Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:22; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jazz; PAN = hidden [Skinlink, Datajack]; SIN = Zoë Hunter (not broadcast)

<< [Jazz] I sure hope we won't need your primary skills on this one... >>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:23; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District

Jazz, Revan, Jake, Jenny Midnight & Kit make their way back to their open box. Down below on the rink floor, a skating is knocked off the track. The announcer's voice booms overhead, "Ouch! Lady Tiana is bounced off the track leaving Fey one skater short for the moment." The booth is as the team left it.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:23, Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District;
Kit; PAN = Passive SIN = Kim Lee

Kit smiled <<@Team [Kit] Never hurts to have the backup. Besides while I can see Astral, I can't go astral. And life is much easier when I can communicate with someone who is Astral. >>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:25; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jazz; PAN = hidden [Skinlink, Datajack]; SIN = Zoë Hunter (not broadcast)

<< [Jazz] So, how should we go about this? Certainly the first step would be to scout the place and look for ways to get inside in the night from thursday to friday. I will do this from the Matrix side, which will take several hours for sure. Hopefully I will be able to access useful systems from the outside and install a backdoor for easy access when we need it. >>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:26; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jake; PAN = Passive ; SIN = Cleansy Scrub

<< [Jake]@Team "As I said, as soon as I pick up my delivery I'll go and scout the neighbourhood. I can take shots with my drones as well as take notices on routines of the place.">>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:26; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Revan;PAN=Passive[LTG] SIN Nick Yamamoto

Revan notices the physical security was more then taken care of <@team[Revan]"I guess since the mundane is taken care of Kit and I could go and do a astral recon later tonight as guests of the establishment, Get a grip of what kind of security they have for magic.>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:26; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jazz; PAN = hidden [Skinlink, Datajack]; SIN = Zoë Hunter (not broadcast)

<< [Jazz] Sounds good. We will also need to figure out how they lock the restaurant during the night and whether they have alarm systems installed. >>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:26; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jenny Midnight; PAN = Passive [SE]; SIN = Lisa Yoshiko

<<@Team [Jenny Midnight] Looks like we have the Astral and Matrix surveillance covered, so I guess I'll go with Jake and use more mundane magics to check the place out, and before that while he's working his delivery, I can put my ear to the ground and see what the word on the street is. Maybe even head in and get a layout of the inside from a patron's point of view, if it's not too terribly exclusive of a place.>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:26; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jazz; PAN = hidden [Skinlink, Datajack]; SIN = Zoë Hunter (not broadcast)

<< [Jazz] That would make sense. And don't worry about Jake being a little eccentric and hyper-sensitive to anything non-sterile. He has already proven to be someone you can really rely on even when things are not going according to plan. >>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:26; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Revan;PAN=Passive[LTG] SIN Nick Yamamoto

Revan spoke up at the mentioning of doing some more astral Recon.<@team[Revan]"If there isn't any warding Doing after hours recon won't be a problem. Getting a floor plan of the floor it is on assuming its not on a ground floor would be awesome. If there restaurant is on a above ground floor thats where it might get complicated.">

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:26; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jazz; PAN = hidden [Skinlink, Datajack]; SIN = Zoë Hunter (not broadcast)

<< [Jazz] I will see what I can do. >>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:26; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jake; PAN = Passive ; SIN = Cleansy Scrub

<<[Jake]@Team:"Perhaps I can use my fly-drones to make a map of the place and place it near the the place where they deliver food to see how they lock up the place.">>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:26; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jenny Midnight; PAN = Passive [SE]; SIN = Lisa Yoshiko

<<@Team [JM] That sounds like a good idea. Might try to send some in with me when I head inside, if they have no scanners looking for that sort of thing.>>

<<@Grendel [JM] Hey Grendel, I'm looking to expand my horizons a bit, try some real seafood before that bitch comes to kill me again. I hear Lake Union McCormick and Smicks has some good stuff, but you know me, I HAVE to have a date, a woman can't just go alone, at least when she's unarmed. Care to go with me, call it a date? If not, any suggestions on who I should talk to?>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:26, Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District;
Kit; PAN = Passive SIN = Kim Lee

Kit nodded <<@Team [Kit] Could anyone pull some data as far as pest control for the surrounding businesses? Always nice to know who does their Pest Control. It has saved my life at least once. >> Kit's hand crept up to scratch the tiny scar on her nose.
<< Could also explain why some one and a van would be in the area during odd hours. I can provide the proper uniforms and change the appearance of such van to match the uniforms on very short notice at least in the short term.>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:27; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District

While the quintet continue to discuss plans, cheers and jeers continue from the crowd as the game continues.

