GM: Mirage
Players: Johnny, Kassandra, Pulse, Selene
Synopsis: The continuation of a plot of AWESOME…
Date: April 17 2070 … ????
«STAFF» Mirage says, "This is a POWER PLOT. This is a STAFF PLOT. There should be no need for this. But I ask anyway. Do you consent to me taking the gloves off?"
«Plot» Selene says, "Sure, I consent."
«Plot» Pulse says, "You know me. If I'm not going balls deep it's not worth it."
«Plot» Johnny says, " ; conswents."
Johnny finishes removing the SIM cards from his Cellphones. He keeps the actual phones, they are useful, but all tracking data is removed. He crushes those under foot while rolling his neck. "I'll have a gun runner standing by in Denver with our first car and a sack of guns. That will get us moving."
Selene hmms, "Stealing cars carries a risk of it's own, but if we are smart about when and where they are taken, we should be able to average 8 hrs of use before one is reported as stolen."
"It's the daytime thefts that concern me, but with three people we can avoid a lot of the direct risk." Says Johnny as he moves out in to the hallway. "Com'on. Gotta go."
Selene grabs her bag o' random stuffs, and follows Johnny out.
Pulse returns, having grabbed his masks and shoved them in his coat. "Fair enough. In my least favorite clothees anyway." He nods. "We can go. Got a couple SINS, should work for the border. Stay off major highways… but that can come later." He snaps, shutting off the apartment's lights. He steps out, engaging all the locks. And then he goes.
Johnny moves, the document case over his shoulder holding the blade, in to the elevator. He doesn't worry about gathering supplies. He knows he's got good people on that job. He presses the button for the lobby level. "First job. We take a shower." he says, with a chuckle. "When was the last time you showerred?"
Pulse says "After my workout this afternoon. While I was at the auction." He laughs. "And then I took a bath. Just to get my muscles relaxed."
Selene laughs, "this morning, you?"
"No no." Says Johnny as the doors open on the lobby, so full of people. "A shower. It's where you go to a place with so many people that astral and personal surveillance will be lost entirely by the weight of people and activity. Come on. Nordstroms is calling."
Selene chuckles, "Oh.. that. Sure. Nordies, I could us a new dress, nother bra.. maybe some shoes."
Pulse ahhs. "I see. Yes. Nordstrom's it is." He signals for a cab, and looks back at the others. He pauses. "What… What's Nordstroms?"
Selene laughs, "department store, schmancy one too. Started as a shoe store in Seattle in the early 20th century."
«OOC» Johnny would like to make a Slight-Of-Hand roll to snatch someones cellphone froma a pocket in passing throught he lobby.
«STAFF» Mirage says, "Go for it."
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Stealth (Sleight of Hand):
1 1 2 3 3 3 4
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Stealth (Sleight of Hand) for "KP 1":
1 2 2 4 4 4 4
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Stealth (Sleight of Hand) for "KP 3":
1 1 2 2 3 3 4
Bumping in to someone, Johnny bounces off them… "Sorry man… my bad." he points to selene as she walks ahead. "Got distracted."
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Mirage (#5721) rolls 4 vs TN 4 for "Perception?!":
1 2 4 5 = 2 Successes
Selene looks back at Johnny and winks, "You betcha." she says and winks at the person Johnny bumped into.
The guy looks at Selene a moment, not noting a thing. But as Johnny had skillfully grabbed the cellphone a moment earlier, as luck would have it? IT IMMEDIATELY RINGS with a very unique ringtone. The man, searching for his phone for a moment, turns around, seeing johnny with it.
"HEY! THAT GUY STOLE MY PHONE!" he shouts.
"Of course it's your phone, dipshit! Don't drop your fucking phone!" Says Johnny, tossing it at the guy. "Asshole." he mutters, turning to leave.
Pulse watches as Johnny fails, looks about to say something… then turns towards the man. "Oh, it's yours?" He asks. "We were wondering who it belonged to! We were about to turn it into the hotel lost and found. How convienent!" He flashes his best smile.
Selene pauses to wait for the two men, looking impatient.
"Er.. Well, I guess I over reacted. Someone stole my phone last month and I just…" the stranger says, adding "So we good?"
Johnny tosses off a one finger salute as he storms away. "Eat me!"
Pulse nods. "We Good. Be watching the trid july the 4th, man- I'm going to knock Santiago out in three rounds. Count on it." He flashes another smile and leads Selene away.
Selene walks off, hanging on Pulse's arm.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Mirage (#5721) rolls 1 for "Even is a boxing fan, odd is not.":
4
"Santigo… Wait, is that the Pulse?! That's the Pulse! Hey, where you goin!? Can I get your autograph?!" the guy replies, following as Pulse walks off.
"Boss!" Says Johnny then, looking back to the man. "We got a car waiting. This guy was an asshole, we need to get to the air port."
Pulse will give the autograph, even pose for a photo, and then, assured that he has a new fan, climb into a cab bound for the 'air port:' read: mall.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Mirage (#5721) rolls 1 for "Even there is, odd is not.":
5
The Colfax Mile High Mall. THe largest enclosed retail space in North America at 9,000,000 square feet. Nine levels of space, ranging from the Retail Nordstroms to industrial supplies and arms dealers in the subbasements. It's the crossroads, the bazzaar, the Souk of the modern age, one of the crown jewels of the Free-Trade-Zone, bringing citizens in from every North American Nation, and a few from beyond.
Johnny stands in the front door… then enters. "Here's the game plan. Split up. New clothes. Then throw-away phones. Then we meet up at $FOURTY MINUTES FROM NOW$ on the garage level."
Pulse nods towards Johnny,and then drifts off. He's a little bewildered, not having shopped for clothes in -years-, but eventually finds some jeans and a couple wife-beaters in the ork section. That done, he goes, picks up a pair of throwaways, and heads to a public kiosk to open up a chatline with Tammy.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Surveillance Techniques + Task Pool: 3 for "Looken for bitches.":
1 2 3 3 3 4 4 9
Selene hesitates not at all at the prospect of new clothes! She nods to Johnny and walks into the Junior/Misses department at Nordies and goes to town! Long rust colored skirt, loose, high heeled knee high boots, black mesh top. Brand new push up bra. Then she makes her way out to the coridor of the mall, and stops at once of the pre-pay kiosks, where she picks up a cheap prepaid phone for peanuts.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Selene (#609) spends 200 nuyen for "for new clothes and a crappy pre-pay phone (that enough?)".
