lets hear some more. What is your idea?" she inquires simply, sitting somewhere next to wherever her team guys are. Nate remains standing, a healthy sense of paranoia ruling his choice there. He remains quiet, similar to Dalton in that respect, letting Alice do the all the negotiating. He folds his arms and watches the bodyguards more than the suit. Alice likes the idea of sitting on a bench whilst flanked on both sides by some sexy men. She grins up toward the Johnson, awaiting his answer. :P Alistair smiles a little "Simple really. I Hire you to kill the man who hired you after giving you my data. You take him the data and you get paid. Your job for him is then done. After that job is done then you could take care of my job. Killing him that is." He took a drag off of his smoke in a sort of "matter of fact tone" Once he is dead, he will not have any need of the data he just got. So you simply bring it back to me. simple as that. You would then get paid for both jobs. I Would only be paying you about the same rate as what he is, but think about it, you would be doubling your money, and I keep my research. Simple, no?" he grinned Alice laughs! "Can you believe that I was just imagining something… much like that? Sounds awesome to me." Commlink-DJ> Alice says, "Dude, Nate, got that camera on?" Commlink-DJ> Alice says, "If not for the voice recordings!" Dalton watches quietly, listening to the proposed plan and mulling it over in his head Nate doesn't react to the plan, it's all up to Alice after all. Alice grins, "How much are you gonna pay us to off him?" she asks. Alistair thinks a moment about that, working out a few numbers in his head. "Since this is pretty strait forward I can give you 20k. I do not normally get into the business of haveing people killed, but this research is important. I simply can't have it fall in the wrong hands. I warn you though, If he even suspects that his life is in danger, he may have some hired muscle hiding near by. He isn't that bad of a fighter himself. He is a sneaky bastard though so watch yourself. He may seem unamazing, but you cant see skills a person uses them. I would be discreet if I were you." he says Dalton looks briefly at the other runners, but does not say anything yet, just listening. Nate narrows his eyes and eyeballs the adept bodyguard. He must have something against him. The adept body guard looks back at nate and simply stares unblinkingly back at him. his look almost asking 'can I help you?' Alice listens to this and then just says, "You know, your math is so… just wrong. Wetwork tends to be for more money than this, and if you truly believe that he cannot pay us 120k for a team, then what makes you think he would pay us less than that but have more left over to hire body guards? And, if he is so good at fighting, and sneaky, then how come you doubt his own ability to work the shadows and acquire enough nuyen? I made more than that in one week before. Christ." she shakes her head some, "We need more than that to double cross, and for this job, kill someone." she explains. "It is gonna take a hell of a lot more work than stealing something." Dalton remains quiet, letting Alice negotiate for them. The man shakes his head "First of all you are mistaken on many levels. The people who he would have with him are loyal to him from his own business ends. He is not likely paying them much, They are in it for the same goals as he is. Second, He is a decent fighter, but he does't want his face to be connected to jobs he wants done. He is manipulative. He finds ways to make others do his dirty work. I wouldn't be surprised if he even had a plan for you." he glances over them. He does let his mind dwell on her mention of the price though. he lets his thoughts wander a bit Nate nods to the adept, "Can I have your glasses? Purple suits me." Alistair shakes his head appologeticly. "I am sorry, I cannot Go more then 20k. However, If all goes well, I might be able to provide some help in the future for you in return for you helping me now. Call it non monitary payment." Nate cuts in here. "You will need to break into your own home and report a break in." Then he goes back to eyeballing the adept, "I really think the purple would suit me better." Alice hmms and then glances around before chuckling over what Nate is ribbing the other adept. She says to the men, "What do you say, boys?" and then glances back to Alistair, ready to settle up. Dalton nods to what Nate says about the break in, but other than that, remains quiet. Dalton says, "Sounds like we can do that." Alistair nods in agreement. he gives Nate an odd look and quickly takes his glasses off of his face nd puts them back into his pocket for fear they would be pinched by the strange man. "I belive the matter is settled. I can scuff up the inside of the house and make it look ransaced. I will then leave and lock my front door as I useually do. I will leave the info on the counter just inside the door, near the kitchen. simply break in, with masks to hide your face mind, and take the data. even if you set off the alarm you should have plenty of time to get in and out before Lonestar arives. I will even tell my elementals to leave you be. This way it looks like a legitimate break in. I will be alerted and come back to the place