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Shadowrun Play => Play-by-Post => Virtual Underworld 93 => Topic started by: Bull on <03-16-11/1449:01>
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OOC Note: Events in this thread build up to SRM 04-01 Hiding in the Dark. Once that adventure is released, please, avoid spoilers as always. Also, when discussing PDF releases, note that any book that will be released in "hard copy" is not valid and legal for Missions until it sees print, so avoid spoilers and utilizing events and items from that book until it's officially released.
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>>>>>[Rumor has it Knight Errant's Special Crimes Task Force lost a couple undercover agents this week. Anyone know what happened?]<<<<<
-- SPD (14:51:23/03-16-2073)
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>>>>>[SCTF? Not my usual crowd... Or food. They'd shoot me on sight. Well they'd try. Either way, it's not my fault.]<<<<<
-- Chrona (19:36:57/03-16-2073)
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>>>>>[They weren't the ones infiltratin' the Underground, was they Bull? If they were, I have a good idea where you might find 'em.]<<<<<
-- Bear (14:47:07/03-16-73)
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>>>>>[Think your 'links playing up Bear, that was SPD. As for where to find them... strung up by protesters?]<<<<<
-- Chrona (20:01:07/03-16-73)
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>>>>>[Not sure if they was SPD or not, since they weren't carrying IDs. As for disposal, I hear the ghouls aren't quite as hungry as they were last week.]<<<<<
-- Bear (15:27:40/03-16-73)
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>>>>>[No..No Bear I mean the poster... It was SPD not Bull.. Nevermind..
And I, at least, am quite hungry. None of SCTF in my stomach. BRB, Raiding my cages for a good meal.]<<<<<
-- Chrona (20:01:07/03-16-73)
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>>>>>[Bear, might want to get your Reality Filter checked. I'm neither ork nor decker (nor bovine), just a broke down old retired Seattle Police Officer. I've been keeping my ear to the ground to see how the new top cops in town have been handling things. Lone Star was corrupt, but they were a familiar corrupt. KE brings in a whole different level of play.
From what I've heard, the KESCTF (Boy, that's a mouthful) has been working with that new A.D.A., Oaks, to crack down on organized crime. The Mafia's been muscling into the Yak and the Triad's turf in Downtown, and things have been getting bloody. Supposedly the SCTF put a couple of their best undercover agents into play months ago, getting in with the Mob, and they both went dark over the last week or two. Couple that with the rising body count, and sounds like somethings going down.]<<<<<
-- SPD (18:42:17/03-16-2073)
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>>>>>[kkzzZzZTT -at? Stoopid piec- zzZAAAzz -ckwork's gonna pay for selling me dre-KKZKZZZZZZzzzzzzz.... CONNECTION LOST -- PLEASE FORWARD ALL MAIL TO <missing tag>]<<<<<
-- Bear (17:49:28/03-16-11)
[Teach me not to look at the post info...]
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>>>>>[We lost an employee there also. He knew one of the sneaks, and went in to investigate. We pay for any info on his fate. I have nothing besides that... For now.]<<<<<
-- NiSayer (20:21:11/03-16-2073)
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>>>>>[Word has it that Tosh is looking to hire some runners to look into things, since his Task Force has been coming up dry (and losing men really pisses him off). He's not going through me though, so dunno who he's looking for or what exactly he wants done. Probably some payback.
Also the news vultures are starting to circle. I've had Joe Martin from NewsNet ambush me twice in the last week. He's a sneaky little fragger.]<<<<<
-- MacCallister (22:50:52/03-16-2073)
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>>>>>[Couple of my contacts, and good freinds, turned up dead. One floating face down in the Sound couple of days ago and the other with a devil rat stuffed in his mouth. One was my ear into the Yaks, other Mafia. I checked around with some other contacts, but right now everyone seems to be either too scared to talk or is keeping their heads down. Infornation security within the organizations seems to have gone WAY up and anyone caught talking is being dealt with, period. Whatever KE and Oaks have in the works, it's making someone(s) nervous. Damn, I wish I hadn't gotten sidetracked with an inquary from another associate. I should have...heard SOMETHING. Speaking of which... ]<<<<<
-- Sunny Daze (10:39:05/03-20-2073)
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>>>>>[Anyone heard from Bravo Six in a while? He used to be a regular...?.]<<<<<
-- Chrona (15:46:07/03-20-73)
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>>>>>[Odds are that he's got bigger things to spend his time on than this. I know I've had weeks or months of my life where I fell off the face of the earth. Hell, I was declared legally dead three weeks after the Second Crash.
