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[Buddha72]

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Switching to English Iblis looks to the group. "Can one of you get him in the van?" She stands and digs out a card, writing something on the back. "Go to this address, it's a small house. There will be a big girl troll there, tell her Ib said to let you in and that her name was O-Girl. If she gives you any flack tell her she can bite my white furry butt. Order some food from the Thai place by phone, charge it to my phone number." She looks towards the building across the street. "I'll be there in a bit. I'll have your money when I get there.' She begins to stride towards the building. Just before she steps in, a quick snap of her hands and 2 heavy pistols appear in each with the ease of a stage magician. She ducks inside.

[Blitz]

:: Moira looks a bit disappointed, but she could see violence rising and, in this particular instance, she just didn't feel modivated to try quite so hard to avoid it. Gently placing her hands in either side of the kinds chest, she guides him up and helps him into the van. She takes a seat at his side and slips her hand into his, comforting as best she can as she waits for the van to leave. ::

[Fenris]

With a visible tightening of his shoulders, Bakatare wrenches the elemtnals back, eyes unfocused as he indicates the young women ducking towards the building.

"If she falls, bring her to me." The air elemental twists and turns, darting from the van.

"If she falls, kill every enemy she has in that building." The earth elemental, no less intimidating for it's plodding bulk, lumbers from the van towards the building. If not for being in the astral, it would have rocked the van on it's suspension as it followed. They wouldn't save the diminuitive woman, but Bakatare understood that she would rather fall then be saved, and admired the sentiment for it's reflection to the ancient codes.

Eyes focusing slightly, but not completely, he glances to the group, waiting for the rest.

[Buddha72]

Moira

The boy is now just heaving and coughing. He accepts your hand and holds it limply. His eyes never stray far from Paladin as you get him settled into the van.

Bakatare

The elementals whisper back into your mind, the voices less overwhelming with just 2 spirits. The air sounds high and whistles in your mind, while the earth weighs heavily like rocks grinding underfoot. If she stands alone, what then?

[Nikoli]

The back of the van opens as we all approach. A moderate sized black cat sits, regally and unphased. Two Steel Lynx's roll backwards into space under the benches. Commanding the MK-6 to retrieve the arachnid and place it into its storage bin.
"I feed to netch my tools, I'll just be a moment."
Murrey heads back up to the second floor, picking up the MK-6 with its cargo. He then heads back quickly, changing chips in his jack while out of sight briefly. The driver side door open up as he approaches.

The door closes, he turns around and greets the young ward, "(Sperethiel)Hey there, young Sir. You'll be as safe as we can provide for. In the meantime, I could use the company up here in the Co-pilot seat."

Once everyone is seated and belted in, Murrey then begins the trip to the safehouse, changing the paint to a dull blue and the plate and transponder to a mtaching vehicle. Murrey scans actively for tails, using choke points to see if anyone follows through odd spaces and scanning the radio waves for tell tales of people using leapfrog trailing techniques.

The cat tends to rub everyones knees, it's touch cold yet comforting, the wonders of modern drones.

[Buddha72]

Murrey

The Changling elf says "Name's Izzy." He wipes at his face with his free hand. Even inside the van his skin flares with small explosions of hues from any reflected light source. "Is it ok?" He looks to Paladin for confirmation, he face wanting to know if it's really safe.

As you drive, you feel fairly confident that you are not being tailed. The address Iblis gave you is in the Elven District on the northern edge of downtown Seattle near Capital Hill. A pretty nutty-crunchy area.

[Fenris]

"If she stands, simply follow until you recieve other commands."

He takes a long moment to inspect Izzy, relatively unobserved, and whispering a quiet thanks that SURGE had passed him by.

[Nikoli]

"Ho there Izzy, game's Murrey. You know we'll be asking you some questions; so, it's only fair if you net to ask a few first."

[Grey]

Paladin watches the boy carefully as the women fawn over him. As Moira heals him, he gives her a nod and a quiet, "Thanks."

Paladin steps into the van behind the boy and motions for him to take a seat next to him, "Yeah Izzy, its ok. We're gunna get you some food and I'll make a few calls to see if I can get you a place to live for a while. Once we get something in your belly, we'll talk more about that van you saw, ok?"

[Buddha72]

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Immortal slowly follows the trail through the buildiing. Stopping every few meters and peering around the floor. He follows it to a small hole in a window in the far side of the room. He pauses when receiving the comm request from Murrey. Taking a look up.

Over comms "It looks like the someone was strung up over the work area. They just cut the rope just below the knot. Whoever it was hung right over the blood stains. I think something was tossed out the window on the far side. I'm going down to take a look and see what it was."

With that he heads down the fire escape and searches the ground under the window. After 10 or so minutes he finds what looks to be a hyperdermic. There is some sort of residue still in the chamber. The needle is a fairly large gauge. There is dried blood along the entire length of the needle.

