Greenhorns in Seattle, The In Character Thread Options

[Nigel]

2207 January 1st 2070 -- Club Chiaroscuro, Extra Booth

"I see. So you're thinking that, before we go on a run together, we should actually meet each other. Sounds good to me...I must get back to Icelady, though, so I can get more information. I'll see you in a few minutes, then, assuming she doesn't keep us much longer than that. If so, I'll let you know. Loki goes back to Icelady's booth and sits down, excusing his absence.

[imperialus]

2207 January 1st 2070 -- Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

Loki: Icelady shrugs. "Well your best bet is probably to check with some of his rocker friends, a pack of small time go-gangers from Tacoma that called themselves "The Fallen Heroes". But they were really more of a band. The bunch of them had this empty lot, they called it the Partyzone where they went to jam. All the local street types would turn out to listen... The band itself had four other's in it. The backup guitarist and drummer are a pair of brothers, Bryan and Drew. Drew's decent enough, but Bryan's a nasty piece of work. Nolan deals with the syth work. Last but not least their bassist was some chick called Persian."

Hex: "No, he didn't... Not that I knew of at least. Sure we did drugs, everyone does but never anything serious. Angel used to like smoking deepweed whenever he hung out with me here, helped him fit in... Bryan's hooked on Cram, but other than that the band was pretty clean. I heard the crew running Heaven is called the Golden Gators. They seem like a pretty garden variety batch of drug pushers. Nothing special, I've never dealt with them before."

[Nigel]

2208 January 1st 2070 -- Club Chiaroscuro, Icelady's Booth

Thank you for the information. I'll see what I can do with it.

[Seraph Kast]

22:08 1^st January 2070 --Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

"Well, that's someplace to start. If they deal, they must know the locals, someone had to sell him the stuff." Hex pauses for a minute, thinking. "Well, I think we're all getting ahead of ourselves. I think we," he says, gesturing at the other runners, "need to sort everything out about this. Personally, I'm in, though."

"What's the best way to get in contact with you? Tin Man?" he asks.

[imperialus]

"What's the best way to get in contact with you? Tin Man?" he asks.

22:15 1st January 2070 --Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

"Naw, just call me direct, to reason to hassle Tinman." she beams her com-address to all your comlinks.

"Unless there is anything else, I'm going to get going. I haven't slept much in the past couple weeks and I'm drained. Now that you guys are on board I think I might be able to relax a bit. I'll leave things in your hands." Unless anyone stops her with another question she gets up and leaves.

[Dusty Ghost]

22:16 1st January 2070 --Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

After listening to Icelady's story, Sweeps feels a mild discomfort. Fraud is something he has committed in the past, but never over the chard remains of a dead man. Grave robbing of the grossest kind, not to mention the fact that Dynamo Blue probably filled that grave herself.

Just before Icelady gets up Sweeps asks:

"Sorry to ask, but what makes you choose a place like this? Those fine tattoos on your cheeks, are you a shaman or magical of some kind?"

"Also I was wondering how you two met. You and Angel I mean."

"What was Angels relationship with Dynamo Blue? How did they meet? How did they get on?"

"Sorry for the third degree, but any information will help."

After Icelady left he says:

"Hey guys, I know we need to decide what to do next. But I'm not happy about discussing it here. These kooky magic types have us surrounded and God only knows what they can hear. Sybercat, do you know of a safe place to talk and plan?"

[JoelHalpern]

22:18 1st January 2070 --Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

(Sweeps) "Hey guys, I know we need to decide what to do next. But I'm not happy about discussing it here. These kooky magic types have us surrounded and God only knows what they can hear. Sybercat, do you know of a safe place to talk and plan?"

After waiting a minute, Mack says
"If we want someplace else, I have a place. I would have thought a different table was good enough, but maybe you are right and we should move."

[Dusty Ghost]

22:18 1st January 2070 --Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

Sweeps looks to the rest of the team for approval

Then he says:

"Before we go, I think Padre or Loki should ask Julie a couple of questions. Such as if she knows Icelady well and Dark Angel..... that kinda thing."

[imperialus]

22:16 1st January 2070 --Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

Sweeps: "Sorry to ask, but what makes you choose a place like this? Those fine tattoos on your cheeks, are you a shaman or magical of some kind?"

