[Kontact]

[OOC:  He appears to be unarmed.  Go ahead and roll a Willpower + Charisma test for Jink.  Judge Intentions, opposed.  You need to beat 2.]

Steve stops at about 10 meters away, raises his left hand and points one finger to the sky.
"I understand, and won't stop you.  I happen to be looking for some thing tonight rather than some one.  I imagine, if you had it, you would know what I mean."  He looks at Jink appraisingly, with that same subtle smile on his face.  "If you should stumble across it, I'd appreciate if you'd reach out to me.  You can contact me through Judas Caine at club Nosferatu.  Yes, I know, terrible name.  His real name is Baxter, but the brats at his club like using theatric horseshit to make themselves feel special.  Every business has it's costs."   He shrugs his shoulders a bit and, again using his left hand, points across the street using only his wrist.  "Well, I'll clear out of your way then.  I hope to hear from you soon.  I'm sure I could find a way to help a man in your position."  He puts his hands back in his pockets and begins to walk across the street.

[Psikerlord]

[OOC: Judge Intentions (6d6.hits(5)=0) ... aww damn!
Edge to reroll!   reroll! (6d6.hits(5)=2) better!]

"Caine at Nosfertu," nods Umberto. "Perhaps we can help each other out, si."

Jink watches Clean Steve walk away, but doesn't reholster his ingram until their surprise visitor disappears from sight. Once the assassin is gone he flicks a bead of sweat from his brow and curses under his breath in Spanish. What's going on back there, chummers?

<commlink@team: Your goons clear out? Let's finish up here, neh?>

[Kontact]

Across town the full panic was on.  Hallway strobing, the man in lab 212 burst out of his door, still holding his box.  He was looking right at Johnny as he shouted.
"Oh go*REEET*y samples! *REEET* Help me! *REEET* please, g*REEET*lp me!"  He dropped his box on the floor and kicked it against the door to keep it propped open before fleeing back into his lab.

[funkytim]

@Johnny and Mary How much time till ground zero?

[Xarin]

Keeping half an eye on the exchange between Umberto and this 'Clean Steve', Yuri works quickly on her Track.  Meanwhile, her Agent diligently scans down hidden nodes in the immediate vicinity, excluding those of Yuri's team.

Ex-Test Agent scanning for hidden nodes from commlink: Agent 3 + Scan 6 = (9d6.hits(5)=3, 9d6.hits(5)=3, 9d6.hits(5)=1, 9d6.hits(5)=1, 9d6.hits(5)=3, 9d6.hits(5)=5, 9d6.hits(5)=3, 9d6.hits(5)=4, 9d6.hits(5)=3)
[It should finish after about 6 seconds]

When Clean Steve starts to walk away, Yuri's mood picks up a little Ah, perhaps today isn't going to be a firefight after all.  Sweetness

[Cato]

Switchback exhales slowly and blinks when the conversation between Clean Steve and Jink ends.  Who says I'm not lucky?

@Team: No sign of them here, but I'm still watching the door.  But yeah, let's grab what we need from here and leave.  If Clean Steve is interested in this place, some other chummers I don't want to tango with probably are too.

Switchback stays in place, watching the door carefully for any sign of the team.

[funkytim]

If everyone leaves I'll follow Jink to his car.  Not before casting an Improved Invisibility spell though.

intuition 4 + willpower 5 + focused concentration (11d6.hits(5)=2)

resist 3dv drain

willpower 5 + intuition 4 + focused concentration 2 (11d6.hits(5)=4)

when he gets into the vehicle he checks his comm to compare Johnny's text with the countdown info to the current time

[Paeniteo Azrael]

Mary thinks back to the bomb. @team we have about two minutes here, I hope this guy gets the drek out of his lab. Johnny, talk him out of taking his samples real quick like, tell him being dead isn't worth losing the samples or something.

@Johnny I'm starting a countdown, at sixty seconds left, I'm getting the hell out of here through the fire escape, and I suggest you do the same.

I only hope we can get to Van's in time. Perhaps they'll be fine though.

[benhatt]

Johnny hands the things that he was carrying  and shove them into Mary's hands. 

"Get gone! I'll be right behind you!"he screams over the noise.

He'll scoop up the professor's samples with one hand and pull the out Neil's gun from his waistband with the other.  When the professor comes running out again, he points the pistol at the professor and yells, "You've got what you can, time to go."

Default Intimidation 4 + Kinesics 2 6d6.hits = 4 hits
[OOC: Forgot to add the bonus from having a gun. Has gun (2d6.hits(5)=2) 6 hits total

He'll start moving the doctor quickly towards the nearest stairway.

[Kontact]

[OOC: defaulting to willpower 4d6.hits(5) → [1,5,6,1] = (2) he glitches 4 net hits

"What?*REEET*aaaahhh*REEET*hh! No!

On seeing the man he just asked for help pull a gun on him instead, the scientist screams and drops the delicate apparatus in his hands...

