[BigSexy]

Xander walks over to the cleaning lady and says, "Say, can you help out a fellow American who's down on his luck and point me in the direction of Zen?" He tries on his best smile to punctuate it.

[Mercy Merchant]

Simone raises the goggle she is using to her forehead as the message comes in from Kynos and Nyx answers it.  She swivels on her stool and looks at the other woman.  "I guess it is a virtual presence for us, oui? Shall we let them know we are both on and see what they have to say?"

She sends a quick message off to the others.  >>Yes, we are occupied at 1700 so will have to do this by 'link, if that is possible.  What do you have?"

[Kuirem]

"Anyone who have already worked with me would easily recognize Wheely. Let's use Goldfish as a code name then."

Once the Brain Eaters have dissipated, Wheely get his commlink out of his pocket and light a map of Seattle on his Trid Projector.

"I have got something else than just the location of the deliveries." he says while zooming on Fort Lewis, he adds a marker on the location of the RCC "All drones were slaved to a RCC located here. It could be the location of the rigger but even if not taking down this RCC would likely create some mayhem with the drones. I think it is worth considering as a backup plan if we can't take down the Antenna or the rigger.

I will share that again with the others of course but might as well have other people to start thinking about how to include this into our plans."

[Jack_Spade]

Kynos looked at Sovereign with cold eyes but a smile on his lips: "Bad news for the city maybe, but I'd call that an opportunity for us. I'll sharpen the stakes and get the sawdust grenades out of storage. If you can keep his spirits busy I'm sure we can ventilate his brain pan. Vamps may think they are hot shit, but really they are only another kind of freaks with some neat tricks. Always remember: If it can be killed, we kill it. If it can't be killed, we make it wish it could.

By the way: How is your contract going? Do you need help with your 'deliveries'?"

When the virtual conference started, Kynos answered:

<<Seems like hitting in the sewers will be the best option still. That means I'll get the hazmat suits.
Regarding the RCC: I assume no-one of you can dataspike that thing into slag? Easiest way I see is to pinpoint his location and then send a spirit through the astral, have it manifest while the guy is in VR and smother him with a pillow or burn him to ash. If you want to get fancy, you can just thrash his equipment. For this to go smoothly, we just have to make sure there is something interesting enough for the rigger to go looking jumped in.

We'll have to get the timing right and a floor plan of the farm buildings. Sovereign, since there isn't astral opposition, I'd ask you to scout this joint out completely from the astral - floor plan etc.>>

[gilga]

@Xander The cleaning lady looks at you and says "You guys always want what you cannot have, go to the alter and pray. She rarely answers but this is how you summon her. She keeps this establishment safe without the use of violence, but nobody has seen her in public for a while now. "

@Simone/ Nyx - the matrix meeting is at 16:00 so you are probably taking it from the way to meet Gem.

[Mulcarn]

Maxwell shakes his head no.  His mood ever increasing in frustration.  "No.  You don't understand.  Killing him isn't the challenge.  I could have done so the moment he showed up.  I could have unleashed everything I had and made what I did at The Joke look like mere devil's play.  But... but... If I had done so... Amy would have died as well.  My friend, if you recall.  He's using her like a shield.  As if she hasn't suffered enough!"

Gritting his teeth hard.  A jaw of clenched muscle and bone aching in rage.  Maxwell shuts his eyes and exhales sharply, to cool himself down.  Opening his eyes again, revealing a tinge of shame and disappointment deep within.  "I haven't been entirely straight forward.  I've obfuscated some details.  Not out of mistrust per se.  Just... protection.  Amy... she's been turned by Grail.  She's a vampire now."

A few minutes of silence pass before the mage continues on with his tragic tale.  "Her job was to conceal Grail's war effort via the Matrix.  Killing anyone who got too close to the truth or dug too deep for that matter.  Outside of that however, that wasn't the only reason why she there.  She was also his plaything.  Venom's too as well.  Apparently that damned ork had done much for Grail and his schemes.  As a reward she was given to the yak bastard to do with as he pleased.  Again, it's a shame I couldn't have been there for his demise."

