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« Reply #195 on: <05-25-12/0003:33> »
« Last Edit: <05-25-12/0233:51> by vinnmun »
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« Reply #196 on: <05-25-12/0039:27> »
No relevant articles involving the 289s. They mostly stick to the Kowloon peninsula, it appears.

Board for the Upkeep and Beautification of Victoria Peak: This board is made up of residents of Victoria Peak. It's a bit like a residents' association that has a huge corporate influence (seeing as megacorps own pretty much all of Victoria Peak). Fong is a member of the board, but since the Board's business mainly only concerns other residents of the Peak, there isn't much news about it.

FYI: Lantau Island: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=active&q=lantau+island&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1024&bih=625&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Happy Valley, which is near where you met the spirits, is in the middle of Hong Kong Island, to the right.
BTW, it's "Fong"

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« Reply #197 on: <05-25-12/0243:31> »
Grind strokes his chin a bit, there has to be a connection between the spirit napping form Cheng and Fong being kidnapped by him aswell. He figures he'll need more information from his original employers about this spirit of theirs.

"Well while you guys ponder or whatever, I'm going to go and talk to my original employer." he gets up to leave and than comes back to the table, "Short version of my story, I am employed by spirits looking to get back one of their own and bring Cheng back for punishment/questioning. I have a feeling there's a tie in to all of this with Cheng snagging Fong." Grind nods and scurries off, dodging whatever little scuffle is going on in the front.
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« Reply #198 on: <05-25-12/0306:49> »
"Oh for fuck's sake..." Menzo curses under his breath, walking over to the bouncer. "Look, I really need to get into yer fine establishment here. Ignore my piece o' shit spirit companion here, he's gone." He let the bond between him and the spirit dissolve. "I'll give some nuyen to make it worth your while. What kinda cover charge ya lookin' for?"

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« Reply #199 on: <05-25-12/0405:04> »
Menzo

The elf glares at you. "Mmmmmmmm.... Well, at least you bounced your friend for me." He waves off a heavily pierced ork heading your way. "Personal service starts at two hundred. Finish your business here and leave ASAP. I don't want to see you here at night. Your stench might scare away our better patrons."

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« Reply #200 on: <05-25-12/0411:02> »
"Don't worry yerself," he says, tipping the bouncer with his last nuyen. "I'll leave as soon as possible." He walks past the bouncer after giving the money over and grumbles, "asshole" under his breath, then looks through the club, spotting the white-haired wagemage sitting down with some other misfits. He briskly walks over to them, sitting down in the booth. "Sorry I'm late, but you chose exactly the wrong fucking place for me to get into. Do we get expenses out of this job? 'cos I gave my last cred away just to get in here and I was planning to eat tonight."

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« Reply #201 on: <05-31-12/0124:15> »
Grind

A tall, bald man with pale skin and dark sunglasses bumps into you on your way out. "Going somewhere?" His voice sounds menacing, but you can't quite put your finger on why.

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« Reply #202 on: <05-31-12/0242:00> »
Grind takes a quick step back, "Leaving your fine establishment. What of it?"

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Intercorporate Liason Committee, any and all info on these would be pro.



I think that was the last service right?

Data Search... (10d6.hits(5)=6, 10d6.hits(5)=6, 10d6.hits(5)=4, 10d6.hits(5)=3, 10d6.hits(5)=2, 10d6.hits(5)=4, 10d6.hits(5)=2, 10d6.hits(5)=3, 10d6.hits(5)=1, 10d6.hits(5)=3)

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« Reply #203 on: <06-04-12/0806:24> »
Kitten eyed the scruffy looking man, and shuddered slightly. Why oh why couldn't people at least get a decent change of clothes before coming here? She turned a questioning eye to the elven woman, waiting for introductions to be made.
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« Reply #204 on: <07-22-12/1135:03> »
Frostmane, Menzo, Kitten

Just as Frostmane is about to introduce Menzo, a waiter arrives and informs her that someone very insistent is requesting her out front. Frostmane takes her leave, and that is the last you see of her.

After a few moments of staring awkwardly at one another, Kitten receives a message on her commlink:

This is Frostmane's employer. I apologize for her disappearance. We required her presence for a more pressing assignment. You will now be reporting directly to me. Please keep me updated. I trust that you will complete your work quickly.

Grind

The man grabs you by the collar and drags you into the nearest alley. Even in the ritzy part of town there are dark places. You get the sense that resisting would not be in your best interest, as the man's strength seems to come from beyond his body. After reaching the alley, the bald man takes on a greener, more fibrous form. You now recognize him as Lee, the plant spirit from last night. Lee gives you a look of consternation.

"You have not yet delivered Mr. Cheng to us, and now I see you here, partying it up? Explain yourself, human."

Sweep and Sleet

You have been hired as "assistants" by a woman named Linda Fong, who is paying you 1000 Nuyen/day. At the moment, you're riding in Sweep's van with Linda, whose first assignment for you is to find a man who goes by the name of Menzo. Sleet has managed to track down his commlink, and his last known location was outside Dante's Inferno.

