Going to make another post assuming Cattie does her buisness quickly and comes back out... if she decides to go VR on the toilet, for like 10 minutes, or something, I can modify my post - but be prepared for hilarity to ensue.

Your post is cool, BlackHat. No matrix action.

Double posts... says it errors, but it actually worked.

Okay, the people at the diner have now managed to move three minutes ahead of the people at the WIQ, despite my valiant efforts last night to sync everyone up at about 7 am.. Since the latter group is in a pseudo combat situation at this point, we can expect some stuff to happen with them - which they will no doubt want to report on over the team network, well before the diner people even leave the diner.

DINER PEOPLE PLEASE STOP PUSHING TIMELINE FORWARD UNTIL WIQ GROUP CATCHES UP.
You already seem bound to be thrust back in time when Fortunato and/or Sledge report their progress.

DR and pragma - please don't try to make up for this by stretching the timestamps on your actions - all the stuff we have greenlighted for IC should not take you past 07:00:15.

Silly double-post.

Oh man, and I wanted to reply to Cattie!

Fortunato and Sledge better kill those people quickly, so we get out of Shadowrun "bullet-time".

Hey you two - I was thinking - how long can it take you to leave some bills on the table and mosey out the door. Why don't you guys save me from an anality nervous breakdown and edit your last posts to end at about 07:00:30 - and then STOP there.
It is inevitable that you will hear from the other two before much more time goes by than that, and I swear that if you guys get sent a "phone call from the past" my spinal cord will melt!

hehe, okay, no problem. The big jump in time was mostly cause I had no idea how long it would take Angel to make poopy or whatever. Since at like 6:59 she went into the bathroom.

Edit: WEr, that's right, we edited those so she went in ~6:57... 5 minutes is way too long.

Network issues... you really don't want to hear the details.

I will get an IC post in by tonight.

That last line as me cringe a bit as I thought about it... Good thing Caittie isnt there to hear that firsthand...

It had the proper effect then; lets hope it convinces the receptionist.

I keep worrying about this communication that adamu thinks we're going to want to send to the diner crew. His cryptic hints have me half convinced that we're shooting ourselves in the foot with an automatic weapon.

Well, I wouldnt be wrong in considering this entire event a comedy of errors... sans the comedy... You have to remember that while we as players are making mistakes, our characters are making the same due to their own inexperience of performing shadow work. While they might have their own specialties, Fort has his interrigation and intimidation, they have yet to figure out how to work them with the darker side of the coin properly.

pragma & DireRadiant

As noted here earlier, I had BlackHat & Co move their posts up to 06:59:50 - notably the one about turning up the heat.
If you two could just adjust your timestamps to right at 07:00:00, we will all be in sync.

pragma, when you put the pen at her eye, you notice that it is a cybereye. Still would hurt to have it ripped out, natch - your intimidation still goes off without a hitch.

Now I need both of you to roll for surprise. Won't bother with a description of what happens until I see how caught off guard you are.

Lol, well, didn't see that coming.

Looks like someone beat you to the pen-in-the-eye trick!... wonder if her other eye is cyber yet...

The surprise is, she has an eye lazer... >_>
Either that or she called more guards/cops...

Eye laser would be pretty bad-ass... but I remember it dealing pittiful damage... unless she's some sort of eye-laser-adept, the worse she'll do is flash it in Fortunato's eyes and make him see dots for a few minutes.

The problem with calling cops is that they are in a BLACK CLINIC and are probably guilty of way more than "magical assault" and "threats with a pen". Calling them would land the clinic in more trouble than the Shadowrunners trying to break into it.

Guards are WAY more likely...

Oooo... Thinking about it, she could be calling in some favors that some... Uhh... Unsavory characters might owe them... like say, shadowrunners? O_o
Street Docs are sorta like watering holes, dont mess with a communal resource...

I loved Cybereye-Toollasers And at point blank range, when he is fixing her eye anyway and she´s fixing his, she´d at least make him permanently

The eyelasers had pittyfull damage and range -which was ok- but the where also totally impractical to use, which I always found totally unrealistic. I mean what bodypart could a ranged weapon better be aimed with then your eye?!
Of course they still had been quiet usefull to cut through restraints, blindfolds and doors
Can´t wait for Augmentation, to get one of these for John

"Here´s looking at you, kid!"

