[Mulcarn]

"Getting the cold shoulder from a bunch of drones.  Figures.  Oh well, gives me an idea anyway."  Resuming his usual indifference to their constant electronic gaze.  Maxwell turns his back to them and continues to slowly float through the air.  He finds an empty rooftop to some random derelict building and soars over there.  Never landing, just sojourning quietly above and staring at the smog-ridden night sky.  Probably used to be an apartment complex by the looks of it or at least by his guess.  Long abandoned and left to decay.  His heart kept beating rapidly from Cram and adrenaline.  Preventing him from truly calming down.  For weeks he had wanted to engage the walking dead and test himself against the vile magic that brought life to their bones.  What he hadn't expected were spirits possessing and animating the dead.  As he stared into the filth that clung to the sky, Maxwell ponders how his elemental fared against the dark spirits.

[Imladir]

[Noëmie "Nyx" d'Orville - January 13^th, 2076 - Pixie Farm, Seattle]

Noëmie's eyebrows raise "I'm perfectly fine if you don't want to mess with accounting of course. However, I don't think paying more than 25% of the final price before delivery is appropriate."

When they've finished negotiating, Noëmie stares at the eye cover, then sighs and puts it on. She'll peak into the astral however. Odds are Larry won't want to have anything to do with her and won't check in the astral if she's doing anything. If he is is the astral, she will just shrug and resign herself to ignoring how exactly this place is accessed.

[gilga]

@Nyx Larry is willing to settle on 10k in advance and another 30k before the pixies are delivered. He extracts a sales form and fills it up with you, but the drawback is that you have to sign with the name linked to your SIN, as it is a complete 10 pages legal contract.

On the way back peering into the astral you learn that there are 3 floors and the pixie farm is on floor -3. You have no idea what -1 and -2 are for. Larry does not seem to babysit you.

@Maxwell you find your roof, you know that your spirit has killed the physical Shedim and then took off, leaving many of them in tact. He seemed bored by the combat, as it simply took him too long to bring them down. You are levitating ontop of a derelict building with a bunch of drones circling around you like a celebrity in a city when magic itself is forbidden and paradoxically the thing that protects you now from extraction by some rich cooperation, or something worse are the same zombies you tried to escape. Perhaps you can keep the concentration until the cram wears off, but what then?
 

[Imladir]

[Noëmie "Nyx" d'Orville - January 13^th, 2076 - Pixie Farm, Seattle]

Noëmie sighs, not really pleased, and signs as Valérie Clément. She'll have to replace that SIN as soon as this is over... She takes a copy of the contract with her, and gets back up. When she gets her 'link back, she calls Casa, asking if it's safe to talk here, and asks for the transfer of 10k to the account number she gives.

[gilga]

@Nyx Casa wires the money and makes it clear that he gets 12.5k, before any of the rest of you get any money. 10k for the pixie, 2.5k for the failure risk.

[Imladir]

Noëmie replies that given that she has just burned a SIN worth as much as a pixie, she'll expect the same treatment.

[gilga]

@Nyx Casa said "That sounds fair to me. I think you should get reimbursed for the burned SIN as it is expensive and god forbid if we fail. Get your runners friends to agree to the terms before you make the move, or after if that is your style. One thing I learned in this business is not to mess with dangerous criminals with big guns, got it?  If you want my money, agree to the terms - if you can get it cheaper somewhere else, that is 100% fine with me. I am wiring it as soon as I get conformation that you all agree. "

[Imladir]

[Noëmie "Nyx" d'Orville - January 13^th, 2076 - Pixie Farm, Seattle]

Noëmie answers to Casa >>The contract is already signed, with my name - or the one of my SIN anyway - on it. As soon as I have the money it's done, and since I went a bit heavy on them to get more data, some you may be really interested to know, I'd like to get out of here sooner rather than later. I'll deal with the others regarding how we handle payments.<<

[gilga]

@Nyx Casa said "Alright, I am wiring the money and trusting you not to fuck up. If you need a new SIN, I can start working on new one for you. Will take about a week or so though and depending on the quality you are interested in may require some biological samples and photoshoots on your behalf. "

[Imladir]

[Noëmie "Nyx" d'Orville - January 13^th, 2076 - Pixie Farm, Seattle]

>>The SIN will be burned when it gets in front of the tribunal, until then it is reasonably safe, so it's not that urgent. I'll link you with the other when I'm out of the farm.<<

Turning to Todd, she says "The transfer is done." Then to Simone "We're done here, let's go."