Johnny spends his first 15 minutes, watching the others and his own trails… looking for people following. This is actually far easier than you may think.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Fashion:
1 1
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Interior Design:
3 21
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Pulse (#3231) has the Contact Tammy Tucker with the following information:
-----> Contact for Pulse (#3231) <-----
Contact Name: Tammy Tucker
Level: 3
Type: newcaster
GM Note: Tammy and Pulse have had a long-standing working relationship, dating back to the days when she was a lowly sports-interviewer back in beantown. They've gone out a few times, had a few good nights, but nothing serious. Tammy respects and admires Pulse's physical prowess, and the professional way with which he carries himself. She's more than willing to feed him information on her latest scoop, and has been known to ask him to 'escort' her through some dangerous areas.
«STAFF» Mirage says, "Nah, Pulse just ends up dressed like Luke Duke from dukes of hazard."
Pulse walks to the phone booth, looking like Luke Duke if he was dressed by Bside. IN THE RIZZLE! Anyway, he walks up to a public kiosk, drawing eyes, stares, and regrets like a lightning rod, and tries to figure out how to use a pubic telephone to call his long-time cnotact.
«STAFF» Mirage says, "Alright, so Selene fashions herself into daisy, and johnny looks like luke… Johnny is kinda the odd man out now, and… Pulse makes a phone call!"
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Selene (#609) rolls Sorcery vs TN 4 for "Phys mask - becoming Daisy":
1 2 2 3 5 9 10 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Selene (#609) rolls Willpower + Sorcery Pool: 7 vs TN 4 for "M Drain":
1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 8 9 10 10 = 7 Successes
«Plot» Selene says, "that's an f6 phys mask spell btw."
Pulse has selected a public kiosk, fully unaware that he's drawing everyone's eyes. He's used to it… how is he to know it's for entirely different reasons tonight?
Pulse looks at the phone for a moment. "Hey, Susan. This is Pauly. Listen, is Tammy around? I got to talk to her for a moment. It's About my Trip to Boston."
Pulse looks around at the crowd. Idly wonders why his pants don't fit. He looks back at the phone. His shoes don't fit eithier. How many other people have tried on these pants? Does this shirt make him look fat? His shoes don't fit. Why would anyone shop like this?
Pulse says "Ah, Tammy. Listen, it's just… I'm flying out to Boston tonight. I'm going to have to postpone our next interview. You know how it is- I just wanted you to know that I would be -in Boston- for the next few weeks." Damn, it's hard to nudge nudge wink wink over the phone. "In case anybody asks."
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Negotiation for "come on tammy baby!":
2 2 2 3
«OOC» Pulse mutters. will kp that, once.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Negotiation for "come on tammy baby! kp 1/10":
3 3 3 11
Pulse says "Sure! I'm just going home to visit my family. See the old places. Remember how much fun we had there? Anyway, my flight's calling. Talk to you later!"
Pulse hangs up and heads to make contact with the rest of his team.
«STAFF» Mirage says, "Moving along."
40 minutes later, Selene reappears at the appointed place. But she's not very recognizable. Now she is 3 inches shorter, and lacks those gracefully pointed ears. And the red hair! and the Jeans! And the cowboy boots,… that hat! She walks up behind Pulse and slips her hand around his waist, "Y'all got that flight already for us?" she asks in a slow southern drawl.
«OOC» Johnny says, "I want to make sure no one is observing us. Further, I needed to get Kass to arrange a sword smith. Goddamn it."
«OOC» Johnny says, "she's offline now though"
Pulse nearly jumps out of his skin. "Ack!" He says, turning towards the woman. "Hey, listen, miss… You're cute but… listen, my fiance's likely to kill us both, all right… wait, what flight? Who sent you?" He stares down at the woman. "I'm going to boston! Boston!"
Daisy stands on tiptoes and whispers to Pulse.
You whisper "lover, the sauna? who else knows? alone, the two of us, naked with a razor blade? I got a new spell." to Pulse.
Daisy takes a step back and smiles winningly at Pulse.
Pulse shivers. He nods. "Just looking for our driver," he says. "He's got a car, and the rest of our stuff." He pats his side. He shivers again. "My pants don't fit."
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Intelligence + 3 (Surveillance techniques comp) for "Bitches…":
1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 7
«STAFF» Mirage says, "You don't spot any…"
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Intelligence for "Dressing myself.":
1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 5
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Disguise + Task Pool: 3 for "Dressing myself.":
1 1 3 3 4 4 5 5 7 7
A few moments are taken at several different outlets. Cash payments where he can, certified credstick where he can't. Johnny finds himself a reversible parka with different enough looking exterior/interior, a pair of hats, a pair of shades and a reversible backpack. He keeps an eye out, doing the usual moves to shake/force out a tail, speeding up, taking corners, marking people, doubling back then doubling back again. When he's fairly certain there's no tail, he heads for the garage level.
Johnny stops on the way, grabbing a few electronic bits; new cellphones, spare sim cards, a few map chips for various locations like Sioux Nation, Salish Shide, Pueblo and UCAS.
«OOC» Johnny says, "Mirage, do you want to continue anotheer time?"
«OOC» Johnny says, "You seem… nt here?"
«STAFF» Mirage wants to explain that.
Daisy is, she hopes, already there with Pulse, waiting for Johnny to show, and hoping that someone here has the skill to steal a car, cause she doesn't.
Pulse has his two throwaways, and he's hanging out with Sel-Daisy, yucking it up. He's not disguised yet- that will come later.
A few moments are taken at several different outlets. Cash payments where he can, certified credstick where he can't. Johnny finds himself a reversible parka with different enough looking exterior/interior, a pair of hats, a pair of shades and a reversible backpack. He keeps an eye out, doing the usual moves to shake/force out a tail, speeding up, taking corners, marking people, doubling back then doubling back again. When he's fairly certain there's no tail, he heads for the garage level.
Johnny stops on the way, grabbing a few electronic bits; new cellphones, spare sim cards, a few map chips for various locations like Sioux Nation, Salish Shide, Pueblo and UCAS.
Daisy is, she hopes, already there with Pulse, waiting for Johnny to show, and hoping that someone here has the skill to steal a car, cause she doesn't. <re>
«STAFF» Mirage appologizes… is really distracted, and yeah, should probably call it off till sometime later…
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Intelligence + 3 (Super Spy Shit):
1 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 16
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Intelligence + 3 (Super Spy Shit):
1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 8 9 10
«STAFF» Mirage says, "Roll stealth"
«STAFF» Mirage had to reread that a few times.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Stealth (Sneaking):
1 2 2 2 3 3 5 13
«Plot» Mirage says, "You're plan succedes! You catch him from behind on an overlook. He seemed to be bending over the rail, looking for you."
