IC: Chasing the Prize, We always get our mark Options

[HeySparky]

Edana finishes typing and leans back in her chair, stretching, "Okay, that's all we have. JT, I'll send this to you and you can send it to your fixer... what was his name? And your contact at Lonestar -- or did we decide that was too risky?"

"I'll send this to Jason and, Charlie, mind if we send Debian a copy - he can use it to dig up data for us. I'd even consider giving him a share if he really comes through. What's his address or can I... right. Can't send it to you? How can I get it to him?"

She leans forward to type in a new address, and the File Sent sound chimes cheerily from her PS. She looks down aghast and her face clouds and spins, "Uh... guys... I was going to show you the file first..." She looks up, "But I just posted it." She makes a worried face, "Anonymously!"

Oh boy. Wonder how long it's gonna take for that to bite my hoop?

3, 2, 1...

Herne clacks his teeth together audibly and grins.

Ha very ha.

[Kremlin KOA]

"Edana, you shouldn't have placed out leads on there, please remove them..." Gonzales also uses his pocsec to comment on the posting

>>>>>>[Okay peeps There is already a team after this guy, as much as half of you want to see him really suffer. You'll only increase his chances of escape if you interfere. On the other hand I'll try to film his capture and 'questioning ' for the shadow market.] <<<<<

--- SpeedyTheMouse [09:18:23/16-DEC-2063]

[HeySparky]

"Take them down?" She shakes her head. "The point is that I want other teams to be able to track him down if... " She bites her lip, "Uh, if we don't make it."

"What parts don't you want out there Gonzales?"

[Kremlin KOA]

"set a trigger that the clues only appear if we don't sign in every 2 hours... That way if we die others get the clues."

[toturi]

Grave:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a situation. Firstly, does anyone have any good smuggler contacts or have anyway of getting past Customs on your own? The Option dealing with an Affliction situation is Curtain Call. Martial law. Total lockdown. Second, even smugglers want to stay alive. Know any street docs with a really good rep on the streets? We'll need to get our bloodwork done. Once we know we are clean, then we can go after the target. VITAS has an incubation period of approximately half a day with flu-like symptoms or symptoms similar to stomach disorder. Does anyone feel sick? Remember we might have been unknowingly exposed to the virus."

To Edana:

"I think Herne's the only one of us here that is totally immune to the virus. Is there anyway you can teach him a spell to detect the virus in an area?"

[HeySparky]

Edana nods... Not sure how to do that. She scratches behind an ear, "Uh... What 'clues' the whole thing is a big fat clue."

She sits back again, frustrated, "Can't we just let it sit out there for a while - we might get something big. Something we don't yet know."

She blinks at Grave. Oh. "Um, I have an ex-military contact. My landlord. We have to go back to my place to do the hunt ritual anyway. I'll give him a call."

She dials Townsend's number on her comm, "And I feel tired, achey and exhausted. Just like flu. But I think it's got more to do with last ni-- Townsend. Hey. Slight change of plans. I'm gonna be by my place within the hour. I need your help."

She listens. "No, I'll tell you when I get there. Er, we get there. I'll have some friends along."

Edana looks up at Herne. "He's remarkably hard to train." She grins briefly and looks back at Grave. "No, I don't think I can. Not just now. It'd take study and you know, time."

[HMHVV Hunter]

"Why don't we go back to this freak's house and get something Herne can use to bloodhound him; the rest of you can work out how to get where he is," Helios suggests.

[HeySparky]

Edana stands, "Speaking of which, if I'm going to talk to Townsend and get my place ready for the ritual - JT, you're in right? Gonzales, why don't you come with me and you can edit the file I posted yourself as we drive. You know, use my login. Wait... you were going with Helios..."

She pauses, "Who has a vehicle here?"

[Kremlin KOA]

"The simplest edit would be to replace the leads with a request for readers to post up any data they have on Ballefour and its backers."

[Bastard]

"I have my bike Edana. Until I get the sidecar its gonna be hard to bring Kane along on it. I can swing back by my place. Kane still has that freakshow's shirt and jogging shorts. Herne, would those work better than the keyboard?"

