[benhatt]

The team sees Johnny's face go stony again as he puts on his negotiator's face. 

"Alright, omae.  It's put up or shut up.  Time to stop talking and get going. I think, under this new light, and Jink, I know you disagree, that splitting seems like the most logical course.  There are five of us, that's a three-two split.  We don't know if the people at the Gibson building are Multitech at all.  We're talking five people, could be squatters.  The place is a dive.   I think I should go there - the living are more of my forte. That being said, it would be nice to have some muscle that's you Switch or Bloody Mary; Jink if you can make things explode or Ghost,if you have a manabolt up your sleeve, that's frosty as well.  The rest head to Vanian's.  We don't know whose bodies are there, might not even be our guy.  That's where a good pair of eyes come in, physical or magical.  Take whatever 'links and personal affects you can find, search the place top to bottom.  If you disagree, say it now, but we need to get moving - our job related body count just tripled.

@Bloody Mary "It's time to move.  We have two stiff's at Vanian's place and some people at Gibson Hall - Ghost says they are bored, but they still might be unfriendly.  We're trying to figure out if we go in a group or split.  If you have a preference shout out now.  If not I'll send you the address of where to go.

@Isherwood "Isherwood-san, what happened, old man? Your hacker is a no show."

[funkytim]

I'm good with either plan.  Anybody gotta medkit to help me with this headache I got from summoning these watchers?  Especially if we split up.  It's hampering my ability to think straight

[Paeniteo Azrael]

@Johnny I'll go with you. I'll grapple onto the roof and either meet you in Neil's room or stay there while you distract the what could be guards. You won't see me, at least, you shouldn't. I'm on my way to Gibson Hall now.

Marlene decided she wanted to get to Gibson Hall early, with one last check for her equipment, she turned off GridGuide and gunned it in the direction of Gibson Hall.

"Time to kick some ass"

[funkytim]

Ok, Since both my and Johnny need rides why don't Jink and Johnny go to Gibson Hall and Switch and I will go to Vanian's.  And Johnny, if you find out anything more about Van's hacker could you get him in touch with us so he can check out Vanian's for us?"

[Xarin]

As Yuri works her way into the funeral house's node a new window pops up next to her avatar in the matrix.

Well of all the... now the commcodes arrive?  That does it, I'm getting a new forwarding system.

As soon as she finished working her way into the node, Yuri fires off her Browser to hunt down the security logs, then takes a brief look around the node for anything of interest.

Agent on commlink running search: Agent 3 + Browse 6 = (9d6.hits(5)=1)
Matrix Perception on node: 4 Computer + 6 Analyze + 1 Encephalon = (11d6.hits(5)=6)

OOC: My last rolls should have me in to any place with a Firewall of 5 or less.  If it's higher, I'll edit.

While the agent dregs up the files for her she turns her attention back to the comm codes from Van.

<<@Team: Greetings!  Our mutual aquiantence, Van, informs me that you have need of some Matrix services.  I'm Yuri, and I'll be your networking consultant this evening.  What's the sitch?>>

[Paeniteo Azrael]

@Yuri It appears we now have a hacker. Thanks for showing up, I suppose you're the replacement for the *other* hacker? Presumably you haven't been informed of our plans, I'll let one of the others do that for you, at the moment, I would love to know what you can do with the security at Gibson Hall.

[Sends Yuri all the information that the team has, i.e. pictures, addresses.]

@Johnny I forgot you didn't bring a vehicle... Bikes can fit two, I drive fast though. If you want, I can run pick you up, shouldn't take long. 

Marlene turned her attention back to the road, just in time to realize that she didn't have the right of way at the next intersection.
"Slot it all!"

Marlene was practically sweating bullets as she brought her bike to a screeching halt, right before a truck passed through the intersection.

Getting killed on the roads no good... At least we have matrix support. I hate going into a place blind.

[Kontact]

[OOC: sorry about the holdup guys.  Weird day.]

As Yuri entered the node she found herself standing by a wooden cattle fence at the edge of a pleasant meadow.  Well, it must have been a pleasant meadow before the storm clouds rolled in.  The wind was just beginning to kick up when it suddenly died and a young japanese man with a katana came walking out from underneath a nearby file tree.  <<Hmph.. Your man said you'd be coming.  If I'd known you'd have such problems getting in, I would have made you an account.  There's a pond over here where you can watch the meet.  Nearby, you'll find the IDs you can use to contact your partners for this job.  Tell them I said good luck.  They'll need it.>>  With that, he slashed the air and stepped through the hole, disappearing.

[funkytim]

@Yuri  What happened to Spider? Ah no matter, if Van sent you, it's cool.  Here's the scoop, we're investigating the murder of a fellow runner's brother. 
He got a hold of some blueprints proving some corp was cheating it's customers and he got axed.  We're splitting up to check out the deceased's office and the fence's place of business where he got the evidence. 
We already know there's a couple of dead bodies at the fence's place and some security guards at the office.  If you could get us any intel on<link>and<link>
That would be very helpful.  Can you find out if KE is heading towards the fences place?  I don't want to be snooping  around if they show up with two corpse lying around.

P.S. Welcome to the group

[benhatt]

"Bloody Mary wants the Gibson building.  That's fine.  You three head over to Varian's, I'll grab a ride on the back of her bike. What do we think?

@Mary "Fine, I'll wait for you at the corpse house.  Make sure your fake is broadcasting on Passive once we head into downtown.  Let's not drive too fast, I might wrinkle my suit.

@Yurei "Konichiwa, Yurei-san. It sounds like the rest of the team is slamming you with very reasonable requests.  I will not add anything else, as I trust you to be competent enough to make sure we are clear of any unwanted Matrix attention.