"Amy wasn't exactly sitting idly by and waiting for something to happen.  She reached out to everyone she knew.  Literally any and everyone.  Myself included.  That's why I was so frantic at the maze when I found Venom.  Because if someone knew where she was being kept it would have been that inbred swine.  And if I couldn't press him for information then the payday of his bounty would have paved the way for her release.  But that fucking changeling got in the way of that!  Both her and Strawberry!  Fuck all!"

Just as before like at the scrapyard.  His eyes start glowing red.  Baleful orbs of burning hatred make up his vision.  An obvious sign of his current emotional state.  "Moving on.  Grail found out and was angry with her.  Angry that she had been trying to escape and that she was hiring people through the Matrix to come find her.  He was drunk.  When vampires feed on Awakened blood, like from a pixie, they get drunk.  He told her he didn't need her anymore and attacked her.  Bit into her and drained her until she died.  Except... she came back.  As far as my spiritual problems go, the farm might be my solution."

[Jack_Spade]

Kynos shrugged: "Alright, you want to keep Amy alive - or unalive. Minor complication from my perspective. The easiest way would be for you to accept that she is dead and only the virus with a copy of her memories is still there...
Yeah, yeah, few people see it like that.
All that this changes is that we have to use a bit more precision than your usual big ass fireballs. Leave the precision to me and we'll solve this with few collateral damages.

Good to hear. Just give me the word when you need discreet assistance. I need your help to deal with Strawberry, so you can be relaxed in the knowledge that I'll do my best to keep you alive."

[Mulcarn]

Maxwell snorts in displeasure.  "Hardly a healthy outlook.  Your butchered soul is more grotesque to behold in all reality.  I have a very strong feeling that something more than a supernatural affliction is all that she is.  Even if that were remotely true, why should I give up now?  I don't see a monster.  I don't see a human shaped virus.  What I see in her is a scared girl who wants the genuine monsters to go away.  And by hook or by crook, I'll make Grail pay!"

Sighing in relief at Kynos' acceptance, Maxwell further extrapolates.  "Very well.  I'm glad we agree.  We'll deal with Strawberry when the time comes.  She has much to answer for.  Her domain will be as Mordor."

Opening up his psychic connection.  The mad mage calls forth his elemental servant.  "Morgoth.  I am in need of your wisdom.  Materialize next to Kynos and I.  Let us converse and strategize."

[Kuirem]

<<I'm one step ahead on that Kynos-san, I've already go the RCC location but it's not certain that the Rigger will be there, he could be operating remotly. Maybe Sovereign could check up from the Astral, a Rigger isn't too hard to recognize from what I understood.

I can't Data Spike it but I could Format it. Even a good decker would need at least a hour to turn it on again. But all that won't disable the drones if they have some autosoft running. What could be interesting is to disable the Rigger and take control of the RCC, with a direct connection it shouldn't be hard to make it does whatever I want, like making the drones look the other way or open fire on an other target than us.>>

[Jack_Spade]

<<Good. Trashing the RCC will also take away the autosoft support - with so many drones you can bet that they didn't buy individual software for each of their babies. So even if it's unattended, the spirit can just melt it to slag. But if you could subvert it - even better: Spoof command one of them to attack the other drones and turn its wireless off. Since the dog brains are programmed to not hit each other by default the drone should be able to do quite a lot of damage to its brethren. And since it's wireless off there is nothing the rigger can do to get it back.  Would make a nice distraction for our assault.>>

[Mercy Merchant]

>>When are you planning all this to take place?  Nyx and I are enroute to meet Gem and perhaps infiltrate the farm with her.  That part is still a bit undecided until she gets a chance to talk to her connection there.<<

[Jack_Spade]

<<The evidence securing mission has to be asap in case we miss the first drop off. Once we have the prove we need we can decide when the assault should start.>>
Kynos indicated towards Wheely: "What are the exact times for the exchanges?"

[Kuirem]

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[Stuttrboy]

I could infiltrate the compound and kill the rigger, that would not be a difficult task I do not believe.  I just need to locate him.

[Ennui]

I might be able to spike it, but I'd probably work better as a sniper.  I could spike it from VR then head back to meat space as a sniper...As long as it isn't in a host or anything,