Where do they get all those wonderful toys?

GM: Nightshade
Players: Nightshade, Dosetsu
Synopsis: A meet with a Fixer turns into a job opportunity. (In Progress)
Date: Jan 31st 2070


Nightshade puts in a call to Dosetsu, "Hoi, got some time to make some cash?"

Dosetsu answers the phone somewhere that sounds like they are playing Trog Metal this early in the morning. His quiet voice is hard to hear over the background music, "Sure. Where?" a man of few words today; he must be trying to sound sane.

Nightshade holds the phone near her ear, "I'll need you to meet me in the FTZ downtown, dress sane." her flat trollish inflection of voice makes it very hard to tell if she's joking or serious.

Dosetsu is quiet for a moment before telling you, "I only own two sets of clothes." Mistaking poor for sanity… Or maybe they are related in his deluded mind.

Nightshade sighs, "Then wear the saner set, meet me in Blackbird Park, we'll walk from there."

Dosetsu quietly says, "Hai." then hangs up. The guy is a crazy bum, so you can count on his schedule being free, but getting across town for him is like reinventing a wheel. When he finally does arrive you see him exit a crusty ass old van with no windows that has 'FREE CANDY' spray painted on the side. Only Dosetsu would accept a ride from anyone driving something like that. Then he is all friendly and waving goodbye and saying his thank-yous as he gets out of the abomination of a van.

Nightshade stares at the van, as does a number of other people in the park, when Dosetsu steps out there is a general rush amongst the adults in the park to get a headcount of their children, and point and warn them that /this/ is the type of man they've been warned about. Nightshade sighs, shaking her head and starts walking out of the park trying not to draw more attention to herself as she motions for Dosetsu to follow her out.

Dosetsu is pretty quick in spotting you. Your lines making you stand out well to the madman. When he catches up to you he gets all touchy-feeling /again/ trying to hold onto your arm as he says, "Hey." all like nothing is at all amiss. He is either use to everyone staring at him and hiding their kids, or he doesn't believe that they really exsist, so he just acts all cool as a cat.

Nightshade swats at his hand, "Hoi, you attract enough stares without making it look like we're a mixed couple, you trying to get us lynched?" She takes a sidestep to put reasonable walking distance between them, "We're going to see an acquaintance of mine, he's got work for us. He's a good one to know but a bad one to cross, cause he'll roll on us right quick rather than go down with us. He's got good gear connections, if there's anything you need he might be willing to barter rather than part with cash…don't let on if you /really/ need it though or he'll take you to the cleaners."

Dosetsu quietly says, "Its okay. I don't mind." not seeming to get it at all. He suggests, "Maybe if we just held hand?" His hand lightly touching your back since its harder to swat his head. The though that you could just knock him in the head doesn't seem to register. He does say, "I need poison… Oh and grenades!" all happy like he is making a christmas list. He seems to know that he would make a terrible negotiator, so it is probably just as well that he tell you instead. He asks, "A diakote sword too. My magic sword lost its diakote when I was off being tortured by that crazy bitch for all those years." Yup. Sane. Not so much.

Dosetsu ohs and says, "Both of them that is. My magic swords. I had two of them. But now… Not so much."

Nightshade sighs, the crazies might work cheaper than most but there were downsides, "It's not that I mind so much as we don't want to be drawing attention when we get to the meet, so hands to yourself and look casual." Her hand twitches as though she would like to be slapping him, or throttling him, "What kind of swords?"

Nightshade amends quickly as she realizes that she might have just invited him to talk about his past, "…would you want him to get for you now."

Dosetsu tries to keep his hands to himself, and when he can't resist he at least is not grabbing your butt or anything. He tells you, "Katana's are usually well made, so I stick with them. But the angry blade I had was a ninja-to. It helped that it was shorter so I could use it in my off hand… You know, back when I was the greatest swordmen in… Well Maybe not the world, but damn close I'm sure." He nods sagely then his hand finds yous for a moment. then he says, "Oh but yeah a diakote katana probably would be best. You know, multi-purpose."

Nightshade nods, "Alright Musashi, I'll ask about the Katana, I don't think he's the type to keep grenades or poison on hand, but swords are at least semi-legal, so those might be a good bet. While we're there, just try and keep calm and for drek's sake whatever happens don't pull a weapon…and put your hands in your pockets till we get there." She says as she realizes he keeps reaching out to touch her.

Dosetsu frowns but nods and stuffs his hands into his jacket pockets. He pulls his hand out of the left pocket and holds a seashell up to his ear, "Weird." is all he says. He could probably say it again for Bella's sake. If nothing else for the moment he is not trying to hold hands like you are going on some sort of date where you get to kill people. Who said romance is dead?

The building they're approaching is just one in a long line of similar storefronts, "Shaq's Stuff" it is labeled with a sign underneath reading "Pawn Shop: Gold bought and sold, collectibles, novelties." A trid display projected on the front gives the illusion of looking in on the shop, but that is spoiled when the projection changes to show a different set of items in the "window display." The items displayed appear to be fairly upscale, high end trid sets, expensive looking jewelry, even some of the pricier fashion lines (mostly those that are armored). A long line of coins and baseball cards scroll across the screen, high value items getting a zoomed in close up before moving on. A parade of knives of every shape and design follow a moment later. It's like watching the QVC network late night.

Nightshade points to a small alleyway to the side, two dumpsters sit on either side blocking all but a small path down the middle, just enough for a trog to squeeze through, "Through there we go in the back."

Dosetsu puts on his 'game face' as you approach the pawn shop together. He does sort of peer in to check the place out, but manages to shed some of the crazy as things get closer to actual work. He gives you a nod then moves ahead of you to go between the dumpsters first. His shaggy hair bouncing and flopping about as he moves quickly and scans the alley for who else might be here.

