[Netzgeist]

The changeling have some fun watching the Omar and Sam bickering, but stay focused on his surroundings. He search the place with his eyes, to make sure that in cause of any trouble they will have ways of escaping, and to know what are the chances of an ambush. It's better to be safe than sorry.

[Kouryuu]

Now sir, I feel really sorry for underestimating your abilities. It would be my pleasure to cover your back in such attempt, if you somehow managed to step on someones toe. And Ill be ready to take you out of there if you decide to blow something while sitting in the shadow. But at this very moment, it is time to put your underwear over your clotching, and in the act of pure Heroism, pay a visit to your Lady-in-trouble.
states Omar as he parks the van in front of given building.
Gentlemen, I don`t want to ruin your negotiations with woman, so Ill follow you just with my dog, for instance firepower is needed.
He opens the doors and sets Fly-spy free to make a brief recon, running Scan to find whatever nodes are there within mutual range. Hopes that Mouse managed to get into her link.

"that I will do, Dear Sir, that i will.
My tights are tightened, the underwear positioned and the white horse has brought me here, now i have to go and ask the damsel in what distress she is in?" Sam Freely continued Omar's joke just to have some more fun out of it. "So the nights of the Shadow order embarked on a new adventure.
 Come on Guys let's roll" and he was out of the car checking the surroundings

[JDA]

Sure will. With that I bow my head and get comfortable and slipped out to astral space to begin my journey. It feels good to have a team together where the roles s a
Are starting to be define and known to all. Glad to have fractal back with the group.

[Sentinemodo]

Star-Crossed lovers

Every time you drive in the Warrens, you ask yourself the same question. Why am I here? The answer always seems to go back to monetary figures, which you and your conscience have decided to deal with later, whenever that is.

You reach the location that Omar's commlink tagged as relevant for the address given, but as many of the street signs have either been spray-painted over or stolen, you’re not absolutely positive that the map was correct. With peeling avocado green paint and a trim that may have been brown a few decades back, the rundown apartment building looks like it was abandoned shortly after the decision to cut all utilities in the Warrens. At several places, three golden crowns have been tagged onto the building, a clear sign of marked territory.

Unit number five has a plaque hanging on by the residual adhesion of paint, which reads “Manager.” Whoever is living there must be blind or dead broke.

Just as you parked Mouse finally concluded his voice recording analysis. Beaming with proud he send it to you:

WHAAAT !?!

That's what he told me. That Fronts is sending their representatives today, and that they are sure that Three Kings will just dissolve and join them before morning. They will tell them that Vory is bullying everyone around, and if they don't want to be russian dogs, they have to join forces.

How long do you know ?

Since morning, sir.

WHAAAT ?!? You motherfucker, you fucking kidding me? Where are those guys, that brought the guns here? Bring them back. NOW !

Wait ! Can we trust them?

Tabbitha Morgan vouched for them.

That catgirl? That means nothing. People here are idiots, must have been something in the air. You're an idiot. And I'm making an idiotic move in hiring you. All right bring them in.

You though about it for few seconds when, a baritone male voice calls you out to come in. Going in without matrix support as no commlinks are active inside made you a little nervous but you went ahead anyway certain, that at least there are no magical dangers.


The furniture inside consists of a few card tables and several folding chairs. At one card table Maria was sitting and talking to a men standing near the window. She rise when you enter. Man (a boy actually) crosses the room to shake hands. He makes strong eye contact and speaks directly "welcome, my name is Tony." accent straight out of Denver with hints of the Georgia.

He is just shy of two meters. Dark hair cropped short to keep it from curling and eyes that are a chocolate color, round out his diver’s build. Natural tan that hints his parents and grandparents slept with someone not exactly Caucasian.