<<@JM [Grendel] You're buying? Let me rephrase that. You're buying.>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:28, Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District;
Kit; PAN = Passive SIN = Kim Lee

Kit shook her head <<@Team [Kit] A better word is transforming. I can do a number on our clothes with Fashion. I can change it back later. And while I'd have to maintain it, I can do a physical illusion on a vehicle or any thing for that matter. Good enough to fool the typical security drone.>> Kit's winced at sound of the impact as Lady Tiana got her own back. Blood was involved. << I can get roof access with no problem. Even bring someone with me, but we would be limited on what we can carry unless we staged it. Even so as I said earlier I can Sleep a room, but got nothing to handle a drone. I'd like to get the initial report before I go looking around. I need to know security camera positions and the like for the surrounding area. Any surveillance footage we could pick up would be helpful in blending in and staying off the vid. There is a covered dock next door there. Could we get access to one of the boats? Make it easy to stage gear in or make a quick exit.>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:28; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jake; PAN = Passive ; SIN = Cleansy Scrub

<<@Team [Jake]:"I can enable for entire team to look through my drone. That way we can cover several aspects of the place. And as far as the camouflage goes I am all for it as long as it keeps everything clean.">>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:28; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jenny Midnight; PAN = Passive [SE]; SIN = Lisa Yoshiko

Looking at her account, she sighed. <<@Grendel [JM] What's the costs for this place? Is it anything I CAN afford? And who's someone I can talk to to find out the down and dirty on this place? A gril's got to be dressed to kill for the night after all.>>

<<@Team [JM] One of my talents is getting by quite unnoticed, and I tend to travel light, so if no one else can fill that role, I guess I'm the one going with the mage at that time too. Man, tons of legwork, I hope the pay is worth it, I may already be stretching my accounts just to get us the inside info on the place through more...... legitimate means.>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:28; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jake; PAN = Passive ; SIN = Cleansy Scrub

Jake runs a search on the place to check out how exclusive is it. While doing that he will alco querry various info about it from third parties.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:29; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District

Jake connects up to Crazy Eddie's Software Emporium and purchases a high end browse program, then runs it looking for details about the "Lake Union McCormick and Smicks". In seconds, basic details like physical and matrix addresses begin spooling in. In under a minute the search program completes its search of local, public data stores. Sifting through the information, Jake finds a number of references to the restaurant that catch his eye. (1) They have a banquet hall attached to the main restaurant that is routinely rented out to clients who also buy privacy. (2) There was an incident four months ago. The Lt Governor's surprise birthday party was held here. A reporter caught wind of it, tried to crash the party and was dumped into the street by some type of spirit.

<<@JM [Grendel] Hell, I don't know. Not some place I frequent, but I sure know its outside my budget. This place is uptown. Not one of our stomping grounds. Corps, suits and jack-boot types. But hell, if you're buying I'm in for the show at least once.>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:29; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jenny Midnight; PAN = Passive [SE]; SIN = Lisa Yoshiko

<<@Grendel [JM] If it's out of your price range, it's probably out of mine, I'll look into it. Does this place need reservations? Is there anyone who has been there that we could get some info about it from?>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:29; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District

<<@Grendel [JM] You're not backing out of that invitation are you? You make the reservations and I'll ask around for details. What time should I meet you there?>>

With the information that Jake shares on TeamNet, Jenny sees that reservations are appreciated, but walk-ins are accepted.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:29; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jenny Midnight; PAN = Passive [SE]; SIN = Lisa Yoshiko

<<@Grendel [JM]Let's shoot for tomorrow night, about this same time. Gives me time to pretty myself up, this sounds like the kind of place that has higher standards than the kinds of places we usually go. Speaking of which, do me a favor and take your weekly shower before showing up. I'll meet you there.>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:29; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jake; PAN = Passive ; SIN = Cleansy Scrub