later and will play my part. then you could do your job." He looks at the group "This information is important to me. I will need you to be very careful with it and be sure I get it back. I will pay you as soon as you return it to me." he says to them. Alice raises an eyebrow, "You're asking us to take further risks here by also setting up some fake Bacon and Eggs… I dunno. That was not part of the original negotiations. Also, it opens a door for you to have things set up so we can be captured and you not have to pay us. You do realize?" Alice says "Not saying you're going to go back on it, just saying, it is more easily available and more possible to be done if we have to do the B&E." He man shakes his head again "It makes it looke more real that way with fewer questions. If I wanted you all dead or arrested I would have pressed my panic button long ago and made up some sob story about how you threatened my or something. I am pretty sure my lawyers are better then anything you have. Besides, if what Victor here told me is true, you already have the code to get in the front door. all you need to do is get in, take the data, then as your leaving, break a window or something to trip the alarm. you will have 15 minuetes to dissapear, but if you are leaving any way that should be plenty of time. I know it isn't perfect but this is an illegal job after all" he said. Alice just laughs about him saying that his lawyers are better than hers, "Ahahah!" but then closes her mouth and listens. "Ok, well, make sure to run a sterilization spell after we are out of there. Can you do that for us?" He smiles "if things go well then there shouldn't be need for that. you will be in and out before anyone has time to leave any evidence." he flicks his cig over the edge of the building and pulls his coat tighter for the cold. "So, when would you like to do this?" Alice grins, "Tonight." she says before getting up and then looking to her comrades. "Alright, I got to go get my bacon and eggs prep pack." LATER THAT NIGHT…. Dalton makes his way on his scorpion to a few blocks from the target home. He finds a place to park his bike, then looks around briefly, after waiting a few moments, he casts invisibility on himself, a dark cloak covering his features and then he is gone, vanished. Alice does the biker gang style thing, driving her BMW Blitzen just behind their shamany guy. She parks somewhere nearby, and Nate can have ridden behind her if he likes. It is two seater after all. She slinks off her bike and then pauses after Dalton becomes invisible, blinking faintly. Hmm! She also makes sure to have had her balaclava on for this heist, even if it is fake! Nate rides with Alice, hops off with his own balaclava on, because it's dark by now right? He walks over and keeps a look out down ther street. The fancy corp clothing is gone now for more casual street wear. Dalton makes his way invisibly to the target house, then starts to approach the door, keeping an eye out for the magical security. Alice slinks along during the night time toward the home in question, keeping an eye out for any active security devices, still wanting to dodge any of those even if they did have 'permission' to be here. Nate just hands around on the road, outside the property, keeping his wits about him, strainig his ears to listen for approaching people and traffic. The house was quiet. The only light on was the porch light, but as the Man had said before, No one was home at this hour. As the group approached the front of the house, there was a light "woof" from the dog house on the right, but other wise the dog did not move. It did seem to be rather focused on the group though. As if it was watching them. He remained quiet though. On the wall near the door was the keypad to the security of the house. Your first obsticle. Alice finds herself an awesome place to hide if there is one somewhere, maybe something like the bushes. Pausing, she listens closely and uses her advanced senses to zoom into things, trying to detect other foes. The dog is noticed, but she does not try to do anything to him, cause he seems to not be going ape shit for some reason! Scanning… scanning! The light on the keypad blinks red 3 times before switching over to green and there is a "Click" as the door unlocks and the security shuts down to it's basic settings. Dalton pushes open the door, then steps inside, still invisible of course. He looks around, closing the door partially, but without letting it latch back. He then starts to move through the house towards the room with the safe, hoping the package is left out for them to pick up. You seem to be rather focused as the sound of a soft "thump thump" sound runs through the hall and jumps out right in front of you. if you hadn't heard the soft foot falls of the feline, it might have actually startled you. luckily you were also still a foot or so away from the end of the hall. The cat itself though, seemed to stare at you for a long time and din't move. it's tail was flicking in a small circle from side to side. Dalton drops his invisiblity, smiling at the spirit in cat form, strange that actually, but whatever. He raises a hand, and makes a clenching motion with his fist, reaching out and tearing at the bindings holding the spirit to this plane. The