«STAFF» Mirage says, "Strength verses quickness."
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Strength + 6 (arm's str) vs TN 4 for "Contested!":
1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Strength + 6 (arm's str) - 3 vs TN 4 for "Contested! KP 4":
1 2 2 2 4 4 8 10 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Strength + 6 (arm's str) - 7 vs TN 4 for "Contested! KP 6":
2 3 4 4 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Mirage (#5721) rolls 4 vs TN 11 for "Tries to get away!":
1 3 3 3 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Mirage (#5721) rolls 4 vs TN 11 for "Tries to get away! KP 1":
1 1 5 11 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Mirage (#5721) rolls 4 - 1 vs TN 11 for "Tries to get away! KP 3":
3 8 22 = 1 Success
There… Johnny knew they had someone on the close observance. You always do. Leanign over the balcony, so obvious. Johnny spots him in the reflection of the mirrored window as he tries on shades. Now the time for being obvious is over… Melting in to the crowd like a ghost, Johnny changes his profile several times, reversing his jacket, turning the hat around, switching hats. It makes it hard to track someoen because we are pattern based creatures.
Still leaning over the side, Johnny slides up behind the man. One hand, his cybered right, jerks out to rest on the man's neck, so exposed, so vulnerable. "Say a word and I close my hand, omae."
He gives the man a little shake to demonstrate the fact that closing the hand would probably sever every major system in the neck. "We're going to have a little chat. And if it goes poorly for you, you will be seeing the bottom of the mall at high speed while I melt back in to the crowd. Are we clear? A grunt will suffice."
All smiles for the rest of the world, as Johnny points downward, apparently showing something. "And thats the Carosel! Such pretty reds!"
Pulse says "And that's when they made me their chief," finishing a story he was telling Selene. "So, what's next? We pick a car, leave johnny with a suprise? I really don't know what I'm doing with that."
The man does one of those 'oh shit' uh-huh grunts. He seems to be complying, for the moment…
Daisy shrugs? "I was letting you and Johnny run things, remember. I'm just a dumb blonde…. er.. redhead."
Daisy smiles and winks, "Until you need me to get you out of a jam, that is."
"You're following. You're watching. I want you to listen carefully. I am taking this sword to Angel. She's paid for it, and I'm taking it to her. If you want to work out a deal with her, you do that, but I swear to god, I will kill the next man your employers send my way." A little squeeze on the neck. "I'm leaving now. You will stay here, or my counter sec team will intercept and remove you. Angel won't be denied. Do you understand? Grunt once for yes."
The guy starts to speak up, "Look-omae-I'm-just-a-small-time-runner-I-don't-know-what-sword-you're-talking-about-and-I-don't-know-who-Angel-is-and-I-don't-know-WHO-MY-EMPLOYER-IS-I'm-just-following-instructions-you-got-me?" he says, in one long rambling sentence. He finishes with the standard "Please just let me go!" plea.
Johnny leans in then… "You tell your employer what I said. That you're obviously an -amature-…" A long drawn out pause…. "Is why you're still alive."
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Stealth (Sneaking):
1 2 2 2 4 4 5 5
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Stealth (Sneaking) for "KP 7":
1 2 2 3 5 7 9 11
Johnny with that, releases the man. He tries his damndest to melt back in to the crowd and do the 'batman' thing Gordon hates so much.
The guy turns around, and not seeing you anywhere he sighs, crumpling to the floor. He takes a pocsec from his coat, flipping it open… It's not a standard pocsec, obviously a custom job. He starts typing away on the keypad…
Johnny will make his way away. Probably could have lifted the guys phone, but at this point, he actually -wants- him to report back in. Every minute they send trying to find out if Angel (A dealer on the west coast) is involved, they are putting resources to use that could be stopping them. He slide sin between Daisy and pulse. "Time to go muchachos. We have friends in the mall."
Pulse glances at Johnny. "Good to see you," he says. "This is Daisy." He frowns a little. "Couple cars just rolled in. The red VW, black americar. Silver Land Rover." He doesn't look over at them, or gesture. "Pic your fave and lets go."
Johnny figured Daisy, from the outset, to be Selene. It's the nature of the Awakened. "The Americar." He says, moving over twords it, eyeing camera placement and other such needful details of an escape.
Daisy keeps close to Pulse, playing the useless woman, as Johnny moves on the very boring americar.
Pulse moves, too, moving very well for such a big man. But none of the people here are particularly suprised by that. An americar. "Don't think I've been in an Americar in ten years," he mutters.
"And people spot the Ferarri 10 miles off." Says Johnny…
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Intelligence + 3 (SecurityComps):
1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 7 11 11
«Plot» Mirage says, "You notice someone else kinda suspicious… They're staring right at you from the second floor window of a nice coffee shop across the street."
«Plot» Mirage says, "While sipping coffee."
Pulse says "Well, that's the point," he says. "Shoulda taken the Durango. Driven it a few hundred miles the wrong way, left it in a ditch, stole some farmer's corvette and blitzed." He looks around for mall security…. "I'm going to take a walk outside. I get spotted doing something on camera, I go down. Pick me up? Daisy, keep him alive."
Daisy looks between Johnny and Pulse, and is momentarily confused, "Uh.. Pauly.. you probably shouldn't… " he wanders off, and she sighs, keeping an eye on the man breaking into a crappy ordinary car, while she waits for the mall security to come tap on her shoulder.
"Ms. Duke. There is a man behind us on the second floor coffee shop. I'd like him to take a nap." Says JOhnny as they walk to a car near the americar.
Daisy looks up, and frowns, trying to eyeball the exact range she needs to make the stunball work, without too much 'collateral damage'. "mmm.. I'll give it a shot, but his nieghbors at the table might drop too."
Pulse steps out onto the nearby streets and fishes out a pack of cigarettes, taking a smoke and leaning back against a light pole.
«Plot» Mirage says, "He's behind some semi-reflective glass. Range is about 60 meters, from your place in the parking lot."
«Plot» Mirage says, "It's also at night."
«Plot» Daisy plans to cast Alter Memory on the target - would you count watching us as one memory?
«Plot» Mirage says, "Probably, yeah."
«Plot» Daisy says, "Ok, gonna replace what we look like with some people i've just seen in the mall: Fat lady in a mumu, teenager with a mohawk, and bored guy in khaki's carrying some woman's purse. (Daisy, Pulse, Johnny respectively) - OK?"