Since this will be your first post, feel free to describe yourselves and what you think of this crazy woman who hired you to drive her all over town. We'll assume you pull up in front of Dante's soon.

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« Reply #205 on: <07-22-12/1222:27> »
Sweep sits in the driver's seat of the van, deftly and subconsciously flipping switches on the dashboard.  Without even being prompted, he states rather matter-of-factly in a deep, growly, scratchy baritone "For your saftey, ma'am".  His voice was direct but not mean, forceful but not rude, and the words came out easily and quickly, but slow enough to be heard and understood.

Just another day at the office.

The office.  An interesting choice for a word to describe his chosen profession.  With his huge size and imposing looks, one would have expected him to find a job where physicality was in the forefront.  But what he did for a living...that was something that wasn't expected.  The business suit fit his large frame easily, and hid the pair of Savalette Guardians hanging in the concealed holsters under the suit-coat without even so much as a noticeable bulge.  And the leather overcoat hanging on the hook behind his seat belied the armor plating and special modifications that made it necessary for his job.

When Linda instructed him and Sleet to find Menzo, he immediately began using his available resources to find the man's last known location, tracking him down to Dante's Inferno.  He then fired up his commlink, pulling up a map of the city to find the quickest - and least visible - route to the place.  When the AR display showed the route, he started to program it into the van's pilot program, but decided against it after a few moments, putting his hands back on the wheel and driving manually.

In case I need to make quick decisions.  This lady doesn't seem off, but the target...well, I don't know much about him.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Fong - do you have a recent picture of Menzo that you could pull up for me please?

She had shown him the picture before, and even though he had recorded a snapshot of it using his cyber-eye, it was a habit of his to get clients to show him a picture for confirmation a second time.

Better safe than sorry.  Don't need another incident like what happened back in Chicago...
I could wile away the hours conversing with the flowers
Consulting with the rain
And my head I'd be scratching while my thoughts were busy hatching
If I only had a brain...

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« Reply #206 on: <07-22-12/1334:44> »
Grind was not pleased how he was being handled until they reached the alley. He clenched his fist to punch out the bald man and than he shows his true form and Grind relaxes a bit. "Whoa whoa whoa! No one really parties this early in the day. I have to work with those riff-raff to get Cheng. Apparently he's a busy man kidnapping Xiao-Renraku emploees. They're looking for a man name Fong Wei-Lei." *he straightens himself out a bit* "What was this spirit that Cheng was messing with doing or what was his purpose. There's some sort of tie in to all of this. Give me more info on what was going on with Cheng and your spirit friend."

((Sorry, trying to remember what I was going to ask them.))
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« Reply #207 on: <07-23-12/1141:41> »
Grind

Lee does not look impressed. "I am the one who asks the questions here! I do not know who this Fong is whom you speak of, anyway. However, I can tell you that Cheng just boarded a hydrofoil headed for Macau. I would go after him myself, but I'd rather not deal with any mercenary friends he may have. Just deliver Cheng to me, and all will be revealed." With that, he vanishes.

Macau is a short boat ride across the bay from Hong Kong. It's known as a mercenary haven and gambler's paradise.

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« Reply #208 on: <07-23-12/1359:37> »
Sleet herself was buckled into the front passenger seat, which she had reclined backwards approximately thirty degrees; this allowed her to plug into the Matrix without worrying about her meat-body flopping all over the place. Currently, immersed in VR, she was keeping an eye on not just this Menzo guys signal, but examining the signals close around him as well - nothing in-depth, just pulling up names and checking brief background information on them. Best pays to be prepared for trouble, and backup was always trouble.

Once they got closer to Dante's Inferno, a club that she'd heard of but never been to, the slim and pale elf frowns a little to herself, then 'reaches out' to examine the clubs Node. Not dumb enough to try hacking into it, given its reputation, she instead seeks out potential close-by cameras.

With a little luck there will be some paparazzi there, or even outside security cameras. I'd like to get a better look at what we're getting into.. she thinks to herself

While she scans the area, Sleet pops open a chat-window to Sweep. <Hoi, chummer. Drive by a couple of times, see if we can pick out our mark. I'm going to try and get a security-cam view of the area while we're at it.>


Note: I've n ever played a hacker before, so I hope I'm doing this righ! >.>
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Detect Active/Passive Nodes (specifically looking for nodes that could be cameras of some sort)
If a Node seems to stand out as possible, then Analyze Node on it 15d6.hits(5) → [5,1,4,2,6,4,2,2,6,5,2,1,1,3,5] = (5)
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« Reply #209 on: <07-23-12/1441:11> »
"Alright, I'll take your word for it. I'll get Cheng, you worry about whatever you spirits worry about." and at that the dwarf turns and heads back into Dante's, and takes a seat back in his original chair, looking at the group, "Well I hope you love water, because it looks like Cheng is at Macau." Grind had only been gone a couple of minutes.

And news on the info my Data Sprite was trying to get for me?
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