<@team[Jake]:"So, we have ourselves a spirit guardian..Arcane experts, can they spot my fly spies and hurt them? Can you identify it somehow and make appropriate preparations so it does not hinder us?">

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:30, Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District;
Kit; PAN = Passive SIN = Kim Lee

Kit shook her head <<@Team [Kit] More than likely your fly spies have nothing to worry about. Nothing living so it will be almost invisible on the astral plane. Even then patrolling spirits are often told to only look for Astrally active intruders. Things like other spirits, dual nature creatures, astral mages, sustained spells, active foci and the like. And spirits are very literal minded. If we don't care that the summoning mage will be aware of the disruption of his spirit then it won't hinder us for long. Removing the spirit from play is trickier if we do, but not impossible. >>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:30; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jazz; PAN = hidden [Skinlink, Datajack]; SIN = Zoë Hunter (not broadcast)

Jazz sits in her seat, watching the game, while reading the discussions in AR. She didn't have much to add at this point, her investigations would require a less busy place, so that had to come later.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:30; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Revan;PAN=Passive[LTG] SIN Nick Yamamoto [Broadcasting]

Revan still standing"How abou we move our business to a more private area where we will not be distracted by the proccedings here and prying eyes and ears from others. Anyone have a suggestion of some place close and privateish."

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:30; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jazz; PAN = hidden [Skinlink, Datajack]; SIN = Zoë Hunter (not broadcast)

<< [Jazz] That would be good. Any ideas for a place? >>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:31; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District

The band starts a beat of bass-bass-crash cymbal. The crowd picks it up with stomp-stomp-clap. The tempo grows and builds as until the Fey score a goal. Half of the crowd erupt into cheers, the other half boos and hissing.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:31; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jenny Midnight; PAN = Passive [SE]; SIN = Lisa Yoshiko

<<@Team [JM] Most of us don't know one another well enough to trust in bringing the others to our homes, so I suggest somewhere mobile. How about his van?>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:29; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jake; PAN = Passive ; SIN = Cleansy Scrub

<<{@team}Jake:As long as you decontaminate yourself.>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:31; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Jenny Midnight; PAN = Passive [SE]; SIN = Lisa Yoshiko

<<@Team [JM] Do I want to know what that entails? I'm guessing probably not, but I'm going to have to do it sooner or later anyways if I'm coming with you to check this place out.>>

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:31; Tacoma Roller-Ball, Tacoma District
Revan;PAN=Passive[LTG] SIN Nick Yamamoto [Broadcasting]

Revan listens to the troupe as they discuss where and how they want to meet up with amusement <@Tema[Revan] "im sure the van will do nicely i hope you have room for all of us? as well as the means to clean ourselves to your high standards.">

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:36; Jake's Van, Tacoma Roller-Ball Parking Lot, Tacoma District

The team heads out of the noisy building and through the crowd of people. Jake moves erratically to do his best to avoid physical contact as they walk, eventually finding that the dwarf creates the best path for him to meet that goal.

The parking lot is full of vehicles as well as the usual stragglers: Teens who can't afford tickets, dealings and even a feel low-rent prostitutes. An older human man in dirty clothing begs for a few yen as they exit. A well-used middle aged street prostitute propositions Jake and a trio of young-teen boys make lewd comments about the team's females. No one is foolish enough to be too aggressive.

Jake's van is a newer model panel van, but it looks like it is a little worse for wear. The driver's side window is missing and the back doors are riddled with bullet holes.

Jake climbs into the driver's side and Jazz takes the passenger seat. Revan, Kit and Jenny are able to take the second row bench seat. They notice that the rear of the van, where a third row would be, is totally enclosed. Another note is that despite the missing window, the interior of the van is immaculate, like Jake bought it new today.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:36; Jake's Van, Tacoma Roller-Ball Parking Lot, Tacoma District
Revan;PAN=Passive[LTG] SIN Nick Yamamoto [Broadcasting]

