[snake_eyes]

Mouse, knowing that there wasn't much time to waste got to work on a data sprite to find out all it can on Mayuri Wakabayashi.

Compiling R4 Data Sprite with Japenese liguasoft
Compile(4)+Resonance(5)=9d6.hits(5)=4
Sprite Reist: R4=4d6.hits(5)=1 No glitch
Fading 2S (I can autobuy 2)  so no fading

Data, I need you find out what you can on a Mayuri Wakabayashi and a tea house Aikiwa. Top of the list are a bio on Mayuri who the mistress/owner of the tea house is and the overall boss is. Know that she is a geisha and we are looking to free her, perhaps that will help refine your research in what other miscellaneous info would be useful to us. Such as a selling price, if any. Go now, please.
@Team: a have a friend attempting to find out more info on Mayuri and her boss(es).

[Larzarus]

Lips checks that his commlink  is set to the right SIN and that his new gear is  nicely hidden inside his side bag, though he doesn't think that those sensors while be of much use during their legwork and talking. Down on the main entrance of his apartment building, he makes a quick stop for some soycaf from the vending machine.
@team: "Splendid Kitten. Since we are under a little time restrictions, I will on my way to this tea house. We probably can discuss the results of the data search there."

[Sichr]

OK gents, ready to pick up, route plan prepared.

Omar drives the Rover to pick up Fractal in front of the restaurant, then he follows travel route he prepared for this situations...Sam at his safehouse, Lips at his appartement. Noticing Mouse on the back seat is high in VR, he changes Dalmatian waypoint to:

Surveillance on coordinates[Teahouse Aikiwa]
Circles flyover, flight level 200m, 200m diameter. Full visual, thermogtraphic and sound stream...


Drone finishes last circle around the bar where Fractal was meeting Johnson, and moves towards new location...


All i know of those Yak bigots is they dont like metas...it would be the pleasure to torch that place if needed...well like you said, stealth approach has its possitives...

[Netzgeist]

After saying goodbye to Thabita, Fractal entered the Rover and went silent for a moment. Being a Yakuza spot, there was a chance this Aikiwa teahouse served as a traditional geisha house, and Fractal tried to remember if he had been there in the past or not; after all, it was in the same sector in which he has been living.
Also, even though firstly the name Mayuri didn't ring any bell, now that they get the full name Fractal could knew something about this particular entertainer.

Anything about Aikiwa Tea-House
4 (Intuition) + (1) Denver Nighthouses = 5 dice = 2 hits, no glitch
About the geisha Mayuri Wakabayashi
4 (Intuition) + 4 (Art Scene) = 8 dice pool = 1 hits, no glitch

Then, after a little while, Fractal greeted everyone and then looked at Sam:
"Guys, dealing with the Yakuza is always a starting something in a bad place. We already start with a bad hand just by not being Japanese, and in my case, probably it is worsened in being an elf and a changeling, nonetheless. Sam, if I remember well, during the Bow Mar run, you said you could try to disguise me... Could you make me look a bit more "oriental"? Just some niponic traces could help ourselves a little."

All the while, Fractal was already cursing himself for having a so outdated and inneficient Japanese Linguasoft. At least he was in a very good suit, and part of the team also was properly dressed.

[Sichr]

Cant wee just get in, take the bitch, paydata, burn the place down and leave? Dead Yaks dont have racistic prejudice

For a few second Omar feels Fractals focused look, cables plugged in his new skull port didn`t filter this feeling away...

Yeah, just joking...but you expect me to say something like that, dontcha?

[Netzgeist]

"Yeah, I did. That way, I know you are really Omar, and not some copycat." Fractal answers, more as a joke than anything else. "You know, I also don't have any simpathy for the Yaks, but Tabitha asked us subtlety... and subtlety is the product we are selling now. Also, we wouldn't like to discover that the paydata we are looking for got damaged in an explosion, fire, or whatever that we started ourselves." Fractal says, not as if he is answering Omar (he knows Omar is not really sugesting they to do that), but as a practical exercise of argumenting. His mind is also elsewhere.

Waiting for Sam's reply, Fractal also asks the others: "Have you guys configured the Tacnet yet? Just checking, as the program is still not showing me all the channels available... Everybody got a biomonitor?"

During the questioning, Fractal wears his new Simrig. The model he got is a new piece, fashionable yet classic, and it blends well with his array of suits (being metalic black and with lights that can change color to match with the clothes or be turned off to blend with the darkness). Damn elf really knows how to look good!