«Plot» Mirage says, "Go ahead and roll it."
«Plot» Daisy says, "what's his will + any mods?"
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 7 + 6 (Power focus) vs TN 12 for "F6 Alter Memory on our spy":
2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 11 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 7 + 6 (Power focus) vs TN 12 for "F6 Alter Memory on our spy kp 1":
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 7 8 13 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 7 + 6 (Power focus) - 1 vs TN 12 for "F6 Alter Memory on our spy kp 3":
1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 7 7 8 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 7 + 6 (Power focus) - 1 vs TN 12 for "F6 Alter Memory on our spy kp 6":
2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 8 10 10 = 0 Successes
«STAFF» Mirage learned a few fun things about magic in prep for this.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Willpower vs TN 4 for "D Drain":
1 4 4 5 5 10 11 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Mirage (#5721) rolls 5 for "Spell defense.":
2 2 4 5 11
«STAFF» Mirage nods.
«Plot» Mirage says, "Spell fails."
Daisy murmurs softly under hr breath, and holds the cane out towards the target. A dark shadow of wings and an ugly face descends over her form, than then… she frowns deeply, "that guy is… it's not going to work for me to just knock him down." she says, as she sways on her feet, "It would take more effort for me to penetrate his defenses, without doing something very obvious." she tells Johnny, as she rubs her forehead painfully.
The main behind the glass raises his bug in a similar manner to Selene, rather mockingly gesturing.
Daisy makes a sound like a deep growl in the back of her throat at the man mocking her, "We should get the fuck out of here." she says to her companions.
Johnny mutters. "Fine. That fuckers gonna sit there, he's probably got spirits on them. Lets just get the fuck out here. Get on to our own footing." he says, moving over to the Americar, popping the lock with all alacrity, while smiling for the man in the building. That kind of 'hey, how's it going, I'll kill you later' smile. The kind of smile he left the amature in the gallery with.
Pulse is already lurking outside, just waiting for a ride, watching the streets… wondering if he's picked up any stranger tails than usual. Wondering where he's going to roll out his NEW IDENTITY OFFIALLY. He looks down the street, idly humming as he chills.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Car B/R (Theft) + Task Pool: 3 for "Poppping lock":
1 2 4 5 5 5 8
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Electronics (Security Systems) + Task Pool: 3 for "Bypassing Lock":
1 2 3 3 3 4 5 7 9 9
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Car B/R (Theft) + Task Pool: 3 for "Replacing plate. Gotta be polite":
2 2 3 3 5 5 5
«STAFF» Mirage says, "Replaced."
«OOC» Johnny says, "Takes about .. 15 seconds."
«OOC» Johnny says, "Give or take"
«STAFF» Mirage says, "A minute base time each, yeah"
«STAFF» Mirage says, "TN 2."
«OOC» Johnny says, "And yes; I have a car-theft spec ;)"
«STAFF» Mirage nods.
«STAFF» Mirage says, "Who wouldn't?"
«OOC» Johnny points at Selene? :)
«STAFF» Mirage says, "Moving on…"
«STAFF» Mirage says, "You are in the car."
Approaching the car, Johnny lowers his hand out of sight. His hand splits open, his fingers becoming servo-assisted tools that rapidly bypass the somewhat laughable lock on the Americar. He slides in to the drivers seat, looking like he had just been fumbling with his keys, nothing more. He settles the sword in next to him, then pops the locks for Selene, putting the car in gear.
«STAFF» Mirage says, "Inspector gadget much?"
«STAFF» Mirage mehs. Not that bad, really.
Daisy opens the rear door, and slips into the backseat.
Daisy takes on a far-away look, and checks out the area.
«Plot» Daisy assensing for spirits
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Intelligence:
2 2 3 5 5 11
«Plot» Daisy says, "or anything else astrally watching us."
«STAFF» Mirage bahs, forgot to have security pick Johnny up for shoplifting and instead of merchandise, find a sword.
Pulse is still lurking on the street, waiting for pick-up, watching out for anyone watching him.
Daisy sits in the back of the Americar, searching the astral for threats.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Car B/R (Theft) + Task Pool: 3 for "Stealn da car":
1 1 2 3 3 4 4
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Electronics (Security Systems) + Task Pool: 3:
1 1 1 2 3 4 5 8 11 11
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Car B/R (Theft) + Task Pool: 3 for "Starting the car.":
1 1 1 3 10 11 14
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Car B/R (Theft) + Task Pool: 3 for "Making it purty":
1 1 2 5 5 5 8
The car starts, and Johnny pulls out in to traffic, heading down to ground level. Time to get to Byer, where Kassandra is waiting with the Care Package and a new car.
Pulse hops in the boosted car as they pass by, crawling into the front seat. "Let's go!" He says. "ROAD TRIP!"
You paged Pulse with 'no, but I'm about to!'.
Long distance to Pulse: Daisy is on the 4th + glass of wine :)
"It's 1470 miles to Washington FDC. We've got a stolen Americar, a half a pack of smokes and we're wearing armor in the city. Lets hit it." Says Johnny, lighting a cigarette as he pulls the car in to traffic, making his way for lower sec sectors as quickly as possible.
Daisy laughs, "gimme one of them smokes, wouldja? and can we stop in Nebraska for another pack?"
"Stop. In nebraska?" Asks Johnny, eyeing the woman in the rear view… "Are you fucking -crazy-? There are Nebraskans there!"
It isn't even a yellow light, really, just a break in the scenery on your way to somewhere better. A lonely dirt brown Americar sits alongside the road, a pair of young women sitting on the hood conversing in a parking lot. One looks a Hispanic, or perhaps American Indian of one tribe or the other and is wearing a cowboy hat. The other is Anglo and looks to be a little taller than the other, a backwards baseball cap keeping her long brown-auburn hair from her eyes. They seem to be discussing the relative merits of something or the other, chatting and seemingly in good spirits.
Pulse leans back in the car, looking over his shoulder at Daisy. "Told you I'd take you places," he says, then looks at Johnny. "You get tired, I can always drive. I'm not Joey, but I know how to handle four wheels and pavement." He grins. "I promise I don't crash ALL the time!"
«STAFF» Mirage says, "You can make a roll."
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Intelligence + 3 (Surveillence comp) for "Who can it be now?":
1 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 8 9 10
«Plot» Mirage says, "Moving on, Johnny doesn't spot anything…"
Daisy winks at Pulse, "oh, I knew you would.. we out of Denver yet? Bat is getting twitchy 'bout me bein' a homebody and spending all my time on your lap."
