Force 8 Air Spirit (+2 Power Foci, +2 Mentor Spirit)
16d6.hits(5)=9

Spirit Resistance
8d6.hits(5)=3 so 6 services.

Drain 6S (+5 Centering)
15d6.hits(5)=4 so 2 Stun.

Force 8 Air Spirit
Fear (Optional Power)
Guard (Optional Power)

Healing Test (1st Hour)
8d6.hits(5)=2

Will summon the spirit at dawn of the day of the run then wipe away the signature from the summoning. One hour of rest puts me back at no boxes of damage and ready for the run.

Sorry I've been incommunicado for the past few days. I'm typing this from my girlfriend's Ipad because my computer is infected and I didn't want to come on here until it was fixed. Thanks for taking care of the transport while I was gone Bishop.

Plan from above:
Twins take up placement somewhere up high with line of sight.
Papa goes mobile.
Crimson & Brock parked nearby waiting for extraction of Mara & Siren.
-->Siren meets Mara at Community Service as Sidney
Siren convinces Mara to an interview. Guides her away from sight for the interview.
Papa penetrates node. Once in, gives the all clear.
Twin A puts a spirit into Mara
Twin B readies an action to Physical Mask
Mara and the twins walk to the vehicle
Crimson extracts Brock, Siren, & Mara; drives away. Brock uses radio frequency scanner to check for bugs. Papa remotely runs scans using Brock's com as a jump box.
Papa covers matrix exit.
Twins cover magical exit.

State of affairs:
Currently the Twins are across the street on the roof of a building. Binoculars/Vision Mag are taking care of the distance. Crimson and Brock are in the stolen SUV on the far side of the park from where most of the employees are. Tinted windows are their friend. Papa is mobile in the van. Siren is on scene with the Sidney ID.

Copperheed--not a problem.

BishopMcQ the plan looks solid except I think Siren is going to escort Mara back to the group then interview some others then the possessed Mara will excuse herself and get picked up. That way Siren has an alibi and a good chance of not burning her SIN in the attempt.

Still busy with work here. Going to write a post later tonight.

Bye
Thanee

Yet again I have crawled out of the very gullet of RL™. Apologies for the delay: Scouts, new laptop and a stack of other excuses you all probably really don't care about.
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Not sure what ACPS nodes are, but I'll start with the stand alone node. If that node is truly stand alone, Papa'll add an ACPS node with the second roll.

Our weekly total is 138.

Ok at least one of the twins needs to be down near the spot where Mara will be lead off to for the interview since Physical Mask is touch based - that would be Zian since he actually has the spell. Fenris and I will put up our IC post tonight to place us at the scene. Then it's social time for Siren.

Redjack--ACPS is the Automated Crime Prevention System, the security sensor grid throughout LA.

Hit her with your social fu Thanee!

If you want me to make some roll to convince her/them, BishopMcQ, let me know.

Bye
Thanee

Thanee--You're still following the social script, so no rolls unless you want to on that end. You can toss an Intuition + Etiquette to get a feeling for the document Mara gave you.

Intuition + Etiquette -> 4 hits

Bye
Thanee

Thanee--The material reads as a carefully constructed PR document. There are key phrases and buzzwords repeated throughout the answers. The answers were probably originally written by the three scientists and then edited by someone else.

So just as expected.

Bye
Thanee

Yep, but if I clarify, no one gets surprised.

Thanee--Just checking, are you waiting on me for anything?

No, I just forgot to post...

Just came back from vacation on the weekend, heh, so much to focus on.

Thanks for the reminder, will make my post later today!

Bye
Thanee

Perception (on the astral)
6d6.hits(5)=2

Gen's Perception (on the astral)
12d6.hits(5)=4

Assensing (on Mara)
4d6.hits(5)=1

Gen's Assensing (on Mara)
12d6.hits(5)=2

Buddha -- Gen will note a glowing astral form around the wrist of one of the Horizon employees. It is mostly obscured by the gloves he is wearing.

Mara is healthy, expectant, and mundane. Gen will note that he has not seen her aura before, and that she has cyberware in her head.

Thanee -- Toss me either Con or Negotiations. She is aware of Sidney's reputation.

Sidney does not have a reputation (aka Street Cred)... so, alas, no bonus. But First Impression should count, right?

Charisma + Negotiation + First Impression -> 3 hits Wow! EDGE! -> 5 hits => Total of 8 hits

Bye
Thanee

Gan and Zian will take a look and try the assensing thing.

Perception (on the astral):
Intuition + Perception (6d6.hits(5)=1)

Gan's Perception on the astral:
Intuition + Perception (12d6.hits(5)=4)

Assensing bracelet:
Assensing (Aura Reading) + Perception (6d6.hits(5)=0)

Gan's assensing on bracelet:
Assensing + Intuition (12d6.hits(5)=2)

Huh. Definitely going to have Zihao and Gen assense the bracelet...apparently I can't make heads or tails of it.

I'll post IC as soon as I know if Gan got any more information than me.

Fenris -- Gan will notice the bracelet as well. He can tell that it is an Anchoring Focus, he has not seen the aura before.

