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« Reply #270 on: <10-05-16/1108:14> »
@ Jed  Few train stations are busy at five am and this one is no exception. So. finding the few people there is easy for Jed. There are of course the workers. Men and women in offices, security shacks, loading docks. And a few more getting coffee in the back room. This isn't a public ticketing station. It's strictly for loading and offloading cargo in order to limit the number of prying eyes who may see it's illegal traffic. And Jed finally spots him, the mage, he'd been looking for him, and still might have missed him. He'd placed himself high up, a good football field away from the scene. Still, he had a good birds-eye view of the big picture which at this point was probably better than the minutia, and an excellent place to hide himself.

Nicolai lights a cigar waiting for the team get into place. The veteran of many missions he knows better than to relax. When he is done he reminds them on the private comm channel. "We came early because her gang was placing camera's. Assume she has seen all of your preparations. But, preparations are good. Expected of professionals. And watching us will reassure her she knows what to expect and she is in charge."

@ Marco  Wendy cocks her head sideways and says, You're emotions are a storm. Storms are powerful, but only when the wind moves as one force. Stop scattering rain and gather the storm. That said she moves to obey.
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« Reply #271 on: <10-05-16/1700:28> »
Jed conveys the presence of the mage to the group. Obviously the mage will know Blackbird is awakened.  Blac...  where was he? Jed could see him in the car.  He seemed to be praying.  Arc, can you place these cameras?  I'd like one on either side of the tunnel, where we can look down either side of the train after it pulls in.  I'd like one each to the front and back of the car so we can make sure they aren't blocking us in.    He shares the network keys for the cameras with the team, so they can use them as well.  He then sets his agent program to helping keep an eye on the car and loads programs on his comm to increase this firewall and mitigate static.  He instructs his summoned spirit to keep an eye on the team and heal Yelena, Blackbird or Arc should they be injured.  His bound spirit is instructed to attack the mage on his signal.  We have to consider the possibility that the mage won't arrive in person, but is only on overwatch, and will direct his spirits from the astral.  Let's hope that isn't the case.
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« Reply #272 on: <10-06-16/0132:47> »
Yelena's mind is firmly in the moment and in the shadow..  She has already considered that Tsina would have eyes on the place and would know that there is someone on the roof here.  Such a precaution would be expected of someone meeting with her to spend a truckload of Nuyen on slaves.  What she is hoping Tsina is also expecting is that the unknown sniper will have already located and scanned the routes to two alternate firing positions, one on the top of a small stone outbuilding just below her current location.  A quick drop of less than ten feet into snow and Yelena will be in a new hide and can still cover the targets.  Beyond that, Yelena is already considering what she would do if she was Tsina.  In light of that, the assassin has already discounted her current and both alternate positions as hazards. 

Her trained eye has caught sight of a pair of barrels sticking out of the snow and marked them as her real firing position.  In her mind, Yelena believes that Tsina would have placed explosives on this roof and near both of the obvious alternatives in case things went south for her.  Only an inexperienced or extremely skilled sniper would choose the two barrels.  The cover provided would be much less than at any of the other positions, and it would be a remarkable shot to cover where Tsina is expected to be standing.  But............and this is a very large but..............it should give Yelena an excellent shot at the guards Tsina would have with her.  The traitor would expect to be the prime target and has probably taken steps to reduce her risk, but most thugs do not really consider the risks to their subordinates, and Yelena would have very good shots indeed at those.

Yelena keeps these decisions to herself, not because she does not trust her team, but vocalizing them might be overheard or intercepted and she would prefer that the enemy remain ignorant of her plans until it is too late.
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« Reply #273 on: <10-10-16/1209:37> »
As Jed explained that the mage was watching from the astral, Yelena offered to change her primary target to the mage.  Jed considered it briefly, but discarded the idea.  He may not even be here physically.  You might not even recognize him if you see him.  No, leave the mage to me.  Hopefully he'll see that Blackbird is awakened and think that is all the astral support we brought.  If you see someone throwing around balls of fire, go ahead and shoot.  Hopefully I can neutralize him on my turf and they'll never realize their support is gone.

Jed knocked on the window to get Blackbird's attention.  "M-Blackbird.  They've got a projecting mage on overwatch.  I'm thinking that as soon as Tsina is off the train, my bound spirit and I will try to take him out.  Maybe you should make a show of assensing for awakened without looking up.  Put him off guard.  I'm going to take another peek and see if I can discern anything useful about him. 

