Okay. I'm back. Just got up - i had to pull an all-nighter, but it was worth it (in terms of payment). I'd say that Stryker just decided to go with the flow, and play the 'silent magician' type.
As for Stryker's active contribution, he scans Mr. Johnson astrally, hoping that mask isn't what he thinks.
Intuition(5)+Assensing(2) (7d6.hits(5)=2)
And after that, he decides that more info would be good, asking his ally to use his superior senses to do the same. Using Assensing takes one service, and the Guardian Spirit (F4 by deafult) rolls 8 dice. Guardian Spirit: Intuition(4)+Assensing(4) (8d6.hits(5)=2)
P.S. As for the colors I'm using: Blue for speech, Teal for subvoc/texting, and Green for thoughts/mental link.
You both assessense the same.
• The general state of the subject’s health (healthy, injured, ill, etc.). - He's in good health.
• The subject’s general emotional state or impression
(happy, sad, angry). - Calm.
• Whether the subject is mundane or Awakened. - Awakened
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• The presence and location of cyberware implants. - none.
• If you have seen the subject’s aura before, you may recognize it,
regardless of physical disguises or alterations.
• The class of a magical subject (fire elemental, manipulation spell,
power focus, and so on). - the mask is a potent power focus