Eating Crow

GM: Mr. Terrific
Players: Indrakshi, Katsuo, Fergie
Synopsis: The runners are hired to make sure someone else's run goes off smoothly. If you were on a run, and someone you didn't know walked up to you to offer his help, what would you do?
Date: July 9, 2074.


And so the call goes out through the fixers and faces. If you got the time, the gear, and the head for it, and if you heard this call, meet in the back room of CHROME. Hear the pitch. See if you want to go for it. Word is that the person doing the hiring is going to be 'Shiawase'. Yes, 'Shiawase.' Totally deniable. You didn't hear it from me.

«Plot» Some people come in disguise.
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Disguise for "+4 Poly Mask, Fergs!":
2 3 3 5 14
«Plot» Fergie comes with TN18 disguise.
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Disguise for "+6 polimask, shop.":
1 2 4 5
«Plot» Katsuo will be happy with 11.

Indra was starting to discover, the more work she did, the more often her connections threw her a bone. She was wondering if it was a matter of them wondering when she'd die out of morbid curiousity, or if they actually had faith in her. Her disguise? Well, she doesn't really -have- one. Does wearing a baseball cap count? No? Damn. She's probably going to need to get one of those spell mongers to help her out some day.

Fergie is dressed as described and does not let anyone at Chrome know who she is or that she has keys, avoiding the PANIC room all together. She goes to the conference room, the one that used to be the lapdance parlor, and then peeks inside to see if that is the one. If so, she will step inside to hear the pitch while keeping an eye out for anything crazy. She did not do too much external surveillance beyond the cursory sweep of her vision mods. She can check cameras later if she needs to. For now, she plays it cool.

Shiawase. The name triggers echoes in the soul of the man some call Pauly. An old friend who bargained his soul is remembered, as is a dangerous woman with a mantis tatoo. Slowly, he nods. Money is the landscape… time to summon the warrior. Carefully he applies the mask, and as he does, his posture changes, his eyes glint differently…
Chrome isn't a place where people play nicely. He puts on his most… distinctive… gear, and when his bike gets him to the 'renz, he adds a pair of low slung black skorpions to his hips and a black-bladed katana to a backsheath.
The sword is peacebonded for the sake of security's sanity, and the man swaggers into the meet.

Severe, sparse, spare is the man who waits for you. His mouth; a line, lips bleached to ease their redness. His flesh is an albino white. He is the suit he's wearing; Armante of course and perfectly fit to his above average human height. Slim black tie over white, pale onyx cufflinks. Exquisitely creased pants. Shoes so free of adornment the ground deigns not to soil them. A briefcase, of course.
"I'm glad you could be here today. Our sources tell of Ares Macrotech's latest weapon, the so-called 'Quantum Knife.' Nearly two years ago, its first prototype was stolen. It turned out to be non-functional. Now it is time for the next iteration, as they have been through two development cycles and have designed another prototype.
Another group has already been hired to steal this weapon. Your task, if you choose to accept it, is to shadow them and make sure they succeed."

Katsuo folds his arms as he listens to the pitch, and glances at the two others with him before looking back to the man. "Escort work is often the most troubling. Are they to be aware?"

Indra had rules in her world, like not pissing off Corps directly, this wasn't technically pissing off a Corp. It was probably going to piss off another team. Her lips are drawn tight as she thinks, teeth worrying it a bit. "To clarify before I even consider staying, we aren't expected to try and shoot any one from Ares, are we?" In her world, there's a damned good chance some of those high ranking security officers go to the clubs she sings at.

Fergie takes a seat at the 2nd chair away from the Johnson and then waits… waits for the pheromones to fill the room after the door is closed. She lets others speak for now, but will listen to the replies. They were good questions.

Mr. Johnson answers Katsuo first. "That is for you to decide. It's a high-end team we're talking about - Jimmy the Crow, Moribito, and Spitter, if you've heard of them. We know very little of them," and here he passes out the manila folders and the chips, showing them to be an all-orc crew; Jimmy is the Crow Shaman, Moribito is the physical adept with the monowhip, and Spitter the gunfighter and tech specialist, "and part of your job is making that determination as to whether or not you should contact them." To Indrakshi he says, "If you feel that they will fail unless you shoot Ares personnel, then the job is to shoot Ares personnel. I repeat; they are an experienced runner team, and I expect they also have decker backup that is not listed here. I expect their plan to be basically competent."

Katsuo frowns. "A lot of judgement alls, then. Good. How much?"

Fergie is close and so will take the folders and glance through briefly before handing those off to other people. She picks up the chips, sticking one into her phone to see if we got contact info… For the experienced crew? For our Mister Johnson?

Indra figures the likely hood she'd even hit a proper Security Officer to be fair, but that's not said outloud. "If they try to cut and run with the prototype..our job is to make sure you still receive the goods, isn't it?" She asks, she might just be excessively paranoid..or over the top in her thoughts thanks to Tridstars! Still, time to look over details on the team, not that she knows these people.

Mister Johnson says, "If there is no fighting, ten thousand per person. If there is slight fighting, fifteen thousand per person. Heavy fighting, twenty thousand per person, and in the case of absurd fighting you may apply for more." And to Indrakshi he says, "You make a mistake. We did not hire Jimmy The Crow's team to take the Quantum Knife prototype. We are merely… interested parties. We do not care where the Crow takes the prototype. We merely wish them to get it away from Ares."

«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Shadowscene Players for "do I know these names?":
1 1 8 11
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Indeed you do; you know everything you can remember about them out-of-character or can look up on the wiki where adventures concerning them are posted. (Katsuo's other characters have encountered Jimmy The Crow before.)"
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence (to Mr.Terrific) for "Shadowscene Players (Defaulting +4)":
1 1 1 3 3 3 3 5 8 8 11 22
«Plot to Fergie» Jimmy the Crow is a crow shaman. He specializes in using the dickish tactics that PC shamans use. He is an experienced high grade initiate, maybe grade 4-6. Moribito is really good with a monowhip and is very sneaky - standard physical adept stuff, can also punch spirits and see astral. Spitter uses dual tricked-out SMGs ambidexterously and is grossness.'.

«Plot» Some pointless sensory stuff:
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 for "Mr. Johnson's disguise +4 polymask":
2 2 2 3 4 11
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Mr. Johnson has a tn 15 to see through his fake identity."
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 15 (to Mr.Terrific) for "Fake ID!":
1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 8 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence for "worth a shot.":
1 2 2 2 4 10
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 for "Mr. Johnson's seeing through everyone else's disguises":
1 1 2 3 4 4
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, " So, Katsuo has his information since he gets to use everything he knows. Fergie has hers. Indrakshi doesn't have any shadowscene players. No one is seeing through anyone's disguises."

Katsuo silence. "What are the odds that we will cross blades with the monster of orktown? Where Jimmy the Crow goes, El Cocodrillo follows in his wake, they say."

Mr. Johnson says, "El Cocodrillo has conveniently been hired on another mission, and is out of Denver at this time."

Indra glances at Katsuo when he mentions that, then looks at Fergie, neither name means much to her. "So we just want to make sure their lives don't get overly complicated. This doesn't sound too difficult." She says, there's a bit of hope in her voice her words -are- truthful in the end.

Fergie finishes the once over she gave Mister J with her eyes before turning to the current team, seeming to have a look of recognition to her poly features. "True, I heard that rumor as well." she tells Katsuo with an American accent, standard Denver issue. She then looks back to her phone and does not store the Johnson contact info, but instead memorizes it twice with the help of bioware before popping the chip out and resting it down for others to peruse now. "Well, it could get difficult, and we might need healing after this, or gear, or to cross borders. Can we bargain to get those sorta needs taken care?" Winning smile.

Mr. Johnson says, "Classically, that is for you to handle."

«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Negotiation + 4 (CTP2s) + Karma Pool: 1 vs TN 6 for "Extra Dosh!":
1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 7 8 11 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Negotiation + 4 (CTP2s) + Karma Pool: 1 - 3 vs TN 6 for "Extra Dosh! (KP2)":
1 4 4 4 5 8 10 11 16 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) has the Attribute Intelligence with the value '6 (12)' (only to Mr.Terrific).
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 12 (to Fergie) for "geross":
2 3 3 5 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 12 (to Fergie) for "geross kp1":
2 3 3 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 12 (to Fergie) for "geross kp3":
1 2 2 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Fergie is 7 successes up on Mr. Johnson for upping the payout - it comes in the form of additional money to cover medical issues but is really just cash.

Mr. Johnson compresses his thin lips together, and gives the most subtle of eye-twitches that tells you that he is referring to something that is in his personal head-memory; some kind of readout as to how dangerous he really expects the mission to be. "We cannot directly pay such prices, as injury payments and border bribes can entail radically different expenditures from team to team. However, we can authorize a stipend to cover such matters, and it will be included in your payment.

Katsuo sharply nods. "I'll do it," he says. "But If I get killed, I will be most irate."

Indra has yet to meet a J who would give expensive smuggling options and healing as part of a deal, Fergie can try to work miracles. "Do we have some sort of time frame when the primary team intends to make their move?" This to her seems important.

Fergie nods toward Mister Johnson with a smile before telling him with sincerety, "Thank you, Mister J." She then goes quiet and leans back in her chair again, nodding some as if to approve of the question Indra posed.

Mr. Johnson says, "That, also, is for you to discover. However, we do believe it is being held at this facility," and he indicates an Ares R&D center… just outside of downtown. As in, A to AA level security. Serious crud.

Fergie checks to see what sector it is in which this specific building resides.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "It is CAS Downtown, "The Auraria District" but on the edge of it, perhaps just outside it."

Indra moves to rub lightly at the back of her neck. Damn baseball hat make it itchy. "Alright, well. There's no point in us spending all day here trying to make plans, we should all meet up and decide how we play this out." Aka; why waste the J's time?

Mr. Johnson says, "I can leave you this room for the rest of the night; or you can find your own. Call me if you have important news." With this, he packs up his things, leaving you with the briefing documents that restate the mission if needed, and have pictures of Jimmy the Crow, Moribito, and Spitter in all their burly ork pierced shadowrunner badass glory.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So you can recognize them easily."

Fergie makes sure not to move too quickly when she does this, but she reaches into an inner breast pocket on her jacket before extracting 3 cards, which the carnie in disguise (as an everyday clubber party girl) hands out to others. "Thank you, sir."

«Plot» Fergie hands out contact info to the team members.
«Plot» Fergie says, "Cards say, "For a good time, call Fergie @ ####"."

Katsuo will dip into some of his usual employer's funds for a nice hotel room near that zone in which to do their planning. "I hope someone has a bug sweeper," he says. "Now. We need to discover their plans. They're an experienced team, so we can expect they'll be hard to track or discover on our own… I think we should contact them."

Fergie will not change her disguise so much as her attire to match the up and up, which does not take long before she is on her way and meets with the others in the hotel room in the CAS sector. She has a bug scanner out, a rating 12 one, and it looks really damn sleek, and she is already scanning the whole room before she speaks up to Katsuo, "Already on it!"
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls 12 for "Buggies!":
1 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 7 9 11
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "You have scanned for bugs. You do not think you are being bugged."