After running around the backroads of Byer, and having Selene check the AStral for spiritual followers, he'll start his way back to where he knows Kassandra is waiting. Rolling down the window, he'll lean over to her.. "Que Pasa, Maria?"
Peering over as the car pulls up, Maria/Silk says, "De nada, Juanalito." She nudges the Anglo girl next to her who offers a quiet smile and murmurs softly, although not as softly as she may think she did, "I thought you said they would be in disguise. They do not look like they are wearing clown outfits like you said. Is this where you are going to yell?"
Maria gives the other a shake of her head and makes a shhhing motion.
Johnny nods, moving out of the car then, closing the door. He offers the oversized document case to Kassandra then, eyeing the 1971 Mustang that sits in the road. "Sally looks good." he says quietly. "She packed?"
Daisy tips her hat to Silk and offers a friendly "howdy." then returns to chilling in the backseat, with her hat half covering her eyes.
Pulse raises his eyebrow. "Clowns?" He asks. He nudges Johnny. "Speaking of. Your senorita friend there got a spare disguise kit? Cause I'd like to be somone other than reed on our little trip."
Johnny glances at Pulse, then chuckles. "Maria is good. She packed my bags. She knows what I like." He then winks to Maria. "Best in the Biz." He then gestures for them to get out of the car. "That car's no longer traveling with us."
Daisy slides out of this car and leans on the roof, "you aren't actualy gonna use one 'o yer own cars, are ya?" And again, another look into the atstral, and around the mundane vicinity.
Silk, who currently looks very much unlike herself, salutes Daisy and pushes back the brim of her cowboy hat and considers the document case. "Is this what I think it is?" Her faint Hispanic accent slips for a moment as she clicks her tongue and looks at Johnny. "You should have called me, maybe *I* wanted to go."
The other woman watches the interplay with a faint smile and pats the car, "It is all in here." She adjusts her ball cap as Maria and Johnny talk.
Pulse says "Good. It makes my me chafe." He climbs out, too, He grins at Maria, then at her friend- giving her a longer look. "Oh yeah?" He says. "Thanks. We're driving to San Francisco!"
He slaps Selene on the butt. "Let's get going, though. I want to get out of here."
Johnny rolls his eyes. "This mook here demanded to go. If you want to come, Maria… you're -welcome- to, but I wouldn't ever wanna assume. You got your own things goin on." He then raises an eyebrow. "Wanna come? Gonna be rednecks, hicks and car chases." He then looks to Daisy… "As to this… yeah. Gonna use my car for a bit. Gotta get some distance and can't worry about stolen car reports. Weighting the options and for now, we use this. They already know who I am, and this car isn't linked to Nacht. Since I'm picking it up from her, it could be anyones."
Johnny dropped 1971 Mustang Mach-1 <PACKLDR>.
Daisy shrugs, "Awesome. Long as we get the frag out of town sometime this year." she says, growing more impatient.
I don't see that here.
----------—[ Shadowrun Denver ]-
=============> Contents of 1971 Mustang Mach-1 <PACKLDR> (#4190) <=============
| Item | Qty | IC Location | Description |
*—+-+----+-------—*
| 1 | 1 | Carried | 1971 Ford Mustang Cobra |
| 2 | 1 | Carried | +- Library Transponder Chip (6) |
| 3 | 1 | Carried | +- Chameleon Photovoltaic Paint |
| 4 | 1 | Carried | +- Rigger Modification |
| 5 | 1 | Carried | +- Improved Suspension (2) |
| 6 | 1 | Carried | +- Performance Runflat Tires (x4) |
| 7 | 1 | Carried | +- Cosmetic Modification (Custom |
| | | | Paint) |
=============================== 7 Items Listed ================================
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"She wants to come, but didn't think you'd want that. She is very complicated." The other woman speaks instead of Maria, who snorts and says, "I am not complicated, I am very simple!"
Maria taps the case and says, "Is this something you really want me to do on the side of the road? I don't know what is up or how long it will take or how much heat you have coming in soon."
She shrugs and says, "I packed a bag, just in case. Me and 'thea don't take up much room."
Pulse shrugs, grabs one of the sacks, and he slides into the seat. "If you're talking a disguise kit, give it to me, I can work it. If not… we -really- need to skidaddle. Mr. Rotten? We all set and ready to rock?"
Johnny gestures to the mustang with its big back seat. "Everyone in. And hold on to your asses." With that, johnny sets the Auto-nav on the Americar for somewhere down in Colorado Springs, and sends it on its way. Crushing out his cigarette, he tosses the butt to the side. "Lets roll."
«OOC» Pulse says, "two guys two girls = one ADVENTURE."
Daisy gets out of the Americar, and into the 'Stang.
Amalthea abruptly vanishes from sight as Maria moves to get into the car, saying only "I'll hide, less squishiness in the car. She isn't that big." Maria climbs into the backseat with the thing Johnny gave her, eying the vehicle that the man drove up in. "Just wanna leave it here?"
A woman walking down the street, staring at a black pocsec with red stripes, turns to look at the goings on at the car. She just kinda stares.
Pulse grins back at the Girls. "So. Tickle fight?" He laughs and turns, looks down at the road, and nudges Johnny. "I want to drive some time, you know? Before we trash this car. She sounds -amazing-."
Johnny puts the car in gear, the Hemi engine roaring as he takes off down the road. One hand reaches over to tap the radio, pulling down some Sat-Radio. The first thing to come on the radio is the 2056 hit 'Shattered Land' by the CAS based 'Concrete Faceplant'. Oddly aprapos.
"Yeah. And one day I wanna box a round for you, champ." Says Johnny, a grin on his lips as he takes off. "Maria; two trackers. One in the hilt, one in the scabbard. See the sticknotes."
"Righteo. Not the sort of thing I really want to try to remove while driving slapass down the road at seven million miles an hour. Did you have a plan outside of 'outrun fate', or are we playing this by ear?" Maria's tone is light, almost cheery, a step away from the normally cold fixer personal Silk wears.
Pulse mutters. "Yeah, well… well… you're not invited to my birthday party any more." He folds his arms and feigns sulking. "Maria, did you bring any beer?"
Johnny thinks that over. "The trackers were a hitch. The only place I have that would be shielded from them and has the right tools, isn't gonna happen in this lifetime. I figure we can pound the pavement and find something in TOpkea or Kansas City."
"Two cases in the trunk and a bottle of scotch," Maria responds, "And some food as well. Although we should have gotten it out before we left, although … I could cut a hole to get it?"
