[RHat]

Walking out back onto the street, Pulse called up a cab and considered just what to say to the people he was supposed to be working with now.  Gonna have to be pretty careful how I play things on this one...  There was something distinctly off about that guy...

<<@all: Diego tells me you guys are missing your Matrix support.  I've been asked to step in and take over for that; is there somewhere we should meet?  -Pulse>>  He decided to let them control the meet to hopefully assuage their concerns about the new guy coming in part way through.

[Ren]

After receiving the message, Gibbon asked the others. "Did you get this?" When they confirmed it, he sent a message to the younger of the two Mr. Johnsons, with the others getting BCCs. @Diego: >>Hey, Mr. Johnson, there's a guy messageing us, saying he's supposed to be working with us, as matrix support. Could you please confirm his name so that we can see he's legit?<<

[Chrona]

"Yes, I referred Pulse to you at my father's request."

[Punch]

@Kitten, Andromeda and Gibbon: Same message this on the level? also,  just so you know I can't see Silk and our surprise guest on the astral from here.  Andromeda, Kitten can she handle this on her own?

[Ren]

Maybe events will turn for the better, for a change… Gibbon mused for a moment but he seriously doubted it. He didn’t know what the new hacker knew about the job outline but they really had to fill him in on the details. ”How about we call him here? I know that there is a small risk but as Silk met that guard here, we could take a measure of the hacker’s skill and maybe get some intel at the same time. By letting him hack the guard’s commlink. And by the way, I’d hate to waste the opportunity to eat biriani here.
"Oh, and don't worry about Silk, i think she can handle herself well.” Gibbon added with a smile.

[Punch]

@gibbon, andromeda and kitten: agreed, I just have a bad feeling, last time I had one I ended up spending a month crawling past military patrols in a toxic/irradiated wilderness.

[Kouryuu]

... messaging Kitten and Romy. "Security Guard from the museum in restaurant. I'll keep them distracted but you cannot let the whole team be seen together, especially when most of us were inside there today. I'm in too much danger of being made now as it is, you might need more than just a new Hacker."

@Silk " You and being made? Stop kidding, if it would be so easy to see your true self no one would take you seriously, would they now?" She answered with a small grin. "now get the guy drunk and come rejoin us for the planing."

Trying to turn the teams attention back to the case, still mixing things up with food jokes. "So you think we would only have one Burrito to be afraid of? Good, then stealing the truck is our opportunity. then i really suggest getting a smart jammer and taking the car out while they are on the way." She looked sadly in the direction where silk went off, "I hope she can at least help with that. Does anyone else has other ideas? or do we start preparations?"

[Punch]

Feeling a bit more relaxed after getting things off his chest Cookie stopped using the speech to text on his Commlink
"Agreed, but we need to see how good this replacement is first, as for everything else I think we covered everything we need, although we could go after the collection vehicle, hijack that instead, fake up some documents with our new friend and get Silk to pretend to be the delivery driver, then we can get them to load up for us however going in is just as valid since both have their issues that would need to be overcome."
slumping backwards in his seat, as he called up the menu on the AR display, a singular thought going through his head "and I need check keep an eye on the new guy when I can"  as he flipped through the menu.

[farothel]

"So what's the plan now," Kitten said, "go in just before they unload everything into the exhibit, or just before they pack everything back into a truck to Azzie land.  Or wait for the truck to be loaded and grab that."

[Punch]

Sighing to himself.
"come on lets wait and see what the new blood can do, then decide after that, I'm sure Gibbon would agree that we need to see what this guy can or can't do before we commit to anything, right?
as Cookie looked over in Gibbons direction.

[Ren]

"Actually i would be more curious about his insights on the situation than his exact abilities. We were ready to accept that Legion would be able to do his job, so i think we can give the same treatment to the new guy." Gibbon thought for a moment. "I have to give some thought to that idea of snatching the real delivery vehicle on the day of the delivery. Something nags me about that but i just can't put a peso on it."

[RHat]

Pulse leaned against a wall while he waited both for his cab and for a response.  I wonder if this delay is good for me, or bad for me...

[Ren]

As it seemed the others didn't want to take it on themselves, Gibbon sent a short message to Pulse, with copies to the rest of the team. >>Tahia's Embrace in Renton, table reserved for Escobar. ETA?<<

[RHat]

<<Already in Renton, shouldn't be too long.>>  His cab showed up, and he got underway.

[Kouryuu]

"Should we test him and test us?" Andromeda looked the gathered team around "in case we have to hijack the delivery vehicle on the go." she looked on the Comlink in her hand then back to her teammates "Should we do a dry run? test our skill?"