[Sichr]

Hm...I may have an ear amongst the beat cops. I met him in Holywood, and he is operating in Abuburn/Redmond. But we would need much more than that.

[Redwulfe]

Since jace is out for a bit I will roll some dice for him and use him as a hacker for the team. I do not like NPCing PC as much but you will need his services and it is easier this way. I will probably not speak for his character though and he will stay off in the background until dash returns to play him.

You all one by one raise and leave the room. Outside Hisoka awaits, he escorts you to the back door and outside where he stops with you. Pulling out a cigerette he lights it and for the first time since the meeting the atmospher seems to relax a bit. "Operator, I am sorry I did not tell you earlier that you where meeting with Kanaga-San when you called. Much is going on in our world and it is getting more dangerous every minute. The clan is getting cleansed and many of us have disappeared of late for having too loose of a tounge." Hisoka looks to the rest of the group and even makes eye contact with Slip and Nina, "please you may a speak frankly with me, I do not hold the old ways so dear to my heart and I will gain no disrespect from you if you do so. I am Hisoka Yamaguchi and I am here to give you any additional in formation that I can. Kanaga-San feels that finding Kiku is very important at this time." while everyone speaks jace gestures for the chip to check it out, Operator hands it to him and he slots it for a small bit and then hands it back hith a look that let's you know that it is good.

[Sichr]

Well mr. Hisoka, I believe you have a story to tell, before we begin our own search. Old man was very brief on what really happened. So what do you know about this kidnapping? Where it happens, how does it happen, was anybody hurt during this event, any suspects?

[Redwulfe]

Hisoka looks at Nina, "That's just the thing, we don't know much. her apartment is a high security building. she left her father's house went home and she was never seen after that.nothing indicates that she was taken except for the fact that her and her father worked well together and she is gone. We have many enemies, so it is concluded that she was taken because she would not just up and leave or run away. It was the middle of the night, no one was seen coming or going from the building, and it could be any number of criminal organizations that would have wanted to bring a blow to the Shotozumi-gumi.

[Sichr]

So she left her fathers home and dissapeared on her way home? Or she made it and was possibly taken from her appartement? And yes, I understand that you have many enemies, believe me. But kidnapping a daughter is something personal, I dont think this would be connected to your standard modus operandi....well that is just a gues, not let that blind us. Would you be able to provide us with clearance to pay a visit to her apartement?

[Triggvi]

@team> I hate to burst your bubble Nina, but kidnapping and or murdering a rival's family is there standard business practice for this organization. I have a feeling this was done to make the Shotozumi-gumi look weak by shaming him. Maybe a prelude to a take over attempt.

@Hisoka>Does the girl have a any special medical conditions, dietary requirements? Does she have a suitors, boyfriends, girlfriends or other close associates?

[Operator]

Slotting the chip into his commlink, Operator steepled his fingers together and accessed its data. The gesture was a common habit for him when he took upon the challenge of addressing new concerns of security. "If we cannot visit the apartment ourselves, it is possible to examine the districts that surround her route. Did she leave her father's home in any specific vehicle?"

[Teyl_Iliar]

(OOC: Slip will wait her turn to ask questions.)"Hisoka-san, How long has this girl been missing? The longer she's been gone will effect our search. We'll also need access to any information you can provide. Such as a spending history, a picture, access to her apartment. Any of these things will give us insight to her character and places to start looking for people invovled. Also does she have any skills that would help her survive in the underworld?"

[Redwulfe]

So she left her fathers home and dissapeared on her way home? Or she made it and was possibly taken from her appartement? And yes, I understand that you have many enemies, believe me. But kidnapping a daughter is something personal, I dont think this would be connected to your standard modus operandi....well that is just a gues, not let that blind us. Would you be able to provide us with clearance to pay a visit to her apartement?

Hisoka Listens intently, "We know that she entered the building and went to her room but was never seen after that and she is not at her house. We can not get you access to the building either as we can not be seen involved in any investigation into this matter.

@Hisoka>Does the girl have a any special medical conditions, dietary requirements? Does she have a suitors, boyfriends, girlfriends or other close associates?

Looking at oliver, None that I know of, on either account. she has been promised to a gentleman in japan but he is not in the area and has not been informed of her disappearance at this time. She is indifferent to him personally from what I know but willing to go through with the marriage for the sake of the clan as all dutiful daughters would.

Slotting the chip into his commlink, Operator steepled his fingers together and accessed its data. The gesture was a common habit for him when he took upon the challenge of addressing new concerns of security. "If we cannot visit the apartment ourselves, it is possible to examine the districts that surround her route. Did she leave her father's home in any specific vehicle?"

