The Found Arcana - Chapter 12 [IC] Options

[Gilga]

I search the files to see if I find anything which seems relevant to our job.

Edit file: 15d6t5 6

[Jack_Spade]

'Purely by coincidence? There is no such thing. I'm not going to ask you a third time. Why were you spying on the ranch - at this particular time and place. Stop lying.
If they were invisible, how would you have recognized them?
Tell me, who you are working for and what you are hiding. I'm very close to losing my patience. Last chance to get out of this alive.'

Bobby let some of his annoyance bleed through the mind link. At times like this his totem was very close, trying to influence his emotions, giving everything this red and black tinge.

[Thanee]

"I'm not lying. You said, you can sense the truth. You must know that! I am not working for anyone. It is just me."

"Of course, I wasn't there by coincidence, but I didn't know anything about the abduction before it happened. Look, I do not like the owner of that place very much. Falcone. Okay, I was there, not for the first time, to find something to pay him back for the wrongs he did to me in the past. And this time, I struck gold. Or so I thought until now."

"Even invisible, people are noticable. I had my drones snooping around and at some point there was a footprint where there was none moments ago. I looked into it and followed the tracks to the house where the man was taken. I could hear them whisper, but couldn't understand it, as they were using one of them native languages. It was clear to me, that they were all women. There were three different voices. I was wondering why they weren't using subvocals or trodes or something, but I am fairly certain that they had no commlinks on them, or they were shut down completely. Not just running silent. Nothing at all. They also didn't talk much. Just some short phrases, or even single words. The man was unconscious and as they carried him outside, he vanished as well. I think, two of them left with him first, while the third stayed around for a while. There was some noise coming from inside, like rummaging through stuff, throwing things on the ground, opening closets and drawers and such. I didn't get a good look inside, though, as that would have been too risky to get the drones that close."

[Jack_Spade]

Bobby gave a running commentary to his companions, giving them a chance to ask questions as well.

<<I still think he is hiding something - we should ask our client what he knows about that guy.>>

Bobby did just that, sending a message to their employer:

<<What beef do you have with this hacker (see description attached) He says you wronged him and wanted to hurt you by spying on your ranch.

Seems pretty flimsy a story - after all your security didn't notice anything but this guy says he noticed the abduction just by accident.>>