I'll take that as a third yes. I'll post up something IC soon.

Damnit Moon Moon...

Currently waiting to see if Gardner or Eclipse decide to do anything in response to the IC post.
Mr. White and TundraWolf can go ahead and post either an Infiltration or Shadowing Test for me to see how well they do at losing the tail.
Acson at least managed to get 1 hit on his roll.

my virtual dice are on fire.

4D6E5 => [ 5; 2; 5; 5; => 3 success(es) against 5 ] = 3

Wish I'd had the same luck when rappelling.

Wow. Nice rolling! Looks like Mr. White doesn't have a problem ducking around the corner in a casual way to the point he just vanishes from the site of the pursuit.

Apparently they serve Ninja Flakes at the You Should Not Eat So Much, and TW had two bowls of it.

Agility 7 + Infiltration 3 = 5 hits. "Ninja, vanish!"

Eclipse is going to follow the lone guy, and pretend Gardner and the two other tails are just random people if he has to pass them.

"Pardon me." and then a mumbled: "...Jesus that guy's huge."

With the others off and away, Gardner will look for the nearest place where he can set things down.

I had an idea to pull the "damn, I forgot utensils" trick and double back. I want to make it believable, though so I need to find a place to put stuff down so I'm no juggling. In the meantime, I'll look like I'm slowing down because I'm in thought, and every once in a while lift up my bag and try to look inside at different angles, then look around, so forth and so on.

I'm hoping to get these guys frustrate and confused

Give me another Shadowing roll as you cross the street to continue following him.

Are you going to actually double back and head back towards the restaurant or just keep slowing down for now?

Silas watches from afar, murmuring "Stick to the plan Tiny, stick to the plan" .. find some random to sit next to, strike up a conversation in a casual street meeting

For now, slowing down more and gauging their reactions while I look for a place to settle. I (player) don't know the area to visualize, is there a public area I can go to nearby where there are seats/tables?

Are you actually looking back around at what they are doing? If so, I need some kind of stealthy roll from you so they don't notice you trying to watch them.

If you look up a map of the area on your commlink, there is a small park few blocks over. Nothing along this very short path from the restaurant to the hotel. Remember the walk is less than 1km. If there weren't other buildings in the way, you guys could have seen hotel nikko from the pier.

edit: Hmm....one of the restaurants/bars along the way might have a patio area. Give me a luck roll (just your full Edge dice).

Edge: No such luck. 0 hits.

I won't be looking at them, but I'll just be keeping myself aware in case they decide to pass me.

So, does the team want me to walk a couple blocks off course or back the way I came?

8d6.hits(5)=2
I'm considerably less sneaky now, I guess! Uh oh.

Well, it's just more difficult to invisibly shadow somebody when you have to cross the street to keep it up. I'll post something up IC soon.

I'm assuming Eclipse will continue to follow the one guy (who, yes, did spot you when he got 5 hits on his Perception check).

He wouldn't have if I took my coat off! :'(
Yeah, I'll keep following him looking nonchalant. When he looks back at me, can I take a picture of his face? (Possibly why my shadowing was so unsubtle! I left the flash on. )

Sure. You get a pic of his face. No problem.

Excellent! I'll send it to Needle so she can work Hacker Magic™ on it.

Not too far away now, is it time we had a little chat with our friend there Eclipse ?

Let me know so i can step away from Needle for a minute and head the guy off in a dark alley with you.

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Not too far away now, is it time we had a little chat with our friend there Eclipse ?

Let me know so i can step away from Needle for a minute and head . e guy off in a dark alley with you.
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Well. At this point the group has started heading away from the hotel. Pike Avenue was a straight shot East to Hotel Nikko. They've turned onto a North/South road to try losing the tail. Thats going to take them further away from you.

roger that, well he knows where I am if there's a drek / turbine interface.

I'm going to post up something IC shortly to keep up moving.

How come all the sudden everyone in the world knows where we are, and are falling over themselves to chat with us?

My thoughts exactly. But it looks like we might be able to actually go to the next meet, if these guys actually stop tailing us now that they've relayed the information...

Well, these guys are all following you because you just met with a guy they had under surveillance. They obviously want to know what it was about, or perhaps their lip reading software/personnel has already finished figuring that part out.

I have only one thing to say !

"BWAHAHAAHH ... Clown van - ACTIVATE STEALTH MODE !"

So, are you guys wanting to jump ahead to the meet with Laurent? Wasn't sure if Eclipse is still planning to follow the one guy who's going to be trying to lose him at this point.