Maria stays just behind him, shy but with obvious relief on her face that you came. As soon as the initial greetings took place she stepped out. "We need your help. We need protection just for this night, until morning - Tony will straighten a few things out and then we would be leaving and head for New York." "Just keep her safe until morning." Tony broke in. "No. I'm not going to let you go alone" she interrupted him in turn. "We go together. That is nearby. You talk to them and we go to the station together."

[Netzgeist]

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but may I suggest that you start explaining things to us instead of just discussing among yourselves? If you need protection, it would be better to tell us what exactly you fear and what's your idea of dealing with it, don't you think?" The elf shoots them a smile that is all confidence and an urge to help, though in reality he does not yet know what to figure of this arrangement.

[Sentinemodo]

I am sorry. Tony responds I am with Three Kings ... but I want out of it. I have Maria now ... he looks at her ... and I cannot take the risk. I want out to make her safe, to settle down somewhere, I don't know...

Three Kings are like family, hell they are more than that. I've no other family. And with Jonny's death they look at me now. I need to tell them, but Maria says they may take it badly, that's why she insist on protection. I want you to protect her, they may blame her. But I need to talk to them anyway ... I ... I cannot just turn my backs to them without explaining anything.

I am blabling like a retard, you understood anything form what I said?

He seems confused. Maria hold his arms supportively, observing you with big eyes.

[Kouryuu]

I am sorry. Tony responds I am with Three Kings ... but I want out of it. I have Maria now ... he looks at her ... and I cannot take the risk. I want out to make her safe, to settle down somewhere, I don't know...

Three Kings are like family, hell they are more than that. I've no other family. And with Jonny's death they look at me now. I need to tell them, but Maria says they may take it badly, that's why she insist on protection. I want you to protect her, they may blame her. But I need to talk to them anyway ... I ... I cannot just turn my backs to them without explaining anything.

I am blabling like a retard, you understood anything form what I said?

He seems confused. Maria hold his arms supportively, observing you with big eyes.

"Yes I Do." Sam looked at them both " I died to get out of my previous Job, lost everything i had, I know that this is a hard decision to make."
Sam looked at the team. then back at the Couple.
"you know, we might just be in luck here, as we are going to the 3 kings on our own quest, that might interest you, and we would be interested in information about the 3 kings.
arrangements could be made of a bargain of some sort."
Sam tilted his head and gave two questions as an incentive to keep speaking. "Could you tell us a bit about the situation the 3 kings are now, the new leader if there is one, or what happened to the old Leader.
I guarantee we have the best intentions in this matter"

[Netzgeist]

The elf leans back against a wall. If his eyes were not concealed behind his glasses, people there would see his eyebrows rising in a very peculiar matter; a love story! So rare this days, yet, so lethal as they were a century back.

He could now agree with both Sam and Omar about their first impression on the help request.

He makes an affirmative gesture when Tony asks them if they are understanding, but as Sam took the initiative, he waits patiently for Tony's next answer. Sam didn't seem to understand that Tony was the guy they wanted for leader, but this is not a conversation in which this is a problem.

[Sentinemodo]

Quest? Bargain? I am sorry I don't understand.

Jonny was killed, he was on his own when someone shot him fifteen times in the back. I was his right hand, guys want me to take over. They want revenge.


Sam was focused on Tony, but Fractal from his wall perspective noticed that Maria twitched uneasy when Tony was telling you about Jonny.

[Sichr]

I want this guy Tommy to kill or dishonour the Fronts representative russians were sepaking about, for us. After that, I will gladly export them whenever they want to, and Ill do that maybe even for free. That would give us the edge, 3K the reasion to fear the Fronts revenge with all consequences. He possibly even dont have to kill the Fronts man, just provide us with fake proof that we can plant on the body...or something like that. Otherwise I should kill them both right here right now, and tell 3K that Fronts did it. Works for us as well...what do you think, Sam

[JDA]

I object to just killing these two for the sake of our benefit. They sought our protection   We had better decide what we stand for. Sure we're criminals but we also have. To sleep at night.
Looks  At mouse what you think kid?

