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11/03/2017 - Spider's Talent Search - GM Whistler - 12-09-2017
GM Boone: Word gets around fast in the RPZ, and the current word is that Spider Sullivan is looking for talent. Spider is a broker, a former merc, and depending on who you ask he's either a legend of the game or a washed-up has-been. He's been out of the broker biz for the past six months or so, radio silent, so his talent search is something of a surprise. Interested parties looking to take him up on a paying tryout gig are invited to meet him at his office - which is just his booth at the Lucky Sevens.
[8:21 PM] GM Boone: Spider isn't hard to find. He sits in a booth with three decks set up in front of him, the blue light of their screens giving his pale and sleepless face an even more sunken-eyed look. He's a man in his fifties with short silver hair, a square jaw, a strong build, tattoos from his wrists to his neck and hard dark eyes. He has the look of an aged punk who never quite grew out of the attitude.
[8:22 PM] GM Boone: RP when ready.
[8:24 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is basically right on time and opens the door for Kali because he's sometimes a gentleman. "After you."
[8:26 PM] Kali Alvarez: With hands tucked into a hoodie, Kali takes a step around Jace's much taller frame, shoving past him. "Guess chivalry isn't dead." She mused, stepping inside. "Why did you drag me here....again?"
[8:28 PM] Sage: Sage stumbles toward the bar, the hood of his sweatshirt pulled over his head. He speeds up as he recognizes the man holding the door and nods as he too slips inside. "Morning."
[8:30 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is only marginally surprised to see the vampire again and nods with a slight smile. "Just woke up, huh?" He holds the door open for Sage, too, and then enters behind him. "And that's why I dragged you here." He turns Kali by the shoulder, pointing her towards Spider. He looks to Sage curiously, wondering if they're going to partner up again. "Round two?"
[8:33 PM] Kali Alvarez: She shifts around, setting eyes the broker. Curiosity sets into her gaze, "Count me in." Her attention then turns over towards Sage, "Nightowl." She only jokes, flashing a light grin. "Well, go on, move. Use your long legs, you're first." Kali extends a hand forward, motioning a little for Jace to walk.
[8:35 PM] Sage: Sage shrugs. "You got a problem with my sleep schedule you can bite me. Besides. All the best deals happen at night." He grins and leads the way to Spider's booth, sliding in
[8:37 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace raises an eyebrow, wondering how literally he's supposed to take that offer and then smirks. He shakes his head, deciding not to comment, and follows Sage. He motions Kali in first, preferring to be able to spring out of the booth and deal with trouble quickly if need be.
[8:38 PM] GM Boone: Spider snorts back a stimulant drip and looks the lot of you over as you approach, sizing you up. "Fresh meat, huh?" he asks casually, tapping at the keyboard on one of his decks without looking. Several empty glasses clutter the table. "You all here for the milk run, yeah?"
[8:40 PM] Kali Alvarez: Close behind, Kali follows on towards the booth before sliding in as well and bringing in her legs to cross beneath her. Hazel eyes lock on Spider, raising an eyebrow at the man. "You've got my attention. Why not." her shoulders roll in a slight shrug.
[8:41 PM] Jace Deckard: "Yep. Details?" Jace adds, turning his gaze to Spider.
[8:42 PM] Sage: "Suppose so. I've got nothing else going on tonight."
[8:46 PM] GM Boone: "Jeez, I love the fuckin' enthusiasm. All right." Spider looks over towards the bar, raises his hand, snaps his fingers and yells "Ey, Sev, doll, how about a round for biz?" Seven spares Spider a withering look and says "Only if you shut up." Spider waves the comment off and turns back to you. "So I'm looking for some new talent, and I got a little tryout job. Nothin' too hairy but it'll let me see how you work. And it pays. You do good, you get more work from me. You fuck it up, you don't. Simple, right?"
[8:48 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali slouches, amused. "Get me a drink, and I'll show ya some enthusiasm." She piped in, waving her hand a little almost like she was pretending to hold a drink.
[8:49 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace nods but maintains both his silence and his observant vigil.
[8:51 PM] Sage: Sage tucks one gangly leg up onto the bench and tries not to look too interested, despite the fact he clearly is
[8:54 PM] GM Boone: "So the client had a boy quit his company and take off with some data, cleared the backups and everything. Boy ended up at a new firm and now they're using that data to compete. We ain't talking G-A, these are small fries, but they still got some money to play with. Client wants you to go in to the company HQ, recover the data, and trash their backups -- however you see fit. Get in, get out, and don't get caught."
[8:56 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace mouth shrugs then nods once. "Got it. Anything else?"
[8:59 PM] Sage: Sage frowns and glances at his two new 'allies' "Uhhh I don't know I'm cut out for this sort of work, I mean computers are fine and all but... not exactly my forte"
[9:00 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali leans up slightly, hands on table. "No manches, simple enough. Just my area." A wider grin crosses her lips, a bit of excitement in her eyes. "Im sure I can work my fingers around a few things" She raises a hand, almost like tapping in the air with each finger.
[9:00 PM] Jace Deckard: "Good thing our only job, then, is to keep pint-size here in one piece." He smirks at Sage and raises a brow. "How about it? Partners again?"
[9:01 PM] Sage: He nods. "I could get behind that I guess."
[9:02 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali sets a hand on Sage's and Jace's shoulder, "Hey, just piggy back me through this. I'll take care of the tech-y bits."
[9:02 PM] Sage: "I can't tell if you're serious, pipsqueak."
[9:03 PM] Jace Deckard: "She's being about 78% literal. Give or take."
[9:04 PM] Kali Alvarez: "So is that a no?..." She humors them.
[9:04 PM] GM Boone: "There's some on site security you're gonna have to deal with. So it ain't as simple as hitting a few keys. I pulled a datasheet on the corp and their building. They hire out some el cheapo gunhands." He sniffs back another drip, then reaches into an open backpack on the seat beside him. "Also, I'm running ops on this. Eyes and ears on all of you, direct comm and video links." He pulls out a tangle of hair thin wires and small plastic nodes. "So I can watch how you work, yeah?"
[9:05 PM] Jace Deckard: All business again once Spider speaks, Jace listens intently. He nods again, once, and holds out his hand for the wires. He'll take the opportunity to "suit up" and help Kali if need be.
[9:07 PM] Sage: Sage plucks a set for himself and threads one into his ear. "Just hoping this job doesn't suck as much as work." He eyes his partners. "You two know each other then?"
[9:09 PM] Kali Alvarez: Setting in the ear piece, Kali perks up at the question and gives a scoff, "Sureee." She throws a quick jab at Jace off to the side," He punched me by accident in a bar once. Been best friends forever since..." She sounded slightly sarcastic, but nonetheless flashed a smirk.
[9:11 PM] GM Boone: Spider tap tap taps on one of his decks, setting up the links. He does a quick comms test, then provides you with the address of the building. It's a ride on the SkyTrain away, and then a very short walk from the stop. Once you are ready to head out, you may hop the train to your objective.
[9:12 PM] Jace Deckard: "In my defense, I couldn't see you, pint-size." He says as he stands up to his full height and smirks at her. He'll wait for his companions and then heads for the train.
[9:14 PM] Sage: Sage gently pushes Kali forward on the bench, giving himself room to stand and step out. "You hitching a ride pipsqueak or can you manage?" with a sigh he glances toward the lot where he's stashed his car. "one of these days I'm just going to drive places. Get the batmobile some exercise"
[9:17 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali stretches a little, moving then to follow the other two out of the bar and towards the train. "Hey, hey. I've got legs, I can keep up. Try not to hit your head on anything up there." She returned, not ashamed of her height.
[9:22 PM] GM Boone: The SkyTrain trip is quiet and uneventful. You reach the stop without incident, and you can see the target building from the elevated train platform. It is a 3 floor cube building with entrances on the north and east sides, with a well lit parking lot surrounding it.
[9:25 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace studies the building and will move if/when his companions move. "Gonna need a floorplan, boss." He says to Spider over comms.
[9:26 PM] GM Boone: "Check shorty's deck," says Spider over the comms. There's a brief flash from one of the LEDs on Kali's deck, signaling data transfer.
[9:29 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali catches the flash from her deck, bringing up the floor plan once it had been transfered. "So thoughts here? Navigating not my thing. Figured one of you two would be better off leading." She motioned between Jace and Sage. "We've got what? Entrances on north and east." She scanned over the plans.
[9:31 PM] GM Boone: The floor plan isn't labeled, but the first and second floors appear to be mostly cubicles. There's a central column of elevators in the middle of the building. On the third floor, there are some larger rooms with what looks like equipment of some kind, not cubicles.
[9:31 PM] GM Boone: It is laid out in such a way that all rooms exit out into a main hallway surrounding the elevators.
[9:34 PM] Sage: "Looks like most of the office related things are on the first two floors. That third floor might be where they've got the servers and things. I hate the idea of just walking up there though. I don't really feel like volunteering to get shot again."
[9:40 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace chuckles and looks over Kali's shoulder at the building plans. He points to the side door on the east side. "Let's check that out. See if that's our way in." He heads off the train platform and towards the parking lot.
[9:42 PM] Kali Alvarez: "Pretty sure none of us want bullet holes" Kali agreed with Sage and also shared the same thought of the servers being on the third floor possibly. "I can't the servers would be on any other floor, so third floor is definitely a likely." She traced close behind Jace as he began to move. "I can get the data from their network from any source on the first floor, if you can get me in there. Then get to the servers to trash the backups" She mentioned.(edited)
[9:43 PM] Sage: Sage trails behind the other two, glancing around for anyone watching. "Still going to be a hell of a time getting in there. What sort of security have they got?"(edited)
[9:43 PM] GM Boone: Everyone, make a Perception roll.
[9:44 PM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1
[9:44 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 19 Unmodified: (18)
[9:44 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20
[9:44 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: SageL Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 13 Unmodified: (13)
[9:45 PM] Kali Alvarez: !roll 1d20
[9:45 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Alvarez Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)
[9:45 PM] GM Boone: (one sec, phone)
[9:53 PM] GM Boone: Sorry about that. Back now. You all notice a pair of small security cameras, one by each door. Kali and Jace notice the wires for those cameras running along the outside of the building and into a small opening over each door frame.
[9:54 PM] GM Boone: The cameras are stationary.
[9:54 PM] Sage: ((how dark is the surrounding area? Lit by streetlamps or anything?))
[9:56 PM] GM Boone: There are light posts in the parking lot spaced out to evenly light the lot. However, the post on the west side is in the process of dying so it's pretty dim on that side.
[9:58 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace sets a hand on Kali's shoulder. "There. Go in at an angle and we can cut the feed. I'm not seeing a much better alternative just yet." To Spider, "What are the chances they have someone on monitor duty?"
[9:59 PM] GM Boone: "Datasheet says there should be four mall cops walking around this shift, but I got no idea who's on what duty."
[10:00 PM] Jace Deckard: "This kinda place, if there is a guy watching a monitor, he's probably napping." Jace mutters, looking to his two companions.
[10:01 PM] Sage: "It really doesn't look like much"(edited)
[10:03 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali gives a glance over the camera, following the wire with her eyes as Jace points it out. "We might have some time before they notice they're missing a camera or two. Hopefully enough time." She says, being the first to move towards the direction of the camera. She watched to make sure she was out of its line of sight, following Jace's words.
[10:03 PM] Sage: Sage hisses. "you want me to do that? What if they're thermal? What if you get shot?"
[10:04 PM] Sage: he mutters to Jace, "What if she can't reach the cameras?"
[10:05 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace has to stifle a chuckle. "Ah .... I'll hoist her up?" He shook his head, very amused. "Easy, short stack. Sage is right. Let's save the risk taking for later." He motions to Sage to go first, kind of pointing out the path that would best avoid detection by the camera.
[10:06 PM] Kali Alvarez: "Hey, I heard that. Ass. Then get over here and give me a boost." Kali shot back just as quickly, realizing it was going to be a few inches out of her reach. She gave a roll of her eyes. "Fine."
[10:07 PM] Sage: Sage slides forward, doing his best to stay low and out of sight of the cameras, edging toward the building.
