Into The Chaos - Chapter 2, A banshee at The Banshee? Options

[Imladir]

Nyx nodded and proceeded to walk to the meeting booth. She had no real idea of what she was going to say, but… Well, she'd have to wing it. Hopefully it would be enough. Being simply in AR, she said to the other two "If you have ideas of things to say or ask, don't hesitate to mention it."

[Gilga]

The restaurant is actually busy and crowded... a bit difficult to forget that the food is but an illusion. Information and bits and pieces. Perhaps this is a way to eat and still watch your weight. The hostess quickly guides Nyx to the booth, where a short dwarf in a fancy suit awaits her, accompanied by a black leathered short woman that carries a rather large beg and watches it intently. The man introduces himself as Victor Golovanov, and the woman simply refers to herself as 'Buzz'.

Seeing that Nyx is only in AR, he comments "Why didn't you come hot? How can you sample the goods like that?!". He seems nervous, but is disciplined enough to only subtly show it.

[Imladir]

Nyx didn't like the Matrix. She might not really be there, but it made things difficult as far as she was concerned. At least the Candyman was there in VR, which meant she would be able to read his behaviour and reactions. There was at least this. But still. Matrix. Meh.

Nyx had her avatar to sit in front of the dwarf, legs crossed at the knee. She ostensibly observed him, not saying a word for a while. Finally, just before he opened his mouth, she said "I'm not here for a simple and unique transaction. The individuals I represent lack access to the goods you can provide. They could of course divert some of their resources yo fix that but... Why go through that trouble if someone was willing to do that job for them?" she paused to let him digest what she had just said. Before he asked a question, she asked one of her own "So tell me... Would you be willing to expand your business?"

[Gilga]

The dwarf said without hesitation "No offense, but I do not deal with who I can not trust, and I do not trust you... you smell bad. If you are not looking to buy BTL then get out! There is nothing for you or your kind in here."

[Imladir]

Nyx snorted "If you do not deal with anyone you don't trust, how can you build that trust?" She shook her head "What do you propose?"

[Gilga]

Victor replied "Get someone I trust to vouch for you... would be hard given the fact that you are not interested in our product, or dare I say, in any aspect of virtual reality. " Buzz yawned and added, "We are wasting our time here."

[Imladir]

"I see, that's quite unfortunate." Nyx snorted "I think you misunderstand. While I do not care about virtual reality, those I represent do. But we are not the kind of people who would lose ourselves in the products we're selling. It's a beginner's mistake after all." Nyx looked at the other two. She had nothing, there was no way she'd be able to go anywhere with that. Even if she wanted to, she couldn't go to VR. She couldn't threaten, she couldn't even dangle an interesting offer in front of his nose since she didn't even really know what he could find attractive or not. At this point, the only thing she could do is try to keep him talking, hoping Iris would be able to do something.

"Let's look at things another way. I want someone I trust to sample your merchandise. How do you want to proceed?"

[Gilga]

Victor seemed quiet and observed Nyx for a short while, uncertain how to progress.

[ Spoiler ]

(roll etiquette with -4 dice circumstance bonus).

[Gilga]

He shot a look at Buzz, and then back to Nyx "Look, we started on the wrong foot. If you want in the BTL distribution business you need someone to sample the goods. You have 30 minutes to get that someone here, or there is no deal, Kapish? Don't play with us."

[Imladir]

Nyx squinted, a bit suspiciously, as if she were wondering if the offer was genuine. Finally, she nodded "Alright. Send me a token I can share with the...tester then."

[Gilga]

Buzz saidbin an indiffetent voice as if shed rather be someone else. "Done, Augmented... now go fetch someone interesting..."

[Imladir]

Nyx nodded "Will do." That said, she logged off. Turning to the other two, she asked "Alright, one of you wants it? Or has a good idea on what to do with it now?"

[Jack_Spade]

"Well, only one of us has a deck with a hot-sim module. But I volunteer to test those BTLs if that is what it takes to get some info on this motherfragger."
Kynos replied.

[Imladir]

"The test is one thing but how do we go from that to grab that guy?" Nyx frowned "Given how paranoid he seems to be, I don't see how we'll be able to manage that from a BTL, and it's not like we have much to offer. In fact, we have nothing. We don't even know anything about him…"

[Jack_Spade]

Kynos shrugged: "I had hoped you had a plan during your conversation. Our main aim is still to find the agent. And since the Candyman seems to know how to contact his clients, we'd need to get them to meet with us, so we can ask them with a metaphorical carrot and stick to tell us.

On the other hand we could give up on this lead an just head over to Strawberry to get her take on what happened at the bar and lear which mage was behind the augmentation and dementation of this poor sap.
Personally, I prefer not to interact with Strawberry - and I'd assume that to be mutual."

[Ennui]

We could hire some drek hot decker to hack them but with their active matrix presence they are clearly out of my league.