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[Nigel]

"We don't want money from you. We want information. Tell me what you know about Dark Angel. Everything. Oh, and if you even think of lying, you'll be lying dead in several ghouls' stomachs. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and you're lying there at our mercy. If you please us, though, we'll be much more considerate."

[ Spoiler ]

Intimidation + Kinesics + CHA 13d6.hits(5)=4 Should I add any for having a large gun in my hand, assuming Hex handed me his gun?

[imperialus]

15:30 2nd January --Yellow Brick Road, Redmond Seattle--

At your threat Hack seems to puff up a little.

"Is dat what dis is about? Dat fuckin' dandylion eater? God damn, I shouda ask't fer more green. Look, I donno much but you le me go an I'll tell you wat I do knows."

You nod slightly and Mack stops waving the knife around

"Hokay... Where ta start... Dat stiff wasn't da Elf you want, he some corper who fell throug da cracks in da crash. Bout a mont' ago Slash gets a call from some chummer o' his. Slash knows em better dan me but I thinks he's a bagman fer da Yaks... Anyhow he says dat he gives us five g's for one corpse. Special order like. Says it needed ta be a treehugger wit some real specific crap. Needed to be 25 ta 30 years old, no SIN, datajack, simsense module, an cybereyes. It was a pain in da ass but five large buys a lota booze. Anyhow told us when we got da stiff to call some guy... Crull... I thinks, I gots his number in my com... den we takes it to Heaven, douse it en gas and light er up, den we gets paid. Now dat's everyting I know jus don' kill me K? I ain' gonna cause problems. I think I gonna leave town. Go up ta da Cascades or somethen."

[Dusty Ghost]

Sweeps sleepy ears, just about hear the babbling Hack through the speakers in the observation room.

<<general message to team com-net>>
<<Loki, ask him for the access details on his com, DON'T let him access it! If he won't give it to us, or he's the only one that can access it, then maybe Sybercat can hack it...... fuck it..... hack it anyway Syberbabe.... you know what your doing.>>

With that Sweeps closes his eyes and dreams of people dragging his body out of the observation room to burn it in heaven, while Gator Pete and his spirit watch on.

[imperialus]

15:30 2nd January --Yellow Brick Road, Redmond Seattle--

<<Oh, I'm in his com already. I found this Crull guy... Of course he was using a dump comlink and it isn't active anymore. I think I can trace it but it's gonna be a pain in the ass. I'll need to dive deep so it might take a while.>>

[Dusty Ghost]

Sweeps waves a hand in a take all the time you need gensture and falls back to sleep in the chair.

[JoelHalpern]

15:32 2nd January --Yellow Brick Road, Redmond Seattle--
<<So,
We should probably ask him if they were told what name to give the cops.
And whether he met Crull. I doubt he did, but if so, maybe we can get a bit of a description.
I suppose then we blindfold him and let him go somewhere else.

I wonder if Loki or Padre can talk any information out of the ME. He has to be in this. At a guess, all he will tell us is that he was paid to ID the body "properly".

I don't fancy tangling with the Yaks. Any chance Crull is freelancing?

It sure looks like we are going to have to pay a repeat visit to that studio.>>

[Dusty Ghost]

Sweeps opens one eye and raises his head

<<Crap!! Of course! Crull is Dark Angel's real name!

Bloody Jazz comedown is messing with my logic!

But why does the owner of Xanadu have rights to all the music? Why fake his own death?

Ok

1) We still need to go to Xanadu again as a priority, and find out what's behind that locked door and plant the signal unit for Sybercat, or more to the point, I do. I'll need you guys to back me up in case the shit hits the fan.

2) We still need more info on Crull too. Anyone's contacts been asked to get info on one Jim Crull? Or did we all just ask about Dark Angel?

3) Syberbabe, can you get any info on Crull?

4) Also, maybe we need a profile on the ME before we go storming up there demanding answers. Maybe wait until after the crack at Xanadu.

