[Jack_Spade]

As soon as he was left alone, Riker to out his comlink and discreetly send a message to his friends:
Am at temple, trying to lure bad guys who made Musaa to old scrap yard. Prepare ambush by old containers.
Reply.

[luckace]

"Uhm..." Even though he knew her for so long now, Scipio sometimes still had difficulties to understand HarleQueens slang. But I guess that means yes. Ok, great. Thanks, bahini. How much time do...
His Comlink gave a buzzing sound. Who could that be? It was Riker. And he meant business. Holy shit! For one moment his face turned into a mask of shock, then he got himself under control again.
Scipio pretended that nothing had happened and waited until Musaa wasn't looking at him to pass the comlink to Lucky as quickly as possible.
Con (default on CHA, using Edge): 10d6e6t5 4

[Volker]

Riker

You wait in the temple hall for a few minutes, then you can hear footsteps of a small group approaching. The first one to arrive is the sinewy, bald man from before. He's not smiling, but he nods in your direction and inclines his head. He is followed by a stout man with relatively dark skin in a fine suite, a middle-aged troll in wide, orange robes and a bulky human wearing street clothes and a big gold chain around his neck.
"Good aftermoon", the stout man shouts over the noise of the heavy monsoon rain drops. "Nice to make your acquaintance... What was your name again?"

The others

Musaa falls silent for a moment, when the commlink stirred, but gets impatient quite quickly. "Can we go now? I thought you wanted this thing to get checked?"
You have little choice but to move in order to avert Musaa's attention. As soon as you walk off direction east, Scipio finds a moment of unawareness to pass the 'link to Lucky.

Perception: 4d6t5 2

[gilga]

Lucky is conflicted when he sees the message - on the one side it seems like a perfectly reasonable plan and it would have passed if he could bring himself to be the first to initiate aggression. But he can't, using force - any sort of force when you do not absolutely have does not pass on his moral campus.

On the other hand Riker may be in trouble and if they do not come, and if he simply does not go with his friends they'll be in more danger.  He got to prevent any sort of violence in that encounter at all cost. He address Musaa: "come on little mouse, we got to get your slot examined... and we better leave quickly".  He does not show any sign of the mental struggle inside.


Con roll in case I need to roll...Con hide emotions: 10d6t5 3

[Jack_Spade]

"Name's Scip. Honored to meet you to... whoever you are. You know, I could be delivering another message and earning money instead of standing here around. You probably want me to tell you again what I just told that guy. So here it goes:
I got a message for Musaa's teacher. He says he did as you asked him to do. Now he waits for pick up with the others at the metal sheds down arrow way. No, he didn't tell me anything else and I didn't ask why he wouldn't go himself since delivering messages is kind of my job."
Riker tapped his foot impatiently.
"That will be one Rupy, thanks."

[Volker]

Riker

The man eyes you for a second, his two followers silent as the grave. The troll is frowning slightly. After an awkward moment of silence, the well-dressed man flashes a smile that never reaches his eyes, and nods, as if to confirm something no-one has ever said. “Very well, nice, nice. Yeah, here is your rupee. At the old metal sheds, you said? Fine, thank you indeed. Good to hear, good to hear indeed. Very much obliged.”
He turns around, and the other three men follow him into the restricted area inside the temple.
 You somehow understand better why Scipio dislikes people in suites.

@the others: I'm not 100 % sure where you are heading: direction Thamel or direction metal sheds?

[Jack_Spade]

Riker had toyed with the thought to just stab that slick bastard,

Thrill Seeker:
Composure: 7d6t5 3

but the troll security discouraged him sufficiently. Clutching the Rupee he took of again. Of course he didn't just run straight towards Arrow Way. He might be hotheaded but he wasn't a complete idiot.

Instead he detoured back towards their turf and called his friends again: "Made it out ok. I'm not sure if he bought it, but that slick fuck definitely has something to do with Musaa being fucked up all of a sudden. So, where are you?"

