Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @11:17: Underworld 93 4819 96th Avenue East, Puyallup District, Seattle
Revan
Revan stands up strechs for what seems like a long wait after having to sit and wait for the others to arrive. " i know a soycafe place not far from here where we might be able to get out of the club and talk a little more in detail" revan sends his number to the new team member via his pan. revan summons a watcher spirit to watch over the club for the day and night to alert him if anything violent happens at the clube while they are gone.

Jazz - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @11:17: Underworld 93 4819 96th Avenue East, Puyallup District, Seattle

"I think it will be best if I excuse myself at this point and get to work. I will stay in touch, of course."

Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @11:18: Underworld 93 4819 96th Avenue East, Puyallup District, Seattle
Chunan; PAN = active [wireless, earbuds, goggles, subvocal mic]; SIN = Jonathan Wong (not broadcast); Public Profile = Chunan (not broadcast)

Chunan bows in Revan's direction. "Thank you." Chunan logs Revan's number into his commlink, before passing his own number onto Revan, Jazz, Kit, and Tiny. "Would you prefer to put me to join the discussion remortely, while on surveillance, or in person?

Jazz - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @11:18: Underworld 93 4819 96th Avenue East, Puyallup District, Seattle

"Well, in my case, I will only be joining any discussion remotely, anyways, so I don't see why you can't do the same."

Jazz/Revan/Kit/Chunan - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @11:45; Java Jane's, Pacific Ave S & 170th St S, Loveland, Puyallup District

Everyone but Jazz having arrived by cab, it looks considerably more professional when Jazz drives the team from the meet. Being near lunch time, the team all realize that they have not eaten yet. Java Jane's added a sandwich counter several months ago. As the team enters, Jane gives a nod to Revan as he gestures towards the private booth in the back.

Once they are all seated, Jane comes out from behind the counter and over to the team. "Howdy y'all. Need anything special today?"

Jazz - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @11:45; Java Jane's, Pacific Ave S & 170th St S, Loveland, Puyallup District

Jazz actually didn't plan to stay around too long, there was work to do after all, but on the other hand, a little bite couldn't hurt.

When Jane comes to the table, she answers: "Well, that depends. What specials do you have to offer?"

Chunan - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @11:45; Java Jane's, Pacific Ave S & 170th St S, Loveland, Puyallup District
Chunan; PAN = active [wireless, earbuds, goggles, subvocal mic]; SIN = Jonathan Wong (not broadcast); Public Profile = Chunan (not broadcast)

"I would be interested in a menu as well."

Turning to Jazz, he says "If you could send me a mapsoft overlay containing info on the area in question, I would be very grateful. Also, please pass along anything else you or the others think I should know or want me to keep a look out for."

After a few moments contemplation, Chunan turns to the group. "I will need to pick up a few things. Can any of you point me in the direction of the nearest, reasonable army surplus or sporting goods store?"

Jazz - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @11:45; Java Jane's, Pacific Ave S & 170th St S, Loveland, Puyallup District

"Sure, I have a map of the area. As for the store, let me see what I can dig up."

Jazz then begins a search for fitting stores in the vincinity.

Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @12:30; Java Jane's, Pacific Ave S & 170th St S, Loveland, Puyallup District

Jane smiles, "In addition to some of the best caf in Barrens, I also offer real coffee, grown locally and ham sandwiches. The ham is sourced from a farm just across the border." She pauses a moment, "Or if you're budget is tighter I make a damn fine soycaf and fresh Roast-Like-Beef™ sandwiches."

For the team, lunch is good, no matter your budget. Raven's recommendation of the place was spot on.
Jazz locates a military surplus store called Uncle Mike's. UCAS military surplus compromises the majority of the actual surplus with a little Salishe surplus mixed in and a few sets of Tir fatigues. Additionally, there is a considerable amount of camping gear and military spec gear manufactured by authorized contractors as well as some knock off gear.

