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« Reply #195 on: <06-06-14/1717:29> »
Just get little kawaii old me a spot to sit and lay my back on.... I'll probably spend most of the time in VR... anyone touches the Hello Kitty backpack and its gonna turn nasty Kitty added while sticking her tongue out at the guys and gals.
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« Reply #196 on: <06-06-14/1807:37> »
Anyone who needs to be distraction free with a shell around them when they work should be up front. Mages, Kitty. I think you can 4 up there crowded if there small. Anyone who needs room to manoeuvre and is swinging anything bigger than a breadstick out back.

As she says this she stows the umbrella and picks up the crossbow. She draws the line back on it and makes sure a bolt from the magazine pops into place.

She stows anything people hand her close to the cab and then takes up a seat on the wheel-well over the back tires. She keeps her right hand on the crossbow but leans her left arm up along the box rail to give herself something to hold on to.

Feeling a little better under open sky she turns her face up to the rain. She smiles a bit and pulls her back into a single ponytail and pulls the hair elastic off her wrist, over her hand and pulls her hair through. After doubling it up a couple times she moves it up as close to her skull as possible. Simple pattern repetition and open air takes some of the weight off her shoulders and she smiles a bit.

When she looks up, she blushes, flushed that anyone got a brief into any of the small, personal stuff that makes her happy.
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« Reply #197 on: <06-06-14/1831:30> »
<<@Slim>>
<<Wiz. Tell me about it sometime? I've got a couple people I owe a violent favor to... The do-unto-them kind.>>

>>@Trance
<<We’ll see. Not exactly a fun story and I’m more interested in leaving it behind. Maybe if you get me drunk once we’re finished with this Island.>>


Anyone who needs to be distraction free with a shell around them when they work should be up front. Mages, Kitty. I think you can 4 up there crowded if there small. Anyone who needs room to manoeuvre and is swinging anything bigger than a breadstick out back.
Slim nods when Angel finishes ordering people to their seats and jumps up on the back of the truck after her, taking position on the other side of the truck.

"You good Angel?" Slim crouches down by the wheel well, rifle in hand, focusing outwards. "In position, eyes open."
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« Reply #198 on: <06-06-14/2153:27> »
Anyone who needs to be distraction free with a shell around them when they work should be up front. Mages, Kitty. I think you can 4 up there crowded if there small. Anyone who needs room to manoeuvre and is swinging anything bigger than a breadstick out back.

Duck shakes his head. "I don't feel safe crowdin everyone together like that. If shit gets crazy, we're gonna need some elbow room." He looks back and forth between Trance and Cheshire, sizing them up. "Dwarves tend to be a bit tougher than the rest a yall. Mind riding bumpy there, Cheshire? Look like Kitty there can't take many more bumps tonight."

He looks back at Angel. "Unless you insist, Captain."
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« Reply #199 on: <06-07-14/0040:47> »
Trance shrugs. "If need be, I can drive. Just not anything involving a chase."

Which one is the gas pedal again? Eh, I'm sure I'll remember.

She then chuckles at what Duck says. "If anything bad goes down, we may need gas masks to survive. We're all potentially screwed if things go badly."
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« Reply #200 on: <06-07-14/0203:26> »
Angel sighs and closes her eyes at Duck's use of the word captain.

So it's like that is it?

Pretty quick you guys are going to make life or death decisions that are going to affect you and each other. Right now you guys are asking where you need to sit. Are you sure your in the right line of work? Sit where your comfortable. I don't care.

She opens her eyes and looks around at everyone, pressure starting to get to her.

I don't know any of you. I can't control any of you. This is not how I expected this night to go, although I'm not sad it did. I will tell you what I can control. I can control me. Here's what you need to know to function. The one prevailing thought when you take an action is "Angel's got your back". When either of you leave your body and want to know if it will still be there. I've got your back. Risky paydata. I've got your back. That guy slept with your sister. I've got your back. He owes you 20 quid for drinks last week and it's time to collect. I've got your back. He's back-talking you with 3 of his friends and your wondering how many are at your back when it's time to respond. At least one. There's a million scenarios and always one response. It's like that. The only thing I expect is the same in return. Everyone starts out even here as it's the only way I can function. I need to know when I am making decisions that I have everyone behind me. That's that. Running scenarios in my head of what people will do if I do this is going to get me killed. Getting into someplace and wondering if I've got people to help me get out if I need it. That will get me killed. And I don't even mean captain shit. I mean the basic functions to do what I do.

She looks around a bit.

It sucks I have to have this talk...

That being said, my name is ironic. I'm not. When the election came up for nicest shadowrunner of the year came up, I didn't even turn up to vote. I expect none of you even made honourable mention. I don't care what you did. Hell, I don't even care what you will do. I can't sit and wonder what you will do for each other either. If you've got shit with each other than don't work together. If anybody is here, they will have your back. If someone's going to do something questionable, take it up after it's done. In private. If you can't handle that, if people are going to start throwing toys, this is not the sandbox for you. Take your toys and go. No one's comments are going to lower my opinion here. Just their actions.

If your not big on speeches, then just say ok. If you have anything to add, everyone's got a podium.

And if you don't even want to respond, the fact that your staying shows that's the way it will be.

With every decision here being life or death for me, you can see how I might be put out over seating arrangements. Come on guys, sort your shit out.


She gets quiet for a while and waits for either a response or Duck to start driving.

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« Reply #201 on: <06-07-14/0230:26> »
Duck turns to look at the ragged human woman and the green haired wizard in the cabin next to him, then back over his shoulder at the team leader, the dwarf, and the male elf in the back bed, taking one last check over the mood of the team. His eyes settle, squinting at Angel.