"Yeah, I'm a mage... Most my biz is here. I sell talismans and fetishes to the suits outside. Nothing too crazy, but that's why I get away with dressing like this. They like the 'street edge'. Ain't much but it keeps the lights on."

"Also I was wondering how you two met. You and Angel I mean."

"Their old synth player Razz introduced us bout five years ago. she flushes slightly "Well to be perfectly technical, I was on a date with him and ended up going home with Angel...

"What was Angels relationship with Dynamo Blue? How did they meet? How did they get on?"

Suddenly the acid bite is back in her voice. You get the feeling she would be happiest if Dynamo somehow ended up naked on the freeway while the 405 Hellhounds butted heads with the Ancients. "What was his relationship? Fucked if I know. I've never met the bitch. Never even knew she existed till last week. Maybe he was chasing tail on the side, that doesn't tend to be something you bring up over dinner with your old lady."

[imperialus]

22:18 1st January 2070 --Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

After waiting a minute, Mack says
"If we want someplace else, I have a place. I would have thought a different table was good enough, but maybe you are right and we should move."

Sybercat pipes up. "Actually I know a 24 hour diner not far from here. The staff knows to stay the hell away from anyone who looks too sober at this hour so the service will suck but it'll be quiet. I'm all for blowing this joint, it gives me the creeps... Fragging mages. Who the hell orders a drink from a ghost?"

[Nigel]

2219 1st January 2070 -- Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle

"Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Seeing as this is a magical place, though, I think they'll take better to an Awakened than a priest."

Loki walks up to the bar, and says "Hey. I was just wondering if you knew a guy named Dark Angel? He was a friend of Icelady, and any information you have regarding him would be helpful - haunts, drugs he took (if any), so on. If you knew anybody he hung with, that'd also be great. Besides the band, I mean."

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Etiquette roll, if needed: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1596080/ for 6 hits.

[JoelHalpern]

22:19 1st January 2070 --Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

Sybercat pipes up. "Actually I know a 24 hour diner not far from here. The staff knows to stay the hell away from anyone who looks too sober at this hour so the service will suck but it'll be quiet. I'm all for blowing this joint, it gives me the creeps... Fragging mages. Who the hell orders a drink from a ghost?"

Mack replies, A quiet diner works for me. I could use a bit more than the Krill I grabbed at Crusher Bob's.

[imperialus]

2219 1st January 2070 -- Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle

Loki walks up to the bar, and says "Hey. I was just wondering if you knew a guy named Dark Angel? He was a friend of Icelady, and any information you have regarding him would be helpful - haunts, drugs he took (if any), so on. If you knew anybody he hung with, that'd also be great. Besides the band, I mean."

Julie turns away from filling a drink order passing it off to one of the other staffers and after gesturing for you to join her at the end of the bar and shooing the troll away says. "I was wondering when you'd make it up here. Had a feeling that Ice was hiring you to try and sort out this mess. Girl needs to learn some subtlety. She puts up her hands in a mock surrender when your eyes narrow ever so slightly. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna go telling everyone what you're up to. I want to see you get to the bottom of this too, for Ice's sake if nothing else. The clients like her, which means I like her but she's been a wreck since Angel died. Truth be told though I didn't know Angel that well. He'd come here sometimes with Ice and fit in better than most mundanes but never did anything to stick out in my head. Bout two months ago Ice asked if I could do her a favor and arrange a gig for him here. Figured there'd be no harm, he was popular enough that there'd be enough turnout to make it worthwhile. Spent about three grand advertising and spreading the word only to find out that he's up and geeked himself. her thumb jerks towards one of the posters "I'm hoping his album takes off in which case I'm gonna hawk those posters on Trix-Trader, see if I can't recoup some money. I hope you guys manage to prove foul play. That'll make em more valuable. I'll keep my ears peeled around here for you though and tell Ice if I hear anything interesting. I've got connections of my own."

You get the feeling that she's being upfront with you. You wonder for a moment who she might be connected to. All the larger clubs in the plex have some sort of syndicate presence in them, the question is just who has their fingers in this pie.

