[Raiderjoseph]

Heh, yeah, I was about to post a "wait, where exactly is everybody" post. Skate is with Marcus, still seated in his car.

I made my post in error. I assumed that Kereina was at the Terminal and when I reread her post I realized talking to the Troll was impossible due to several existing laws of reality so I got rid of it.

[Beta]

More full edited: given what was posted after me about Pepperface, recanting my original comments.

I was unaware that we could talk in astral space?  Is this is a normal thing (i.e. can Alf talk back?) Or am I facing something a bit special, where I have to mime an answer or something?

[Bewilderbeast]

I wrote it as Pepperface driving up to the facility, parking on the street, and looking at it with his cybereyes. Seeing as how he also critically gltiched an etiquette test, I'm okay with him being noticed. I'm willing to play this out as is.

[Raiderjoseph]

Do any of the cars have room for Vexboy in the back? He isn't gonna be much use in a firefight unless he can shoot and he needs to hold the handles of the Dodge Scoot.

[Irn0rchid]

Marcus' car has a 3rd seat in the back with the empty turret if I'm not mistaken.

[Herr Brackhaus]

Marcus' Thundercloud Morgan has three seats, but Skate is in the front seat and I think Alf is in the top seat. Vexboy should be able to hitch a ride with Kereina though

[Irn0rchid]

Ah, missed Alf getting in.

[Beta]

To be honest I wasn't quite clear where Alf had ended up, either (or for that matter just where we left his ride).  But it seemed that others were clear enough so I just went with it. 

Given which, anyone else being confused about where he is isn't all that surprising :p

And with regard to what is happening in game -- anyone have thoughts on the question about talking in astral space?  Something greeted Alf there, but I'm not clear if he can talk back?

[Irn0rchid]

4th said: "Characters may converse and be heard in astral space, and language is still a communication barrier there, but an assensing character will be struck more by the emotive content rather than by the words themselves."

That sentence didn't seem to make it into 5th, but I think we can assume it's still good. Street Grimoire (5th) does talk about Astral Shallows where you can communicate audibly from one side to the other, which wouldn't make sense if there was no sound in the Astral.

[Beta]

OK, thanks!

[Herr Brackhaus]

Keep in mind you don't "speak" in Astral space; you feel emotion more than experience with your "normal" sensory input like hearing and sight, so "speaking" to a spirit would be more akin to forming your thoughts into an expression of will that you can impose or impart upon the spirit.

All that is a long winded way of saying that yes, you can "talk" to the spirit

[Raiderjoseph]

So... who is up for a run to the Stuffer Shack?

[Herr Brackhaus]

In other words, Marcus would rather fight than go to the Stuffer Shack to buy food and blankets. If that's what they're worried about, a team of runners should be able to roll over these guys without issue.

ETA:
Marcus'll park near the Terminal entrance where Pepperface pulled up, get out, and ready his rifle at his shoulder. Anyone tries to get in his way, the Troll included, he'll make an Intimidation test to get them to stand down. If they don't budge, he'll grease 'em.

And yes, Bewilderbeast, Marcus is actually more than just a little bit of a sociopath. I didn't take Superhuman Psychosis for nothing; to him, people like those living in the Terminal are likely nothing more than insects

[Beta]

Wait, did you just move Alf's body while he is astral?   

(Doh, wish I'd had time to post before that happened.  Will include it in my IC post)

[Herr Brackhaus]

Hahaha, oops. I totally forgot about that part. If he's nearby, would he feel and or sense it? If he's scouting near the Terminal, he'll definitely recognize our auras.

Speaking of which, does a magicians body, when the magician is out projecting, have an aura on its own? If so, he would definitely recognize his own body sneaking up on him.

Sorry about that; attribute it to Marcus' inexperience with Magic, which is incredibly but accidentally appropriate...