[mdp]

Harry takes a sip of his wiskey and turns to Atombe.
Well, it is a rather weird stroy, not much that ats up from my point of view.  For me this is just another find and retrieve mission, although the kidnappers did a rather good job at hiding their tracks.
Harry seems to be in deep thought for a short time, before he continues
the victims seem to be connected to some sort of AI or something, but I'm sure Timmy over there can explain that better then me.  As far as I'm concerned we  are handling with a pro organisation with quiet some pull, seeing they used some sort of magic and at least some very rare form of hacking.

[mwiland]

Well ... its really fairly easy to do that kind of hacking with the right skills.  Basically it looks like its had its been spoofed and its logs have been erased for the time period that is missing.

[Sichr]

@Timmy: My own kind. I have no need of using meat categories anymore, but if you insist, consider myself to be The soul of the Machine


@Harry:Now this seems like an interresting storry. I dont need to tell you to be carefull when dealing with entities like this...just take a look around, we are standing at former Renraku Research Labs, Deus is still imprinted in very matterial of walls...Although Im not familliar with this phenomena directly, we have an expert´in our team who may have some knowledge on its nature. If you keep me posted, Ill inform you once he returns from his operation.

@Sylvia:INCOMING FEED: Auburn SuperMall Parking lot: Security Footage (GPS And Time Stamps attached, dated on today, 1845-1900)
You see three men entering the crimescene. EB was right, they dont seem to look like warparty. Two human and troll males, carefully searching the crimescene, taking samples, obviously searching even for Magical signatures, complete crime scene investigation. They were obviously searching also for security devices, spotting cameras able to view the crimescene. For the first glance, you recognize none of them. Further legwork should provide some fruit in this...

[Sichr]

Harry is in the middle of the third...drink. You are sitting around the table in those comfortable seats, well, the discussion is almost nonexistent, as majority of the rescue team is lost in thoughts, trying to assembly some scenario from the evidence...well you all seem to have no clue. Whoever kiddnapped the boy, did a good job, almost for sure professional hit. Still, there are things that some of you find disturbing.
Use of Toxic spirit...the foggy background of whole situation...maybe coincidential, maybe purposefull.
Grifffin is still quite confused from the caleidoscopic flashbacks of boys memories, imprinted by the great efoort to draw the right image right way. Watching the picture in the diary doesnt help much...it is the same one, that is for sure, but the consequences are still slipping between his fingers...only the feeling that something quite important is hidden in that...
Lynx is in peace now. Following others, waiting for the right time to do his job, he is more interrested in the weird world of ex-arcology he is for the first time...as many times he was thinking about being in the place like this...would you be able fo fight against it, or would you be consumed by it, became the part of Deus...dozens, maybe houndreds thousands of deaths leaves Lynx counsciousness almost intact...the reality of Grozny and surroundings, irradiated wastelands of Chechnya...there is no place for weak, no place for kindness, humanity. You became a weapon itself...or you die...like those weak that died here...
Harry is trying to recollect his knowledge and habbits, almost helpless by lack of any usefull evidence...he used to work the streets, not labs. Oh yeah. maybe the streets may posess some answers now, but there was no oportunity so far to do it old school way...lets wait for the lab results and we will continue with that...lets hope that results will be at least usefull.
Timmy is fascinated with the laboratory itself. Not just Richard, also the fact that the Lab is built in one of arcology research and developement level...place where possibly Deus was born before he even appears for the first time. Maybe in this chambers demiGOD power of first artifical intelligence, the power beyond imagination even for current AI`s, was unleashed to turn men into machines, human minds into datastorrage space, meat into obsoleteness...

Thoughts were distracted by returning drone.

Holotank on the table in the middle of the room flickers and then shows the running stream of calculations, spectraly analysis, molecule schematics and description. Richard opens comunication channel to Timmy and begins uploading the results to your datastoragte devices.
Combined results with statistics, among other, more common traces, three of traces sticks out:
Particles of Volcanic ash, quite strong presence. Hight presence of many poisonous components...quite agressive samples.
Well, nothing exceptional in some parts of Seattle...unles some special conditions are met...like rainy weather that washes this stuff out odf the streets...and then it may be valid trace...
Traces of two artificial molecules. Identified as:
TSP - trisodium phosphate - this chemical traces are quite old, molecules showl large signs of degradation...at least 40-50 years
AR AFFF Class B - also just trace amount...not a surprise in fact, due to the biological nature of the stuff...This chemicals are in use for almost hundred of years, yet they are still used where use of the current technology would be just a waste of resources...

[farothel]

Sylvia went through her short list of contacts.  The only one who might actually know some of these guys was probably Diego.  So she gave him a call.

Hey, Diego, it's Pascale here.  How are you doing?  Say, I have a small problem.  I would like to know some people, but I only have some pictures.

She sends him a still of the scene where everybody's face is visible.

Do you know one of these guys?