Indra doesn't really want to cause problems in her own backyard, it's a damn bad plan. "Well, I can watch that facility plenty, that's easy if we can't contact them. Easiest course might be to let them know and work out details..so they don't end up shooting -us-."

«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) has the Contact Penelope Dench with the following information:
----—> Contact for Katsuo (#3231) <----—-
Contact Name: Penelope Dench
Level: 1
Type: hotel staff
GM Note: Penelope is part of the floor staff at The Wynn, a 4 Star Hotel in Downtown Denver. Penelope handles new guests and allows them access to the elevator, she gives the pre-spiel on the different features of the hotel, and knows the geography of Denver really well. She has a deep interest in Pulse as a potential boyfriend, and the 20 year old Co-Ed is always able to work her magic and provide Paulie with a very swank room whenever he should have need of a quick place to lay his head.


«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "You have a decently high-end well-secured, bug-swept hotel room in which to plan."

Katsuo says "It is never wise to cause trouble in down town. That is certainly why there is a backup team in place. What do you think, blonde bug scanner? Do we contact the orks? Who does it?"

Fergie cannot help but smirk a little slyly, because she is in a hotel room with a couple people who are very charismatic, too, but now is not the time for her to crack that specific joke. She carries on with, "The J said it would be up to us if we decide to contact them." She uses her mental powers to… remember if there was contact info for the team in question? Trixmail or phone number?
Fergie says "We should contact them, and you should."
Fergie says "I am great in person to person, but not so much over the phone."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Mr. Johnson did not have contact information for them. Like most Shadowrunner teams, you could probably get in contact with them through fixers if you wanted to be down low, or on Shadowland if you wanted other people to know too. In both these cases, time might be of the essence, and generally it would be an Etiquette roll to get in contact fast."

Indra looks a bit shy when the question of contacting the team comes up. "I'm not any one important enough for them to listen to, I vote some one who knows the lingo." By that, she means, Katsuo can do it!

Katsuo sighs. "Right," he says. "I will get on it."

«Plot» Katsuo is going to see if anyone in the Dog Pound can put me in touch with them.
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) has the Contact Dog Pound with the following information:
----—> Contact for Katsuo (#3231) <----—-
Contact Name: Dog Pound
Level: 1
Type: merc group
GM Note:
The Dog Pound is a small merc company of 8 members, led by a Dog Shaman named Ralph McGruff. Ralph has 1 more initiated shaman with him in the group. They work out of the Warrens and provide physical and astral security sevices noted in building physical security. Stats: Use as Base 6 for Merc Related stats with Heavy Alpha Grade Cyberware.


«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Etiquette + Karma Pool: 1 vs TN 8 for "gotta go to the street":
2 4 5 5 10 = 1 Success
He moves to a back room to make the call: and the next step is an effort of will. Katsuo is in command, not Pauly… but to talk to the pound, a different voice must be used. The voice that beat them. "Ralph," he says, the sound of his voice rough and broken on the phone. The sound of Pauly, fresh from the ashes of the gym, burned and broken but still unyielding. "Ralph, talk to your boys… I need to be able to find these guys… and i need it fast…"

"You want to find Jimmy the Crow? You? Yeah, I got a number for him," Ralph says, the drag in his voice indicating that while they might respect Jimmy the Crow's power and skill, and they might even have called on him from time to time; they don't like him very much. "I'll give him a call and get back to you." Half an hour later, "He's not answering. Phone's gone dark; went off grid, took out the battery says our decker. Sounds like he's in the middle of something and doesn't want his pocsec vibrating which is probably what you're calling him about. Here's the number if you want to play with it. If you was looking for him, I'd check down at the Maggot Wok, they usually eat there, but if they're on a run they might not hit their usual haunts."

Katsuo shares the information. "I can ask around there in person," he tells the others. In this part of town, he is dressed in a pressed suit, his hair slicked back, and he looks every inch the sarariman bodyguard. "But there's no guarantee. And the harder I search, the more waves I'll make. Thoughts?"

Indra will watch Katsuo move off and shoot a grin at Fergie and move to stretch her legs and settle in, she has a feeling it'll be a long night.

Fergie flops on the bed because her hair cannot leave DNA and will not fall out to leave anything behind. She also keeps most of her gear on (Mortimer coat), and gloves are always worn. She flips through all the info, trying to come up with a good solution that will keep everyone alive. "Maggot Wok does not sound like a place in this part of town. Where is that? Might be able to listen in, and ask the employees there how to get ahold of them, or people they know. Also, I have an info broker contact who can possibly get us info about the Quantum Knife and maybe also figure out phone numbers and trix mails? And, also, I got a guy works for Surgeon Mobile. Might be good to let him know that he needs to be available for after party assistance."

«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) has the Contact Mikhail Zarkovich with the following information:
----—> Contact for Fergie (#10746) <----
Contact Name: Mikhail Zarkovich
Level: 1
Type: snitch
GM Note: Mikhail Zarkovich aka Vich the Snitch, is a former Spetnaz member who immigrated here from Russia a number of years ago. An information specialist in his previous life, Zarkovich takes great pride in knowing everything about everything in Denver and the surrounding area. He has ties to the Russian mob, and always puts business first before anything else. Zarkovich is also friends with Cassidy's asian pal Hsu, and was assisted by both Alice and Cassidy when he was pursued by Luther Reigns over a misunderstanding. For a price, Zarkovich can tell you if he knows about anything going down in the Mile High City.


Mikhail answers his phone and says, "You have me, how you say, on retainer? Das-vidanya!"
"And oh, Maggot Wok? That's what they call 'Golden Wok', in little Chinatown near the Warrens. Serves metahumans, unlike many others if you know what I mean."

"Hey~. Good to talk to you!" She uses the transducer so as not to give away her disguise too much. So, talking through the datajack. "Yeah, I need to know how to get ahold of a team." She tells Mikhail about the 3 leet runners.
Fergie tells enough, like aliases, not all that they do. She also does not speak about the run right now.
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Etiquette vs TN 8 for "Contact Info from Mikhail Zarkovich!":
2 3 3 4 5 7 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Etiquette vs TN 8 for "Contact Info from Mikhail Zarkovich! (KP3)":
1 3 3 4 5 11 = 1 Success

Mikhail gives Fergie the same phone contact information, the same knowledge about Maggot Wok, and the low-down on some sewer tunnels where they have been known to crash with a bunch of other orks and trolls down Orktown way. Again, the phone is dead.

Indra doesn't like the sound of a place called Maggot Wok, she wishes some days, Victoria was here to just tell her about these places. "So..if they won't answer.." she says to Katsuo once he's done with all this. "Could they already be out there and starting the show?"

Katsuo says "Could be. Or possibly doing the recon." He pauses. "I could do it a bit, myself," he says, warily. "I fit in in the area, and it is known I live nearby. But that has risks.""

Indra rubs the back of her head, she has one of her bad ideas coming up. "Well….if we pulled a name or two of people who work there, I could just go and schmooze on some after work. Half of them probably know me." She admits and waves a hand in the air. "See, I uh, sing in most of the clubs in the downtown. I guess the Jazz Elf is unique."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So now, your two main options to make contact with them, if you wish to do so, are to stake out 'Golden Wok' in the C-D security zone on the good side of the Warrens Wall, or go into the Warrens and into Orktown and then down underground to their living area."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "'Golden Wok' is an el cheapo steam table chinese buffet restaurant."

Fergie mutes the phone, but it has another function for the transduced messages, so she can do a multitasked conversation. Vocally, she speaks to the team, "Should I ask this guy about the Quantum Knife biz, or should we save that for another day?"
Fergie speaks through the transducer to Mikhail, "Thanks for that information, and hold up, one sec, Mik."

Katsuo says "Ask. The job is to get the knife out. No reason we an't acquire it for ourselves once the team is out. Or have an idea where they're taking it." He takes a deep breath., "I will go down to the wok. Miss, you… schmooze. If I don't turn out anything today, I will continue into orktown.""

«Plot» Fergie has her mouth run while Mik does not hear by having the phone muted from receiving sound. Using the transducer and datajack with cable to the phone for the Mik convo.
«Plot» Indrakshi says, "I can try to keep an eye on the RnD place if others want to check other locales?"
«Plot» Katsuo grins at indra. was just about to suggest that. <3

Fergie does not take long to continue with Mik, "Ok, do you know anything about a Quantum Knife from Ares Macrotech?"

Indra gives the thumbs up at Katsuo and shrugs at Fergie. "Sure, I'll see if they showed up down there..and if we make contact..guess I'll try to get some security officer to come out on a date with me the same night they try to make a move. Confusing helps." Thank god Indra managed to arrange her self to not be involved in a gun fight already!

Fergie thumbs up to Katsuo and also to Indra.

Mikhail pauses a moment, likely accessing his own memory mods. "Now where would you be hearing of such a thing?" he says with the laughing tone of someone who knows exactly where she might hear of it, and who can easily put together the two things of 1. looking for Jimmy's gang and 2. looking for this toy into a complete whole. "The deal is that Ares Macrotech has been working on the Quantum Knife thing for a good while. It's supposed to use quantum tunneling to stab a knife through armor and kill someone on the other side, smooth like butter. The problem is, it only works close to absolute zero. So it has to be kept perfectly insulated, and completely refrigerated, or else the blade loses its special properties. The first prototype, which travels in a big cylinder that keeps it active, was stolen a couple of years back only for them to discover that when you break the seal and take it out to stab someone with, it warms up and becomes useless before you can stick them. So you're telling me they've worked out the bugs now?"

Fergie has a cerebral booster, multitasking skills, as well as brand new magic to be able to keep everything going simultaneously in her mind, assisted by ME3, too. So, she shares via her vocal cords all that Mik has told her to the team, while she transduces to reply to Mik, 'Honestly, I have no idea what is going on but need to find these people and get in touch with them. It could be that something works, but that is only speculation on my part. You know as well as I, Friend.'

Mikhael says, "Then I wish you the best of luck."

Fergie transduces, 'And I, to you. Thanks for your help.'
«Plot» Fergie wires him money from the stipend, however much we get and what is fair.

«Second Session»
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "When last we left our protagonists, Indrakshi was going to scope out the area and begin a preliminary stakeout, and Katsuo was going to Maggot Wok, I mean, Golden Wok."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So let us begin with Indrakshi for a moment. Indrakshi, are you magically active? No, you are not."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So it is your intent to pass the time there, and watch, which as you can see provides any number of possibilities. Do you have vision magnification that you can use surrepticiously?"