«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Intelligence:
1 3 3 4 5 8
As you pass between the dumpsters you notice that sides of the dumpsters that face eachother are of double the thickness of the sides facing outward, this seems unusual and unneeded.

Nightshade walks through, turning a bit sideways so her coat doesn't brush the garbage bins that go up even over her head, a good 5 meters tall each.

Dosetsu lightly taps the side of the dumpster, but doesn't say a word. It seems that the tap is the only sign he is going to give Nightshade of what he had noticed.

Dosetsu is much more quick going through the narrow coordior provided by the dumpsters, then turns to the side after passing through like he walks to look behind them

Nightshade continues past into a small cul-de-sac area between the buildings.

On three sides are solid plascrete walls of buildings, the fourth side, the back of Shaq's Stuff has a heavy metal door, and a massive sliding metal door for a loading dock. The ground is paved with several grates spaced evenly around the area. If you've ever spent time in a meat market you might get the feeling this building was once a butcher shop/food market.

The dumpsters are connected to the wall plugging into large industrial grade power supplies, most likely for the compactors. Looking up you can see the conveyor system that would carry waste from both sides of the block down to this location for centralized storage and pickup. The smell isn't as bad as you would suspect, though there is a distinct chemical scent in the air which probably explains it.

Dosetsu comes back out from where he was checking out the wall and falls in with Nightshade once more. As you get closer he says, "That's a huge door for such a narrow alley." If he has any other thoughts, or found anything interesting behind the wall he keeps it to himself.

Nightshade looks back along the alley, "I don't think they dumpsters were there when this place was built." she answers, "Alright, C'mon." She steps up to the door and knocks.

She hasn't even hit the door twice when there's a /shunk/ of bolts sliding back and when her knuckles rap a second time the door moves back an inch, she has to push the solid metal door a fair bit to get it to swing the rest of the way open though, and while it moves smoothly on it's hinges you can tell it's quite heavy.

Inside the building is a small area, about 10 meters deep, closed off from the rest of the building by dual sliding doors, slightly thinner than those outside but still massive. Set onto the right door is a trideo display taking up almost the entire door, built into the left door is a split door that could either be opened to allow a metahuman to pass through, opened just the top half, or opened just a half meter high slot at waist height. The area looks as though it may at one point have been a staging area for a loading dock, and the next room was possibly refrigerated, all the walls are very thick and look to be plascrete covered in insulation and then a washdown ready metal.

Nightshade steps inside and gestures for Dosetsu to follow, "C'mon, he won't turn on the trid till the door is shut."

Dosetsu nods his head and moves inside. His intense dark eyes taking in everything as he moves deeper into the first room. He quietly mentions, "I use to own a pawn shop." His comment may or may not be more crazy talk. He lightly taps on a wall and comments, "Old building."
Nightshade shrugs, "Is there anything you didn't used to…nevermind." She shuts the door behind Dosetsu. "Just keep your cool."

Dosetsu grins a little as he glances back at Nightshade. His expressions are always little off, like he doesn't remember that a grin is suppose to put people at ease rather than make them think he is about to go for their throat.
The trideo display clicks on, showing what looks to be a human, sitting behind a counter in a fenced in box, the whole arrangement looking like a pawnshop taken from a movie from decades ago. The human is pleasant looking though older and a bit sparse of hair, his dark skin speaks of african descent, "Welcome, you can call me Shaq, I know to call you Nightshade." he says nodding to the troll girl, "And what shall I call you my new friend?" he asks inquiring of Dosetsu.

Dosetsu says, "Hikage." randomly it would seem. Of course Hikage or Kage is such a generic shadow name that he might has well said Smith or Johnson.

Dosetsu puases a moment then says, "Pleasedtameetcha." all fast.

Shaq nods, "Good to meet a man of the East." he says, "Now then, Nightshade it seems to me that you said during our last conversation you would do some work as a favor to me."

Nightshade chuckles a little darkly, "Oh, no, I said I would do some work as a favor for you."

Shaq nods, "Did you, I will check on that." His gaze goes distant for a moment, "So you did he says a moment later, well played, I will have to watch for that from you in the future."

Nightshade nods at the veiled compliment.

Shaq continues, "Though the work I have available is a bit more than I would consider a favor, so there will be some additional compensation. Fifteen thousand each should cover you for yout trouble and time."

Nightshade nods, "Alright, though we might have a way to make that less of a burden for you, my associate Kage is in need of a weapon, and I could do with one myself, how are you set for dikoted long blades katanas and the like?"


Shaq nods, "I can see what I have in stock." he looks at Dosetsu, "Kage, is payment in this manner acceptable to you?

Dosetsu remains silent, wish is a blessing. His crazy rantings right now would not do any good. He stands perfectly still through about half of the conversation. His quiet natural and magically augmented stealth seem to make him easy to forget at times, so he sort of fades into the background as you negotiate. If isn't until about the time you start bringing up blades that he takes a tiny little step towards you. He is going to reach out and try to hold your hand or something equally ridiculous and unprofessional. He hasn't done it yet, but you've known his tendencies enough to know its coming.

Dosetsu pauses and nods his head once, "Yes."

Nightshade looks over at Dosetsu and just says, "Pockets" as he draws close, hoping that the little reminder will keep the man acting professional. She's never taken on a motherly role but thousands of generations of instincts provide her with the proper response to a child that can't keep his hands to himself.

Shaq nods, "I do happen to have a selection of blades available, seems like every thug who styles himself a swordsman rushes out and acquires one of these, then when they find that diamond on the blade isn't as helpful as food in the tummy it comes back to me." His eyes go distant for a moment more then a display of blades appear on the virtual counter before him. "Wave your hand to the right or left to move the selection, Nightshade I'm afraid your selection is a bit more limited due to your size."