Response 6, System 6, Firewall 5, Sygnal 3
    Programs Running
Non-ergonomic
  Tactical Software 3
  Reality Filter 6
  Spoof 6
  Scan 3
  Browse 4

Ergonomic
  Analyze 4
  Edit 6
  Encrypt 4
  Exploit 6
  Stealth 6

Programs within processor Limit, so no Response Penalty

Tacsoft Rating 3, so at least 6 channels must be shared
Natural Senses via Simrig:
 - Natural Vision (Channel 1)
 - Low-light Vision (Channel 2)
 - Augmented Hearing (Channel 3)
 - Natural Olfact (Channel 4)
 - Echolocation  (Channel 5)
 - Magnetosense  (Channel 6)
Sensor Systems:
 - Smartlink (Channel 7)
 - Biomonitor (Channel 8 )

Response 6, so Fractal's commlink has a limit of 12 open subscriptions at any given time.
Right now he's sobscriptions are as follow:
 - Omar commlink;
 - Sam commlink;
 - Mouse commlink;
 - Lips commlink.

[Sentinemodo]

@Team: a have a friend attempting to find out more info on Mayuri and her boss(es).

Sprite browsing rolls.
8d6.hits(5) → [1,4,4,1,2,4,5,1] = (1)
8d6.hits(5) → [3,6,2,4,6,4,5,5] = (4) 3
8d6.hits(5) → [3,2,5,2,3,2,4,1] = (1)
8d6.hits(5) → [2,1,2,2,6,5,5,5] = (4) 1
8d6.hits(5) → [4,6,3,4,4,1,1,5] = (2) 1
8d6.hits(5) → [5,5,5,6,3,2,4,5] = (5) 3
8d6.hits(5) → [6,5,2,6,4,2,4,4] = (3) 2
8d6.hits(5) → [1,6,6,4,2,4,6,2] = (3) 0, critical glitch, spending edge to negate to normal glitch, glitch being lost of a service
two services used, total 12 hits. 

I've found information for you Superuser. The 'Mayuri' person has been raised by Aikiwa house and no records were found on her outside that connection. There are two millions eight hundred eighty thousands references to Wakabayashi family, but none are linked directly to 'Denver', 'geisha', 'Aikiwa' that when followed shown records on her true family.

The Aikiwa teahouse is managed by Madame Kikuya of the house Aikiwa. Madam Kikuya Aikiwa's SIN indicates a house in CAS sector [address provided] registered as a geisha school. Business offers services in provisio of training for young japanese girls (housing included) ranging from one month to five years, as well as ability to book a various range of geisha services delivered at customer location. Services range from dance and singing to performing tea ceremony.

Several references point out that the teahouse is under influence of Denver Yakuza, though no specific information were found.

Surveillance on coordinates[Teahouse Aikiwa]
Circles flyover, flight level 200m, 200m diameter. Full visual, thermogtraphic and sound stream...

Outside visuals presents a a traditional teahouse having some fifty meters of free space around the building filled with a rock garden. However the materials used must have been reinforced with something other than wood and paper, as no thermographic or radar details can be seen. Same goes for sound.
There are  three luxury cars parked outside, that have standing bodyguards among them. Talking, smoking or playing AR games.
 
It also seem that although there is an AR outline of the teathouse in the in the district node, there are no perceptible matrix nodes representing the house nor any nodes inside. The car nodes or commlinks of the guards are browsable plainly.

Anything about Aikiwa Tea-House
4 (Intuition) + (1) Denver Nighthouses = 5 dice = 2 hits, no glitch
About the geisha Mayuri Wakabayashi
4 (Intuition) + 4 (Art Scene) = 8 dice pool = 1 hits, no glitch

There is nothing you recall about Mayuri. But the Aikiwa Teahouse is indeed well known. You recall, that the protection there is provided by sad looking men in sunglassess and good suites that speak only in japanese with no sense of art or humour. They are unobtrussive when they sense a wealthy client, yet bully everyone else specifically non japanese or not human. Yakuza goons for sure.

[Sentinemodo]

You meet a block away from the address without much hassle along the way. It is turning toward late evening (9 pm). It's going to be a warm night of the ending may. Not yet summer, but pleasant. Wage slaves in the area start to pack their toys and return homes, while more nocturnal creatures walk out from the shadows.

