[rednblack]

When he's right, he's right.

Inanna shuts down her comms, and turns everything wireless off before speaking.  "I agree with James.  I don't want us taking this thing to the Sisters, and I doubt we're getting in the front door.  We're looking at a stealth extraction now.  Only other idea I have is to see if we can reach out to the sisters and try to bargain the release of our target for . . . whatever the hell that thing is.  If we can divert their energies elsewhere, we may have a better chance of getting in undetected."

[gilga]

The car speakers speak in a mechanical voice
Since we do not have the element of surprise anymore - not after they nearly killed us - perhaps you can leverage what you learned from the prisoner to our advantage. They are looking into hiring us in the future... we want the emissary released ? We are professionals right? We can even offer our services + the packet, for the emissary and either keep or do not keep our word. Depending on how deep we feel our commitment to the temple after this gig is.

[ScytheKnight]

Yako carefully switches off her secondary comlink and switches all her gear into silent mode.

Yako - Korean: I don't like the idea of trying to work for these Sisters. I talked to one of my contacts earlier and this Sisterhood is highly aggressive to any faith or magic that is not Cristian, for many of you this may not be an issue... but as a practitioner of the Shinto faith and magic, I worry that once they have stamped out the scattered shamans in this region, they will turn their attention to other competing faiths. I can't tell exactly what this statue is, but I know that it is the work of exceptionally powerful individuals, or a large group willing to risk physical drain. Either of these options are highly worrying and we know that they have more like this.

Yako pauses and visibly shudders, her ears twitching, her worry and fer starting to creep into her voice... a reminder of just how young she is for a runner, she has experience but isn't yet hardened.

Yako - Korean: You say that trying to deliver this statue won't work for a covert entry... and from what IT has described there is extensive magical and astral security around the cathedral. So we have very few options, but perhaps we can still leverage their desire for this statue to our advantage? Leave it someplace and tell the Sisters where, state that we're guarding it heavily while we conduct negotiations. They sounds more likely to send a team to retrieve it than actually negotiate, we could even look into rigging the crate with explosives? This should lessen physical security at the cathedral for us to get in, it sounds like stealth will be almost impossible so we divide their forces before we hit the Cathedral.

Yyako pauses again, gulping softly.

Yako - Korean: I'm... I'm not really suited to a full on assault like this... but I don't know that we have many more options in the time we have.

[gilga]

I am not saying we should switch - I am just saying we have our cards we are nameless professionals. While I prefer to stay in good connection with our new contacts. Nobody is going to cry for us if we die - nobody will rescue us if we're captured. We don't exist. Actually if we are captured we'll just have to switch sides it is more likely than death.

If Inanna lived earlier she could negotiate the unification of Korea herself. Saving this region so much suffering - I completely trust her with social magic.  But- if we're going negotiation route we need to understand that as we need to complete the job successfully - otherwise we'll be out of job. Our services are also a bargaining card.

We all are working for mega's - either we know it or not - they make the world go round.
Our services are a good card - powerful one and if there is no other way I think it should stay on the table if only to bring the emissary back alive.

If we want to stay in business we need to do our job no matter what.  We can do some matrix magic later - at city hall to see if we can get the building plans of the cathedral to prepare a stealthy approach.  Perhaps they have a back door - many of these old buildings have physical back doors.

About the negotiation don't worry - these preparations are delicate any minor damage will destroy them. It is unlikely they can be taken from us by force if we are willing to destroy it at the first sign of opposition - think about this negotiation as a hostage situation.

[Sabato Kuroi]

Actually if we are captured we'll just have to switch sides it is more likely than death.

At the sound of these words Sabato's face seems to harden, even more so than usual.The rest of IT's words are just a backround noise to him.

When she finishes he speaks

Revealing the possession of such a powerful asset to our enemies, one which they can trigger from afar and turn it against us, seems unwise.Regardless of my personal opinion, I will help the team, even if I disagree with the course of action.You have earned as much.But I must tell you this: unless our employers betray us first or prove to be without honor, I will not switch sides, no matter the circumstances.

This is the most they've heard Sabato speak since   they met him.

[gilga]

Dearest Sabato...
We obviously have different concept of honor - different cultures different honor.  My commitment ends with when the emissary is safely in back the temple. After that I am a free agent again. Loyal to my fixer and friends -that's all.

If I am captured - I prefer alive to honorable - but I respect your view as well. Let's not get captured and keep our disagreement philosophical.

We are in great danger carrying a hot item - and I am the driver. So right now I need to releax so I can drive my best.  I need to keep us alive first priority, and the crazy gun people may be right around the corner. This package is worth a lot.

We'll know more once the temple respond to our aid request. At the mean time -lets try to see *them* before they see *us*. I am driving jumped in because I anticipate problems.

[Malevolence]

"I also think we should consider the likelihood that the van we are in is compromised as well. I'm sure they have info on its tags and a description, so we're probably going to have to see what our options are for another ride."