Over comms "Found one more possible lead in this." With care he packs away the needle. Hearing the gathering happening he joins the others at the van and loads in to go.

[Grey]

Once Murrey gets the van on the road, Paladin turns to Izzy. "Look Izzy, I've got to ask you something. I have a friend that can probe a mind and extract details about certain events. Now, I know the idea of having someone digging around inside your brain isn't the greatest, but it would really give us a clear picture of what we are looking for. Would you be willing to have this done? If you aren't willing, just say so, I'm not going to force you, but it is a way for us to get details you might not remember on your own."

[Buddha72]

Paladin

Izzy's face face looks tighter as you explain what you want to do. He seems to take every word in like it was life itself spilling from your lips. "I guess I can, as long as it won't hurt or leave me fragged up in the head." His manner seems to suggest a desire to earn your approval. This kid has been worked over big time. You've seen it before on the streets. The runt takes the brunt of everyone else's bitterness and gets beat down so they all feel powerful. He'd do what you want with a little smacking around no problem. It would probably be more familiar to him.

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The city moves past you. The traffic around you surges like thick blood in a cooling corpse. Or maybe something that just doesn't know its dead yet. The different neighborhoods flash by like cartoon characters, over done and larger than life. Each section trying to scream out its own appeal. You wind into a part of town that boasts plants and small cottages. The area has a strong Elven feel. You pull up to a small house tucked at the end of a street with a long driveway along the side.
The house looks neat and friendly. The only thing that makes it stand out from its surroundings is the obvious Troll mods on the structure.

[Blitz]

:: Moira looks towards Paladin as he asks Izzy about the mind probe. ::

"I'm capable of doing that.."

:: Moira turns her mothering gaze on the young Izzy. ::

"I promise to be extremely gentle."

[Grey]

Paladin's eyes go a bit wide in surprise. "Well, that I didn't know. I'd rather keep this information within our group anyways. Izzy, you can trust her, shes one of the good guys... err, gals. Once we're done here, we'll get you a safe place to stay and some food in your belly."

[Nikoli]

Over Van sound system
"Can we avoid doing anything that night get us moticed until we can get into a safe location? Someone mentioned something about warding, that sounds like a good idea first, then worry about finding out about the other van."

[Blitz]

"I don't think he intended for me to do that now. We're simply talking to him about what we'd like from him, in the way of information. The kid is damaged, and we're all just doing what we can to help. As for warding, it takes hours at least so it would be best for us to get to another location before spending that kind of time."

[Nikoli]

"Thoger that. Hey I think we're rare."

Murrey compares the adress to the one on the card. Satisfied this is te location, he pulls into the driveway slowly, all the way to the end and waits calmly for the Troll woman to approach.

[Blitz]

OLGA:

:: Olga sees the van approach and calmly slips her long coat on before hefting the large shotgun up and over her shoulder casually. Opening the door, she ambles down the three steps to the walkway and eyes the van carefully. ::

"Shomething I can do for you gentsh?"

:: Though her face seems neutral, there is a hard glint in her eyes and her voice seems to convey that it wouldn't take much for her to cock that shotgun back and go to town. ::

[Nikoli]

"You O-girl? Ib said we could crash here for a bit. Said to say if you don't like it you can fight her white burry butt."

With that said he carefully steps out of the van, hands in plain view.

[Blitz]

:: Olga raises an eybrow. ::

"She's gonna fight my burry butt??"

[Nikoli]

"I'm sorry, I have a slight peach inspediment. I meant to say, 'If you don't like it, you can bite her white furry butt'. Now mind if we come inside? We got a hungry kid here and Ib wants him cared for."

[Grey]

Paladin climbs out of the back of the van, helping the shaking kid find his feet. "We also need someplace we can talk with him privately."

[Buddha72]

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The house looks to be a four bedroom deal. It has a small enclosed front yard blocked from the street by a hedge wall. It has 2 entrances. One in the front and one on the side opening out into the driveway. The house is painted a cheerful yellow with small window boxes crammed full of obscenely bright wild flowers.

Paladin

Izzy falls in behind you. He carefully keeps you between him and the troll with the shotgun. The tremors have almost stopped entirely and his eyes seem a little more clear.

[Fenris]

"The street is hardly the proper place to discuss this. Either Iblis is known to you or not. If she isn't, we'll need to be moving again, and quickly.

He straightens his suit as he steps out of the van, one eyebrow sliding up as he glances back and forth between the brightly colored flower boxes and the shotgun over Olga's shoulder.

[Blitz]

:: Olga chuckles in a low rumbly sort of way before shrugging her shoulders and turning back towards the house. ::

"Shuit yershelf. I shuppose you can use the workshop, third door on yer left down thatta'way. Just try to keep tha noish down a bit, I got's some napping ta do."

:: With that, she heads down the hallway and disappears into the 1st door on the left as shuts it with a heavy thud. ::