[Tecumseh]

Unless Mal posts to reciprocate the handshake, I'll take the next post and will handle introductions with SpitFire. I'll try to get something up tonight.

[bangbangtequila]

I'm thinking I'll duck out, and go to see who that man keeps eyeing. So if you want to ask for a minute alone to catch up, That would work

[Zweiblumen]

No need to duck out IMHO.  Just SF walking into a conversation he wasn't expecting.

[bangbangtequila]

I'll be ducking out regardless because of the amerindian guy scoping us out.

[bangbangtequila]

I just need a quick breakdown of what I get from 2 hits Assensing. Specifics: I'm looking for any awakened folks that would be in the room with us, and I'm looking at the Amerind to see his mood/attitude, and any presence of cyberware.
Assensing: 15d6t5 2

Almost got myself a glitch, 5 1's off 15 dice.

[rednblack]

@bangbang, let's do two rolls -- one for the Amerindian and one for the crowd.  We'll call your roll the one for the Amerindian. 
Assensing Room: 15d6t5 9
Wow, there's some of that famous rolling.  Your Astral Limit is 6.

The Amerindian is mundane, and slightly on edge.  HIs aura doesn't look ill, but there's a slight taint to what's left of it.  Flickr's increased Intuition lead him to believe that there may be some sort of uppers in that nicstick he's been taking occasional pulls from, which would explain both the mood and the muddiness to his aura.  And/or he's looking for a fight.  And/or he's looking for Flickr.  He's also extensively augmented with a partial limb replacement on his lower left leg, a little head ware, and some extensive body mods that seem to cover both his central nervous system and his musculature. 

As for the club, Flickr has a really good picture of the place.  There's some groups of younger men seeming to have a good time, blowing off steam and enjoying some time away from base.  Others seem to be here more out of habit than anything, even their lust turning dull as they wait for a chance to speak to their favorite, should she decide to come by.  There's a much higher-than-average number of Awakened here.  Considering the line of work, that seems to fit.  One or two even have Magic ratings that exceed Flickr's by a point, but most are in the 3-4 range.  Quite a few Adepts and fewer spell slingers are present, mostly tending toward Hermetics. 

When Flickr approaches, the Amerindian will hold Flickr's gaze and call out a bit loudly from about three meters out, "Can I help you with something?"  He then proceeds to take a deep hit off his nicstick.

@Tec, during the conversation with Spitfire Achak will receive a message from Lola.

<<@Achak [Lola] Hey, hun.  U look busy, but if you wanna chat I don't go back on for 45.  U know U can ping me anytime xoxo>>

[Tecumseh]

That's some good rolling. There's a 3% chance of rolling 9 or more hits on 15 dice. I would have guessed that the odds were lower, but it's still excellent.

Achak will be nervously excited/suspicious about the text from Lola. Question about IC interpretation for the GM: is this Lola's usual manner of comm communications? Are the "hun", "U", "xoxo" and emoji normal for Lola or do they raise Achak's suspicions in any way? Does Achak think that this is someone impersonating Lola, or is it Lola writing as she usually does, figuring that Achak might be good for some solid tips (innuendo: I'll give her a solid tip) given his custom suit and expensive gift?

I will roll Judge Intentions, even though it's a bit questionable given the circumstances (i.e. vs. a comm, although maybe it applies retroactively to the way Lola was behaving before her set): Charisma 4 + Intuition 6: 10d6t5 3 hits

Some of this comes down to OOC/IC transference. Mechanically, Lola is Loyalty 3, although in my head (and in my earlier IC post) I was imagining her more like Loyalty 3.5. Now Achak is trying to get to that to Loyalty 4; that was the point of the expensive gift, after all. But Achak also knows enough Spanish (learned from Stake) to know that Lola is short for "Dolores", which means pains or sorrows. He's also aware of the Biblical precedent of women getting men into trouble, so he's going to be on his guard if he suspects that she has warmed up a little too suddenly. Unless, of course, she's doing it with a profit motive, in which case she can get as warm as she wants.

I'm going to wait for bangbang and Zweiblumen to post ICly. Bangbang's response, especially, will help inform Achak's next steps. I'll avoid describing how in a partial attempt to preserve a bit of OOC/IC separation.

[Zweiblumen]

That bit at the end of my post was my RP attempt at representing the -2 overall to running AR while trying to interact with RL.

