[Irn0rchid]

Grumping to herself, "Most forgiving for beginners? What is she trying to say?!" Out loud, she defends her main character, "Don't let her deceive you, the Werewolf is actually really challenging at higher levels..." Frowning when interrupted for dinner, Rose suddenly realizes she never had lunch and is actually starving, "Oooh, dinner sounds great!" Heading to the dining room with the others, she is amused by the enthusiasm Elaine is showing. "Looks like sex and video games really is right up her alley." Dinner is plentiful and tastes better than anything Rose and Robin have had on their own in a long time. <<I could really get used to this. It's going to be weird once this job is over...>> When dinner is finished, Elaine practically bounds back to the living room and Rose and Robin quickly follow, all three of them plopping down onto the couch to get started with their new characters.

[Mercy Merchant]

Several hours pass as the three of you play the game.  Lots of laughter mixed with a bit of frustration makes the time pass quickly.  You and Robin share stories of your earlier characters and the mistakes you made as well as the triumphs.  It would seem that you have a new convert to the game, but all three of you start yawning at about one in the morning and Elaine suggests retiring to the bedroom for a different sort of game.

[Irn0rchid]

"It's already 1am and some of us worked today! I should go in tomorrow as well to get the week closed out..." Looking around at the disapointment on the faces of the other two women, she smiles and relents, "Okaaaaay, but just for a little bit." Elaine squeals and pops up, grabs Rose and Robin by the hands, and leads them back to her bedroom for some more 'games'. After about an hour of physically exhausting play to complement the mental activities of earlier, Rose makes her excuses and retires back to her room, leaving Robin and Elaine to amuse each other till the wee hours of the morning. "Obligations can be such a downer, but we need to get the bills paid..."

[Mercy Merchant]

Robin enters the room a couple of minutes after you.  She tosses her clothes into a hamper and crawls into bed with you, saying, "Elaine sent me in.  She says that she does not want to come between us.  She was fishing a toy out of a drawer as I left."  She puts her arm around you and nuzzles up against your neck.  "You feel nice."

In the morning, Robin asks if you want to share the shower.  "And what are our plans for the day, lover?"

[Irn0rchid]

Well I should go to work today to finish out my obligation for the week, but no real plans other than that. A shower would be good though!" Hopping out of bed she strips out of her underwear and then pulls Robin behind her, hopping on one foot trying to get her own panties off, into the bathroom. Dialing up a nice hot mist, they both get into the shower and start soaping each other up. <<We need to work on getting eyes on that room and related security. I'm going to pick up some stuff while I'm out to help with that, so I'll be gone longer than I normally am when working. If you could keep poking around the edges of the matrix security here, that would be good, just be careful! Also, if you can keep an eye out for any icons that come and go regularly, especially ones that occur in multiples, that would be good.>> Robin gets really distracting at this point and it takes a good few minutes before Rose remembers the last item, <<Oh, did you get any more info on the mage?>>

[Mercy Merchant]

Robin grins.  >>Mmmmmmm.  You have enough magic in your hands for me."  She shakes her head.  "Oh you mean the guy.  Yeah.  I sent him a text, and got an auto-reply that he was out of touch until later today.  I can send a follow-up to make sure he knows we are serious.  And I will continue to poke around.  Carefully.  Wish I knew what some old pottery so important.  Someone is putting out some serious nuyen to get at it.<<

[Irn0rchid]

Rose laughs at Robin's joke and swats her on the behind, <<Stop it, this is serious!>>
<<Yeah, I agree. Hopefully we can find out more information on it as we get more details on the security. If we can find out what's so valuable about it, maybe we can get some of that for ourselves.>> After a little more fun in the shower, they finish up head back out into the bedroom to get dressed. "I wonder how late Elaine was up with her toys last night. She certainly seems to enjoy them. Once dressed, Rose says goodbye to Robin and heads out to her Bellevue house to pick up the Bulldog and check in with the roadside assistance dispatcher.

One broken axel, two empty gas tanks, and a headon collision later, Rose clocks back out shortly after lunchtime and contacts Tiny to let him know she'll be in shortly. After a quick shower to get the worst of the grease off she shows up at his shop. "Hey Tiny, you got all that stuff I asked for? I need that Kanmushi, the best maneuvering and stealth chips you've got for it, and the extra upgrade parts?"

Kanmushi: 1000
Speed to 3: 150
Accel to 2: 200
2 Autosofts, best rating he has up to 6: Rating * 500, Avail Rating * 2

[Mercy Merchant]

Tiny responds back as you head over to his place.  >>Hey, kid, yeah, I got it all for you.  How much more stuff you gonna need?  I got a one-time open door to a special pipeline so now is the time to give me a wish list.  I will see if it is possible.  'Course it will take some serious credits.<<

[Irn0rchid]

<<What sort of timeline are we talking about here? I've always got stuff I want, but how much I can afford depends on when you need payment.>>

[Mercy Merchant]

>>The door closes on Monday at noon and the seller is leaving town afterwards.  Let me know what you want and I can try to get it for you and hold it a bit.  Of course, that service ain't free, either, but I am sure you can understand that.  But the earlier you let me know what you want, the earlier I can make the arrangements.  And just because you want it does not mean he has it, got it?  But there is some good military grade drek available that is almost never available.<<

[Irn0rchid]

<<Man, where do I start? High level pilots are always great. Software is probably the most interesting stuff that could be considered military grade since it's easy to hide. A Prairie Dog would be fun to play with, but hard to hide and even harder to explain. Actually, speaking of hiding, signature masking or chameleon coating equipment and materials might be the most useful in the long run, along with spoof chips, morphing license plates, and Gridlink Overrides. And you know I've been looking to upgrade my RCC for awhile now, but that's not strictly military tech and that's probably out of my price range still, unless we worked some kind of upgrade deal? Otherwise, if he's got anything that seems really interesting, let me know.>>

[Irn0rchid]

>>I do happen to know that he can get his hands on one R5 and one R6 pilot.  I was thinking of you, see?  Can you afford them or what?  And you are right about the RCC; the kind this mook can get are priced way above you unless you suddenly inherited a ton of nuyen from a long lost aunt.  I will ask about some of this other stuff for you.  You could try getting a loan from someone, if you are a bit short.  I know a guy for that if you are interested.  Plays it hard on payments, though, so you don’t want to fall behind, but pretty fair interest rate, from what I hear.<<

[Irn0rchid]

<<Well I'm definitely interested in the pilots, although I may just have to restrict myself to the R6 depending on funds and the other items he might have. I've got a line on some money coming in fairly soon, so a loan might not be a bad idea. If you could connect me with your guy, that might be to both of our advantage.>>

[Mercy Merchant]

>>Good news about the money, but no way on the direct meet.  The man is scared and making his score before bugging out.  You deal with me and I deal with him and that is how it works.  I will see what he has on your list and get back to you.  This will go down in a few days.  I will let you know.  You still coming by today?<<

[Irn0rchid]

<<That works fine for me, less risk all around as long as you trust him. And yeah, I'll still be in shortly, I need that Kanmushi for something I'm working on now, can't wait for your guy to get back to you.>> After a quick shower to get the worst of the grease off she shows up at his shop. "Hey Tiny, you got all that stuff I asked for? I need that Kanmushi, the best maneuvering and stealth chips you've got for it, and the extra upgrade parts?"