Dosetsu stuffs his hands in his pockets once again, and he finds that sea shell again. Just like last time he seems a little startled by the thing so pulls it out and looks at it for a moment before slipping his hand back in his pocket and going quiet once more. He does give you this look, like somehow it is your fault he had the little laps there.

Shaq notices the shell appear, then disappear, his eyes don't seem to miss a thing, "What a curious shell so far from the ocean." he says almost inviting conversation while he gives the pair a moment to browse.

Dosetsu nods and says, "Crazy bitch." affably agreeing with Shaq. He gets distracted by the shiney swords and moves closer to examine the blades, his heart all aflutter. He says, "Its hard to choose from a picture. You can only estimate the balance or coating, or if the blade and hilt are attached poorly…" His crazy eyes all lit up, like his words mean nothing.

Shaq nods, "You know her well then?" he says smiling then adds as Dosetsu comments on the images, "Wise words, narrow it down to those you think look right and I'll have them brought out so you can test them."

Dosetsu eyes the screen a bit more, waving his hand a little to make the screen go through the selections. Finally he says, "This one… And that one." Then he turns his attention to Shaq to say, "I'm pretty sure she's finally dead, but you can never be too sure on those sort of things. Especially since she is just water and magic right?" He is all conversational with Shaq like he is making sense to anyone besides himself. It isn't until shortly after asking his question that he looks back to Nightshade, probably to see her wishing he would shut the hell up.

Nightshade for her part is gesturing a little clumsily from right to left cycling through the blades, she gestures in and out pulling them into and out of zoom as she inspects them. One a very large blade that only barely qualifies as a katana has caught her attention, the construction is very modern, using advanced metals and plastics, straight bladed with cutting edges on both sides with a long blood grove down the center. Mounted in the groove on either side of the blade is a strand of monowire. The sheathes are advanced as well featuring small ampoules that are obviously meant to hold compounds to coat the blade when sheathed. She points to the pair, "Those" she says, barely containing obviously desire to play with them, "…will do." she appends. Obviously a bit new to negotiation herself.

Shaq nods, having spent a considerable amount of his career selling weapons to lunatics Dosetsu's commentary doesn't seem to throw him off. "If you kill eachother, I'll be charging you for the disposal." he says. A few minutes later the small slot in the door opens and a tray slides forward, arranged on it are the weapons you picked out.

Dosetsu looks back at Shaq, then to Bella again before saying, "Oh not her." with a laugh that is a little hysterical in the true sense of hysteria. Since Nightshade isn't scolding him he goes over and pokes the screen where Shaq is displayed. His gloved hand distorting the image just a little, but it is a little funny that Dose is touchy-feeling with Shaq too. He sighs and says, "I was talking about that crazy bitch Ananta. B-Nightshade here is cool, and real too." and with that he goes and tries to give Nightshade a hug. If there was one thing you should never do when meeting a Johnson it is /hug/ each other, but he's trying it. Professional? Yeah.

Nightshade moves as quickly as she can to put something shiny and sharp in front of Dosetsu, it might be a bad idea to give pointy things to mental patients, but it's better than being hugged. She snares the blade Dosetsu has selected and holds them out handle first to him. "Make sure you're clear of everything including me when you test these." She says, then picks up the two blades she'd selected stepping back quickly almost falling into a defensive stance as she watches Dosetsu.

Dosetsu is easily distracted, and while completely bonkers he doesn't seem interested in finding out how realthe blade that you are holding is. Instead he moves aside and picks up one of the two blades he had selected. Moving a short distance away before testing its balance and giving a couple of tentative swings. While he is nuttier than a fruitcake he is skilled with a blade and is careful to not make you feel like you are in danger… Or at least more dager then if he were to randomly snap.

Nightshade nods, looking down at the two sheathed blades she's holding, she seems to have a moment of doubt and worry cross her face, before she shrugs out of her coat and dons the harness that holds the blades. It crosses low on her back and she is wincing as she draws them the first time out and over her shoulders, the pained look increases as she slowly reseathes the blades and draws them again. Eventually though her face is almost twisted with disgust and what might be self-loathing she has the blades moving quickly in and out of the sheaths smoothly then starts testing their weight and heft. "I'll need smaller blades for day to day use, but if I ever need to scare off a D&D dork this should do just fine." She spends a moment reaching behind her back fingering the ampoules that could hold compounds, each twists slightly to release the chemicals onto the blades while sheathed. She removes the harness then and nods to Shaq, "These will do, though they can't possibly be the entire 15,000…even doing you a favor, these are almost novelty items, how about those bars you're swinging Kage, either of them seem like they won't fall apart?"

Dosetsu resheaths the first blade and tests the second in the same way. His tests of the blade are actually pretty basic for a guy who claims to have been a master swordsmen in some crazy past life. He seems satisfied with both, so ends up drawing them both for a moment and swinging them some in both hands, then switching. He keeps away from you as best he can in the confined room, but his mental state is bound to make it a bit nerve wracking. After a short while he chooses the one he wants. Its not too fancy, just a gunmetal grey sheath and hilt. The blade is pretty shiney even after being coated with the diakote. He places the one he didn't want back where he got it, then looks over at Shaq. He doesn't seem to know if he is suppose to return them both now or not.

Shaq looks over the weapons selected, "You take those three, and we'll say you still owe me a favor." Shaq says.

Nightshade counters, "We'll take these three, and I'll still do a favor for you." she says smiling.

Shaq nods, looking over at Dosetsu, "Acceptable to you, Kage?"

Dosetsu nods his head a bit skeptically. He doesn't say a word, but he does look curiously at Nightshade.

Nightshade looks over at Dosetsu, "You alright with that?"

Dosetsu quietly says, "Sure." Then he completely blows it by saying, "But he said you still owe him a favor, so thanks." Then the big dummy smiles all big, like he was so clever in his negotiations.

