Sympathy for the Devil., OOC node. Options

[milk ducks]

Here's some of the information on the DataChip Matsu Hideki gave you:

The girl's name is "Faru"; at least, that's the name Gifu Sho knows her by. He admits that he doesn't know her last name for certain, but believes he's heard her called "Shesu Faru" in the past. She is of Japanese descent, but Sho believes the the girl was American born. A trideo image, captured by Gifu Sho's own cybereyes, is also included for reference.

Some of Dr. Gifu's other eye-recordings are also available; one details the interior of the House of White Flowers, which is a very traditional tea house and upscale club in Seattle which often features japanese-influenced CalFree surf rock bands.

I'm sure there's plenty of information you're all after, and I know I'll never be able to outline it all off the top of my head. So feel free to ask me questions, and I'll determine whether or not the answers can be found within the Security Report.

-milk.

[cndblank]

Hmmm. So this job is apparently non-negotiable. You all realize that we just got stuck between pissing off Hideki and pissing off the yakuza, right?

Mmmmm gritty. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smokin.gif)

Hideki knows who we are and will provide 35K

The Yaks don't know who we are yet.

[cndblank]

Bump

Got no problems with moving it along so everyone can get involved but let me ask a few questions.



Is this the usual MO for Mr Johnson?



Is the price fair?



Or is he having us hurried out because he has another appointment?



Maybe we should keep him under observation discretely?

[Thanee]

I'm trying to decide what Sam would do. Seeing those two being man-handled would have done nothing for the ork's cool. "Just following orders" and the like don't mean much to him, he'll shoot the two outside if they get rough or get loud. Luckily for them he has SnS loaded...

I think you are slightly overreacting there... as milk ducks wrote... they weren't really being rough, but just firm.

Still not really the best manners, but Hideki obviously thinks of himself to be highly superior (which by his position isn't so far off even, as things are).

Bye
Thanee

[cndblank]

Agreed. They were being firm.

I expect he has bigger fish to fry.

[Marwynn]

He is overreacting. He has a problem with the japanese as it is, and this was an insult firm or otherwise. It's enough to torque him off.

Besides, if he was sending away his muscle and some fella jumps him he'd be out thousands of nuyen. There's that part of it too.

[Thanee]

Hmm... I don't really think the bodyguards would escort the two further than to the entrance of the booth (or whatever restricted area he is in). They surely won't throw them out of the club. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Marwynn]

If I read it wrong I'll fix it. I thought it was an escort all the way out or at least farther off to send them on their way.

But it seems a bit unnecessary to manhandle them out of a booth no?

[DigitalOYABUN]

Well, NestO certainly thinks so at any rate, but that's his ganger mentality.

[milk ducks]

If I read it wrong I'll fix it. I thought it was an escort all the way out or at least farther off to send them on their way.

But it seems a bit unnecessary to manhandle them out of a booth no?

Yeah, it's absolutely unnecessary. But I thought it would best illustrate how much of an asshole Matsu Hideki is. And, to be fair, I think "manhandling" might be a bit much. Like I said before, Hideki motioned his guards in, and they firmly (not roughly or rudely) took hold of Rev and Nest0 to help them out of the booth. It wasn't so much a "toss them out on their asses" sort of thing; more like a "now kindly get the fuck out of my presence" sort of thing.

The PCs have ever right to get shitty about it, but it wasn't like, an open threat or anything.

-milk.

[DigitalOYABUN]

Yeah, I was the one that posted being manhandled...might not have been but NestO thought as much, but its okay....he found something his cousin needed lol

[cndblank]

So is Nest-O going to take the bet or is Rev going to have to start making Chicken Sounds?


*Cluck*Cluck*Cluck*

[DigitalOYABUN]

He's ignoring his prompts on his PAN at the moment...guess its the chicken dance for you lol

[milk ducks]

I wanted to do this originally, but I kept forgetting to mention it; everyone, go ahead and give yourselves the Common Sense quality. Just for situations like this, lol.

-milk.

[DigitalOYABUN]

Like what NestO did? sorry its part of his concept.

