[Mulcarn]

Maxwell reclines back in his seat.  Contemplating Wheely's directional question while watching Puyallup's urban decay fade from view.  "Damnation.  What the hell am I going to do about finding a place to sleep for the night?  I could try the Red Hot Nukes.  I vaguely remember DemoX mentioning them letting me stay there for awhile.  Oh right, I think they also they were the ones who booby-trapped my last apartment and tried to collect on Venom's bounty.  Fuck you Venom.  And fuck your miserably low-end bounty.  I should have killed you when I had the chance weeks ago, when we first met.  Would have saved me so much trouble now.  Maybe the Brain Eaters would be down with letting me stay with them.  Worth a shot for both at this point."

After he had shocked himself out of deep thought, Maxwell replies to the younger man.  "Well I got two ideas and they aren't really good ones so I'll let you pick which.  The first is we hit up the Red Hot Nukes in Tourist Ville.  They've had a long time zombie problem.  Undead would creep around at night in their turf and snatch whatever poor soul they could find on the streets and drag them deep into the sewers.  The other being the Brain Eaters, also in Tourist Ville.  Don't worry they aren't an all-ghoul gang like I had originally thought.  They are a bunch of computer nerds and technicians.  They might pay nuyen for the data you've collected from the farm or help you decrypt it if you ask nicely."

[Kuirem]

"I would refrain from selling it right now, you never know where a data you need can leak. Maybe once we know if what's on it can be of any use. I think we will go with the Brain Eater because I don't have the hardware to decrypt the file myself. Unless… I believe our teammate, Irris, said she can do some stuff in the Matrix, maybe she can take care of that. I will send her a message and we will head to the ghoul nerds for the time being."

Wheely switch to AR on his commlink and send a text to the rest of the team <<I got some data from the recon but they are encrypted. If anyone know how to decrypt that or if you have some hardware I can use for it, give us a shoot. Else Sovereign and I will go get help from brain-dead hackers or something.>>

He adds <<By the way I was lucky on this file but I doubt I will be equipped to deal with the city hall. Sorry chums but one of you will have to do it, maybe you can bullshit your way through to get the map, it might be easier than breaking through their Matrix security anyway.>>

[Jack_Spade]

Kynos replied:
<<We are just now in the Shadow Clinic after marching through raw sewage. Good to know that there are alternatives for getting this map. The good doctors are letting us wait without answer so far. I'm getting a bit annoyed to be honest.>>

[Ennui]

I don't know anyone who could vouch for us other than my contacts, don't think they would have much sway with the Yakuza though.

[Stuttrboy]

Assuming we all got the response.  Ballz will vouch for me.  Tell him Ayato Sends his regards.

[Mercy Merchant]

Simone shrugs,  "Sure.  But I should not remain here with all this food as a temptation or you will be rolling me to my van.  I will be outside, waiting for you.  Give me a jingle on my 'link when you are ready." 

She grabs a couple of sweet rolls for later and leaves the casino to wait in her van.

[Imladir]

[Noëmie "Nyx" d'Orville - January 12^th, 2076 - Gates Casino, Bellevue, Seattle]

Noëmie nods "Ok." In the following hour, she goes back to her "normal" work, until she receives Wheely's message, to which she answers >>I might be able to help. I'll let you know.<<

As she leaves, she sends a message to Simone >>I'll try to see if I can get those plans for the sewers from the City Hall. I'd need to buy some clothes on the way though.<< A few minutes later, she reaches Simone's van outside. She now has a very nice coat, but very obviously, the rest of her outfit is lacking.

[gilga]

@Ayato Ballz text you "If you mess up with them I am going to lose my balls, I am serious man this is a huge favor do not fuck it up."

@Kynos, Ayato, Irris Kynos gets a text back ">>Fine, we will let you use the map. It is restricted access so we cannot just transfer ownership or extend you a mark. Select 'Cat eye' from the menu and make the necessary 1500 nuyen payment. Then we will tell you where the map chip is. You use the map and then you place the map back where it was. Do not try to copy it, or to hack it, trust me sewers are delicate infrastructure you do not want to mess with the local government. If you fail to return the map within a week or two, we will report it stolen."