Nightshade rolls her eyes over to Shaq who is smiling almost innocently, "We'll sort that out later."

Shaq nods, chalking a point up for his team.

"What's the work you need done now?" Nightshade asks trying to move away from the painful negotiation skills of Dosetsu as quickly as possible.

Shaq smiles, "Nothing too dramatic, as you know I run a respectable and upstanding business, when people become disrespectful of my business I cannot take that lying down. Recently a group who for several months have been providing me with custom have decided that they could get away with threatening to bring my business down. You need to eliminate them, then reclaim the items sold to them."

Dosetsu turns his attention back to Shaq, seeming to still not quite be up to speed on what the deal was that was struck. He does pay attention to what Shaq is saying and even nods a couple times as he begins to describe the job. For now he stays quiet, expecting more information from Shaq before he asks any specific questions.

Shaq calls up a section of the screen which displays a sector map, "The group is currently squatting in these two buildings." He indicates a cluster of run down homes in the CAS sector. "You will be retrieving five onyx rings, each is an anchoring foci, they were sold unbonded, they are each of the sixth rank."

Nightshade nods, "We can do that." She looks to Dosetsu for confirmation.

Dosetsu quietly asks, "How many of them are in this group?" He leans closer to study the map, like he is trying to memorize it. It should be no surprise at all that the crazy bum doesn't own a pocket secretary to transfer the map to.

Shaq looks to Dosetsu, "To the best of my knowledge, five."

Nightshade holds up the swords, "Mind if we use these?" she asks in an attempt to get pay up front.

Dosetsu nods his head, then eyeballs the buildings a little more carefully before asking, "Is it okay if we bring them back tonight? That is a lot of ground to cover; we might be best to wait until it is dark."

Shaq chuckles, "So long as you do your job, I'd hate to start that old saying, I once knew a Fixer who sold to a spy….You know, He once hired a dragon to disolve the spirit, he hired the spirit to destroy the mage, he hired the mage to fireball the troll, he hired the troll to keep an eye on the guy he hired the guy to get rid of the spy, I don't know why he sold to the spy. But now the spy must die." He looks to Dosetsu, "You have 2 days."

Dosetsu nods his head then somewhat randomly asks, "Don't happen to have any armored camo jackets in stock do you? I thought I saw a couple armored coats when we walked past the front." He pauses a moment before saying, "I'll pay for it seperate; might help stalking through two big buildings looking for your targets."

«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Etiquette vs TN 4:
2 = 0 Successes
Shaq shakes his head, "No, I'm afraid I've had a bit of a run on those, what with the weather. I have some of the highline items left, but they provide less cover for more money."

Dosetsu also asks for clairification, "Five dead and five rings? Or just five rings?"

Shaq responds, "Five dead, five rings."

Dosetsu nods his head, like he is planning his day. He says, "Agreed."

Nightshade looks at Dosetsu, "I'm good, we can do the rest of the planning when we can see the buildings, unless you have more you want to ask."

Dosetsu shakes his head and says, "I think we are good." taking his que from Nightshade finally and letting the negotiations end.

Nightshade puts the swords on under her coat, "It'll take me the better part of the day to get across to CAS with these unless you have a shortcut?" She says as the door opens up letting them into the alley.

Dosetsu shakes his head and says, "I've been off the grid… You know, for awhile." for the umteeth time since he met you. Obviously he will be taking quite a bit of time getting there himself.

Nightshade looks back at Dosetsu, "So you've said, if I let you tell me about it once in detail would you stop reminding me of it in little bits?"

Dosetsu shrugs then asks, "Would you hold my hand?" Its hard to say if that was meant to be a rhetorical question or just him randomly wondering. Now that you are through the alley he walks close to you, 'accidently' brushing against you a couple times.

Nightshade looks over at Dosetsu, "That would depend on how much you paid me."

Dosetsu quietly says, "It helps… You know, so I know you are real…" If that wasn't comforting enough a thought he adds, "And to make me feel like this is all real." Not the most reassuring words from a guy who is suppose to watch your back.

Aside from conversation the trip out of the FTZ is fairly uneventful, Nightshade calls on contacts and it takes several hours to find a group of undocumented workers to filter out with, head down shuffle along, one more cow in the herd, one more dock worker, just another lawn mower, a street sweeper, a day laborer. The blind eye of society overlooking those who's sweat lubricates their profit machine.

Nightshade looks at Dosetsu, "Mmmm hmmm." she reaches over and puts her hand out so Dosetsu can touch it, it is covered in a backless leather glove, the calcified spikes on the back of her hand readily visible. Even through the leather her hand is cold and clawlike. "You are currently half of the thirty thousand nuyen we're getting out of this, keep in mind next time you want to hold my hand that you'd better be worth fifteen thousand to me."

Dosetsu sort of hangs out in Nightshade's shadow. He is easy to miss, but pretty closeless about how to get through all these checkpoints everywhere. He just follows her lead and blends in very well. His ability to blend in, no matter how magically augmented is a blessing on trips like these.

Dosetsu holds Nightshade's hand like a child holding his mothers hand. The size difference would makes that analogy a little easier to picture, especially if you think of a angry mother and a bad child.

Nightshade goes to pick up her car, a beat up cargo van that she parks a block away from the target area, having driven past the two buildings once. She tolerates the hand holding until they're in the car, at which point she insists on seatbelts and hands in lap.

Dosetsu sighs quietly, seeming pretty unhappy about all this hands on laps thing. He has the good sense to keep his hands on /his/ lap at least.

The two buildings Shaq indicated are alone an a small island in between larger streets. The traffic noise having slowly worn down the property value until now all that remains are squatter residences that have changed hands so many times the ownership even the existence of the housing is in question. An old set of brick 'twins' the houses are two stories tall and share a wall. Having once been part of a longer row of homes the outter walls on each end are solid brick with no windows. The houses share a long front porch and have sperate entrances off the porch. The back of the houses have driveways that angle sharply down to garage doors leading to a basement garage.

