[Shaman_Yuri]

While the adults are out satisfying their vices, Subaru is hard at work doing more research regarding the data I pulled from the safe.  After this, I will start working on the data from the cameras at the Stardust, including cross referencing the two sources.  Marco is a tertiary concern and Tusk quaternary.

http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?topic=20219.msg405652#msg405652
http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?topic=20219.msg405705#msg405705

Looking for lucrative data: Extended test: Roll #7 - 5d6t5: 3 [5d6t5=5, 5, 1, 4, 5]
Looking for lucrative data: Extended test: Roll #8 - 4d6t5: 1 [4d6t5=5, 2, 2, 4]

Total of TWENTY FOUR hits after eight tests.  That now meets the "VERY hard" threshold for an extended test (up from HARD before. :-)

Any more dirt?  Just call me Hoover! ;-)

[ismilealot]

@ Subaru  As she slowly cross-checked and cross-checked and ran pattern recognition programs and back-traced and rebuilt deleted info Subaru found a web of lies and double-crosses and bribes that were worthy of any spy trid.

[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena looks at Marco and nods.  "Yes was good.  Yelena thank Marco.  And Marco dance much good."  She pauses to take a couple of puffs then looks up at the sky and adds, "Yelena thinking what is self.  Yelena know only killing, sax, sex.  Not much build future on.  Why Marco still near Yelena?  Should run.  Yelena broken.  Am bad news.  Maybe get Marco killed."  Yelena finishes the cigar and strips it before turning back to the Keeb.  "Marco want kiss Yelena?"

[gilga]

There is so much that I can tell Yelena but how can I capture it in words. She seems to deserve some normalicy as odd as that word sounds considering her lifestyle that rapidly becomes our lifestyle. "We can learn and adopt" I say as I passionately kiss Yelana. Embracing her into me. It is impossible to process my emotions at that moment. 

[Shaman_Yuri]

Wow, this goes deep.  I'm not even sure where to start with acting on all this...

There's so much to consider here and we're about to do a mission.  I collect my findings and store it both on MiAz as well as my little Erika and my cheap comm.  I'll leave the last here in the garage, hidden and turned off, in case something random happens to my electronics on the mission.  Never hurts to have multiple backups.

I decide to let this information stew until I have time to cross reference it with whatever I can find on the Stardust using the camera material, files I pulled, as well as cross referencing it all on the 'trix.  So much to examine and so little time to do it in.

In the meantime, I have more urgent matters - tonight...

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IF there is time before they go on the mission, Firefly wants to examine something else before she digs into the Stardust.


Memory test to pull up everything detail I saw of the mage either when I tried slipping in the warehouse astrally or when she fled: 13d6t5: 5 [13d6t5=1, 5, 2, 1, 5, 6, 1, 1, 6, 1, 2, 5, 1]

Extended test for taking everything I gathered and searching thoroughly for anything at all on the 'trix that matches {logic(6)+computer(6)[Mental (8 )]hard(18),average(15 minutes))}
First quarter-hour: 12d6t5: 5 [12d6t5=5, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 5, 6, 5, 2, 5, 3]]
Second quarter-hour: 11d6t5: 3 [11d6t5=2, 5, 2, 4, 1, 3, 6, 5, 2, 4, 4]
Third quarter-hour: 10d6t5: 2 [10d6t5=4, 6, 1, 2, 6, 1, 4, 1, 3, 3]
Fourth quarter-hour: 9d6t5: 2 [9d6t5=3, 2, 2, 5, 4, 1, 6, 2, 1]
Fifth quarter-hour: 8d6t5: 4 [8d6t5=6, 2, 4, 5, 3, 5, 3, 5]
Sixth quarter-hour: 7d6t5: 4 [7d6t5=6, 1, 5, 6, 6, 4, 2]
Seventh quarter-hour: 6d6t5: 5 [6d6t5=2, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5]
Eighth quarter-hour: 5d6t5: 0 [5d6t5=1, 2, 1, 4, 4]

Total of TWENTY FIVE hits after eight tests over two hours.  That meets the "very hard" threshold for an extended test. :-)


The fact that we're about to extract a mage has been nagging at Firefly's mind.  Let's see what this drug enchanter is really about...