While eating, Jazz begins her matrix searches. It does not take her long to begin assembling data on the Chulos. The Seattle charter of this gang alone ranks as a mid-tier gang by the Lone Star gang task force. Based in Los Angeles, the gang has charters all up and down the west coast. While comprised of all meta-types, only those of Hispanic heritage need apply. They are based out of the Prairie View neighborhood and seem to have started wars on all sides. Of particular note, they are challenging the Black Rains for the smuggling routes through Carbanado. To a lesser degree, there are blog entries noting their movement into protection south and east of Puyallup City. The chapter's current president is an old troll called Madre. She is rumored to have been the old lady of one of the original charter founders.

Chunan - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @15:07; Prairie View, Puyallup District

Not actually skilled in shadowing people, Chunan works from a strategy of hiding and using rooftops to provide an advantage via elevation to that skill. He finds that Prairie View is a neighborhood of housing subdivisions. Not much chance to go rooftop to rooftop, rather skulking around and finding a rooftop to observe from. He moves through the neighborhood, going house to house, from cover to cover.

Seeing a low-rider pass, he follows hoping to find a good vantage point. He peers around the corner of a house to see.....

Revan - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @15:07; 18110 A S, Raven's Nest, Loveland, Puyallup District, Seattle

Revan had settled into his little second floor room sometime earlier. Settling back in his bean bag chair, he slipped out of his body and into astral space. Moving like a blur across the drab landscape of Puyallup's astral space, Revan settles on using the river as a vantage point to begin navigating into the Prairie View neighborhood seeking Chulos. He travels around from point to point, looking for clusters of people, pausing to listen to conversations looking for gangers. He finds a group, settling in to listen to their shop talk. The particular group has been making collections and is chilling out preparing their plans for the evening.

Jazz - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @15:07; Norpoint Condominiums, 2360 Ruston Way, Tacoma District, Seattle

Jazz returns to her condo and settles in. From there, she hacks the wireless access point of a beauty salon and jumps out into the matrix. She criss-crosses the Puyallups and various message boards. What she finds, at this point, reinforces her earlier findings: The Seattle Chulos are a charter of the Los Angeles based gang. They are warring with the Black Rains and various smaller gangs. They are expanding their collections business and smuggling stuff in from Cal-Free State and L.A. In addition to Madre being the leader, Jazz has been able to identify Madre's lieutenants as a troll male called Verka, an ork female called Víbora-Muerte and a human male known as Kukri. In the past three years, she has lost six lieutenants in the violence of expansion. It is rumored that she might have another lieutenant, but there are no names given; in fact, in later searches to cross reference the details about a fourth lieutenant leaves her unable to find the original details.

Kit - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @15:07; 18110 A S, Raven's Nest, Loveland, Puyallup District, Seattle

The Chulos are known to Kit only by reputation, but given her time in the Puyallups, she has heard of them. She does know of several places in the Prairie View neighborhoods to look though. After getting dropped off in an abandoned park on the west edge she and Chunan split up, each seeking details in their own way. She finds her way to a park closer to the center where a low-rider, surely belonging to one of the Chulos is parked. A trio of gangers are talking to a group of younger teens near a broken down jungle gym. Kit hides in the overgrown bushes nearby watching them.

Revan looks to the hangers collecting money. They have to hand it off to their boss sooner or later so he will follow them until they either move to a more centralized location with more leadership or until he thinks he is at his limit being away from his meat.

Jazz - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @15:10; Norpoint Condominiums, 2360 Ruston Way, Tacoma District, Seattle

<< @Team [Jazz] Alright, here's what I could dig up until now. The Seattle Chulos are a charter of the main gang, based in Los Angeles. The Black Rains are among their more prominent enemies, while they also clash with smaller gangs. They are into smuggling, and the usual gang stuff. Their leader, Madre, has three or four lieutenants, a male troll called Verka, a female ork called Vibora-Muerte, and a male human called Kukri. Couldn't find much about the fourth, only some rumors. She seems to go through a lot of those, as six lieutenants have been killed in struggles over the last three years. I will collect some pictures, if I can find them, and then take a closer look at the Black Rains. >>

Said, done, Jazz continues her search to find suitable image material and more information about their biggest enemy.

Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @15:07

As Jazz monitors the various team comlinks, Chunan's goes offline unexpectedly while he is performing recon in Prairie View.

Kit - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @15:07; 18110 A S, Raven's Nest, Loveland, Puyallup District, Seattle

She was very glad she had Jazz' research to work from. Going in blind in to this neighborhood would have been more than nerve racking. She didn't grow up on the streets.

Once she learned the neighborhood and picked up their scent, so much more would be possible. She was downwind and already picking up a lot of information. Later she would back track them and learn the rest of the gangs scents and haunts.

She had two caches near by, had already scoped out several devil rat free shortcuts and bolt holes, and was working with Revan to check up on each other via watcher spirit, but she was still working alone with nothing but a scrap of silk and a modified comlink. Well that and the biggest Kamai, she could beg the attention of... in this place.

She activated the commlink with one paw and dumped her surveillance footage to the team for Jazz to chew on.
It was also her check in with the team.
She waited grinding her teeth while it searched for a viable link before finally starting the upload.

Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @22:00; Southern Seattle

The day was a long one; everyone is exhausted.

Kit had spent the day roaming, following members of the Chulos. Alley cat, mange dog, sparrow, even rat. Kit switches between different forms, the only tell about her true form to a mundane is the black pearl hanging from her neck. A few times she had to over mundane threats like a large hungry dog, kids with sticks and an old woman wanting cooked cat, but she made it through the day in tact. She did manage to locate a house not only where a number of the Chulos hang out, but one with a ward protecting the house. The early evening has afforded her time to watch the house as a wren from a tree across the street. Gangers came and went throughout the day. In the evening, a party began. Cars line the street and music blares. Drink and drug are consumed. A few fist fights occur, men & women alike piss in the bushes and on the street and a couple slip over against the building next door and screw. The name Kukri can be heard on the tongues of several and is surely the host, if there is such a thing, of this party.

By some time after dark, Kit is exhausted. Unskilled in flight, short hops take Herculean effect and her frail form, carried over even across the magical change, carries little in the way of stamina. Cuddled with her clothing and gear she lays down to rest.

For Jazz, the rest of the day consisted of running the matrix across data havens, blogs, and an increasing number of Me-Feeds™. Information about the Black Rain was found in considerable amount detail, but filtering the outdated details did take a considerable amount of time. The gang is exclusively ork except for a human man known as Pinky, an obvious slur on his race. Using a Lone Star report on Seattle gang activity, the current member ship is stated around fifty; local estimates combined with her own analysis place the gang size at double that. The black & gold of the Black Rains is a common site in Carbanado and they enjoy considerable local support from the locals as "the devil they know".

Recently, the Black Rains have begun to suffer defections to the Chulos from disaffected orks of Hispanic decent as well as intrusions on their smuggling operations by the Chulos. There other ventures, including protection, prostitution, & drugs appear not to be in dispute... for the moment.

Revan's afternoon is spent on astral recon of the area. He surveys a large part of the district and is even able to locate Kit, though Chunan appears to have simply vanished into thin air. He ends the day with a late dinner with Raven.

Revan enjoyed ravens company the old mentor who raised him was always very kind and knowledgable of a lot of thing so during dinner he asks the question" how would one go about completely vanishing from astral leaving no real trace of thier prensence?" Revan was very interested if there was a way to do so, it would allow him to go almost any where and never leave magical traces leading back to him.

