[Operator]

<@Muzvel> My friends are interested. When does he make his next flight?

<@Team> Let me get a confirmation on our flight time. We'll be limited to personal gear, no large vehicles. I could bring my bike at the price of another seat, but only if it's necessary; I don't want to leave a datatrail.

[Redwulfe]

Muzzle to Opp

he will be leaving tomorrow at 3:00. I'll send you the meet location when I get it.

Highrise team

You exit the building without any hassle the elevator lets you through and you don't find any trouble waiting for you in the lobby. as you exit the main doors you notice a nightsky limo parked in the circular drive a Japanese man is standing by the door waiting, as he sees you exit he opens the door. and gestures you to step in side. You look left and right to take in the situation and notice two more individuals to either side of the complexes doorway standing there watching you.

[Teyl_Iliar]

As slip takes notice of the men waiting out front, she assesses the situation. Judge intentions, intuition 5 + charisma 3 =8 visual perception, intuition 5 + perception 4 + vision mods 3=12 (8d6.hits(5),12d6.hits(5)=[4, 2, 5, 5, 1, 1, 5, 3], [5, 3, 6, 3, 5, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 4]) (OOC: that's 3 hits each.)

@subteam/subvocal>>"Poker faces and eyes open gentlemen, we've got uninvited guests." Slip quickly places a call to Operator, @Op>>Operator, we've got a few japanese guys I don't recognize waiting for us with a limo at the lobby of the Apartment. I'm gonna try and figure out who they are and what they want, but the possibility that someone else has caught on to the game exists and we might have a serious problem... Stand by.

[Operator]

<@Team> Our flyboy's planning to leave at 3:00 tomorrow. Muzvel will give us the meet location as soon as he knows where it is.

"Nina, our friends were made at the penthouse." Pulling up to a red light at a four-way intersection, Operator flexed his gloves in anticipation. "They won't make a scene in Bellevue, there's a limo involved."

[Sichr]

@Op: Good for the pilot, he can set up the LZ with the coyote later. But back to this later. Right now, Im all in your hands, wherher you want to intercept or just follow...having old lady catched with a few japs..well, somebody might get hurt...

[Kontact]

  I'm assuming that the limo has a structure rating lower than 20, so Radar Cyberware should see inside of it. 17d6.hits(5) → [2,2,4,6,2,1,2,6,6,1,2,2,5,4,4,4,2] = (4)  Basically looking to see who's inside and if they have weapons drawn.  Would additionally like to buy 1 hit with the R4 radar's millimeter wave scanner function to detect any weapons in 15 meters.

<<@Slip>> I can take out the two goons, if they don't want to be polite.

[Teyl_Iliar]

@subteam/subvocal>>I'm sure we can take them if it comes to that, but lets not cause a scene unless we have too.
Slip levels a poker face stare at the man holding the door in front of them. @doorman>>"Thanks for the offer but I don't take rides from strangers."

[Ethan]

Nadir sniffs noisily as he steps outside, eager for the fresh(er) Seattle air. It takes him a few milliseconds longer to see the scene before him, and instinctively he swaps to the Astral to view the opposition.

Once he's perceiving he summons a Spirit.

Quick dip to see if any are awakened or not.

Then he summons a Spirit of Man at Force 5, to stay unManifested. It will know Stunball.

[Redwulfe]

The two men step towards your group and the man holding the door raises his hand to hold them up for a second. he smiles and then looks up at you. Shotozumi-san wishes to speak with you about your recent visit to his daughter's apartment. I assure you, as long as you do not suddenly become stupid you will not be harmed.

[Teyl_Iliar]

The two men step towards your group and the man holding the door raises his hand to hold them up for a second. he smiles and then looks up at you. Shotozumi-san wishes to speak with you about your recent visit to his daughter's apartment. I assure you, as long as you do not suddenly become stupid you will not be harmed.

@ door man>>"I understand, we will comply." @ subteam>>"Gentlemen, lets not keep our party waiting..."Slip keeps her poker face in place and enters into the car taking the seat furthest to the left side in the rear.

[Kontact]

[OOC: Composure test: 8d6.hits(5) → [5,1,1,3,5,4,6,4] = (3)]

Brian smiled.  He could make this work.

[OOC: Detect hidden nodes extended test.]

[Operator]

Making a right turn at the light, Operator started down the street leading to the penthouse. "We'll follow them if they leave."

Op will try to get closer to the penthouse and the limo without drawing attention. He will keep a healthy distance, making use of shadows or other poorly-lit spots to conceal himself, his passenger, and the bike. Using a simple action to observe the limo in detail.

Perception 5 + 2 Visual specialization + 4 Intuition (11d6.hits(5)=4)

If a stealth test is required, would this be an example of Infiltration or Shadowing?

[Ethan]

I knew I forgot something...

Summoning Force 5 Spirit of Man 4 hits
Force 5 Spirit of Man resistance 1 hit

3 services
Drain Resistance against 2 (twice Spirit's hits) 5 hits

Spirit of Man knows Laser. It will hang around in the Astral and follow. One service on defending all three of us.

Nadir recovers from his shock and throttles down on his draw of the Spirit. He projects a mental image of thanks, as if he owes the Spirit for coming to his aid, and somehow he knows--not sees--an ancient conquistador in golden plate, with glowing eyes nod.

In his head, "Pfft, if he wanted to talk he can pick up a commlink..." but wordlessly follows his teammates into the car.

Once inside, he bows his head slightly as the vehicle would allow. "Shotozumi-sama, you wish to speak with us?"

[Redwulfe]

@b.b.:  the cars node is hidden and there is a hidden node just outside the building.

@Ethan: The spirit is on standby.

You all get into the car to see an elderly Japanese Gentlemen sitting across from you. the driver stands by the door but does not seem to make his way around to the drivers seat. as Ethan speaks the man looks at him it is obvious to you all that the man is upset. Yes, I did. but if you will be so kind I would like to ask the questions. As you have seen for yourselves my daughter is not home and she did not pick up after herself. she is ussually a very tidy person, but what concerns me is the call that I received from building security that someone was in her home. Who are you and why were you in my daughters apartment?

[Kontact]

Brian sat down and trained his dead eyes at the old Japanese man across the way and spoke in the best Japanese he could manage without smiling.
"We wish no harm for Kiko.  Because of that, I can not answer you directly without first verifying that you are who you appear to be. This I can only do by asking a question to which only the true Shotozumi would have the answer.  That question is this.  'Why would Sato Kanaga hire a group of people in Shotozumi-san's name to find Shotozumi-san's daughter if Shotozumi-san does not know of this arrangement?'"