When you say "tribal cloak," which tribe are we talking about, here?

Who is this guy?

Also, Initiative.

An Shui:

Sorry. Should have been more specific. Appears to be a variation of Xhosa.



He is Carlos Arano, one of the Rain Queen's shamans enforcing the law in Capetown.

Ukhetshe mentally orders his commlink to call his contact, the Rain Queen Shaman Matriarch.

Incidentally, I haven't decided whether she's Ukhetshe's mother, aunt, or sister. Thoughts?

Going to assume that everybody's rolled. It seems I'm missing somebody, but maybe it's just me. Everybody that hasn't rolled: I gave enough time, so I rolled to decide who would get intiative after those who did roll.

Carlos has first action, and he's waiting to see what everybody - especially Ming - does.

Action order:
Bunny (uh oh)
Ruff
An Shui
Ukhetshe
Jack
Shadow

Aaron: see the IC post for you.

Carlos is? the Shaman cop?

on the initiative here,,,,, most of my non initiative monsters never end up near the top for initiative.

Here I thought I was going to be one of the slow ones, only to find out we are all slow.

WMS

Yeah, he is.

Bunny will move to the nearest 'substantial' cover that she can take a knee or fall prone behind to get good or total cover. If there is something near the kitchen door that she could intercept anyone trying to pass through it in either direction that would be ideal but not vital.

You never said whether or not there was anyone else outside backing up the shaman and I intend to keep an 'eye' on the kitchen to make sure we don't get any unpleasant surprises from that direction.

Other than that Bunny delays and waits to see what happens.

Coming out of the restroom, the nearest cover is an opening before a half-wall where the cash register is. The entrance to the kitchen is about 50 feet away, but in clear sight.



Sorry. As far as you can tell, there is nobody outside. There are people inside the kitchen, but they seem to be standing still, probably in shock over what is happening. (Tubby shaman is not being quiet nor subtle.)

Ruff, you're up.

Ruff will measure the distance between himself, his seated team mates to the waiter and the shaman.

Otherwise unless he has violence directed at him or his team mates will attempt to finish eating his meal and red tea. ie hold his action.

WMS

An Shui extends spell defense to his comrades. At this point he has no reason to become involved, nor by action bring attention to himself or his team mates. I figure a summoning or casting, even for strictly defensive purposes, would not only catch the attention of the very magically active force but also possibly cause them to take premature actions in their own defense. Other than that, he holds his action, remaining observant of the situation.

Distance between the team and the waiter: about a foot and a half.
Distance between the team and the shaman: about 30 feet and closing.

Ukhetshe does the thing I wrote in the IC thread.

Do we avoid the scene or are we caught up in the middle of it?

It seems that so far, everybody in your party is avoiding the situation. But then again, not everybody has acted yet, including Ming.

Incidentally, Jack, we are waiting on you, followed by Shadow. You have 24 hours from the time of this post, or I will assume you are doing nothing.

*bump*

I think Jack... perhaps Shadow as well, are doing nothing...

Yeah, they do nothing.

I pm'd the players to see if they're still around.

I'm guessing no replies?

Ophis told me he had to drop out; Jack will need to be written out. Shadow hasn't gotten back to me at all. In the meantime, any responses to Darkfire hunting down Ming need to be gotten in before we move on.

*checks the game's DocWagon bracelet*

*Doc Wagon Biomonitor reports the Afrikaans part of the patient is alive and lurking*

WMS

Game is still on ... going slowly. 12 hours before we move on. I assume nobody is responding to Darkfire's leaving.

Ruff will not respond, but he will try to use all his senses to "see" or "hear" anything that goes on.

WMS

Ukhetshe is still at the counter, keeping his eyes on stuff, delaying a Full Defense action, and waiting for his pizza to be boxed up.

Oy!!

If you have nothing to add IC to the Shaman's request, make it known here.

Ruff has nothing else to add unless the Shaman asks him directly.

WMS

I'm all done.

I'm good.

OK, moving on. One player has dropped and the other is being dropped due to nonresponsiveness.

Shadow will be written out, but I am asking about what shoudl be done about Jack? This is the team's main hacker. Should I take over him for this mission, or should he be written out as well? I will abide by the group thought.

Do you feel that the team needs a hacker, or would you be comfortable spinning a tale for a team that doesn't have one?

Well, we definitely need a hacker. You can either NPC him or turn his over to one of the PC's to run as a second.

Based on the overwhelming responses, I have decided this about Jack:

I will run him, but he will play a minor role in this mission, after which, he will be departing. Incidentally, after this one is completed (around 2013, at the pace we are going), I will open up recruiting for a new hacker, unless one of you want to make a new one.

Also, let's see if we can move this along. I've been burning with anticipation about how this is going to go down.

Ok, refresh my memory. Anyone have a vehicle?

Have we made our list for Jack?
Here is mine off the top of my head:
- What are the bloggers saying about Jahzara Senkafa?
- Any recent rumors about the Horizon Africa compound downtown?
- Cross reference Horizon and Sunny Afroflash music for violence or extractions
- Run up a profile on Jahzara's parents. Find out who they are and, if possible, why she won't speak to them.

I've got whatever mode of transportation comes along with a High lifestyle.

Ruff has a Motorcycle but did not ride due the heavy rain during the time of the meet.

Lifestyle does not include mode of transportation unless it is public.

WMS

That's right; that changed in SR4. I guess I'm taking a cab, albeit a nice one.

Spirit of man, F4
Summon: [3,2,1,4,5,2,4,6] = (2)
Spirit Resists: [5,5,3,6] = (3)
Resist DV6 Drain: [4,3,1,3,3,3,5,1,6] = (2)
Summoning fail; 4 boxes of drain

Spirit of man, F3
Summon: [1,2,5,4,5,1,3] = (2)
Spirit resists: [3,1,2] = (0)
Buy off DV2 Drain.

Grampa was the mean one in my family, too.

Looks like we're done at the restaurant. What are your characters' plans for tonight?

Ukhetshe heads home and waits for somebody that needs to be intimidated to show up.

Ruff will take a taxi to his place. Then he will search the databases/news services for more information on the subject of the extraction and any tribal politics regarding her.

WMS

An Shui is heading home. At this point they need more info from Jack, so he'll rest while that is pending.

Jack's not going to be calling anyone until 3 am, so if you have any actions that need to be done, go ahead and do them.

Not using Gm fiat, but keeping in what Ophis has told me about his character that keeps him unoccupied.

WMS: What do you mean by tribal politics involving her?

Ruff wishes to see if there are any tribal politics in or around her personage. Jahzara Senkafa she is Xhosa.

Ruff has knowledge skill in Xhosa Tribal Politics.

WMS

WMS: No tribal political issues involving Jahzara or her parents. They are nominally involved in the tribe, mostly coming to social events, but nothing significant came up on your searches.

There are, however, some people who are irritated about the Sunny Afroflash music scene in general, wanting to know when a legitimate African is going to be involved; one poster said in response on a blog that Jahzara could just be the big African star that the scene needs.

The search also took a little longer than it should have, finally completed and filtered about 9:45 pm.

Been thinking, and I think the easiest thing to do about Whisper (played by Shadow, who is MIA) is to pretend he was never there. Any objections?

No, none at all. We still have another Magician, having two was overkill really.

I have no issue with him never being there.

If we and you are very brave we can seek a replacement character/player.

WMS

When this particular adventure ends, in approximately 14 years, I plan to put out a recruitment call for a hacker and maybe someone else.

On another note, Aaron, you're still with us, right?

And then there were three....
I'm ok to FF to the morning.