IC: Down in the Puyallups V, Gang War Options

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Kit - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:15; A few blocks away from Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

Kit Nodded
<<@Team[Kit] Sounds like a plan. We just need to keep the Chulos from realizing they have another enemy >>

[Redjack]

Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:20; Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

The team, away from Luigi's in Jazz's ride, Jazz makes the a team call to Gentleman Johnnie.
<<@Team [Gentleman Johnnie] Charlie told me to expect a call. You are the crack team?>>

[Thanee]

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:20; Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

Jazz makes sure the rest of the team is patched in as well, so they can read/hear the messages.

<< @Gentleman Johnnie [Jazz] Hello there! Yes, we are the people Charlie told you about. Where should we meet up? >>

[Redjack]

Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:20; Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

<<@Team [Gentleman Johnnie] Let's say we meet 11:00pm tonight. I'll give you the exact address at 10:45. Come loaded out for an evening of... dancing in the street.>>

[Thanee]

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:20; Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

<< @Gentleman Johnnie [Jazz] Alright. See you later, then. >>

Jazz looks around between her team-mates.

"Looks like we got a couple hours to kill before our date."

[Saytr]

Revan looks to the others " how about we eat seeing as how this May be our last meal jokingly. Although his face said it as if he meant it the tine in which it came across was awkward at best. Looking up the closest burger ish joint around. They didn't get to go inside the club to check it out so he was starting to get hungry.

[Thanee]

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:21; Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

"Charlie will be very disappointed, if he hears, that you go for a burger when he was so kind to give me a bag of calzones for you guys," Jazz says with a wink, waving the aforementioned bag with the italian food in front of Revan's nose.

[Redjack]

Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:55; Java Jane's, Puyallup City, Seattle

The team makes their way to Java Jane's in order to have a place to sit down with their calzones. With an order of soycaf, crullers and a good tip, Jane ignores the take out bag they brought with them. The calzones are very good, leaving the team with the impression that Charlie told the kitchen to give them the good stuff, not soy knock offs.

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Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:55; Java Jane's, Puyallup City, Seattle


Kit downed her soycaf (sweet and black) like a seasoned western Salaryman. It took her almost a year to learn to ignore the taste and the smell helped some, but not as much as real coffee. Still if you wanted to pass... And Java Jane's blend was better than most. "I think the risk will be worth it tonight as long as our involvement remains unnoticed." Kit sniffed her calzone and nodded as it smelled better than expected. She took a cautious bit of her calzone.

[Redjack]

Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:02 - Crime Mall Parking Lot, Puyallup Barrens

Ten minutes ago, as the team was headed east on Hwy-512, the call came in from Gentleman Johnnie.
<<@Team [Gentleman Johnnie] Meet me at the Crime Mall parking lot.>>

Three days ago there had been an attack on the Mall Office and the Mall had not been open since. Pulling into the nearly empty parking lot seemed weird; none of the team had been here on a night the Mall wasn't open.

Johnnie and his guys are in a trio of humvees. After initial greetings, Johnnie and his two senior soldatos parle with the team. Johnnie likes Kit's suggestion for the team to scout. "We're gonna hit a party hosted by Vibora-Muerte. The preference is a surgical strike on her and her sergeants, but we're ok with getting messy if all else fails. South Prairie RV Park. The location was just released an hour ago. Show of force and arrogance in their recruitment from Carbanado. We've already tagged a stormcloud overhead that we're pretty sure is her security teams. My scout also sniffed out a couple of spirits on patrol. If you can get us in, we can quietly hit her. Hard. Can you do it?"

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Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:02 - Crime Mall Parking Lot, Puyallup Barrens



Kit Nodded
<<@Team[Kit] I'll do the initial scout shape changed and masking using a watcher and astral check in with Revan to stay in touch. I'll look for a way to get them close perhaps using an illusion spell. I'll try to located the spirits and the magical talent. How long do we have? That is when does he want to crash the party. >>

[Thanee]

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:02 - Crime Mall Parking Lot, Puyallup Barrens, Seattle

Jazz exchanges greetings with Johnnie and his goons, making introductions as they get ready to discuss further plans to spend the night.

