[Punch]

After the first half hour as the conversation settled into cooking and obtaining of ingredients, Cookie took the occasional peek around him on the astral, not that he was expecting to see much....

OOC: Just chatted to Chrona and I don't have to roll...this time.

....only to see the same astral security setup remaining completely intact and no insect spirits coming out of the floor trying to merge with him, it was still the same the next few times he looked.

[Xzylvador]

When she walked into the bar, quite a few heads turned to look. She ignored the looks, whistles and comments, simply walking to the door of the backroom with a big smile on her face. It was a good thing Kitten and Andromeda were with her, otherwise the other three probably wouldn't have known what this woman was doing here. Gone was the stern looking lawyer. Now fuchsia colored with a flower pattern all over it, only one of the buttons closed and the skirt folded and rolled up halfway up her thighs, the ensemble she was wearing revealed more skin than it concealed, clothes suited for a young woman looking for a hot night out. Her skin tone was much closer to Caucasian than Asian, her hair was now blonde with purple and bright pink highlights and even the shape of her eyes seemed a little bit different. As was the way she talked.
"Hi, guys! Hope you kept some of that booze left for me!", Silk practically sang enthusiastically as she almost jumped towards one of the chair and sat herself at the table. "Really sorry for the hard time I gave you at the mansion, by the way. Gotta stay in character, you know, fit in, get on the Johnson's good side. I was just doing my part of the job!"
She winked at Cookie. "Although I gotta say, you do look a whole lot better in these clothes than the stuff you had on before.

[Punch]

Cookie just shrugged whilst staring back blankly
"Thanks, though I've dealt with worse behavior from others,  nobody here mind, ....besides I walked for quite a while around the estates, so somebody is going to have an interesting time in the morning."

[Kouryuu]

As Andromeda arrived she could not notice the food on the table, she was not near enough to see if someone had already eaten, but still she wondered how it would taste.

"How's the Food?" She asked as drinks was not really her thing.

[Ren]

A huge smile was spreading on Gibbon's face as he sprang to his feet when the girls entered. "Mucho encantado, tres bellísimos. It would have been the greatest of disrespect not to invite such marvelous ladies to a drink so please allow me to pour." He took the bottle of rum and offered drinks to everyone. "And i should say you did an excellent job with the roleplay as well as the negotiation. You completely had Diego under control." When everybody (or anybody who wanted) had drinks in their hands, he continued. "Let's have a toast: to the team!"

[farothel]

"To the team," Kitten said, toasting with her own glass of palm wine she had gotten from Jack.

"I see you haven't eaten the whole plate," she added as she took a couple of fried grashoppers from the plate and crunched them down, "Jack still makes the best grashopper north of Lagos.  The little bugs are probably a lot cleaner here too to start with.  Not so many diseases here."

[Punch]

Breaking eye contact from Silk, Cookie Reached across to take some as well
"Grasshopper? so that's what they are."
and then immediately chomped down on them
"Not bad, shame you can't eat anything like that around here normally."
Then reaching over to grab some more, then pausing mid-chew
Why are my nerves on edge....oh yeah I haven't FUBAR'd socially yet, at least the food helps, at least the foods good, where'd they get the grasshoppers from though...
"So anyone know where they get the grasshoppers from?"

[Kouryuu]

"Chicago, maybe?" Andromeda said remembering her experience driving around there. Nothing she remembered was good in any way.

[Ren]

At the mention of Chicago, Gibbon's hands froze for a moment. Thank God i didn't get stranded there. Then he took another grasshopper. "They're good but i miss the lime. In Bogotá, they usually sprinkle them - and all variety of similar things - with lime while they are fried. That gives them a little sour aftertaste and that complements the other foods very vell."

[Xzylvador]

Silk carefully picked up one of the fried 'things' with the tips of her thumb and index finger and examined it at arm's length.
"Ugh. You people are gross.", she said, tossing it back into the bowl.
"But let's talk work, yeah? I've got to work tonight."

[Punch]

"yeah, we do give me a second...."
Cookie pulled out his commlink
@all: Legion where are you? everything okay? because they've just arrived
turning back to the new arrivals with a shrug

[Ren]

"OK, let's talk work." Gibbon kept up the good spirit while changing the topic. "First, i'd like to mention that i tried to do a background check on the older Mr. Johnson and his connection to archeology and Aztechnology. I didn' come up with anything so maybe someone with better tools and software could repeat that check. And while at it it might be a good idea to check the younger as well." The dwarf frowned. "Normally i would do this by asking around but unfortunately i do not know too many people in Seattle."
He took a sip and continued. "I would also suggest to do the job before the exhibit. This gives us less time to prepare but we still have a second chance if something isn't ready."

[farothel]

"First of all we need to do some recon at the museum," Kitten said, reverting to merc speak, "check out the security, including magical and matrix security.  Only then can we see when and where to do the job.  We will also need a truck to move everything after the heist.  I would say a dump truck of some kind, maybe 'loan' one from the waste disposal company, as they are quite common around town."
She looked at Andromeda, who would most likely be in charge of that part of the operation.

[Xzylvador]

Silk composed a message to Cheyenne and attached a picture of Diego and his father to it.
"Hey Cheye, anything you can tell me about this guy? The blond guy, Diego, definitely a 'runner and seems to know an aweful lot and is hiring me for a job, pay is good but something smells fishy. Oh, and you wouldn't have picked up any rumors about artifact hunters in Seattle, by any chance? In a meeting right now, will come dance in the club after I'm done here. Maybe we can have a glass afterwards?"

[Punch]

Scratching the side of his face as he began to speak
"Have to look into the Chicago angle when I have the time, anyway, If we can't find anything on junior, I know some people who may know but if they do they will want paying beforehand, and as I said before, going in via the underground would be best but that does mean wondering around down there loaded for bear. " He paused to take breath
"I'd also like the security roster for the night, also the supposed low level of magical security makes me paranoid, so I'd like to go there but not go in, I want to get a look from the outside looking in, I'm only going inside if I really have to, that should be enough to cover the magical security but it depends on the ward types they've put in."