Dosetsu leans back in his seat, looking comfortable and relaxed in a manner that is completely unnerving since it is so against the normal mannerisms of the man. It does allow him to act like he isn't looking at the buildings while examining them as you drive past. He quietly asks you to turn at the corner so he can get a better look at the driveway and backside of the buildings.

«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Intelligence:
1 3 3 3 4 5
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 for "Roll of mystery and suspense!":
2 5 8

The blinds are drawn so there's not much to see other than the building itself.

Nightshade drives around the block once before parking.

It's going on 5pm, it'll be dusk then dark over the next hour.

Dosetsu asks, "Bella are you a full shaman or an adapt?"

Nightshade sets the e-brake, "Both." she responds moving into the back and settling the swords into place in the new harness. "Why? What're you thinking?"

Dosetsu asks, "Maybe scout the place astralling. See what we can expect." He pauses then says, "I won't have my hand on your boobs or anything weird when you get back." The way he words that is a little disturbing.

Nightshade shakes her head, "I can't do that, oh and remind me not to ask what you're thinking any more. I can't see into the astral, I can send a watcher spirit though, but they've got all the intelligence of your basic german shepard."

Nightshade removes a trinket from around her neck, "I can however make you very hard to see, if you want to scout the place."

Dosetsu nods and says, "Sounds like the safest option we've got for now. Send one and try to find out if they have any astral security, how many are in there, and if any of them are magic."

«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Conjuring - 2 vs TN 2 for "Force 2 Watcher spirit.":
2 4 8 14 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Charisma + 2 vs TN 6 for "Force 2 Watcher spirit. Soaking L":
1 3 5 5 8 10 = 2 Successes

Nightshade calls a wisp into being, "Alright little guy, go look around the building and see if there are any wards or active mages, if you see one report back immediately, if you don't see one report back in five minutes. Understand?" The wisp chirps, "Yes." then vanishes, "I'd feel better about those things if they knew more than one word." She says with a sigh.

Dosetsu asks, "Can they count? A place like that could bea squatter or btl or drug den. You could fit twenty or more people in there without too many fights over squatting rights."

Nightshade grumps and when the wisp returns several minutes later she sends it back out with instructions to get a headcount, it heads back off and returns chirping "yes" five times.

Nightshade gestures for Dosetsu to come closer, "Alright, I'm going to turn both of us invisible, you'll still make noise and all that good stuff but it should make you harder to notice and to hit."

Dosetsu is quiet for a moment as he considers what the watcher did and says. He quietly says, "Well I suppose that is about the best we can ask for. Since we don't know the layout I suppose we'll just have to sneak in and see about quietly widdling them down a bit." he nods once to your suggestion of invisiblity then asks, "Are you able to quietly get a door open if it is locked?"

«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 vs TN 4 for "Dosetsu's Invis!":
1 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 17 = 8 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Willpower vs TN 2 for "Soaking Moderate.":
1 1 3 3 3 5 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 vs TN 4 for "Nightshades's Invis!":
1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 10 10 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 - 5 vs TN 4 for "Nightshades's Invis! 1kp 7 today":
3 4 7 7 8 14 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Willpower vs TN 2 for "Soaking Moderate.":
2 2 3 4 5 17 = 6 Successes

Nightshade shakes her head, "No, it'll be noisy if I do it."

Dosetsu nods his head and says, "Me too. I use to know how to bypass maglocks… but you knwo, off the grid, woodland friends and all that."

Nightshade nods as she fades from view, "Yeah, woodland friends…Ding dong ditch?"

Dosetsu nods his head, then realizing you might not be able to see that he says, "Good idea. Lets try that. I might be able to slip past whoever opens it and go quietly open a back door for you."

Nightshade says "Sounds good, do you have a radio on you?"

Dosetsu comments, "If I can't then I suppose we can… Nope no radio…. woodland friends and all that." He sounds a bit appologetic as he says that.

Nightshade sighs, "Alright, well when we get to the door I'm going to try and call up a spirit to help us a little, so count to 30 before you knock or whatever."

Dosetsu tells you, "If it doesn't look like I can slip past them, we'll just ambush them in the doorway. Can probaly still take one or two by surprise. Even if we snuck in that's the best we can hope for."

Nightshade says, "Alright, you want to take one house at a time or each take one?"

Dosetsu nods his head, "K."

Dosetsu says, "I'm guessing they are probably connected on the inside. Once we get closer lets look for signs of which door they use. Tracks in the snow make that light work."

Nightshade says "Okay."

«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Stealth:
1 4
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Stealth:
1 1 2 3 3 3 3 5 13
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Hmm…I think you're the sneaky one…"
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 vs TN 17 for "Mystery and suspense roll.":
1 4 9 = 0 Successes

Dosetsu quietly tells you, "Go to the door nearest us. I'm going to make a loop around the buildings then meet you there. You'll know I'm there when I knock, or when I talk to you." He watches your footprints as you walk, and seems pretty confident that he can find you again. He actually doesn't make a sound, or leave any footprints. Never underestimate the sneakiness.

Nightshade calls out as she opens the door, "Oh, and mind traffic they won't…see… you… hope he heard me…"

Nightshade waits by the van till traffic clears then makes her way across the street, she sticks to the salted areas, it makes noise but doesn't leave as many footprints and she's got big feet, the approach to the house has a stamped down path though it's not shoveled, she gets up onto the porch then crouches to the side of the door, she draws her swords and starts concentrating on calling up a spirit, she keeps an ear out for Dosetsu but doesn't hear a thing as he approaches, even his heat signature is dispersed so that his presence if and when he reaches the door is unknown to her.