elemental cat hisses and mrowls at the mean shaman and pads forward towrds him and starts to head into the living room away from him. Not before takeing a swat at his leg with it's claws though. It was not meant to do much hurt, just a sign that it didn't much care for your prefered method of greating. The man DID say he would warn his spirits ahead of time about you guys coming in here. As it wanders into the living room, you notice that things look quite a mess. The table turned over, the couch leaning backwards, and just all around the place looks ransacked. The guy seems to have been true to his word so far. The man's Office was strait down the hall and looked like it was slightly ajar. Dalton moves past the spirit, letting it go for now, he makes his way into the office and looking for the required target item. Of course, he goes back invisible first. There is a shuffling from inside the dog house and a large dog steps out from inside the house and gave a stretch and a yawn. After a quick shake he sniffed around at the ground and looked up as he caught Alice's scent. He tilted his head to the side curiously and walked up towards the woman but was stoped short by his chain. He looked at her for a long moment before giveing a loud, low bark at her. Not threatening or meen, kind of like an "I see you" sort of thing. He stood there and stared at her waiting for a reaction. On the inside with Dalton, the Office looked equally as trashed. The book shelves where laying on the ground, papers where thrown everywhere, and the fridge was open and even raised up out of the floor. the text on the screen read, "thumb print accepted. please swipe card for verification." The card was nowhere to be seen. Apparently, Alistair wanted you to do some kind of work for it. Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "I need a lockpicker in here" Dalton remains in the room, looking at the safe, and waiting to hear back from Alice once she can come inside and open the safe. Nate remains outside, knowing that the lock was likely to be electronic, not an old style tumbler, so alice would be fine with it. Alice is a little adrenaline pumped, so the dog would probably be able to sense such a thing, but she awws in the most soft voice ever before giving him a big grin, which only shows teeth through a hole in the balaclava for her mouth to be able to breathe. Maybe a little creepy, but she tries to be all cool with the dog, liking them. "Aww, doggie doggie." she coos softly in what she hopes is a very soothing voice. She hopes. She tries to slink to the house to get inside, if the big doggie will allow her to approach! The dog growls at the woman as she makes with the baby talk, but other wise doesn't move towards her as she makes her way towards the house. He looked a little agitated, but other wise not that phased that a woman with a mask was heading towards the house he was charged with protecting. His tail does start to move and a slow circle as he watches her, but he then just lays down in the yard and keeps an eye on the woman until she was inside. once she is out of his field of vission his gaze turns over towards where Nate was hiding. There is a faint "pat pat" on the floor as the same cat that Dalten encountered earlier runs up infront of the woman. it was a bit more sneaky this time though but not sneaky enough to alert her as it looked up at Alice. Its eyes were looking her over and it gave a light "mrowl" It didn't move from the middle of the walk way though Commlink-MELF> Alice says, "I am headin in, to help!" Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Alright" Alice shifts her eyes toward the cat that appears, and then she grins, "Pussy!" she whispers very softly before moving to pass by the cat, trying to get to where Dalton is. » "Which direction?" « Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Come back further into the home, the office is a door down." Commlink-MELF> Alice says, "10-4!" The cat give an annoyed mrowl and swipes at her leg before paddingback into the living room Dalton waits invisibly in the room for Alice to catch up and get to the safe lock. Alice proceeds, but at getting swiped, she glances back toward the cat with narrowed eyes and then growls. "Pussy." she says as it does the padding away thing. Anyway, she finally turns and jogs faster to where they are supposed to crack the mag lock or whatever, pulling out some tools. Alice spends about 2 minutes fiddling with the maglock, frowning some here and there and then tensing when she has to splice and cut certain wires, but it looks like she is not tripping any alarms just yet, still going good. Dalton waits patiently It takes Alice 2 whole minuetes to crack the safe, but it gets done. inside the safe are a few corperate papers on supplys and stuff, a few old pictures from a vacation over seas, and a black case on the top shelf with a brown envelope wrapped around it. it looked important. The window that led into the lving room cracks open and a dark shadow falls out from the opening. It sits on the ground and seems to be moving a little bit, but then it seems to move along the ground away from the house rather quickly and disapears into the shadows. almost like it just vanished Commlink-Hutch> Nate sounds a little weirded out,"Guys, a shadow just jumped out of the house… and dissapeared." Commlink-MELF> Alice says, "Was that you, shamany?" Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Not me, let me go look for the cat" Dalton leaves the room, and starts looking for the cat, peeking about the different rooms Commlink-Hutch> Nate says, "Out from the living room window and then away into the shadows." Dalton makes his way into the living room, looking for the window and how big an opening it is. It was about the time that dalton sees the window cracked open wide enough for an arm to fit through, that the dog outside gave a long loud Howl. After that it wandered back into its house. A few seconds later, Nate may notice that the chain seems to go slack from inside of the house. Alice frowns and decides that it is time to pack up and leave, and she nicks the black case with the brown envelope on it. A brief moment to scan the picts that were in there and commit them to memory. She'd 'think' about what those mean later, and then she closes the safe up with her super gloved hands and then slinks back out toward the door, staying perceptive. Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Lets get out of here now, somethings wrong" Dalton heads out the front door, still invisible, and waits for Alice to get outside with the package. Nate is already backing away towards the Blitzen bike. «Let's go!" He subvocalises over the comm, getting on the bike and hitting the ignition button. Alice gets to the door and then scans briefly from side to side to see if the sounds from outside had attracted attention before attempting to slink away in quick fashion toward what is the BMW that Nate started. Commlink-MELF> Alice says, "On my way! Dalton gets outside, closing the door behind him, and running towards his bike a few blocks away, still invisible, once he gets to the bike, he drops the invisiblity and starts it up. Alice had probably jumped on the back of the BMW behind Nate and done something rare: hugged him. She has the case and the envelope stuffed in between them while riding instead of driving… apparently, beleiving that time could be conserved that way. "Know how to drive this thing?" she asks him and then giggles before glancing this way and that to see if they are all being followed or made it away okay. She will end up going wherever he plans to take them. Nate can't drive a bike, except by his reflexes and the seat of his pants. Which he does, not particularly fast. Arriving some short time after Dalton. "Here we are." Commlink-MELF> Alice says, "I think the sooner we get done with this, the better. Do you guys care if we try to set the meet up soon? Considering the location?" Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Alright, lets go setup an ambush at the park" «OOC» Dante says, "I am gonna impose a time shift. it is starting to get daylight by the time you all get away so the next night you can do your thing." After everyone is safely away from the area and has met back up. One or all of you may have heard about the horrible break in at Alistair's home. They current;y had no leads on the theft, but Lonestar was looking into it. It didn't look like they were makeing any progress though. It seems that the Elementals had gone to warn the police after all, though you may be a bit suspicious as to the timing. Also they didn't seem to have any info on the burglers. not even an aura signiture. which seemed strange. The attack on the feline was mentioned though and they simply wrote off the absence of info as magical tampering THE NEXT STEP… Dalton heads directly to Princess DI park, its sunrise, so that means he can get spirits that last all day. He makes his way to the park, to prepare his setup for the ambush. Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Fine with me, I'm setting up" Dalton summons a city spirit now, and thanks the spirit for coming "Thank you, can you confuse everyone you see from the gazeebo except my friends and myself." Nate pulls up the bike, turns it off and gets off. Checks his pistol and makes sure all his armour is strapped on nice and tightly. Wouldn't want to lose that in a fight. Clipping on some forearm guards and slipping on hardliner gloves and he's ready to go. Commlink-Hutch> Nate says, "Anyone got some heavy pistol ammo? I onyl have reg and gel." Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Sorry, I dont carry alot of ammo" Alice hopes she's a friend for the orders that Dalton gave. If not, that could be some serious seizure time right there. She grins a bit and then hops off the bike, taking the case with her. Her pistol is under her jacket, but when she reaches under there and then pulls it out again, she waves a clip toward Nate and then tries to poke him with it. She already has her gloves on her greasy little con artist hands. "APDS…!" Nate takes it, unloading the regular mag in his own to put the APDS in. "Thanks." Commlink-MELF> Alice says, "I gots him some ammoz." After Nate takes the ammo, Alice reaches under the jacket again and then pulls out the pistol and thinks for a moment before sliding it away again and then nods. "I got AV and APDS in the cerberus… hehe!" she giggles. Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Alright, anyone coming out here is going to get confused, and I'm under concealment too, so I'll be well hidden for this" Commlink-Hutch> Nate says, "Got you. We'll go make the meet. Dalton finds a hiding spot where he can watch the Gazeebo, and most of the park as well, crouching down in some bushes or something, ready and waiting. Alice is all happy that she has her jacket on because it is a little bit on the chilly side. She looks over at Nate and then tells him, "Gonna be all calling out our Johnson." She whistles a soft tune whilst walking to get into a position that is suitable for meeting up with their Johnson, also giving him a call to let them know that mission is accomplished. Nate just sticks with Alice, folding up the collar of his secure jacket and sticking his hands into his pockets. With his breath misting a little he shrugs, "Get him moving, I don't wanna hang out here all day." There is some rustling on the other line before you are greated with a groggy "hello" The man swears and groans as he sits up in bed after he hears the news "Do you have any idea what time it is? I am glad you did your job and all…but it is 7 in the fragging morning." he says "GET THE HELL UP!" she shouts at their Johnson in spastastic manner but then calms it down. Luckily, it was more berable as the transducer electric voice tones, vs what her real shrieks would be. She speaks at ease next, as if she had not just shouted with intent to wake him from his sleepy nature, "Yeah, we did a good job, and this is just burning a hole in my hands, baby! But, we're at the place and all yeah. Hurry hurry!" she encourages, in a very soft and cooing voice at the end there. In the physical realm, she keeps whistling Tradition softly and heads up to the gazeebo, keeping eyes and ears peeled for anything that might be approaching that she can either see or hear? There is silence on the other end of the line for a moment. The man takes a breath and then sighs. "First of all, It is not always wise to speak to your employer that way. Second, you are already there? I…Have business for most of the day. However, I will be available in the late afternoon. Around 6 or so. I Normally have an associate of mine clense and check out an area before a meeting. Call it profetional paranoia. I am sure you understand. My associate will preempt me an hour before I arive. once I get word from him that everything is in order, I will be on my way. I should be there about 6 with your payment. I hope my package is in good order. I will want to see it before I hand over any cred." he says with a bit of a threatening tone. He seemed like he wanted to maintain charge of the situation…but he couldn't hide a slight bit of joy in his voice that his goal would soon be realized. Once he finished, he hung up with Alice without so much as a "good bye" Alice repeats it over the comm, exactly what he said, but with a whiney voice and all that jazz. She sighs, glancing over at Nate, "GUH! He has a dead-man comin to check it out… who has to report back in. Hold on! Calling back!" she says and then does so… RING RING. BANANA PHONE! Nate grunts, "Tell him to get his shit out here quicker. I'm not hanging aroudn 'til 6 waiting on him." "GET YOUR ASS HERE BEFORE I ATTATCH PLASTIC TO THIS CASE AND PULL THE RADIO TRIGGER!" she says in rather forceful tone. "We went to all this trouble and this shit is just, like, HOT. I don't wanna wait for someone to come here and kick our ass and take it from us! OK? Now, if you don't, I am gonna throw it in the river or play spin the bottle on the closest corp. Maybe Doc Wagon. To whom to give this mystery prize. Let's go!" Nate rolls his eyes at Alices method of motivation, shakes his head, but it's too late to change now. The man on the other line swears on the other line and seems to be rather ticked at the women's threats "You will do no such thing! I will get what I am paying you for and it will be as it should be. UNDAMAGED! If I find even one tear in the envelope I will make sure to hunt each of you down and let all of denver know your faces. Do YOU understand me? Despite your threats I am still a man of my word and we had a deal. 6pm and that is final. meet me there for your damn cred so I can get my package and be Done with you!" He says something to the effect of "damn shadow runners" and the line goes dead. Alice again repeats everything via comm and then sighs, "We cannot have the fellow coming here to get all confused and drek unless he feels like the jig is up, as Shamany said." she relays in the electronic voice. Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "I can take down my security, and redo it when we meet him" Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "It will only take a few seconds to do it all over" Commlink-MELF> Alice says, "Alright, but can you get rid of your astral uh… what is it called? Will they be able to tell?" Commlink-Hutch> Nate grumps, "Well I'm going home to get some sleep. I'll be back here around five." Nate heads away with that, going home for some rest. Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "It should be gone before they get here, I'll go home and rest too" Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Meet back here at five" Dalton dismisses his spirits, and gets on his bike and goes home to sleep. AFTER A BRIEF REST»> After you all return to the area, the sun has started to make its way down over the horizon. It was far from dark, but the setting sun gave things a nice red color. You notice a man standing in the kazeebo looking rather focused. He was looking around the area and seemed to be keeping an eye out for anything supicious. Nate is just walking in, meeting with Alice before heading over to the meet spot. Nothing special. His usual armour and hidden gear. Dalton waits at his motorcycle, for the sun to finally set hopefully, the dimness of the setting sun is a great time not to be seen, as eyes adjust back from daylight to nighttime Dalton makes his way off his bike and to the fake castle fort that makes up part of the park, he goes inside the fort, hiding himself while he waits for the sun to finish going down. The man that was standing in the kazeebo looks over as he sees dalton heading for the castle. He makes a face and reaches for his cell. He speaks a few words into the phone and then gives a nod. He hangs up and puts the phone away before going back to his searching. He turns his back on the castle and stands there for a few seconds before makeing to walk away from the area. It was soon after that another man accompanied by 2 others walks towards the kazeebo and stand beneath it. the two men you don't recognise, the one in the middle was none other then the J. Alice is kinda giddy, in that happy and cheery sorta way she sometimes does despite the fact that they are being bad people who did some bad things and might do some more bad things. She walks forward with brisk strides, expecting Nate (who can probably easily keep up) to keep up with her, and they cross most of the park space, in their winter digs. She has a fuzzy hat on her head like one of Santa's elves, and she zooms in to observe who these new faces are and to see if they have anything concealed on their persons before they get any closer. Yay for vision mag 3? Nate walks in next to Alice, looking obvious, but with his hands stuffed into his pockets, because damn, it be cold. Alice is obviously armed, with thick gloves that have a grid mesh over their outsides, some steeltoed boots, a cerberus heavy pistol under her open Saints jacket, but in a quickdraw holster of its own that is easy to see, as if left that way in some token of faux honesty to support their charades. Upon arriving, with her handy backup, Alice does the whole Vanna White thing and shows off the BOOZE paper bag, keeping ahold of it easily. "Mission accomplished. Have you our money, Mista Mista?" she inquires, grinnning. Dalton quickly summons both his spirits, giving the first one orders to conceal him and his friends as long as they are in its domain, the second spirit is summoned with orders to confuse everyone in the park that is not him or his teammates. After this is done, he moves to the enterance to the castle and peeks out, scanning the area with his astral perceptions. You paged Dalton with 'now that you are looking astrally, you see that there is now a spirit barrior around a fair chunck surrounding the gazeebo in all directions. You would guess that the Diamiter of the circle isn't huge, but it spans about 5 meters. across the middle. You might think this had something to do with the phone call he made earlier.'. You paged Alice with 'when the man was there I will give you that you were within long range of him so roll me perception/hearing at TN 12 to hear what the guy said on the phone.'. You paged Alice with 'you heard something about an awakened guy and a confirmation. then some mumbling before he wandered off. with the message from dalton you know what he was talking about now. it was asking about putting up the spirit barrier.'. Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Got a barrier around the gazebo, it will keep my spirits from helping when you get inside" Commlink-MELF> Alice says, "You mean they warded it? Doesn't that take a long time? Or… is it something else?" Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Its a spell, its being held in place by someone" Dalton pages: Do I see any awakened people in the park? You paged Dalton with 'just the smaller guy. the other two look like they have a bit of cyber in them the big guy has replaced one whole arm and the J has some gadgets in his head but not a whole lot.'. You paged Dalton with 'sorry a little update on the awakened member. he is awakened yes, but he also seemed to have some cyber in his head and eyes. signs of a physad'. Commlink-MELF> Alice says, "I think they know about you not being with us and they put up some kinda barrier because of it." Commlink-MELF> Alice says, "I could hear something about it… kinda muffled." Commlink-Nightmare> Dalton says, "Alright, I'm coming with" Dalton leaves the hidy hole of the castle, and makes his way over to join the others, knowing he has to get inside the barrier if he wants to do anything effectively. Commlink-Hutch> Nate acknowledges the men with a nod even as he uses his subvocal mic back, "Got you. We'll just tie them up for a while." Once the J sees Alice approaching he looks at her and was a little ticked he sneared at her unhappily and eyed the bag "I want you to take it out of the bag and hand it over if you will. After our little exchange on the phone, you