[10:08 PM] GM Boone: Sage, roll Dex to sneak your way to the cameras. +1 due to spatial awareness.
[10:09 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20
[10:09 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: SageL Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 19 Unmodified: (19)
[10:10 PM] GM Boone: Sage is a living shadow and finds himself underneath the camera with security none the wiser.
[10:11 PM] Sage: He waves back at his companions and examines the wires under the camera. "alright pipsqueak, what do I do with it now?"(edited)
[10:12 PM] Kali Alvarez: "Just tear them out, like, all of them."
[10:13 PM] Sage: Sage obliges, ripping at the wires where they connect to the camera
[10:14 PM] GM Boone: d100
[10:14 PM] GM Boone: ...right
[11:47 PM] GM Boone: ...room.
[11:47 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20-1
[11:47 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 6 Unmodified: (7)
[11:48 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali makes an attempt to sneak up behind the guard facing Sage.
[11:49 PM] GM Boone: Jace manages to lock the guard in a chokehold. The guard struggles violently, pawing at his arm and kicking back at his shins. Sage, meanwhile, whiffs again on his punch. Kali is unnoticed by the guard facing Sage. It is now the guards turn.
[11:50 PM] GM Boone: One guard is stuck in a choke hold. He attempts to break free.
[11:50 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20-2
[11:50 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20-2 Result: 3 Unmodified: (5)
[11:50 PM] GM Boone: He fails.
[11:51 PM] GM Boone: The other guard draws his gun and takes aim at Sage, which is a bad idea when you think about the fact that they're in a server room full of expensive equipment that must remain undamaged.
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20-1
[11:52 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 8 Unmodified: (9)
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: He misses and shoots the e-mail server.
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: your turn.
[11:52 PM] Kali Alvarez: Once she sees the guard has drawn the gun, Kali attempts to throw her weight at him to try and knock him off balance.
[11:52 PM] GM Boone: Kali, roll strength.
[11:52 PM] Sage: Sage is now absolutely determined to prove he's not as abysmal at this fighiting thing as he really is. One more punch at the guy's jaw
[11:52 PM] Jace Deckard: Jace is gonna try and choke the dude out.
[11:54 PM] Kali Alvarez: !roll 1d20
[11:54 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Alvarez Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 3 Unmodified: (3)
[11:55 PM] GM Boone: Kali just kind of stumbles past the guy. Sage, roll your punch.
[11:55 PM] Sage: !roll 1d20-1
[11:55 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 18 Unmodified: (19)
[11:55 PM] Sage: ((Ha!))
[11:55 PM] Kali Alvarez: ((Clumsy af))
[11:55 PM] Jace Deckard: (( Yay! ))
[11:55 PM] GM Boone: Sage just lands a wicked haymaker on the guard, who stumbles backward.
[11:56 PM] GM Boone: Since Jace already has the guard in the hold, there's no need to roll. Because he couldn't escape on his turn, he is now unconscious.
[11:56 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20
[11:56 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: The remaining guard really needs this job I guess. He brings his gun up again and fires at Sage, trying to get some payback.
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: !roll 1d20-1
[11:57 PM] BOTWintermute: Author: GM Boone Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 4 Unmodified: (5)
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: He misses, shooting the database server.
[11:57 PM] GM Boone: Your turn.
[11:58 PM] Kali Alvarez: Kali attempts to look for the nearest thing to fling at the guard.
[11:58 PM] GM Boone: There is a chair.
November 4, 2017
[12:00 AM] Sage: Motivated by his success, Sage swings again
[12:00 AM] Jace Deckard: So very done with this shit, Jace dives for the other gun and grabs it. He will then bring it up and aim at the other guard. "Drop it!"
[12:01 AM] GM Boone: Kali, if you're throwing the chair roll PER or if you're swinging it roll STR. Sage, roll your normal attack. Jace, roll CHA to indimidate with a +1 due to gun and numbers.
[12:01 AM] Sage: !roll 1d20-1
[12:01 AM] BOTWintermute: Author: Sage Roll: !roll 1d20-1 Result: 6 Unmodified: (7)
[12:01 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali attempts to swing the chair.