Revan makes his way to through the crowd taking in the fact that Jake is somewhat of a germ freak or something not wanting to touch anyone and ensuring they cleaned themselves. Ignoring the comments from the young lowlifes wasn't easy for him. One spell and their days of harassing dwarfs in this lot would change dramatically That said when he sees the Van in question he questions himself on the sanity of Jake hoping he isn't some BTL chip head who lives in Augmented Reality and doesn't know the outside of his van looks like drek. Once inside though he seconds guesses seeing the interior and the enclosed compartment he wonders if maybe he deals in second hand cyberparts instead. Shaking his head and questioning if he should maybe catch a cab and follow instead. Beats walking any day i guess Revan thinks to himself and takes the ride ready to stunball the whole van if this Jake cat tries anything fishy. he silently takes in the ride though with little interaction with anyone besides Kat who he really only barely knows but at least he knows her capabilities.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:36; Jake's Van, Tacoma Roller-Ball Parking Lot, Tacoma District
Jenny Midnight; PAN = Passive [SE]; SIN = Lisa Yoshiko

Jenny Midnight winks at the teen boys as she pulls her leather coat out of her bag and puts it on over the turtleneck she was wearing, revealing the green A on the back, making sure they see it as she puts it on. Maybe make them think twice about messing with a lady. As they all climb into the van, she lets the others in first, in case she needs to make a fast exit. And so, she leaned back against the seat, keeping her bag on the floor beside her, one hand on top.

"Alright, so now that we're all here, shall we talk business, or would you prefer to start driving first?"

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:36; Tacoma Roller-Ball Parking Lot, Tacoma District
Jazz; PAN = hidden [Skinlink, Datajack]; SIN = Zoë Hunter (not broadcast)

As they climb into the van, Jazz leaves the passenger door slightly ajar, leaning in and saying to the others: "Thanks! But I got my own ride with me. I will need to get to work on the Matrix side, anyways, so you figure out the physical and astral part meanwhile. We'll keep in touch." Looking at Jake, she adds: "Not physically, of course."

A sleek, black SUV pulls up in the vincinity, and Jazz heads off towards that car, getting into the driver's seat.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:36; Tacoma Roller-Ball Parking Lot, Tacoma District
Revan;PAN=Passive[LTG] SIN Nick Yamamoto [Broadcasting]

Revan pays attention to Jazz as she exits the vehicle after opening the door, Moving from the middle of the back seat he moves to take the passenger seat and makes sure to leave the door unlocked in case he has to make a quick exit. he switches his vision from mundane to the astral plane to see if there is any magic protection or residue. Upon sitting in the seat Revan looks at Jake"I hope you don't mind its a little crowded back there, i like my personal space."

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:36; Tacoma Roller-Ball Parking Lot, Tacoma District
Jake; PAN = Passive ; SIN = Cleansy Scrub

There is visible sign of relief on what can be seen of Jake's face as he enters the van and he immediately gives everyone CleanX tissues.
"Anyone needs to pick up anything before we go to scout trip?"

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:36; Tacoma Roller-Ball Parking Lot, Tacoma District;
Kit; PAN = hidden; SIN = Kim Lee (not broadcasting)

Kit shook her head <<@Team [Kit] No. >> She glanced at Revan <<@Revan [Kit] Want to scope the place out while it is busy? Afterward, if we rotate we can do 24 hours coverage. Likely not worth it, but we you never know. >> [/color]

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:37; Jake's Van, Tacoma Roller-Ball Parking Lot, Tacoma District

Jazz pulls out of the parking lot in her SVU first. The four others remain in Jake's van and he also pulls out onto the street.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:40; On the street, Tacoma District
Jazz; PAN = hidden [Skinlink, Datajack]; SIN = Zoë Hunter (not broadcast)

Jazz takes her time, driving around Tacoma for a while, before heading towards Commencement Bay.

Once she has her car parked in the garage, she heads up to her condo and sets up some precautions, setting up one of her drones to watch the street and flying one of her fly-spys to a location a few blocks away to be able to use it as a proxy relay to hinder traces, before getting to work.

She sets up her Reality Filter and spends the next few hours to probe the target for possible weaknesses to exploit.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 19:39; Tacoma Roller-Ball Parking Lot, Tacoma District
Jake; PAN = Passive ; SIN = Cleansy Scrub

"Ok, off we go to the restaurant then."