I do have to wonder if I'm the only one who thinks it is a good thing that the organized crime syndicates, who've historically been the second biggest source of informants and security leaks behind the House of Representatives, is finally putting some minimal effort into internal security. They're definitely up to something big, but I'm glad to see that for the first time in decades, that something big isn't going to be getting arrested, telling a federal prosecutor everything they know about everyone they've ever met, and getting moved to Ohio by the Witness Protection Program.]<<<<<
-- Vice (15:59:23/03-20-73)
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>>>>>[Dropped that very question in another thread, Chrona. That thick-headed groundpounder has pulled a vanishing act on me and every other contact he has. I'm deathly worried, call it intuition, but I can't do anything about him now; I've suddenly got my own problems. Too many Union and sushi types suddenly want to hire me and they ain't taking no for an answer. Gee, usually a girl likes to be popular.]<<<<<
-- Sunni Daze (07:37:00/03-21-73)
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>>>>>[I'm sorry to change the subject so abruptly, but a dead woman just left me a riddle someone really doesn't want solved. Does the following mean anything to you guys (and why is it so important that I have to be killed for knowing about it)? The first line on the card she was carrying says "one (space) one thousand". The second line says "ten (space) fifteen hundred". Both are in Japanese characters.]<<<<<
-- LeFay (01:30:24/03-23-73)
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>>>>>[Not sure. Though, 'one one thousand' said aloud counts off a second... in English, that is. Hard to say what it is given a complete lack of context.]<<<<<
--TekDrake(7:20:00/3-23-73)
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>>>>>[Weird. First thing that comes to mind for me is binary. Wonder if there's a third part of the sequence someplace that says 'eleven space two thousand'.]<<<<<
-- Vice (10:15:22/03-23-73)
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>>>>>[It seems I've made a mistake. The correct reading of the card should be "Minus one thousand" and "Plus fifteen hundred". On a related note, I have gotten my hands on a replica of the murder weapon. Or rather, I will once I've completely dug it out of my shoulder. Depending on your point of view, it's either a sharpened steel comb, or a dagger you can style your hair with.]<<<<<
-- LeFay (14:02:51/03-23-73)
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>>>>>[Drug dealer's manifest, noting that the woman went from a surplus of 1000 of something to being short 1500, suggesting that she was skimming? Was it her writing?
And some people do style their hair with a sharp edge.]<<<<<
-- Vice (18:30:21/03-23-73)
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>>>>>[That's an old one, LeFay. Is it the one that looks kind of like an oversized hairpin? Had a pretty little thing throw one of those at me down in San Fran a while back. Pity, I thought we had a good thing going.]<<<<<
-- Murphy (23:01:15/03-27-73)
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>>>>>[I should be so lucky. My would be assassin could have been an extra from a horror movie. She was wearing a mask designed to resemble a hag and appeared out of thin air, like a ghost. Do you know a dagger made to look like a comb means, then? Because I'm sitting on plenty of questions but very few answers.
I'm relatively sure I can rule out drug dealers, though. The little apartment owned by the first victim could have belonged to my grandmother. There were stuffed animals and crayon drawings everywhere. Ms. Hayashi was an elementary teacher who helped out the local Shinto priest from time to time. If she was dealing drugs, she hid it very well.]<<<<<
-- LeFay (01:37:44/03-28-73)
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>>>>>[Picture's worth a thousand words. Never been a big fan of signatures, or sending messages, but that is what this sounds like.
