Orion's world view is straight from the Sons propaganda leafleets - magic is corrupting, it destroys anyone it touches and so forth. He hasn't given it much thought actually, just been listening to what is said at the rallies. Ok so they don't say "shoot them!" but the sentiment is there, it's not that hard to extrapolate what the speakers are really thinking. But who knows? This might change if he was actually to speak to a mage

High Rise's view on mages is that they are people like everyone else, but they are people who are born with the ability to summon a tank or can enslave others with a thought. There must be a serious temptation to do that as several mages have shown over the years, so they must be monitored. Registration lets the government do that, all the others are under the jurisdiction of whoever happens to be passing by. What's the saying, "In God We Trust, In Everyone Else We Monitor."

If a mage avoids registration, that is "probable cause." If they avoid registration and never use their abilities, bonus points for the effort, but they should have registered. Registered or not if they use magic to the detriment of society.. Goodbye mage.

@2bit:
Regarding last IC post (I don't know how to link directly to a single post..) when Alfred shows us the security cam footage - is it as he says, Malcolm, who handed it to Alfred or did he really say it was the manager, Jessie Reynolds? Cause if it was M.Jackson I'm curious about how he managed to get hold of this tape... thought it was Reynolds the manager who had contacted Alfred after Jackson came to him. This could also be me misunderstanding things

The footage was from a camera that Jackson set up and recorded himself. I'll edit Alfred's dialog to make that clear.

Null's views on magic would also be almost straight out of their propoganda. Their power comes from hostile extradimensional forces, so they are, at best, unkowing collaborators who slowly (and inevitably) get corrupted by their powers. They can be "cured" by using drugs or cyberware to sever their link to their unholy power, but only if it is done before it turns them completely evil.

In a way, he views "normal" mages the same way that they would view insect shamans - as thralls of extradimensional beings with an utterly alien mindset who are hostile towards metahumanity. Also, as a former addict, he sees magic as another form of addiction, one that, like his, leads to inevitable moral and mental decay.

ahh ok, edited my post to reflect that.

Previous funds=6980 +1000 pay- 100 Drinks = 7880

Aww, a suit from a local vending machine won't cut it? What will the price be, just so I can deduct it? Otherwise I see us going into slight legwork phase until the breakfast monday morning.

To avoid OOC confusion, though IC confusion is fine Alfred is also the name of Tariq's (High Rise)'s 9 year old Steel Lynx.

btw, ¥1700-¥10+¥1000=¥2690

@Cakeman:
Let's say 300 will get you a basic off the rack suit. For 500 , you'll look like you make more money than these wageslaves.

Seeing as it will be Malleus tailor, I'll deduct 600 from my money. There goes more then half the regular pay for the run...

Orion: 1500 starting money + 1000 pay - 600 suit = 1900

Have it your way Malleus is going to be at the YBR for the rest of the night, I'm sure; are you guys going to do this Sunday?

By the way: instead of using the :nuyen : tag which on subscribed thread e-mail and when pictures don't load right ends up displaying the tag text try using alt+0165. It uses the actual ¥ character instead of a .gif and is usable everywhere ascii characters are (I think). So it works on .txt character sheets as well.

@2bit
Yes, sunday around 10 o'clock. I wasn't really planning on playing it out IC though unless it's considered good form.

Sunday? What's sunday?

yoippari - thanks for the tip, but i have no idea how to use any ascii characters that don't appear on the keyboard. Malleus and Orion are getting a suit on Sunday. And no, I wasn't planning on running that scene either. Quick prep scenes for Saturday night and then fast forward to monday morning. The YBR scene may take a little longer, may not, depending on what Malleus wants to get out of it.

@imperialus

Etiquette roll to get information from Tinman

Cha 7+ Tailored Pharamones 2+ Etiquette +5 = 13

Etiquette Roll to Tinman. (1d6=2, 1d6=2, 1d6=6, 1d6=2, 1d6=3, 1d6=1, 1d6=5, 1d6=3, 1d6=6, 1d6=3, 1d6=2, 1d6=2, 1d6=3) 3 sucesses

Spends 100 ¥ on drinks for the night.

Previous Funds = 7880 - 100 = 7780 ¥

Hehe, nasty turn of events Still, it's best not to upset the regulars...

(Money for Orion: 1900¥ - 30¥ drinks = 1870¥. He's not going to drink as classy beverages as Malleus)

Just to let you guys know, my posting might be a little sporadic until Thursday (the 5th). I have 3 papers due between now and then so finishing them up is going to take up a significant amount of my time. Sorry to inconviniance everyone but after this week I should be pretty much free.

yoippari:

High Rise makes a Forgery + Intuition roll against the video:

1d6=2, 1d6=5, 1d6=6, 1d6=6, 1d6=5, 1d6=6, 1d6=5

FANTASTIC roll huh?