will forgive me if I don not entirely trust you any more." he says. He then motioned to his guards beside him "And don't try anything funny. My men are here just in case of such stupidity" he says. the big one flexes his arm. It was rather redundent as the cervos whired inside of it. hard to flex with no muscle. the other guy just looked focused. he kept his eyes on the woman and Nate. The J looks them over and frowns "I hired 3 of you. where is your team mate?" Alice grins at the J and then shimmies her upper half a little in such a way that the sneer is greeted with some boob shakage despite the kind of secure clothing she has. "You know, I was DYING to see what was in here, but I figured I would give you a chance. You seem like a nice guy, after all! LIke a boss!" Trying to boost his ego up a little bit there, and then she starts to open up the booze baggie, peeking down inside but also staying very alert of any sounds or side vision that might seem to suggest that someone is going to start ass kickery. She reaches in with one hand and then starts to pull the case out with the brown enevelope attatched. Yay! Nate tilts his head to the side as Dalton appears, "There. Prove money before handing over. We don't trust you either." Dalton remains quiet, checking over the various people with his astral perceptions, guaging the amount of cyber and bio in thier forms, and possibly who would be the biggest threat. Dalton coughs, covering something with his subvocal mic «Magically enhanced, all of them» The J coughs and clears his throught at Alice's presentation and straitens his tie. "Yes, well. of course. We had a deal and I will meet our agreement. I have already paid you part of it so you have 20000 comeing to you each." He reached into his coat and pulled out 3 credsticks and presented them to his smaller guard. "We will trade. give the package to him," He points at the large guard. "and my other guard will hand you the cred. simple as that." he says with a smile. "I would like to be done here so I can move about with business. So do try not to do anything sneaky." the physad took the credsticks and walked forward towards Nate and the big guy walked towards Alice. He opened his hand for the package. Alice smiles brightly to the Johnson and then nods a little and pulls the case free of the bag, though there is still something else that is in the baggie there. "Huh, want some gin after this?" in a super cheery voice. YEAH. Nate brings his hands out of his pockets to receiver the credsticks, yeah, that's what he's doing. Dalton remains quiet, standing ready, holding mana energy to lash out as soon as the others make a move. Nate reaches out for the credsticks, but his hand goes beyond the credsticks instead grabbing the adepts forearm. Pulling with a force far beyond his natural abilities Nate yanks the guy into his shoulder, which he thrusts forward towards his face. The solid impact of armour against armour is loud, meaty. That had to hurt. Dalton turns, spotting the movement of the Johson to draw his knives, he barely turns his head as the first one cuts some of his hair in passing by him, but the second is more accurate, and draws deep gash into the side of his neck, missing vital arteries, but hurting like a son of a bitch. The J snarls as he sees the betrayal and Quickly draws 2 blades. the tainted metal flies through the air one after another at dalton and he makes to be ready to get away from the group. The Phys add howled in pain as his arm was taken and broken by the man to daltons left. he was left in quite a bit of pain. he was able to draw his gun and fired off one shot at the woman to the right of dalton. he had to take a quick moment to aim though because the pain was throwing him off. the big guy in front of Alice just stood there looking shocked. he tried to move towards dalton and whack him with the bat though. Alice griped the bag that she was holding and spun around quickly on the ball of her left foot. In a flash he right went soring through the air aiming to kick some sence into the large man that was in front of her. Her steal toed boot aiming to do some damage to the man. The big man lived up to his stature as the woman kicked at him. he moved a little to the side with his skill in fighting and took the kick to the side of his arm. His bulk and his armor supressed the kick and he only grinned at the woman. In effect though. He stoped advanceing towards Dalton. The physad, now seriously hurting with his arm in the other man's grasp, swore loudly at the pain. He reached for his gun and drew the weapon. He aimed it at the already injured dalton and quickly fired off two rounds hoping to do some further damage to him. Dalton seems to be the target of choice for tonight, and as the gun fires twice, the gel rounds knock the shaman backwards and he falls down. «<CHARACTER EDIT: Dalton had to leave to sleep so the plot finished without him actually present. His spirits are still active though so they remain a part of the plot. He simply ran for cover and is assumed to be either invisible or hiding during this time.»