[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena returns the kiss, but saying it like that does not do the kiss proper justice.  Yelena puts her heart into the kiss then breaks to put her hands on either side of Marco's head, looking so deeply into his eyes that he has to be sure she is staring into his soul.  Then she draws the young Keeb's head back down and kisses him again, pressing her body into his.  He is a professional lover, a man much practiced at kissing, and yet this kiss is one he ought to remember.  Yelena feels the shadow encircling both of them, wrapping them in semi darkness and giving them enough protection from the cold as necessary.  The moment goes on and Yelena can tell that he is aroused from the pressure against her thigh, perhaps despite himself, but certainly a reaction to her.  Her hands leave his face and drift to the fasteners of his pants, releasing them to fall to the hard ground.  Yelena uses one hand to cup him, warming him with soft strokes as the other releases her own pants.  Yelena guides Marco to enter her, knowing that by now the man needs little guidance but making sure he realizes that she wants him, that she needs him.  She audibly gasps at the moment then wraps her arms around his neck as her kisses grow more passionate.  The love-making lasts only a short time, but to Yelena it seems like forever.  She moves her body to take Marco's thrusts, completely losing herself for the first time in her life.  Right now.  This moment.  There is no Nikolai.  No Tsina.  No Vory.  Only now.  Only Marco and Yelena.  When the release comes, it shakes her entire body and she does not even try to hold in the primal noise that springs from her lips as she arcs her head back to let it out.

Her body quivers with after-shocks as she leans back and looks up into his eyes, her arms still clasped around his neck.  She does not want him to pull out, aching for the feel of him inside her.  She whispers, "Yelena never love like that.  Is Marco real or dream?  Someday go away with Yelena?  Far from killing.  Live in shadow.  Maybe Marco give Yelena baby?"  Yelena realizes she may have said too much and bites her lip while closing her eyes in anticipation of being rejected.  Suddenly she realizes that for the first time in her life that it matters if she is rejected.  The shadow that has been her friend, her protector, and her guide since she was a small child has opened a hole to the tiny piece that remains of her soul, laying it bare to this young Keeb she has known only for days.  It has cracked the armor surrounding her for a brief moment, laying bare what she is and what she wants to be, giving him a chance to see who she really is.  This is the shadow's way of giving him a chance to grab onto her if he wants to take it. 

[gilga]

Yelena comes as a storm, everything about her is all in. Fully committed, everything but Marco. Up to this kiss Marco was not even sure if they are together, he offered himself to her and felt rejected. Right now however, Yelena is smoking hot and Marco is not entirely sure exactly how they are having sex in this cold, right outside of the door. He is a bit hesitant at first, right there in the cold in the open? but Yelena is strong and dominant and perhaps despite himself Marco enters her embracing her and observing her in detail as his hesitant trusts become more and more bold until for a point he does not care. A moment, he is ecstatic, Yelena is ecstatic and they climax together panting. “How can this be? I am so weak around her.”

"Yelena never love like that.  Is Marco real or dream?  Someday go away with Yelena?  Far from killing.  Live in shadow.  Maybe Marco give Yelena baby?"

“It is real to me.” He whispers  “A baby? going away together...?” Marco’s emotions are running wild. He embraces her, feeling her both from inside and outside. He looks into her eyes and feels connected. No magic is necessary, but perhaps human connection is magic in itself. “Someday... after you made peace with your past, but before we do babies how about we try living together until Poland? It is just two weeks... I have a spare room but we can also share a bed.” Marco’s heart is racing he is excited and tense and eagerly thinks about every possible scenario. What changed since their first time? He is unsure uncertain, this entire relationship is wrong in so many levels, he has no idea why it feels so right so strong how can his life be so radically changed so quickly. How come he is okay with it? Ginny was so intimidating, yet he cannot seem to get enough of Yelena. Still, she is scary as hell, everything about her body art screams keep your distance. Yet, she is impossible for him and even a small conversation turned into lust, into love. Despite her years of experience and how casual sex is to Yelena, she mentions babies and life without killing. How  could that be? 

