Tokyo in the Shadows, The story of Kambei |
Tokyo in the Shadows, The story of Kambei |
May 25 2008, 05:37 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0005
Dr. Nakano doesn't know that much about the security there - he was led by a yakuza when he visited. He thinks there are half a dozen to a dozen yakuza there in the parlor, and he has no idea about electronic or magical security. He tries to make up for his lack of knowledge with other information - even if it sounds a bit improbable. "Dr. Wu is a doctor at the Henshin Clinic. Chinese. He closely works with the yakuza. I just occasinally work for them, when they pressure me, but Wu is in with them!" Then the doctor gets very nervous again, cringing even. "Without hacking through the skinlink, there's only surgical removal of the headware to get rid of it." |
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May 25 2008, 05:59 PM
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Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0005
Kouki smiles unseen behind his mask. "I hope you didn't pre-pay for your hooker tonight. You are going to help me get Ahiko out of that parlor," Kambei nearly spits that last word out, "and may your ancestors take pity on you if she is hurt at all." He contacts Rattler through his commlink - which is thankfully high enough rating to work through his jammer, "hey, buddy, you there? Need another favor in my long series of favors lately." |
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May 25 2008, 06:51 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0010
The doctor, frightened, nods. He tries to state again that it is no his fault, and he had not choice, but Rattler's call comes back - the hacker is answering cheerfully. "Always for my paying buddy! What do you need now?" |
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May 25 2008, 06:58 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 664 Joined: 18-March 08 Member No.: 15,791 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0010
Kambei replies out loud to make sure the doctor also hears him, "I've got my good friend, Dr. Nakano, here with me. He's going to bring down the firewall on his internal commlink and flip it into hotsim for you. I just need you to ride with him while he does me a favor to make sure he doesn't fuck with me. He turns to the doctor and looks him in the eye, "My friend here is one of the best. You do anything other than what you are told and you are going to be a drooling idiot for the rest of your life." Kambei sends a message to Rattler silently, "I don't really need you to fry him, just want him to fully cooperate." |
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May 25 2008, 07:48 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0015
The doctor tries to argue. He is shaking with fright now, caught between a rock and a hard palce, as the saying goes. "But... they know me there, they'll kill me!" Rattler seems unimpressed by the antics, his icon not showing any expression other than the usual amusement. |
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May 25 2008, 08:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 664 Joined: 18-March 08 Member No.: 15,791 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0015
"I assume you accepted the risks that come with the lifestyle when you decided to prep girls for a life of rape and slavery so you could afford the extra luxuries in life. Sometimes your victims have the resources to fight back." He pauses to let it sink in, there was no right way to say this, "if you play your cards right, you can still make it out of this alive." Kambei doesn't take pleasure in doing this, but this is the reality of his new life, "I want you to call the parlor and tell them that you installed commlinks pre-loaded with a timed hardware killswitch in the last two patients you operated on and that you need them back at your clinic ASAP to get them out or else they risk them going dead real soon. "If they ask you to come to the parlor, use your smart doctor's brain and big technical words to convince them otherwise." |
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May 25 2008, 08:18 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0020
The doctor is now shaking. "But... even if they believe me... especially if they believe me... they'll kill me! Please... and where would I have gotten such a implant?" While the repercussions for such a mistake would not be pleasant, the yakuza wouldn't usually kill a valuable asset such as the doctor, unless it was to make a point. Still, while the doctor's fear makes his act convincing, it may also make him mess up during the call. |
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May 25 2008, 09:46 PM
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Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0020
"First of all, I know more about your situation than you may think. If you apologize and grovel enough they won't kill an asset like you. They won't even take a finger, because you aren't one of them," he says, "worst they'll do is put you a little in debt to them but your life shouldn't change much." He presses just a bit on his pistol just to remind him that its still there, "I would be a lot more worried about me. You don't have any value to me outside of what I'm asking you. And if you don't deliver, you ain't worth shit to me. "If they ask you how you got the commlinks, just explain that you are deeply sorry, but to cut costs you sometimes you get used gear, and your tech just told you he noticed two he had set aside because of that defect got used when he was placing a new order." Kambei pauses again, looking at the shaking doctor, "now I know you've gotta have some moodchips in that commlink. Why don't you bring up a blue chip - one of those that bring you down - so you can talk to the Yakuza without giving yourself away. And remember, my friend's in your head right now, so don't try to slip any secret messages through." |
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May 25 2008, 11:30 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0025