Yeah, I never played, but often thought about an eye-laser adept who could chuck 14-some dice around and possibly hurt someone within 1 meter as much as a normal man could with a gun.

I'm pretty sure the "warehouse" reception room is a well defended man trap for the facility.

Fortunato Surprise test: Rea + Int # dice: 6 :: 1 4 4 6 6 6 -- 3 successes

I'd like to assense the lady and try to (IC) figure out if she's telling the truth:

Assensing: # dice: 8 :: 2 6 5 1 2 2 3 4 -- 2 successes
-- He can't assense this woman to save his life.
Judge Intentions: Cha + Int # dice: 10 :: 4 4 1 2 2 6 3 5 2 4 -- 2 successes

One test might supplement the other; I don't know, I'm not a doctor.

Given the OOC knowledge I've got he's probably going to let her go once the two tests are in, I can make an IC post at that point.

I'm pretty sure that would freak out the entire trio.

Maybe even Sledge.

Fair warning to all. Sledge will insist all survivors go through an AAR. Be afraid.

Survivors of what? I also have not a clue what AAR means... Hmm... maybe a Pirate training program?

Just as long as she isn't the one leading the procedures... I could see her getting way too heated.
I see Cerberus or Fortunato, the ones with true squad type combat training of some sort, handling it. That is unless Sledge has some training I missed.

"Mr. Johnson" is the clearly in charge here (lolz@me ) and will obviously be doing the reviews.

Acutally, more seriously, I fully expect that everyone else will be reviewing everyone else as well - this is our first time working together, so its bound to be awkward - and in order to work together more effectivly, we need some downtime to sit down, straighten things out, and make sure we're all at the same level. (Get encrypted radios tuned to the same frequency so we're not jabbering about the run over IM, etc)

Adam had already planned to do something similar, after he's gotten a chance to see how well the team acts together - but it makes a lot of sense for Sledge, or the Squad guys to suggest something along the same lines as well - in which case Adam will probably let one of them take the lead (after all, he knows that he knows jack-and-shit about being a Shadowrunner, but he just doesnt' want you guys to know that).

Sledge does actually have a skill where AAR are appropriate, but the terminology is a bit different, their called PMs, or Post Mortems.

Okay guys, this is a tricky situation to resolve, especially in forum, but in game terms it goes a bit like this -

First, you were not surprised.

Second, roll initiative for yourselves and the beast spirit.

Third, however fast you act, within the ongoing time-continuum of combat turns and (unrolled) initiatives, the opposition set themselves up and then delayed action, so that when the attack it comes it is as an interrupt to whatever scores you guys get.
At least some of them have now used up their first pass, whether it would have come before or after you in the non-delay-used sequence of things.

pragma needs to use body to resist a spell. Not surprised, spell defense is possible.
No results yet on your assensing/judge intentions test as those take a simple action each, and you have not yet had that time...

I need declarations and relevant rolls from both of you plus the spirit. If things happen to you between your combat turns, you will be able to adjust any declarations of actions that would be subsequent to the new stimulus, although results of tests that become irrelevant will be lost.
On the other side, do not abuse this flexibility - I will be on the lookout for actions changed for no good reason but that the roll was crappy.
But you guys are way too good of roleplayers for me to even need to say that.

Please feel free to fire questions at me regarding details of the room, etc, that would be clearly apparent without a Perception test action.

PS - Dire - you don't see or hear the bulldogs, although the snake is obviously bothered by something.

Actually, Fortunato has had no squad combat training at all. He slipped into the CIA from the foreign service, not any military branch.

That said:
Spell Resist: Bod + Counterspelling # dice: 6 :: 2 4 4 4 1 6 -- 1 success
-- I assume that's not enough to resist; if I'm going to take more than three boxes I'm using edge to reroll failures.