Well in for a penny, in for a pound. I will order the spirit to possess her and then return to the group. Remain for a few minutes then excuse itself to go to the restroom then meet up with our vehicle. I will instruct it to steer clear of the bracelet person if possible without looking too suspicious. Let me know when you want me to throw the dice for the attempt.

And I think we're just looking for the go ahead from you, Bishop, that we have her out of LoS of the most people we can in order to go ahead and cast the spell.

And afterthought, we had meant to ward the get away car to avoid immediate tracking, etc, so here's that:

Force 8 - Magic + Willpower + Ally (19d6.hits(5)=

Drain - Charisma + Willpower + Centering (15d6.hits(5)=6)

2S taken.

She is out of LOS.

Toss the Possession Roll and the Physical Mask.

Presuming that it's successful, give me an Etiquette test for the spirit to blend in.

Healthy computer once again!

I'm ready to roll once Budda and Fenris' amazing spirit magic brings the prize to us. If I need to that is.

Bishop, did I ever check if I could I use a Directional Jammer (Rating6) glued to the ceiling and pointing down to cover our guest of honor?
If that won't work how about wrapping our mark in Faraday weave? Is it harmful to humans?
And for a third try I can always use a commlink to jam the pesky things which may or may not be in her body. I'll just turn the Signal to 1 or even 0 if I can.

Copperheed-- a directional jammer will work and be the easiest route

Possession
16d6.hits(5)=6

I will use Edge if she resists so feel free to reroll for me to keep things moving.

And looks like it's up to me to keep things civil and quiet

Force 8 Physical Mask:
Sorcery + Magic + Foci + Ally + Mentor (22d6.hits(5)=4)

Edge that, good grief!

Sorcery + Magic + Foci + Ally + Mentor - Previous Hits (18d6.hits(5)=7)

Total 11.

Drain Code: 5S - Willpower + Charisma + Centering (15d6.hits(5)=6)

No drain.

Basically just making her look exactly like she did before.

Possession is a go, and the Mask is being sustained.

Buddha--I'll need the Etiquette test for the spirit to blend in.

Thanee--I'll need a Con test for Siren/Sidney as she melds back in the group and pretends that nothing is happening.

Charisma + Con + First Impression -> 8 hits

Bye
Thanee

Our weekly total is 141.

Etiquette (defaulting to attribute)
7d6.hits(5)=5

It's 141, actually.

I went back to check why your number differed to the one I have written down, and you posted 132 twice (in two consecutive weeks; see page 41), and skipped the last week this time, which makes up for the 2 points in difference.

Bye
Thanee

Sorry for being quiet; was letting the mojo do their thing.

My computer went into the shop should be getting it back this weekend then I'll throw up a post. Sorry for the delay.

Computer is back all fixed and shiny!

Woot

Woot

Our weekly total is 142.

I think at this point we're waiting for Brock to call his contact and arrange the drop off. We scrub her clean of magical evidence then hand her over.

Team--What is the plan for Papa? Is Siren making an exit in the next few minutes, or staying longer?

Longer Term -- Copperheed has had some RL stuff crop up, and will be withdrawing from the thread. We've had some issues with regular posting from other folks as well. At this point, is there interest in continuing on with the main job, or shall I wrap up the thread after the current assignment? We can pick it back up later on when things are easier on folks and we aren't stretched across several threads.

Since the plan is to interview the other two also, I would say it takes a bit longer than just a few minutes.

When that is all done, she will enjoy the scenery for a moment and then head off as well.

Bye
Thanee

BishopMcQ I am torn on the longer term question but I think wrapping up might be the better route. I think people have the best intentions but posting does drop off fairly regularly with real life rearing its ugly head. We end up with long pauses and it throws the groove of the game off. Thanks for running it and please put me down as someone to contact when and if you restart the thread.

I'm all about the long term. This is my main and only fix for sr sin e leaving mo. Count me In for the long run, I do apologize for gaps in posting sometimes.

Surveillance until the team is clear, beginning to extract himself from the area on an alternate exit vector.

My post rate continues around the 1/week rate and I think it will remain as such over the long term. I realize that when bursts of post comes in this puts me a little behind at times, but I'm good with continuing if you are.
One suggestion: We probably should simply make some decisions and move forward if we continue. Some of the planning points bogged us down.

Well, I'm here and would love to continue.

Bye
Thanee

I've noticed, personally, that games seem to have a specific shelf life in terms of interest. It is possible that taking a break and coming back in a little while might revitalize the thread and spark more of people's interest, sort of bring back the 'new thread smell', as it were.

I'm inclined to take a break and see how interest is after RL has calmed down a bit.

Our weekly total is 142.

BishopMcQ so what would you like to do? I am enjoying the game as is Fenris but the pace has been sporadic at times and does get hung up at points waiting for player input to move to the next step. Did you want to try Redjack's suggestion for moving things along when we hit a point like that?

Since the motivation to continue is there, I'm going to keep on pushing. I will push the thread forward, with a bump at the beginning of each week. That way the pacing will keep moving.

So, does everything work according to plan for Siren/Sidney?

Bye
Thanee

Yep, she hasn't been arousing any suspicion.