[OOC: 4d6.hits(5) → [2,3,1,5] = (1) not today doc.]

...where it hits his foot and clatters on the floor...

[OOC: 9d6.hits(5) → [4,3,3,1,2,6,2,2,4] = (1) oh, composure failed]

..followed by a scrambling doctor.

"No! no! I*REEET*fix it! Don't*REEET*oot me! Ple*REEET*'ll make yo*REEET*other!*REEET*go with you!"

[Xarin]

The trace finishes and Yuri look at the node ID. She sets a countdown timer on her link for the estimated time left on the bomb, then loads up her programs for a tough crack job.

[OOC: Analyze, Exploit, Edit, Armor, Stealth]
Oooo this is soooo going to set of the nexus security.  I hope the IC isn't too bad...  Alright, let's do this

The little scantily clad matrix icon looks at the imposing firewall of the node and cracks her knuckles.  Then she launches into a flurry of activity.

Hack Niel's node on the Fly for Admin: Hacking 6 + Exploit 6 + Encephalon 1 = (13d6.hits(5)=2, 13d6.hits(5)=10, 13d6.hits(5)=4, 13d6.hits(5)=8, 13d6.hits(5)=7, 13d6.hits(5)=2)
[OOC: HOLY COW!! Got Admin (11 hits) in 3 seconds flat.  10 of 13 d6 hits on second roll O_o]

Niel's Firewall detecting hacking: Firewall 5 + analyze 4 = (9d6.hits(5)=2, 9d6.hits(5)=2)
[4 hits, doesn't beat Stealth.  Woohoo!]

The little silver-clad icon squirms in through the cracks in the firewall and peers around cautiously.  No alert... null sheen baby!  Let's get to work!

Yuri quickly sets about downloading anything and everything she can get her digital mitts on for later analysis, focusing on the more interesting bits first, dropping the Armor and Exploit programs as it becomes apparent her intrusion was successful.

Browse for hottest paydata to copy first: Computer 4 + Browse 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=6)

A quick glance shows a few promising items and she puts them at the top of the copy queue, with a careful eye out for any annoying Data Bomb presents.  And, mindful that at least part of the transmission would be wireless, cranks up her Encrypt program.

Matrix Perception for Data Bombs: Computer 4 + Analyze 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=4)
Edit ex-test to copy large quantity of data from node: Computer 4 + Edit 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=3)
[OOC: don't normally need to test for copy, but it's a lot so here it is if you need it.]

Paydata in hand, or commlink as the case may be, she deletes herself out of the logs and leaves the node.

Browse to get right spots in logs: Computer 4 + Browse 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=6)
Edit to scrub logs of Yuri's presence: Computer 4 + Edit 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=6)

[Kontact]

Yuri found a section with Neil's search history, and another encrypted section full of data.  She cut the whole chunk of data out and absconded with it to be examined later. 

[Psikerlord]

As the team at Vanian's finishes up, Jink finally has a moment to think about what's happening over at Gibson.

<commlink@team> "Hiro, Mary -  I know little bit 'bout exploding things. Let me see that bomb. Maybe I guide you through a disarm, eh?"

Assuming the feed comes through, Jink focuses all his attention on the explosive, trying to figure out anything useful he can impart to Hiro/Mary ... [OOC:  Demolitions test (8d6.hits(5)=5) sweet!]

[Xarin]

<<@Team: I just finished nabbing all the encrypted data from Niel's node and some other goodies besides.  So if you two are done playing fireman, may I suggest getting your hoops out of there before any authorities show up?>>

Wrapping up with the hack into Niel's, she flips her AR display back over to the Gibson node to check in on Mary and Johnny.  She mutters to herself upon seeing the gun in his hand.

A girl's work is never done

A wave of the hands in the AR display and she's off searching through the data files on the Gibson node, aiming for the recent maintenance or diagnostic reports on the fire system.

Browse for diagnostics: Computer 4 + Browse 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=5, 11d6.hits(5)=3)

Then a few teaks to add some lines about a few sensors getting close to going bad.

Edit Diagnostics for 'bad sensor': Computer 4 + Edit 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=4)

And finally a trip over to the logs to edit out the presense of herself and her teammates from the building's network, having already blanked them from the cameras earlier.

Browse for Gibson access logs: Computer 4 + Browse 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=3)
Edit Gibson Access Logs: Computer 4 + Edit 6 + Encephalon 1 = (11d6.hits(5)=5)

<<@Johnny & Mary: Alright you two, the building's node doesn't know you were ever there, and the techs should be hunting down a supposedly bad fire sensor when they arrive.>>

[Paeniteo Azrael]

Mary tries to stuff the things Johnny gave her in whatever pockets her suit had, and takes off. "I'll see you later, Johnny, neh? Don't get caught."

Mary runs towards the window with a fire escape and breaks it with the butt of her gun, tumbling through at top speed. As she gets down the stairs, she can't help but think about Johnny stuck there dealing with that idiotic scientist.