As for why she was targeted, might have something to do with where the school is, but whatever she's doing with the priest is probably a safer bet. Nothing gets people in trouble faster than benevolence. Sad state of the world.]<<<<<
-- Vice (18:46:21/03-28-73)
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>>>>>[He's right. On more than one count. I had a talk with that priest.]<<<<<
-- Mordred (20:46:49/03-29-73)
>>>>>[You did what? After yesterday, you should be in bed.]<<<<<
-- LeFay (21:01:41/03-29-73)
>>>>>[I am in bed.]<<<<<
-- Mordred (21:03:42/03-29-73)
>>>>>[I meant that you need your rest. Are you just trying to annoy me?]<<<<<
-- LeFay (21:05:09/03-29-73)
>>>>>[This from the person who swiped my tools the other day to break into an apartment? Look, I promise I'll grab a nap if you'll let me tell you what I found out.]<<<<<
-- Mordred (21:08:20/03-29-73)
>>>>>[In my defense, I never used them. Ms. Hayashi had a maglock, and I can bypass those without tools. Ok, now spill.]<<<<<
-- LeFay (21:11:26/03-29-73)
>>>>>[They were keeping a powerful magical focus safe. The head of a spear, to be specific. Your hag with a comb and her friends went after Ms. Hayashi looking for it. It appears that they fatally wounded her while trying to capture her. The spear head was being kept at the shrine, but it's being moved soon. I believe if we follow the, er, Macguffin, we will find out who these people are.]<<<<<
-- Mordred (21:15:27/03-29-73)
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>>>>[Oh fsk, that spear head wouldn't happen to be about a quarter of a meter long and about seven to eight centimeters wide at the base would it?]
--Wolfgar (21:20:10/ 03-29-73)
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>>>>>[Things are heating up in downtown Seattle, looks like. Some mafia thugs, likely from the Finnegan Family, firebombed the Blue Lotus, a Yakuza brothel on the corner of 29th and Dowd Ave last night. DocWagon has been pulling bodies out of the place all morning. This is bad. The Yaks will not take this lightly. I think I'm locking my doors and staying in tonight.]<<<<<
-- SPD (12:45:15/03-30-73)
>>>>>[I suspect we're about *this* close to open warfare between the Yaks and the Mob. Both have been recruiting gangs to act as additional muscle over the last week or two. And rumor has it the Downtown mob has a new Lieutenant running the district to replace Mickey "Fingers" McElroy after he got geeked by KE over the winter.]<<<<<
-- Mac (13:10:43/03-30-73)
>>>>>[Any idea who it is?]<<<<<
-- MacCallister (14:10:20/03-30-73)
>>>>>[That's the odd part. No one seems to know much about the guy. They call him Junior, and most reports agree he's an ork. Beyond that, every sighting of the guy is different. Black, White, Hispanic.. 1.8 meters tall, 2.4 meters tall... Got a guy who swears that Junior's female. Whoever it is, they're keeping their identity under wraps right now.]<<<<<
-- SPD (14:37:20/03-30-73)
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>>>>>[This is going to sound quite hypocritical of me, but try and stay safe. On another note, I didn't a chance to measure the spear, Wolfgar. Why do you ask?]<<<<<
-- LeFay (23:37:20/03-30-73)
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>>>>[Oh fsk, that spear head wouldn't happen to be about a quarter of a meter long and about seven to eight centimeters wide at the base would it?]
--Wolfgar (21:20:10/ 03-29-73)
>>>>[You better not be suggesting what I fragging hope you arn't suggesting Wolfgar.]
--Chona (14:07:19/ 03-31-73)
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>>>>>[Soundz as though Junior, if there is a Junior, is using frontmen for all of his or her bizness? Smart. A crime syndicate ran remotely by completely anonymous person? Maybe they dont go that far, but I fer sure would.]<<<<<
-- Joker (8:51:43/03-31-73)
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>>>[Chrona, I hope its not either, but you know how paranoia runs in our types, not to mention how my luck runs. The thing is, I happen to have majored in History and an ancient spear head focus that matches those measurements could be any number of things, but the likelyhood that its THAT spear is highly likely.
LeFay, I don't have time to find a link right now, but you might want to look up any information you can find on something called "The Spear of Longinius". What I gave were the standard rough measurements of a Roman spear from about the middle of their empires time period.
