OOC: A Short Victorius War, A Living in the Shadows game Options

[banditf50]

Hey all:

The internet is down in my apartment complex this weekend, so if I am slow responding to anything vital be aware.

*My only suggestion about moving from the restaurant is for Virgil to hold off using any healing mana until arriving at a safer location. It is obvious that something has been adversely affecting Virgil's ability to weild mana of late, I'd prefer that we be in a more neutral location before another spell is cast just in case the drain is very severe.

*Thanks for posting winterrat, I've been in TA training meetings all morning.

[Shadowrunner13]

I'm fine with getting to a safer location and being healed. Tenmou isn't really in any kind of condition to drive his vehicle, but if we're going to need to gear up, all of Tenmou's weapons are in his car, so he will need to return to it at some point.

I'm all for meeting at a bar and comparing notes (and getting all closed up).

[WinterRat1]

SR13- Why don't you post grabbing your stuff, and you can meet (and ride with) D&D V3. And then someone can post for us four arriving at this bar.

Cedric- Maybe you better post arriving first at the bar since Erebus is the one who suggested the place, so we can get a feel for it in our subsequent descriptions?

[Cedric Rolfsson]

Sure, I was thinking typical dock worker's type watering hole, but I'll be happy to post the entry. SR13 you make your post and then I'll post the arrival at the bar.

[banditf50]

Ahhh the joys of the seady blue-collar watering hole. I grew up in a city that has a fair amount of bars and clubs now, but when I visit home the bar I still drink at is this dirty joint next to the train tracks. I will enjoy the posting that we do at this place :)

-If Tenmou and Virgil ride together than he can be healed before entering the club. If I get a chance to jump in and post I will do so, but please do not wait for me. Below I will post the rolls for the healing spell and the drain so that Shadow . . or anyone else can input them into the story line as needed. I'm doing this just so we can make as much progress as possible . . .

Heal 4 (Sorcery 6 + 2 Spell pool): 10 07 05 03 03 01 01 01
*Yesh. . hopefully that will at least stop him from bleeding noticeably.

Drain (WL 6 + 4 Spell pool): 11 10 10 10 05 05 04 02 02 01
*Much better!!! Though with this strange condition hovering over Virgil I'll not make any predictions as to how good of a drain roll it is.

[Cedric Rolfsson]

Ya, in my home town there is a trashy little cowboy joint called Bern's which serves perhaps some of the best burgers on the face of the earth. Its a dive, it looks like a dive, it feels like a dive, it smells like a dive, but their burgers are wonderful. Go figure.

Anyway, as soon and Tenmou has grabbed his gear and his expensive BMW I'll post Erebus' arrival at the bar at just about 5 minutes before 2200 which is the designated meeting time. I'll also post the fact that I made a couple of phone calls too as previously mentioned.

[Cedric Rolfsson]

Okay, I posted my leaving Auburn and the arrival at the bar, there is a big gap in there for time so Shadow you can do whatever you need to in the time gap.

Shadow, only please.

[ Spoiler ]

The phone message I left for detective watts said that I saw a group of Japanese males, one an elf, enter into the Spaghetti Palace, argue with Vinnie and begin shooting. Vinnie cut some kind of deal with the leader of the group and they took off while Vinnie scrambled. The Japs all had various tats etc. that made me think they were Yak. If he wants me to look into it he should call and we can talk deals.

The call to Max warned him that we'd been double crossed and that I needed to talk with him. The Johnson set us up and I got stiffed on my fee. Since runners and the fixers who set up the runners, who get screwed by Mr. Johnsons don't have a long life expectancy I need a call back with all the data he can get me on the Johnson who contacted him to farm the work to Erebus.

[Cedric Rolfsson]

Shadow Stealth roll for spotting a tail

01, 03, 04, 10, 21

OKAY!!!!

Of course that's a 21 that's absolutely useless since I'm 99% sure that no one's following me anyway. Still, I'm just thrilled to see 3 sixes in a row on one roll. I LOVE the Irony dice roller.

[WinterRat1]

Bandit, Ronin- I have no problems with Erebus's offer. Whoever gets a chance (among us three) to post first, do it. Unless someone has a problem with it, when someone gets a chance to post just accept and we'll toss the ball back in Cedric's or SR13's court. Sound good to all involved? (including Cedric and SR13)

[Cedric Rolfsson]

ya, I'm planning on giving the address to my apartment in Milton which is relatively close by. Its large enough that we can use it as a base of operations with a bedroom and living room and kitchen areas so people can crash out and rest. Its also got an underground garage so we can semi-secure the vehicles.

I'm going to be in trial today so I won't be able to post a response until late today. If you want just have Erebus respond by giving an address in Milton to apartment 36A of the Sunset apartments. Once we get to the apartment we can discuss what our options are.

In that line I'd like to suggest we as a team start thinking in terms of "decker" since we seem to be missing that component. We've got muscle and a rigger but no decker unless Daedalus or Dragons is multi-talented. I think its safe to say we're going to need a decker at somepoint here so we might start thinking about that. Erebus has a deck but no utilities and is at best a novice decker.