«Plot» Indrakshi says, "Nope I was gonna walk around and try to get an idea of how often patrols go past etc."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Okay, Indrakshi, basic perception check, let me know of any special senses you may have."
«Auto-Judge[]» Indrakshi (#6312) rolls Intelligence: "Low-light, like all elves"
2 3 3 5 7

«Plot» Indrakshi says, "It's fortunate the campus is here and all full of marvels, easy to explain why yer in the district going for a walk :D"

The place is an industrial park, with various high-tech buildings, often connected to one another mall-style, often not; with appropriate benches and statuary and advertisements and displays. In a lower-grade area, walking around like this might be strange; but actually because this place serves so many employees nearly every building has a cafe in front, not to mention semi-affiliated chain restaurants and outdoor strolling-mall bits in between the more official parts. So, during the day, it's pretty easy to walk around without too much purpose and not be considered suspicious. During lunchtime, one cannot go five minutes without seeing Lone Star. But after lunch they go more to car patrols, and it is possible to go ten, maybe fifteen minutes without seeing one.
The Ares building in question seems to hold a few different facilities, but all Ares-owned. It doesn't have a cafe in front and is purely functional, with a front door and secretary, side doors on either sides, and a loading dock in back; but it's right next door to a strip of restaurants, a computer shop that stocks spare parts and electronics, and so forth.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "You do not see the orks in question if they are there."
«Plot» Indrakshi says, "Yep. Does LS tend to go -into- the facility?"
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Lone Star does not walk into the Ares facility. Looks like they have their own personal rent-a-cops within."

In addition, the Ares facility is several stories tall, squat and wide. The windows do not appear to open, and the vents cannot be crawled through without shapeshifting.

«Plot» Patterns: Indrakshi hangs around and watches over time and gets more data to build a map of Lone Star wander patterns. Position: Indrakshi has maps, pictures, and overlays so everyone knows the layout, the distances, the positions of strong cover, and so forth. Bars: Indrakshi moves from bar to bar and from cafe to cafe, and knows when they are open and their sightlines and angles.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Now! Katsuo and Maggot Wok. Indrakshi, do you want to be watching the site while Katsuo does this?"
«Plot After The Fact» Fergie will be backing up Katsuo here.

'Golden Wok' is a steam table restaurant in Little Chinatown, right next to the Warrens Wall - about five blocks from CHROME, in fact. But that's a heck of a walk, and into a light manufacturing district where worker come over from the 'nicest' part of the Warrens in for day jobs. The place has a high ceiling, a lot of cramped seating, cheap-ass chairs and tables, and a second floor 'loft' area where you can take the stairs up to get some additional seating for those who aren't too tall or too heavy. It has front double doors and a matronly chinese woman wearing a Secure Jacket directing people, and the steam table with sneezeguard blocks the way to the kitchen - so customers come in from the side that is next to where people sit, and the workers are behind that where they can walk into the kitchen.
Unlike many far eastern areas, it is a panoply of metahumanity, with dwarves, orks, trolls, almost no elves, and humans all eating there during the lunch rush because it's cheap and it won't kill you. It's completely racist, though, because the buffet price has different numbers listed for orks and trolls.

Fergie dresses in something normal, and she will arrive in the area by coming from the direction of Chrome. She will probably not walk alongside Katsuo, but will shadow him as backup, just in case, and to be an eavesdropping ass!

Katsuo slowly come up to the door. His high-priced suit has been replaced with something more drab, less designer. A bit of makeup has been applied to make him eem more sallow, and his shoes are well-worn. As he enters, he orders the buffet and glances around, taking stock of those around him.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "You may perceive, and tell me of your special senses. Fergie as well, tell me if you are at the door."
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence (to Mr.Terrific) for "Perception.":
1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 7 9
«Plot» Fergie let Katsuo enter firstly. Fergs will enter to get the buffet cause hanging outside will seem off if she has nothing to do, and a table she will find for herself, maybe with a lone worker fellow to chat things up.
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence for "low light, thermo, hearing augs. don't think eye-lights apply.":
3 4 5 9 13 14
Fergie will give Katsuo a minute to get going on the buffet before walking up and going inside to get the buffet, too, but she will not act any different around Katsuo as she does anyone else before branching off with wontons and ragoons and a lot of lo mein to find herself a seat. If it is particularly crowded, she will ask a random fellow (without any rings on) who sits alone if she can sit across from him for lunch time, and maybe strike up a conversation.

In hyper-awareness, the two slumming shadowrunners scan the lunchtime crowd. A good number of orks amongst them, but no Jimmy the Crow, no Spitter, no Moribito. The crowd has the average number of small concealed pistols and utility/fighting knives amongst them. The interesting thing is the kitchen. If one were to walk behind the steam table, where only employees occasionally go, one could walk into the kitchen through an open doorway - no door. A cut-out window, no glass, allows people to look within (and the matron to keep an eye on the chef) and looking within shows a back hallway into which one cannot see. What's back there? In an ordinary chinese restaurant it might be a restroom. But with an advanced knowledge of space, whatever is back there looks bigger than that.

Katsuo glances at the crowd. He takes some time to eat his food, enjoying the first plate… but then when he gets up to go to the bathroom, he slips instead towards that back hallway, the big man light on his feet.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Give me a stealth check for 'I'm supposed to be here.'"
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Stealth:
1 2 5 11
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 3 vs TN 11 for "waiters/chefs":
4 4 7 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 5 for "matron":
2 3 3 4 4
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Stealth for "I'm Supposed to be here too!":
1 2 3 3 7
Fergie hopes she found a dwarf or a human (or an ork would be ok… I guess) with whom to hang out and chat while eating and listening in the main room.

They treat Katsuo with barely a glance as he walks several paces behind the steam table and then turns into the kitchen, like this happens reasonably often. Once actually in the kitchen, with its row of work spaces and hot oil burner and indeed, the classical large woks of its name that don't look the cleanest; Katsuo can see where that little hallway leads. A step in, it has a beaded curtain that hangs down to the ground, a step past that a door, and by his knowledge of the angles in the room outside and generic chinese restaurants, the place is almost certainly a special dining area. The kind with a big round table with a lazy susan where you would seat a large party that was all together. Or, to a shadowrunner, the classic 'back room' where meets and planning takes place.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Okay, to walk down that hallway, you have to move aside the beaded curtain, which makes noise, then open the door. Are you doing those things?"
«Plot» Katsuo nods. I will!
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "All righty. Stealth, with a penalty for doing something which specifically makes noise, then perception."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Stealth for "I belong here, really!":
2 3 4 9
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 5 for "Spitter with +2 enhanced hearing, the noise of the beaded curtain is -4 stealth so TN 5":
2 3 4 5 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence:
1 3 4 4 4 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence for "kp2":
2 2 3 3 4 7
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence for "kp4":
2 2 2 4 5 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence for "kp7 (sighs)":
1 2 3 5 5 10
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 11 vs TN 4 for "reaction":
1 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 10 = 5 Successes

A fraction of an instant after the beads move, Katsuo can hear the scrape of a chair on the other side of the door, the whisk of steel clearing leather, the rustle of clothes. In the next instants, other slight motions scrape on the ground, pressures of feet, motions of chairs. Katsuo's hand reaches towards the doorknob….
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So obviously you were heard. (It's at least a -4 stealth to try and go through that beaded curtain.)"

Katsuo waits patiently as he hears the movement coming his way, taking a half step back, moving his feet into what might be called a full-defensive posture. "Knock knock," he says. "I'm here to help."

There is no immediate answer.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Perception check tn 11, hearing tn 9 for you with Enhanced Hearing. Not too important."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence vs TN 11:
1 3 3 4 5 7 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 11 (to Mr.Terrific) for "Listening from over he-urr!":
1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 = 0 Successes
A precious moment passes. Nothing particular happens.

Katsuo moves sideways towards the door, so he's not immedietely in front, reaches out and knocks once, twice, three times.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Another TN 11 perception, TN 9 for you with enhanced hearing.."
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 3 vs TN 9 for "Do the chefs figure anything out?":
1 2 3 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence vs TN 9:
1 2 2 2 8 9 = 1 Success
Now the faintest whisper of words under breath can be heard… language, native american. Off to the left in the room, backed away from the door. Far corner.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Do you speak various native american languages?"
«Plot» Katsuo says, "…. no Native languages, actually. hahahhaha."

Katsuo pulls out a glove, puts it on his hand… and then reaches out to turn the doorknob and push the door open.

Yea verily, the door, it is locked. It's an interior door in a cheap-ass restaurant, but it is locked.

Katsuo mutters to himself, and then backs off a little… and scans for local comm channels. Finding one open… «My Name is Lionheart. I have a message for Jimmy the Crow.»
Katsuo switches back to his usual channel for a moment.
Commlink-Colorado> Katsuo says, "I found someone. Not sure who."

«Hi, Lionheart! I'm from Care-A-Lot too, my name is Noble Heart! Do you like ponies as well as cats?» It appears you are on a residential channel. No particular answer from inside the room.

«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 5 for "Spitter listening in on enhanced hearing, can he hear you subvocalize?":
3 3 3 4 4
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "No, he doesn't hear subvocalization through a door."

Commlink-Fergalicious> Fergie uses datajack with transducer, so soundless in all, "Are you ok so far?"

Katsuo looks back at the door, muttering to himself. Now comes the pen, and a little bit of… does he have any paper? Possibly… ah! Cigarette papers! He tears through it a few times, finally getting a note together… and tries to slide it under the door frame.
Commlink-Colorado> Katsuo says, "so far so good. Just trying to communicate."

Commlink-Fergalicious> Fergie says, "That shit is hard sometimes."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Hmm. Pushing something under the door…"
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 1 vs TN 4 for "4+ is good for Katsuo":
7 = 1 Success
It's a tense moment when the paper slides under, then it appears to be yanked from Katsuo's hands somehow.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "What is written on the paper?"

«Plot» Katsuo says, "Same as in the comm message. Lionheart is Kat's street name."

"Who sent you?" is the rough orkish voice from within, coming from that back left corner.

Katsuo says, "Jay didn't give his name. Pale guy. Albino. Concerned for your safety."

«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 1 vs TN 5 for "5+is good for Katsuo":
1 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Katsuo says, "ruh-roh."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Okay. For your information, Jimmy The Crow was doing 'surrepticious spellcasting' as per +info magic notice.' He was casting force 1 spells. Spell number 1: mindlink, so they could chat amongst themselves silently. Spell number 2: magic fingers, so he could throw open the door for Spitter to shoot you. At these forces, and with willing targets, and not really needing successes past one, he can cast without drain. So, you just said a Jay sent you, who is an albino, which means it is not the same Jay that hired them, which means you are hired by someone else. And you said 'concerned for your safety' which can be seen as a threat if one is involved in secret planning in a hidden location where no one is supposed to know what they are doing. Not that they are hard to find there, but you did walk right back here without doing something like talking to the Matronly Chinese Woman who runs the place to send a message back which would be a far more appropriate way to make yoruself known."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So, +inits."