[SgtBoomCloud]

[10:23 PM, Sunday Dec. 13, 2075, Jaime's apartment

The bedroom was dark as Arc lay there with her Vrukart, eyes open as she relaxed on her back, staring at the ceiling.  Her lips were curled into a near constant smile as she lay, body trembling a little in aftereffects of the eventful past couple of hours.  She caught herself biting her lip as she thought back to when she was in the shower, and how Jaime had snuck in to join her, wasting no time expressing their joy of reuniting after the long day.  Much of the time was spent in such a way, the only few breaks were to enjoy the dinner the mechanic had brought for them.  But now, they were both laying cuddled up against each other, and judging by his steady breaths, the girl figured he had fully fallen asleep.

Checking the time, Arc gave a little sigh as she longed to just go to sleep.  But she had a job to do.  Moving gently, she shifted away from his embrace, kissing his forearm in parting as she got up, fishing around for her clothes and slipping them on.  Shivering a bit, she crept out of the room and shutt the door behind her.  Looking ahead, she smirked as she cleaned the remnants of their dinner in a couple minutes.  Grabbing her armored jacket, the mechanic checked for all her carry gear before departing the apartment to the Scorpion.

As she mounted the bike, she pulled up her jacket sleeve, releasing her Fly Spy drones from her arm into the air and directing them away with her mental rig's interfacing.  She instructed them to go to locations along the intended escort path, most notably towards the origin point.  If they move, she wants to be the first to know.  Satisfied, she fitted her goggles over her eyes and fired up the engine, speeding down the street and making for her garage.

When she did arrive, she checked to see that both the King Scorpion and the Americar were home with her locator tags, meaning the team was all here.  Nodding her head in appreciation, the short human cut the engine and parked the bike, grabbing her stuff before heading inside.  she saw her team all pretty much in the garage to some degree, resting up for the job.  Tuskaloosa was spotted asleep under her coat, Yelena and Marco seemed to be enjoying each other's company, and Firefly looked zonked as well.  They had time, so she didn't wake them yet or disturb them with more than a nod of recognition, her grin still lingering from recent events.  Rather, she wordlessly got to work kitting herself up...weapons in her body, medkit and toolkit strapped to her hips... When the time comes, she will be ready.

[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena smiles at Marco as a weight lifts from her.  Marco wants her.  He has not rejected her.  Is this what she was missing with the sax man so long ago?  She leans forward into him and buries her head against his chest.  "Yelena like move in Marco.  Is nice."  She looks up into his face.  "But now Yelena butt cold.  We go in?"

She bends down to pull her pants back up, giving Marco's manhood a playful kiss before he bends over to pull his own pants up.  When both are ready, Yelena takes Marco by the hand and leads the way back into the garage to wait for Arc to arrive.  She moved to the couch but decided not to disturb Tuskaloosa who was sleeping there, instead opting for the comfy chair.   She pulled Marco along with her, sitting him in the chair before sliding onto his lap and snuggling with him.

[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena looks up when Arc walks into the garage and smiles at her Srui'kai.  Patting Marco on the knee, she stands and goes to talk to her.  "Yelena ready be octopus.  When go?"

[SgtBoomCloud]

Arc blinked as she was going through the medkit she had opened up before her, trying to commit a basic familiarization of the tools to memory.  Interacting with its AROs, she had linked it up to herself to run a full diagnostic on herself, to establish a baseline, by the time the Russian elf approached her.  Looking up, the girl gave a little smirk and a nod.