Taggart turns to Charlie and hands him his cell. "Make your call, I got to run by my place to pick up said things anyways. I will pick up the computer and see where we go from there."

JT then addresses the group before they depart, "We need to find his next location ASAP in order to cut him off like Grave suggested. I have papers for all my weapons, so I should be able to go pretty far with out any hassle. I also know some people at Star that may be able to help us out in our movements. At least get us past any checkpoints or stops, afterall, they are the ones who gave us the job. You would think they would assist us anyway they could."

[toturi]

Grave:

"I've got a Military ID for being on Fort Lewis. I can get my stuff straight to New York if I seal it in a box, get it stamped 'Property of UCAS Government'."

[HMHVV Hunter]

"I might need to use that box too," Helios says to Grave.

[Bastard]

"Will Kane fit in there, Grave?"

[Johnson]

"Well I can hunt around some criminal organizations and see what i can find. I gather infomation you would be looking for is who set the Virus off at central and some more details. I will get work on this now."

Tiny stand up from the table, pushes his chair in.

"Anybody want to join me?"

[toturi]

Grave:

"Very funny, JT. Real funny."

[Kremlin KOA]

"Well that solves the question of getting links for Herne, I guess I'll be coming with you to your place Edana." Chrissie won't be up till three, must stop by a stuffer shack and get some blue food dye.

[HeySparky]

Edana shakes her head and shuts off her PS. She slithers out of her chair so she doesn't kneecap Herne as she gets up.

"The shorts, aren't going to be enough. A mixed blessing to be sure. JT, did you call it in to your pal? Think he'd mind if we picked up something from Ballefour's? Tiny, I'm headed north, can we drop you and whoever's going with you off somewhere?"

She flips open her PS again and taps a few keys and sweeps her electric gaze around the assembled group, "I sent you guys my address. Let's rally there. Also - Grave - just in case Ballefour hasn't gone far, maybe we can ship your gear to Spokane or something. We can work that out."

She makes for the door, waving at the patrons as she begins to pull up her air filter.

Herne trails along, scratching his lower back and growling. Clothes. You People sure put up with a lot of irritating things.

A sardonic grin slopes across Edana's face. Yes, Herne. Yes, we sure do.

[BishopMcQ]

Helios:
As you rise and cross the bar behind Edana towards the door, you notice there is some kind of news conference happening on the flatvid. It appears to be something regarding the viral attack from this morning and Ballefour Pharmaceuticals.

[HMHVV Hunter]

"Guys, look," Helios says pointing to the TV screen.

"Hey barkeep, think you can notch the volume up a bit?"

[BishopMcQ]

The barkeep shrugs and trudges over to the control panel and turns up the volume.

"No further questions. Thank you." The representative from Ballefour Pharmaceuticals turns and begins to walk off the screen. Not missing a beat, the voice over of the broadcast station is clearly heard over the clamoring reporters trying to get one more question answered.

"In a shocking turn of events, Ballefour Pharmaceuticals has announced that they will be making their vaccine against VITAS available to the public for a nominal fee. This comes after being denied human testing rights by the UCAS government. A highly controversial decision but guaranteed to carry public opinion when faced with this centuries Black Death."

[Bastard]

"Yep, I knew that was coming. The whole company is in on it. They are holding Seattle at ransom, and the public will pay it."

[Kremlin KOA]

"well that means he aint leaving town... who's friends with a trid snoop?"

[Ecclesiastes]

Bishop says to Tiny, "I got my ride with me now, why don't you and I head out together. Hang on, I wanna hear this..."

He speaks up to the bartender, "Oy! Turn that up a bit, I wanna hear that."

[BishopMcQ]

The trid system is turned up louder, endless prattle of reporters coming across the bar.

"Once again, Ballefour Pharmaceuticals is offering a VITAS vaccine to the Seattle public to combat the attack dealt this morning. Inside sources say there are only ten thousand vaccinations available but more batches are being produced over the next few days. Blood tests will be necessary to make sure that each recipient has not yet become infected."

[HMHVV Hunter]

"Son of a bitch," Helios growls. "The entire city's gonna be bloodsuckers before dawn if we don't stop him."

"I'm heading back to the house to get something to track this fucker down. Gonzales, still want to go?"