[luckace]

Scipio's comlink buzzed again. He already had a feeling who might be trying to call him, still he took out his comlink and tried to act surprised. "Ah, that's Bajitha", he improvised. "Sorry, I have to answer that one. You guys just go ahead, I'll catch up to ya in a minute." With these words he turned left into a sideway and  moved out of hearing-range with a couple of steps.

"Riker, what's going on?", he whispered. "We're on the way to Thamel with the kid, gettin' his slot checked." Scipio took a deep breath. He hated to protest against his friends, especially if he ruined the plan. But someone HAD to take responsibillity for Musaa.
"We can't drag him into an ambush. Bhai barely made it back to us, we have to get him to a doc, for the best of him. I'll take him there with Lucky or Sissy, or I'll go alone if I must, but I won't take him to a fight with whoever will come there."

[Jack_Spade]

"Who the hell said you should bring him to a fight? I want answers from those fuckers - and we won't get them by being nice, but I never said we had to fight. If they jammed that stuff in - whatever it is - they should know how to get it out again. I'm sure that will help us more than prodding around in Musaa's brain. At the very least those bastards will have the money to pay for the doc.
Just get him somewhere safe and bring the muscle."

Riker had begun to run again, now that he knew that no-one of his friends was in position. Though, he had to admit that he maybe should have told his friends what he intended to do. Problem was: Until he had been in the temple he hadn't known himself...

[luckace]

"But... Allright, on the way. I'll send Musaa back to the hive." He ended the call and and returned to the others,quickly typing  sending the message "LOOK AFTER MUSAA"  to HarleQueen. She'll take care of him.
"Uhm, guys, I think we might have to change plans: Musaa,  it's probably for the best if you don't go with us. You're young, ya look clean, healthy and cute, every dealer and thug in Thamel could get a damn lot of Rupies for your body, dead or alive. We'll just try to rush in and get a doc to come with us."
He ignored the boys attempts to protest, trying to look as stern as possible.  "I know, you're a big boy, but I think we can still move faster without you. And I know that you can hold your own, but please stay with Harley and the others, just this one time.Will you do this for us, bhai?"

[gilga]

I'm not sure it is wise... said lucky there is so much a doctor is able to do outside of his clinic.

[luckace]

Scipio was a little thrown off by his friend's objection. He only wanted to get Musaa back to the others so they could move to the ambush as quickly as possible. "We can't be sure about that", he replied. "Maybe he just needs some tools to get the nail out and... don't know, his comlink? But I'd rather not take the risk and drag Musaa into the hellhole."
He gave his best to sound convincing. "I say we hurry, take the smaller sideways and are back in two hours. We know how to handle thugs."

[Jack_Spade]

Riker reached the sheds by the scrapyard in record time. It wasn't strictly spoken their gang's territory - mostly because no-one wanted to live here. The place used to be a normal dump, but since the waste burning plant had taken away almost all organic and plastic waste, only blackened and burned metal parts and other non-ignitable material remained now. People had started to recycle some of it but most of the stuff was rusted beyond any use.
But as everywhere else in the slums, some people had tried to take his place as their domicile and created some makeshift sheds from the rusted and corroded material. But since the population of devil rats had significantly overtaken that of the meta humans, those had been abandoned. Arrow way was called that, because it led straight to the middle of the dump - a place you wanted to avoid at night if you didn't intend to become rat-dinner.

Riker knew that his comm would stop working once he was in there - stupid cheap crap. But hopefully the same would apply to whoever this temple asshole would send there.

[gilga]

Lucky wanted to go to no ambush... okay okay... you stay here little mouse... but do wait up as we might be doing the same trip twice. he figured out that maybe some miracle will happen and it will go down peacefully.

[Volker]

Riker, Lucky and Scipio ... and Sissy

First Riker, then the other three reach the sheds. It's still pouring heavily, making it difficult to see far. Even the devil rats prefer to stay hidden. Long before you came so much as close to the place, you were soaking wet. The heavy drops falling on the metal sheds create a noice which makes communication nigh impossible. There seems to be no more life than you four sad figures, standing in the pouring rain, when Lucky, Sissy and Scipio arrive.
You can hear distant rumble.