Daisy pouts, "all the good stuff in the trunk? next you'll tell me all the Nova is in the trunk too.'
Johnny comments… "But Topeka is probaly our best bet. If we can get the work done there… we can lose them in Saint Louis and go our own road."
Pulse looks over his shoulder at Daisy. "Nova?" He asks her, then sits back in front. "I'm afraid I don't have many contacts in the middle of the country. Most of them are in Denver, or a little more international… I have a travel agent, could find us somewhere, but would be a giveaway. That sounds like a plan, though. I suppose I'll play cover while you brainiacs do the electronic work?"
Johnny chuckles quietly. "If this was -electronics- work, Paul… this would have been handled already." he says as Concrete Faceplant moves in to the crecendo of the song. "We need a sword smith."
"Nova should be easy to score just about anywhere, really," Maria remarks, watching the scenery blow by as Johnny drives. "Topeka? Should be able to find someplace there, I think, to work. Even a hotel room would work for what I have in mind." The hispanic woman drums along with the song, moving the artifact into a more comfortable position.
Moving on to HIghway 70, Johnny keeps an alert posture as he drives. Keeping an eye out for drones, for vehicles, for anyone or any thing that seems out of place.
«STAFF» Mirage says, "THIS IS AN INCREADIBLY DANGEROUS POWERPLOT. IS ALSO A STAFF PLOT. I am getting in the habbit of asking this these days, even though I don't gotta. Do you consent to me playing with the gloves off and breaking your shit, potentially even your (characters) life?"
«OOC» Kassandra says, "Sure. I'll run away if things get to bad."
«OOC» Johnny says, "Speed limit + accepted variation."
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Intelligence for "Mmm. Porno.":
1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 10
Johnny comments to Maria as he drives… "Hey Maria, I wrote you a poem, wanna hear it?"
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Kassandra (#9777) rolls Intelligence for "Perception Test!":
1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 11
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Intelligence:
1 4 4 4 5 7
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Intelligence for "zoom!":
2 2 3 3 4
"If this starts with 'There once was a man from Nantucket…'," Maria warns, glancing out the windows out of habit, watching the other cars zipping along.
You paged Pulse with 'really, really, really, really bad dice tonight. Who broke the randomizer?'.
Johnny laughs quietly. "No.. It goes like this. 'Roses are red, Violets are blue… I'm Schizophrenic and so am I!"
«Plot» Mirage says, "Everyone but pulse notices an unmarked black SUV crossing traffic STRAIGHT AT the car. Roll to dodge it!"
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Car + Control Pool: 5 vs TN 2 for "Oh -hell- noes.":
1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 5 = 6 Successes
«OOC» Johnny says, "Enough to dodge?"
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Mirage (#5721) rolls 10 vs TN 2 for "Trying to slam inta ya":
2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 8 9 = 10 Successes
«STAFF» Mirage says, "No."
«OOC» Kassandra says, "Survey says no"
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Car + Control Pool: 5 - 6 vs TN 2 for "Oh -hell- noes. KP 8/61":
1 1 1 3 7 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Car + Control Pool: 5 - 8 vs TN 2 for "Oh -hell- noes. KP 10/61":
3 4 7 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Johnny says, "That should do me."
«STAFF» Mirage nods.
«OOC» Johnny poses.
«STAFF» Mirage says, "But BARELY."
Pulse has taken this time to take a small nap. Dreaming of bewbies.
Mmm. Bewbies.
Daisy has them! (unlike her alter ego).
Johnny had been jocularly talking across the car's radio, his attention fully in the vehicle as he drives. It's not a GREAT car for rigging, but the ability to focus through the cars senses is relaxing in a way. He spots it just as Kassandra does; the deviation in the pattern. The black SUV as it swerves out of oncoming traffic and plows across the grassy area between the lanes of traffic. It's almost too fast for Johnny to respond, but the ancient mustang does come around.
The tranny downshifts for more power, while the engine's RPM's climb in to red line territory. "HOLD ON!" Calls the rigger across the radio, while the car's suspension immediately cants the car a degree more to the right as the car swerves left. The tires squeel with traction being lost to movement, friction a bitch on rubber. The car slews to the side, then pops back to the right. The result is something… curious.
The mustang actually -leaps up- on two wheels, doing 70 miles an hour down the road, letting the unmarked black SUV scream past. There's actually the BUMP of the side of the SUV as it bounces off the back tire…
«OOC» Johnny says, "Rigger with 10 success dodge."
The SUV, for its part, barrels past, then pulls an E-Break turn, reorienting itself 'after' the Mustang in a perfect display of combat driving.
"Well shit." Says Johnny then.
Pulse stumbles awake… "What the hell? It wasn't me! I never touched her, I swear! It was REED! It's HIS BABY!"
Daisy saw the car coming a hair too late to prepare for the evasive maneuver, and she screams like a *girl* as the car she is riding in, tilts up on 2 fraggin wheels (something a mustang should NEVER do) and veers back and forth. In addition to shrieking like a GIRL.. she curls up in a fetal position.
Maria saw the movement and change in the patterns just enough to start to say something, which turns into a yelping scream as the car starts doing trick maneuvers. "JOWATCHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAH!" Being bounced around the car, the straps biting down hard as hits up on two wheels, covering her face and holding on for dear life.
Johnny brings the wheels back down with a thundering shudder, like a plane landing hard. The Tranny kicks back up as Johnny ditches any pretense of flow-of-traffic. He cues up the C-B Radio… "This heres Mustang Sally. If you're traveling east bound on 70 and saw what you just saw… getthefuckouttammahway cause I'm comin through!"
A pause. "Everyone strap in. I have no combat capacity in this ride. All I can do is hope to outrun. That guys good."
Daisy puts on the seatbelt and double checks it again, before curling *back* up in something between airline crash position and fetal position. This looks really, really scary.
Pulse grunts, trying to come back alive. "Gotta gun I can use? It's outta range of my fuckin' Defiance…" he looks back over his shoulder. "Could try to give them something to think about? Daisy, can you get a spirit to fucking back us up or something?"
Daisy squeeks, "uh… sure, I can get a spirit up."
You paged Mirage with 'what's the weather like?'.
Commlink-Phantasm> Johnny says, "WELL FUCKING DO IT!"
"How subtle are we trying to be?" Maria's question is a bit odd, given that they are driving on two wheels at a zillion miles an hour, "Cause …" She quiets as Daisy is told to summon a spirit, making sure that her belt is strapped down.