Doctor Nakano finally gives in, and agrees - under duress. After he calmed down some thanks to some artificial help from his chip, he even sounds like a professional again, and not some nervous wreck. Although a professional that's in dire straits - but which is how he should sound. "So... I call them from here, or back at the clinic?" |
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May 26 2008, 03:00 AM
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Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0025
Kambei tells him, "call them right now and set the car to get us back to the clinic at maximum speed limit while you are doing it. Tell them you are calling on your way over to the clinic because you need to do this operation now before you risk the girls dying along with the Yakuza's investment in them." If they buy it - and I hope asking for the last two girls he operated on instead of just Ahiko belays any suspicion - I'll setup an ambush for them from the rooftop between their car and the clinic. That should be the best spot. "Hey, Rattler, can you make me a quick admin account to this car and give me a kill switch for any built in tracking? I'm sure the doctor won't mind giving you access." |
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May 26 2008, 11:54 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0040
With the gridlink system under control, and no visible tracking bein done, the car moves toward the Henshin Clinic. Thanks to Rattler, Kambei gets a feed of the conversation between Dr. Nakano and his yakuza contact. Nakano looks convincing, but has a hard time persuading the yakuza to bring the two girls back to the clinic. After several minutes of shouting, cursing and threats, the yakuza finally agrees, but makes it clear that such a mistake will have consequences. Nakano needs another mood chip dose to pull himself together enough to be able to attempt an operation after the call, and even so he looks pale and shivering still when they arrive at the clinic. When they pull up in the parking lot, the doctor stops mumbling about how he was going to die, and starts to get out and walk over to the clinic, telling Kambei that he should be able to get him inside discretely. |
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May 26 2008, 01:26 PM
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Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0040
Before they hed into the clinic, Kambei asks Rattler, "will you be able to clean out her commlink fast if I get her on skinlink or should I just keep it safe but longer and have him physically take it out? I'd prefer to avoid surgery if I can." After that he pulls in to the parking lot but holds from going inside for Rattler's input. I'd prefer to avoid the security system in the basement if I can avoid it. No reason to complicate things unless I have to. |
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May 26 2008, 01:50 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0040
Rattler answers, sounding confident. "Of course I can clean out a commlink, who do you think I am? But you'll have to hook up a commlink to it, and keep it there until I am done - can't rush such stuff or you won't get a girl back to her parents but a vegetable that looks like her." |
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May 26 2008, 03:16 PM
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Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0040
"Okay, good. I'll strap my spare commlink to her arm so you can do your work uninterrupted." Kambei instructs the doctor to sit in the car while he decides on the best tactical position to take for an ambush of the Yakuza. His intention is to have the doctor greet them from the open back door of the clinic and to take out whatever Yakuza come before they can get into the clinic. He hides a wireless triggered flashpack near the back door as he decides on the perfect spot to wait. [ Spoiler ]
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May 26 2008, 04:35 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0045
[ Spoiler ] Kambei chooses a spot near the doctor's car, close to the front where the still-hot engine will also provide some cover, not just concealment, in case there will be a shootout. He's got a good line of sight - and fire - to the back entrance, where Nakano is waiting. The doctor isn't happy at all, but he won't be able to enter the possibly shielded basement. After 5 minutes - they must have felt like an eternity for Nakano - Kambei's cybernetically enhanced ears pick up the noise of a car, probably a van, coming closer, and shortly afterwards a dark van stops in front of the back entrance, and two men in suits step out of the back, flanking the entrance. [ Spoiler ] Kambei spots two more people in the car, one of the the driver. He doesn't detect any weapons, but yakuza rarely are unarmed. One of the two that stepped out starts talking with the doctor, while the other reaches inside the van's side door, and grabs a girl by her arm, almost pulling her outside. The girl's face is hidden by a baseball cap and large sunglasses, but Kambei has no trouble recognising Ahiko. [ Spoiler ] |
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May 26 2008, 05:30 PM
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Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0045
Father, watch over me. Kambei waits for the Yakuza soldier to bring Ahiko far enough out of the van, that the van couldn't just drive away with her, but before she provides any type of cover for the soldier. He confirms through a glance at his AR ammo count that he has the right ammo - gel rounds - loaded. There was no room for a mistake here. Four v. one, and I was hoping for just two. Just when the timing is right he flips his vision to thermographic, levels his HK-227X with sound suppression on the soldier holding Ahiko by the arm, activates the flash-pack, and fires a careful narrow burst into the soldier's main body mass followed up by a second precise burst. [ Spoiler ]