[rednblack]

@Tec, Lola's response doesn't seem uncharacteristic. Judge Intentions works for me here. I'll simply apply a higher threshold fr text communications, but this doesn't raise any alarm bells. Whether the expensive gift has had the desired effect or if it's just Lola angling for a string of private dances is up for Achak to speculate on.

[Tecumseh]

Achak probably suspects that doing so might be unprofessional, but at the same time he's been under a lot of stress and could use the, ahem, release.

I'll let the dice have a say in his composure.

Willpower 3 + Charisma 4: 7d6t5 0 hits, Critical Glitch!!!

Well! That settles that. Good luck, everyone, and try not to get murdered for the next 45 minutes.

[bangbangtequila]

I'm just wrapping up working in the back, try to have something up in an hour or two. A couple questions:
1) what part of town are we in? As in, is my fake sin on, is law enforcement likely to check my magic licenses, is a HTRT likely to pounce on me if I mind control this bloke in the alley, etc

2) who is astral perceiving at me, if I can tell. A cyber goon is not likely to land 4-5 hits and break free on a willpower logic test. Even professional level 4 or 5 are only tossing 7-8 dice at it. I just want to know if my 7 hits (9 intuition bumped my limit to 7, while improve is active) is enough to keep me apprised of whether an alley fight would be relatively private, magically speaking.

[Tecumseh]

We are in Loveland, a red-light district within Puyallup. Here are a couple good, short summaries:

http://pl.shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Loveland
https://shadowrun-5th-edition.obsidianportal.com/wikis/loveland

Presuming Knight Errant kept Lone Star's security ratings (which seems reasonable), the security rating of the district is E, which "lol no". This is one step above a Z-zone, and the official description is "slum".

All of this is subject to the GM, of course.

[rednblack]

So that's awesome.  Looks like Achak is headed up to the Champagne Room.  200¥ minimum, plus what the girls are drinking, though in Lola's case, she'll be enjoying some of that fancy water. 

Looking forward to this next round of IC posts.

ETA: ninja'd by bangbang

@bangbang, Loveland is in the Puyallup Barrens, the Barrensy part of the Barrens.  It's bad.  Like, I wouldn't be too worried about beat cops, much less HTR bad.  Flickr hasn't seen anyone actively Assensing him. 

That said, mind control woo is some nasty business, and a Force 7 spell of any stripe isn't going to be "private" magically speaking.  Of course, if you're away from prying eyes, you should be able to drop the guy and have plenty of time to erase your Astral Signature before heading inside, but if not, I wouldn't count on Flickr being able to walk away.  Direct combat spells are one thing, a fair fight even, but fraggin' with a chummer's brain is what most of the anti-mage paranoia is focused on.

@Zwei, speaking of the bad neighborhood, can I get an Edge test?  I'm curious if any gutter rats are interested in shooting down his fly spies for kicks. 

ETA: Double ninja'd, this time by Tec.  I hadn't seen the obsidian portal link before.  Thanks.

[Zweiblumen]

Not overly hopeful on this, joys of low-edge characters :/  Comeonnnnn threshold of 1

Edge Check (3): 3d6t5 2
W00T!  The crazy rolling continues!

[bangbangtequila]

Well there wouldn't be any reason for anyone to know if I hit him with a F7 or 8 Blast or Lightning Bolt, though I'm partial to NOT lethally burning him to death with lightning over him lacing his smokes with crank and needing to prove a point. I'm starting to regret not taking a single-target stun spell. I know where some of my first 30 karma is going.

*EDIT* I looked over the spells again to ensure I hadn't missed anything, and it turns out I did. Blast is 1 higher drain then ball lightning, which is NOT what I'm after. It seems meta-gamey to change it as I enter a 1v1 fight, but I'd love to swap my spells back to Ball Lightning and Clout, but I can wait until after this scene is over. I had listed the wrong drain, assuming Blast was the same as Ball Lightning. Anyway, let me know, and I'll let that inform my decision. In the mean-time...

Also, since it hasn't affected anything, I'm thinking I would like to switch my metamagic into Shielding. I'm just thinking I'm likely better off focusing on my magical security role and going shielding - absorption - centering, and by that point I'll have VASTLY more things to spend karma on anyway, but absorption makes me fully capable of decimating any magician that stands before us, through applying 3 bonus counterspelling die and sucking up spell force then spitting them back out as bonus force.

Combat Sense Roll: 15d6t5 7 This is relevant to my next post. Also awesome to avoid any real damage.
Combat Sense Drain Resistance, need 6 hits: 15d6t5 4 Sadly, taking 2 stun. Oh well.