Commlink-Nacht> Johnny says, "WELL FRICKEN DO IT!"
«OOC» Johnny says, "Sorry about that."
«STAFF» Mirage thought the word was fragging.
«OOC» Johnny hehs.
Pulse glances back at Maria. "Gun?" He asks, hopefully. "With range?"
«Plot» Daisy says, "you asked for it. (I will never soak this drain) - working up an F10 Mist spirit, w/ accident power."
Johnny brought the car back down on to all four, but the zillion miles an hour isn't quite accurate. They are currently doing about 70 miles an hour, which is an easy stretch for this car. It will -rapidly- increase.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Conjuring + 6 (power focus) vs TN 10 for "F10 Mist spirit":
1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 8 10 15 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Conjuring + 6 - 2 (power focus) vs TN 10 for "F10 Mist spirit kp 4?":
2 2 2 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 27 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Daisy says, "4 successes = 4 services"
«STAFF» Mirage is bad at conjuring, will assume she's doing it right.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Charisma vs TN 10 for "This will Hurt - S drain":
2 2 2 2 3 4 4 9 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Charisma vs TN 10 for "This will Hurt - S drain kp 5":
1 3 4 5 7 8 8 8 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Charisma vs TN 10 for "This will Hurt - S drain kp 7":
1 1 2 2 4 5 11 17 = 2 Successes
«OOC» Johnny says, "You can center against drain, yes?"
«OOC» Johnny says, "Successes?"
«OOC» Daisy can try :)
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Centering vs TN 10:
3 3 4 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Daisy says, "anyway - 2 succs takes me to what? M stun?"
«OOC» Kassandra nods
«OOC» Johnny nods. got a truama damp? :)
«OOC» Daisy says, "and that's Will to figure out how long that hurts?"
«OOC» Johnny says, "Will at TN 4+Woundmod, basetime 1hour"
«OOC» Pulse says, "nah, her body's pure!"
«OOC» Johnny says, "Per box"
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Nodding, Maria leans forward a moment, coming up with a Cerberus Heavy Pistol which she will hand forward, "First clip is standard ball rounds, second is gel, so be aware." That done, she'll glance over her shoulder to their pursuer, speaking softly, "Attend me."
«OOC» Johnny says, "OMG WTF! :)"
Pulse grunts, nods, hefting the pistol. Not his best tool, but no better time to learn… he looks back at Johnny. "Gonna pop my head out and try a shot," he says, "When I think we got a clear one. Gotta make him think twice."
Daisy drops her mask, and is as suddenly Selene as the silvery cloud of mist appears above the Mustang. The woman folds in on herself, clutching her head, even as she orders the spirit: "Black SUV, behind us. Accident."
You paged Johnny with 'M stun - is Will vs what TN to determine time?'.
[Plot Room 1] Daisy says, "someone just tell me what the # I am rolling Will against is?"
[Plot Room 1] Daisy says, "to see how long the stun lasts."
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Daisy (#609) rolls Willpower for "not sure what TN - but to see how long the stun lasts":
1 2 3 4 5 5 10
Selene drops her mask, and is as suddenly Selene as the silvery cloud of mist appears above the Mustang. The woman folds in on herself, clutching her head, even as she orders the spirit: "Black SUV, behind us. Accident." (first go)
Selene holds her next action until someone says that she gets it. (OOC pose made IC)
=================================> Accident <==================================
Accident
Type: P, Action: Complex, Range: LOS, Duration: Instant
This power grants the critter the ability to cause some sort of disaster (GM's discretion) depending on the type of environment you're in at the moment
When affected by this power, a player must make a Quickness or Intelligence test, using the higher of the two attributes against the critter or spirit's essence. If they fail this test, their next initiative pass. The power itself can not hurt you, but it could result in a disaster that could. For instance if you were standing next to a pile of bricks, the bricks could fall on you, or that truck with a bed full of rusty nails, etc.
When this power is used on a vehicle successfully, the operator of said vehicle makes a crash test.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Mirage (#5721) rolls 10 vs TN 3:
2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 10 = 8 Successes
Commlink-Nacht> Johnny says, "Breaker Breaker One-Nine. This here's the Mustang Sally running I-70 for Chi-town. I got an unmarked, but highly aggressive four-door on my ass tryin to play footsies with me. Truckers, if you wouldn't mind holding steady till I pass, then closing the door a bit, I'd be mighty obliged."
"Move into traffic and I'll do what I can to help out," Maria remarks grimly, looking back to Johnny as their friendly SUV manages to keep it together, "Works best if we can get a few seconds of cover or a break in line of sight."
The black SUV chases. But suddenly, a deer leaps onto the road, causing a nearby Americar to swerve into the SUV's way! The SUV manages to keep it's cool, slowing a bit to let the americar pass in front of it… It starts dropping back, no longer keeping up.
Johnny is not at all interested in slowing down now. He's alert, every nerve on fire and alive. "Vehicle was drone rigged. No one woudl throw themselves at us like that unless they didn't fear death. Me, I fear it." He says as he sluices the car around a Fed-Ex truck, not laying off the speed. The car's probably doing about 120 miles an hour in fourth gear, which leaves fifth entirely untouched… "He's dropping back, which means they know he can't keep up. Came out of on coming traffic… so we're moving twords them. They've marked the car, but I can't afford to ditch it for a lesser car now that we've seen what they are throwing. Give me options."
"Camouflage. I can make the vehicle appear as something else, as well as distort its electromagnetic signature, making it harder to lock onto by drones and sensors." Maria calls from the backseat, watching the traffic patterns as cars come closer and then are left behind. "It isn't the best choice, but outside of figuring out how they are watching, it is what I have."
Selene turns around so she is kneeling in the back seat, trying to track the SUV visually… She comments in a pained voice, "lightning. Concealment. I don't have anything that can actually make *us* disappear completely."
Catching the end of that, Maria adds, "We *could* make the car invisible, but that might be more of a hazard."
You say "or anything that can disguise us…"
Johnny's quiet for a moment. "The sword is bugged. Thts how they are catching us. They don't know where we are, exactly. Can you… disarm the bugs or jam them while in transit? There should be a jammer in my gear rig."
Pulse says "We know we're being tracked," waving a hand. "So we attack from that angle. They're going to come after us. Get the jamming going, and… and blend, like they're saying. Keep going at this speed, we're going to attract other attention. Dammit… we need to cross into another frikkin' nation. Make them cross the borders, too. Cut across cornfields."
Pulse says "Can we find out what channel the bugs are on? Maybe set a comm on that frequency, drop it?"