5) Why do people have to act so weird! eh?

6) The policeman said his daughter might have seen Crull buying NERPS at a stuffer shack up in Bellevue. Not a great lead, but something to bear in mind later.

and lastly

7) Do we tell Ice Lady that her man may still be alive? Or should we wait?
>>

[imperialus]

15:45 2nd January --Yellow Brick Road, Redmond Seattle--

Sweeps opens one eye and raises his head

<<3) Syberbabe, can you get any info on Crull?>>

<<I'm working on it. I think I've managed to trace it to a SIN with MCT but the node is crawling with ICE. Why don't you guys do what you gotta do with Hack and come back in a couple hours.>>

[Dusty Ghost]

<<yeah didn't think it'd be that easy.

Ok guys, lets scare him one last time and then drop him off with a warning or two.

Loki, run at him looking wild and tell him you know he's lying, even if we think he's telling the truth he may still have something else to tell us.

Then we'll drop him off>>

[Dusty Ghost]

<<which leads me to point number 8 on my list:

8.) hack said "Slash knows em better dan me" about the Yak.

Maybe we should ask Hack where we can find Slash BEFORE we let Hack go?

See if Slash can tell us anything about the Yak? >>

[JoelHalpern]

I would not tell Icelady that we think Dark Angel is still alive. It does not actually answer what we were hired to do. And, until we know more about what is going on, we do not know if she is involved in some way.

[Dusty Ghost]

<<Fair enough, we don't tell her yet.

So lets decide on one last thing.

Xanadu is going to happen tonight, that's a dead cert.

Between now and then, do we want to hunt down Slash to try and find out more about this Yak?

If so then we need to keep Hack here for now, if not then we let him go on a quiet road somewhere, though I still say we scare him one last time, to see what else he knows.>>


<<
One other thing to consider, we'll call it point 9:

9) Julie at Club Chiaroscuro (OOC - see post 38, page 2) made me wonder who is running that place. Could it be the Yaks? Keep that in mind, it could be significant. Maybe later on we'll drop Julie a visit to see if she can confirm who owns the place. But that's waaaaay down the road.

>>

[Seraph Kast]

As the troll makes his confession and the rest of the group reacts Hex finishes up replying to Dan's earlier message.

<<To: Steely_Dan>>
<<Hey no problem with the doc, omae. Hate to see kids hurt. Appreciate the offer on the help, may take you up on that at some point. Our looking around hasn't caught much attention yet, but the situation's not as clear cut as we thought at first. Hopefully there won't be much trouble. If Patches is still around tell him I'll drop by his place later.>>

Done with that he ponders for a moment, glancing at Loki and then the floor, brow creased in thought.

<<Well, telling Icelady should definitely wait. We can't be sure this isn't a bunch of drek. Though he certainly seems to be telling the truth. If Dark Angel really did put out a hit for himself, he's gotta be hiding for a reason. Or is being hidden by someone else for some reason. Maybe he decided he wanted to make the big dollars, but didn't want to appear to be a sellout or something? Owed some debts to someone? Point is, Sweeps might be able to find some data tonight when he hits the Xanadu building, we should wait 'til then.>>

Hex glances at the troll bound to the chair.

<<As for him...I doubt he'll talk to anyone. Even if he does there's not much for anyone else to go on anyway. They'd probably think we're looking for info on the murder and got it.>>

<<I've got a buddy in the Star, works as a detective around there. Might be able to trade what we just found out for anything they might have known about Angel before he died. If you guys think it's worth the effort or risk.>>

[JoelHalpern]

Yeah, I think we focus on the break in tonight. Release this guy, do what we can to fix up Loki, and cover Sweeps as he tries to get us some useful info.

As for the cops, any chance you can find out where they got the dental records? It can't really be from Jim Crall's SIN.
I'd rather not offer them the details we have picked up just yet. Maybe tell him things are a bit hinky, and we will try to clue him in early if we get a chance.

Also, I could use an hours rest myself. And a good dinner.