[Seraph Kast]

22:21 1st January 2070 --Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

Hex looks around the bar, trying to see if anyone is paying an unusual amount of attention to them, but realizes that half the bar is glancing at them off and on. I guess we do kinda stand out, this many cybered people together.

"Well Icelady, we'll be in touch when we sort this crap out a bit. In the meantime...someone was mentioning food?" he says with a grin.

Once Icelady heads out, he says, "Looks like our buddy is finishing talking up the bartender," he states, looking over towards Loki. "Let's get this show on the road. There's a lotta ground to cover if what Icelady told us checks out. We'll have to sort out who does what, wherever we're goin'." He glances towards Sybercat.

[Mickle5125]

21:55 January 1st 2070 --Club Chiaroscuro, Downtown Seattle--

Padre sat quietly, listening to Icelady's story and considering it carefully. He thinks for a while before nodding. "The circumstances surrounding Angel's death certainly do sound suspicious. I will gladly take on this investigation." The money should help the church stay open long enough for other funds to be located.

Having decided, Padre sat back and listened to the others discuss things and tried to remember anything he might have heard about the people being mentioned.

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Logic + Int (1d6=1,2d6=2,3d6=6,4d6=6,5d6=4,6d6=6,7d6=1)=3

After a while, he's shaken out of his thoughts as Icelady leaves and Hex mentions heading out.

[imperialus]

Padre: The name Heaven keeps picking at some corner of your brain and not just because it relates to your profession. Then it hits you.

Right! One of the volunteers in the street outreach team used to be a chip addict. He's been clean for about a year now but during his therapy the talked a lot about Heaven.

Heaven is every bad stereotype of a chip den. Only the most hardcore burnouts spend much time there. If Angel was using enough to jack in there there is no way he could have covered his addiction, especially not from a girlfriend of five years.

[imperialus]

23:00 1st January 2070 --Hammies Steak’n Eggs Downtown Seattle--

The diner is just like almost every other 24 hour food shack in the plex. It’s maybe a bit nicer than most since it’s usually frequented by wageslaves looking for a quick lunch or a chance to sober up a bit before staggering home but other than that there’s nothing special about it. The menu is decidedly uninspired though real food does feature on it in addition to soy, and krill offerings for the price conscious. As you seat yourselves in one of the booths the waitress brings over a chair that will seat Mack more comfortably.

Once she fills the coffee mugs, takes your orders and leaves Sybercat says.

“This looks like a pretty straight forward run. Our Johnson is a bit closer to the job than I would normally like, there’s usually fewer complications when you’re dealing with some faceless suit but that shouldn’t be a big problem. To get paid we’re gonna need to get Icelady these recordings. We’ll try and prove her right if we can but honestly I don’t care if we need to frame or blackmail Dynamo to get her to hand them over. Hell for 10 g's I'll put a bullet in her head myself if it means we get the recordings. Icelady’s got it in personal for her but that’s her business, not ours.�

Sybercat pauses for a moment and takes a sip of coffee before continuing.

“I’d be pretty surprised if anyone knew we were on the case yet so I’d suggest we avoid tipping our hand too soon. Anonymity is our best friend right now. As far as a first step goes I’d say we should either go check out Xanadu or Heaven first. The Fallen Heroes might know something but I expect they’d want information in return and right now we have piss all. We got nothing to show the cops either and the Star tends to keep their case files close to their chests unless you have something to trade.

If we want to hit Xanadu I'd say we should head over there sometime tomorrow and case the joint. We... or rather Sweeps can always come back after hours for a closer look. I'd also rather not go poking around Heaven at midnight. It's not the sort of place that's healthy to visit after dark.

[Seraph Kast]

23:02 1^st January 2070 --Hammies Steak'n Eggs, Downtown Seattle--

"Alright, sounds like a plan. If we can manage to turn up anything on Xanadu, or Dynamo herself, I know a guy who works for the Star, up in Everett. I might be able to convince him to share," Hex says. "Assuming we turn anything up anyway. If we don't well...I guess that's what Tinman handed out the cash for." He looks over at Sybercat. "So, if we want to hold off on checking out Heaven at first, want me to ask some of my discreet buddies if they know anything about getting in? Doesn't sound like the kind of place ya can just walk into and out of whenever ya want."