[gilga]

@Nyx, Simone Todd nods at Nyx, and say "It was pleasure escorting you, I got to see a whole new side of you. The way you negotiate and speak, it is like you breath fire. Wish we had you on our side when we negotiated the terms of our employment."  Larry sends Nyx a signed file of the contract and a receipt approving the money transfer. 

Then some other security guard escorts you outside, as you plan to leave, Simone can spot Devon arriving very tired to his work, he seems submerged in his own world as he walks the fields and has not noticed them.

[Imladir]

[Noëmie "Nyx" d'Orville - January 13^th, 2076 - Pixie Farm, Seattle]

Once out of the farm, Noëmie calls everyone - Casa included - in a conference.

>>I'm just leaving the farm. Here are the highlights of my visit:
0 - Chicken sell quite well apparently
1 - They sell around a hundred pixies a month, at 10k each.
2 - Security is heavy, with skilled people taking care of it, and the man in charge is a Mage
3 - The pixie lab is three levels below ground, no idea what there is in the two other levels. The only access seems to be via an elevator from the little I could see.
4 - The pixies take two month to reach maturity and spend this time in accelerated VR, believing they are in France
5 - When they are sold, pixies "grown" like that only have a few months to live
6 - All of this is handled by a corporation called Applied Genetics
7 - There are other pixie farms in Seattle. At least one of them is in the Fort Leiwis District, less than an hour from the farm we know about
8 - Our expenses are at 25k, including the payment for pixies in order to get the required proof (I'm attaching it -->here<--) and a burned SIN.
<<

[Ennui]

I reply all, What's better than 1 chicken farm?  2 chicken farms.  Casa, will your people agree to the deal if we can secure the second site within the time limit as well?  If we are attaching expenses we should probably include the 2 chem suits as well for another 6k.  I love it when a plan comes together.  I'm going to scout around the farm for a good sniper perch this morning and get the lay of the land.  Anyone want to come with?

[Mercy Merchant]

Simone rises and nods to her employer as she and her escort arrive back at the guard building.  Realizing that the partner ruse is so much dust, she falls in behind Nyx in the traditional bodyguard position and follows behind her as they leave.  She notices Devon and wants to wave, but does not as he seems completely oblivious to her and it would probably not do him any favors if others found out he had slept with the bodyguard of a new customer.  Back in the van, Simone listens to the message on her 'link and opens her mouth to say something about Devon's house being a good spot for a sniper but closes it without saying anything.  She is conflicted enough right now about what the effect of all this will be on Devon and wars with herself.  In the end, the job trumps a nascent romance that might have been a one night stand anyway and she says, >>I may have a good spot for a sniper.  I was at a house last night that is close to the farm and the roof looks like it may have a good sighting to the farm for a sniper.  Attached is the address.  I happen to know that the guy who lives there is currently at the farm so you can go check out the address I am attaching while he is gone.<<

[Jack_Spade]

Kynos was awoken by his commlink. He wasn't sure but he thought that the signal had interrupted a pleasant dream which still influenced his mood when he answered:

<<Great work, although we shouldn't get greedy - bist du gierig wird es schwierig - after all we want the building and the chickens, not the pixie operation.
As soon as we have confirmation that that is enough evidence, we should start with a magic enhanced recon mission. And hell yes, I'm up for a bit sneaking and bushwacking.>>