[luckace]

Scarcrow ignored the bystander's direction. Who knows what he saw. Instead, he settled for the odd commotion he saw earlier, shoving people aside left and right. He quickly (but without running to not cause even more panic) walked up to the movement.
"Stay calm, everyone!", his voice boomed through the hall.
He looked for exits FY might take. "And keep off the doors!"

When he received Mark's lead, he allowed himself an ugly smile and accelerated his steps. Gotcha now, punk.
Thanks for the explanation in ooc.

Not sure if it's really my turn to move, lost track of the order.
@Volker: What's the layout of the "handful of exits"? Is it even possible to block them?

[Jack_Spade]

Cinder had moved steadily towards the commotion. FY was fast - no wonder the kids had had troubles with him. But Cinder was out of patience now. If necessary he would end the man without interrogating him.
<<Scarcrow, look for a position where you can cover the exits with your gun. I'll try to separate him from the civilians.>>

"Frozen Yogurt, give yourself up. All exits are covered There is no chance to escape. If you want to survive this day stop resisting now and come peacefully. The judge might show you leniency if you stop now."

[Volker]

You can feel that the chase is drawing to an end. And so does Frozen Yoghurt.
Swift, but without hurrying you approach the crowd, as suddenly another commotion runs through the hall like a wave, turning chaos into brodem. Lout screams are being echoed by the halls of the pool area, people are fleeing, some stay to stare in a safe distance, but all in all the hall is emptying and before long you can trace a direct line of sight to Frozen Yoghurt. And his captive.

FY, dripping wet and still stark naked, stands behind a young girl, 14 maybe, holding her in a safe grip. He is crouching, so that his arms can be slung tightly around the girls neck, ready to break it any moment. She's shivering violently, though the shaking is countered by the firm grip of her captor.

"Let's talk! Nothing has happened yet. But I am ready to make things happen, if you don't know how to behave, Nepali police. Freeze right now!"
To underline his words, one hand of his gropes one of her breasts and squeezes it in a way that looks very painful.

[Jack_Spade]

"This isn't helping your position. Also, my colleague just got into your rear. Fire!"

Cinder didn't wait if his little bluff had worked. His Ruger Superwarhawk was loaded with gel and he relied on his ability to hit that mother fraggers head.

He fired


Ok,
Con for a possible distraction: Con: 4d6t5 1
Shoot with Edge:
Skill 8 + AGI 6 + Smartlink 2 + Brand Loyalty 1 + Edge 2 - Called Shot (Vitals) 4
Shoot w/Edge: 15d6t5 5 [15d6t5=3, 3, 6, 3, 1, 6, 4, 4, 2, 1, 5, 5, 6, 2, 2]
Shoot w/Edge Reroll: 3d6t5 1 [3d6t5=5, 1, 2]

11 S AP -1 + Successes

[luckace]

As soon as Cinder fired Scarcrow charged for Frozen Yoghurt, ready to seize him or knock him out, should he dodge Cinder's attack, or pull the girl out of the man's grip.

[gilga]

(I am not sure how Mark is aware of the situation so I am not posting for once - if he is aware of the situation he'd command the spirit to strike FY down. )

[Volker]

If you thought, Frozen Yoghurt was bluffing, you were wrong. As you bring up your weapon, he gives the girl's neck a sharp twist. She screams sharply, but before her limp body can touch the ground, the elf nimbly tosses his body aside to dodge the incoming bullet.
Not nimbly enough. The gel round hit the assassin's temple with a plotching sound, throwing him off balance. You hear a soft bump, then silence falls over the scene.
You brought him down.

Slowly and cautiously you draw nearer. Then you hear a soft noise. The girl is weeping. She lives.

Judge Intentions: 12d6t5 7
He doesn't fall for your trick ;-)

Delayed Action: kill the girl

Unarmed Combat: 11 (dice pool) -4 (break neck - deals physical damage instead of stun damage) = 7 dice: Kill the girl: 7d6t5 1
Damage: 5 (STR) + 1 (hit) = 6P
Resistance: 1d6t5 0

6P damage. The girl lives, but is still under shock.

FY eats some bullets.
Defend with Edge:
Defense roll: 15d6t5 4
Exploding 6es: 4d6t5 0

Damage: 11S +6 -4 = 13S

Damage resistance:
Defense roll: 5d6t5 3

10S.