[Dusty Ghost]

23:03 1st January 2070 --Hammies Steak'n Eggs, Downtown Seattle--

Sweeps sighs and leans back against the chair cushions with a contented look on his face.

"Ahhhhh! The sweet smell of blackmail or dirt digging! The perfect remedy to any stressful day!"
He sits and thinks for a while.

"I like the idea of checking out Xanadu. I'm happy to sneak around it, though I may need you to hack the security there Sybercat."

You know, I have a friend, a street kid, I could convince him, for a few bucks, to stick around there and give us any info he finds. He's a good kid, and I know he'll do well. If Dynamo Blue shows up, the sneaky little runt can tag her the whole way home. Let us know where she goes after that. He's a kid after my own heart I tell ya. I feel like a bad influence on him, but he's honest as far as I go. At least for some quick cash anyhow.

It would be good to check out her home if we can, maybe wait till she goes to work and then pay a visit? See what we can get at Xanadu first.

He looks at Sybercat "We may need to see what info we can dig up on Dynamo Blue. Can you see what the gossip is on the matrix?"

[Mickle5125]

23:04 1st January 2070 --Hammies Steak’n Eggs Downtown Seattle--

Padre frowns at Sybercat when she states her willingness to kill Dynamo. "I'd prefer, Miss Sybercat, that we avoid killing anyone unless it proves absolutely necessary. However, I do smell something most foul about this entire situation. This Heaven place is known for catering to the most hardcore of burnouts... There's no way Angel could have hid an addiction bad enough to get him into that place from a girlfriend... 'specially a girlfriend of five years. Therefore, either Icelady is lying to us, and I want to know why she would do that, or he was planted there."

Padre takes a sip from his coffee and smiles at the others. "Perhaps we should look into both places at the same time... before word can get out that we're looking into it. If we divide the group, we should be able to investigate both places. Worst case, we can always go back later and attempt to force more information from those working at the locations. One thing we definitely need to look into, no matter what, is who runs the place, and who is the real power behind it."

[JoelHalpern]

2311 January 1st 2070 --Hammies Steak’n Eggs Downtown Seattle--
Mack listens to the discussion for a while.
"Not sure we should split up. If we do, it sounds like I should go with the team that visits Heaven. It does sound like talking to Xanadu is Loki's (or Sweep's) style, while you Padre seem to have experience at least with Heaven's customer base. Heaven is likely to assume that their customers will want to steal from them."

By the way, shouldn't we do something so our commlinks will recognize each other? At least to send messages. Particularly if we are talking about splitting up.

[imperialus]

23:45 1st January 2070 --Hammies Steak’n Eggs Downtown Seattle--

As the schemes begin flying back and forth across the table Sybercat eventually lets out a sigh rubbing her temples.
“Ok, I think the plan for tomorrow is starting to come together. I don’t know about the rest of you but it’s been a hell of a long night and I’m beat. My vote right now is to head home and get some sleep so we can all put on our A game tomorrow. I can pick everyone else up again tomorrow, say between ten and eleven. Give me your com-addresses and I’ll call when I’m on my way.�

She drives you all home, or at least close enough to walk, dropping Loki off last.

[Nigel]

00:03 2nd January 2070 -- Sybercat's Van

After the rest of the group is dropped off, Loki invites Sybercat to his apartment for the night. And the night progresses.

*cue Fascination by The Human League (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) *

[Seraph Kast]

23:58 1^st January --Sybercat's Van, Seattle Streets--

Hex glances around as he hops out of the van, then walks into an apartment building across the street. Heading upstairs he pops open his apartment and gives the room a cursory examination, happy to see his power is back on. Seeing nothing immediately out of place, he strips off his gear and pulls out his guns. For the next hour or so, he works on them, stripping them down and cleaning them up. After a while he crawls into bed, setting his commlink to make noise when someone calls.

Lotta new faces, but none of them seem crazy, at least.

[JoelHalpern]

0005 January 2st 2070 -- Mack's warehouse

Mack pulls out the suitcase, and looks at it for a minute, then climbs into bed.
In the morning, he sends a text to Sybercat:
<Mind if I throw a case of emergency gear in the van? In case the going gets really rough?>

For this outing, the Armored Jacket seems called for. And plenty of knives. Just know something is going to go wrong.