[Csjarrat]

I second that. Some puffy stage show ain't gonna get us back te the ol' smoke. Let's have a wee gander down that harbour

[Scawire]

Mantis takes a smoke out of his god sent pack, ok Knive sent pack and lights it with the last of his other smoke then kills the first one in the ash tray. I hope we don't get a cold, here is your new home in prison welcome when, or if we get back. Mantis drags on his smoke. At least back in the smoke people talk and I can tell what the hell they are saying. Mantis is hopeful that the port will lead the three back to London or maybe some where that the locals speak English.

[Csjarrat]

alreet, as you two are so full o' grand ideas, why don't you scout out the harbour while I find somewhere to get rid o' the car? Message me before I torch her though eh?

[Lumen]

"Yea good idea Dunk.  Set us off near the pick up and we'll have a look around.  Let's just hope this boat trip is smoother than the last.  I'm too knackered for that shit."

[Scawire]

Mantis puts out his smoke, I'll do my best to recon the area too. I would rather take a possition and where I don't have to do a lot of walking this leg is still shooting pain through my body. Mantis waits to see what the location looks like hoping to find a vantage point where he can put his vision magnification to god work. That way he might not have to walk his leg too much.

[Csjarrat]

nae bother lads. dunk fires up the knackered old junked for probably the last time and pulls an awkward three point turn in the middle of the deserted road.
He gives the throttle a squeeze and the worn buildings zip past you until the brakes squeal under deceleration as you pull up outside the market square you passed through earlier.I'm gonnae head south, try and find a quiet spot te torch the ol' girl. Might tek me an hour or so te walk back into town so let me know if you find her pretty fuckin' quick aye?
Hopping out of the car with your gear, you're immediately assailed by a stiff sea breeze blowing off the English channel. It bites into your exposed flesh and whips up the smell of the remnants of the afternoon's fish market. Across the cobbles lay the stairway to the harbour district. You could hear the waves breaking against the harbour walls below you and the sniff of the brine and seaweed reminded you of home, of sitting by the Thames and admiring the view of the old smoke.

[Scawire]

Mantis steps out of the car and gives his two legs a stretch. Drek my leg is killing me, I hate getting a knive any where in my body. Mantis decides to check his map and do a look around to see if he can find a vantage point to check out the location the group has to go to. Best see if I can find a place to spot from.

[Csjarrat]

___Scawire___
It doesn't take much of a glance to realise that the top of the stairway is your best bet. Hobbling across the square as fast as your wounds would let you, you reach the top of the stairway and admire the view. Sculpted gardens flank the stairway some 75-100 foot down to the water level and you suddenly don't envy the lads who had to empty the inbound trawlers and hump their contents up this hill to the market square for sale. A mix of pleasure craft and light commercial craft tilt gently in the light swell of the harbour waters below you, a few tell-tale navigation lights on the far side of the harbour let you know there were ships inbound once the tides had changed as well.
The stairway opened up at the bottom end into a dockside littered with light cranes, pallets and rusty forklifts under orangey phosphorus spotlights. A jetty ran out into the centre of the harbour, flanked  on one side by a decent sized craft and an officey-looking building on the other.
The craft looked like a trawler of some sort, jigs for dragnets dominated the port and starboard mid-decks.
You couldn't see the name of the boat at this distance even with your enhancers dialled up, but it started to make more and more sense.

[Lumen]

Knives steps out of old junker, tosses his nanopaste disguise in the back seat, then dawns his greatcoat.  Grabbing his kit he follows Mantis up the staircase to take a long look out into the water.  "You see anything mate?"

[Scawire]

Mantis does his best to take in what he sees down at the docks. Well from what I can see there are a few pleasure crafts and light commercial crafts. Also we got a building that looks like an office and a decent sized craft that is taking up alot of the deck space down there. Mantis does his best to check to see if any personal stand out or if anything down at the docks seems out of place.

[Csjarrat]

Nothing looked particularly out of place. Taking a good look you could see that a small security gate prevented direct access down the jetty. The dockside was empty, but lights in the office indicated it was occupied.

[Lumen]

"You up to having a closer look or are you still bleeding all over the place?  At least this time there's no MMU in sight." Knives chuckles and takes a few steps closer.   "Though it might be a good idea to have one of your spirits take a look and make sure there's no nasties lurking in the astral."

[Scawire]

Mantis's leg was still killing him but the spirit was a good idea he thought. I would like to walk as little as possible so if you have a plan with out me walking too much that would make me happy. Mantis looks down at the dock again to see if anything pops out. Spirit is on the way. I'll get him to check for awakened and other spirit realm beings first then we can narrow the searching to other things. Mantis does his best to stretch his will out to the realm of the spirits to get aid from a spirit.

Mantis's mind seems to swim his mental request into the realm of spirits. Not sure how well he can convince any aid with the pain in his leg Mantis does his best.

Once the Man spirit shows up and the link between Mantis and the spirit is made. Mantis asks his spirit help. Buddy can you go check out that dock down there... Mantis points with his arm but also with his mind, mentally drawing out the bounders of the dock so the spirit knows the area in question. ... First check to see if you see any awakened meta humans or spirits on the docks, in that office then on the decks of the boats and report as you go. Thank you Mantis did want to send the spirit running inside every boat but dam that might take some time there was quite a few boat down there.

[Lumen]

"Long as your friend gives the all clear I can go it alone.  You just sit here mate.  Though they probably have cameras down there, I could use some extra cover from them if you've got it in you."

[Csjarrat]

___Scawire___
The spirit heads your call, its mana form shimmering slightly as it interacts with your aura.
Certainly, I will return presently.
It returns after a minute or so, your eyes adjusting to the darkness slightly as you look out over the harbour.
You can just about make out the hull on two of the nearer boats waiting for the tides before making their approach into harbour. They seemed to be of roughly the same shape as the vessel down in the harbour in front of you, probably the other chunk of the local fishing fleet.
His return startled you out of your concentration;
I found little summoner, only a particularly friendly spirit of water who inhabits the bay just outside of the boat-pen as he called it. What else do you require of me?

___Lumen___
The view from your vantage point was worlds away from your experience of the east end docks. This was a seriously sleepy little place. The harbourmaster's office was tiny. at this point of the night you figured there'd be one, at most maybe two staff on, even then they'd probably only be interested in an hour or so when the tide shifts and the boats out in open water wanted to return.
You figured there'd be a camera covering the gate to the jetty, but the gate itself wasn't exactly impressive from this distance.
A number of small rowing boats and inflatables used to access the larger pleasure craft were moored up to an unsecured section of the harbour and you could see that the token security gestures were purely for the commercial fleeted that harboured here.
You could easily subvert one of the access boats to circumvent the gate and camera if you wanted to, or take your chances with the light staffing in the harbourmaster's office.