«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 3 for "+8 Spitter":
2 3 9
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Initiative with a result of 22.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 3 for "+8 Moribito":
1 2 4
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Initiative with a result of 23.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 1 for "+5 Jimmy":
3
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Katsuo 23, Fergie 22, Spitter 19, Moribito 15, Jimmy 8."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Katsuo, you hear a sudden creaking of the floorboards as of someone lowering his weight back there. Your move. Delaying also acceptable."
«Plot» Katsuo is taking total defensive. Will be taking the total defensive option on his action. let 'em get it out of their system.
Katsuo is suddenly ready to dance as he hears the weight shifting outside. He expected something like this. He braces on the balls of his feet, ready to move, and angles away from the door a little. Should there be trouble, he's ready to not die.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Fergie, 22."
Fergie knows something is up but not what, after hearing voices. She will get up and excuse hereslf with kindness to the fellow to whom she was speaking before moving with her half eaten tray (damn wasters) to the dish bin nearest the double doors that lead to the back, to put her tray there and also to glance in a brief way to those funny circle windows in those kinds of doors to see if the woman can spot Katsuo out there in the hall (or is he behind a partition)? Just, to check. She will not spend much time, no need to be rubber necking.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Spitter, 19. He mentally speaks a word and delays."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Moribito, 15. Because they know that Jimmy is slow, he moves across and simple action throws the door wide. This reveals Spitter, with two SMGs one in each hand crouched behind the big round formica lazy susan equipped table. He looks at this guy whom he has never seen before, and finishes making his split-second decision, which sticks with the decision he was going to make - he unloads full-auto with the gel rounds in his left-hand HK-227 SMG."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So it's point blank for an SMG, firing into a hallway with no cover, tn 4 -2 smartlink +1 for left hand with 6 Ambidexterity and full two-gun-rig mojo for TN 3. Damage will be 11D stun for a base, for a 7 shot burst that takes no penalties with his tricked out SMG and strength."
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 7 + Combat Pool: 7 vs TN 3 for "Lucky for you, he has to conserve his KP":
1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 8 = 9 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "TN 6 for dodging with combat pool, 11D stun + 9 successes. You're in a hallways choke point and he positioned himself to fire down that hallway."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Combat Pool: 8 vs TN 6 for "ddge!":
1 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Combat Pool: 8 vs TN 6 for "ddge! kp 8":
2 2 3 3 3 3 4 7 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Combat Pool: 8 - 1 vs TN 6 for "ddge! kp 10":
1 2 3 3 4 5 10 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Combat Pool: 8 - 2 vs TN 6 for "ddge! kp 13":
1 1 2 3 7 10 = 2 Successes
«OOC» Katsuo says, "the dice have spoken."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) has the Armor Rating Impact with the value '0 (4)'.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Now at 11d +5 successes, going to Body tn 7."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 7:
1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 7 for "kp 14":
1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 7 for "kp 16":
1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 7 for "kp 19":
1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 7 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 3 - 1 vs TN 7 for "kp 19":
1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) has the Bioware Trauma Damper with the following information:
----> Bioware Item for Katsuo (#3231) <----
Item Name: Trauma Damper
Grade: NORMAL
Body Index: 0.36
Installed: Yes


«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Okay, so you take 10 boxes of stun; after your trauma damper it is 9 boxes of stun and you are conscious."
«Plot» Katsuo will play dead for a minute and let Fergie take over.
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Acting (Improvisation) for "you knocked me out! honest!":
1 2 5 5

Think it not any amount of morals. It's just that Spitter pays the matron of the Golden Wok for the use of the back room and its amenities (and the food-fuel outside). If there were more of you, he'd be going four three-shot-bursts, but as it is, he just wants to take the one fellow down down down. And indeed, down he goes!

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Jimmy, 8"
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Jimmy uses Astral Perception to see if Katsuo is faking it or not. I think this takes about 4 successes. He drops his Mindlink and Magic Fingers as a free action to do it."
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 for "centering away background count":
3 3 4 5 11 11
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 4 for "Need 4 successes":
1 1 1 1 2 3 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Katsuo's playing dead is so good even his aura fools them."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Normals!"
The sound of full-auto is unmistakeable, booming through the kitchen into the room. This place has seen its share of gunfights and conflict, though. Some just gather their food, some draw guns of their own, some hit the deck (like the chefs) some dash for the exits, some scream. Fortunately there is a back door out the kitchen that some are dashing out of too.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Second pass! Katsuo is faking it so he delays. Fergie on 12."
«Plot» Fergie thinks it would be weird if I just waltzed in there, so running out of here with the rest and circling around to spy might be better.
«Plot» Fergie will exit with the crowd and circle around, the back alley will hopefully provide stealthing capibility. I'll try to see which direction they go.
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Athletics vs TN 4 for "Running out front with the rest of these people.":
1 1 1 4 11 = 2 Successes
Fergie drops her plates into the bin and then makes a dash for the door, the front door, after screaming like some of the people do. Gotta fit in.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Spitter, then Moribito: Spitter comes up to cover Katsuo with his loaded SMG, Moribito comes up; simple action to put away his monowhip, simple action to begin robbing Katsuo with Quickdraw."
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 4 for "Perception: For example, do I beat the concealment of Katsuo's gun?":
2 3 8 9
«Plot After The Fact» There's some OOC RL interruption delay here, plus looking up exactly what Katsuo has to lose, and that amusingly enough this perception check beats the Concealment of his heavy pistol but does not beat the concealment of his SMG.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "We'll wait until Katsuo gets back to see if he stays faking unconscious with two orks over him stripping him clean of his goods and services for a few seconds."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Fergie!"
«Plot» Fergie says, "Can I move around to the back door without being seen?"
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "You'll be 'Seen' but you can roll a stealth to see if anyone cares or sees it as odd."
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Stealth for "Not odd!":
2 5 5 5 16
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 5 vs TN 16 for "average of int 3, +2 lots of people":
1 1 1 3 4 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "No one cares where you go. Some are going around back with you because they have cars parked there."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "They will have several rounds of stripping Katsuo by the time you can run around to the back. Which is okay, save perhaps for his pocketbook."

«Plot» Indrakshi says, "Actually, yes. Have I determined when Corp Security does their switch?"
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Indrakshi, assuming that you are there for the remainder of the evening, it looks like the guards swap off and go onto second shift at 8 pm. You can't tell when Lone Star switches, that's more general, but likely a similar time."

«Third Session»

Fergie has run out the front door with the crowd, and then began to move around to the back of the building, or trying to. She seems to be successful at fitting into the massive fleeing scenario that is happening around her as people go for their vehicles and other routes to escape this place, but will eventually try to get to the back door, depending on the time frame in which things happen.
Commlink-Fergalicious> Fergie uses the transducer cybernetics via datajack port, "Coming around from the back to try already. Momentary." She keeps the emotion out of the electronic robo voice.

Katsuo's eyes snap open as a hand starts to fiddle with his stuff, probably taking the comm unit first.

Moribito's first action is to yoink the Beretta, levering it out and away. (Strangely, quickdraw holsters are not designed for hostile retention.)

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Do you want me to track this in initiative? They don't shoot at your eyes popping open."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "By rights, on the third pass, you could take an action."
«Plot» Katsuo nods. Will take a minor action.

Katsuo holds up his hand. "Peace," he croaks. "I come in peace. Ow. Peace, ow."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Inits!"
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Initiative with a result of 18.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 3 for "+8 moribito":
2 5 10
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 3 for "+8 spitter":
2 4 11
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Initiative with a modifier of -3 with a result of 28.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 1 for "+5 Jimmy":
3
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Katsuo 28, Spitter 21, Moribito 20, Jimmy 8. Katsuo! All pools refreshed."
«Plot» Katsuo says, "any nearby cover?"
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Dude, you are in a tightly cramped hallway, where you fell down to fake being knocked out, with two dudes standing right on freaking top of you."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "One of them stealing from you as we speak."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "The other pointing SMGs at you."

Katsuo holds up his second hand, open, empty, and the man tries to look sheepish. "I really am here to help!" He says, making sure his mic is on. "You didn't have to fill me full of bullets!"

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Spitter 21:"
Spitter says, "I'm not." And carefully unloads a three-shot burst to indicate that you should stay down and not flutter your eyes - that like all shadowrunners, they take and establish the upper hand.

«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 7 + Combat Pool: 7 vs TN 5 for "3-round burst of gel, tn 4, -2 smartlink, +1 left hand, +2 hth range.":
2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 9 11 14 = 7 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "That is 8S stun with 7 successes, tn 5 to dodge for a 3-round burst."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 11 vs TN 4 for "soak!":
1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 10 17 = 7 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 11 - 7 vs TN 4 for "soak! kp 20":
1 1 2 4 4 9 9 10 10 10 17 = 8 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Full soak. Second burst."
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 7 + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 5 for "All recoil is still comped":
1 2 2 3 4 4 5 9 10 11 = 4 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "8S stun +4 successes."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body + Karma Pool: 2 vs TN 4 for "kp 22/25 used":
3 3 3 4 4 5 8 9 11 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body + Karma Pool: 2 - 6 vs TN 4 for "kp 23/25 used":
1 4 10 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Down to a light, which with a trauma damper is full soak."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "And, Moribito punches you."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "I will leave out the friends in melee because he's using guns, what the hay."
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 + Combat Pool: 6 vs TN 4 for "Moribito brawling punch, it's not his speciality, but you are at penalties.":
2 2 3 4 5 5 8 9 11 16 17 17 = 9 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "I think your TN is 7. I will leave out being prone if you like because you were kind of faking it to be unconscious and I was forcing that on you."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Boxing vs TN 7 for "this sucks!":
2 3 3 3 4 5 5 8 9 10 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Boxing - 3 vs TN 7 for "this sucks! kp 24/25":
2 2 2 2 4 5 7 = 1 Success
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "8m stun impact, so body roll tn 4; he stages the 8m stun up to 8D stun."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "you need 6 successes to take nothing."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body vs TN 4:
1 3 4 4 5 5 11 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body - 4 vs TN 4 for "kp 25/25":
1 2 7 = 1 Success
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "And again, full soak."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Jimmy the Crow tries to finish it with a Moderate Stunbolt, Force 6. Willpower?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) has the Attribute Willpower with the value '6'.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 8 + Sorcery Pool: 3 vs TN 7 for "f6 moderate stunbolt on Katsuo":
1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 7 9 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 2 for "resist drain":
1 2 3 8 9 9 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Willpower vs TN 6:
1 2 3 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Katsuo takes it all like a bitch, he believes.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "He takes no drain and spends no karma, I think you are tapped out, so that is S stun which becomes 5 boxes after TD, which means you are at 10 boxes real, 4 boxes physical."

Fergie slinks around the building toward the back on quick feets!

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Fergie! What is your quickness!"
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) has the Attribute Quickness with the value '6'.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, " So, a city block is 150-175 meters in length, you have to run around one to the back side but not all the way. 6x3 is 18 per turn, so that is something like 20-30 seconds. Athletics makes it more like 20."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "That is like 6 rounds. They spent 1 round having to finish taking Katsuo down all the way while trying not to kill him or make him bleed on the floor. So they have 5 rounds from here. Spitter and Moribito spend 3 rounds looting. Jimmy summons a spirit, looks for people out the back. When they're done (which includes taking Katsuo's shoes so he can't run after them) they will be the first one out to get in their vehicles. Spitter and Jimmy both have enclosed cars, but Moribito has a motorcycle, so he can actually be talked to by Fergie when she zzzips onto the scene."

