[Imladir]

[Cynthia Rawson - Sunday June 10th, 2075; Cynthia's appartment] #27

Startled, Cynthia jumps a bit "What the!?" She looks at you, and seeing her, you'd bet she forgot you were even here. Her mouth forms in a "O", before she catches herself.
She looks at the map "Right now, it's a monitoring map, for news and stock markets." Looking at the rash of orange in Central America, she explains "This, is a bombing in Bogota that occured...." she looks at her comlink for a second "Four minutes ago."
She frowns. "Problem is, it was in Bogota, and while there are some effects in Aztlan and Amazonian's stock markets, it's too soon and too little to justify all this orange." She grumbles "Some parameters are wrong. Unless there's a bug in the crawler that feeds data to the program? Or it would be that my selection of Aztlan, Amazonian and independent news services are wrong. I don't know shit about those parts of the world so it wouldn't be a surprise. And it would explain why I keep getting those kind of errors... Might be that, but as long as I didn't make sure that everything else is ok..."

[VegasRigged]

Here we go, get her talking about her passion, which is clearly this. Marisa turns to look at the screen and walk up to within a foot of it "Could the bombing be the public element of a larger operation? A smokescreen or decoy or a shadowrun gone wrong?"

[Imladir]

[Cynthia Rawson - Sunday June 10th, 2075; Cynthia's appartment] #28

Cynthia rubs her chin for a while, then shrugs. "I don't know, maybe. Probably something to do with the Aztlan-Amazonian thing, but who can say? For obvious reasons..." she looks meaningfully at Eva for a second "I only use public data. Which means I only get what someone wants to be available. Which means that I have no way to know the why with just this. All it can do, is what it is meant to be, and that is an indicator, a witness of current events. Nothing more. If it's more than a simple bombing, some of the indicators would move more than they do now. If it's nothing out of the ordinary, everything will soon go back to its normal yellow."

She frowns. "Even when stuff like that happens in Seattle, it can be quite difficult to understand the underlying reasons of an event, or a series of events. Even for a metahuman with all the 'trix available. Or as much as can be. You may have heard what happened yesterday. Shootings, KE targeted, a suit attacked in his home, two buildings bombed? Except from the perpetrators, I'll bet no one knows why it happened - fort those that even realise all of this is connected - and where some of the... persons of interest. are" She grins "No yet anyway."

She stops, thinking. She scratches her head, unsure of where she was. How come she's speaking about that now?

[VegasRigged]

"Sounds like you have an ear to the ground about this, any theories on who would do such things? Perhaps a rival Corp or insurgents from out of town?"

An analyst, and one who dislikes people. This could work out very well indeed. I'll drop the invite out once we're done talking conspiracy theory, but I suspect a night at a club is about the worst thing this kid can imagine. The important thing for now is to talk shop. Needs love to talk shop, and anyone who's as prideful as a good decker needs an audience.

[Imladir]

[Cynthia Rawson - Sunday June 10th, 2075; Cynthia's appartment] #29

Cynthia shakes her head. "That I don't know. Everyone who has a comlink seems to be looking for the persons of interest. Something about a reward for them..." She shrugs, apparently unconcerned. "I didn't look into the identities of the attackers. While I can find most of what I'm looking for, I won't even pretend I'm the best ever. Seemed like the best way to get my own apartment bombed. And while I'm not so in love with it that I would dislike that to happen that much, I would very much dislike being in it when it gets sent to hell. Seeing what they did up to now..."
Despite the caution in her words, there is a shiver of excitement. She would like to know more about them. But caution stops her. For now at least... "Everyone has a theory, and a lot of people are yelling conspiracy for all they're worth. And from what I've seen, I think there's really something there. To me it looks like corp action, but since I know next to nothing about all this drek, I could be mistaken. Still, there are a lot of nuyens and blood that have been spent. Now, the ball is in the hands of the two everyone is looking for. What happens after that..."

She shrugs, then frowns. "Speaking about what happens after that?"

[VegasRigged]

Marisa looks around Cynthia again "Sorry, Corp politics is a personal hobby, whenever something like this happens I usually like to form my own hypothesis. But if you'd rather talk about you and decorating then we can get back to that."

Theirs no reluctance in her her tone, it's clear Merisa would go back to work if that was the request, but it's also fairly clear that the bombing and assassination is a subject they could talk about extensively.