[mwiland]

Timmy shares the results with the team.

@Our Host Any ideas what these might be used for?

[deathwishjoe]

Lynx decides to run some mantainance and diagnostics programs on his wares.  He takes a seat and then he puts his goggles on and jumps into VR keeping abreast of the meatworld situation with an open window of the point of view from his goggles.  As the software runs through his cyberware it begins testing servos causing slight movements that almost seam to be twitches on his part. 

[Kot]

"So, it's a toxic spirit, but volcanic in nature. I'd say an Earth or - less possibly - Fire spirit tainted by the outcome of the eruption. So we're probably dealing with a toxic shaman, or someone who has enough contacts to know one and get his help with the kidnapping."
Griffin paused for a while, considering their options.
"This might get really ugly as soon as we find the right track..."

[Sichr]

Modulated ex-human voice cames out from rooms audio:
Well if I understand it right, those samples are from traces of smart tires. Its not likely that this this chemicals get on those tires on the road, rather tires may had been in direct contact with them for longer period. As you can see here and here, Richard`s pointers marked some other traces there is also traces of Oil products. Not surprising, taking into consideration that those chamicals: AR AFFF class B, and TSP were used for fire fighting on Oil Platforms, Gas stations, Oil Refining plants etc...
Idea of the toxic spirit is out of my experience, yet I dont think he would left phasical traces...well I cannot be sure.

[deathwishjoe]

Lynx pauses his diagnostic program and breifly jumps out of VR back into his body. 

"Eh, I watch this trideo where these policemen could tell where this bank robbers hide out was becasue of the chemicals and dirt in his foot print.  Would the same thing be working here?" 

[Sichr]

Probably would. Traces of volcanic ash, due to weather condition in given time and area, points to the fact that vehickle must pass throught highly contaminated area before arriving to Crimescene. Geographical location of Crimescene narrows possibilities to Pullyallup Ddistrict. More precise location would be impossible, due to generall geological instabillity of the area.
But presence of specialized chemicals and other traces leads me to conclusion, that the "vehicle`s" residential area would be one of possibilities listed before: Gas station, Raffinery, fuel reserves tank or something like this. It may had been hit by fire in las 10 years. Well, for further specification there are insufficient data, so much was lost in Crash event that there is lack of coverage on this, mostly uninhabited and dangerous, district.

[Sichr]

@Sylvia
Diego`s Availability: 4+ (1d6=3)
After a minute watching the communication company icon, waiting for connection, the reply comes:
Commcode you are trying to contact is out of the reach at the moment. You may leave the message or try later. Have a nice day...

Seems like you having a bad luck...or Diego has a busy evening. You left him message, hope that he would call back, and you try to find some other way to get desired intel...at least the mage seems to have proper training for the job. Maybe there is something on him in secured databases.
You know that Christine seems to always have proper data when working papers, so she might be an option.
Christine`s Availability: 3+ (1d6=3)

You enter desired commcode and canal opens almost instantly.
"Ola Sylvia. Nice to see you." her icon in the AR window seems to reflect the relaxed mood you can hear in her voice. In the background, you can hear some live music, she apparently have a good time,
"Im here at the top of the world"
she smiles, switchintg the view from the icona to live feed from the place. You can see that she is on the roof of some high building in the city, watching the Sun sets into the mists over the ocean.
Got some plans for the evening? I met this handsome boy here, he should pick you up with the bike...wait Ill ask him...
hihi, like I expected, he lost his cohones when I told him to pick you up at Carbonnada. Blah. I hate this posers. I thought i would never get rid of him...now when I told himk that my best friend rides with Chulos, he is off like the wind...
Ok.I think you are not calling me because of pleasure. So whats the deal, sister?

[farothel]

"Not really, no.  I'm looking into a missing boy, something like Julio's case.  I've gotten some footage from a group investigating, but I don't know any of them.  Maybe you know some of them?"

I send the footage, just as I did to Diego.

[Sichr]

@Sylvia:Hmmm...gimmie a minute girl, I may have something for you.
She witch to another canal, leaving you watching her tridparade...you are not even at the third position...she had a good sence of humour and lot of good taste, well maybe a bit pervert...but then again, there is nothing wrong on surged cats...
Like I thought. I had a friend who had a friend who had...ah, sptop that  ...and this friend may have something in common. If you are interrested, I may ask a friend to tell his friend to tell his friend..hey...not again, oh baby I sooo high I can`t help myself ...to give you a call. Would you want me to give him the contact on you?

[farothel]

"Sure, why not."

Anything that can help this kid can maybe help her find her brother.  She had to try.

"And girl, be careful with what you take.  Not everything is safe you know.  Remember that flipside stuff."

Even though she lived on the turf of a gang dealing in BTLs and probably other drugs as well, she didn't take any.  At least not after that one bad BTL she had gotten a couple of years ago.  2 weeks in hospital was more then enough.