And I thought we were lead away from the table, so if he's getting pissy its that he's just cranky lol


Sorry about being gone. I had tons of make up hours and a paper to do.

[cndblank]

The question is can Nest-O turn down a $250 bet?


Rev is not dawdling.

Did Mr johnson include a down payment? Isn't 10 or 20 percent the usual amount?

[DigitalOYABUN]

It'd be dumb to go back, and...what give the guy a hug? I could just hand it back if you want me to return it that bad, but my point to his guards is if you touch me, your shit gets ghosted.

[Thanee]

Has Rev even made her Perception check? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


Just rolled mine, and got 2 hits.

Bye
Thanee

[Marwynn]

I liked that piece of pick-pocketing. Maybe next time you can slip something else too? Maybe that'd be more 'trickster' than 'rat'.

So to clarify you guys are being firmly escorted out of the booth. Not the Juju itself. I'll clarify Sam's post for now.

[milk ducks]

So to clarify you guys are being firmly escorted out of the booth. Not the Juju itself. I'll clarify Sam's post for now.

Yep, the goons only helped them out of the booth, not out of the club itself. I know there was some confusion in that, and I apologize if that's my fault. Seems fine now, though. Also, I'm late mentioning it, but I'm gonna go ahead and award everyone an additional karma point, whether they posted 3 times this week or not.

-milk.

[Method]

Alright, so the negotiations are over. Lets talk plan:

-- Anybody have any contacts or knowledge skills that apply?
-- Maybe someone with a decent Data Search skill could get us some info on Dr. Gifu?
-- We should probably put some eyes (or better yet, surveillance drones) on this bunraku parlor and start keeping tabs on their comings and goings. Specifically, we need to figure out if the girls are housed on site or if they ever leave.
-- I don't think we should march in an start asking about Gifu and Faru. As I suggested above I think we send someone in as a "customer" and leak some misinformation to see how the Yaks respond.
-- Any other ideas?

Here is a knowledge roll for Hollywood to see if he know anything about this particular Yakuza operation:
INT 3 + Local Crime Syndicates 2 = 2 Hits

[Marwynn]

The yak don't outsource their muscle do they?

A few of our characters could become new clients. Not just one person, but several. Only one does the 'leaking' if you'll forgive me.

Also, can we do anything to get the inside scoop with Matsu and these people? Know what's really going on?

[Thanee]

-- Anybody have any contacts or knowledge skills that apply?

Not really.

-- Maybe someone with a decent Data Search skill could get us some info on Dr. Gifu?

Not quite my area.

-- We should probably put some eyes (or better yet, surveillance drones) on this bunraku parlor and start keeping tabs on their comings and goings. Specifically, we need to figure out if the girls are housed on site or if they ever leave.

Yep, surveillance good.

-- I don't think we should march in an start asking about Gifu and Faru. As I suggested above I think we send someone in as a "customer" and leak some misinformation to see how the Yaks respond.

Yep, that sounds like a good idea. Only problem here is, that the person(s) (and an appropriate Fake SIN) will then be known to the Yaks, which could potentially cause further problems, if the link (between the 'customer' and the 'runner') is made.

Bye
Thanee

[Karoline]

Alright, so the negotiations are over. Lets talk plan:

-- Anybody have any contacts or knowledge skills that apply?
-- Maybe someone with a decent Data Search skill could get us some info on Dr. Gifu?
-- We should probably put some eyes (or better yet, surveillance drones) on this bunraku parlor and start keeping tabs on their comings and goings. Specifically, we need to figure out if the girls are housed on site or if they ever leave.
-- I don't think we should march in an start asking about Gifu and Faru. As I suggested above I think we send someone in as a "customer" and leak some misinformation to see how the Yaks respond.
-- Any other ideas?

Here is a knowledge roll for Hollywood to see if he know anything about this particular Yakuza operation:
INT 3 + Local Crime Syndicates 2 = 2 Hits

My sheet is in my other computer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

But I'm fairly sure that I don't have any relevant contacts or knowledge skills. I might have a bit of data search though. I totally have the surveillance drones part covered though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Thanee]

My sheet is in my other computer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Try this one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

Bye
Thanee