Moo-Juice Marathon, Dairy Dash Options

[Green Eyed Monst...]

Recruitment Thread
Moo-Juice Marathon IC Thread

Welcome to the OoC thread.

If people want to give me their starting nuyen dice and multipliers, I can get starting nuyen out of the way.

Judith Simons: FanGirl
05 03 02 02
(12+1)*500=6500¥

Slyph: Mekalus
04 02 01
(7+2)*50=450¥

Hayter: Samaels Ghost
05 03
(8+2)*20=200¥

Jumpin Jill: LilithTaveril
04 04 01 01
10*100=1000¥

Ghost: ARKARY
04 04 01
9*50=450¥

Garret Lightblade: silentmaster101
05 04 04 02
(15+10)*100=2500¥

I'll let everyone describe their character at Matchsticks. I had Ghost arrive early and at least one other person is there before him. Everybody could be there already, or just a single person.

Matchsticks is a known shadowrunner bar in downtown Seattle, so high security rating for the neighborhood. It is modeled after a smoky jazz bar from the 1930s-40s. Most runners know about checking their weapons. There are old runners and bold runners, but few old, bold runners and the last ones to start something got their hoop handed to them by the rest of the customers. As starting PCs, I am assuming you are not old runners, but I am not limiting your boldness. This early in the day, the bar seems empty, there is no live band anywhere to be seen, but it is Happy Hour!

Please remember to disable signatures when posting to the IC thread.

[Samaels Ghost]

Hayter is a squatter. Lives in his van. Hacks parking garage computers so he doesn't have to pay to park for the night.

[Mekalus]

I had Slyph arrive early. He is wearing his long coat and carrying only his weapon focus knife. He pays the doorman 50 :nuyen: to get in without relenquishing it. so that puts him at 400 :nuyen:

[ARKARY]

I have Low lifestyle, so 3d6x50 :nuyen: . I'm not carrying any of my pointy implements with me, if something happens I can magic my way out.

[LilithTaveril]

Middle lifestyle. 4d6 x 100 :nuyen:

[Green Eyed Monst...]

ARKARY, I hope you do not mind me appropriating your character to get things rolling. I wanted to use your fixer as a link to the Johnson. The rest was just trying to convey some mood/atmosphere.

Everyone, if you leave something open for interpretation, I feel it is ok for me to flesh it out and help the story. Thus, if there are things you have visualized about your character/contacts/etc., please note them and get them to me before I inadvertantly demolish your suspension of disbelief.

I'll give the stragglers the rest of the day for an introductory post, those that are present, feel free to mingle and get to know each other. Please wait to start interacting with the Johnson or even entering the back room until I give the cue.

The meet will be in a private back room. The room is warded and has a white noise generator. There are no detectable eavesdropping equipment like mikes or cameras. The Johnson is a 50ish human, wearing a suit with no visible clues to his affiliation. He will present the job as a B&E job of a private residence. The residence is in a C security neighborhood, but he suspects the occupant will have his own security/defenses in place. The target is light enough and small enough for a person to carry unobtrusively. He will offer 5K each with 1K up front.

I am giving this information out here to help speed things along. If your character would be checking for wards or camaras or notice the white noise, you can work it into your IC post. You might start posting questions here and we can answer them in the IC. It will help speed things up by getting the usual questions out of the way quickly without having to post them and wait a day for a response before posting your next question. I would like to have the meet take no more than a day to wrap up. So anticipate questions, and pre-ask them.

The Johnson thinks the price is commensurate for the job. He will tell you he does not care if you loot, kill everyone on the premises, or burn the entire neighborhood down. In other words, he does not care about collateral damage. He thinks the job should be able to be pulled in 2 or 3 days, but will give up to a week before he decides you've taken the money and run. He will leave a contact number to leave updates if you desire and for you to set up the meet to deliver the object. The meet is when and where you decide, with The Johnson retaining veto privileges.

I hope this is enough to get ideas going and keep things moving steadily along.

[ARKARY]

No problem. If it helps get things moving and to where all the action is, then I'm cool. :D

As for questions for the Johnson, there's the obvious:
"Does the Johnson have any specifics about what security measures are in place?"

"Is there a specific place in the residence where the package is expected to be?"

"Does the Johnson have any details on the building or any information that could help us plan?"

"Is the thing we're after dangerous?"

If anyone else has other questions, they can pitch in.

[Samaels Ghost]

"Are other runners involved in defense of the target?"

"Who is it that has possession of the target?"

"Security measures and location details (maps, specifics)"

"How important is the target to those we're....borrowing....it from?"

[Green Eyed Monst...]

You might decide who is going to ask as some of these the Johnson may be reluctant to divulge. Some will be clearer when the run is accepted andhe can divulge further details. You may want to decide which questions are absolutely needed before accepting the run.

[LilithTaveril]

"Who is the owner of the target connected to?"
"Who are you connected to?"
"If things go horribly wrong, have we just lost our money, or can we make backup arrangements?"
"Do you care if the target is a little scorched or has a few bullet holes? Lone Star can be a little trigger happy."

I vote it be the person who knows how to negotiate.

[Samaels Ghost]

Who you? I second that.

[LilithTaveril]

Samaels, if you don't like the liberty I took, let me know. I just thought I'd make up a nickname for a connection. Feel free to return the favor ;)

[FanGirl]

Made a skill test!

[ Spoiler ]

As I entered the front room of the bar, I used a Simple Action to make a Perception test. I have 6 dice for the test (Intuition 4 + Perception 2), feel free to add any appropriate modifiers.

[Samaels Ghost]

[Samaels Ghost]

SIGNATURES EVERYONE!

[FanGirl]

sorry. fixed it.

[LilithTaveril]

[Samaels Ghost]

I made a quick reference page for characters and their backstories. I got tired of searching through the recruitment page :D

http://www.geocities.com/samaelsghost/

Edit: eep! some of the backstory text doesn't wrap so it's pretty hard to read. If you really want to read it you can save the file and read it in notepad or something. sorry!

[Green Eyed Monst...]

[FanGirl]

I just want to say that all are free to come up with a nickname for Judith. I know that her given name sounds much too formal, but I'm afraid to pick out a nickname myself: all I can think of are really lame and obvious ones, like "Silver." :please:

EDIT: Thanks for the page, Samael.

[Samaels Ghost]

Oops

It doesn't look like Mekalus and silentmaster are even on right now...

[LilithTaveril]

Nice page... It even makes my ultra-long history look shorter than it is.

[Samaels Ghost]

[Samaels Ghost]

Changed my IC reply because it looks like ARKARY isn't here. Let's keep things going as far as a little character development goes.

[Samaels Ghost]

When, exactly, is everyone available to sit down and play? I'm free all this week except for Tuesday and Thursday night. And I sleep late so nothing too early.