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

[Gilga]

Kynos, no car seem to be leaving the gas station. Either the man continued running, perhaps he entered the small shop - or perhaps he dropped to a nearby sewer access. Your investigativive mind seeks for evidence to favor one direction over the other.

[Jack_Spade]

Kynos kept walking towards the gas station, stashing his gun again - the guy was just a bit too fast for his taste.
This called for a bit more subtlety.
Reaching the shop, he took a look inside, again ready to dodge if necessary.

[Gilga]

At first glance, the shop is a pawn shop with an old looking man tending to it. There is a little bell on the door - though something does not agree with that impression. There is a distinct smell of cinnamon, perhaps some incense - but you would not expect it from a pawn shop in this side of town. As you enter the old man, leaves a book he was reading (an actual physical book) and clumsly moves towards the counter. "Depositing or withdrawing...?" He asks.

[Jack_Spade]

"Leave the shotgun under the counter, I have no quarrel with you. I'm looking for a guy by the name of Alfie Brown, a bit shorter than me, athletic, quite in a hurry. Did you see him come in?"
Kynos replied while keeping his eyes peeled for any sign of danger.
<<I lost Alfie at the gas station, try to fan out and see if you can spot him. It's a slim chance, but I have his commlink, so we might get some info from there, once Irris does her thing with it.>>

[Gilga]

The man chuckles "Please, there is no shotgun here. I know better than that" He then glances at Kynos and seems a bit distracted or detached. "So you are looking for someone... I can help with that. Do you have anything that belongs to that person?"

[Jack_Spade]

"You a spell slinger? Maybe later. The guy is still around here somewhere, I can't wait for you to call some spirit or do a ritual."
Kynos declined to mention the commlink. Neither did he trust the man, nor did he want to pay needlessly for magic services.

[Gilga]

The old man chuckled "No... nothing like that, but I can... " He pauses and seemed a bit pensive "Let's call it guess... I guess better than most as long as I have a personal item. You seem to be in a hurry so perhaps another time." He places a business card on the counter, in case Kynos is interested in one.

[Jack_Spade]

Still wary of a trap, Kynos takes the card, half expecting it to explode just like the flyer last year.
When that doesn't happen he goes outside and tries to find tracks or clues of some sort.

[ Spoiler ]

Trying to track the guy:
Tracking: 7d6t5 2

[Gilga]

There is no visual trail, but there is a broken sewer like pipe nearby - but unlike what you'd expect it smells of cinnamon. Given the fact that you stopped seeing him completely - he might have entered that pipe.

[Ennui]

I glance around outside realizing I wasn't able to cut him off after all. When I see Kynos' Pan I jog to the scene and send him a message.

Right outside. I have eyes on the street let me know if you need backup.

[Jack_Spade]

Kynos received the message and trudged back to Irris: "Good to see you. Here, his link. The guy inside the station seems to be some kind adept or mage. Offered me to look for the guy but needs a personal item. I'm willing to try that, but I'd like you to copy all his files beforehand. Seeing that this guy isn't just a down on his luck third rate talent agent as was implied, I'd caution you to look for traps and bombs on his link too. Leaving it behind could have been a deliberate act."

[Gilga]

@Irris - hacking the comlink is a piece of cake, inside you find some personal files, plenty of selfies and some texts to Casa. The thing that gets your attention is that the oldest files are few weeks old, there is nothing before that. Specifically, the earliest entry is a plane ticket from Denver to Seattle. The latest is some communication with a contact named 'Love' about a transfer to Salish Shide Council tonight.

[Ennui]

I will read carefully the texts to Casa and the info about the transfer and this person "love"

[Gilga]

@irris It appears that Casa approached AB about settling a gambling debt after purchasing his debt. Since AB (as expected by Casa) did not have the money to settle the debt, Casa suggested the representation of Rita. He seemed to be under the assumption that some big contract was around the corner.

Love - seems to be a coyote, apparently, AB plans to leave the country without stamping his passport. They are scheduled to meet at midnight in a remote farm at the outskirts of Seattle.

[Ennui]

I will, of course, share this information.

[Jack_Spade]

Kynos nodded: "Alright, there are two options what's going on here:
1) This guy is indeed Alfie and we had the good fortune to find him before he could grab his link and vanish
2) This guy is someone looking out for Alfie and has planted the link with this information.

Can you try to get a contact number for this Love guy? Meanwhile I'll take the old man up on his offer to use magic to find the guy - provided you have secured all relevant information form the link."

[Imladir]

"Love?" Nyx shook her head "What kind of dumbass name is that?" She grimaced slightly, pensive "I'm afraid I don't know anyone in the coyote community. Not anywhere around here anyway. In any case, should everything else fail, we know where he'll be tonight. Not ideal, but better than nothing."

[Ennui]

I look over the com link for any call history for love and get the com number and hand the link over to Kynos.

[Gilga]

Nothing new with call history to Love, the man is very brief no small talk. Location, payment and date scheduling that is all.

[Gilga]

The old man, in his Cinnamon flavored store examines the comlink and then universally connects to it with a briefcase sized device. His hands move around chaotically, as if he is manipulating AR displays that are invisible to you. "He is not very far from here, and I know where the guy would be tonight. He is wants to get out of here, I sense great fear."

[Jack_Spade]

Kynos tapped his foot impatiently on the floor: "All fine and dandy - we got that much just by reading his mail. Can you give me an address where I can speak to the fragger?"

[Gilga]

The man said "I do not know where he is right now, sorry to disappoint you. He seems pensive and then adds "The man you seek and myself share a certain condition. Most of the people in Clockwork do, the candy man takes care of our condition, but each pays with a different currency."

[Jack_Spade]

"Yeah, yeah, you all are BTL junkies, I get it. No skin of my nose. On the contrary, I got some useful chips for emergencies myself, although personally, I prefer them without the automatic burnout mod. Beats me why not more people use that option.

Anyway, would you mind telling me how I can get in contact with the candy man? I'm pretty sure your fellow junky wouldn't have left here without some pick me ups for the road."
Kynos replied with his usual joviality.

[Jack_Spade]

"Yeah, yeah, you all are BTL junkies, I get it. No skin of my nose. On the contrary, I got some useful chips for emergencies myself, although personally, I prefer them without the automatic burnout mod. Beats me why not more people use that option.

Anyway, would you mind telling me how I can get in contact with the candy man? I'm pretty sure your fellow junky wouldn't have left here without some pick me ups for the road."
Kynos replied with his usual joviality.

[Gilga]

"Not only BTL, there are other drugs too... A clocker would not run away from you, same as you would not run-away from a trid monster, they do do not see this world as real. Your man is hooked on something else entirely."