Jazz - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @22:00; Norpoint Condominiums, 2360 Ruston Way, Tacoma District, Seattle

<< @Team [Jazz] The Black Rains are exclusively ork except for a human man known as Pinky. There should be about a hundred of them in total. Their black & gold colors are a common site in Carbanado where they enjoy considerable support from the locals as "the devil they know". Recently, they have begun to suffer defections to the Chulos from disaffected orks of Hispanic decent as well as intrusions on their smuggling operations. Their other ventures, including protection, prostitution, & drugs appear not to be in dispute for the moment. Looking into who might be suitable individuals to approach, maybe get them to aid our efforts. >>

Kit - Saturday, March 28th, 2071 @15:07; Prairie View, Puyallup District
Kit finished rubbing in the "scentless" Bengay trying not to yawn. The catnapped had helped, but she needed to go offline for a few hours. No point in doing long haul at this stage.
Just need to report in and eat. Then back to the blankets. No.. then check the locks and alarms then back to the blankets.

Kit slurped her left over Jacki Chin's noodles yawning trying to ignore the scent of the scentless Bengay.
<<@Team [Kit]Hoi! back to the den. Not much to report, typical hard working hard partying gangbangers. Heard the name Kukri mention several times as the host of happy hour. No visual on him yet. Follow up after racktime.>>

Not much to show for a long day, but Jazz already had her data dumps and had no doubt already added mined it for any paydata. Not that she expected any thing from her observations today. Tomorrow would be better. In the morning Jazz would have put ever thing the team gathered together and expanded on it. She loved to watch the separate threads be gathered up and woven in to the picture then a tug here and there and a few more threads would be revealed. Real world, Matrix, even Astral. Then they would dig a little more and repeat until triangulation was achieved on the Chulos and who ever was behind them.

She blinked at the last train of thought and it's derailment and was asleep before her head hit the pillow.

Sunday, March 29th, 2071 @Early Morning; Southern Seattle

Revan's conversation with Raven continued late into the night. They talked about how spirits can conceal people both on the astral and the physical word. They talked about how a practitioner can cleanse the astral residue from casting of spells and activities of spirits long before it normally fades. They even talked about Chunan's disappearance and how even when people want to be found how easy it is for one to disappear let alone if someone was trying to disappear. They talked about various options Revan saw for what might have happened to Chunan: Captured by the Chulos and disappeared. Eaten by Ghouls. Robbed and killed by other street predators. Got cold feet and ran away. Bribed to disappear. Lost. Hit by a car and dying in a ditch. Revan imagination continued through a dozen more scenarios before the game grew boring.

Jazz, exhausted from the day, sleeps through the night. Her dreams are of quiet times in Atlanta, growing up.

Kit awoke early to the sounds of an alley cat skulking around, digging through the empty noodle container. There is a bit of a chill in the air and sleeping in the abandoned space was something far from refreshing. Sitting up, she realized that despite being acclimated to a life considerably less than the life of privilege she once had, life on the street is something entirely different. There is something to be said for a crappy bed with old blankets when compared to holing up like she did last night.

Jazz - Sunday, March 29th, 2071 @10:00; Norpoint Condominiums, 2360 Ruston Way, Tacoma District, Seattle

<< @Team [Jazz] Good morning, Seattle! I guess it's time to figure out what we are going to do... we got a few infos about the Chulos and the Black Rains now, but the question remains, what do we do about it? We should decide on a plan, and then see what we need to make it happen. i.e. do we want to ally with the Black Rains, or rather play them against the Chulos? What do you think? >>

Kit - Saturday, March 29th, 2071 @10:01; Prairie View, Puyallup District
Kit finished brushing her teeth. She had been up before dawn to ask the local spirit to continue to protect her.
After a couple of more hours of sleep, it was time to see what the new day had brought.

<<@Team [Kit] The mission is to stop the Chulos from expand their territory in to the area around Underworld 93. So why are the Chulos expanding? And what conditions are allowing them to do so? I think we need to discuss this first before we make a plan. Also once we contact the Black Rains, we run the risk of word getting back to the Chulos. Better to wait to the last minute on that. If we need more time, we could stir up some distractions to keep the Chulos too busy to expand. Too bad we can't get Underworld 93 to be neutral ground. >>

Kit - Saturday, March 29th, 2071 @10:05; Prairie View, Puyallup District
Kit reviewed Jazz's update.