"Wheels be goin' up a beat before midnight, Srui.  Enough time to get ready and be there waitin'.  Be sure to pack clothes you can dress quickly in and some towels, eh?"  With a tilt of her head, the human got back to her prepping, examining the results of the diagnostic before getting to work on her other tools and such.

With a lowered voice, she spoke to Yelena.  "So you're back with him, are ya?  If that's what you want, cool, I'm all for it, but I wanna be sure my Srui is okay, ya feel me?"

[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena looks over to where Marco is dozing in the chair then back to Arc.  She talks in a low voice so as not to wake him.  "Yelena not know what think.  Is love for Arc and rigger man, yes?  Srui tell what love feels like?  Yelena not know.  Maybe Marco is the one.  Is different.  But Yelena believe once and then betrayed.  How know?  Marco ask Yelena move his place.  Should go?"

[gilga]

Marco slides into the chair and blissfully strokes Yelena’s shoulders and arms until he falls into a blissful sleep. Her presence makes him peaceful and he only wakes  up when the time for work arrives.

[SgtBoomCloud]

Arc paused, the diagnostic running as she looked to the side, matching gaze with the elf as she gave a little chuckle.  Aww, frag it Srui, I dunno if I'm the best to be talking about this drek.  But..."  She paused, looking inward as she was questioned about her and Jaime, giving a little smile.  "Yeah...yeah, it's love for us I think.  Frag, Srui, and i didn't even intend it, ya feel me?  I think that's the point...call me a crazy slitch, but i think love n drek like that don't come because you make it happen.  It just does."

"As for moving...that's on you.  But remember that you're having Firefly move here, and if you leave it'll leave her alone...it's your call.  But if it's what you think it is between you and that 'kart, he'll be cool with whatever decision you make.  It'll be null sweat.."  A few moments more passed between them as she took a seat, sighing and rubbing her temples.  "We doing the right thing, right Srui?"

[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena thinks of both Marco and Firefly.  "Yelena talk decker girl.  See what want then decide."

She looks at her Srui and puts a hand on her shoulder as she takes a seat on the stool next to Arc and shrugs, looking directly at the short human..  "Is way of shadow, Srui.  Maybe gangers die tonight.  Maybe have friends.  Family.  Maybe Yelena's friends hurt or die.  Maybe Yelena die and return to shadow.  Is gang running in shadows.  We also gang running in shadows.  Way of life.  Might be mistake.  Maybe kill for no gain, no reason.  We go because we gave promise Sam.  Sam live in shadow.  Yelena smell it on him.  See it around him.  Yelena remember hear doctor say let Yelena die.  Too much hurt.  Too much damage.  But Sam tell doctor no.  Must keep Keeb alive.  Give time for shadow fix body.  Yelena think Sam know Yelena in shadow because he in shadow.  Yelena go anywhere and do anything Sam ask.  Sam say club bad.  We know club bad.  Now Sam gone.  Maybe dead and back to shadow.  Maybe alive.  Maybe with Feathers somewhere.  Waiting for Yelena and Arc find.  Yelena never stop look.  Yelena owe Sam.  Yelena and Arc left to figure out what to do.  This is good plan.  Will work.  So, yes.  We do what is right.  We do for Sam and Feathers.  Frag club.  Kill all if have to."

Yelena pauses a bit.  "Arc.  Is just Yelena and Arc sit here.  Can talk, yes?  Arc has man.  Arc has love.  Srui important.  Arc go with Yelena because is Srui.  Yelena tell Arc that she does not need to.  Arc not use Srui as why must go.  Use head, not heart.  Arc can help Yelena, but need think clear on why go.  Rigger man important.  Best thing Arc life.  Why risk throw away when come Yelena?  Think on it.  Yelena want Arc come, but only if Arc want come, not because is Srui.  Srui work both ways and Yelena want Srui alive."