Done, thanks!

@FastFoodFight: Aria/Swift
I suppose I should have already posted this since Aria said Swift was going inside.

With your 5 hits on Perception, you notice a lot about the interior of the McHugh's. First as you step through the doors, you see a remote kiosk just inside the doors on your left.

To your right appears to be the Employees only section and you catch a glimpse of a store room and another door within as a worker is coming out with a mop and bucket.

Further on your right is the Food Prep Area and walk-in freezer. Where a single employee seems to be manning auto-grill, fryer vats, Industrial Pick'l slicer, etc.

To your left, you can the the restrooms

Straight ahead you see a single security officer leaning against another ordering kiosk. He lazily glances up but doesn't pay you all that much attention. He's wearing an obviously armored jacket with a heavy pistol at his side, Colt Government 2066.

And beyound that, you can see the rest of the the building is taken up with 14 very open tables (no booths).

There are a number of people scattered around, a stressed business man, a student with a bunch of AR text book windows and multiple cups of McHugh's famous Soykaf in front of him, a father and daughter sharing a multiscoop Soysundae, and in the far left corner you spot a man that matches Vic Fratelli's description. Seems he styles himself as some sort of 20th century gangster with his pin-striped suit and fedora. The look is rather spoiled by the massive stain of Beast sauce from the triple soyburger he's chomping down on, "The Beast DeluxeTM".

Tell me if you are scrutinizing anybody in particular further.

Wootz is going to send a text to his team asking for a discrete sitrep: minimum number of unarmed civilians, same of armed neutrals, and same of "hostiles" or targets. He's also going to request eyes on the scene in the form of a video feed from his allies' micro-drone sensors, if possible. (I remembered we have those! Earlier I only checked for Eye Recording Units and the like!)

On that same note, Wootz is going to examine the bottom of the back door to see if his Kanmushi "bug" micro-drone can slip underneath. If so, he'll fire it up in Silent Running mode, slave it to his Transys Avalon, set it down at the base of the back door, and have it try to Pilot itself into the building, feeding him video from its sensors. He'll have it stop just inside the door next to a wall, close enough that it can exit quickly if need be. He mostly just wants a view of the inside of the door, to be able to see anyone coming.

Whether the Kanmushi can slip under or not, I'm going to go ahead and declare now that Wootz will be delaying his actions with the plan of Ambushing Vic if he should attempt to flee out the back door. This may change as the situation develops, though.

~Umi

Ok, Not enough room to slip a drone under the door. If nothing else, theres too much filth in debris that has found it's way into any crevices that ever existed. The door looks like it should still be functional, but it hasn't been used or cleaned this decade.

@FastFoodFight: horvagab and Sunshine
You two still around? was noticing it's been a while since you spoke up in the game.

Then it'll either need to be hacked or destroyed for me to get through. Oh well, we'll come to that later.

~Umi

I'm here. Sorry for being passive, had a mixed week last week. Will catch up and take part.

Yep, post in my lunch breaks and leave home time for the family (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

And it's been a long weekend for me, will catch up ASAP!

Yep, this group is definitely full of Slacker's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)

~Umi

/is actually glued to the computer on and off at work

When playing in new games I just usually have a bout of apathy post-character creation for some reason <_<

Working on it though! I'm slaying it with my sword of interest+2!

Dog is killing me... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif)

(translation available... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) )

Bye
Thanee

Hey now. There absolutely nothing wrong with being a Slacker, but I'm still the only official one! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)
Now let me get back to playing more user created content on Shadowrun Returns while I'm at work...

@Game Face

Ok, sorry for my brief absence: if I’ve missed any questions in the wall of OoC posts then please give me a nudge!

Summary of the penthouse suite (on the 11th and 12th floor of the hotel):

Top floor > lobby to the lifts and stair core (now with a couch across the doors) > warded internal glass lobby inside the suite (Mr Smith & Dog here) > mezzanine overlooking floor below > 3 rooms w/ ensuite > small ‘snug’ > sweeping staircase down (Preston here)

Bottom floor > staircase > main open space with open plan area, comfortable sofas, wet bar & kitchenette (Violet – astral, Natasha, Hatter Silk > opening glass wall to infinity pool / balcony (Tide & Orion here) > library > master bedroom w/ensuite > panic room w/ small armoury > concealed entrance to stair core > service lift (leading to the kitchens)

Note: There is a mirrored suite looking towards Downtown off the top lobby. The bottom floor entrance to the stair core can only be seen from inside the suite. The panic room accesses this for emergency escape. All lifts in a ‘fire’ situation will descend to the ground floor and lock there…

I considered not including the spoiler with the non-headache-inducing text, but figured that would get ME killed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


this worries me - perhaps we should detail someone to make sure this doesn't give us any nasty surprises?

@Gameface

What exactly does Silk have in the armory?

Ah, no, you misunderstand me slightly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

"Slacker's", not merely "Slackers". Meaning that the group is yours, that the members of the group "belong" to Slacker, and hence creating a pun with the plural term "slackers". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

You will, I hope, forgive my punning. Sometimes I can't resist!

You will also, I hope, forgive me if you got the pun and all of this rambling was pointless! I can never quite be sure, sometimes, how well understood I am, because of the number of forum members from other parts of the world with English as a secondary language. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

~Umi

Haha. I totally got the pun and was just giving you a hard time about it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

@FastFoodFight
Is anybody doing anything else? Currently we have one guy out back watch the emergency exit. Another guy out front for backup should the need arise. And between 1 and 3 guys walking into the McHugh's. Aria's the only one that has explicity stepped inside with her character Swift. Anybody else joining her?

What is Swift doing now that she's inside and can see the basic layout?

Cursing him for sitting in a corner lol. IC tomorrow I hope!

That's cool. I'm more looking for something from the folks that haven't posted in a while.

It's kind of frustrating to hear the missing players chime in to the thread to say they'll be joining in "soon", when they could have taken five minutes and just posted something. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

~Umi

Well a lot of people, myself included, like to be able to take more time with coming up with a post, especially if they are planning to post something IC.

IC? Sure, yeah, totally understand. But at least give us an OOC idea of what basic actions you'd like to take, so we don't lose steam.

That said, I'll stop being a whiner. No one likes those. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

~Umi

To be honest, I didn't want to post anything IC-ly until I catch up, which I still haven't done... but the criticism is certainly valid.

Slacker's summary helps though: Gentry is joining Swift in looking around inside.

@FastFoodFight

You can roll Perception then to see if you see anything more than Swift did.

For quick reference, below is what Swift spotted with his 5 hits: