[Necrogigas]

Linda's Place, Corner of Old Redmond  Road and 148th Ave NE - Redmond, Seattle <<2072.10.01 03:00:45>>

Well, at least this isn't my problem now and I got paid a thousand to see a "tough macho thug" like 2Fresh in a state of breakdown. He took the box, "I'm sorry we couldn't come to an arrangement. You could have made a counter offer, by the way. In any case, good luck with your problem. I hope it works out for you" He made his way down the hall rummaging through the box, Damn, there's got to be a least a couple hundred bucks in here.

Armadillo Bar - Puyallup, Seattle <<2072.10.02 13:43:11 >>

<<AR - Text: Saint:: I can make the attempt Mr. Saint, but rates like those tend to be set in stone.>>

"I believe it would be best if you left negotiations to me Mr. Jack, after all that is my role in this joint partnership. Do you have any kind of psych evaluation or personal data on this Delaney? Before we go about breaking and entering his home, it would be helpful for my negotiations to know his temperament and if he has any buttons I can push or should avoid. Also, the team that directly confronts Delaney should be me, Jack, and only one other. We want to put him on the defensive, but not overly so as to make him unreasonable."

[WhackedMaki]

Exile - Armadillo Ba <<2072.10.02 13:43:20 >>

"Like I said, talking ain't my thing. Like you all said, I stand out in a crowd, so watching ain't really my thing either. I'll sit around here for a day, but then I've got to try and find some money. If your need things dead, let me know."

Exile stands up and walks over to the bar, not really interested in the rest of the conversation.

Armadillo Bar - Seattle <<2072.10.02 (Whatever time Saint gets there) >>

When Saint arrives at the bar, Exile stands up and walks over to him.  This job involving the paranormal thingy-whatzits, are we going to go talk to them, like Jack there wants to do with his problems, or is there actually going to be some action involved?

[sway]

Benny kind of furrowed his brow a bit at the continued references to the unusual-ness of eye-banded trolls appearance. Of course, the troll didn't exactly come off as the smartest or most socially adept guy around, and he did look a bit odd, so it was to be expected. "Hey big'un, you know wit' one of dem holo-hoodies an may-bee some colorable threads, you could be walking around lookin' like just anodder trog. Add some eye-catchin' but junkable akcess-or-rees, and you be sup'rised how eee-zee it iz to be skirt positive eye-dees. Stuf ain't even dat expensiff. It ain't perfec't, but den nothin' really is..."

After giving Exile that piece of apparel advise, Benny moves towards Jack, casually commenting to the other Ork on his plans with Mr. Smith.

[spoiler=Or'zet Speech]"I'm actually fairly keen on getting this business settled with swiftly. I didn't sign on for a long-term security gig after all. Haven't worked as a bouncer since I was like twelve, and I don't really intend on backsliding. But you held up your end of the deal, so I'll be holding up mine. That's just good business. So if you two are going in, I'll be tagging along to square things up. Probably best that I hang back out of sight though, if and until things get hairy. Hidden eyes and all that." [/spoiler]

[Gaius]

Jenever's surveillance job (Trailer) - Seattle <<2072.09.30 11:40:15 >>
After Vegas left, Jenever takes a minute to check his gear and drink another glass of his Dutch Gin. Then he receives Jacks answer and responds.
<<AR:Jenever:: <<Thanks, you helped me a lot. It´s just a friend of a friend who needs a second shadow for the weekend. I owe you. Should buy some programms myself someday.>> >>

A couple of minutes later he leaves towards Club Vegas.


Jenever's surveillance job (neighbourhood Club Vegas) - Seattle<<2072.09.30 13:05:01 >>
Jenever knowing that Billy has a room in the upper levels of Club Vegas and her accesID is streaming from inside the building assumes that she might be in her room at this time of day. Despite the closed windows he is able to get a picture of the inside of Billy`s room via his ultrawideband radar. Thanks to the olfactory sensor he is able to verify the body inside as female. He starts to pipe the feed of the ultrawideband radar to his fixer and waits until something inside changes.


Jenever's surveillance job (neighbourhood Club Vegas) - Seattle<<2072.09.30 18:05:01 >>
Almost two hours before club Vegas changes from a pure AR casino to a nightclub, the female body inside the room shows signs of awaking. The typical “morning” preparations like showering and getting dressed begin. Unfortunately for Jenever the image of the ultrawideband radar is not as good as a real camera so he gets a rather abstract view of what is happening inside.

When she leaves the room Jenever leaves his Van and goes inside the club. He just brings the fly-spy inside and leave after a while. The night goes without remarkable occurrences Billy works as waitress and barkeeper for the whole night. She welcomes some regular customers of club Vegas and talks to some guys who try to get her attention. Jenever finds out that the smell of the female body from the room is the same that Billy has.

Jenever spends the night in his van parked in a street close to the Club and gets a more or less constant feed of Billy from his drone. He occupies him self with having some glasses of cheep vodka with orange juice and watching a movie called “From tusk till dawn”. Somewhen during the night he prepares some food with the autochief he has installed in his van. Short before 8 in the morning of the next day he steers the fly-spy out of the club following a customer who was one of the last occupants to leave.


Jenever's surveillance job (neighbourhood Club Vegas) - Seattle<<2072.10.01 8:05:01 >>
According to the smell and the ultrawideband image Billy goes to bed. Jenever as well falls a sleep in the cosy seat of the rigger cocoon.


Jenever's surveillance job (somewhere in Puyallup) - Seattle<<2072.10.01 15:00:33 >>
After 33 seconds constant ringing of the alarm clock inside Billys room also Jenever awakes from the transmitted sound.. He follows the preparations of Billy who leaves the building at almost 5 pm. Since the fly-spy is well equipped but not very fast and Billy is going with her scooter Jenever starts his recon drone a Optic X aerial drone to follow her on her way.

She makes her way through a good part of Puyallup and stops in front of a dingy looking hairdresser's shop. Jenever gets a good picture from the inside of the shop through the clear windows. A gay looking Trog hairstylist is giving her a new haircut.


Jenever's surveillance job (south Auburn) - Seattle<<2072.10.01 19:00:01 >>
After Billy left the hairdresser she wents to meet up with an afro-american dwarf women in a nice restaurant in south Auburn. According to the talk they both are friends and the dwarf women could be some kind of tech. They have a personal chat also including Vegas. Jenever is not polite enough to not record the conversation and will transmit the chat to Vegas as well.


Jenever's surveillance job (somewhere in Puyallup) - Seattle<<2072.10.01 22:31:01 >>
Billy leaves to a party she told her friend about. So Jenever follows her to a club called Indigo Palace where the young lower class of Puyallup parties.

Jenever does the same as already in Club Vegas. Go in and let the fly-spy do the job inside. Thanks to the chameleon coating and it´s capabilities it can stay out of reach of most people and will avoid tall trolls or elves.
Billy parties with her friends a group of gang members and lower class citizen. They appear to consume not just alcohol but also some other substances the olfactory sensor assess as some party drugs.

She talks intensive with some guys at the party but Jenever is not able to hear the whole conversation due to the noisy music. But he has feed the image of her talking to the guys to Vegas. <<VR:Vegas::Jenever <<Don´t you tell anyone that you did this for me!>> >>

When Jenever gets Jacks message he answers.<<VR:Jenever::Jack <<Nahh, forgett the money. But ain´t sure if I can make it for lunch right now. But if you need me I will come somewhen during the afternoon. Still on the job....>> >>


Jenever's surveillance job (somewhere in Puyallup) - Seattle<<2072.10.02 04:37:35 >>
Jenever doze in his van while his drone is still feeding from the Indigo Palace. Eventually he realizes that Billy is gone. Checking with his drone the rooms of the Palace he finds her excessively kissing an Asian human who looks like one of these manga freaks. Kut! Wat een smerige vent.

They both leave the club and take a drone taxi to an apartment building not far from the club. Since Jenever didn´t see how they came in contact he couldn´t say whether or not they knew each other before. But judging by the behavior they most likely knew each other before but he was not one of the group Jenever watched earlier.

When they enter the house Jenever becomes flutter since he has no clue in which apartment they are going. He also doesn't want to lose his fly-spy so he won´t send the drone in after them.

To increase his chance to find them he releases his roto-drone to check the buildings back while the fly-spy is checking the front of the building.

Fortunate for him the light goes on in one of the apartments and he sees Billy and this guy entering the apartment. Since the windows of this old apartment complex are all clear and the guy appears to have no curtains Jenever is able to see inside the flat.
His fly-spy drone feeds the whole events of the rest of the night to Jenever and Vegas. But Jenever is too tired after those two days of constant working so that he nestles himself in the seat and soon falls asleep. He fully relies on the pilotsoft of his drone to manage the audio and video recording.


Jenever's surveillance job (somewhere in Puyallup) - Seattle<<2072.10.02 13:20:15 >>
Billy leaves the apartment building and heads to get her scooter which is parked next to the Indigo Palace. Jenever follows her with his Optic X drone in the air. She looks weary and drives back to  Club Vegas.
Still submitting the feed from his drones camera he gets a message from Vegas <<VR:Vegas::Jenever <<Hey man, have you seen this yesterday? Anyway thanks for your while. You can stop watching her when she is securely back at the Vegas. Thanks again.  .>> >>


Jenever's – near Club Vegas in Puyallup - Seattle<<2072.10.02 14:03:00 >>
<<VR:Jenever::Jack <<just finished the job. Just let me know if you still need my assistance? Would love to help out if you got a good cup of coffee.>> >>

[Ethan]

Saint - Armadillo Bar - Seattle <<2072.10.02 14:47:32>>

Saint walks in and offers a friendly hello wave with his metallic right hand. He smiles at Exile who walked in closer.

Looking at Exile, "Well, we can try talking to the barghests or hell hounds or dire kittens, and if you can get them to come along quietly it'll save me a headache and us ammo." He grins at Exile. "There'll be action alright, but we need them 'whole' with no extra 'holes'."

He looks around,  "Sorry I'm late, what I'd miss?"

[DiscoDwarf]

(Presuming we've done some chitchat, drank a few beers and/or made vague attempts at a plan until Saint shows up; Ethan, you can presume HB filled up Saint on what was going on via AR messaging while he was on his way)

Hardboy - Armadillo Bar - Seattle <<2072.10.02 14:48:32>>

HB choked on his beer at the mention of "dire kittens", bursting out into a short, raucous laugh. "Dire kittens... heh! And I guess we could get shock 'em unconscious, or use narcoject or slab-filled rounds..." Pushing away his empty beer, he swivelled on the bar stool to face everyone.

"So, what're we gonna do 'bout the Hellhounds?" asks the hobgoblin. "I'm thinking a good old shakedown might be in order: take out a few of their guys, though not bermanently, just a few broken bones, then we talk to their boss. He'll be mighty more cooberative if he's feeling alone."

[Necrogigas]

Armadillo Bar - Puyallup, Seattle <<2072.10.02 14:48:35>>

"I have a question about this plan of yours Mr. Jack. I'm assuming that since you wish a peaceful resolution and that currently we're planning on breaking into his home, then this Delaney has already declined to attend a sit down, yes?"

[Ethan]

Saint - Armadillo Bar - Seattle <<2072.10.02 14:48:49>>

Saint shrugs at the guys and smiles. He orders ice water and some food, paying for it before anyone could say anything, and takes a seat and listens.

"Well, you don't have to go in all alone." He leans in conspirtorially, "I can send in a Spirit to obey one of you guys while we hang outside. He'll show up when you call."

Straightening up, Saint cocks his head to the left as a shimmering figure appears. The Spirit's dressed in a nice business suit, with a fedora and a pair of glasses, and a nice pair of shoes that doesn't seem to be touching the ground. His skin is translucent.

"Everyone, this is Paulie--a Spirit of Man. He usually shows up when I beg the astral for help." The Spirit of Man smirks at the assembled group, and makes a gun-shooting gesture with his right hand. He fades into the air moments later, waving casually.

"If one of you takes Paulie along, treat him nice okay? I gotta live with the Spirit." Saint requests, in between chewing his food.

[bmoham]

Jenever's – near Club Vegas in Puyallup - Seattle<<2072.10.02 14:03:00 >>
<<VR:Jenever::Jack <<just finished the job. Just let me know if you still need my assistance? Would love to help out if you got a good cup of coffee.>> >>

<<AR:Jack <<Drinks are on the house, so at least come by for that. We've started planning and would love your input..>> >>

Armadillo Bar - Puyallup, Seattle <<2072.10.02 14:48:35>>

"I have a question about this plan of yours Mr. Jack. I'm assuming that since you wish a peaceful resolution and that currently we're planning on breaking into his home, then this Delaney has already declined to attend a sit down, yes?"

"You can't just send him a message saying 'lets have a chat over tea'!" Jack replies, sounding frustrated  Is this guy that clueless? Does it even make sense to take him? Jack takes a breath to calm himself than continues in a more normal tone "Look, if I send him a message, and he shows up -which he probably wouldn't - he'll show up with half the gang. In a public meeting he /can't/ back down. It basically guarantees I'll have to kill him and probably everyone else that shows up to the meet - and pray he didn't bother to tell anyone where he was going. Maybe we can lure him out if we go through his family, but that's got the potential to get pretty messy. The key point is that any negotiating needs to be done one on one. If you think you can convince him to let things go without every actually meeting him in person then maybe we could try that, but you'd have to be careful not to put him on alert or something."  

Saint - Armadillo Bar - Seattle <<2072.10.02 14:48:49>>
"If one of you takes Paulie along, treat him nice okay? I gotta live with the Spirit." Saint requests, in between chewing his food.

Jack nods acknowledgement to Paulie and tells Saint He'd be perfect. The key point is that we need a small enough group that we can get in without tripping any alerts, but he'd be invisible so that's no problem at all.

[Necrogigas]

Armadillo Bar - Seattle <<2072.10.02 14:48:55>>

If there was one thing Reed couldn't stand it was being talked down to, especially by a ruffian like Jack. He construed an exaggerated expression of awe on his face, "So acting in a civil and professional manner will get you a violent outcome, and acting like an uncouth thug will get you a peaceful outcome?" He sarcastically slapped himself in the forehead, "How did I not see it before? I see I can learn much from your people skills." He mocking bowed to Jack in an Eastern fashion. As he rose, Reed's standard neutral expression returned, "Its simple really, I contact him about negotiating a truce, stating a neutral location and terms of the meet, such as number of representatives. Ideally, in this non breaking and entering plan, it would be me and him with, at most, one more each, with you guys nearby for backup of course. If he agrees to the meet, you have a greater chance at a peaceful resolution. As far as I can tell though, you just want to antagonize the guy to create an excuse to kill a bunch of people."

[Gaius]

Jenever – Crazy BUrGer Drive In - Seattle<<2072.10.02 14:30:04 >>

<<AR:Jack <<Drinks are on the house, so at least come by for that. We've started planning and would love your input..>> >>

Jenever just finished his Crazy BUrGer meal when he got Jacks reply. Hey, drinks for free? Honestly?

He starts the engine of his Hermes Van and drives towards the Armadillo. As usual he jumps in the van to feel the street under his wheels and the air flowing over the front shield.

While riding he writes his fixer a short note.  <<VR:Jenever::Vegas <<Hey Vegas, glad I could help you. I hope I did as you expected it. We should meet up some time. >> >>


Jenever – Armadillo Bar  - Seattle<<2072.10.02 14:50:19 >>
He parks the van on the street close to the Armadillo and releases his Optic X drone to keep an eye on the area.

Then he enters the Armadillo Bar and orders two glasses of vodka with orange juice and a big mug of coffee via AR. Approaching the group of chummers at the table he says:

Hello everyone, nice to see you all back. Thanks Jack for helping me out the other day, that´s not forgotten. (...) You got a plan already? And were is it all about?

[Ethan]

Saint - Armadillo Bar  - Seattle <<2072.10.02 14:50:32 >>

"Hoi, Jenever," Saint says glancing up as he keeps both hands on his food, "seems we're going to be trying some gang diplomacy."

Some time later, a visibly stuffed Saint leans back and listens to the conversations before straightening up. "As much as I'd like to believe in the honour of the street, or whatever gangs ascribe to, this fella won't go alone and neither will he take his whole...err gang along." Looking at each one seriously in the eyes, "I don't want to do the same job twice. If it comes to it, I'd like to be able to hit both the leader and his retinue and the rest of the gang at the same time. Or within a reasonable lag time."

"I'm not saying we split up, but that it'd be nice to know where the other gangers are. If it comes to shooting, I prefer to shoot first and last." He adds with a shrug. "I'm not built to take that many bullets. If they have a hideout or den or whatever, I can at least put a watcher spirit there."

[Necrogigas]

Armadillo Bar  - Seattle <<2072.10.02 14:50:35 >>

Reed walked off to find a quieter place. After finding one, Reed made the call to Delaney.

<<AR - Audio Only::Delaney: Good day Mr. Delaney, my name is Mr. Smith. I have been contracted by a member of the Armadillo Bar to act as a conflict mediator. As such, I wish to arrange a meeting in hopes of negotiating a peaceful resolution to the current conflict between your two groups. If you agree to a meet, there are two preconditions. First, the meet takes place on neutral territory, I know of an excellent bar & grill in Renton, my buy of course. Secondly, is the limit of attendees, myself and a single representative of the Armadillo Bar would meet with yourself and one other representative of your group. If we are in agreement, I would like to hold this meeting this evening, at let's say six o'clock.>>


Negotiation 8 + Charisma 7 = Pool 15
Result: 6 hits
Roll

[DireRadiant]

HardBoy, Big Rhino Seattle <<2072.10.01 17:51:21>>

"Yanni... alright, color me interested. Don't think anything else should come ub anyhow. Just to be sure though, three questions first: where am I going, where am I embarking from, and what's the name of the guy I'll be working with?"

Turgan grinned and raised his Soy B 50 can in the air and tapped his own chest, "This tusker here. Got and old Cloud 9 in Pirates Cove we'll be running out. Cover is a Salmon river run up the coast, but we'll be doing a touchdown somewhere out in the big wide open."

"Hope you can swim."

[Necrogigas]

Armadillo Bar  - Puyallup, Seattle <<2072.10.02 14:55:05 >>

Reed smiled at Jack as he rejoined the group, "Delaney has agreed to my terms for a meeting. I've scheduled it for 6 o'clock this evening at Donovan's Bar and Grill. The place isn't high brow by any means, but you're going to need to look a bit more presentable Mr. Jack, as to not draw undue attention onto yourself."

Reed turned to the others, "Mr. Jack and myself are going to be the only ones officially meeting with Mr. Delaney. While I don't expect a confrontation in a crowded restaurant at peak hours, I'd still like to have at least two of you inside the building, acting as patrons, for back up if something goes awry."

Reed checked the time, "Well we have about three hours until the meeting. I'll meet you at the restaurant around 5:30 Mr. Jack. Until then, good day gentlemen."

Reed left to return home to change into his suit, and arm himself with both of his pistols and his extendable baton.

Donovan's Bar and Grill - Renton, Seattle <<2072.10.02 17:25:00 >>

Reed arrived early to get a table with a clear view of the entrance so that he could flag down Delaney when the man arrived. He also ordered for the group so that the food would be ready by the time everyone had arrived. At the moment he was waiting for Jack to show up so that they could go over a few items before beginning negotiations. He idly wondered which of the team would be arriving, if any, as back up.