Jed carefully extended his awareness toward the mage and began to sift through his aura. 

smilinirish:16D6E5 → 5( (3, 1, 1, 4, 5, 1, 3, 3, 1, 6, 5, 2, 5, 4, 3, 6→ 5 successes against 5) )
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« Reply #274 on: <10-10-16/1228:23> »
Blackbird assesses the perimeter without looking up, it mainly confuses him, but it is a good practice.
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"As if I'll ever do it like that, first I'd send a spirit that has complete freedom of movement and is not confined to the ground to assense - then if it find something interesting I would have looked at it myself. "


Jed could probably see that Blackbird does as he asked so no need for conformation, speaking is hard to the broken man as it is.
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« Reply #275 on: <10-10-16/1255:16> »
Jed is perceptive enough to tell something is wrong.  Sliding into the seat next to his friend, he speaks softly.  I'm not going to press you now, but I can see the pain in your eyes.  Once we get done here, you and I can talk if you like, I'm a great listener.  But I need to know:  can you push through this?  My goal is to get us all out alive.  But I need everyone functioning.  You have a unique way of seeing things, and we need that perspective for success.  Can you do this?
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« Reply #276 on: <10-10-16/1317:04> »
Blackbird was silent and did not respond, his mind was somewhere else. There will be helpless slaves and they need to be spared that is all that mattered, all the rest were criminals that deserved to die.

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« Reply #277 on: <10-10-16/2054:06> »
Arc kept nodding her virtual head back and forth as she slipped into VR, her form taking on a more orkish version of herself as the AR windows she had open melded into a cohesive view in front of her.  Everyone was getting into position, doing what they needed to do to be ready.  Nicolai's words chilled her a bit, her eyes narrowing at the thought of being observed...especially when one of her jobs was to be an observer.  Since the train wasn't coming for a bit, she tilted her head and started playing with the cameras, using their network to poke into the 'Trix.

Let's see if I can see where they're watching from...hmm...

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« Reply #278 on: <10-11-16/0959:56> »
A horn sounds behind the car. "Idiota! Nie ma tutaj park!" When Arc looks she sees a large pallet loader behind the van.

"Idiot! No park here!"
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« Reply #279 on: <10-11-16/1006:24> »
Yelena notes the arrival of the van with interest.  At this point, even a kid spitting on the ground could be something important and she focuses the scope of the rifle on the pallet loader, just in case.
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« Reply #280 on: <10-11-16/1018:00> »
Jed jolts as the horn blares.  They can't afford the attention.  slipping from the middle seat to the back window, he sees a short, stout man beeping and yelling at Arc.  Something about not parking here, if he isn't mistaken.  I need to give this guy a nudge  Jed weaves mana into the shape of a net.  The web of mana drifts to the man, and rests on his head, sinking down into his mind, suggesting that the man has seen one of the bosses talking with people from this van, maybe he should pretend not to notice them.  That spell is so subtle, hopefully our projecting adversary doesn't catch it.

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« Reply #281 on: <10-12-16/0754:40> »
As the spell takes hold of the man's mind a look of confusion crosses his face. Suddenly Arc hears Nicolai's voice in her comm, "Move van now! Fast!" In Yelena's ear she hears, "Kill человек."
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« Reply #282 on: <10-12-16/0758:48> »
Jed sees the spell take effect, and hopes it has the desired effect. We don't need anything to keep this from going smoothly.
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« Reply #283 on: <10-13-16/0114:02> »
Yelena looks at the man through the scope and notices nothing that would indicate he is anything more than a loader driver.  >>No. Этот человек не похоже на угрозы и Елена не убивать мужчин, которые не являются угрозой. Один из других может убедить его покинуть. Убив его будет только предупреждение других является то, что замышляется. Человек не заслуживают умирают только для быть здесь и делает его задания. Оставьте его в покое<<.

She sends a message to the van.  >>Blackbird.  Can see man?  Convince man he should go away.  Yelena not want to kill him.<<


>>No.  This man does not appear to be a threat and Yelena does not kill men who are not a threat.  One of the others can convince him to leave.  Killing him will only alert others that something is amiss.  Man does not deserve to die just for being here and doing his job.  Leave him alone.<<
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« Reply #284 on: <10-13-16/0144:18> »
Filled with self-confidence Blackbird approaches the man as if he owns that place and is not impressed by some noise. His Polish is rudamentary, but what he lacks with language skills he makes up for with his subtle magic words. "You should not be here right now, didn't you get the memo? All loaders are on strike due to wage cuts, now get back out of here before you have problems with the union." 

Figured out if the driver is convinced he sees his bosses speaking to the people, they might as well be worker unions so it blends up. Of course, Marco is unaware of Jed's magic.
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