Initiative: Rea + Int: # dice: 6 :: 3 4 5 3 3 2 -- 1 success
-- Total: 7

Assuming Fortunato survives the assault (within reasonable definitions of survive) and the mage is still up he'll fire back a seriously overcast stunbolt:

Stunbolt, Force 11: # dice: 10 :: 2 2 3 6 6 4 1 3 6 5 -- 4 successes
Drain: # dice: 12 :: 1 5 5 1 5 1 1 1 4 5 6 1 -- 5 successes, glitch

If the mage is down he'll tell the spirit to defend itself (assuming that its necessary) and take cover.

Regardless, the free action is extending spell defense to Sledge.

INI = 8 + 2 hits = 10
2 hits = 1 1 4 3 5 5 4 1

IP 1
Free Action - Matrix Communication to Fortunato "Your call"
Hold Action
Will interrupt to a Full Parry with the Defiance Taser if needed

IP 2
Free Action - Move to have some cover between Sledge and the door where the halfer mage popped up
Hold Action
Will interrupt to a Full Parry with the Defiance Taser if needed
This may switch to shooting someone with the Taser depending on what happens or if Fortunato responds

One likely result is that Sledge will shift her grip, if any, on the secretary. Note that she hasn't just hit the switch to attempt to apply the Taser stun to the woman.

My apologies for the misinterpretation:

Fortunato will take cover (probably keeping the desk between himself and the door).

He will tell the spirit to defend itself and it will release the woman (to reduce combat modifiers) and use fear on the watchers. It will be a slow process, but they shouldn't be doing much damage anyway.

Fear: Wil + Mag # dice: 8 :: 4 4 3 6 2 1 2 6 -- 2 successes

Astral Combat Defense (several): Rea + Astral Combat -- I'm leaving the modifiers to you
# dice: 10 :: 6 1 5 1 5 5 1 6 6 4 -- 6 successes
# dice: 10 :: 6 3 2 5 5 6 1 3 1 3 -- 4 successes
# dice: 10 :: 5 3 5 3 6 4 1 2 1 6 -- 4 successes
# dice: 10 :: 3 5 1 6 1 5 3 1 6 4 -- 4 successes
# dice: 10 :: 5 6 2 6 1 4 6 6 6 4 -- 6 successes
# dice: 10 :: 1 3 5 4 3 6 2 4 4 1 -- 2 successes

I know I technically only get one free action, but I've got some talking to do as well; let me know if it will fly.

Remainder of 1st Combat Turn

Essentially all your actions are achieved.

When the spirit releases the old woman and Sledge takes cover, the old woman sits up straight in her chair and spends a couple of seconds straightening her mussed hair.

Spirit Fears one watcher, three more attack it uselessly, during which time one collides with another and kills itself. Spirit Fears another, leaving only one yapping and nipping with no effect at all.

Cover - there is essentially only the desk.
Sledge said free action to move behind it - walking requires no action. Still standing (?) behind desk is good for "partial cover".
pragma used free action to take cover behind desk. Again, walking takes no actions. In SR1-3 change position was a simple action, which you seem to have used, but now there is only drop prone (free) and stand up (simple) so if you want to be squatting behind the desk, that counts as "good cover", but don't forget if you do that it'll be another simple action to stand back up.

So when you post next, I will need to know from both of you whether you are standing or squatting.

Going into 2nd Turn, Sledge is still maintaining a held action, and Fortunato is still in Astral Perception.
pragma - sorry, but in a three-second combat turn must be stingy on the actions - you get what you pay for.
If you want to talk now, go for it in the next combat turn. The lady seems to have composed herself and is ready to chat.

Need declarations, etc.

Watcher spirits are funny creatures...

Adamu

- Sledge will be standing behind the desk, only partial cover.

Same basic strategy, holding actions to either interrupt with Parry or Dodge, waiting on Fortunato to decide how to handle things. Of Note, Sledge will hold the Taser in a "safe" position, e.g. not pointed at anyone or a door, but at the ground or ceiling while waiting.

Let me know if you want rolls for anything.

Fortunato will be crouching behind it for good cover.

He plans to hold action and talk for free.

Okay, I have your positions. Sledge is on delay. IC to this point if you wish. Talk to the lady. Let's have the speeches in fairly brief chunks, please.

Assume the last watcher lasts about one more second.