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May 26 2008, 06:19 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0045
[ Spoiler ] Kambei executes his ambush perfectly, surprising the four yakuza goons. His first salvo rips into the yakuza, the goon's armor not saving him from the impact of the bullets, and the yakuza goes down, bruised and bleeding. The second yakuza, the one at the door, takes the next burst, also surprised, and gets hit back to the wall. Dazed, and shaken, he nevertheless keeps on his feet, but is obviously hurt. The gaping doctor remains frozen, but the two other yakuza spring into action. The first draws a weapon and steps out, levelling the gun at the direction where the burst came from. [ Spoiler ] Not spotting Kambei, he blinks, and shouts to the fourth - the driver - to gun the engine. The driver does so, but does not move the car yet. The dazed one stumbles toward hte car's door. Ahiko is stumbling around as well - not hurt, but moving as if drugged. [ Spoiler ]
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May 26 2008, 06:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 664 Joined: 18-March 08 Member No.: 15,791 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0045
Shit, he's going to try to shove her in the van and go... Kambei fires another round at the dazed Yakuza - hoping it'll bring him down - and fires a narrow burst at the Yakuza that stepped out of the passenger door of the car. [ Spoiler ] Hoping the sudden gun fire and the flash-pack are sufficient distraction, Kambei ducks low and moves for Ahiko before she has a chance to get hurt, using whatever cover he can find along the way. |
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May 26 2008, 07:48 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0045
[ Spoiler ] The dazed yakuza takes the shot on his forehead, and is thrown back, knocked out - and seriously hurt. The other Yakuza, half-covered by the van, is hit as well, and staggers inside the van. Kambei moves forward, and reaches Ahiko, who is reacting to the flash-pack and covering her eyes, screaming. [ Spoiler ] |
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May 26 2008, 08:05 PM
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Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0045
Kambei grabs Ahiko by the upper arm and pulls her to himself as he holds the SMG with his free hand, steadying it by the sling around his shoulder. As he does this he sends a command to the Nissan to ready the engine and open the driver and passenger doors. [ Spoiler ]
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May 26 2008, 10:15 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0045
[ Spoiler ] Kambei grabs Ahiko just as the Nissan starts the engine and the doors begin to open. The wounded Yakuza is using the doorframe of the van to steady himself. The driver inside looks back, spotting Kambei through the open door. Inside the van, a confused girl is sitting on a seat near the door. Doctor Nakano starts to run into the Henshin Clinic. |
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May 26 2008, 10:34 PM
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Kambei continues to back up to the Nissan with Ahiko held firmly - to make sure she doesn't fall or try to get away - behind him and sprays a wide burst at the driver of the van to convince him his place is in the van.
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May 26 2008, 10:46 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0045
[ Spoiler ] The yakuza driver gets hit, and ducks down, still in his seat. The wounded yakuza starts to go after Kambei - or after Ahiko, which is more likely - but takes the second burst to the gut, and goes down, having the breath knocked out of him and probably a number of ribs broken before he loses consciousness. |
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May 26 2008, 11:03 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 664 Joined: 18-March 08 Member No.: 15,791 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0045
Having taken care of the Yakuza he releases the SMG and pulls his pistol firing a silenced shot at each of the back tires. Kambei then picks up Ahiko and puts her in the car, closing the door behind her, then getting into the driver's seat. He givea the auto pilot instructions to drive and grabs his second commlink, puts it in the palm of her and and tightens a plastic restraint around them and says, "hold onto this." He speaks into his commlik as he takes over from the auto pilot and takes the car off the grid, "Rattler, do your thing." |
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May 26 2008, 11:36 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
Neo-Tokyo - 04/23/2008 – 0045
Ahiko obeys the command without resistance - most likely the p-fix at work. The Nissan starts to roll just as Rattler starts to hack into her headware. The last yakuza taht's still conscious, the driver, doesn't show his head until the nissan has left. Minutes go by while Kambei drives through Neo-Tokyo's streets and Rattler works on Ahiko. The girl does not show any reaction during this, staring ahead with a vacant smile on her face. Suddenly she blinks, opens the mouth as if to say something, then her eyes roll back in her head and she slumps down, unconscious, held up by the seatbelt. Rattler sounds tired as he reports in. "All done, Kambei-kun. Her p-fix is shut down, and her commlink clear. I also hacked the data filter, here's the content. She'll not remember any of that, of course." A stream of data follows. Rattler continues. "Strangely though, the recordings, while full of carnal stuff, don't look like a typical bunraku parlor day. No sign of any artifical celebrity personality, no costumes. Just her and a number of men and women - among them gaijin and changed ones even. It was interrupted in mid-scene, from what I can tell, when Nakano called them." That sounds really strange. Gaijin? Changed ones? |
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