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 22:13; Jazz's Apartment, Commencement Bay, Tacoma
@Jazz

A leisurely drive gave Jazz time to reflect on the meeting and the job, as well as insure that she wasn't followed. Once reasonably sure, she pulls into the underground parking at her building. The sensor at the gate checks her SIN then allows her admittance to park. The gate opens just high enough to accommodate her vehicle and closes quickly behind her.

The smells of the city mixed with those of the bay assault her nose as she walks across the garage; Gladly, the bay not only smells considerably less repugnant, it obviously pushes away the smells of the city. The door to the elevator opens with her approach and automatically takes her to the correct floor; Her SIN enables the systems and grants access. A minimalistic menu does appear in AR, providing options to override and go to the ground level, management & security on two or laundry on three.

Once in her apartment, she sets up for the previously mentioned work. Relaying from her fly-spy positioned towards the retail area of her neighborhood, she locates an access point ripe for picking with the Tea Haus. In two hours, she has not only probed the node, but located an exploit that will provide her access. Shaking her head, she knows the exploit was patched last month by the vendor and a current subscription for updates would have plugged the hole.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 21:30;
Jake, Kit, Revan & JM

The drive was a little brisk, open window and all on a night in March; Would have been colder on a bike though. It's late enough to be dark and for the bottom feeders of the crime ladder to be out, early enough for 'decent folks' to still be out. The drive should have taken an hour, but took over 90 minutes avoiding check points, dodging traffic general Seattle night life nonsense putting them there shortly after 21:00.

Arriving on scene, the team finds a wrinkle they may or may not have realized: This restaurant is right on the bay. Customers can also access the restaurant from its pretty long dock. Jake makes a slow pass then travels a few miles north before turning around for a second pass. The damage to his van currently makes it pretty conspicuous in this neighborhood. After a second pass, he parks at the Starbucks two blocks west of the restaurant to allow the team to decide on a plan for additional recon.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 21:30
Revan;PAN=Passive[LTG] SIN Nick Yamamoto [Broadcasting]

Revan takes in the area making note of any patrols KE or LS regardless he wanted to see how often they kept a physical presence. Revan looks at the others in the Van. "how about we take a walk up around and then head inside to do a little recon."

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 21:40;
Jake, Kit, Revan & JM

Kit & Revan take a few minutes for an astral recon while the others consider tactics of the recon. The area in astral space is what one would expect from a A+ neighborhood: no background count, low grade wards abundant on the various buildings and a fair number of watchers not only going to & fro but also circling the occasional building as well. The target site has a low grade ward, but no watchers or spirits appear to be patrolling.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 21:40;

Jake goes through the usual routine oppening up team chanel for everyone to see what hie spy-fly drones see. First thing, he sends the drones to circle the restaurant and take a look at the dockside.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 22:13; Highland Drive & Dextor Ave N, Lake Union, Seattle Metroplex
Jake, Kit, Revan & JM

Jake's three fly-spy drones take flight as establish a trio perimeter video feeds back to the team over their TeamNet©. Kit maintains astral over watch as the JM and Revan head down the street towards the restaurant. This time of night on a Tuesday, the restaurant is winding its business down with only a dozen vehicles parked nearby for staff and customers. The area is well lit, definitely different than everyone is used to.

The front (west) of the restaurant has a U-shaped drive with handicap and VIP parking between the U. On the south side is a two lane bay for deliveries as well as considerable parking for patrons, employees and persons using the numerous docks to the south. The entire north and east sides, as well as the eastern half of the south side of the restaurant border the lake with two long docks.

The duo are able to steer clear of a patrol car with guidance from Jake and his drones while walking the area. Westlake Ave North runs north/south in front of the restaurant following the contour of the lake. Its four lanes definitely facilitate a good flow to traffic.

Their initial recon complete, the duo return to the van.

Tuesday March 18, 2070; 22:15; Jazz's Condo, Commencement Bay, Tacoma District
Jazz; PAN = hidden [Skinlink, Datajack]; SIN = Zoë Hunter (not broadcast)

Having found, what she was looking for, Jazz ponders the next steps. No system was perfect, and this was far from being different. With the holes in the security she could exploit to log in, she could now install a backdoor for easy access, but if her tampering was noticed before the run, it could make things more difficult. Therefore, she decides to wait one or two days before doing anything on that level. Maybe she will do some more probing later, and actually log onto the system to see what she can access from there.