Malleus has a data search still (electronics skill group) of 2 and a (newly purchaced) rating 6 browse program. Total dice = 8, Figured you might want do do the rolling since it's an extended test.

Previous funds = 6980¥ - 100¥ google subscription (rating 6 browse program) = 6880¥

What a waste of hits. Could you archive that roll for a disguise check or something?

umm, isn't browse ¥50 up to rating 3 or ¥100 up to rating 6? How do you get ¥300?

oh... I must have missread... I thought it was 50 per rating. I'll fix it when I have a chance.

Aww, Glyph's description of the poor mage's icon beeping on Nulls map made me smile...

Everyone check in, please, and add to the IC conversation even if you have nothing constructive to add. Keep the stone rolling lest it gather moss!

I'm here. Checking the thread daily, but have avoided posting every time to keep a balanced story.

Likewise. I'll post Null's arrival at the parkade tonight.

I'm here.

Still here. Papers are finally finished so I have much more free time. I can go back to posting once a day if that works for everyone else.

What, doesn't breakfast like this fall within your lifestyle costs? I would guess you'd almost add money as a saving for eating soy instead of real food...

Definitely falls within low lifestyle cost. only deduct if yours is lower than that.

GM Narrative post coming later today!

My narrative post will have to wait until tomorrow, sorry all. Too much work to do.

Woops, @ High Rise: so do you want to look for a backdoor or go into the lobby? It's your call.

Was that directed to me imperialus?
Malleus and Orion will head into the lobby, that'll be my next narrative post (and chapter 2!). We'll handle High Rise looking for a back door concurrently.

Also, since it may soon become relevent, everyone please post a spoiler in OOC telling us what gear is on your person and what may not be close at hand but is still on the scene (like in the van).

Malleus' gear:

Orion's gear

Null's gear:

High Rise's gear:

I figure piggy backing off the guard's commlink is simple partial mesh networking and wouldn't require a roll.

You want me to roll the track and scan or you?

@yoippari: Ok - matrix can get confusing so I'll try to explain the situation as I see it. To keep from getting bogged down, we'll go my way for now and if you or someone else can explain why I'm mistaken, then we'll correct it for the future.

The lobby node is public, but configured so that unless you are a user on the building's network, you must make a request from within the device's signal range to talk to it. You can do this from Malleus's commlink, assuming he's given you enough access to do that, or through the guard's commlink, if you hack it. Does that sound legit to you?

High Rise knows the company's web page already. It shouldn't be hard to find the building's network, being as close to its location as you are. You find it several seconds later.

*Mr. Dawson is the name attached to Malleus' rating 3 SIN.

The idea with the web page is to use the same transmitter that accesses the page's node to get a signal past the wireless blockers, not to access any systems. Is this still a hacking + exploit vs system + firewall that will have to go through a firewalled node (daisychained commlink?) or a "less intrusive" use-the-antenna hacking + exploit?

Plan b is use a fly-spy to find a physical opening at the roof or something and act as a signal booster. Plan C is to blatantly hack the guard's commlink and get in that way.

ouch... *rubbing my temples*the matrix is my friend... the matrix is my friend... i love the matrix...

ok.

EC's public web page, you find out, is not hosted on-site, but elsewhere in Seattle. You do detect multiple transmitters on the building's roof, but they're not letting you see anything inside. Hacking any of them would be the same as hacking into the building network. Bottom line, you won't be able to get a signal in without accessing any systems unless your plan B works or you are physically inside.

Ok, so High Rise is starting a probe on the building transmitter.

I'm assuming he's doing this in VR yeah? Post the first five rolls, that will take you out to Noon-ish. Stop if you get a glitch.

If you like, you can do other tasks at the same time as long as they don't take a whole lot of attention.

I was afraid it would be the extended hacking+exploit. I don't want to waste that amount of time trying to get through a system that is probably more heavily protected than the security guard's commlink. So for now I'll try plan b real quick.

Are there laws regarding flying drones over private property? I don't want to get arrested while spying on the johnson and interviewees.

probably, yeah, amounting to some kind of tresspassing. a flyspy is a microdrone, right? It should go unnoticed.

and by "probably" i mean yes, I know everything about the world and that would be minor trespassing

Bah, fake SINs You guys will spring me from jail, right? Right? Guuys...?!?

Also, I need to fix a file for myself to cut-n-paste what gear I carry. Apparently my legal contacts and earbuds (bought for occasions like these) are still at home on my desk...