SPD, sounds like i should be glad i only have the Triads and the Mafia to deal with down here in the Gulf Coast Metroplex. Thankfully i have a good deal going with them.]<<<
--Wolfgar (17:02:30/3-31-73)
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>>>>[Yeah, things are picking up just a bit here in town. We're none of us in the business of naming names, but let's just say that I've been getting some pretty lucrative offers from some family men who want a bit of extra security in troubled times.]<<<<<
--Murphy (18:35:12/03-31-73)
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>>>>>[Holy drek you guys! Dunklezahn's alive! He just showed up in DeeCee! KSAF's got a reporter on the scene and has a live feed Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0).]<<<<<
-- MacCallister (03:13:36/04-01-73)
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>>>>>[Mac, you fraggin' bastard. I think it's time you come to Rhino's with me again.]<<<<<
-- Bear (06:43:47/04-01-73)
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>>>>>[Heh. I have an meeting with the Ork Rights Committee and the Mothers of Metahumans tonight. Humanis has been trying to influence the city council again, so the Meta Rights groups are preparing a counter. Boring, but necessary drek. I should be wrapped by midnight though, if you wanna meet up after. I'm meeting up with Tosh and Chaos to unwind a bit, and I've been jonesing for smome of the Rhino's Cider..]<<<<<
-- MacCallister (09:33:16/04-01-73)
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>>>>>[I'll be at ORC too. Meet up witcha there.]<<<<<
-- Bear (11:41:49/04-01-73)
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>>>>>[Gah. Staying out till 3 AM drinking is a terrible idea when you gotta be up at 5:30 AM. Holy frag, man. WHat the drek happened to Shadowrunners gong to bed when the sun came out, rather than getting up before it?]<<<<<
-- MacCallister (05:23:51/04-02-73)
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>>>>>[Us respectable runners have the sense to sleep in.]<<<<<
-- Bear (12:19:36/04-02-73)
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>>>>>[One of these days, Bear... If some annoyed ork decker doesn't put a Panther round through your noggin' first you might "retire" and become a fixer. Then your days of sleeping in are through!]<<<<<
-- MacCallister (17:43:11/04-02-73)
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>>>>>[Speaking of deckers, do you collect old decks, Mac? Someone found a museum piece in decent shape for where it was. Thinking of bringing it along when I wing over to Seattle.]<<<<<
--Tekdrake(12:26:23/4-03-73)
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>>>>>[Fraggin buggers, i swear. I hate tactical teams, the always make a mess of everything even the blasted proffessionals. Hey question for you guys, how hot are the shadows in Seattle? I'm having to make an unscheduled trip there right now and am looking for some head splitting to do, is that ADA still hiring?]<<<<<
--Wolfgar (09:50:20/ 4-05-73)
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>>>>>[They always hot. As long as you know what you doing you be fine.]<<<<<
--Joker (13:36:20/ 4-05-73)
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>>>>>[Screw this. I've just left the hospital, and got a doctor's permission to jack in. Two weeks with only snail-pace AR to entertain me. And most of my projects delayed. Well, If I weren't shot, I wouldn't have this hot new sniffer to offer. Check out the demo version on my files.
As for what happened, I went to a nice little Japanese restaurant, and someone decided to do a drive-by. The funny part is, it's owner was keeping the Yak's at bay with the help of his two sons. One of them got shot too, and they had to put him in a tank for a week. I've got two bullets to the chest, and that was all. The place was riddled with holes, and the Knights caught the car two blocks down. Mob kids. They didn't even think of checking the place out before. And now it's crawling with Yaks complimenting the cook, and shooting glares at me. At least I can get free refills now.]<<<<<
--NiSayer (14:25:11/ 4-05-73)
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>>>>>[Always hate to see a good restaurant ruined by stupid kids who don't do their homework. Looking to try to push the gumi back out?
By the way, what's this new sniffer do that none of the others do?]<<<<<
--Vice (13:17:42/ 4-07-73)
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>>>>>[I'm interested, if you can do that without any more bullets flying. As for the sniffer, it's a mash-up, that basically works on a typewriter, and doesn't leave a lot to see for anyone. And you can basically borrow someone's TacNet subscription - that's it's primary trick, though it works just fine as a normal sniffer. And since it's based on a few tricks that I've just miraculously stitched together, you can update it for free from this network, courtesy of Bull, who let me store it here (well not himself, but this whole 'personal storage space' was so compelling). :)]<<<<<
--NiSayer (14:19:51/ 4-07-73)
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>>>>>[NiSayer, that is some lovely code there. Thenks foe sharong?|>>~ TRANSMISSION LOST]<<<<<
--TekDrake(17:20:51/4-07-73)
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>>>>>[Okay, that didn't look good. My code doesn't do stuff like this. Anyone has any info on TekDrake's sudden DC?]<<<<<
--NiSayer(17:25:10/4-07-73)
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>>>>>[Not sure. Hadn't had a chance to do any poking around. Might be a sensory channel issue, but I'd have to see the source code to take a guess.
