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For now, if you want to post in this thread, feel free to give a physical description (what your character looks like) and a brief synopsis. That means don't post character sheets here. Basically what you should post is what you might share in a couple minute conversation upon first meeting someone. So while it might be cool that you have a deep seeded need to enact brutal acts of vengeance on door to door salesman, that typically isn't your lead off on first meeting someone. Even serial killers are more subtle. There will be plenty of time to get to meet your compatriots as the game progresses.

I would expect a call from your fixer either late Wednesday or early Thursday.

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Rolls, when they apply to everyone in the group

Generally, when I think the entire group has reason to make a roll (perception, possible knowledge check, etc) I will generally make them all at once (I might choose not to post them, however. If for example everyone fails a perception test, your characters wouldn't know they had missed something for example). You can always still make knowledge rolls, etc on your own as well, of course. When I think it important just doing it for everyone saves time in the PbP format.

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Characters you have encountered along the way

As threads tend to get long, and it can be difficult to search through a several pages to remember the difference between Bill Steamer and Will Stammer after a few RL weeks have passed, I am going to be devoting this post to recording a few of them to use as a reference. This does not mean just because they are listed here, your character remembers every facet about them without a memory test. It also does not mean that someone not listed here won't be plot critical down the line. This is just to make things a bit easier for all of you as well as me.

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Kenya Map link: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=216146468676860998864.0004e9e7797d50d873c39&msa=0&ll=-4.030542,39.624767&spn=0.103256,0.157928

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reserved

[JackVII]

Mlinzi is compact for an elf, standing 1.7 meters and weighing around 70 kilograms. Her pointed ears compliment her dark skin and her hair is pulled back from her face and gathered into two dark shocks. White paint covers her face along with dot and dash markings in accordance with the traditions of her tribe. The elf appears to be in good physical condition with well-defined arm muscles. She’s dressed in her regular bush gear: a beaten but serviceable chameleon suit with a strung bow slung over her shoulder and a quiver full of arrows. Other than a rucksack filled with survival provisions, Mlinzi appears to travel light.

Mlinzi is a native of Kenya and a member of the Agachiku sub-tribe of the Kikuyu tribe. The Agachiku are largely migratory traders and travel between Mombassa and Nairobi with an occasional detour to Mount Kilimanjaro. She cares deeply for her parents but hasn't seen them in some time. For the last several years, she has served in the role of native guide, warden, and tribal liaison auxilliary for several megacorps in the area... not that it means much more than a little PR and paying lip service to help keep the natives from getting restless.

[Spoiler=Transaction Record]Current Nuyen: 90
+200 (Starting Nuyen)
-15 (Beers & Sandwich)
-25 (Tip)
-10 (Additional Beers)
-20 (Tip)
-40 (Room)[/spoiler]

[Bewilderbeast]

Alexander "The Tourist" sticks out in a crowd. Pale-skinned and UCAS-born, the origins of his runner alias should be pretty obvious. He is tall and thin, bordering on scrawny, but still handsome. He has blue eyes and short, dirty-blond hair that he keeps neatly combed. His suit is an expensive-looking navy blue business suit, but it is dusty, rumpled and stained in some places. He sweats perpetually, unused to the local climate.

Alexander is a former corp-type from the UCAS. He fell out the of sky; specifically, his helicopter was shot out of the sky. Whoever pulled him out of the wreckage felt a litte extortion was in order, so he now runs the shadows. He's very new to the Africa, and very, very new to the shadows, but rumor has it he's an excellent negotiator and a decent shot with a handgun.

[Crunch]

"Frenchy" LeFebvre is a short man, just 1.6 Meters. His frame is lean muscle, weathered by sun and wind to a red brown tanned ruggedness. His movements are slightly awkward, but he reacts with a mongoose like swiftness. He speaks French and Arabic without an accent and speaks a fluent if accented English and good Kiswahili. He's not much of a talker, but when he speaks he has a certain rough gallic charm. You have seen more experienced drivers, but few better, his aversion to rigged vehicles is odd, but the results are hard to argue with - he seems to anticipate hazards with supernatural quickness. He tries to avoid fights when he can, but is a fair shot with a rifle and has a basic knowledge of stick fighting.

He can most often be found in the slums of Nairobi running packages for the local gangs on a late model Yamaha off road bike or repairing said troublesome Growler in a makeshift shop. Rumor has it that he used to work for one of the North African smuggling networks that work the Med and the Sahara routes, but that he was burned by a partner and is barely getting by.

He's most often seen wearing a 50's vintage Lined Coat with the old style hard panels over the pectorals over a white shirt, khaki trousers and motorcycle boots. He tops that off with a motorcycle helmet that resembles a Vietnam Era American Army Helmet, a pair of amber tinted goggles and a black bandana loose around his neck. All of his clothes are travel and road stained, but clean for the most part. He wears brown leather motorcycle gloves.

[Csjarrat]

Johannes "Ultra" Aarde is a South African born decker of fairly stocky and slightly disheveled appearance. He usually sports a good amount of beard and dresses in fairly outdoorsy clothing. He drives a gopher and is no stranger to the kenyan bush, though he tends to work in and around the main population centers for obvious reasons.
A love affair with the wrong woman ended his fledgling corporate career, and he found himself blacklisted. Unable to find legitimate work, he turned his skills to the shadows, and found ready employment, enough to pay the bills at least.

[Reminder]

IC Thread is up here: http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?topic=12981.msg239340#msg239340

If it affects your arrival, the docks are on Mombasa island: https://www.google.com/maps/vt/data=VLHX1wd2Cgu8wR6jwyh-km8JBWAkEzU4,6eHkYvmciRYJiP-WlgwwBnv4YeNmBoNFtWozFqgT-kJiP8TzukRYyjM2j4e68MOzR4_3uS4rxAd0UPrWJhCd8Ckhs3wf2bHfaxugFvnbjx-E3MNI1p7NyDE_6aoLEOmQd5Tauh1HTBmmotJHfYJpFwkv3ABpHjzRN1PEqXPmiFQ93_T2cAFjfJbzehpagO3-AmIezvl2
Note: I did not put the A on the map, so the meeting place is not there. It is on the Northwest side of the Island, outside Kilindini Harbor.

[Crunch]

Do you want us to RP the whole day or skip to the meet?

[Reminder]

Whatever you feel comfortable doing. I had to leave the time window because some have a greater distance to travel than others do based on point of origin. At least address your departure and arrival. If you handwave the stuff in between for now, that is fine.

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Your relationship with Asha, your fixer.

She approached you under {insert semi startling circumstances here} a few months back in an attempt to recruit your services for some future endeavor that she left vague. You performed some small task for minimal payment at the time (pick something that fits your character that would prove you were of some worth) and you haven't heard from her since, but something made it stick in your mind. So you have no real job history going in, at least with this particular fixer

[JackVII]

Dice rolls here or in spoiler tags in the IC post? I'm planning on updating my post with further info, but may not be able to get to it until much later tonight.

[Csjarrat]

edited post as lost reply to asha in a nested spoiler tag.