[Imladir]

[Cynthia Rawson - Sunday June 10th, 2075; Cynthia's appartment] #30

She glares a bit. "In fact, I'd rather not talk at all. As far as redecorating goes, you've seen all there is to see. By the same token, since I don't know anything more than the news broadcast regarding the attackers, I can't tell you more than that. If that's something you want to know more about, you'll probably have to dig yourself. I'd suggest waiting a bit or subcontracting someone either very good or with a death wish though. Now that I went through all that, I'd prefer it if you could finish the redecoration job before being blown up or receiving an injection of iron. Or whatever bullets are made of."
She grunts.
"And for Bogota, I only know it happened, and that's all. I don't see what I could tell you. I was curious about what happened here, it's a nice challenge, but that's it. Whereas I don't care about what happened in Bogota, so I don't intend to dig. Maybe I will, maybe I won't, but at this time, I don't expect too. And could you tell me why the frag I should care about what you find interesting or not?"

[Mercy Merchant]

OOC:  I am going to use the Bogota thing in the plot lines if that is OK. 

Also, remember that the intent of grouping is to work as a group, not chase each other off.

[Imladir]

No problem at all, I was a bit afraid I went overboard with that. I figured that there would often be shit going boom in this region of the world but...
And I know, no problem here, I'll try to facilitate it as much as I can. But everytime Cynthia has to make a roll she glitches (and a good chance for it to be a critical glitch) so... Since this has gone for a bit, with Cynthia doing most of the talking, I felt that between her lack of focus and her social stress, I had to be a little rough at this point ^^ And having someone at home, someone she doesn't know at that, she feels insecure and vulnerable. Something that Eva can probably recognize with her social skills.

[VegasRigged]

"Of course. No reason to continue now that I have an idea of what you want." I return to the door and take up my bag.

"I thank you for your patronage. You have a lovely home and I look forward to making it as comfortable and welcoming as possible." 'In spite of the occupant' I can't help but think.

She's smart, no question, but the unsociable attitude will make for a difficult working relationship.

[Imladir]

[Cynthia Rawson - Sunday June 10th, 2075; Cynthia's appartment] #31

Cynthia follows. As soon as you both leave the room, she seems more at ease. At the door, she squirms a bit, uncomfortable. She seems to only listen with one ear. Finally, with a bit of hesitation, she answers: "Sorry. I..." For a time, it looks like she won't be able to say anymore, as if the words were strangling her "I..." Finally, she finishes lamely "I'm not good with people. And with you in my home, asking all those questions...I huh...snapped...sorry..."

Here, I hope it'll be enough ^^

[Mercy Merchant]

OOC:  Thank you for letting me use it.  I was looking at something similar and this fits in quite well. 

As to working together, it is good to roleplay your characters, but please consider the other person before justifying your actions as "This is how the character would act".  I just ask that you give a quick thought and put yourself, either of you or any of the other people reading this thread, in the place of the other person and ask yourself if you would like to work with the person that just spoke.  If not, you might want to reconsider your choice of words.  Do not let character creation and initial motivations drive you to do or say things that will alienate the other players.  Or the GM.  There should be some tension, but not so much that people will not want to play together.  This is pretty similar to real life in that people can make the choice to just not interact with someone that does not appear to want to play nice together.

These comments are not directed at any one character at all, so please do not take them personally.  If you do happen to recognize yourself as doing these things, please consider adapting your character a bit.

[Imladir]

No problem, just doing your job ^^

I may have been a bit too hard, and as I was writing the last part, I hesitated before posting it, so I was aware of the risks. I thought it was manageable and understandable given the situation, but I have an advantage: I know the character, so I didn't feel the need to detail more than that.

So I'll add as a precision, that when Cynthia asked why she should care about Eva's interests, it was not intended as an aggression, more as a mark of irritation: Cynthia is the epitome of social awkwardness, if she makes a mistake, its never to hurt (if she hurts someone, it won't be a mistake ^^). Sorry if that was not explained clearly, I hope it's better that way, and I'll try to explain more next time something like this is susceptible to happen.

In any case, this situation is not likely to come again: I certainly don't intend to make a recluse out of Cynthia! Once she gets to know people (or meets people outside), she'll be much better, promise

[VegasRigged]

Marisa smiles, the image warmth and understanding "That's alright, I understand it can be uncomfortable having a stranger in your home. I assure you I'm not offended, but perhaps we can continue our conversation on politics at a later date? Tell you what, I'm having a few friends out this evening, how do you feel about live music and dancing?"

Like magic. Play the kind and caring, show interest, then take offense but forgive without question, thus establishing a position of benevolence. If she proves as skilled as I believe, this kid is going to do very useful and illegal things for me in the weeks and months to come.

The gears want to add something else, they are pleased with this development, but they can't help but point out that if she doesn't prove useful at least I know where she lives.

[Imladir]

[Cynthia Rawson - Sunday June 10th, 2075; Cynthia's appartment] #32

Cynthia beams. "I love music. What kind of music?" then the other part of the sentence catches up to her. "Wait, dancing? I don't dance. Don't know how, never wanted to."
She squints "If it's some kind of bar, I...could... I suppose. But if you're thinking club..." She shakes her head. "They wouldn't let me in, so don't bother..."