«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Conjuring - 3 vs TN 4 for "Force 4 Hearth Spirit":
4 5 5 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Charisma + 3 vs TN 4 for "Soaking Moderate":
2 2 2 3 3 5 5 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Charisma + 3 - 2 vs TN 4 for "Soaking Moderate 1kp 8th today":
1 2 4 8 11 = 3 Successes

The hearth spirit appears with a creak of floorboards, Nightshade shushes it speaking quietly, "Confuse all those inside the building."

Dosetsu makes a slow circuit of the outside of the duplex. He is fast and quiet, and completely lacks the technical skills to really check for electronic security so his scouting mostly is used to determine how the people that live here normally enter, and to try and check the doors to see if he can figure out how they are locked.

The house could hold from 1 to 20 people and no real indicators can be seen from outside. The door looks like a simple maglock, hold your passcard to it and the door shall open.

Nightshade sits and waits, as patiently as she can.

Dosetsu quietly says from nearby, "All the doors are locked with maglocks. Hope they answer the door." He is still very quiet but seems to try to make you aware of his movements to some degree.

Nightshade quietly whispers, "Ready."

Dosetsu quietly says, "If the door closes without anyone dying then head to the back and look for one of the doors to open… If you hear a struggle inside I guess kick the door down and try to save my ass."

Nightshade whispers, "Ok."

Dosetsu moves up to the door and knocks solidly. So much can be said by a knock and Dose tries not to sound like a cop, or to knock so soft as to not be heard. After the knocks he moves off to the side so that he would be harder to spot with electronics if a camera were aimed at or away from the door.

There's a shuffle from inside then the door opens and a human male is standing in the doorway, he's wearing an armored jacket, and the lack of heat coming out of the house leads you to believe there probably isn't any heat on inside. Strapped to his leg is a handgun, on his feet are combat style boots. He looks militant but not military. His head is shaved close to the skin and a wool cap is pulled down to his ears.

Dosetsu doesn't waste much time moving closer to the man who opened the door, trying to make himself small and silent as he tries to get inside the house while the door is open.

«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 for "Setting difficulty of squeezing past the man without touching him.":
2 3 4 4
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Give me an athletics at 4"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Athletics vs TN 4:
4 4 5 = 3 Successes

Dosetsu is silent as a ghost as he ducks low between the man's legs and the doorsill. Dose manages to get past the man without touching him. Thanks to his adapt abilities and Nightshades spell he is able to get inside the house and confused man undetected.

Dosetsu quickly moves away from the man seeking a way towards the back door of the townhouse that he entered. That will be his first choice of which door to open for Nightshade, assuming he is even able to get to the other door at all.

The houses do not appear to be connected, there is a solid wall with no doors or passthroughs, a stairway leads upstairs. You see the man you just passed, another sitting in the next room, what would have once been the dining room, he's working on an assault rifle that is currently dissassembled on the table, upstairs you hear another person moving around.

Dosetsu resists the urge to do a bit of slight of hand and swipe some crutial piece of the assault rifle on his way past. He continues on moving with the mantra that slow is steady, steady is fast. Moving steaily towards the back door so he can meet his partner before causing much trouble.

Nightshade makes her way around to the back of the house. Jogging so that she arrives in time to beat Dosetsu, waiting by the door quietly taking deep steadying breaths.

The man working on the Assault Rifle appears to be having considerable difficulty, having almost finished assembly he has to break it down again having left out a spring, by his expression this is not something that has ever happened before he's looking at the spring like it must have leapt out on it's own.

Dosetsu moves to the kitchen and finds the door quickly. He gives it a once over, then looks back into the livingroom trying to determan how much he can open the door without the man with the rifle seeing.

He can see the door, so it'll be high risk.

[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu says, "Has he got the rifle fully assembled yet?"
[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu says, "er nvm I see he just broke it back down again."
[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu says, "I am going to go back and try to swipe a piece"
«OOC» Dosetsu says, "Like a small pin. The smallest piece I can see"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Give me a stealth roll. to set the TN for him to notice"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Stealth:
1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 8
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 vs TN 12 for "Where'd that pin go?":
1 5 5 = 0 Successes

Dosetsu once stole a nipple ring off a girl without her knowing it. He'll tell you so himself. Lifting a piece of the rifle off the table when the man doesn't know Dose is there is a easy enough task. He picks it up, then sets it on the floor at an angle where the man will either have to crawl under the table to get it when he sees it, or stand up and walk out of line of sight to the door to retrieve it.

Dosetsu leaves the pin on the floor, then moves back to the door, waiting for the moment he can slip it open without the man being able to see for a moment.

The man seems to be having considerable trouble with the assault rifle and after a while just sort of stares off into space.

Dosetsu frowns then risks easing the door open just a little, only a few inches so that Nightshade will see it and enter.

Nightshade catches the door the moment it starts to crack open, and moves to slip inside.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Stealth:
3 5

Dosetsu gets the door open enough that he is sure Nightshade can discover it and get inside, then he moves back into the livingroom where he will wait like an executioner for the door to open and signal him to drop the axe (or katana) on the man's neck

Nightshade starts opening the door…

«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Initiative with a result of 15.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Initiative with a result of 12.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 for "Ganger Dining room +6":
1
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 for "Ganger Living room +6":
7
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 for "Ganger upstairs +6":
4
«Plot» Nightshade says, "Initiative Dose, Nightsahde and living room, upstairs, dining room."

«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Edged Weapons + 6 vs TN 4 for "Diakote katana + 6 CP. Using reach to increase his TN":
1 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 11 11 20 = 7 Successes
[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu says, "Strength is 6. Damage code for diakote katana is (Str +4)S. So 10S base"
[Plot Room 5] Nightshade says, "so 12 d"
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Body) + 6 (Combat Pool) vs TN 3 for "Soaking D Damage.":
1 1 3 5 5 7 9 11 11 11 = 8 Successes
[Plot Room 5] Nightshade says, "No damage, pose the strike then encountering /heavy/ resistance on the strike."