Well, after I'm sure the guys that were delivering for Andrews have left (after I'm sure they aren't going to try to shoot me), I'll be heading to the meet. I let the others know that they've gone too, of course.

Not sure what's going on with that third guy, but if we get to the meet and Eclipse is still chasing him around, I would say it's time to call it off...

Considering Gardner asked the whole team, I guess a quick data search on Simon Andrews couldn't hurt.

19d6.hits(5) = 9
18d6.hits(5) = 7
17d6.hits(5) = 4
16d6.hits(5) = 6
15d6.hits(5) = 7

I will relay any information I get back on Mr. Andrews to the team, and then log into the commlink with admin access and do my part watching the digital landscape during the meet.

My vote is skip to the meet.

I did also send you the face of the guy I'm following. I don't know if you can do anything with it, but..

Since the dude headed past Mr White and Co Eclipse is going to keep following him for a bit and currently plans on "accidently" losing him. Unless we have a really strong desire to know anything about this guy?

Looks like you found your way to some good shadow data. It appears that Simon Andrews is an agent working for Saeder-Krupp. More than that, you found evidence leading you to believe he is in fact Lofwyr’s eyes and ears in the Seattle underworld. He's a full-body changeling who took the change well, though some girls will tell you he was already a snake. He’s covered in green, scaly skin like a lizard, has a British accent, and is an all-around freak, especially when anything female with two legs catches his reptilian eyes. He’s a regular at The Alabaster Maiden downtown.

You find one hacker online who apparently has had an encounter or two with him. All he says is "Who the hell knows what he’s up to? He works for a dragon. What else can you say but never deal with a dragon? Well, that and don’t pick his pocket." His avatar visibly shudders at that thought. Then he makes excuses and quickly logs off.

Well, he's going to be actively try to lose you at this point. If you don't care to keep track of him, I'm not going to have us roll dice for it at all. You can post up something IC for it if you like.

That's one vote for jumping ahead to the meeting with Laurent. Any more?

I second, unless anyone wants me to question the tail... which from previous expressed interests I think is unlikely

Wow, not a single comment about there being a second dragon involved in this mission? I'm surprised, but ok....

Once one more person votes for jumping to the meeting with Laurent, I'll post up something IC.

Eh. I'm cool with Lofwyr, S-K has been good to me, unlike Horizon which Rock/Hard Place'd me and nearly set a hit out on me for it...

I'm cool with skipping to the meet. You mentioned a Japanese theme to this hotel before (not surprising with a name like Nikko). When Gardner goes in, anyone with him will probably notice that he kind of stiffens a bit and slightly paranoid like everything is going to break around him, and not just because he's big. He doesn't smile at any of the faux geishas, and while still polite, he is the least friendly he has ever been around any of you.

At this point it could be raining dragons ! We would still be as boned, just in different languages

Again it boils down to, who do we wish to piss off the least

Reminder: I will be on vacation starting Tuesday, and this will last for 2 weeks. May 7-9 I will have limited connectivity, but May 10-18 I will not be posting at all.

Sorry, getting slammed at work with people needing shit done right before I go on vacation. I'll try to get something posted up IC soon. It's going to jump you guys right to the door of Laurent's suite. Is everybody going into the suite, sending the face in with Acson while backup keeps watch in the hallway? or what?

Assuming there doesn't seem to be any fallout with the tails, Gardner will be going inside. From the sound of things, Needle and Silas were still going to stay out in the van or something, but I would say with this being up on the 28th floor, if anything goes wrong we want everybody up there...

Well, i'm leaving it open so that if you guys wanted to, you could have the whole team in the building, but leave the bulk outside in the hallway so if something does go wrong, they are close. Or you can just all go in. Or Needle can stay in the van and piggyback her way in via somebody's commlink.

Eclipse is happy waiting just outside, in the hallway.

I'm with needle .. Wherever that is.

Needle has already been granted admin rights on someone's commlink, so she's going to be in the van monitoring things digitally. I have a post a page or so back that shows what is going on. Hang on...let me find it...found it:



I am logged into TW's commlink with admin access.

Since Silas isn't coming in again, I'll drop off the food (and drinks) off with them before I go into the hotel. I'll walk through the parking garage and drop it off at an innocuous point and let Silas know so he can go grab it. (Don't eat my pie!)

"FRRRRRAG IT ALL !
Composure to NOT eat Tiny's Pie !
(5d6.hits(5)=1)
not even a sign of a glitch

Such a shame, Silas is going to miss out on the genuine Kobe beef prepared by a master japanese chef that will greet those that go into the hotel.