[Sichr]

That would be great, Strom, I am ready for the veil whenever you are and I will use it well.

Zach turns his head a bit...

Well...I am afraid I don`t have any kind of bug or tap with me. I may be able to install such thing, well I dont have any.I would have to go in just with the Veil and my skills. Ill figure out some kind of solution once I can see the security desk, If I decide this delay worthy. Unless...unless we attack from three directions. Storm through that wall, I through that shaft, after I escort you to the security control room or desk and dispose any interferring guards. You can connect physicaly and possibly monitor the situation and use your skills to help us if any confrontation shoul happen.

[Ren]

"No problem, Zach, but i have some." With that, Stake handed a small device to the orc. "You can use it as a wire tap but with this end, you can also plug it in." Hearing about him going in, he started to get suspicious. "But how do you want to get me in? I admit, sitting in the control room might give me much broader options, but there tend to be security guards in there, and i don't think gunfire would go unnoticed."

[Thermo]

Once outside the diner, Storm grabs Zach and pulls him out of sight behind a concrete barricade. She gives him the universal sign of quiet by putting her index finger to her mouth.

Casting F6 Improved Invisibility on Zach: Spellcasting(10)+Specialization(2)+Magic(4)+Power Focus(4)-Sustaining(2) (18d6.hits(5)=2)

Drain(5) Resist: Cha(11)+Wil(9) (20d6.hits(5)=6)

Crap, that's not going to hide anything.. need to concentrate


Casting F6 Improved Invisibility on Zach: Spellcasting(10)+Specialization(2)+Magic(4)+Power Focus(4)-Sustaining(2) (18d6.hits(5)=8) Limit[Force] caps hits at 6

Drain(5) Resist: Cha(11)+Wil(9) (20d6.hits(5)=5)

Good, that's better.


Storm walks out from behind the barricade and wordlessly joins Stake.

[Sichr]

Hm...Its not like Im going to use autocannon inside. Besides...Zach taps new SnS magazine in his HK, it wont be necessary even to kill those guys. And We had an idea there is not too many of those. Well it may take a while even to locate the right spot. On the other hand...If I take your equipement inside and wait for you there, you may be able just to waltz in...it is public place, you know? You just told them you were bitten by ghoul or something, and that you have money to pay the bill, and they would for sure let you find your doctor.

Zach is watching the ambulance passing by, dreaming about emergency crash cart, where he can hide Stake and all their equipement.

If only we have one of those, like I planned originaly. Well...no time to waste. I am going inside. Once I locate the security room, I`ll get in touch with you. Give me the tap, If I find the right spot, I will plug it into their system ad you may be able to get yourself connected.
Maybe...hm..maybe I should take those charges also. You won`t need them to break the wall, so we may find a way to use them somewhere else.  And I don`t think you want to be caught carrying a ton of explosives around. Ready?

[inca1980]

@Stake:
You look carefully and you notice three little boot marks on the TVH host.

[Ren]

"Uh, i can give you one prepped charge, i usually don't keep those pre-formed, easier to transport and hide that way." Stake gave Zach a small package, including the data tap. "Unfortunately, thinking more about our current situation, i'd have to get inside the building to be able to get into the system. Hopefully, for cost-reduction, they don't keep their slaved systems at the level of the main one, otherwise i'm screwed. So, contact me if you found a way in for me as well."

[Thermo]

Storm turns to Stake and tells him point blank:

"You're coming with me. We bust in through the wall, you find a jack point inside. They won't know we're there until it's too late."

Storm's expression looks cool and collected. Her body language tells a different story, however; she looks like a high-tension wire ready to arc-flash. You see little tendrils of electricity crackle between her fingertips on her one un-gloved hand.

"We go to the fire escape and let Zach get into position. You provide electronic cover until he's in position. I provide magical cover for the team. You ready?"

[Sichr]

Ok. If I find good spot to tap, I`ll do it, otherwise I`ll just try to get into the possition ASAP. Its a good chance they keep the systems in the uppper floor separated from mainframe, so it makes sense.

Zach puts the package from Stake to his pocket, checks the gear once again and turns back to his teammates. Then he realizes they arent able to see him , so he just sends the message and leaves.

OK. Get into possition. I am going in.