She's testin' me. Wants to see if she can get me pissed enough to swing or sum, prove i aint a fuckin professional or some shit. See if i can be trusted to keep my head when emotions run high. Girl is good. Girl is damn good.

When no one else speaks, he leans down and puts his helmet on, then plugs himself into the jack under the dashboard of the gopher, just in case he needs to jump in a hurry. He adjusts the rear view mirror with one hand while he gives the mental command to start the engine and announces, "Yall heard the captain!" Trying and failing to hide a giant shit eating grin, Duckdown starts the loaded up little truck out of the Doolan's parking lot and into the street.

Lets see how cool SHE can keep, eh?

He heads west down Island blvd, letting the auto pilot run the thing nice and safely and obeying all the traffic rules. After a few blocks, he checks the rearview, then kills the autopilot and pulls south off the main road into a short, dirty alleyway between two buildings. He turns the headlights off, but leaves the engine running.
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« Reply #202 on: <06-07-14/0303:06> »
Trance raises an eyebrow, but piles in the truck, where she waits until it's moving before calling up an ARO.

<<@Angel>>
<<That was a nice speech... but I was being polite. Not my vehicle, and I know that irritating teammates is a great way to not come back from a run.>>


Then, she leans back in her seat and sighs, closing her eyes.

Chip, are you there? You've been quiet this time... I guess earth spirits don't talk much, huh?
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« Reply #203 on: <06-07-14/0406:18> »
>>@Trance
     >>Fair enough but not mine either ;)


Angel hops off the truck. She takes out her commlink and turns it off. Then turns off the wireless on her staff and her gecko gloves. She doesn't say anything to anybody. She takes the commlink out of it's ballistic case and boots it up running the commlink up and down her body once it's booted up listening for interference. Once she hears any interference she takes out her tag eraser and runs it over the tag, deleting it.

She tosses the tag eraser up to Slim.

Rebooting your commlinks will erase any old a decker has had over it. You can use your commlink as a basic bug tracker after it's rebooted and the tag eraser will burn out the bug. Turn your gear off first though so you can see if it's tracked. From there we can slave the commlinks as they boot. Everyone starts fresh.

She waits.

I warned them. Paranoid.
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« Reply #204 on: <06-07-14/0911:18> »
Slim grabs the commlink and runs it over his body. Finding a few tags and promptly erasing them. He then restarts his own commlink, running silent. Handing Angel's comm to Cheshire as he asks, "Any special reason that we're stopping other than cleaning us up?"
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« Reply #205 on: <06-07-14/1102:25> »
After listening to Angel's speech Cheshire climbs into the back of the truck, his boots slipping a bit on the wet bumper.  Upon rolling over the tailgate he gives her a single nod and settles in, scrunched down to avoid drawing attention.  Good start, make the captain think twice 'bout workin' with us before we get a block away.  Need to stick close to her, pick up what I can 'bout doing this shit right.

When the truck stops he stands up and waits in the bed of the truck.  Listening to Angel's directions, he takes the grenade and gun out of his jacket pockets and sits them along the side of the truck bed and shuts down his commlink.  When it comes to his turn he does his own body and then hesitates.  Ugh, better be up front here.  None of them do what I do, nothin' bad 'bout not doin' what they do, right?

He picks up his pistol as he steps over towards the cab of the truck, sticking his face in the little window between the bed and the cab.  "Hello in there!"  He sticks the comm and eraser through with one hand and his pistol, grip first, with the other.  "Look, honest-like, I've only fired one of these a few times before.  One of you mind givin' it the once over?"
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« Reply #206 on: <06-07-14/1204:05> »
Slim looks up to Cheshire from behind the truck, "Hand it here, I'll make sure it won't blow up in your hand."

Armorer for Cheshire's pistol, checking for flaws etc.: 6d6t5 3
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« Reply #207 on: <06-07-14/1236:34> »
Duck takes the eraser from Cheshire through the window, follows the instructions he's been given thoroughly and without a word, then passes it over to either Trance or Kitty, whoever takes it first.

Pro shit, right here. I'm rememberin' this little trick. Matter fact, next time I do this, I'm gonna call it "Angel clean."

"Yo! Yall trogs be fuckin up! Yall ain't even Angel clean yet! What the fuck yall?!"

Yeah, that sounds cool.
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« Reply #208 on: <06-07-14/1441:51> »
Trance reaches up to accept the bug scanner, which she then runs over her commlink. She then holds it up as she reboots the commlink.

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>>Достаточно, но не мое Средне либо  ;)

She then sighs and resets it again, this time in the proper language, then reads the message and nods.

"I suspect this is where we make the real plan about how we approach this," Trance says in reply to Slim. "Never fully trust a Johnson. After all, all Johnsons are dicks."
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« Reply #209 on: <06-07-14/1711:17> »
Angel watches everyone reboot and clean up. She slaves commlinks as they come up, doing the math.

After commlinks I have room for 7 devices. My habit is rebooting a commlink after any dicey situation in case a decker gets in. I think probably Duck's truck as well leaving 6. My weapons are simple so I'll leave those off. The only thing I might need is the Gecko Gloves. I might need them when I have to climb.

>>@kitty
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Kitty will remain separate and she can run invisible. I need your opinions now. My preference would be to squat until this is over. We'll be doing this for a while. Andy wouldn't have offered that much cash if he expected it to be quick or easy. I'm pretty sure we can find an old business or warehouse to stay at where we can keep the truck out of sight as well. Not everyone is used to a lifestyle like that though. I spent some time doing it before I got an apartment. I didn't want to bring it up in front of Andy as I don't want him knowing where we're staying.

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