@Nyx Amanda one of the other waitresses is taking over for you, and she seems happy for the extra work.  She just let you know that you are on vacation for the week and that she is not angry or anything, but she is going to work double shifts all week so you better think of some way to make it up for her when you get back.

@Wheely, Maxwell (I am waiting to see what you will do with the data to continue.)
The data contains the orders of the last two weeks. It is unencripted and explicitly states selling of eggs and pixies. Apparantly the farm operators did not realize that pixies were illegal, because the loophole you plan to use only apply under extreme circumstances that they did not anticipate. The problem is, that the client details and shipment locations are protected with a secondary encryption. You know about many orders including five pixie orders within the next 72 hours, but you cannot tell who ordered these pixies, or where will they be delivered to without cracking the code. You need a nova hot code breaker - and he need to be fast. Dealing with these protections require things that your RCC cannot do.




 
 

[Kuirem]

Wheely immediatly warn Sovereign about the juicy data he just got "Looks like I hit the jackpot, the guys have put data on pixies delivery on that file, even some that will take place soon. But the best info are encrypted so I guess we will see your Brain Eaters if you think they can help. I will make a copy on a Datachip just in case."

After a minute of silence he adds "I don't have much Nuyen to pay them though and I would rather keep my brain in, any ideas on how to pay them?"

[Ennui]

I select cat eye and make the payment and secure the chip.  I've got the sewer map... I can try to decrypt the files, but i'm not great at that stuff.  We will take a look at the farm and get the topography to go with the sewer map and we can meet somewhere...i'm also going to need to find some chem sealed gear too apparently, anyone know where we can get that on the cheap?

[Jack_Spade]

<<Only death's cheap. But I have a contact with the army - he might be able to get you a hazmat suit. I'll call him as soon as we are out here.>>
Kynos was secretly glad that Irris had covered the expense so nonchalant - a remarkable outrageous price.

As soon as possible, Isaint recovered his armor and suited up again to lead them out of this little piece of hell again. Once back on the street he sent a message to his Quartermaster buddy: <<Hi Alfred, still alive I hope. Two chummers need a pair of Hazmat suits, the AVA 8 models for 3k each would do nicely. Can you get me those on short notice - and by that I mean until sun down? Love Kynos>>

[Mulcarn]

Maxwell's demeanor brightens up at the good news.  While trying to hold back a laugh, he rejoinders.  "Null sweat on the payment.  I got that covered.  We need to stop by a pizza joint and pick up two large pizzas.  That'll ensure they won't shoot us on sight.  I got enough money on my credstick to cover the decryption fee.  I'm going to end up flat broke again.  Oh well."

Digging into his pocket, he pulls out his really shitty poor-ass Meta Link.  Maxwell brings up the AR map display on the device and points at the Brain Eater's hideout.  "That's where we're headed.  But first we need pizza.  Also, you did good Wheely.  You've already exceeded my expectations.  Let's hope you survive the night and the coming assault."

[Stuttrboy]

I cannot afford 3k.  We may need to pool out resources until we can liquidate some of the Farm assets.  I suppose I don't have to be one of the people in the sewer but I do not believe we should let Kynos-san and Irris-chan go alone.

Irris-chan would you like me to carry you back you did not seem to fare to well with the sewage,

[Kuirem]

Wheely grins "What I do, I do well. Pizza for Brain Eaters, that sounds weird but let's go for it."

[gilga]

@Kynos Alfred tells you >> if you want these delivered it will have to wait till morning 6 am, but if you can drop by the sent lewis location, you can have them ready in the evening.

@Irris once the payment is made you get instructions where to get the map chip, it in stored in one of the bio containers and your fingerprint now opens that container. You got a restricted map of Seattle's sewer infrastructure. Now, you probably want to leave the clinic if you wish you can spend a few hours resting there before you depart.