When scarred Siberian approaches main entrance, he looks around for scanners and other sensors:

INT(4)+Perception(7)+Visual Enhancement(3) [Mental:4] (14d6.hits(5)=7)

[Ren]

”OK, let’s have it your way. Just be prepared to protect my body while I'm in.” On the inside, Stake didn’t exactly feel the same self-confidence he showed. He still remembered the painful experience of the healing Storm gave him and it made him antsy around her. And her little display in the diner this morning made him question her sanity, if not her professionalism.

[inca1980]

@Zach:

Receptionist Logic + Will = (6d6.hits(5)=1), Dwarves Logic + Will = (7d6.hits(5)=3, 7d6.hits(5)=4, 7d6.hits(5)=1, 7d6.hits(5)=2).  No one in the lobby sees you.

You approach the entrance of Tacoma Veterans Hospital just as the sun is about to set and wait for someone to go in since your invisible state won't set off the motion sensor for the doors.  After about 5 minutes a dwarven couple arrive, the husband coughing obnoxiously, and as their approach triggers the rather smudged automatic glass doors you slip inside and glance around.   You do see an omni-camera dome on the ceiling in the middle of the lobby.   Directly in front of you about 15m is a reception desk and a single dwarven female receptionist with blue highlights in her otherwise black hair.  The rest of the room is a waiting lobby filled with rather uncomfortable looking plasti-benches a dwarven couple waiting, the man sitting silently next to his woman and his right arm and right leg are both obvious cybernetic prostheses. 

The other dwarven couple that just entered and let you in walks up to the reception desk and without even looking up she says,  "Visiting someone or are you a veteran reporting a medical condition?  The wife tells the receptionist that her husband needs to be seen and then they sit down in the lobby and wait to be called. 

@Storm & Stake:
Based on what you had observed through the drones camera (btw the drone is now perched on the fire-escape near the top and is shut off) you know that one advantage you have is that the back alley where the fire-escape is looked relatively empty of people.  The one problem is that the fire escape only starts at the second story and there is a weighted swinging staircase which allows those descending to reach the ground and it is currently raised.

[Thermo]

Storm looks over the staircase and decides that noisy acrobatics are probably not the best way to approach the top. Especially with a dwarf in tow. She suddenly grabs the dwarf around its midsection and gives him a great bear hug, lifting him slightly off the ground. She whispers coolly into his ear: "BE QUIET AND DO NOT LET GO".

Casts F6 Levitate on Storm and Stake: Spellcasting(10)+Magic(4)+Power Focus(4)-Sustaining(3) [Force:6] (15d6.hits(5)=8) 6 hits

Drain(4) resist: Cha(11)+Wil(9) (20d6.hits(5)=8) no drain

Storm instructs her Spirit of Earth to use its Concealment power over the three of them. She kicks off the ground, propelled at 2 meters per second towards the top of the fire escape.

[Ren]

As soon as Storm grabbed him, Stake had the sudden and unexpected urge to pray to some unknown entity, to preserve and deliver him. He was starting to sweat heavily under his armored jacket, feeling pretty uneasy, even though he appreciated the irony of the situation at the same time – the elf stepping close to the dwarf to embrace him. Still, there was nothing intimate about either the touch or his feelings, and he held on tightly and as still as he could until he survived this new chapter of his encounters with magic.

[inca1980]

@Storm & Stake:
You gently perch on the third-floor fire-escape and Stake breathes out a sigh of relief.  Nobody has gone nor looked down the alley and you're quite confident no-one on the street has seen you.  Every level of the fire-escape has a fire-door exit from the building except the top 5th floor which is sealed. 

[Sichr]

Without hessitation Zach is looking around for vizualization, turning his wifi off he relies only on old school markings. As soon as he finds stairs leading to upper levels, he follows those as high as possible. And, even if covered by Veil, as sneaky as possible, his mystical senses on alert.

AGI(4)+Stealth(9)+Sneaking(1)+Cat(2)[6] (16d6.hits(5)=7)

[inca1980]

@Zach:
The only route out of the lobby are to a pair of bathrooms and then through a doorway which is right next to the reception desk.  This would mean sneaking directly past the receptionist which is no problem for an invisible cat.  The doorway leads you into a series of hallways which all contain urgent care examination rooms.  The occasional nurse walks by as you press up against the wall and they don't notice you at all.  You find an elevator and a stairwell and when you try the door to the stairwell it's locked and a maglock keypad is on the right-hand side of it.  When you try the elevator button, it arrives and  you silently move into it and quickly push a few floor buttons on the inside and they don't work without the sliding of a key-card. 

The level of security doesn't fit with how run-down the place looks.