[skulldixon]

Kumiho wakes and grabs some quick Soycaf on his way out the door. His headache is still very much present but the urgency of the mission and the paydata weigh on his mind. Knowing everything relies on him, he takes a cab home to pick up his tools and then takes his motorcycle back to Kachina's place so He can get to work and re[pair the damages to his  deck.

Once back he makes sits down to work at the kitchen table. Removing the case covering and getting to the guts of the deck.

[Mercy Merchant]

Tanya finishes her caf and goes inside just in time to see Kumiho leave to go get his deck.  Getting a refill on the caf, she goes to sit on the couch, pulling her legs under her.  She lets her mind drift to the local news channels then she goes to the Who's Who directory of Seattle to look up the people she had met at the dance recital.  After all, it never hurts to get a feel for possible future targets.  She is looking for mention of jewelry collections, expensive knick knacks, and the like.

[skulldixon]

After a while Kumiho finishes his repairs to the deck and put it all back together. Then his does a system check, making sure that everything is working as it should. Secretly he was afraid that the damage the onboard memory, nut that seems to be as it should.

Ok, I have this fixed. I'll be busy a bit longer trying to decript the paydata. Not sure how long it will take. If you want you can pull the video feed from my commlink and start watching through it and see what kind of meeting Lyle had at Return Safe LTD. Kumiho hands out his commilink before slipping on his VR gloves and turning on his deck.

[Mercy Merchant]

Tanya takes a break from her perusing and accesses the vid file Kumiho hints at.  She puts the feed out to the team and hits play.

[Jayde Moon]

The video is clear and shows the entirety of the meeting between Lyle and Steelbit.  Lyle reports to the receptionist, who looks on with interest as she buzzes Steelbit out of his office.  The two men shake hands and after a few words, they enter Steelbit's office.  Inside, the Return Safe CEO seems a perfect host.  The two gentlemen talk over a drink and both men seem at ease, with smiles on their faces.

It is uncertain what they are talking about, but ultimately, it seems that Steelbit makes some manner of offer to Lyle, who appears to graciously decline.  If Steelbit was put off by this, he did not let it show.  Shortly after that, the conversation ends and Steelbit shows Lyle out.  A few minutes later, Steelbit returns to his office, his smile completely wiped from his face.  He makes a call on his commlink, his demeanor serious.  He nods a few times as he speaks before finally ending the call.

Then, he taps his office line to the receptionist and speaks.  The video feed on her end shows that she receives his orders and afterwards makes two calls.

Steel bit leaves the office shortly thereafter though the receptionist maintains her work day as seemingly normal before leaving at days end.

[skulldixon]

After a while, Kumiho shakes his head in frustration and turns his deck off. Turning to the others he says,

Frag it, this file is a little out of my league unfortunately. It will take someone who specialized in decrtyption with special software to decrypt it. Our best bet is to hand it over to the Johnson and hope that his resources can crack it.

[Mercy Merchant]

Tanya nods and looks to Kachina.  "Your call boss.  Do you want to get hold of him?"

[Lighthouse]

"What assurance do we have he'll share the data with us? I am more than a little curious what is in that file." said Mother.

[obidancer]

Kachina was pondering on the next step for a second. Her look was very concerned. Obviously the Return Safe, Ltd people were not ones to underestimate. They were deadly.
Well, he'd be good to report to him about what we've got so far anyway. If James has a guy who can decrypt that file, then that will save of of us a lot of time. But before we call him, Kumiho, I was wondering... We have exact time and origin of Steelbit's call and his secretary's... those were outside calls, thus on the Matrix. Is there anyway to trace those communications or records, and find out to whom they were made?

[Aria]

"As a precaution against our Mr J being unforthcoming I can pass on a copy of the data to an infobroker I trust, to hold unopened until we ask perhaps...?"

[skulldixon]

Yes, I could try to find out who was called, during those times. Nothing that was said would be recorded on the matrix, unless we luck out and someone has bugged those comms, but we will have a trail to follow after this.

[Lighthouse]

"That sounds like a plan. We give the unencrypted data to the johnson but we keep a copy." said Mother.

[Mercy Merchant]

Tanya is troubled by the words from her teammates.  She waits for a break then quietly says, "Hey guys.  That goes against the way I roll.  The man plops the quid down and the man gets what he paid for.  I think we can ask if it is OK to make a copy just in case, but it is wrong to try to sneak something past him.  I am not the boss here, but I need to get my tuppence in on this and say I think we need to do the job as paid.  Saint James is the one who wanted us to find out what happened and he won't leave us swinging."  She looks around to try to gauge the effect of her words.

[Lighthouse]

"I agree that he should never know we have a copy and if he plays us straight he won't. If we make a copy and don't share it he'll never know. Then if he shares with us what's going on we can delete the copy but if he doesn't...I usually don't care what piece of data I'm slinging and wouldn't peek but this is about Lyle. It's personal sugar." said Mother.

[skulldixon]

Kumiho thinks about what is said before answering; weighing it all before speaking.

I don't Know Saint John personally, only by reputation. I believe that he is the type to share information that is vital to this case to all of us -  as long as it is something that is linked to Lyle and Lyle's death. If the information has no connection to this then he is less likely to share it with us. He pauses before continues, stringing his thoughts together.
However, As a Hacker, It is my calling to bring forth truths and knowledge from where ever it has been hidden whether in the matrix or in life. I will be keeping a copy of this file for my self -  whether you agree or not to this decision. I understand your feelings but I will not allow a secret that I have stolen away from a Dark place be hidden again. Lyle knew this of me, he respected this about me, and never asked me to with hold anything information I learned.