Shadow, once we're at the apartment I'm going to try and get ahold of Ridgerunner my Salish smuggler contact to see what he knows about the BP impound yard and any suggestions on how to get something out of there. If he has had to "liberate" things from the impound yard previously I'd love to know how he did it. Just anything he can tell me.

[WinterRat1]

General Announcement

Attention: Shadow's wife is newly pregnant, and for the next few weeks he'll be busy helping her out at home, as well as taking a larger share of the care for their current child. As such, bclements will be taking over running ASVW temporarily until things at home settle down and Shadow has time to get back on track.

bclements requests that we remain in the bar for a bit to plan and discuss so he can get caught up with the various dice rolls that have been made recently, in addition to getting caught up on his reading IC and OOC, plus Shadow's notes. So we'll stay in the bar BC until you post in the OOC thread telling us it's ok to leave.

And Shadow: I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again, congratulations! :)

[Cedric Rolfsson]

CONGRATS!!!!! Way to go Shadow! Give your wife my best and tell her to get plenty of rest, you can rest later. :D

[banditf50]

Congrats Shadow!!! I'll be sure to pour a glass of my 'celebration' whiskey tonight as I work on my manuscript. Well, it's only Basil Hayden's, not too fancy for those of your with real jobs . . . but plently nice for a lowly grad student :)

Congrats!!!!

SR13: Please educate me, what does "Arigatau" mean? Also, can you post your essence and the number of wound boxes you had, I'd like to know how much you were healed and to calculate Virgil's drain. Thanks.

[bclements]

Basil Hayden's? That's good stuff, and my personal 'OMG, Payday!' whiskey of choice. Well deserved for the papa and mama to be :D

Also, how are you allotting the wound/time ratio? By my figuring (he had a serious wound), you'll take no drain from the spell with your drain roll.

Cedric: I love the Irony roller as well. You don't see anything following you. Nice roll, though.

Everyone: If you need me to post for you, let me know. I think I'm caught up, so you can post freely IC (and OOC, as per Shadow's ruling). Just as when you were leaving the mob joint, come up with an exit strategy before you leave, just to make sure everyone's on the same page.

[WinterRat1]

Ronin, it's your stuff, so you should probably post and make the call with respect to what Erebus just asked about your stuff.

[Shadowrunner13]

Arigatau is "Thank you" in Japanese.

Essence is under 1 and I have a little bit of Bioware as well...I had taken a serious wound.

I just wanted to state that I get the keys to my new house tomorrow and will be hit and miss over the next week or so as I get my life back in order. I will do my best to check in periodically during that time, but there will be days I'm unable to check in.

[Sedna]

You might have seen it more usually as arigato, bandit; sometimes in combination with domo arigato or domo arigato gozaimasita (for something really polite -- don't do it if you're male, unless you're Bob ;)). There are several schools of hiragana-Latin transcription.

Edit: of course, given that it's me, that's probably more information than anyone really cared to know.

[Cedric Rolfsson]

Okay, if we're in agreement about using my apartment as a base of operations I'd suggest we continue the conversation there. If so then Erebus will head over first everyone can follow him. We'll park in the underground area and I'll move my bikes out of the way so that the car can be parked in my spot and then we'll head up the stairs together.

[bclements]

SR13: You're healed one box of physical damage. Moderate wound penalties apply, so try not to get in a fight in the bar :) Congratulations on the house!

[WinterRat1]

SR13- Congrats as well on the house!

Cedric- Go ahead and post yourself leaving and arriving at your apartment. For expediency, you can write us in as arriving at your apt as well if you want, I have no problems with that.

BC- we're of course taking steps to ensure we're not being followed on the way to Erebus's apt

[bclements]

Post up to leaving the bar, Cedric, as well as any perception rolls you want along the way

Everyone: Remember the exit strategy from the bar, as per last time. Who's leaving and when, that kind of stuff. Perception rolls if you want to look around.

[WinterRat1]

same as last time guys? scan outside first, then...Dragon, Erebus, Tenmou, Virgil, Daedalus sound ok?

[banditf50]

I'm down with the strategy winterrat. Lazarius is already watching our car, which provides an amount of survellience. Virgil will also take a quick moment and astrally project outside of the bar to check for any astral tails that are going undetected. I'll do this after we finalize the exit plan . . .I also want to give Ronin a chance to place some input, since his drones are likely our best chance at detecting a tail.

Thoughts on this?

[WinterRat1]

Works for me. Everyone else?

[banditf50]

I think we're all just waiting for Ronin's valuable opinion on this plan of action, since he's the one with the eye-in-the-sky. Once he confirms his actions Virgil and Daedalus can scout the physical and astral simultaneously.

Winterrat: Do you think I should go ahead and post Virgi's scan in the IC? Or should I just hold my horses and wait to hear from Ronin?