[gilga]

>> 4# Go in...

[saithor]

Jeff checked the message from Rita and snapped his head up to pay more attention to the car. He had been maintaining around 100 feet of distance between them the entire time.

>>#4, this is #9. Can you see if he's casing the bike as well? This thing dies at the wrong moment, and I'm going to end up dead.

>>#1, this is #9. Assuming there's not a firefight coming up, my friend was trying to set up a meet with the KE guys. Worth checking out?

[gilga]

>>9# go ahead... as long as the bike is with you I am with you... I've been driving these things since before they invented the control rig.

[Nevyn]

So - while all this has been going on I'm advancing the clock a little further

#3: <<I see you #9 How you doin? See you too #2. Waiting at the corner.>>

As the Ambassador exits the building you catch a slight glimpse at car 2 but, which is way more telling, he looks RIGHT AT #9 on the bike, frowns, turns to his guard, speaks and then enters the car. The guard doesn't even acknowledge anything and enters the 3rd of the Ambassador's cars. They then leave.

#3:<<Route seems to be standard to Gore. Passing the ball to #2>>

[Triskavanski]

Outlaw has  of course been following after #3 as she should be earlier. <<Roger that #2 is on the case. Going to need to figure out just what that was, but everyone please remain on high alert.>>

[Mercy Merchant]

Rita parks the bike and goes inside to meet Elaine.  She keeps the grenade launcher and shotgun slung across her back and under the coat she is wearing.  Taking the lift to the third floor, she has time to think about Elaine.  The woman is blazing hot, and a good businesswoman as well.  Her escort service and brothel both seem to be doing well.  Rita met the woman a bit ago and has been on quasi friendly terms with her.  Rita smiles, obviously better than she had thought as there was no real reason for Elaine to have given her the warning. 

She nods to the large man standing outside the door and checks her weapons with him, taking the receipt and call tag.  Entering, Rita sees several nearly naked men and women lounging with other customers or moving about.  She spies Herman, one of her favorites, and smiles at him.  Herman is much more talented than the toys she has been using, but she does not have the time to stay.  She looks around for Elaine.

[Nevyn]

"Mercy me Rita. I didn't expect you soooo sooon Darling." The act that the madam puts on for regular punters doesn't come off, even when there are no punters, "You could have arrived 5 minutes later, that would be fiiiine."

"Come to my office so I can rid myself of this disarming smile."

She guides you to her office... not the public office but the one behind the, not hugely, secret panel. You sit. There is hot tea poured into a cup. "What are you doing, my love? There are some nasty things going on tonight, and they say the Sprawl is the 'City that Never Sleeps'!!" Her laughter is at once tinkling and spine chilling. Her eyes are not smiling.

[Jayde Moon]

After spending several moments silently working through something, Mirriam jumps on the comms.

This is #5:  Something about our work has gotten the attention of Ares... expect more than just some Errant Knights.  Shit I've been looking at has them tracking our movements, so eyes open.  #1, something's got a lot of folks riled up, what gives?

[saithor]

After getting the look from the ambassador, Jeff decided to head to the KE meeting.

>>#1, this is #9, on my wait to meet my friend about the KE. The ambassador definitely was suspicious of me. Where do we go from here? What is our end-game objective, because if everything goes to drek, I'd really appreciate knowing what exactly we are supposed to do?

He turned into a parking spot for a quick second and unzipped his duffel bag around a quarter of the way to confirm his HK-227 was inside. Zipping it back up he contineud on his way to the meeting with hsi friend.

[gilga]

>>9# we do not do this on comms... talk personally about such things. 1# out.

[Mercy Merchant]

Rita takes the cue and goes with Elaine, smiling until they get to the hidden office.  She looks at the madam for a moment, then says.  "So things are jumping?  You got anything solid I can use to stay ahead of the jumpers?  I already owe you for the warning and can square that, plus some extra if you got more.  And let me know if there is a line on me.  I would love to get a piece of the action and place a bet on myself."

[Jayde Moon]

"#1, this is #5, did you get my question?  Somethings looking very wrong here, and it's not even the weird shit going on in our feeds..."

[gilga]

Deckert wrote a small note.

7# this is 1# discreetly move everything to this safe house. (location attached) use personal communication only, stay offline. He attached coordinates, and let the small fly spy carry the message like a pigeon. With all the geek stuff going on - a signed message seemed a lot more discreet than this commlink stuff.

[Nevyn]

Rita takes the cue and goes with Elaine, smiling until they get to the hidden office.  She looks at the madam for a moment, then says.  "So things are jumping?  You got anything solid I can use to stay ahead of the jumpers?  I already owe you for the warning and can square that, plus some extra if you got more.  And let me know if there is a line on me.  I would love to get a piece of the action and place a bet on myself."

My dear. The offer that I was made was too delicious to pass up. I sold you out... but never fear. You are, according to some pretty well placed and exceedingly beautiful sources, miles away on a job in what's left of Scotland, an extraction I'm led to believe. she primps just a little bit,
The payment came from Aztech. Something about getting someone's back. Someone, I think, in the UCAS government. Someone highly placed. Aztech are buying someone off or are arranging to buy something off. I'm not sure, American politics bores me more than British. Anyway hun. You're debt was sold to Aztech by way of the KTA. They seriously want to stop someone getting in someone else's way and I have a feeling that's something to do with you too. If someone bought your debt, maychance they bought you too?

[Triskavanski]

Outlaw continued her patrols until her shift was over, constantly searching the matrix for silent Icons and the like. She wasn't sure what to make of Cerberus, as time wore on, he didn't seem particularly hostile. Perhaps he was going to be helpful for them?  Perhaps he was going to hurt them. Perhaps the world was made pudding? Song from North America aside, they needed data, cause every inch of the resonance was telling her something was gonna go down, and it was gonna go hard.