They have it coming.

Did we regain edge at any point after the jungle?

Good question. According to my chummer file, Sam's down one edge point and has a hit on his physical CM. Looking through the old forum, the edge was used at the airport when Sam tried to turn a random lady into a former starlet, and the physical was when the truck got rammed by the beast in the jungle (his stun damage got healed, but not the physical overflow). It's been a while, game-time, since those happened. Crossbow, what's your call?

Sorry, forgot to mention that, yes, you refreshed.

Oh, and do the gunmen O'Connor's fighting have additional inititive passes, or can I take O'Connor's remaining actions?

No, these are normal. Go ahead.

Last post edited with additional actions.

Haven't been able to get sat down with my laptop this last weekend to make defense rolls. At work now, but I will have something posted later tonight.

Barring a miracle defense check Con will drop the one he can see. Roll initiative and get ready for the next round. The three coming from the truck as well as the one hiding will be able to engage you on their action.

Initiative
Reaction 8 + Agility 5 - CM 1 = Pool 12
Initiative: 12d6t5 6

Total: 18

Happy Turkey day for those who have it, gonna be busy with Christmas related stuff over the weekend, so I may not get a post up until after.

Just noticed the gunmen have been getting exploding dice this entire fight, not that its been helping at all.

I accidentally posted this in the IC thread first. Now I can't find a delete function. Am I blind or can you not delete posts here?

I noticed that too, rest assured, I would have ignored them if they had mattered. The site must have changed their rolling syntax, I have just been reusing old rolls. I will fix it.

I think you can delete the post if you made it right in the thread without editing.

Waiting on faro, hydro and hopefully Mercy someday here.



EDIT: Can't find it either.

I'm still here, but I'm waiting for us to arrive at the other side on Victoria Island and what it's like there.

I just heard from Mercy, but he had surgery with complications and on top the Earthquake in Alaska, so it might be a while.

As I read the IC, I believe we had a quiet boat ride & are at the hotel now.

Hope Mercy's recovering well!

Where is Starlet going to post up in the hotel lobby farothel?

just in the lobby. There's Always fauteuils there for people who are waiting for a taxi or something like that.

Confession: I had to look that word up.

Ditto, to save everyone else the effort, ITS A CHAIR.

I worked at a home decor and furnishing store for three years and still had to google that. Why? Because we called them chairs.

It's not a chair. A chair is something you sit on around a table for instance. A fauteuils is something between a chair and a couch that they often put in lobby's.

Tell that to google then. Definition was a type of armchair, image search was a bunch of armchairs.

I am back at home and trying to get all my threads caught up. I will be reading the IC and posting very soon. Thank you for your patience. For information sake, my cancer surgery went well, but there were some complications that kept sending me back to the hospital for weeks at a time. I have lost more than 50 pounds since September 15 and my strength and endurance are pretty shot. And there is still another six months of aggressive chemo to try to make sure they got everything.

That being said, I look forward to trying to keep up my end of the thread. Thank you for your patience.

Welcome back, kick that big C in the ass.

Welcome back, and good luck with treatment.

Wow, I’m sorry to hear that Mercy, hopefully everything gets sorted out in your favour.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, need a reply from someone at the hotel to push on

sorry, my internet has been very spotty at the moment (I'm in a resort and the few moment I have to go on the internet, it's not Always working). You put in your post that he looked familiar. Do we know a name? Is it the guy we're actually here to look for (I don't remember his name at the moment)?

Seems like Daddy just showed up with reinforcements.

Sorry, busy holiday season. Sam's going to try to get close enough to hear the conversation, at least. He hasn't decided whether he'll actually talk to "daddy", or what his cover story would be, since I don't think he knows anything about the guy yet.

I'm assuming the presence of guards indicates that he's a reasonably well-dressed business man? Any distinguishing features/characteristics?

Viktor Engelbrecht is the name of the son, none of you did any digging about the kid, (bad shadowrunners, no cookie for you) so you don't know who the family is beyond what Finnegan told you. That he is rich and from South Africa.


Need a perception check from Torley, I will assume that with your abilities you will be able to get close and be unobtrusive, but they are talking pretty quietly.

wait, this Viktor, is that the guy we have to find for the harbourmaster, or the elf we're looking for for Jane? I'm getting a bit confused now and it's been a while since the Original briefing (back on the other forum, which is currently down so I can't go back to check).

because if it's the guy from the harbourmaster, my post needs to be edited.

Samriel is the name of Jane's target.

Sam's audio perception: perception[5]+INT[5]+ear buds[3]: 13d6t5 => 4, no glitch.

Sorry guys, I will try and get the post up by the weekend if I can find a minute.

Crossbow, I assume that there wouldn't have been time for O'Connor to grab ammo off of the two dead riflemen up the street with how quickly we left, but the hostage taker was fairly close. He had a pistol, no stated model, did he also have a rifle?

Wow, you really just did that Thvor? I am going to need some kind of Charisma roll, you can't possibly be threatening him, I assume this is a 'please don't kill me, I am useful' kind of thing.

Necro, you can snatch up the AKs by where the girl fell, but if you start trying to look for ammo your guide is going to be dragging you away. There is no pistol, the guy holding the girl only had an AK too. Also, realize you are riding double on what is effectively a shitty moped.

The geography of the fight is a bit fuzzy to me, so I'm assuming that O'Connor was able to grab two of the three dead guys' weapons. I am also assuming that those two rifles were from the hostage taker, and the guy killed in the first round, meaning each magazine is full.

All these AKs O'Connor keeps pick up, are they nondescript or do they have gang symbols carved into the stocks or other stuff along those lines?

Sam's definitely not trying to threaten him--hence the "heard the order" approach. Sam's trying to come off as someone who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, overheard what was going down, and decided to turn informant--whether because of some affinity for Viktor/daddy/whatever, animus towards the one calling the hit, or simply hoping for a reward; who knows? He's encountered plenty of weasels over the years, I'm sure he can get the right amount of grovelling.

(And, of course, he has an added bonus in that he's actually telling the truth, minus the minor detail of being the one receiving the order...)

I'm not sure which skill would be most appropriate (though many of them add up the same), so I'll split this into multiple rolls.
Charisma: CHA[6]: 6d6t5 => 2
Con/Etiquette: SKILL[4]+Kinesthetics[3]: 7d6t5 => 3
Fast talk bonus: Fast Talk: 2d6t5 => 1

So if this is a con/fast talk situation, 6 hits. Just con or etiquette, 5 hits. No glitches any way you slice it.

great, now O'Connor is in trouble with the area boys. Good luck with that as they are all over Lagos.

I'm still in the hotel, just sitting in the lobby until I know what's going on.

Not entirely his fault there. 😀

Is Starlet keeping track of the elevator or watching in general?

Could O'Connor have let Snow try to defuse the situation?

Yes.

Would O'Connor risk our payday getting shot up?

No.

Yes, she's keeping an eye on Torley if possible.

Would really like to hear from Clem or Snow, you guys there?

Last login was Dec. 19th and 20th respectively. You may want to email them.

I know that the guy playing Snow has just started his second course of chemotherapy, so he might be out for a while.

Okay, I will probably concentrate on Starlet and Torley for a bit then.

since you mentioned that the lift moved, I assumed that the doors closed in the lobby and I also assumed there was a display saying which floor it was on (most lifts have that in hotels).

They do, also this is one of those glass elevator with an atrium things, so you can actually watch it go up. It will stop at the 6th floor, just before the penthouse suite.

Hello?

I'm waiting for Torley to reply (and Clem).