[Netzgeist]

In reply to Omar "tactful reasoning", Fractal sends a message to his team. @Team: I understand it quite clearly how this would provide us with the arguments necessary to finish the job. The question is, I really doubt that killing a (politically importat) member of one of the most important gangs in the city (I'm talking Fronts here) would hardly be the easiest or the cleverest way of doing it. Also, no way we should kill these two! That would be quite suspicious (we still don't know enough about the 3Kings to understand how our actions will reverberate on them; even though this Tonny guy seem to be their first choice of a leader, we don't know yet what's the disposition of the second choice to hide beneath Vory wings."

Mere seconds later, a second message is sent: "@Team: And that's just strategically thinking. I didn't even started saying that murdering someone without the need is not something that I take lightly to do."

Keeping his attention on Maria, Fractal direct his voice to the couple:

"Do not worry about our endeavors, Tony. Just understand that we have our interest in all this story, and so far I judge that our objectives can converge and we can help you. But in order to do that, we need to understand the situation better. As the late Jonny second hand, don't you imagine any enemy who could have been more interested than the others in his death? Also, don't you agree with your gang members in their vengeful thirsty for the blood of the murderer?" Although the human hearing apparatus would never awaringly compute this fact, Fractal biologically enhanced vocal folds stress the last word in a way that is still perceivable, although in a unconcious level. "More: if not you, who would lead the 3Kings? And how do you plan to be dismissed of this position?"

Being proper to the situation at hand, Fractal does not smile (although he almost want); he keeps a serene and concerned demeanor, full of sympathy and confidence.

[Sentinemodo]

We've had some problems with Ghouls, Aurrora Angels encroach our turf. Fronts, Vory, Mafia all want to roll over our turf. Not to mention Lone Star willing to put as all in jail. Anyone from them could do so to put us in turmoil or it could be a random punk with a gun, there is lot's of them hiding in Warrens ... 

Jonny was my friend, I'd give almost anything to settle the score with his murderer bullet for bullet.... but I can't ... we can't ... if I stay now, it will all the more difficult to leave later, and I just cannot take the risk, it's too dangerous. We have to go tommorow.... I don't know who will lead, maybe Kev. He's strong, we've been through a lot. he seems to reach decision. Yes, I'll propose him to take over.

Will you protect Maria? I'll pay you, how much you want?

[Sichr]

Even the non-living animal face of the doberman drone expressed something simillar to

OK, sorry, I was just joking about that killing. Well still, there is an option to dishonour this Fronts representative...publicly spitting in his face methaphoricaly, I mean. That should give 3K the reason to kick Tommy guy out, reason to fear Fronts more than usual and be more accessible to Vory helpful hand...and guns ofered, even if Tommy acusses Fronts of killing their Ex-Leader. And beware...even if you want to look at this couple like on something from fairy tales, dont forget that our Tommy guy was second in command on powerfull Denver street gang, and dont doubt for a second that he is able of cold blooded murder, terorizing his negborhoods and lots of other things. People didnt become so high ranked in street gangs for their altruism.
hm. Lets not hurry here. Would he at least show us where his friend was killed? They will drive safely with us, nobody will see or hurt them. I just feel we need a better picture of what happens there...nothing is interresting more than a place of the murder.

Mr. Diamond, I`d like to ask you something detective in this city may know. We had came across this gang...3 Kings, and were asked to help a lady-in-troubles. Im quite suspicious in such situations...It seems they lost their leader only recently. Is there anything you may know about later events on this turf?

[Sentinemodo]

So sorry Mr. Gibo. Warrens are outside of our jurisdiction. Lone Star won the contract. I can ask around, but this will take time.

He won't say that, but asking around for quick info, will require some greasing, that would have to be reimbursed (in cash or favors). The cost is TR based 400 in this case. Actual info searching will take at least 20 minutes, but may take more.