<<@Team [Kit] I'm working my way up the line on the Chulos. Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on one or two of their comlinks. Let me know what we find out about the Blackrain. I'll do the same for them, but the more we know about them and their habits the sooner I can try for real pay data.>>

Saturday, March 29th; Puyallup District

→ Kit
Saturday went well for Kit. Roaming Prairie View, she located several house where Chulos members live/crash/shack-up. She is able to stay under the radar under shape change to move from location to location. Her flight is awkward at best and damn near deadly to herself most of the time given her lack of coordination coupled with a complete lack of skill in flight. In the end, moving on the ground proves the least likely to get her killed. By mid-afternoon an opportunity presents itself to grab one of the ganger's comlinks. With the aid of concealment from a spirit and locked, sustained shape changing into a raccoon and adept abilities she is able to grab a comlink and get away, presumably unseen.

→ Jazz
Jazz spends the better part of the day chasing down dead ends, poor leads and generally makes no headway beyond her previous efforts. At the end of the day she does sleaze her way into a rather unassuming blog, as she is browsing for information about the Chulos, the data begins to disappear right as she is accessing it. She is able to identify a user with an icon of an some central American looking warrior cleaning. When he realizes that she seen him, he dumps the node and runs. An attempt to track him takes her to the Seattle Metroplex guard public node; hopefully a redirected trace.

→ Revan
Revan's angles of working physical contacts dries up quickly. Astral surveillance begins to give him a picture of watchers periodically going to various locations that Kit identifies as places where the various gangers shack up. He takes note that the prevalence of watchers is higher than normal at several locations.

Sunday, March 30th; Seattle

→ Kit
Sunday is a problem for kit. Despite her shape change and the concealment of the spirit, there are days when it seems like the gods roll dice and it comes up against you. Shape changed into a raccoon and concealed by a spirit, she makes her way through the backyard of a house where one of the gangers went in alone. In the back yard, she finds him sitting on a lawn chair, drinking a beer. A young woman is engaged playfully with him. On a small table his gear, including comlink, are sitting. Making her way cautiously across the yard, Kit moves towards the comlink, even making it to it when the ganger notices something is wrong. The next few minutes are chaotic at best as the ganger scrambles for his gun and begins indiscriminately shooting in the area where Kit is dodging and weaving to exit the property. Following the incident, Kit implements her strategy of keeping active watchers.

→ Revan
Revan is chasing down the origin of a small water spirit when Kit gets into trouble; he misses the whole thing. In fact, it is not till mid afternoon when he returns to his body and checks his messages till he gets Kit's report about the incident. Raven explains that a watcher spirit was here earlier and babbling away about Kit having ran into trouble.

→ Jazz
Working with the stolen comlink from Kit, the description of the hacker from the day, address list being assembled by Kit as well as gut instincts and raw skill, Jazz has a good day. The following details come out of her sleazing the matrix:
- The hacker is most likely a recluse who goes by the handle Legba.
- A pair of semi trucks are coming through Black Rains territory on Tuesday that the Chulos are interested in.
- Charlie "The Polack", a mafia lieutenant in the Gianelli Family, and several mafioso soldiers were engaged in a firefight with a number of Chulos on SE Prairie Road today.
- Pinky, the token human Black Rain got shot last night. He's alive, but hurt pretty bad. Rumor is he was with a group of Rains who went into Chulos territory and ended up in a firefight.
- The Chulos believe they are under magical surveillance from someone other than the gangs. A reward is offered to anyone who can bag one of them or direct the Chulos to them.