Spitter and Moribito yoink Katsuo's pistol, his taser, yank his credsticks and the fake SIN he has on him, get his motorcycle keys and drop them on the ground. They actively palm his throat and check his ears specifically for mincrotransceivers and commlink earpieces, coming up with them. They will be totally weirded out when they go under his cheap jacket and come up with the manila folders Katsuo got from the albino Johnson which when opened, reveal their pictures. A gunfight is one thing. To them, happens every day. But a guy knocking on your door saying, "I'm here to help!" with PICTURES of you? That is NOT something that happens any day to a shadowrunner. It makes them even more twitchy - and saves Katsuo's well-concealed SMG because they get the hell up. "Grenade?" asks Spitter. "Nah," says Moribito. "Let's get the frag out of here." His last action is to rip off Katsuo's shoes on the escape, so he can't get up and run after them if, say, he had a autoinjector for stim.

Fergie runs toward the vehicles like all the rest of the fleeing people but will break off from the car seekers after a moment to try to catch up with Moribito and fast talk before it is too late (she hopes), "Moribito!" Not wielding and also on guard, she knows that she could end up like poor Katsuo. Is he alive? She hardly knows, "Please, the guys from the big S." (Shaiwase), "hired backup to make sure you can get the knives you need and get drek done. We are allies, and already paid up." She hopes her words ring true enough.

Moribito says into his commlink, "Oh holy fuck, another one, a chica. Keep eyes on, get ready to shoot." He totally heard you. And you mentioned Shiawase, which to him means nothing - to the best of his knowledge it's not who hired him for the run.
And they zoom away without further shooting unless Fergie stops them.

Fergie grunts and starts to back away and look for cars that might be good for taking cover, but says, "Could you at least calm down and talk? We would have come full force after knowing you guys were back there if we wanted to fight, not approached you one at a time."
Fergie shouts a random burner phone number before she grunts and takes cover, letting the runners zoom away. That did not work out so good. Once they gone, the Fergs will go back to try to patch up Katsuo and get his ass out of there.

«OOC» Indrakshi sort of facepalms at this whole situation. :P

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Fergie, you can go in. The chefs and so forth are approaching Katsuo. The cops should be here in oh, I don't know. An hour."

Fergie tells the chefs and all, "I'm a doctor!" She even has a sin with a license if anyone questions this. She pulls out a medkit and goes to the side of the huge samurai, putting him into recovery position.

The matron comes over to watch too. She addresses Fergie when she goes down to work on him. "Are you with him?"

Fergie hesitates! She then finally nods to reply without using words. Really, the medkit that Fergs has is state of the art, Savior Medkit style. Nanites are where it is at! She stabs poor Katsuo in the neck with some.
Fergie says "A bloody mess, eh?"

The matron nods disapprovingly. "You tell him not to come back here without asking! We offer service; destroy the recordings, 500y, before police come."

Fergie nods to the matron and says softly, "Thank you, miss, I appreciate this very much." She smiles to her and then gets back to working on Katsuo. "Also, if there is ever something we can do to help you, let us know."
«Plot» Fergie gives her 500 nuyen.

"You welcome," the matron says, "No one remember anything." And indeed, when the police come, nobody saw nothing, nobody remember anything, nice family using the back room and shoot someone here and run away, everyone scream. But look, no blood!

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "I think on a Moderate wound, with savoir medikit, that you are looking at like a TN 4 biotech to turn that 4 boxes moderate into 1 or 2 boxes light."
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Biotech for "Savior Medkit, -1TN, Patient Body, also has -1TN or so.":
2 3 4 5 9 16
«Plot» Fergie fixes him up to L.
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls 6 vs TN 4 for "Comp Dice.":
1 2 2 5 5 7 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls 1 for "Supplies Used? 1 or 2 is bad.":
5
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Now Katsuo rolls body against TN 2 to see how many successes he gets. That's divided into an hour to see how many minutes it is before he gets a box of stun back and can walk without Fergie carrying him, which she can do easily."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body - 1 (Bones don't count) vs TN 2:
3 3 3 4 4 5 = 6 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So in 10 minutes Katsuo can walk, which means Fergie has to carry him to a vehicle, which she can easily do with her strength before cops arrive."

Fergie carries Katsuo to the pickup and pops him inside before getting in and driving away. She will put on country music because that is what you do when you drive a pickup truck. She also looks over to Katsuo every so often and then will, if he shows signs of waking, speak to him, "Morning, Sunshine." Sigh. By the time that happens, she will have employed her skills in acting to not show her very apologetic face. It is in the background.
Fergie texts using the datajack and explains to Indra, "That did not go well."
Fergie also mentions, "Remeet?"

Katsuo says "I came in peace," with a quiet mutter. "I came in…" His eyes snap open, and he looks around. suddenly they're blue and not garnet, and his posture is very different. "What happened?" Asks a boston-accented voice. "I've been robbed."

Indra had been safely away in her place, so what transpired wasn't fully known to her. "Sure, meet up again, where at? Downtown at this lovely bar?" She has no issues letting them know she's been in a decent bar!

Fergie texts back, "No, back home." Well, hopefully Indra will understand her. Fergs is so bad for texting while driving, but at least she can do so without using her hands and looking at a phone, reserving eyesight for the road, to which she pays attention but has to swerve around a bicyclist on the way, and also to stop the road rage from happening (too). "Yes, they shot and punched and then you were hurt, but I paid the matron, and she took care of cleanup, and the runners ran off with your shoes. Not sure what else they got from you… and, I failed. I did not realize it would take that long to come around back, but it did. My fault."
Fergie says "I tried to talk to Moribito, but he just ran away. If they see us try to help them if we ever catch back up with them, they are gonna shoot us, likely. Tried to give Moribito a burner phone number, no idea if they will call."
Fergie says "Also, they will have to meet back up themselves, so trying to get ahold of Jimmy. Maybe he put his phone battery back in? I dunno."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Strangely, no one continues to answer the phone number that you were given for Jimmy the Crow."

Indra has to go back to the hotel room! She isn't to upset, infact, she's not even hammered when she gets there, but she did bring along an order of deep fried onions, or what should be a blooming onion. Hard to say if it's real or not..she might end up confused why Kats has no shoes.
«Plot» Indrakshi says, "I may have a crazy idea."

Katsuo says "Ran off with my shoes," his voice droll. "They had -me-, and they ran off with my shoes? Do they have any idea…" his voice trails off, and his eyes widen. "Holy shit, I'm still in my mas…." Stop, suddenly, staring at her. "You were my backup?"

Fergie nods to Katsuo, "Yeah, fake Asia. I was sorta your backup," Mental sigh. "but, I did not engage right away because there were three of them and… was out front at the time, so I tried to circle around back. I did not know that the restaurant staff would be so generous and would clean up recordings, which is what they did… or said they did after we got done patching you up. Anyway, frag. I am sorry man."
Fergie says "What all are you missing?"

Katsuo frowns a little. "I am not well enough informed. Katsuo will have to deal with the rest of this." He closes his eyes, focuses… and when he opens them, his posture has changed, and the garnet eyes have returned (yay cybereyes!).
"Miss," he says. "My apologies. I was not anticipating so violent a response in a public place." A pause. "My comm unit, which goes in my helmet. My beretta. My boots: I can get another pair. My taser."

Fergie glances over at Katsuo and then stops the truck in the hotel garage. "Alright." She does some of the same sorta thing, only does not change out in personality full. She will head up to the hotel room without further ado, and then resume the conversation there.

Indra will settle in back at the hotel room as ..Kats goes..weird? The Blooming Onion she brought is unwrapped and she begins to peel crispy deep fried off it. "So I have this distinct feeling, you some how made it so the guys we're protecting, want to beat the two of you unconscious." She says and stretches out lazily, like a feline. "So we go to a secondary plan I've cooked up! We distract the security for them!"

Katsuo had stopped with Fergie at a small drop point, where he uses Pauly's credit line (since his SIN was stolen!) to get a pair of wingtips. Hardly hand-crafted, but they'll do. When they get back to the hotel, and find Indra waiting, he will then have his brief freak-change over.
"They've already beaten at least one of us," he takes up where he left off. "Took three of them to take me down. All I wanted was peace, but… I am not equipped for dealing with gaijin that shoot first. They will regret this action." He pauses and goes to the minibar in the hotel, fetching out one of those single-serving bottles of sake and taking a sip. "And that plan has merit, ma'm. What should I call you?"

Fergie fluffs a pillow for Katsuo on one of the beds and then moves aside and motions toward it for him if he wants to rest now? "Distract the security… sounds like our only option, really. Should we hire more help in case peeps try to gun us down?"

Indra points at her self when they mention hiring some one else. "Hello! I'm a -singer- and I can just start singing in the street, even if the in house security doesn't come out, a crowd will show up any how! There's bars -all- over that place. I mean it'll give them an edge! ..Oh right, I'm Indra!" She says with a big friendly smile at Kats.

Fergie already gave her number on cards earlier, and it said something about calling Fergie for a good time.

Katsuo says "Indra, then," going to flop on the appointed bed, rubbing his brows with powerful fingers. "That should work. It will certainly draw attention. I will lurk somewhere nearby, covering you, just in case… and covering the scene."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "If this is your basic plan, I find it excellent, with one primary question: how do you know when they are going to make their move?"
«Plot» Katsuo says, "-That- was going to be my next question."
«Plot» Katsuo says, "So let's make it every night for the next week! it'll become a thing!"
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Plus side: They haven't seen Indrakshi."

Fergie moves to sit on the unoccupied bed, since this is probably a double room. "Also, we do have the J's contact info. If there are any questions we missed at the original meet that you think would help… we could ask those now, maybe, now that we have more information. Also, I know some deckers and floor plans for that Ares building might not be a bad idea."
Fergie says "Maybe there's some secret phrase we need to say to make these guys trust us. Also, finding out who hired them might be good."

Indra is going to stay right where she is, nibbling on her deep fried goodness. "I don't mind bumming around the lab until they show. I've sang in a few bars through out the downtown, so I don't stand out..but you two.. they rolled one of you. So, this is a situation I got nothing on."

Fergie says "I'm actually in disguise, and I have other disguises.I mean.I can become someone else, as can weirdo guy over there."
Fergie knows who he is but does not say so.

Katsuo says "They know I came to help," quietly. "Or should. I will make inquiries, again. See if any fixers can get word to them. They have to be hiding… somewhere. They'll be on edge. But. When I am rested, I will try again."

Fergie thumbs up, "That's the spirit!" She grins largely, too big that grin!

Indra rolls her shoulders a bit at the two. "Well, you try that, if we know the day, it helps, but if not..I'll just bum around the area. Such a punishment, you two go and get jumped, I go and have fun in bars." She's never letting them leave it down.

Fergie says "Also, from their own perspective, they might want to avoid the run anytime soon, unless they are on a time schedule, because they may assume that Ares knows about them. Or other corps who want the QK, and might wait till the heat dies down. Or be doing legwork about us in reverse before they do. So, we could be dumb and slap a run against Ares together and get the shit and then just give it to them and be like, "See, fuck you guys.""
Fergie is just throwing out all options. She does not seem emotionally invested!

Katsuo says "Our goal is to ensure Ares loses the knife. Anything else is window dressing." He closes his eyes. "Will rest. Tell me if you have any brilliant plans in the next hour and a half."