"Do you really want me to work on bugs attached to a national relic while in a bouncing car dodging people?" Maria shakes her head, "If I break it, you'll be mad. And your gear rig is in the trunk."
Pulse swears. "I might have left a hooker back there, too."
"Yeah. Point. We'll pull over in 20 miles.. at a truck stop. Do a Chinese fire drill. I need to fuel this bitch anyway… She doesn't sip."
The cloud of mist continues to follow the 'stang, Amazing how it keeps up.
"Right. Fuel, dump the bugs and get the jammer. We can hopefully shake the electronic trail from there, just have to work on spirits and eyes." Maria, checks the mirrors and looks outside, "And get armed."
Pulse grunts. "Twenty miles," he says. "Let's do it. That's what… ten minutes?" He peeks back out the back window, then back at front. "My guess is… next drone comes from above."
Johnny eyes the Speedometer. "8.32." He grunts that, then mutters something. "Yeah. That would be pretty accurate. Put a flier on us now that they have a fix on our position. Keep that conceal on the car, make it harder for them to re-aquire, and scan the air."
The spirit is concealing the 'stang, for now.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Selene (#609) rolls Intelligence:
3 4 5 10 16 17
Pulse's eyes damn the sky. "I wish joey was here," he said. "At least for the not-subtle parts. I could always call Mr. Innocenti, see if he has any friends in St. Louis that could give us some space to work… but that may be more trouble than it's worth…"
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Pulse (#3231) rolls Intelligence for "gah!":
4 5 8 11 17
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Intelligence for "Jesus. I'mma gonna suck.":
2 2 3 3 3 5 8 9 10
Grinning, Maria says, "Then let us give them something to think about, no?" Wiggling in her seat, the girl comes up with small hardpack that contains a deck of cards. She'll unseal it and set a fingertip on top of the deck, eyes closing a moment. She breaths out a murmur, a snatch of words that are a soft puff of breath. For those with enhanced hearing, they may hear her say, "What is our fate? What do I need to know?"
Concentrating, she'll flip over a card, displaying a Tower being struck by lightning.
«Plot-Page» (To: Pulse and Selene) Mirage says, "You notice… a really small blurry thing. Above the car. It's there for a second, gone the next."
Pulse points up in the sky. "Anyone else see that?" He asks. "Or is it just me… a blur, high above the car…" His voice trails off. "Spy drone. Or spirit. Fuck."
Johnny shakes his head. "Don't see shit, but if you see it, direct Daisy Duke there to flash her titties at it. Or lightening. I don't care which.
«Plot» Kassandra says, "Centering and casting Vehicle Mask. Every 2 successes modify the Sig of the vehicle by 1, up to a 4 point modifier in our favor"
Selene nods, "I can see it.. or I did." she tries harder to get into a position to look up, through the back window.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Kassandra (#9777) rolls Centering vs TN 4 for "Centering for success, every 2 successes is +1 success on the main test":
1 2 5 7 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Kassandra (#9777) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 7 + 4 (Amalthea) vs TN 4 for "Vehicle Mask, +1 success from Centering":
1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 7 8 9 9 9 = 10 Successes
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Kassandra (#9777) rolls Willpower + Sorcery Pool: 3 + 2 (PF) vs TN 3 for "Serious Drain, need 6 successes":
1 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 9 16 23 = 10 Successes
Eyes closed, Maria's hand moves from the deck of cards to caress the side of the vehicle. With the touch, Mustang Sally's form shifts ever so slightly, becoming a Ford Americar. No, a Euro Westwind, burnt orange in color. She holds the spell steady, the matrix wrapped tight by sheer willpower. Opening her eyes, Maria remarks, "I've changed our colour and make and am distorting the EM fields as much as I can. That's all I can do at the moment."
Pulse Grunts. "Got any area effect lightning spells, babe? Or can you at least peer up there, see if it's a spirit… and if it's a spirit, can you eat it?"
"It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick." Says Johnny as he waits for the other magi to determain if she can zot the little fragger.
Commlink-Nacht> Johnny says, "c'mon Selene. Dumpshock' the slitch. I know you can do it."
Selene shifts her gaze, peering into the astral as she twists her body and arches her back to peer out the damn rear window, looking up.. into the astral.
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Selene (#609) rolls Intelligence for "astral perception?":
1 5 5 7 9 22
Pulse shakes his head. "I know I can't fucking track it with my eyes, Johnny," he says, then looks at dashboard. "Don't suppose you've hooked any wizbang sensors into this slitch, have you?"
"That was next week." comes the droll response from JOhnny.
Resealing the cards, Maria tucks them away and continues murmuring to herself, keeping her right hand on the door and feeding the spell matrix with her own power, siphoing in mana and spilling it into the illusion. She stays quiet and lets the others talk, a fragment of her concentration dedicated to cycling the spell.
"As a note." offers johnny helpfully… "if they start shooting at us… we're screwed. tHis ride doesn't have any armor. Cause it's not a combat ride. It's a speed ride."
-----> Contact for Johnny (#799) <-----
Contact Name: Uwe Skalvenson
Level: 1
Type: travel agent
GM Note: Fixer: Vehicles. Sometimes, you just can't find a plane large enough and slow enough to do what you need to do. Uwe can take care of that.
Selene still can't catch sight of the arial again. She sighs, "I cant' see it anymore, but I bet it's still there."
Pulse swears. "Yeah, we're fucked," he says. "Maybe they'll play with the kid gloves… maybe the want the sword, too, and don't want to risk it." He pauses. "I hope. Wish I had brought any of my long guns." He keeps watching the sky, licking his lips… "Hey Johnny…
…
… We getting paid for this? Other than doig our patriotic duty?"
"Should have asked that before you asked to come along. I'm hoping for covering of costs, but otherwise, this is charity." Says Johnny as he continues to drive along. The sun's going down, and now things start to get dicy. They need a ride. or a place to hide. "Maria, start making some calls to find a place we can do the work we need to do on the sword. I'm gonna find us a cave to hide in."
«Auto-Judge[3857401]» Johnny (#799) rolls Etiquette vs TN 4 for "Calling Ewe. Who makes HORRIBLE movies.":
2 3 4 4 5 = 3 Successes
Selene is getting out of town for a few days.. that's important. But once out of town…. getting paid would go a long way to completing the job.
Maria grunts, the faintest narrowing around her eyes and the slight spaciness and delay in answering signifying where a lot of her concentration is going. "I'll see what I can do. I may know someone who has a friend that can help."
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