Dosetsu lowers the boom the instance the door begins to open. He appears behind the man with his sword in hand, already begining its deadly arch. The blade finding purchase, but shockingly nor actually hurting the man /at all/ as the blade is turned aside. Not exactly how Dose saw that one working out.

Confusion Tests:
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 vs TN 4 for "Living room action.":
1 2 2 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 vs TN 4 for "Upstairs action.":
2 3 4 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 vs TN 4 for "dining room action.":
2 2 5 = 1 Success

Nightshade opens the door stepping slipping inside, she sees the man at the table suddenly have his head flung forward but shockingly no blood spurts. She quickly throws bolt of magical force at the man in the living room who is standing stunned.

«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 vs TN 4 for "Force 3 Manabolt. TN 3 + 1 bg.":
1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 11 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Willpower vs TN 2 for "resisting M drain. (cast at M damage level)":
1 1 3 3 4 11 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 (target resist) vs TN 3 for "Resisting 3 succeses for M manabolt":
2 4 8 = 2 Successes

The man in the living room is rocked backwards by a burst of magical energy taking a moderate wound, at the noise of his movement the man upstairs calls out and comes rushing down the stairs.

The man who took the sword to the back of the neck springs away from the table scrabbling at his leg and pulling a pistol. He manages to fire off a round blindly.

«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Pistols) vs TN 12 for "Blindfire short range.":
1 4 5 16 = 1 Success
[Plot Room 5] Nightshade says, "Lucky bastard, any CP to dodge?"
[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu says, "How does dodge work again?"
[Plot Room 5] Nightshade says, "= You need to roll 2 successes against TN 4 to dodge completely."
[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu says, "okay I'll put my last 2 CP towards that"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls 2 vs TN 4:
3 4 = 1 Success
«OOC» Dosetsu says, "KP"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls 1 vs TN 4:
2 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Dosetsu says, "I have 5 points of ballistic armor"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "You're resisting 9m -5 armor is 4"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Body vs TN 4:
3 8 10 11 15 = 4 Successes

Dosetsu is still more than a little stunned about how badly his attack on this man went. Then the guy turns and shoots him. Dosetsu does this kung-fu move like he is going to dodge bullets… OR maybe he just was kung-fu moving his armored jacket between himself and the bullet. Bullet was not dodged, but he seems okay

«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Edged Weapons vs TN 3 for "katana reach to reduce my TN":
2 3 3 4 5 5 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Body) vs TN 2 for "Soaking D Damage":
3 3 4 7 = 4 Successes
«Plot» Nightshade says, "Dining room guy takes a Moderate Wound."

Dosetsu moves to put the table and the guy he is hacking at between himself and the other two men. He stabs at the man once again and manages to find a little bit of purchase, but the man is still a long way from dead.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Sorcery vs TN 4 for "Force 3 Manabolt. Moderate TN 3 + 1 bg.":
1 2 3 5 10 14 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Willpower vs TN 2 for "resisting M drain. (cast at M damage level)":
1 2 4 4 5 10 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 (target resist) vs TN 3 for "Resisting 3 succeses for M manabolt":
2 5 7 = 2 Successes
Nightshade sends another bolt of magical force into the man in the living room, more wounds appear on him but the pain may awaken him from his stupor.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 vs TN 4 for "Confusion resist for living room guy.":
3 3 4 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Living room guy pistol) + 4 (Combat pool) vs TN 19 for "Short range, blind fire, confusion, wounds. Shooting at Nightshade":
1 1 1 1 1 2 3 7 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Living room guy pistol) + 2 (Combat pool) vs TN 19 for "Short range, blind fire, confusion, wounds. Shooting at Nightshade Second shot. (semi auto)":
3 3 4 5 7 8 = 0 Successes

The man in the living room shakes off the confusion as blood starts to flow, seriously wounded he manages to draw and fire off two shots. Both go wide.

The man upstairs comes down the stairs looking around at what's going on, seeing the man at the table apparently being shot by the main in the living room he just bellows incoherently at them to stop, he draws his weapon but has no action.

«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Initiative with a result of 10.
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Initiative with a result of 19.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 for "dining room +4 (wounds)":
4
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 for "living room +3 (wounds)":
4
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 for "upstairs +6":
1
«Plot» Nightshade says, "Dose, Night, dining, living and up."
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Edged Weapons + 6 vs TN 3 for "Trying to finish off this guy at the table. reach to lower my TN":
1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Edged Weapons + 1 vs TN 3 for "Trying to finish off this guy at the table. reach to lower my TN KP 1":
2 4 4 5 7 9 13 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 (club) + 3 (combat pool) vs TN 12 for "Counter attack with pistol against invis opponent.":
2 3 5 8 10 13 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (body) + 4 (combat pool) vs TN 5 for "Soaking D damage.":
1 2 2 3 5 7 8 10 = 4 Successes
«OOC» Nightshade says, "He only had 3 cp left so we'll pretend he bought the final die with his 1kp. He takes a M, now at S"

Dosetsu growls savagly as he archs his blade through the man at the table, "Die already!" he hisses. His blade cutting the man but once again not deeply, or deadly. The man looks like he is in rough shape as blood begins to seep through a long gash on his chest.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 vs TN 4 for "Force 3 Manabolt. Moderate TN 3 + 1 bg. Living room guy.":
1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 9 9 11 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 (target resist) vs TN 3 for "Resisting 3 succeses for M manabolt":
3 3 5 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Willpower vs TN 2 for "resisting M drain. (cast at M damage level)":
1 2 2 4 5 5 = 5 Successes

Nightshade fires another burst into the target of her aggression and the man comes within an inch of his life, but hangs on.