And I wasn't offering to clean out your favorite sukiyaki palace. I was just curious if you intended to. It could be an interesting challenge, though the right favor done for the right person can probably make it happen.]<<<<<
--Vice (19:11:04/ 4-07-73)
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>>>>>[Heh. It appears we have ties to the Yaks too. Fully professional-courteous, but still. Funny thing how this job still doesn't cease to amaze me. As for TechDrake, I think he just hit a static zone. But I'm looking into it nonetheless...]<<<<<
--NiSayer(20:00:01/4-07-73)
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>>>>>[Dumpshock hangover sucks. Code works fine, my firewall
Didn't.]<<<<<
--TekDrake(5:12:10/4-08-73)
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>>>>>[Who happened, and where can I find him? I'm bored. Didn't get to mess with anyone's system for weeks. This job has it's perks, but mostly it's just security. And for some reason nobody wants to break in...]<<<<<
--NiSayer(8:10:31/4-08-73)
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>>>>>[NiSayer, Any more luck with your favorite new restaurant? I'm always curious to see how the local syndicates deal with folks like us.
Oh, and happy Tax Day.]<<<<<
--Vice (13:20:49/4-15-73)
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>>>>>[Hah. Nothing to tax. You think I even exist? :P No I don't. It's just a weather balloon.
And the restaurant is well. The Yak's have left them alone when the info was leaked to a few ears. And certain individuals started getting free refills to keep any ganger or syndicate tool out of there. The owner says he never had this many customers that never give any trouble and tip well. Everyone's happy. Well, everyone that matters.]<<<<<
--NiSayer(8:10:31/4-08-73)
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>>>>>[Anyone heard of the game E-Card? I hear some Yaks arrange underground games of it where anyone, from SINless to Corp Execs are alllowed to play. There's only two rules stopping admittance, no one with two cybereyes and two cyberears. ]<<<<<
--Chrona (21:26:24/4-15-73)
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>>>>>[Always nice to see things get resolved without ending up with a restaurant full of bullet holes and dead citizens. Where is this place? I may have to drop in for lunch today.]<<<<<
--Vice(09:01:22/4-19-73)
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>>>>>[Here: >GridGuide IntelliLink< And it seems there is a lot of people showing up lately. The owner doesn't seem to mind that Shadowrunners started to hang out at his place. The extra income and security they provide was involved, probably.]<<<<<
--NiSayer(11:32:16/4-19-73)
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>>>>>[Thank you for the recommendation, NiSayer. My experience there was quite pleasant.]<<<<<
-- Operator (18:52:47/4-19-73)
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>>>>>[Hello, again. Well, after much time and several more brushes with death, I've solved the mystery that has been plaguing me. Though in some ways, I'd have preferred to remain in the dark. What follows is a little tidbit on what I found out. I'll tell you the rest after I sleep for about a week.
Wolfgar, although your hunch wasn't quite correct, it did lead me to the true nature of the spear. It is not the "The Spear of Longinius" or any other legendary weapon, but a magical focus crafted to resemble one. Japanese myth holds that the nation was created by a pair of deities named Izanagi and Izanami. A jeweled spear was the tool used to shape a formless mass into the islands we know today. The maker of this focus obviously took inspiration from the legend.]<<<<<
--LeFay (03:10:29/4-20-73)
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>>>>>[Well thats a load off of my and probably several other's minds LeFay, thank you. As to my own troubles I swear, theres gonna be quite a few dead Mafia goons when i get my hands on the dumb bastitch that re-issued the price on my head. I swear, 12 million nuyen is a severly stupid price to put out for killing one person no matter how tough they are.]<<<<<
--Wolfgar (19:05:32/4-21-73)
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>>>>>[Wolfgar, you know that a good clone costs about half a million? Why not get some friends together, and take the bounty yourself? That would be something cool. :)]<<<<<
--NiSayer(20:00:55/4-21-73)
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>>>>>[Ni, thats part of why they want so much for my head, i've done it to them with different partners two or three times already, they finally got the message or so i had thought. Now i'm just going to have to kill someone, again.]<<<<<
--Wolfgar (16:53:52 /4-24-73)
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>>>>>[If it's Seattle and you're paying I'll do it. I could do with dinner.]<<<<<