[Psikerlord]

Umberto is a little confused by all the space staring comm chatter going on that he can't hear, but does register that the team now has a hacker named Yuri.

<@Yuri - Hoi, chicka, glad you could make it, eh. You be on site, or telecommuting?>

As he understands it, Jink, Switchback and Ghost are going to Vanians, so he waves them out the door and pings the Rover 2068 via his commlink, starting the engine then AR rigging it to quietly slip up aside the entry to the alleyway, careful not to get too close to either of the heavies outside. He pops the doors and swings inside, checking the heads up display for anything unusual.

Snaping his metal fingers, he fishes a medkit from under the passenger seat and waves the mage into the wagon, injecting him with a weak pick me up [OOC: assuming no objections]: First Aid check (medkit 6, Logic 6, skill 3, -2 mage, -1 indoors) (12d6.hits(5)=7). "Your colour looks better, eh. So, you two are welcome to ride with Jinky if you like, yes?"  , he asks from the driver's seat.

Whatever mode of transport his fellow runners choose [barring objections], Jink steers the Rover down off the curb, pumps up some wizz beats, and makes a beeline for Vanians ...

[Xarin]

Yuri grins sheepishly at the young man as he makes the comment on getting in.  Once he's gone, she double-checks to make sure that alert was really turned off by the fellow.

Matrix Perception to check Alert status: 4 Computer + 6 Analyze + 1 Encephalon = (11d6.hits(5)=6)
[OOC: assuming it is, continue on]

She gets several replies from the team's comms and pulls up the files linked to her.

<<@Team. No clue what happened to the prior joker.  Just got cold feet I hope.  I'll see what I can dig up on our boys while you're enroute.>>

<<@Jink. Tele right now, omae.>>

Right, first things first then... Yuri glides just over the grassy iconography to the pool and holds a mirror to it, pulling in a copy of the video records as she gets a good look at the team still inside before they head out the door.  Then a flick of the ole magic wand to work some magic on the video and access logs to erase the meet (and her entry) from them both, leaving a quiet uneventful night in the machine's memory.

[OOC: browsing and edit actions for both.  Extended tests, so a few rolls on each one, use what you need ]
Browse for video records of meet: 4 Data Search + 6 Browse + 1 Encephalon = (11d6.hits(5)=2)
Browse for Access Logs: 4 Data Search + 6 Browse + 1 Encephalon = (11d6.hits(5)=4, 11d6.hits(5)=1, 11d6.hits(5)=4)
Edit for Video Feed: 4 Computer + 6 Edit + 1 Encephalon = (11d6.hits(5)=9, 11d6.hits(5)=5, 11d6.hits(5)=3)
Edit for Access Logs: 4 Computer + 6 Edit + 1 Encephalon = (11d6.hits(5)=1, 11d6.hits(5)=5, 11d6.hits(5)=2)

With info in hand and records cleaned, she logs off the node and launches a pair of Agents to start digging up public info on Gibson Hall and Niel, and on this Vanian character. She sets them to wait like good little potentially traceable icons until she picks them up again.  No pinging her.

Agent data search for Gibson Hall and Niel info: Agent 3 + Browse 3 = (6d6.hits(5)=2, 6d6.hits(5)=1, 6d6.hits(5)=0, 6d6.hits(5)=1, 6d6.hits(5)=0, 6d6.hits(5)=1(!glitch!))

Agent Browse for Vanian: Agent 3 + Browse 3 = (6d6.hits(5)=4, 6d6.hits(5)=2, 6d6.hits(5)=1, 6d6.hits(5)=4, 6d6.hits(5)=1, 6d6.hits(5)=1)

Think I'd better go mobile on this one.

She jacks out, gathers up her gear and finishes getting dressed, then heads for the door.  On the way out she blows a kiss at the holo in the trid, "I'm off to work!  See you later, lover."   As she saunters out to the jackrabbit her gait shifts a bit, settling into character for her runner persona.

She sets the GridGuide to take her a few block away from her safehouse, then settles back for the ride.  Once she's a few minutes out from her home, she leave the car on auto and pulls up the AR to check on the agents' progress and see if she can intercept any calls to Ke on the Vanian site.

[OOC: I hadn't quite realised what a busy little bee a hacker could be in a few minutes time!]

[Cato]

Switchback slaps Ghost on the back after Jink patches him.  "Feel better omae?"

Glancing at the "wagon," Switchback shakes his head.  "I'll take my bike and follow you in."

As the Rover pulls off the curb, Switchback guns the engine and pulls out behidn him, heading towards Vanians.

Good to know we've got a hacker now.

[funkytim]

Much better thanks.  Let's get going.  Good luck at Gibson hall Johnny.

Ghost jumps into Jinks van and rides off towards Vanian's.

[Paeniteo Azrael]

Marlene speeds off towards the deadhouse, a fast moving silver bullet in the night.

With one foot stabilizing the bike,  the now helmeted figure of Marlene looks at Johnny and tells him to get on the bike. After picking him up, she heads towards Gibson Hall, going a little bit slower than her usual antics.

[OOC: Her comm is on passive]

[Kontact]

6 minutes after setting her agents to the task, Yrui hears back from both of them as they hop in her bike helmet's AR display.  Putting one ear to the task as she drove to the mortuary, she heard the first agent spin a tale of young love and the struggle for growth and self esteem in a world full of marvels.  It seemed that its search has somehow lead it to a 60-year-old comic book called Scott Pilgrim by way of the character Young Neil.  She would have to keep an eye on that little program...  The other agent brought back information on Vanian's Antiques and the man himself without generating much insight.  It seemed the guy was a solid tech fence but a bit squirrely.  No one seemed to have any complaints about the guy, but he didn't have fans either.