"Well, the magic stuff is not for me, but I'm sure Kit and Revan will be able to lend a hand there," Jazz explains. "Is that scout of yours still with us?"

"Meanwhile, I will stay in the car and handle that drone and maybe get into some of their comms. Anyone coming along? Or am I going all Lone Ranger on that one?"

The blonde runner smiles and thinks for a moment, then continues.

"Not that I can't do that, just wondering what assets you have around... Either way, depending on how close they keep watch, it won't be silent, so we have to assume, that they will know something's up by the time we hit their defenses. They do seem kinda paranoid for a bunch of gangers, having that kind of overwatch around, so let's assume they are actively keeping lookout as well. We need to coordinate things well, to keep surprise on our side. How close do you think you can get without being noticed, before we start anything?"

[Redjack]

Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:03 - Crime Mall Parking Lot, Puyallup Barrens

Johnnie suppresses a smirk, "My scout is still position." He listens as she continues, "My geek is currently... indisposed. She gonna keep their hacker busy. Give you a window to operate."

Johnnie nods, "Very paranoid. But if you were trying to expand at the reckless rate that they are, you'd only still be alive if you were that paranoid too." He thinks for a moment, before continuing. "Assume they will be using paramilitary tactics for security."

He looks to his subordinates, then to the team's trio. He gestures to his left, "This is Eric; you can call him Fox. He'll stay with your team, coordinate with us and facilitate physical security while any of you do your 'out of body' stuff. Ready?"

[Saytr]

Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:03 - Crime Mall Parking Lot, Puyallup Barrens
Revan

Revan didn't like the thought of a stranger looking over his meat while he was away, looking composed though, he could always have a spirit also watch his meat while he was away to make sure no one tampered with his body. at the mention of paramilitary tactics he wondered just who they were going after after all it was the mafia they had ties to everything and enemies everywhere, Revan prepared for a small warzone if needed and let the urging of saying something inappropriate subside. Revan simply sits down ad relaxes getting readying his body to prepare for the coming assault. "Yes." Is his only responce

[Thanee]

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:03 - Crime Mall Parking Lot, Puyallup Barrens, Seattle

"Well then, Fox. Nice to meet you."

Jazz nods to the man that will be staying behind to keep them safe, supposedly. Then she leans against her black SUV.

"We'll be staying inside here. You want a camera feed from the inside, just in case something comes up? Hey, no offense, but we do not know each other that well, yet. If anything happens, you will be able to get inside, though."

Then she turns towards the car, saying:

"Pilot, scan this fellow, please. If he speaks the words 'Open Sesame' to you, and you do not hear a response from me within three seconds, either acknowledging or denying the command, please unlock the doors for him."

Turning back to Johnny, she continues:

"Okay, give us a little headstart, to handle surveillance, while everyone gets into position outside of their scanning radius. We'll give you the go."

While opening the door to the driver cabin, Jazz finally says:

"Well then, let's get rockin'."

[Redjack]

Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:03 - Crime Mall Parking Lot, Puyallup Barrens

In response to Jazz's command, the pilot program vocalizes: "Please repeat the command: Open sesame."

Fox replies, "Open sesame." He says nothing else, clearly not happy with the amended arrangement, but not so much as to complain.

Johnny nods. "Do your thing."

[Saytr]

Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:03 - Crime Mall Parking Lot, Puyallup Barrens
Revan

Revan squeezes into the van and sits folding his legs under him sitting the flat of his feet while the top of them are flat against the vans floor. closing his eyes he begins to concentrate, centering himself breathing in and out as his astral form leaves his body.
he quickly calls a watcher to oversea their bodies as long as they are gone if anything or anyone attempts to harm their bodies the watcher is to alert the man outside the van or Revan. Revan waits for the others and while doing so starts to look for watcher patrols or spirits that may be lurking around.