Indra will move to help her self to the hotel mini bar, to find a bottle of soy beer to go with her snack food. "So..Fergie..if we steal this thing our selves..can your friend find a buyer? I mean you two could go in at the same time as the Orks and.." She shrugs.

Fergie says "I can call Mik again. I think his interest was piqued, and he might have gone digging for info about the Quantum Knife as well as the people about whom I spoke. He might have more info."
Fergie says "Also to ask about our Johnson. We should wonder about them, too."
«Plot» Fergie calls the J!
Fergie sets things up, so the J cannot overhear their vocal communication, but so the conversation can be heard by everyone else in the room. Fergs uses the transducer when contacting the J, too. This way, others can feed her questions to pipe through the datajack cable, if she forgets anything.

Soon enough, you hear the slightly acerbic voice of the albino Mr. Johnson you spoke to at CHROME. "Good evening."

"Greetings. We have not had much luck with Jimmy and friends, and we were wondering if you knew who hired them, as well as any sorta code words that might help put them at ease about our assistance. Also, do you know when it is that they plan to do their run. If not, we can keep legworking, but anything helps. Any little details we might have missed?"

Indra will give the thumbs at Fergie and check in on Kats, you know, to make sure he's alright, and leave the blooming onion beside him. Food temptation.
Indrakshi says for Fergie to hear, "So it seems we have two possible ideas. One, we distract security <easy> or two; steal knife. <Where I'll still try to distract security>. Or blow up the place since they want to stop research."

Katsuo sleeps in one of the rooms (fancy hotel room, beds are likely not in living room), and sleeps in the full-body tattoo and disguise nude.
Plus guns.

Fergie hangs out sitting on the other bed and just shakes her head while the FauxJap flaunts his nakedness. She smirks some and keeps the convo going, not really distracted by that much. She will commit the look to memory, though, just cause.

After a moment of consideration, the albino Johnson can be heard to say, "We do not know for sure who hired them, although we suspect it to be a triple-A megacorp who is opposed to Ares Macrotech in the military arena. We don't know any code words that would get you in good with Jimmy and his gang. I specifically said that that was your job, if you felt it wise. Nor do we know the exact time of their run. What we DO know, through the practice of divination, is that they will fail unless they are assisted."

«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Magical Background for "Like, Divination for real?":
1 3 5 5 10
«Plot» Fergie says, "Can Alice know about Divination? She knows Smoke, who practices it, too."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "You may, with that roll, know about divination, and draw upon whatever you know from Smoke."

Indra cocks her head. To be fair, given her boss owns Fallen Angel, nudity isn't a big deal. A pillow does smack into Kat. "God, no shame." She says, if he wakes up, he gets a big grin from her.

Fergie motions to the phone a bit with an inquisitive look. As if, asking them to give any further questions to her.

Indra does have a question "See if the real goal is this team living, or if the real goal is the Knife."

The albino Johnson continues, "Let's see - "A dark shadow shall fall across them, a blade in the night." That is what I have from our diviner. I guess that means it will happen at night. Which is the only possible time they could plan their run to happen."

"Divination, like the metamagical technique? Odd. Ok. Please, why was the divining magi divining about them? Were they divining about the knife or about the team specifically? What made them come to see this? Also, is the real objective to free the knife from Ares' grasp, so if we come up with a plan to beat them to it, would that help? Not saying we are going to, yet, but I like to look at all our options. Or, is it more about them getting this done and less about the knife?"

Katsuo wakes up at the pillow, and smiles softly. "My employer is rubbing off on me," he says, slowly creeping up to a leaning position. "He is famous for his lack of shame. I have had an idea, while I dreamt. If we find a decker, we can possibly hack into my commlink and track it.

Fergie speaks via vocals and not the transduced robovoice to address Katsuo, "Ah, I know a couple deckers."
Fergie is glad that she can have voice from them muted while on speaker phone, cause the future is awesome.

Indra cocks her head a bit at the myriad information pouring out. "Alright, well, that might help. But they still want to kill you two, and I doubt I'd fare better. Night time makes it a bit more difficult. Bars -do- close…"

The albino Johnson says, "Yes, the divination metamagical technique. He was divining into the challenges that our enemies face. It is one tool, along with our other informational resources. To get the knife, we assume that a shadowrunner team would have to be assembled that included a powerful shaman with an ally spirit and sustaining spell foci so as to maintain multiple invisibility and stealth spells while using a Hearth spirit for Concealment. It would require a technical specialist to handle doors. It would require a decker to handle computers. Moribito is not required. Your team is more general and does not have these assets; we do not think you have a chance of getting the knife on your own. If we wanted the knife we would hire such a team; but learning that such a team was already hired it was too late for us to do so as they would end up working at cross purposes in a free for all. Thus, we were happy with a modest expenditure to damage our enemy."

Fergie says "Any more questions, you two, before I reply to this?"

Katsuo shakes his head. "He doesn't have the answers that will really help us."

Fergie says "This actually helps, I think."

Indra shifts a bit, listening. Alright, so the objective was technically the knife. "He has a point, it's not likely we'd be able to break into that place. I only saw guards rotate once. I think our best bet is to try and distract security, draw a crowd, so they can use the confusion..if we just knew -when- they'd make a move."

"Ok, thank you for your information and your time. This actually helps." Sincere, because Fergs thinks it does. It puts a whole new clarity to it all.

Fergie will listen for more and not disconnect unless the J is done with her.

The albino Johnson hangs up.

Katsuo says "I want the id and the comm back most," muttering still. "I am still most irate." And most naked. "I will make them bleed their own blood if they do not… play ball."

Fergie smirks some, "Maybe you should ask naked. Then they can't steal anything."
Fergie says "Except your pride."

Katsuo says "Next time taser first," solemnly. "Now. Decker?"

Fergie debates between Esan Synth and Ben Rolfe… she finally picks the first and then sighs deeply. Ringaling!
Fergie will not let folks listen in to this one. This is completely private.
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) has the Contact Esan Synth with the following information:
----—> Contact for Fergie (#10746) <----
Contact Name: Esan Synth
Level: 1
Type: pro comp man
GM Note: Some time ago, Esan and Alice were engaged to be married, but after she became physically (and then later mentally damaged) he turned cold about his prior love and claims that it is only logical to not be tied down by some insane freak with multiple problems. Esan Synth is a prime Lucy Minion, a pro matrix decker, and a pro computer programmer of skills beyond those his commanding associate has. Despite being pretty pro herself, Lucy focuses more on her combat abilities, which are thus used to gain gear used to enable her Minions to advance. Esan Synth is provided with top-of-the-line Matrix tech and plenty nuyen, and he has used his time wisely, learning a great deal. Sometimes, Alice is forced to deal with Esan to accomplish things together for Lady Lucy, despite the emotional history between the two ex fiances. However, if she is in a pinch, Alice knows Esan likes his money and will deck for her, and he somewhat enjoys witnessing her pride fall down in asking him for
help.
(Biotech 4, Computers 8, Decking 10, Programming 12, Skill Chip Know Skills @ 6, BOD 4(6), QUI 6(10), STR 4(8), CHA 8, INT 6(8), WIL 4, 1d6 + 9 REACT, 11 CP, 15 KP. Beta Ware: Hearing, Vision, Datajack, SL2, Transducer, Bone Lacing (Titanium), Muscle Replacement 4, Some Headware Memory. Plus: FFBA Full Suit, Secure Clothing, Secure Jacket, Forearm Guards, Ares Pred II with SL2 System, Silencer, Personalized Grips, and Concealable Quickdraw Holsters, Driving Keys to Lucy's Rolls Royce Limo (with Rating 6 Skill), 6 Million in Computer Tech, with most this owned by Madamn Lucyfur. He works hard programing constantly and doing Matrix work in return, slowly working off this massive debt while having gained some high priority in their ranks from his enduring loyalty.)


Over the years, Fergie has become less fucked up and has more self controlled and will refrain from the argumentative banter. She simply speaks civily and will offer money or favors (the shadowrun kind), for the assistance.
Fergie speaks this to the other team members, "Anything other than floorplans, possible matrix searches on these people, as well as decker havoc that the fellow can rain on the Ares matrix security?" It is Alice who speaks through the transduced telephone to Esan, which others cannot hear because this is a weird individual with some weird history, and she does not want to flaunt it. ('Hey, Esan. Alice here. Please, could you do me a favor? You know I am good for compensating if need be. We need the floor plans for a certain building, as well as any shadowland rumors you might know that I missed while on the Trix about Ares and a Quantum Knife.')
«Plot» Fergie will of course give him the addy to the Ares R&D place.

Katsuo says "I need the decker to try and hack my comm unit. Maybe we can locate where it is, so I can hunt them down and… renegotiate the situation."

Fergie upnods. Alice continues with her laundry list of things to get done, the poor grumpy blue-haired elf is going to have a fun day! 'Also, we got a comm that was stolen. We want to see if you can hack its freq and track it down.'

Indra taps the side of her head, where a comm unit would rest if she had it all good to go. "Failing that, maybe turn it on all quiet like so we can hear when they intend to make their move? I mean really, a bunch of people listening to some one sing, probably a fair few drunk, might just be the time of situation they need for their exil."

Esan says, "I can get the old plans if you want, but if they did internal changes since then, that may not be available. Quantum Knife? I heard that was a crock, it got stolen two years ago and didn't work yet. Let me see if I can get something on that commlink…. no, nothing. You say they have a tech specialist? Yeah, he could take out the battery and make sure it's not responding."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "You have the old plans to the building."

Fergie seems to nods for some reason, probably because she is having a convo, which is all in her head! She will pass along what Esan says to others and then continue with the transduced messages. 'Yeah, old plans are good, since something is better than nothing. And was the QK stolen by Ares back then? Cause, for some reason, it seems like there is gonna be a run for it soon, and if you can get me any rumors about these people, that would be swell. Figures about the batteries thing.'
Fergie grins some, 'Or if you could dig up any dirt on them, for blackmail, since a friend of mine is pretty miffed, that would be kinda hot of you.' *grins*
Fergie banters just a little there!

Esan says, "No, I thought some runners stole it FROM Ares for the Yaks."

Indra waves a hand with sudden excitement, aka, another bad idea. "Wait, you know, these guys already beat up our friend, and robbed him. Can't we just..I don't know, tell Ares for a reward?" Oh yes, BEST PLAN EVER.

Esan says, "I'll see what comes up. But I wouldn't get your hopes up; they're orks. Their big crime is if they don't shoot their daily quota of elves."
«OOC» Indrakshi says, "HEY"

Fergie relays this rumor, but makes sure folks know it is a rumor all the same, then goes back to Esan, 'Hah, you're an elf, so that's pretty damn funny. Hold on.'
Fergie says "You guys, did you want anything else done? I asked him to try to dig up some blackmail info… but not to get our hopes up, on those guys, and we got the old building plans."
Fergie says "No luck on the comm, sorry, Mister Asia."

Katsuo sighs. "Right. So no way to tell when they're coming. Just… on the ground recon. Well. I will get a new suit, and find somewhere nearby to lurk. With a hood."

Fergie silently thanks Esan and goes through the hanging up rituals, as well as the usual gritting of teeth that happens when she ends calls with him and the guy reminds her about how she sucks in subtle ways. Fucker.
Fergie says "Yeah, whatever, let's do this shit!"