The chip contains basic information on Kiku, and her involvement with the Yakuza, Shotozumi’s traditionalist stance has softened slightly due to the influence of his daughter, Keiko. Under the name Kiku, she worked the shadows for years before she sold out her teammates and returned to the family fold, suggesting either a sudden reconciliation, or the possibility she was working deep-cover the entire time. She has managed to show her father the wisdom of some “non-traditional” assets, including women and metahumans, employed in areas where more traditional kobun are out of their depth or too recognizable. though the distrust of magic runs strong in both father and daughter. She’s also on the hit list of a lot of people in Seattle, but has managed to stay alive so far.

Hisoka looks to Operator, "She was drove home by her driver, you will find his information on the chip if you wish to speak with him. We have done so so far and he confirms the guards stance that she was dropped off at home.

"Hisoka-san, How long has this girl been missing? The longer she's been gone will effect our search. We'll also need access to any information you can provide. Such as a spending history, a picture, access to her apartment. Any of these things will give us insight to her character and places to start looking for people invovled. Also does she have any skills that would help her survive in the underworld?"

"Two nights ago. She was supposed to meet with her father the next day, she never misses this appointment. you will find a picture and her address in the file provided, but her spending habits where nothing out of the ordinary. She bought some clothes when they were needed and such but nothing extravagant. her money was always invested in different investments that she maintained and that information would not be accessible to us.

[Ethan]

Nadir follows the rest of group out, almost genuflecting as he got up but managing to walk out of the room without further embarrassment. He listens intently to the discussion and questions, still staying in the mundane spectrum of his senses until Hisoka starts speaking.

<@Team> I know none of us are just going to write this off as what it initially appears... I don't know, to me it seems like her being a yakuza duchess--is that the right term, because she doesn't sound like a princess--seems like a great false trail. Of course anyone investigating is going to assume it's internal politics and/or competition, maybe even from the homeland. So that way you can settle a score without being a suspect. It's what one of us would do, anyway.

Nadir will pop into Astral Sight to assense Hisoka: 4 hits.

[Triggvi]

@Team> Kiku burned her own shadowrunning team. They could be come back to settle the score.We need to watch our 6 so we don't get burned as well by the yak's. Rule #03: Don't believe what you're told. Double check. We need to find out what the truth really is.

[Teyl_Iliar]

@team>Oliver's right. But we should also get as much info from the yaks as possible so we can see just how inconsistent their story is, if it is at all.

@Hisoka>"Hisoka-san, is there anything you can tell us about her previous team?"

After the team finishes asking questions slip will inquire about getting her gear back, then suggest to the team going somewhere away from the rubber suit, preferably private to brain storm.

[Redwulfe]

Hisoka looks down, drops his digesters and then looks back to Slip, "It is not something that is talked about much, Kiku enjoyed a life that allowed her great freedom. She had the money to do what she wished and many resources to learn skills that made her an effective runner. When she was younger she rebelled against the stricter teachings of the clans. No one knew she was moonlighting in the shadows, until her team was hired to kill a high profile target, her own father. She choose correctly and did what a dutiful daughter should and warned him. Her team was put down for their betrayal and with a reputation for turning on a Johnson and causing the subsequent death of her team, the shadows where no longer a welcoming comfort. It was this action however that brought her and her father closer together. No one knows who hired her team even to this day, but her father grew suspicious of everyone around him. Kiku gained her fathers ear that day and she held it until she disappeared. Shotozumi-sans love for his daughter is great and his mistrust of every one else is equally so. Kanaga-San needs to find her to prove his loyaty to Shotozumi-San,this is why we hired you. I will leave you now and gather your equipment. Wait here and I will bring your items to you, if you have any more questions for me when I return, I will be happy to answer them, but time is growing short and the trail is getting colder by the minute. Hisoka turns around and heads back into the rubber suit.

[Operator]

Operator accessed the chip for Keiko's picture and address, sharing them with the runners' private PAN.

<@team> There may be a chance for us to discover a camera feed of her departure, however brief it might be. I will contact Kiku's driver and ask him for details concerning the route he takes between her residence and that of her father. Some neighborhoods are simply better equipped for surveillance.

[Sichr]

Well I have a friend amongst firefighters. Maybe we will able to use him for plans of the building...or...if the price is right, he may help us to get in in disguise for...I dont know...FD inspection or something like that...are we done here? And her appartementwas in high security building, so there should be something they overlooked. Can we find some safe place to crash and think about what we need? There is something rotten in the air, I cant breath here...