[Redjack]

Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:18 - , Puyallup Barrens

Jazz puts the vehicle into gear and away they go. The three humvees fall in behind, allowing Jazz to define the forward rally point. When she pulls off 112th St E, the pull off and rally.

Kit lays out her three items into her lap, then rolls down her window before shape changing, scooping up the three items and jump out and up. Revan slumps down into his seat, letting his consciousness slip into the astral. While Jazz finds the matrix proper lacking in this area Barrens, there are several pirate nodes broad casting.

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Team - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:22 - Crime Mall Parking Lot, Puyallup Barrens




Kit Kit winged it over to a billboard near the mall as a crow. She landed among several other birds and started to look around. Noticing the headache inducing colors of the graffiti, she turned her head upside down to look at the billboard. And couldn't make out what ever was under the graffiti. She caught her breath (that bag was heavy to fly with but her crow form was much stronger than a natural crow) and blended in with her flock mates before taking a good look around so she could plan her approach. Plus she was suppose to meet Revan here so he could let her know what his initial astral snoop had found.

[Redjack]

Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:25 - Somewhere in Prairie View, Puyallup Barrens

Kit leads the team's recon, shape changed and with both a spirit and the projected Revan as escort. Its not long before she only need to follow the music. She begins to notice watchers, the closer she gets. The shroud of concealment from her spirit extends into the astral and the watchers seem oblivious to their passing though.

From atop a billboard, she looks down the street. A block away, the main party is ramped up. Across the street, in the shadows of an alleyway, a ganger skulks, an submachine gun slung casually, watching the approach.

[Saytr]

Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:25 - Somewhere in Prairie View, Puyallup Barrens
Revan

taking note of everything around them Revan takes notice of the party. looking for signs of astral activity besides the watcher spirits he looks for any other astral signatures besides himself and Kit with this many watchers there had to be a few other mages around at least. He starts looking .

[Thanee]

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:26 - Somewhere in Prairie View, Puyallup Barrens

Staying inside the tightly sealed fortress of her armored SUV, Jazz slips into VR mode to start looking for the Stormcloud drone, Johnnie had mentioned earlier.

She scans for the communication trails and begins to run her decryption software to figure out how to get a way into the network to begin her work.

[Redjack]

Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:25 - Somewhere in Prairie View, Puyallup Barrens

For Revan, the astral is alive. This far out, there are grass and a few trees providing life life beyond the people and watchers coming and going.While the music is dull and far away, he can clearly hear the singer for the band belting out the music; surely an adept or mage of some sort. Her singing carries through the astral providing an ambient light from the mana and aura of it. Kit's spirit envelopes Kit's and his aura, diminishing their light as if the were part of the billboard itself. The previously mentioned ganger can be clearly seen in the alley as can the occasional and even a lone air elemental seen once on a lazy patrol through the sky.

In the physical, Kit sits perched on the aforementioned billboard, the shape of a crow hiding her in plain sight. For her, the music is pounding and pulsing. The sounds of the instruments electronically amplified to the point she can feel the base drum, even this far away. Already a few of the younger crew members have fallen out, too much party already.

From her mobile fortress, Jazz slips into the matrix. The number of comlinks AR nodes presents a target rich environment. Ignoring the obvious targets, she seeks the path lesser traveled. Accessing the ally feed from the Italian's tacnet, she spots the stormcloud way overhead. Despite the fact it is running silent, her allies already tagged its serial ID. With that, she easily locates its encrypted traffic. She quickly picks up its feeds. Currently, it is simply broadcasting surveillance of the area below.

[Thanee]

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 23:26 - Somewhere in Prairie View, Puyallup Barrens

With the encryption out of the way, it's time to get serious. Without the luxury of having hours to look for weak spots in the drone's firewall, more direct methods of intrusion have to be used. Jazz logs into the drone's node, hacking on the fly to break through the protective layers of code.