[Qwikfix]

If Arc weren't currently jumped in, a running armored orkette in cyberspace, she would have exchanged a confident glance with Hellfire.  As I stood, her sound crackling through the radio agreed with him as the concussive blasts echoed behind them.  Grunting, she felt the van fishtail, but with a couple turns of the wheel, she managed to right the controls.

"Hoo boy, this is getting drek quick.  Y better be cakewalkin with all this heat on us!"

[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena listens to Arc and smiles.  >>Tsina Molovna is down.  We are checking to be sure she is dead.  An announcement of her death might get some relief from her people.  Can you broadcast that to everyone in the area?<<

[Qwikfix]

Arc gave only a slight pause, her reactions the speed of thought as she gave out a triumphant bark.  "Pa'taq!  Maybe we can pull this after all.  Broadcasting their channel sounds like Firefly territory, I'd make it messy.  See if she has a comm there, would be quicker."

[SmilinIrish]

Jed felt ice in his stomach as he realized that they just had two mines stuck to the side of the van.  This is gonna hurt.  His head snapped sideways as Arc scraped the wall.  Searching desperately for the source of the rockets, Jed strained his astral vision to no avail.  His eyes caught sight of the sniper again.  Better to get an alternate than no target at all.  Jed focused his will at the target, sending exhaustion its way.  Just in time, as the van started to fishtail, Jed lost sight of the sniper again.  Hopefully this time he was as effective as he was against the driver. 

smilinirish:13D6E5 → 7( (2, 6, 2, 3, 5, 3, 6, 5, 4, 5, 2, 5, 6→ 7 successes against 5) )
Used a point of edge, so 6's explode.  Rerolled the 3 6's
smilinirish:3D6E5 → 1( (2, 3, 5→ 1 success against 5) )

Sniper resists 8 stun with Will.  No dodge.  Just soak.  This is stun damage.

Arc, I got him, but lost sight of him.  Not sure if he is out of commission or not.  We may need to verify.

[gilga]

Blackbird looked at the crime scene, a single tear wet his right eye, but his left one remained dry. "Perhaps I should still impersonate Tsina? If you take me 'hostage' they might be reluctant to shoot at us, or to blow us with missiles as we get away. I can make her body look like mine. "  He disarmed the decker, and looked at his comrades asking if any of them had some restraints.

[ismilealot]

Power rolled out of Jed like a tidal wave and moved unerringly towards his target. The sniper may have had every technological bell and whistle at his disposal. But technology was no match for magic and Jed saw the aura change as the sniper went down.

https://rolz.org/info?X18412208

The decker, as powerful as he was in cyberspace, was no match for Marco in realspace and was quickly disarmed and tied down. Nicolai listened to Marco's plan and said, "Da, is good, but you will take me and Yelena."

[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena motions to Tsina's body on the floor.  "Yelena thought need Tsina Molovna body?  Not leave here.  Need for trial."  She turns to Blackbird. "Why not tell all Tsina dead?  We are new bosses."

[gilga]

Marco said "Because big organizations tend to have a chain of command, especially when their leader enters combat."

[ismilealot]

Nicolai answers, "Da. First lieutenant now in command of Tsina's bratva until generals declare her traitor. We must go now. All bratva's now will kill us. My people all dead. Nothing to slow them." Nicolai begins heading towards Tsina's body.

[gilga]

Blackbird said "Allow me..." and touched Tsina's body, "Yelena, perhaps you want to impersonate Tsina? I would not like to disarm you and your russian is better than mine. As for myself, I am probably an equal threat with or without a gun in my hands.". He searched for small objects that may be needed to complete the disguise, visible jewelry, tech items or a comlink. Anything that might be visible.

Should Yelena agree Marco will perform two physical masks spells - the first to disguise himself or Yelena as Tsina, and the second to disguise Tsina as either himself, or as Yelena.

Physical mask: 15d6t5 5
Physical mask 2: 13d6t5 5

[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena nods.  She realizes that she is a bit out of her depth.  She is used to the plan, the set up, the kill, and the departure.  This is so different.  They had been working under Nicolai's plan and that had gone all to drek.  Now she needs a new plan and Blackbird offers the means and the idea.  "Yelena agree.  Blackbird be Tsina.  Only one spell that way.  How get Tsina body out?  Can change to mouse?"

[ismilealot]

Nicolai shoots the decker in the head. "Change me to him." He says nodding to the body.

[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena looks at Nicolai then shrugs. "Was not necessary, Nicolai." She shrugs again and steps closer to Tsina and takes a picture that she uploads to Virtual Goddess.  Looking at Blackbird she says, "Blackbird do spells of disguise?  I tell Arc coming out."  .  She sends a message to Arc in Or'zet.  >>Srui, we come now.  Disguise like Tsina and decker man have Yelena hostage.  We go to van.  Can bring near?<<

[Qwikfix]

All the incoming information, all needing to process.  Arc rolled through it all as quickly as she could as she responded first to Jed on the van's radio.  "Aye, if we stick around enough.  We gon' needa bail soon, so getting everyone out is priority..neh?"  She stepped a bit on the gas as Yelena's message came in, her virtual orkette persona grinning as she piped in.  "Mighta be sooner than we think.  Hold tight, and don't freak!"

Already diverting course, she skirted around the opposition back to the rendezvous point, using Blackbird's concealment as cover while she responded to Yelena in kind.

<<"T'chae, good news, van'll be in the same spot in a few.  Get there fast">>

[gilga]

Marco changes Nikolai to the Decker and Yelena to Tsina. He tosses Yelena the SMG and say " I guess you captured me... I surrender."

Both spells has 5 successes. Marco takes no drain.
drain: 2#11d6t5 5 6
Physical mask 2: 13d6t5 5
Physical mask: 15d6t5 5