«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Fashion (Tres Chic) for "fitting in down town":
3 3 4 5 8
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Fashion for "Same.":
1 2 3 4 4 5

Fortunately for you all, Jimmy the Crow and his team won't be making their hit for another 3 days. Which is more than enough time for Katsuo to fully heal from his vicious gel-rounding and stun-bolting. New clothes can be acquired, new disguises managed, new weapons gotten from closets. You learn the territory. You learn the cover. You learn the positions. You have your plan on how to create a distraction, even putting on little performances - the cops watch and see if you pass a hat, which might have regulations to it, but if you don't, then it's clearly some kind of viral marketing or audience building or flashmob thing and as long as you keep it brisk and don't obstruct traffic, all is good. Then.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 for "Jimmy the Crow team stealth, +5 for city spirit to get them there.":
1 3 3 3 4 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 for "Jimmy the Crow team stealth, +5 for city spirit to get them there. kp1":
2 2 2 3 5 8
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Perception checks tn 13. If you all fail don't worry."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence vs TN 13 for "all sort of mods.":
2 3 3 4 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Indrakshi (#6312) rolls Intelligence vs TN 13:
2 3 4 8 8 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 13 (to Mr.Terrific):
1 1 1 1 3 3 4 5 5 5 7 8 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 13 (to Mr.Terrific) for "KP":
1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Okay, this is a much easier perception test, I hope:"
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 for "This is the invisible concealed people who have successfully sneaked up to the side door opening it. You might not be able to see them, but there is just nothing that stops you from seeing the door open and then just barely not quite close.":
1 1 2 2 3 3
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Hilarious. TN 3 perception."
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 3 (to Mr.Terrific):
1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 9 11 11 11 = 9 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Indrakshi (#6312) rolls Intelligence vs TN 3:
1 2 3 4 5 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence vs TN 3:
2 4 5 9 11 19 = 5 Successes

Commlink-Fergalicious> Fergie transduces. Heads up.

Katsuo is sitting near Fergie, cause has no comm… or can be somewhere nearby accepting text messages.

Where-ever you are, you all see that door open. It is on. It is on like Donkey Kong. Another quick glance - they did it just after a Lone Star patrol. They have ten minutes inside. Still very tight, if they have to pick any maglocks in there. But you know they are inside. What do you do?

Indra slips her little ear piece radio on. It looks like something singers have, in her case probably to record the singing, not at all so she can hear chatter or speak. Or in this case, drive any one listening, with singing. "Show time!" she announces and goes to begin distraction!
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Excellent! Give me your performancing roll?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Indrakshi (#6312) rolls Singing:
1 1 3 5 5 9
Thus Indra will move out, you know, singing on the side walk, near the RnD place, the goal isn't to piss off the cops, just cause a diversion. Hopefully people follow a pretty endowed singing elf out here. She vaguely wishes she let her friends in the bar culture in on her free performances to really drum up business!

Two things are going on now - one, Indrakshi's repeat performances have inoculated the cops into thinking it's going to be normal for a while. Therefore, it doesn't attract their attention, it makes them shun it. "Oh, that again." Second, those of the late-night bar crowd who would be interested in such things are looking at it. And not at other things. Whatever those other things might just be.

Katsuo quietly slips from the seat when he sees the door, and finds a back exit from his coffee shop. As he does, he pulls on his carefully hidden long coat, pulling it over his shoulders, and lurking in the dark, not too far from that door…. waiting. In case Indra needs him. In case things go to shit. His submachine gun is in his hand, hidden in his coat. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

Fergie will also move. She shadows with Katsuo and watches for the time being.

«Plot» This is the important perception roll:
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 12 for "This is the stealth part, 8 stealth, 4 adept bonus stealth.":
1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 11
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 11 (to Mr.Terrific):
1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 2 for "Centering for invisibility":
1 1 2 3 5 23 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 + Sorcery Pool: 5 vs TN 4 for "f2 imp invis":
1 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 7 9 11 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 2 for "against 2m drain":
1 1 2 4 10 14 = 4 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So: What we have is someone with Improved Invisibility F2, 5 successes, and a stealth check of tn 11 to hear, tn 15 to see with basic ninja camo stuff for the job he's doing. To see him visually, you need to first roll Intelligence and get 5 successes TN 2, then make a perception check that is Hearing tn 11 (or tn 9 with enhanced hearing) and Visual TN 15. Note that normal people would either need an Int of 5 or need to spend karma just to get a roll, and that no cameras will pick him up.

«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence vs TN 2 for "first test, no kp left.":
1 2 2 3 4 5 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Indrakshi (#6312) rolls Intelligence vs TN 2 for "First Check":
2 3 4 5 8 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 2 (to Mr.Terrific) for "Invis.":
1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 7 17 = 10 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So far everyone has busted the illusion.
«Auto-Judge[]» Indrakshi (#6312) rolls Intelligence vs TN 11 for "Hearing!":
2 3 3 5 7 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Indrakshi (#6312) rolls Intelligence vs TN 15 for "Hope and a Prayer kp1":
1 3 3 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence for "no kp left, improved hearing, spatial recognizer":
1 1 2 3 4 11
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Katsuo has heard him but can't see him. Indrakshi can neither see nor hear him. It's KP time to see if someone can hit that 16."
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 15 (to Mr.Terrific) for "Mew!":
2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 13 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 15 (to Mr.Terrific) for "Mew! (KP5)":
1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 8 9 14 23 = 1 Success

Katsuo picks up on it by hearing some odd, faintly familiar scraping but isn't looking at the right spot and Indrakshi is busy executing the plan which gives Fergie and Katsuo the opportunity to do what they need to do. But it's Fergie who looks where she has to look, and that is up, specifically, at the building right across the sizeable alleyway where Jimmy the Crow, Moribito, and Spitter entered via the side door. There, crawling down the wall wearing camo gear exactly beige-colored to blend in with the wall is a freakin' elf ninja, complete with katana over the back, gecko-glove creeping his way down to get in perfect ambush position to wipe Jimmy the Crow and his gang the moment they step back out the door they went in.

Fergie taps Katsuo on the shoulder and then points and whispers, "Ninja." before comming the same word over so Indra can know, too, that something is afoot!

Katsuo says "Move to cover the door," to Fergie in a whisper, and turns to look in the appropriate direction… switching the safety off of his smg. "When you cross the corner, I'll start the ballgame?"

Fergie nods to Katsuo and then moves off in a slink to try to get to where she needs to be!
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Stealth for "slinking!":
2 4 4 4 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Stealth for "slinking! (KP6)":
3 3 4 4 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Stealth for "slinking! (KP8)":
1 2 3 5 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Stealth for "slinking! (KP11)":
2 5 5 5 11
«Plot» Fergie stands.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 11 for "Elf NINJA":
1 1 1 2 3 5 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "How far do you want to be, Katsuo? Pretty much where you were randomly, going to shoot blindfire from there?"
«Plot» Katsuo is going to guess at the ninja's location, and lay down some supression fire with his smg.

Indra moves to drink from a bottle of water, to cover up her brief speaking with the team instead of singing. "Oxalic Acid. In the eyes. Barkeeper's helper. Get it, toss the can on him." Wait what?

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Suppression fire. You know the area, so you state a 1 meter area and pour a number of bullets into it (probably the max that you want to fire with your SMG that is recoil comped because of what happens later.) He needs to use his dodge pool and roll tn 4, the number of successes is the number of bullets he dodges, if he gets them all, you miss. If any hit, then you roll a firearms test for the attack using that number of bullets, and a +2 tn for suppressive fire, using only firearms, not combat pool. So, not heavy damage, but a strong chance of using up dodge pool and clipping him. You want to only fire as many rounds as you can fire without incurring recoil penalties to have the best chance of hitting; taking at look at your SMG, that is 7 rounds (just like Spitter, huh).

«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Stealth:"Getting into position."
1 4 5 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 5:
3 4 4 4 5 5 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "You won't surprise him. However, he's not too aware of Fergie, which is convenient."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Okay, inits!"
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Initiative with a result of 19.
«Auto-Judge[]» Indrakshi (#6312) rolls Initiative with a result of 15.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 4 for "+8 ELF NINJA":
1 2 2 4
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Initiative with a result of 34.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Katsuo 34, Fergie 19, ELF NINJA 17, Indrakshi 15"

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Katsuo 7 shot suppression fire. First I roll!"
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 9 vs TN 4 for "dodge them bullets!":
1 1 3 3 3 5 7 11 17 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 9 - 4 vs TN 4 for "dodge them bullets! kp1":
2 2 3 5 5 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "He will take 1 round. Roll your SMG skill, you are at medium range, +2 for suppression fire, no combat pool allowed."

Katsuo waits till Fergie is crossing the point where she might lose line of sight, and then he raises his gun. His gloved hand finds the smartlink, he raises the reticle over the area… and then he sprays, a stream of bullets cutting across an area of space. Make him dance! Make him dance, and make him change his evil ways!
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Submachine Guns vs TN 5 for "base 5 for range, +2 supression, -2 for smartlink-2.":
2 3 5 = 1 Success
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "damage is 4m stun with gel. He has 6 impact, so tn 2."
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 7 vs TN 2:
2 2 2 2 3 3 7 = 7 Successes

Well, that's one way to knock a ninja off a wall. Targeting by the scraping noise he hears, that faintly familiar gecko glove sound, Katsuo can spatter the bullets in a tight grouping which forces the ninja to suddenly release and acrobaticise his ass down off the wall, landing in all his elfy glory.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Fergie, 19!"
«Plot» Fergie says, "Shoot him with gel!"
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Reaction vs TN 4 for "Quickdraw.":
1 1 2 2 3 5 5 8 9 11 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 3 for "Shooting Ninja!":
1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 = 7 Successes
«Plot» Fergie has heavy pistol, 7m stun with gel.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 7 + Combat Pool: 2 + Karma Pool: 6 vs TN 2 for "kp 8 - In any case, if it's a gel round, 7m stun +8 successes is a lot for someone who stupidly blew a lot of combat pool dodging suppression fire, so now he has to spend a lot of kp to soak this because of firearms success spam":
1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 7 8 8 16 = 12 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "That is light stun, which he handles with trauma damper."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "second shot, Fergie?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 3 for "Shooting Ninja!":
1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 = 7 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Pistols + Combat Pool: 5 - 7 vs TN 3 for "Shooting Ninja! (KP12)":
1 1 2 2 2 4 11 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "9 successes total? You success spammer. :)"
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 7 + Karma Pool: 8 for "kp 15, man you burners":
1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 8 9 9
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "14 successes against 7m +9 successes is just enough, and you have mostly rendered him."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, " at least KP wise."
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "His turn!"

In this situation, there is only one thing for a ninja to do - smoke bomb! He dashes forwards, throwing down a bomb at his feet and running into the cloud of IR smoke. Now, eventually people will see this, and will hear the silenced weapons, and recognize them. But valuable moments have been purchased… although running like hell will soon be very very wise.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "The ninja is, perhaps, halfway to Nine at the corner."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Indrakshi! Any combat actions or just doing your thing?"
«Plot» Indrakshi says, "I'm just doing my thing"
«Plot» Indrakshi says, "Trying to keep people from noticing!"

