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

[Gilga]

A quick matrix search would show that the comlink is listed to a person named Alfie Brown. With the creative avatar name of AB-2023. He is fond of cooking, seem to have a hot temper and is quite a player as his social profile is filled with pictures of him and young models. The man is in his fifties -which may mean that 2023 is the birth year? but that would make him over fifty. An unusual age for lowlife scum, with nasty gambling habits.

[Ennui]

We are looking for Alfie Brown, he's probably here under some psuedonym. We are trying to help him recover his meal ticket so he can pay off his debts.

[Imladir]

Nyx smiled to the troll, halfway raising her hands "Here, you have it. As you can see, we are not here to cause any trouble. Just let us in to see that person, and we'll be out of your hair quickly. Like I said earlier, it really is business related...the good kind... of business related, so you have nothing to fear. Alright?"

[Gilga]

The troll shrugged - "Well, just be quick with it, and be quiet. I do not want to get in trouble."

The next problem is that you are talking about a large six stories high office building, where the colinke you traced is on one of these floors. You would need to work a little bit to get to the right person.

[Imladir]

"Of course." Nyx nodded "Thank you."

Once they're out of hearing range, she said to the other two "I got us in, but as for finding the right room, you'll have to do it yourselves..."

[Ennui]

I find a decent picture of the guy from his mefeed and display it in AR for the troll.

Hey Omae you know this cat or where we should start looking?

[Gilga]

The troll seemed to be confused, doubtful of what he was doing. "I cannot disclose the activity of patrons he said... now be gone before I lose my job." ... He clearly said Patron, which raised the question what kind of delight would mr. AB was looking for in a place like that. It was also clear that asking more questions would negate the magical influence that got them in.

[Jack_Spade]

"Let's go inside and have a look then. Thanks." Kynos nodded at the troll and casually strolled past him into the building, keeping his eyes peeled for anyone looking like the agent.

[Gilga]

The building is composed of six levels of open space that appear like a gym. Pristine built men and women are training, sleeping and eating in the same open space. None of them pays you any attention and it feels like they are not even there, they all wear tight blue clothes with a different yellow number on their backs. The other floors are not much changed, your man is not there.

The fifth floor is a brothel of some sort, it is still an open space but drywalls were erected to give patrons some visual privacy. A hostess in tight leather clothes watches you enter with glazed eyes and approach you. She is there with you but feels a bit distanced. "What is it you truly desire patrons?" she asks, and in a queue, an about a dozen men and women in stereotypic common fantasy like clothing enter the room.

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perception rolls please.

[Jack_Spade]

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Perception: 12d6t5 1[12d6t5=4, 2, 4, 1, 4, 4, 3, 6, 4, 1, 1, 1]

Kynos answered in his usual way:
"Same as everyone else really: Getting paid for the bulldrek I have to put up with. Have you seen this guy? We need to talk with him."

[Gilga]

The women replied surprised... "that man is not part of the clockers. Strange few people have guests in here... I'll go see if he is free to meet you. " Alife Brown's room is empty and rushly ditched, the room still contains some personal items, including the comlink you traced and some clothes.

[Gilga]

The women replied surprised... "that man is not part of the clockers. Strange few people have guests in here... I'll go see if he is free to meet you. " Alife Brown's room is empty and rushly ditched, the room still contains some personal items, including the comlink you traced and some clothes.

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(I am not sure where Nyx is, your visual perception rolls missed on Alifie running away, through the cubicals to another exit. I'll let Irris run after him - if she feels that she would have according to the auditar perception check showing someone running.)

[Jack_Spade]

"Shit, seems like he doesn't want to talk..." Kynos picked up the commlink and looked around for an exit were the man could have run to.

[Imladir]

Nyx cocked her head to the side "Someone is running." She pointed in the direction from which the sounds come "That way."

[Gilga]

Going after the noise you see a person, barely see, running in the fireexit stairs. Running is a bit simplistic, the man is an athlete and he sort of slide over the stairs, and then jumps to the ground - in a way that almost seems artful.

[Imladir]

Nyx hesitated. She had no way to catch up to the runner. She could try to order him to stop but odds were that it would draw a lot more attention than it was worth if it succeeded.
She glanced at Kynos instead. She hoped he would be able to catch the runner…and feared that he would just stop him, in a bullet in the leg kind of way. Certainly efficient, but that wouldn't make them any friends around here… So on second thought… Maybe it would be better if she acted…

[Ennui]

I ping the guy on AR and pull up a map if he has any electronics. I try to circle around and cut him off, passing along the info to the team.

[Jack_Spade]

The pointer was all Kynos needed to go from stationary to running full pull towards the exit. While he did so, he fished in his pockets for his rappelling gloves. 100m of microwire were wrapped around them and Kynos got both ready. The guy might be athletic, but he probably wasn't prepared to rappel down beside the stairs. Just as well, since that was a pretty dangerous way to go down.

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Rappelling: 10d6t5 5

[Gilga]

Kynos quickly decends down the stairs, and as he does he can see the man running north, up the street, he dashes toward a large gas station that seems to become some homless camp, derelict and abandoned.

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Lets do a running test, to get him before the gas station let's assume that he starts with 2 steps gap, each net hit is closing a step.
Running: 10d6t5 4

[Jack_Spade]

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Running: 5d6t5 4

Intimidate: 12d6t5 5

Kynos kept pace with the man - barely and mainly thanks to his long legs. He knew he had little chance to keep up that pace.
So he did what he did best, mustering what breath he could spare to call out to the man:
"We only want to talk, but if you keep up this shit we'll hunt you down. We've got your astral smell, you can't hide!"

[Gilga]

@Kynos. The man continues to run - doubtfully even hears your words, you'll need his attention to reason with him, and you need the air to keep up the sprinting pace. AB runs very fast, and seems to almost glide above the snowy surface, leaving very little marks behind him. The gas station, which for some reason AB seems desperate to arrive into is only a short distance now.

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Running: 10d6t5 3 Unless you caught him this time, he'll be at the gas station.

[Imladir]

Nyx exchanged a glance with Irris and sighed. It would probably be better if they followed. This place wasn't going anywhere and who knew where Kynos was being led to…
She turned around, and walking fast, starting to head into the direction in which both men disappeared.

[Jack_Spade]

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Running: 5d6t5 2
Luck runs out.

Aimed Shot at the guy's shin (-6)
(Short Burst -2 to defense)
Aimed Shot: 12d6t5 4

Kynos saw no chance to catch the man - he just didn't have the training to move his titanium laced bones at such speeds through ankle deep snow.
While running he drew his gun, came to a stop to aim carefully and shoot at the man's shin to make him go down.
"You might be faster than me, but you ain't faster than my 12 little friends."

[Gilga]

The agent somehow noticed the shot before Kynos pulled the trigger and he jumped up in the air rolling and turning surprising the cybered elf and gracefully evading the shot. Once at the gas station, the last thing you see of the man is disappearing behind one of the gas pumps to the astonishment of the homlesses that camped there that barely change their stance due to the unnatural speed of it all.

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Dodge + Full defense: 16d6t5 9

[Jack_Spade]

<<Bad news, that agent seems to be the other kind of agent and a ki-adept too. He went into the old gas station, probably has a vehicle stashed there. I'm following him.>>
Kynos moved onward, but with a bit more care so that he could evade should the guy try to run him over - or arm himself and start shooting at him.