[Bewilderbeast]

Or if Lash needs to do the talking, then Siren's presence and showing comfort to the distraught girl can help out. As far as the muscle, trying to think of a good legitimate excuse for them off of the top of my head. Although the con could be more along the lines of whoever she was with is being blackmailed, and she needs to find out what information they blackmailers have to help her 'associate' find out what they really have, and the muscle works for the associate. Although that doesn't sound quite as good.

I'm honestly hoping that somebody recognizes Siren as Alicia Redford at this point. If they do, Trog's my bodyguard. Don't believe me? Here's a crazy high Con check. Boom. Now you do!

Concrete, I'm thinking, seems subtle enough to blend in by himself. Being an ork in an ork rock bar should help, heh. Lord is so obviously Mr. Moneybags based on his appearance that no legitimate business establishment would object to him strolling in. So Lash, Siren and Trog could go in as a group (with Lash and Siren covering for Trog as necessary), and the other two could filter in later. Needle would hang back as NPC support (I think we can also assume that Concrete and Lord grabbed a ride with her... she does have a freaking BUS after all).

At any rate, I'll try and get a post up early tomorrow.

[Padawan]

I'm honestly hoping that somebody recognizes Siren as Alicia Redford at this point. If they do, Trog's my bodyguard. Don't believe me? Here's a crazy high Con check. Boom. Now you do!

Aww, I can't just beat 'em up to prove it? Lol

[Gustovness]

Trog will want to check out the alleys and try to find a way to get a pic of the person's face who recognized Maria. Those are his two goals, but I think going in beside Lash (seems like she'll be the one handling facing) as her bodyguard might be a good idea.

These are all possible venues, just describe what you're doing when you get there!

[Gustovness]

Trog will want to check out the alleys and try to find a way to get a pic of the person's face who recognized Maria. Those are his two goals, but I think going in beside Lash (seems like she'll be the one handling facing) as her bodyguard might be a good idea.

Feel free to look around first though,

And just a quick question for our GM, are you fine with us assisting each other with our con? Basically lets say Siren does the talking, Lash makes her con roll as well and her successes add to Siren's dice pool (so if I get 3 successes, she gets +3 dice to the con). Basically would allow for Siren to talk and Lash sniffle and cry, helping sell the con.

Or if Lash needs to do the talking, then Siren's presence and showing comfort to the distraught girl can help out. As far as the muscle, trying to think of a good legitimate excuse for them off of the top of my head. Although the con could be more along the lines of whoever she was with is being blackmailed, and she needs to find out what information they blackmailers have to help her 'associate' find out what they really have, and the muscle works for the associate. Although that doesn't sound quite as good.

I'm totally okay with this, good idea!  Let's set those limits that you outlined as well.  Whoever is doing the crying to "help" the main conman will roll with a dice pool equal to how many hits the conman had.

[Gustovness]

At this point, I don't want to use Needle as even an NPC.  Let's try to leave her out of this as much as we can.

[Reiper]

At this point, I don't want to use Needle as even an NPC.  Let's try to leave her out of this as much as we can.

So Needle gets hit by a Semi crossing the road, check.

[Ren]

If we are going with the blackmail story i don’t think having a bodyguard or two will raise questions. Blackmails usually target people with money or in position (and therefore with money).

@Gustovness: is the Skeleton open to public at this hour? (Concrete will check it on their matrix node.) Also, by his experience, will there probably be any management types in right now, or just the support staff preparing for this night?
INT(4) + Bars and Clubs: Seattle(5) + Mnemonic Enhancer(1) (10d6.hits(5)=4)

@the others: if the club is not open Concrete won’t be able to go in alone. Also if he goes in alone his role will be that of emergency support (see Plan Fulbar). He can talk to the employees there but will probably get results only with coertion (not much talent in persuasion). Alternatively, he can check out the outside, look around for possible eyewitnesses and other clues the Don’s men might’ve missed.