Separately

Hey Sybercat, once this whole mess is over, you think you could introduce me to the guy what runs this place. If Hack and Slash can make that good speed on their bikes, maybe I should get one for myself? The racing bikes specs always look like the bike would fold up if I sat down on it.

[Dusty Ghost]

<< Ok, let's see if we can pressure him for Slashes location and we'll see if Slash wants to exchange Hack for info on the Yak.

Then we'll rest up for tonight at Xanadu.>>

[Nigel]

"Bullshit. I know you aren't telling us everything you know. You have information." Loki says to Hack. He pulls out his Ceramic Knife and draws a line on Hack's throat, not quite drawing blood. "Tell us everything you know about this Crull, and how to contact your brother. Don't be wrong."

[ Spoiler ]

13d6.hits(5)=6 for Intimidate.

[imperialus]

"Jesus fucking shit! I don' know nothen else! I said I tell ya what I know an I did. You said you wasn' gonna frag me."

[Dusty Ghost]

Sweeps stands up and wonders to the door to the interrogation room.

"Ok Hack, tell us where Slash is, how to contact him and we'll call it quits. If Slash tells us what we want, you're outa here. If not, he can pick you up from the morgue."

[JoelHalpern]

I figure, as long as Hack here can get Slash to talk to us, he gets to walk. I am not for killing one guy just because his so-called pal won't talk.

Hack, just tell us how to get a hold of Slash so we can get you on your way to somewhere more pleasant.

<<I don't think threatening him more will help, and either Slash will tell us or he won't.>>

[imperialus]

15:50 2nd January --Yellow Brick Road, Redmond Seattle--

"Slash's numbar is 432-1272-98343. Lemme talk to him k... you guys can listen in."

Sybercat sets up a secure line for Hack to make the call from. Your impression from the matrix iconography suggests that she's bouncing it off an Azzy communications satellite, through the pirate bay datahaven, and finally back through some corper's personal com. You find yourself chukling slightly at the odd additions to her avatar. Her cat has a feathered headdress, a peg leg, and a suit and tie before she runs her reality filter and returns to normal.

After a couple rings a gruff sounding voice picks up. It's thick with emotion, you're not sure but you think he might have been crying.
<<'Ello?>>

<<Slash? Is me, Hack.>>

<<Hack! You ain' dead? I thought fer sure dey kill ya!>>

<<No, I'r tougher ta kill dan dat. Look though, dese guys dat got me. Deys nasty peices o' work. Dey wanna know about dat fragger we planted at Heaven. Can ya tell em anyting about da guyz dat hired us? Dey say dey'l lemme go if ya do.>>

<<I can tell em what I knows... Ain't much dough. Do dey wanna meet somewheres?>>

[Nigel]

"Don't worry, Hack. That was a test. Tell us where Slash is and you can go."

Loki makes a note of Slash's number in his commlink.

<<I agree. That was just in case he wasn't telling us everything - I was pretty sure he was. On the other hand, we got ahold of Slash, who might know more.>>

[Dusty Ghost]

<<Hey, scaring him got Slashes address didn't it? Though your right though, we got all we can for now.

Lets go meet Slash, I'd recommend that we DON'T let Hack go till we got what we need from Slash.

Trying to be his friend is not a good idea right now. I'm sure we have much sympathy for this stupid fool here, but even dumb asses like this one can be slippery buggers at times.

We turn our back he'll do what he can to get one over on us.>>

[JoelHalpern]

<<Loki, Hex, can you guys come up with a place for us to meet Slash, and get back to him. I would like to get this part over and done with, before something goes wrong.>>

[Nigel]

<<I really have no places like that - I might be able to arrange something given time, but I don't really have anything on my own. I agree that we should get this done as fast as possible, though. Hex, do you have any ideas, or should I start calling around?>>

[imperialus]

Sybercat pipes up.

<<If you want to go low key, try a McHuge's. Security's tighter than a verg... well lets just say security's tight.>>