[12:01 AM] Jace Deckard: !roll 1d20+1
[12:01 AM] BOTWintermute: Author: Jace Deckard Roll: !roll 1d20+1 Result: 11 Unmodified: (10)
[12:01 AM] Kali Alvarez: !roll 1d20
[12:01 AM] BOTWintermute: Author: Kali Alvarez Roll: !roll 1d20 Result: 17 Unmodified: (17)
[12:02 AM] GM Boone: Kali straight up smacks the guy in the head with a chair like she's Stone Cold, and then Jace is pointing a gun at him, and his night is ruined and everything is terrible.
[12:03 AM] GM Boone: "Okay, okay! Jesus I don't get paid enough for this!" He drops his gun and puts his hands up.
[12:03 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace kinda feels like a dick but holds the gun steady. "You two finish the job. Back there." He nods to where the server is.
[12:04 AM] Sage: Sage glances at the bullet riddled servers. "Well i guess thats one way to get things done, Go ahead pipsqueak."
[12:05 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali drops the chair, gives a shrug. "Got it." She heads over towards the servers, looking through for the one that was holding the back up files on nightwatch.
[12:06 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace motions to the chair to get the guard to sit down.
[12:06 AM] Sage: "You alright boyscout? looked like he hit you pretty good back there"
[12:06 AM] GM Boone: Kali finds the backup server. There is, handily, a tool kit sitting next to a nearby server rack. The guard slumps back into his seat.
[12:07 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace works his jaw. "It stings but I'll live. You alright?"
[12:07 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali snags the tool kit in order to remove the server to destroy it.
[12:08 AM] GM Boone: The server chassis opens up easily enough. Inside are the easily breakable boards and chips, and some fancy, fragile solid state drives.
[12:09 AM] Sage: "not dead yet. So to speak. hows it going back there?"
[12:10 AM] Kali Alvarez: "Best part of the day." Kali takes each board, snapping it in pieces, and taking enjoyment in creating a mess out of the chips and drives. "I think I got it all. We should be good to go."
[12:10 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace uses his free hand to grab his wallet, pop it open, and pulls out a good few bills. He approaches the guard that took a chair to the face and pushes the cash against his chest. "For your trouble and cooperation. I wanna get myself and my friends outta here with no more trouble. Whaddaya say?"
[12:11 AM] Sage: Sage raises a hand. "bad time to mention there was someone outside knocking?"
[12:11 AM] GM Boone: The guard looks like one of those sad droopy-faced dogs. He takes the cash and sighs, defeated. "Okay."
[12:11 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace rolls his eyes. "Definitely a bad time. There another way out?" To the guard that he just paid off.
[12:12 AM] GM Boone: "Uh. There's just the two doors."
[12:13 AM] Jace Deckard: "Wonderful. I'm gonna give this back to you and I'm gonna trust you not to do a dumb, okay?" He motions Kali and Sage to head out then will give the gun back to the guard.
[12:14 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali strides on out of the room, heading back towards the stairs.
[12:15 AM] GM Boone: The guard takes his gun in one hand, grabs a beer in the other, then turns his attention back to the last few minutes of Explosionforce. It involves several explosions.
[12:16 AM] Sage: Sage shoots Jace a pleading look. "One quick snack?"
[12:16 AM] Jace Deckard: "Go get the guard that was knocking. These two have had enough of a bad day."
[12:17 AM] Sage: He sighs dramatically and follows after Kali. "Fiiiine. boyscout."
[12:18 AM] Kali Alvarez: Kali gives a yawn, mostly wanting to get out of the building. "Hurry up."
[12:18 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace smiles but rolls his eyes and also follows Kali. He'll pull ahead of her and approach the door. If the guard is still there, he'll jerk open the door hard enough to hit the dude and hopefully knock him back out.
[12:18 AM] GM Boone: There is now a guard on the ground, groaning and stunned.
[12:19 AM] Jace Deckard: "There. One quick snack delivered."
[12:19 AM] Kali Alvarez: "ouch, that looks like it hurt."
[12:19 AM] Sage: "I'll take what I can get" With that he helps himself to a snack
[12:20 AM] Jace Deckard: Jace will usher Kali away and wait for Sage at the train before returning to the bar.
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