Revan sends kit a message after getting back to his meat. Not tracking down the water spirit bugged him but more troubling was he not seeing kit in trouble. <@kit[revan]" ok need healing?">

Kit - Sunday, March 30th, 2071 @14:05; Prairie View, Puyallup District
Kit reviewed Jazz's update.

<<@Team [Kit] Sorry I think I may have tipped them off. They didn't see much so maybe not. Might think it was a Bandit.
Caught some fragments on the way out. Flying bullets are a powerful incentive. Don't think I left any blood samples. Hoping boosters will keep them from getting inflected. Thank the spirits I had a Tetanus Booster recently.>>

<<@Revan [Kit] I can get by without but sure wouldn't mind it.>>

Kit - Sunday, March 30th, 2071 @14:10; Prairie View, Puyallup District

<<@Jazz[Kit] Can you post some AR spam around both gang's neighborhoods about a missing Bandit (Awaken Raccoon) with a nice but believable reward for it's capture and return (alive please).>>

<<@team[Kit] Maybe we can give them a reason for some one to be astrally checking out their neighborhood.>>

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @14:15; Norpoint Condominiums, 2360 Ruston Way, Tacoma District, Seattle

<< @Kit [Jazz] Yeah, sure. I will look into it. >>

Once time permits, Jazz will follow Kit's request and place the appropriate posts.

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @14:16; Norpoint Condominiums, 2360 Ruston Way, Tacoma District, Seattle

<< @Team [Jazz] With what we have found out by now, I think we should look at two things first. For one, the semis that are supposed to head through the BR territory, because that will likely happen soon. The other one is that Charlie "The Polack". Maybe we can manage to get an arrangement done with the "family"? >>

Kit - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @14:20; Prairie View, Puyallup District

<<@team[Kit] Any idea who owns the trucks and what they are transporting? Any idea the location of Charlie or Pinky? I thought I would sniff around and see if I noticed any thing.>>

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @14:23; Norpoint Condominiums, 2360 Ruston Way, Tacoma District, Seattle

<< @Team [Jazz] I will see what I can dig up. >>

Then, the hacker dives back into the Matrix to begin her search for further clues.

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @14:23; Norpoint Condominiums, 2360 Ruston Way, Tacoma District, Seattle
Revan
Revan disappointed in his recon feeling Kit would be ok and nothing life threatening. Revan focuses more on trying to id any magical support they have and seeing what area are warded against magical attack.

@team<revan>"well folks i will attempt to track and id any warded areas they might have and see what magical support they have. We will need to move quick if we are to hit the shipments, maybe even just hitting them and than just blaming the others and using that to our advantage while also selling the items to someone else with a rivalry with them."

Kit - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @14:24; Prairie View, Puyallup District

<<@Revan [Kit] Lets meet up. I can provide overwatch and maybe recon any thing you find that is interesting. Plus I can arrange some Bandit sightings.>>

Monday, March 30th; Seattle

→ Kit & Revan
- Meetup and stage Bandit sightings in Prairie View.

→ Jazz
- Details about Charlie correlated.
- Details about trucks/routes through Black Rains' territory.
- AR spam posted in Prairie View regarding Bandit the Awakened Raccoon.
- Sightings of Bandit begin flowing in, following Kit's disinformation campaign.

Lunch time finds Kit's campaign working well and Jazz begins bringing details together about the other questions the team has.

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071; Norpoint Condominiums, 2360 Ruston Way, Tacoma District, Seattle

<< @Team [Jazz] Looks like Charlie can be both an asset or a hindrance. If we want to get the Chulos and the Black Rains more involved with each other, he might not be our best bet, since he has been working with the Black Rains in the past. On the other hand, he is not a fan of the Chulos for sure, and might know of other ways to get them occupied. So, what do you think? Should we try to have a word with him about the situation? >>

Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:00; Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

Few other options presenting themselves and time running short if the trucks are an option, the team spent the early part of the afternoon running down contacts looking for Charlie. It really doesn't take them long to find out that he is hanging out at Luigi's, a family restaurant of the Italian variety frequented by IBMs (Italian Business Men).

