[Imladir]

[Noëmie "Nyx" d'Orville - January 12^th, 2076 - Gates Casino, Bellevue, Seattle]

"That much eh..." for a moment, she seems ill at ease. "To be honest, I er...felt kind of bad for Mister Casa... Maybe I shouldn't have asked for so much..." She sighs, shaking her head, then adds "As for the rest... Maybe. I suppose that as long as I feel safe enough, I can stay around, but obviously I can't promise anything. In the meantime if you need something sure, ask away, I'll sere what I can do."

[Mulcarn]

His demeanor changed somewhat the more engaged he was into the conversation.  Dark jovial interest started to devolope within the man.  Making him nearly forget his Drain induced headache.  To the gathered team, Maxwell cynically remarks.  "I think we are getting paid too little for this job.  27% of the farm better be a 50,000 nuyen minimum for this kind of work.  For each of us I mean.  Nearly three dozen mercs outfitted and trained like an HTR tactical squad isn't something to balk at.  Not to mention the drone and spirit support they'll be receiving that we'll also have to contend with."

Maxwell pauses for a moment to contemplate what the other two had said about there being a time frame on top of it all.  Looking up, he notices the quiet, massive troll sitting across from him.  Except this troll made other trogs look like dwarves.  Once again, smiling sinister.  "Nevermind.  The mercs shan't be much of a problem.  The mage and spirits shall be dealt with easily on my end.  Might even be able to take out the drones too."

[Stuttrboy]

Killing is easy.  Killing without damaging our bottom line might be significantly harder.  For that we need intel, building, terrain and security measures.

[Mulcarn]

Shifting his gaze ever so slightly, Maxwell retorts.  I can do a bit of astral recon of the place to tell you that.  Assuming of course they have no wards or watchers to alert the mage on hand of my presence."

[gilga]

@Nyx Valentina said "It is a lot of money, but is not a life changing amount. Awakened are expensive nowadays, especially here. Red seemed to hoard them and even after her demise, most of them are still missing. You are not much worse than most independent mages." After a bit Valentina say "You should head back now as you have a lot of work and having such a large group of runners around may cause complications. I just needed you to know that you have options. "

@Maxwell About 40 minutes after your grand entrance you get a text for Athos. ">>There are two cops looking for you in the casino. They have no warrant for you so they are limited to the public areas." 
(feel free to continue the conversation and pull of out this text when you see fit)

[Imladir]

[Noëmie "Nyx" d'Orville - January 12^th, 2076 - Gates Casino, Bellevue, Seattle]

Noëmie nods "I'll keep it in mind." She stands up, and walks to the door. There, she turns back and adds "And I'll try to let you know if I choose to disappear anyway." She smiles lightly, then goes down towards the restaurant. Hoping the runners didn't make a mess...

When she arrives, she's happy to note that all is going reasonably well. She's a bit surprised to see a new face, but doesn't let it faze her too much. She nods to him in greetings, then sits downs at the table, with two plates. None of them are precariously filled, but the quantity is still more than respectable. One could wonder where she puts all this, if Noëmie eats like that every time.

"Sorry, I had to take care of a few things. I hope I didn't miss much?"

[Jack_Spade]

"Good. Astral recon is the first thing we should try. Afterwards we should try the drone approach as well as the matrix mapping of all online security measures.
The rest of us can in the meantime try to come up with the sting, so we can prove slavery.

Gem, since you appear as the BTL supplier, I'd ask you to arrange a meeting for one of us. Say that we are prepared to pay double the going rate for one of the pixies - that should get their attention."
Kynos replied.

When Nyx returned he said: "Not much. This is Sovereign. He'll take care of the astral side of business."

[Kuirem]

"That time limit will be our worst enemy, even if recording a deal shouldn't be hard it could easily take a day before we can arrange a meeting. I think everyone can agree that we need some recon as well so I think it would be wise to already split in two teams to cover each as fast as possible."

Wheely take a minute to eat an other waffle and with a mental command brings the list of all his teammates in front of his cybereyes.

"Sovereign and I will be on the recon team. I expect we could use an other person as backup, if possible someone who can handle a pair of binoculars in case he spots something we miss from the Astral and the Matrix.

"Nyx, which have already proved her worth as a Face, will be part of the trade along with Gem obviously. Irris, right?" smug smile "With your skills in recordings, you should be able to plant a bug so I suppose you go with the trade team.

I don't think we will need a third team but maybe I forgot something?" He adds looking at the others interrogatively.

[Jack_Spade]

"Sounds like I'll go and hide in the bushes with a binocular then - nice!"
Kynos had finished his meal and straightened his coat.
"Time to exchange comm codes and get this show on the road. All further discussion through the matrix. I'd say Passive, you go with the girls as back up, Ayato I'd like to have you with me on the ground. Two pairs of eyes see more than one."

[Imladir]

[Noëmie "Nyx" d'Orville - January 12^th, 2076 - Gates Casino, Bellevue, Seattle]

Noëmie nods at this "Sovereign" in greetings, a bit warily. When Wheely proposes his plan however, she turns in his direction a bit brusquely "I'm sure you wanted to ask me if I would agree to go on record for this. Just so you know, I'm certainly not."

[Jack_Spade]

"Eh, what would you rather do? Go hide with me in the bushes?"
Asked Kynos with a grin.

[Kuirem]

Wheely cross his arms a bit startled by the flame he has seen in Nyx's eyes "Let's keep our cool here. I never said you had to go on the field, most of the talking and negotiations is likely to take place before the meeting and that's where we need you. Anyway this plan is but a draft and well open for suggestions since I don't know the full range of everyone abilities."

[gilga]

@all Gem answer Kynos "I can sell them BTLs but the smugglers have nothing to do with the purchasing. They take a small cage and wander the sewers, leave it in an agreed location and pick up a credstick. They should not know what they are selling, and they do not know to whom. I have no idea how to facilitate such sale, a possible alternative is to plant a tracker on one of the smugglers and follow them. It is a busy farm they send multiple smugglers every evening."

[Jack_Spade]

"Are you sure they never took a look inside the cages? I mean, they are junkies. Those guys are usually on the look-out for a bit of quick cash on the side to finance their addiction.

But if following them and recording the placement of the cage and the subsequent collection of the credstick is enough proof, I'm all for doing it that way. We can capture him, to confirm that there is money on the credstick and that it is in fact slavery."

[Ennui]

I could just follow the guy in the sewer.  If worse comes to worst I could just capture the guy and interrogate him for where the drop is.  How are these guys contacted for the sale?  How can they not know what's in the cages?  Are there two groups?  A couple of guys to make deliveries and another group that "raises" the pixies?