It's a garbage mah jong hand. Like saying "Gin" in gin rummy.

Is Hikaru related to Johnny Wong? It occurred to me that one of his relatives could kinda leak that Johnny is still alive. See Fooey's IC. Meanwhile, the gunsels can stake out the hospital....

I highly doubt it, since Hikaru is half-Japanese/half-American and Wong is Chinese.

Yes.

Apologies, been very busy this week at work.

There have already been some checks to know if -something- has changed. Something very minor probably changed in the ceremony.

To analyze exactly what changed an Extended Test is required. It's a Threshold 12, Interval 1 week, Attribute + Feng Shui (Or other approriate skill).

If you have the original ritual plan, the interval is reduced to 1 hour.

You will note that this makes it impossible for the Governing council to actually know that everything went as planned, which they have announced.

It is possible that parties originally involved in the planning of the ritual fireworks ceremony will be able to identify the changes in Feng Shui influences much faster.

Or you can try and steal the original plans for comparison.

That sounds like some sort of Shadowrun!
Team, let's suit-up!

What do I know? I don't speak Chinese.

Anyhow, the idea is not to flush out the killer. The idea is to get the owners of those comm codes to respond with their names. Saves Fooey from having to hack every single one.

Fooey will go with Cloud's recommendation except for one thing. He feels signing is important, as the whole point of the exercise is to get the recipient to sign a reply. Perhaps a lead in to the signature should be used - like the English "Sincerely yours,", "Yours truly,", "Best regards,", etc. Does that help?

It occurred to Fooey (me after googling Chinese New Year) that an e-card greeting format may or may not be appropriate. Perhaps with a picture of Johnny Wang. Think others might reply with pictures of themselves? I thought one of the relatives might have one.

(by e-card greeting, I mean a gif animation of a tiger morphing into Johnny Wang - or the reverse. The edit skill would let Fooey make one of those. Don't know if that would appeal to someone Chinese. The ones I saw on the net looked kind of wierd to me. That's because this is the year of the pig, and I have an American concept of pigs - Porky Pig, Three Little Pigs, etc. Tony the tiger is much more appealing.)

Anyhow, Fooey hands the project over to Cloud, as Cloud is at the safehouse with Wang's comm link, and Fooey is not.

Hah! My daughter was born in the year of the monkey, and my son was born in the year of the pig. Westerners call this "Family Planning"; every year is the year of the bull.


BTW: I was born in the year of the dragon. Pretty fortunate for me!

Then send it.

You can probably find a street vendor several blocks off of Nathan Road.

Or an automated vending machine or two.

Don't forget to look up. When you do, wave to Jimmy Chan's Stormcloud. You could also use it to look around before leaving the safe house.

And Donald Trump calls this "You're fired!"

It's my message, I don't exactly approve but I can't think of anything better.

You never explained how that would work. You send an unsigned message, and expect to receive signed responses?

Seeing how you are family, and it is your mianzi in jeopardy, you have the veto power. Can you think of anything better (inquiring minds want to know)?

The Hong Kong New Year lasts three days, and three days is how much time you have to come up with something to save your mianzi. Expect to do some work during this holiday if you want to see progress. If you are role-playing a personality, then you are doing fine - it will be up to the others to resolve the deadlock, and come up with something better. The problem is: I am also role-playing a personality. Fooey did a job, and got paid - no strings attached. He doesn't have a burning interest in solving this assassination. The rest of you also got paid, with a string attached - a string that looks a lot like a burning fuse.


OTOH: This game might die if everyone sits back waiting for someone else to do something.

Question for the GM: How did Fooey, a virtual stranger, learn that the victim's name is Johnny Wang if it is such a secret?

Prior till he was found in the hotel you may not have known, but since then there have been several IC opportunities, including the dump from his commlink, the hotel sensor footage, the interaction with Hilary Green, and some other interactions with both PC and NPC. Remember also that Fooey I believe was offered the task of investigating Johnny Wang's demise by the scream sheets as well.

I'll buy that! Did Fooey know Wang by an alias, or just as Mr. Johnson?

Yes. Just haven't had time to do an in depth review.

Also, and I think this was the original point, just as Fooey did not know, the other commcodes may be a in a similar situation where the recipient may not know the caller as Johny Wang. So an unsigned message may get a more revealing response.

The moment has arrived, I am introducing a new player to the game, Redjack. Pending a final review of character.

Redjack

Wekcome, Redjack!

Thanks!

My list of active players includes all those plus Black Hat. I imagine Blaze can answer for himself once he gets back from the Stuffer Shack.