The restaurant is on a street corner of downtown Loveland. Parking is both curbside, in a small lot behind the restaurant and in a small public lot a block over. Jazz is able to find a spot about half a block away. As the team approaches the entrance, they notice a pair of bulky men in cheap suits meandering outside. Looking to the astral, Revan sees the shimmer of a ward in the entrance way and a pair of watchers sniffing around the party. Kit smells the cheap cologne masking sweat, perfume and sex lingering on the first and the cannoli, sausage and cigar smoke on the second. Jazz maps out a plethora of comlinks in the area, including the ones for the two apes at the door.

One of the two look at the trio, "So what's you'z three want?"

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:00; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

Jazz steps forward towards the two guards.

"Good evening, gentlemen! We are looking for Charlie. You know him, I suppose? And before you ask, no we do not have an appointment. But I am quite sure, that he is interested in hearing what we got to say. Maybe you could tell him, that we want to talk with him about the Chulos. Would that be possible?"

The woman smiles while waiting for an answer (or a puzzled look on his face, telling her to use more simply structured sentences).

Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:01; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

He starts to wave her off, then registers... "Chulos..." He looks past them, obviously using AR for a moment before returning his focus to the team. "He'll talk with you. No weapons. No Magic."

The other guy reaches in the door and pulls out a pair of hand scanner wands. One is matte black, the other looks green'ish bulb in the shape of a wand. He steps towards Jazz first with them.

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:01; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

"Of course."

Jazz pulls out her light pistol in an extremely non-threatening manner and hands it over.

"Won't find anything else here. Well, no weapons, anyways..."

Then she spreads her arms and lets him do his scan.

Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:01; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

The goon waves the wand around Jazz, lingering a moment, preoccupied with her breasts... and almost smiling, before waving her on and moving on to Revan. Wand begins glow as it passes near Revan's ring. He grunts then raises a hand, "You stay out here."

He turns to Kit looking her up and down; her very long legs and he gets that something just isn't right look.

Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:01; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

A smile and a heaping dose of Kit's natural charisma cause the guard to ignore her metagenic qualities. The glow from his wand as it passes over the pearl is something different however. He motions her towards Revan then turns back to Jazz. "Looks like just you'z then."

Stepping into the restaurant, she notes dim lighting, giving it a cozy, romantic vibe. The low-light on her contacts kicks in immediately, negating any negative effects for the change in lighting. About half a dozen of the tables are occupied. Several couples another pair with a quartet of goons each and the last by a pair of men. As Jazz steps in, one of the men at the last table gets up and steps aside, leaving the seat out for Jazz.

As she approaches, the man sitting rises, gesturing for Jazz to sit, then sits as she does. The man standing off to the side, assists with her chair, as a gentleman.

The seated man then speaks, "Obviously, I'm Charlie, but you have me at a loss...?"

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:02; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

Jazz gives the man a genuine smile, apparantly pleased by his show of good manners.

She sits down and waits for him to do the same, before she answers.

"Nice to meet you, Charlie. I'm Jazz. You wonder, of course, why I am here. Well, let's say, we have a mutual problem. And I am here, because I hope, that you are as much interested in solving this problem as I am."

Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:02; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

"Yes." He replies, "I like to solve problems. I'm even more interested in other people solving them for me. What are you proposing?"

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:03; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

"That's good to hear. What do I have in mind? Well, that's the part that is not entirely clear, yet. All I know is, that the Chulos are a problem, and we want that problem gone. Not necessarily in the most drastic way, but they should at the very least learn to know their place, if you get the drift. As I happen to have heard, that you aren't their biggest fan either, I thought to come over and chat a little about how we might accomplish that. We, that is the people I represent and myself, will be doing the work here. I did not expect anything else. What I do expect from you is a little help, so we will have it easier to get it done, which in turn should also be in your interest. So, how could that look like?"