Three out of four of those who appear on the streets bear Asian features and weapons. Most notably you see a group of four samurai walking casually the other side of street. They are wearing kimonos and katanas with hints of more chrome under the clothes. They stroll joking in noisy Japanese as if no law was applying to them.

[Sichr]

@Eliza: Hey baby. We are working to put together some resources to upgrade our last immobility acquisition. While in this, Id like to ask you for a favour...your knowledge of "what lies beneath" if far more accurate than any mat we will be able to get without years of research. Would you please be able to give us insight how the underground looks like on this [Aikiwa Tea-House] coordinates looks like. We need all we can get from basement level down to tunnels, underground entrance/exit routes...if there are any. Not necessarily human scale. Would you be able...and willing...to help? Thx.Me3XST

[Sentinemodo]

@Omar: Too far east tuskboy. I'd love to help you really, but the coordinates you've given are almost at the border of CAS & UCAS actually almost Aurora Warrens. The tunnels surely reach that far - it's close to Five-by-Five, but it's not my region. If you give me some time I'll ask around, I know a coyote from this area. She goes by the handle of Peaches.

The Aikiwa Teahouse is placed in CAS here. It's build over place that 70 years ago was a gogo night club.
The Geisha house of Madame Kikya is placed also in CAS here. She took and rebuilt a former elementary school for her purposes.

[Sichr]

@Elisa: Heard that name before, well it would be better if you can ask around. Thx, Id try to get additional info on my own. ping me if you got something...ME3XST out

[snake_eyes]

Mouse will share the information he received from the sprite.
@Data: Thank you Data.
@Team:Here is the info my friend pulled up <<ARO: data packets from sprite>>. Not much on Mayuri. Unca Omar, can Dal get a good look at those plates? I can run a scan for them as well--to see if we can make use of their owners. By the way, Mr. Fractal I speak pretty good Japenese. I got tired of reading the subtiles on my anime flicks so I broke down and learned the language. I could help interpret.

Mouse will listen to any of the conversations that the Dal survelience drone picks up. Maybe, there is something of value in those conversations.

[Netzgeist]

Fractal is still in Rover, arranging himself: holstering the tasers in the clothes, arranging them in order for his presentation to be the most appropriate possible. When he get's Mouse's message, he answers:

@Mouse: "That's pretty good, boy; stay well aware of everybit of information this guys may spit out. I have no problem understanding most of what's said in Japanese myself. The real problem is that, without being real familiar with the language, I can't use it to my own advantage in a negotiation..."

After making sure everything is ready, Fractal turns to everyone:

"Everything alright, chummers? Any idea on an approach? The goons here will not trouble us if they sense money on our walk, so it's good for us to keep a polite attitude, but keep the noses high."

Fractal evaluate the others' attires... Lips and himself are both appropriately clad for the image he thinks is fitting. Maybe Sam and Omar could pose as bodyguards? Frag, even then, they should at least wear a suit!

[Larzarus]

After making sure everything is ready, Fractal turns to everyone:

"Everything alright, chummers? Any idea on an approach? The goons here will not trouble us if they sense money on our walk, so it's good for us to keep a polite attitude, but keep the noses high."

"Tabby most likely already told Mayuri about our coming. So polite and money-heavy attitude should be fine. If anyone is worthy enough to even ask why we request meeting with Mayuri, its because we are here for a traditional tee ceremony of course."

Lips went through some possible ideas how to free Mayuri:

• find blackmail data about her boss(es), so he/she/they want come after her or the team afterwards
• forge some distasteful data about Mayuri to lower her value for her boss(es); fake pregnancy, ugly/pornographic photos
  
• let Sam help with the negotiation to buy Mayuri free in exchange of a reasonable amount of money

[Kouryuu]

"If could get our hands on Trideo Quality nanopaste i could make you look like the guy from the new monster Trid, so yeah, I can defiantly make you look more Asian, should be able to make you look exactly like someone else. Even should work for impersonating some one, if that is one of your ideas Clever Elf "
Sam answered still holding his new Dual pistols. every time he looked at the Elf, he still could remember how proud he was about Killing the bloodmage, and, even thou Sam was not found of killing, this time he was happy Fractal had been able to stop the blight.
" I think Krivlov should be able to get that for us, and, if i am not mistaken it is on our way, is it not?"
Sam looked towards the Driver seat, where Omar was taking his usual Nap.
" How about using some important Yakuza to get to Mayuri, some one the TeaHouse could not refuse, some one who might get Mayuri join him for a tour of the city, you get what i mean ...."