Indra is aware of what her team is doing, but she's going to keep trying to keep people distracted, as long as possible. Heck, she'll even encourage more drinking, picking on some young corporate office manager, sweet talking him and encouraging him to get her a drink. Poor cops!

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Second pass, Katsuo!"
Chase a ninja into fog? Why not! Katsuo moves, running on wing-tips with suprising grace… heading for Fergie. He doesn't want her tangling with a man like this alone… and the door needs to be protected or the payout is lost!

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Second pass, Fergie!"
Fergie zooms up to the edge and waits for the bad boy to come out, "Come on out," she says and cracks her knuckles and bends her knees.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Ninja, second pass: He throws another smoke bomb to cover the area that Fergie is on the edge of and that Katsuo is on the edge of and moves into melee range! He cannot attack, though, he had to draw and throw that IR-smoke grenade."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "I assume Indrakshi is singing so I go on!"

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Third pass Katsuo. You may enter combat."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) has the Martial-Arts Maneuver Blind Fighting (Ninjitsu) with the value 'Blind Fighting'.
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Ninjitsu + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 6 for "ninja! Blindfighting reduces blind HTH penalty from +4 to +2. Friends in melee makes it tn 5.":
1 1 1 3 5 5 8 8 = 4 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "He is using a katana and so has +1 reach. Do you have close combat on ninjitsu? Ah, you couldn't use it with blindfighting. He reduces his TN by 1. He uses Adept Centering to Center away the +2 penalty for using astral vision to fight by, and takes friends in melee penalties, ending up with a TN 4."
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 2 for "Centering, need 4 successes against penalties":
1 2 2 3 3 5 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 8 vs TN 4 for "He's good, but no combat pool left":
1 1 1 2 3 3 4 9 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 8 - 2 vs TN 4 for "He's good, but no combat pool left kp16":
2 2 5 5 9 10 = 4 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Base damage is 10m, becomes 10S against impact. "
«Plot After The Fact» We wangle around with Katsuo's armor; it turns out he totally wore suckdog armor to this fight because it was in a nice part of town and his heavier stuff would look out of place.
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) has the Armor Rating Impact with the value '0 (4)'.
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Body + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 6:
1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 9 = 1 Success
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Okay! That's 5 boxes physical, 1 box stun."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "4th pass! Katsuo only. Do you wish to attack again?"
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "You step back, draw, and shoot; you are taking ye olde +8 bind shooting penalty. You can hear his location, so you know what location to shoot, which is what lets you shoot at all."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Submachine Guns vs TN 12:
1 2 3 = 0 Successes
«Plot After The Fact» Katsuo is much better with the pistol that got stolen.
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Submachine Guns vs TN 12 for "burst 2.":
1 1 2 = 0 Successes

Katsuo sweeps in, rolling like a ninja… but he's fought too hard the pat few days, and in the shadows he's not at his best. He rolls in, sweeping a kick, but gets caught with a sharp blade sweeping through his fancy suit. He bleeds and falls back, hauling up the gun again, spitting gunfire… but he can't catch his target, the smoke's too thick.

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "New round. Inits."
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Initiative with a result of 21.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 4 for "+8 elf ninja":
3 4 8 10
«Auto-Judge[]» Indrakshi (#6312) rolls Initiative with a result of 15.
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Initiative with a modifier of -3 with a result of 27.
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) has the Attribute Reaction with the value '6 (10)'.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Katsuo 27, Ninja 27, Fergie 21, Indrakshi 15"
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Katsuo again! It's always your turn!"
«Plot» Katsuo hoses down the area with another suppression fire bullet sweep.
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Another 7 round supression fire like that last, using enhanced hearing for location."
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 8 vs TN 4 for "My dodge to bring number of bullets down":
2 2 3 3 4 4 5 9 = 4 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "so it's tn 4, -2 smartlink, +3 wounds, +2 suppression."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Submachine Guns vs TN 7:"Gel"
2 4 10 = 1 Success
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "7s stun"
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 7 vs TN 2 for "Needs 5 successes with trauma damper":
1 1 2 2 3 5 7 = 5 Successes
«Plot» Full soak. 1 success for Katsuo's 1, then 4 to get it to light stun, and TD to finish.

Katsuo continues to backpedal, now snapping the gun up to his shoulder as he moves, sighting down the barrel, sweeping his aim across and triggering another full-auto blast, trying to bring his enemy down… again, he finds flesh, but not enough…

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Ninja! He will run at Fergie to blade her!"
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 6 vs TN 2 for "adept centering need 4 successes":
1 3 4 5 7 11 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 8 vs TN 3 for "katana slice! Uses Reach to reduce TN by 1!":
1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Combat Pool: 12 vs TN 8 for "Please, don't cut me. TN 4+4 blind is 8":
1 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Combat Pool: 12 - 1 vs TN 8 for "Please, don't cut me. (KP)":
2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 9 11 14 = 3 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "That is 10m physical to you."
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Body vs TN 6 for "Soak M Ouch":
1 3 4 4 10 11 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Fergie takes L!

All that work, and he just manages a tiny slice. But blood is blood, and that's how it works!

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Fergie, first pass for you!"
«Plot» Fergie says, "Shooting the sob."
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Pistols vs TN 14 for "Trying to shoot him while moving, +8 blind fire, +1 wound penalty.":
1 2 2 2 4 14 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls Combat Pool: 2 vs TN 4 for "need 2 successes":
4 9 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Full dodge."
Fergie gets a cut and grunts, cause that is not good! She starts to back peddle, too, shooting at this dude.
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Pistols vs TN 14 for "Same.":
1 2 2 2 3 4 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Fergie says, "all done, running away!"

Fergie gets cut! She growls, and then back peddles out of the fog while shooting at the guy. She almost hits, but he dodges and it is hard to see!

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Indrakshi, pose at will!"

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Then Katsuo, second pass, and then me, and I'll try to finish it."
«Plot» Katsuo will do another 7 rounds suppression fire.
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls Combat Pool: 1 vs TN 4:
1 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "7 shots possibly hit. TN 4 +2 -2 +3 for tn 7"
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Submachine Guns vs TN 7:
2 3 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Submachine Guns vs TN 7 for "kp 26/26 wuith the KP just earned":
2 3 5 = 0 Successes

Katsuo isn't sure how long he can keep this up, but he has never yet left a job unfinished. He hurts, even if his 'ware and bones have minimized the damage of the sword. The barrel of his ceramic gun is heating up, and the clip's starting to run dry… but he's doing the best he can!

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Elf NINJA: Under the cover of many bullets firing and smoke, he tries to sneak out in an unanticipated direction; forwards at an angle, past Fergie, around the corner. Why? Because he is NINJA! (And has a way magical stealth score.)"
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 12 for "Please roll high so he can get away and end this":
1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 11
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Perception test, tn 15 to see him, tn 11 to hear him, tn 9 with enhanced hearing"
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 16 for "Seeing Ninja, with L wound.":
1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Intelligence vs TN 10 for "Hearing Ninja, with L wound.":
1 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 10 11 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Fergie says, "Tn was 10, rather."
«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) rolls Intelligence vs TN 10 for "base 12 to hear him, 18 to see him after wound penalties.":
2 4 4 5 5 17 = 1 Success
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "So now I ask. Outside of smoke, backpedaled, there comes a time when silenced fire draws attention, and perhaps his forwards stealth was to make it so it would be hard to shield that from the mild crowd. Do you want to continue shooting or let him get away, knowing that by letting him get away, you have succeeded in your mission? You will just be shooting at where you hear his ninja-like scrabbling, no vision."

Commlink-Indrakshi> Indrakshi says, "Hey Guys? You know we're in downtown and singing won't cover smoke bombs, bullet holes.."

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "I will mention that you are not sticking around to see if Jimmy the Crow, Moribito, and Spitter make it out - but it is pretty clear that this was the shadowed blade that waited for them. At the very least, you know they will be invisible on the way out."

Fergie will run for the hills after hearing and sensing that the ninja flees. Thus, she will try to get the F out of here. She holds a hand over a superficial light wound, but that can be seen to soon enough.

Katsuo hears his opponent leaving. He wants to push it, but… he's bleeding badly, and he's running on empty. The gun gets holstered in his damaged coat, and out comes a small spray bottle. Spray spray spray, be careful… a glance towards the door… but he can't pretend to be unhurt long enough to stick around and see what happens. Off he slips, down another alley, hoping that today went better than it felt…

Indra will sing for another minute or two, before beginning to scream when she sees smoke and join crowds in exodus, panic and the like.

«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Biotech for "On myself.":
1 2 2 2 2 16
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls 6 for "Comp.":
2 2 5 5 5 7
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls 1 for "Savior Supplies.":
9
«Plot» Fergie patches self, conserves supplies.

Fergie comms and texts, "Meet at the hotel room? I can patch you up, unless you got a way?"

Katsuo replies in a text message: -not going to hotel like this. Back of Frankie's. Meet me there.-

Commlink-Fergalicious> Fergie says, "New plans. Frankies."

Commlink-Indrakshi> Indrakshi says, "I'll catch up with you ."

Fergie will arrive at the back of Franky's, and she has a medkit ready and also awaiting to help patch up Katsuo. Assuming that we get out of here easy enough.

By being the center of attention, and being the one who draws attention to the smoke bombs, Indrakshi gets to control the timing of it, and direct peoples' attentions appropriately. As in, away from when that alleyway door opens and three invisible bodies slip out with a certain prototype weapon in its refrigerated container. And indeed, all can arrive at Franky's, a little bloodied, some twice, but with clear knowledge of success. Even if the ninja got away.

«Auto-Judge[]» Katsuo (#3231) has the Contact Tony Russo with the following information:
----—> Contact for Katsuo (#3231) <----—-
Contact Name: Tony Russo
Level: 1
Type: bartender
GM Note: Tony is the bartender at Franky's. He was good friends with Pulse's brother and sees a lot of what goes on in the Denver mob scene. He's good for info on the mob AND Knight Errant (The station is right down the street) and has a general ear for more general rumors as well.


The police take a few statements but all anyone saw is the smoke bombs. Now, there are some splattered gel rounds here, was someone playing around?
«Auto-Judge[]» Mr.Terrific (#7242) rolls 3 vs TN 6 for "Is that a wet ammoniaed bloodstain?":
4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "Apparently not. It's an oil slick or something."

Katsuo finds cover at Frankies… using Pauly's name to open proverbial doors, and he waits in the beer cooler for help to arrive and make him feel less like death. The three orks can wait for another day.

Indra will meet up at Franky's eventually, a lot more happy that she isn't having to control the masses!

«Plot» Mr.Terrific says, "And you are safe in the back room of Franky's for emergency first aid."
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls Biotech vs TN 5:
2 3 4 4 4 5 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls 6 vs TN 5 for "Comp.":
1 1 5 5 5 8 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Fergie (#10746) rolls 1 for "Supplies.":
3
«Plot» Fergie conserves supplies. AGAIN! :D

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