"I have collected some information on the gang, already, their leader, Madre, and three lieutenants, Verka, Vibora-Muerte, and Kukri. Also heard some rumors about a forth, but couldn't find much else than that. There's also a hacker, who goes by the handle Legba, who is either a member or working for them, and making some of the dirt in the 'trix disappear. Maybe you can fill out some blanks here, or maybe you know something that might be useful for us?"

"And, I know that the Chulos and the Black Rains are big time rivals, so giving the Rains some support might also help getting things go the way we want it. I believe that you get along with them quite a bit better than with the Chulos, so that might be something you could help us with. Getting in touch with the right people."

Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:05; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

As Jazz speaks, Charlie nods in agreement. When she completes her outline, he begins to speak, picking points to add commentary. "Legba is a new name for us. I assume you have matrix resources that can work that angle given your successes there?"

He takes a moment in thought, then continues. "I'm sure you already know that an arrangement we have with the Rains is currently being impacted by the Chulos- As well as my own personal debts to be squared with them." He rubs a rib, unconsciously as he ends that thought.

"Vibora-Muerte is managing the operations that cause conflict with the Rains. Verka deals with defending the currently held territory while Kukri is running expansions west and north." He again pauses before continuing, "If you would like to hurt the Chulos, I have a proposal. Vince said you have several magical types outside in addition to yourself? We plan on teaching those gang-banger upstarts a little lesson soon. I would be willing to let your team ride along to add some punch. Interested?"

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:06; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

As he asks about her Matrix resources, Jazz just gives him a knowing smile and lets him continue.

When he spills out some bits about an arrangement with the Black Rains, she nods, no reason to let him know that this is new to her. Maybe she would dig into this further at an appropriate time.

"Well, I don't see why not. Just to be clear, we are no blunt instruments. We are more like a precision tool, if you understand."

Smiling again, she sorts the thoughts in her mind... Kukri seems to be their man, from what Charlie said, while Vibora-Muerte is his biggest concern at the moment.

"Would you mind to let the rest in as well, then? Or do you prefer if I ask them for their consent by comm?"

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:06; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

Charlie smiles. "Excellent." He gestures behind Jazz and a waiter steps up with a bag. The bag is handed to Jazz. Inside are to go containers and the side of the bag is warm. "Regrettably, my time to break bread with you is short at the moment. Please take these calzones with my apologies and perhaps, when this ride along is completed to our mutual satisfaction, I can sit down with your entire team."

He stands, symbolizing that their meeting is coming to an end. He gestures, lightly flicking his hand, and an ARO passes between them. "This is your contact, Gentleman Johnnie. He manages... the blunt instruments."

As a final thought, when Jazz is ready to depart, he adds, "While Johnnie manages that category of assets, he himself is not."

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:07; Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

Taking the bag of food, Jazz gets up, turning one last time towards Charlie.

"Well, then... Buona sera."

<< @Team [Jazz] Well, at the very least I got the dinner covered... heading out now. I will fill you in on the rest, then. >>

Revan stands arms crossed at the mojo scared fools, he went over in his mind how she would take them out over and over again if they had to bust in there. When jazz walked out unharmed he immediatly went about assnesi g her to make sure she wasn't carrying anything different in her aura, standing there he just waited to here what she found out.

Jazz - Monday, March 30th, 2071 @ 16:10; In front of Luigi's, Loveland, Puyallup, Seattle

When Jazz emerges from the restaurant, she tosses the bag to the others (carefully, of course).

"Charlie sends his regards and apologies, that he had to leave early. There's some italian food inside."

With the team reunited, Jazz proposes to relocate before telling them what the talk with Charlie has been all about.

"As assumed, Charlie has no love for the Chulos, while he has an arrangement with the Black Rains, which is currently being impacted by the other gang's activities. We have an appointment with someone named Johnnie and his guys to get up close with the Chulos for a bit. I hope that's ok with you. Might give us a bit more insight at the very least and a potential ally."