«Plot» Nightshade says, "Living room guy is at S+3"
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Dining room guy pistol) vs TN 19 for "Short range, blind fire, confusion, wounds. Shooting at Dose First shot. (semi auto)":
2 2 2 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Dining room guy pistol) vs TN 19 for "Short range, blind fire, confusion, wounds. Shooting at Dose second shot. (semi auto)":
1 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Living room guy pistol) vs TN 20 for "Short range, blind fire, confusion, wounds. Shooting at Nightshade 1st shot. (semi auto)":
1 2 7 10 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Living room guy pistol) + 4 (combat pool) vs TN 20 for "Short range, blind fire, confusion, wounds. Shooting at Nightshade 2nd shot. (semi auto)":
1 1 3 3 4 5 9 10 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 2 (combat pool) vs TN 20 for "Short range, blind fire, confusion, wounds. Shooting at Nightshade 1st shot CP forgot. (semi auto)":
1 2 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (pistol) + 4 (combat pool) vs TN 16 for "Short range, blind fire, confusion Shooting at Nightshade 1st shot. (semi auto) Upstairs guy":
1 1 2 4 5 5 8 9 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (pistol) + 2 (combat pool) vs TN 16 for "Short range, blind fire, confusion Shooting at Nightshade 2nd shot. (semi auto) Upstairs guy":
1 1 3 4 8 10 = 0 Successes

The militant men unload, shots ringing out quickly but they're shooting at air and none of the bullets find a mark.

[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu says, "Try to work on the dining room guy some more"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Edged Weapons + 2 vs TN 3 for " Katana + 2 CP Reaching lowering my TN":
1 3 3 5 5 5 8 11 = 7 Successes
[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu says, "I'll stick with that and save my last KP"
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 (club) vs TN 12 for "Counter":
1 1 3 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Body) vs TN 3 for "Soaking D":
1 3 4 5 = 3 Successes
«OOC» Nightshade says, "That's D, you put him down."

Dosetsu has been having a hell of a time with this guy at the table. Dosetsu steps into him driving his blade upwards from his hips int the chest of the man. It is not pretty and even with the extra force put into driving the sword, it still looked like the man may have pulled through after this blow, if it were not for the blood he has already lost. The man slumps to the floor, looking like the shock and pain finally brought him down rather than a fatal strike. Dosetsu growls, "Something is aiding them!"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Initiative with a result of 19.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Initiative with a result of 11.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 for "upstairs +6":
9
[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu laughs, "yeah these guys are tough. if you were confusing and making us invisible we'd both be grease stains.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 for "living +2":
3
«Plot» Nightshade says, "Dose, upstairs, night, living"

[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu says, "I'll close with the upstairs guy and start on him"
[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu wants ;D
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Edged Weapons + 4 vs TN 3 for "katana +4 CP. Reach lowering my TN":
2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 8 13 = 6 Successes
[Plot Room 5] Dosetsu says, "I'll save that last KP still"
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 (clubs) vs TN 12 for "Counter":
1 5 11 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (body) + 6 (combat pool) vs TN 3 for "Resist D":
1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 9 = 5 Successes
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Takes a Moderate."

Dosetsu moves on even before the body of the man at the table hits the floor. He blade slings an arch of crimson blood from one man as he cuts into another. Once again the blade does not bite deep into the man, but he is hurt.

«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (pistols) vs TN 18 for "Upstairs shooting at Dose. Blindfire, confusion, wounds.":
2 3 5 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (pistols) vs TN 18 for "Upstairs shooting at Dose. Blindfire, confusion, wounds. 2nd":
4 8 10 11 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (pistols) + 4 (CP) vs TN 20 for "Living room shooting at Nightshade. Blindfire, confusion, wounds. 1st":
2 2 2 3 3 3 8 10 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (pistols) + 2 (CP) vs TN 20 for "Living room shooting at Nightshade. Blindfire, confusion, wounds. 2nd":
1 3 3 3 3 5 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Sorcery + Sorcery Pool: 5 vs TN 4 for "Force 3 Manabolt. Moderate TN 3 + 1 bg. Living room guy.":
1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 9 11 16 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Willpower vs TN 2 for "resisting M drain. (cast at M damage level)":
1 1 1 2 4 10 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Willpower - 3 vs TN 2 for "resisting M drain. (cast at M damage level) 1kp 9th":
3 3 4 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 (target resist) vs TN 3 for "Resisting 5":
1 1 5 = 1 Success

The gangers continue unloading their weapons blindly but cannot find their targets. Nightshade pulls another burst of mana to herself and sends it rocketing towards the man in the living room he drops with a gurgle of blood as the mana rips apart his throat.

[Plot Room 5] Nightshade says, "Your move dose, second phase"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dosetsu (#2529) rolls Edged Weapons + 4 vs TN 3 for "kanata +4 CP. Reach to lower my TN. try to wear him down a bit more":
2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 7 8 = 8 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 (clubs) vs TN 12 for "counter":
3 4 10 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (body) vs TN 4 for "Resist D":
1 1 3 17 = 1 Success
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Splatter."

Dosetsu slashes once more at the man who had been upstairs. His blade once more meeting a unknown resistance , but only until in what seems like pure luck Dosetsu cuts the man's hand from his body and thus the ring. WHen the blade slides past the wrist and the hand flops towards the ground the extra resistance seems to end. When Dosetsu's crimson blade finds the man's body it bites deep leaving a horrible wound of blood and gore behind that falls the man where he stood.

With the three "on guard" members dispatched the other two members are helpless, sleeping and buried under a blanket of confusion the men cannot resist and despite their armor are made short work of. The five rings are collected, one from the hand of each man.

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