[gilga]

Remotely aware of the incidient because of his spiritual connection with the spirit Mark leaves the car and get on scene carrying his medic kit. "Please I only come as a healer, I learned a few tricks at my home town." Deploying the medik kit a professional R6 one Mark deploy it in autopilot and follows the instructions.
Medic kit: 11d6t5 4

What mundane healing cannot do a smile and a gentle touch can and Mark's healing magic is many times more potent than any doctor.  Shortly after the girl was like new.
Heal Spell: 14d6t5 5
Drain: 9d6t5 2
no drain.

[Jack_Spade]

Cinder let out a deep breath. Bastard, Bastard, Bastard. Illegal or not, this guy was worth the trouble to be taken from the streets.
He holstered his weapon and took out his handcuffs, making sure the elf really was unconscious and secured before taking care of the girl. Luckily his armor contained a complete medkit and first responder set. But Mark had beaten him to the punch, so the only thing left to do was to make sure the girls neck was stabilized while the decker worked on her.
In a low voice he said to his comrades: "That was close. To close for comfort. I made a mistake when I tried to give him a chance. I won't make the same mistake twice. Scarcrow, please help me to take him back to the car. Mark, when you are done, please call an ambulance. Let's hope this doesn't make the news. It's probably to much to ask of you to look for any cameras around here and wipe their recordings. Thank god this is a swimming area where filming is frowned upon."

[luckace]

The troll heaved Frozen Yoghurt on his shoulder, keeping one hand around the uncounscious man's neck, should he wake up and try anything stupid. It took him all of his restraint not to squeeze the killer's throat just a little bit...

[gilga]

Mark tells Cynder... "No ambulance is needed, really he barely left a mark. Hospitals are just plain expensive and we were lucky enough with first aid."  He hoped that his magic was well disguised into the medic kit but who knows. The girl must have noticed that some of it was not traditional medicine. He smiles at the girl and quickly leaves for his car. It is time to leave, he allows Cynder and Scarcraw to decide who want to guard FY in the back but Mark insist that he remains in the back for his own safety. That guy seems dangerous after all.

[luckace]

"Yeah, plus an ambulance means gossip.", Scarcrow added. "We call one here, then I bet all of Thamel will try to find out what happened. If necessary, we can still take her to a local home-doctor, but I'd avoid calling anyone official."

He then addressed the masses: "All of ya fellas, be discrete with what you saw here. Dem evil-doers shouldn't actually know that we were here. If any of you gossip, other psychos might want to take revenge. Then their victims' blood would be on your hands, got me?"

[Jack_Spade]

"Alright, the girl seems healthy enough. Let's take that shit stain to interrogation."

Securing the unconscious man in the van was done with plastic cuffs, securing his neck against the headrest - highly unsafe in case of an accident, but it cut down on the ability to escape and screaming.

When that was done Cinder said: "Let's take him down to the container warrens and see what we can get out of him before we turn him over to his victims."

[gilga]

Mark said "Well... I'd enjoy diggin into his equipment while he is out, should be a lot easier when he is not resisting." Mark searched FY for electronic devices he can hack for information about him, he placed what he could find in a plasitc bag and drove the party where Cynder wanted.
Once there Mark is a lot more interested in uncovering FY secrets than in actually torturing the man.

[gilga]

"A deck and a comlink?... there is no way in hell I am not keeping that deck finally after many years a deck worthy of my skills." Thought Mark. Once the team arrived into the container area, Mark begun working on the equipment the deckers work starts before the evil dude awakes, hack his equipment fish it for data messages, contacts cross reference his contacts in the matrix figure out who they are what their job title is and so on. Mark was trying to use whatever he could find in the matrix to figure out who are the people that FY keeps in contact, where does he live and who pays his bills. Before killing the guy - Marks wants to know anything there is to know about him, and if one of the softies thinks FY should be kept alive then he has a problem with Mark - you do not humiliate someone so dangerous and keep him alive.

First thing first Mark hacked and disabled FY's cyberware, whatever he had there formatted and disabled for long. Then came the comlink and deck and a very through exploration. Mark was having so much fun with the equipment that he was almost sorry when it was time to begin the interogation. Before going to help in the interogation Mark disguised himself as somebody else and prepared his charm.