[Reiper]

If we are going with the blackmail story i don’t think having a bodyguard or two will raise questions. Blackmails usually target people with money or in position (and therefore with money).

@Gustovness: is the Skeleton open to public at this hour? (Concrete will check it on their matrix node.) Also, by his experience, will there probably be any management types in right now, or just the support staff preparing for this night?
INT(4) + Bars and Clubs: Seattle(5) + Mnemonic Enhancer(1) (10d6.hits(5)=4)

@the others: if the club is not open Concrete won’t be able to go in alone. Also if he goes in alone his role will be that of emergency support (see Plan Fulbar). He can talk to the employees there but will probably get results only with coertion (not much talent in persuasion). Alternatively, he can check out the outside, look around for possible eyewitnesses and other clues the Don’s men might’ve missed.

The idea of the blackmail thing is a friend of a friend scenario.

Lash is being blackmailed, goes to her best friend in the world, Siren to seek advice. Siren goes with her bodyguard to help see if she can't melt the hearts of the employees to help out her little friend that just made a mistake and now its ruining her life and <sniff sniff> and I just don't know what she's <sniff> going to do because <sniff> she just doesn't have the money to pay up <sniff> and if someone finds out then her reputation is <sniff> ruined <queue to begin crying>

I know its the GM's call on if its open to the public, I'd assume its closed but Siren and Lash can smooth talk their way into there to talk to people who may know something, hopefully. And then we can begin having the outside hacked as a fallback plan just in case.

[Gorean]

To avoid try to use Needle as a NPC I just posted that her commlink was on the table and took it.
Hope that's ok, tell me if you need an edit.

[Gustovness]

To avoid try to use Needle as a NPC I just posted that her commlink was on the table and took it.
Hope that's ok, tell me if you need an edit.

Yes she put Maria's commlink on the table after making backups and walks out, probably only to be distracted by something else and never heard from again.

[Gustovness]

The club is closed to the public at this hour.

One of you can try knocking on the door.

Also, Concrete, I'm assuming that your perception roll was done to take in your surroundings as soon as you arrived and not of anywhere specific.  I'll just say that as you get off your transportation, you didn't notice anything weird.

[Gustovness]

Hey fellas, I'm seeing this drag out a bit like when a group of guys is trying to agree on what pizza toppings they want for multiple pizzas and everyone is like, "oh just get me whatever."

It's cool that you guys are strategizing and all, but maybe one of you should step up and take an action and see if the rest of the team follows suit?

Now, I'm just throwing in my two cents here as someone from the outside and not as the GM, you guys do what you want, but I think Siren should take the lead on this one since your plan A seems to rely on fast talk.  Should you guys run into a pinch at any point in the story, Trog or Concrete can stand up and "lead" if you will.  Stuff like that.  If your character seems to be the specialist in what you're trying to do, take charge after everyone chips in their two cents.

That's just an idea that I'm throwing out there.

[Padawan]

I put up a post with Trog moving events to knocking on the door, but don't want to go beyond that since after the door opens it's time for Siren and Lash to shine!

[Bewilderbeast]

Sorry, I've been too busy to make a substantial post until now. Just for future reference, I work nights (EST), so I feel like my posting times might be a little bit out-of-sync with the rest of the group. But then again it seems like the forums are a rather cosmopolitan group, so I could be wrong about that.
Also work has gotten hectic lately, so my ability to post from work is a bit stunted (today involved my manager standing over my cubicle with a stopwatch... seriously wish I was kidding. Oh the joys of being a wageslave).

At any right, I'll try to get a nice meaty post up tonight, and I'll be around plenty tomorrow (have the day off! woo!). And yes... Siren will gladly take the lead.

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[Bewilderbeast]

Post up. By the way, I cracked open Runner's Companion again and noticed the following:

The character is well-known locally and any compatriot will
identify him with an Intuition + Logic (1) Test.

I know Concrete has already figured out, but if anybody else wants to try, now would be a good time.