> Nate is fed up of this crap, as the Johnson turns to run away he takes a step back from the stunned physical adept, and pulls his Cerberus. The new APDs ammo from Alice does a pretty job as it splatters right through the security armour, putting pieces of adept all over the gazebo. Nate shakes his head, "Shame," as he turns to face the big guy, "Your turn." Everything goes up in chaos. Alice had just kicked a guy and failed, so she backs away after a bit, noticing that her teammates have been hit by the Johnson fellow. This pisses her off. She is quick with reflexes like those that she once had before, almost, and she pulls the cerberus into her hand and then directs it toward the Johnson. The first shot is not so hot, barely slicing into his armor, but the 2nd pegs him in the juggular of his throat, causing him to jerk bodily as the APDS slug slides home through spinal column, as well. "Mother fucker!" Little does she know, she will have to deal with the big fellow pretty soon. Oh boy. Seeing his boss go down in a hail of gunfire and his team mate now missing vital spots in his own body, He looks between the two looking rather frightened. He droped his bat where he was standing and just decided to beat feet. He didn't get long though. once he left the protective barrior that their other team mate had set, he stoped in his tracks as if he had forgotten what he was doing. Nate grunts as the throwing knife digs into his left shoulder, the drug coursing through his veins as he struggles to focus again. Looking around and seeing only the one big guy left that was a problem he takes a couple of steps towards him. Suddenly becoming concealed by a spirit as he raises his silenced Cerberus to the back of the guys head and pulls the trigger. Nate steps over, the trigger is pulled and the big feller drops like a stone onto the ground. Still breathing, but bleeding heavily from his head wound. Nate shakes his head and puts two more into the torso, to make sure he was dead. Alice turns her own Cerberus toward the big fellow as he is fleeing, and she gets ready to shoot him but then realizes that Nate has done so. Basking briefly in the bloody glow of whatever time it is *checks MATHSPU3*, Alice then glances around in frantic haste to see if they have anyone else with whom they have to deal, scan scan scan. Her hand keeps a tight grip on the gun in one hand as she crouches and uses the hand holding the case to grab at the bag she had managed to drop earlier on, crumping it up against the case handle. Backing up just a little, she says quickly to Nate, "You ok? How about Shamany? Is he?" The large man never saw what hit him. Any one with a kind heart would probably rationalize that since he was confused at the time, at least he probably went peacefully. But kind hearts are realy found in the shadow as Nate proved by makeing sure the job was done. Around the runners the 3 bodies lay on the ground, lifeless and unmoving. There was the sound of a cardoor closeing and quickly driving away from the scene. It was probably their magic associate from earlier. He haden't actually seen their faces, so he wouldn't likely be a problem. The cred sticks for their first completed job lay by the lifeless body of the physad from earlier. The package Alice held was slightly crumpled by her grip, but other wise undamaged. With the calm of things starting to settle in, It was eerily quiet in the park. no one seemed to be around. but no small wonder with yelling and gun fire comeing from where they were. It didn't seem as though the men had any real intention of killing the runners. but it was too late now. Nate turns back and bends down to scoop up the sticks. "You can handle the other J right? I need to go and get some medical attention for this." Then he points at the knife stuck out of his shoulder. Alice laughs a bit about the blood, but then looks to Nate and frowns, "I got a medkit on the BMW! I learned medical!" Quickly, she dashes off to where she left the bike, grabbing the Savior and then hauling it back over. Nate follows Alice over to the bike to get medical treatments, holding onto his shoulder with one hand. "Alright, but I'm splitting for home after this. Whacked out job. Fucker threw knives. Hope that shaman is ok." Alice nods a bit and shoves the case into the cargo storage of the BMW bike, along with the baggie of C4, and then unpacks the medkit and gets down to the doctory biz, actually not doing a horrible job there. "You should let me drive you home. You are wounded!" she says and glances over the scene, while one hand moves to turn on the bike engine. Alice finishes patching poor Nate, and she gets him helped onto the BMW but leaves it there with it on the kickstand. She goes over to search the bodies but finds nothing she can actually use very well… Fuck. Anyway, the jewelry looks nice, so she takes that, even stomping the face of the one guy for his gold tooth. Hey. Gold is awesome! Even if it was in someone's mouth at one point! Snagging the stuff gets her giddy and she rushes around a bit to make sure that Dalton is ok, not sure where he went, but maybe he will show up eventually. Not finding him, she returns to the bike and mounts up, tucking all the loose ends of things away before grabbing the handles and revving the vehicle. All this probably takes about a minute, cause she was not spending long at all on any project, and thus drives away soon, dodging any obstacles with the use of her cybernetically modified eyesight!