IC New Beginnings DAWN Options

[pbangarth]

Torley thinks for a minute about who he knows in Lagos. Well, the harbormaster seems like the kind of guy who has fingers in many pots, in more ways than one. Maybe he knows something. We made a deal with him once, I'll check the drop box to see what he gave us about Samriel. Though, we already found him, so don't know what new info we might get. But with one successful deal done, the harbor master might be willing to help us again. Sounds like a plan.

[Crossbow]

Jane calls the airport, and finds out Dobri will be ready to fly by 10am. That will put you back in Lagos by the afternoon. A courier arrive with a massage from the Adegoke.

Just so it is clear, do not interfere with our efforts in Lagos. I want the thief to stand trial, AND the statue returned. Do this and you will be given entrance to the auction.

You have a few hours before you fly, is there anything that needs doing here?

[pbangarth]

Torley pipes up. Hey, Sammy, didn't you say you made friends with one of the magicians here? Any chance you could get him to talk about the Ifa tradition in Lagos? Maybe find out where to go, or who to talk to?

[farothel]

"Yeah, someone named Taa," Sammy said, "I can give it shot. It might cost me a few autographs, but that's okay. Let me check to see if I can find him or her."

She moved to the entrance of their compound and asked the guards there if she could speak to a magician named Taa.

[Crossbow]

A few minutes later, a young man appears in the simple garb of the devout here. Since Starlet is not one of the folks who speaks the local language, his greeting has to be translated to her.

"Hello, it is good to see you again, I had heard you were leaving this morning, so I didn't think I would."

[farothel]

"Yes, we've been asked by your king to go after the thief," Sammy said. She wouldn't be telling any secrets as that would also have gone around.
"So I wanted to ask if you can give me some aura signs from the thief," she asked, "it might be easier to find him or her."

[Crossbow]

Apparently Taa is quite the embarrassing type on any plane, because asking him this makes him visibly uncomfortable once it is translated. "Oh, I am not really very accomplished at such magics, as I said, my supervisor was only able to find the barest traces of the thief's passage. None of us saw anything at all."

Seeming to be desperate to of use somehow, he produced a datapad from his robe. "I made a point of gathering that local telesma data you wanted, some of it is even our own research we have done, so it won't all be stuff you could have probably found on the Matrix. I could beam it to your comm if you like..." , he trailed off, realizing he had just essentially asked a celebrity for her phone number. He was like a deer in headlights and looked ready to bolt.

[farothel]

"Just make a local connection and beam it over," Sammy said, taking our her public commlink. She didn't know all how it worked in the background, but she knew that there was a way to do it. And she sort of knew how it worked.

[pbangarth]

Torley strokes his chin for a minute. Do we need to do disguises before we disembark in Lagos? In case O'Connor's friends are still looking for him?

[Crossbow]

Jane will offer her take, "It's up to you, but if the Yoruba are stomping around Lagos looking for this thief, I would say the Area Boys might have their hands full if you don't make anymore trouble." She stares hard at the two men, "That means PAY THE BRIBES."

[Crossbow]

The flight back to Lagos is uneventful, Dobri has gotten the right clearances and paid off the right people that there are no last minute inspections to be dealt with. Before you leave Jane makes sure you each have 2 days pay to handle things on your own.

Now that you know what to do, the interactions for converting what money you need to the hawala is almost routine. Lil Homie manages to grab the driver of a decrepit minibus that you will all fit into, the only question is where are you going? To your rooms, the waterfront or somewhere else.

[pbangarth]

Torley puts in his two Nuyen worth: The only local connection we have who seems to know anything, at least anything he's willing to share, is the waterfront weasel.

[Crossbow]

You head for the waterfront, where you find Finnegan’s office empty. Five naira to a local has you the location of the portly Caucasian, at a bar down the road a piece ‘conducting business’. You find him at a back table in the bar, he looks pretty happy for a man with smallest pile of naira at the table. Then Torley notices a young man across the table from him, a rich white boy slumming in the ‘bad’ part of town and looking well into his cups. Only a matter of time before someone has to find this kid and make sure he pays his tab.

Lester sees you coming and rises out of his chair, which signals its relief audibly, and waves you over to the bar away from the gambling table. Joining you he says to you , “Good to see you lads and lasses, to to what do I owe the pleasure?”

[farothel]

Sammy would let Torley do the talking, but she did open her senses to the astral and checked out all present, with special focus on Finnegan.


assensing: 6d6t5 2

[Crossbow]

There is nothing glaringly unusual on the astral, Finnegan appears mundane, but with the general background count it is hard to be sure.

[Necrogigas]

O'Connor scanned the room as Torley did his thing with his contact.

Perception: 7d6t5 1

[pbangarth]

Torley smiles broadly at the port manager. Our last enterprise with you turned out profitable for both you and us. We are hoping we can do some more business with you, and keep the profits flowing.

In your position in the Port Authority, you must have a good sense of what comes into the city. We are looking for someone who came to Lagos in the last day or so, with ... cargo ... of a sensitive nature. We would like to find him, and the cargo, and talk business. If you could give us a lead, we would be happy to compensate you for your knowledge.

[Crossbow]

"You seem to be to looking for a lot of people with a lot of things. Did you ever find your elf? I am guessing not, since you are still alive. I certainly don't mind helping you, are you looking to make the same arrangement? I see your crew got a little bigger and rougher looking, we could move you into actual collections if you aren't too squeamish about putting the squeeze on the deadbeats."

[pbangarth]

Torley lets out one of those laughs, the kind that burrows deep and comes back out with a smile you can't help. "Sure we found him. And here we are. It's all in a day's work. I think we can make an arrangement, but time is against us, so we can't be doing anything that will take days. Watcha got that needs brains and a silver tongue, more than muscle?"

[Crossbow]

Finnegan looks amused, but dismissive, "You realize you are in Lagos right? That kind of work is rarely needed here. Tell me who you are looking for and maybe I will have a better idea of what I need you to do in return."

[pbangarth]

Torley considers this for a moment. I get your drift about Lagos. A guy can try, though. Well, what the hell. Sometimes truth, or an approximation of it, is actually useful.

We're looking for a man, possibly Igbo, who came here with an idol valuable to the Yoruba and their king. We want to acquire that idol. We have a time limit and need to get on the case right away. If you can help us, we'll be willing to help you.

[Crossbow]

"You are looking Adegoke's Thief?!?! HAA! Of course you are, every wannabe bounty hunter in Lagos that isn't Igbo wants that guy, and a few Igbo too, and there isn't even a bounty yet!! You know Adegoke's army is already in town, you are going to need to get a move on." Finnegan laughs genuinely.

[pbangarth]

Big grin. Well, I did say time is critical. So, can you help us?

[Crossbow]

"I can't tell you who did the job, but for a thousand naira I can put you further down the road than most folks, to someone who can."

[pbangarth]

Bartering is sooo much fun! But, one of the things Torley has learned about negotiation is that sometimes the best result comes from cutting the other guy a break. No problem. I'll cover that cost right now. Let's get to it. He covers the payment out of his stash.