--Chrona (16:54:32 /4-24-73)
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>>>>>[20:00 at that resturant we were discussing earlier, I'll buy the food and we'll discuss things.]<<<<<
--Wolfgar (17:03:52 /4-24-73)
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>>>>>[Somewhere else might be better. By dinner i mean who you want dead If you know what I mean.]<<<<<
--Chrona (17:04:52 /4-24-73)
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>>>>>[I know what you meant Chrona, but as with any warning there has to be someone to understand the warning. Unfortunately these ain't the old days when i could just leave a horse's head in the bed with him to wake up to. I do want to meet to discuss the finer details, message me a location and time and i'll be there. I just had an absolutely evil idea to go along with it anyway, its going to be a bit of a two part mission, you still game?]<<<<<
--Wolfgar (17:41:32 /4-24-73)
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>>>>>[Redmond Barrens, [This Address], 20. It's a 162 safehouse. ]<<<<<
--Chrona (17:47:12 /4-24-73)
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>>>>>[See you there, look for the elf gumshoe.]<<<<<
--Wolfgar (17:54:32 /4-24-73)
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>>>>>[I don't know if things downtown have calmed down between the Yaks and the Mob, but the streets down here in Auburn are still full of long stares everytime a car rolls by slow. Even the local gangers are keeping their heads down. Word has it someone new is running the show for the Finnigan family in these parts, anybody know who? Since we seem to be discussing dining establishments, if your ever in South Auburn and have a rumble in your belly, stop by Chan's street side cafe. Best bowl of greasy soy noodles you'll ever poke in your pie hole, as long as you like devil rat in your dimh sung.]<<<<<
-- Ghost (13:58:22/04-28-73)
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>>>>>[Devil rat? C'mon, it's real meat. And it's cheap. A friend of mine told me once those buggers aren't disease-ridden or anything. They're just too strong for any non-awakened illness, and if you avoid the toxic ones - and the glowing ones, off course - everything should be fine, if you test them first, and cook second.]<<<<<
-- NiSayer (14:12:56/04-28-73)
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>>>>>[Whoah, this just in, rumor mill just lit my ear up about a possible contract on the new DA. Have any of the rest of you caught wind of this?]<<<<<
-- Wolfgar (20:28:55/05-23-73)
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>>>>>[Oh, yes. That'll work out well, I'm sure.]<<<<<
-- Thunder (22:35:45/05-23-73)
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>>>>>[Tosh will be interested in gently wrapping his hands around someone's throat. Unless you want to be that someone, I wouldn't bother him for further information.]<<<<<
-- Operator (23:13:21/05-23-73)
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>>>>>[Do you really think anyone who's serious about putting down a District Attorney will bat an eye at having a dirty cop angry at them? Tosh might be slightly bigger than the bouncers we're used to snickering at and ignoring as we bring guns and knives into their clubs, but let's be honest. In something as serious as putting down a DA, he's zero deterrent.]<<<<<
-- Vice (00:29:31/05-28-73)
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>>>>>[I think there is a specific reason we are taught to not tease dogs from the other side of a chain-link fence.]<<<<<
-- Operator (12:22:14/05-28-73)
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>>>>>[Its because sooner or later there is a lack of chain link operator, i know this because i keep several large dogs. Your friend may be someone who will avenge this DA if she's offed, but the question is who is going to succeed in keeping her from being geeked and who is dumb enough to take a contract to attempt it. ]<<<<<
-- Wolfgar (11:50:38/05-29-73)
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>>>>>[Protecting her really does sound like a sucker job. The only thing that'll really ensure her safety would be the killer's desire to avoid collateral damage. That, or a Slow spell. I'm really coming to hate that particular trick. It's almost enough to make me start carrying white phosphorous grenades again.]<<<<<
-- Vice (11:49:22/05-31-73)
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Connecting Jackpoint VPN
Matrix Access ID Spoofed.
Encryption Keys Generated.
Connected to Onion Routers.
Biometric Scan Confirmed.
Connected to KKKZZZTTT - Anomalous Data Connection.
... Incorrect Node.
... Redirecting To Requested Node.
Connecting Virtual Underworld 93
Matrix Access ID Spoofed.
Encryption Keys Generated.
Connected to Onion Routers.
Biometric Scan Confirmed.
Connected to <ERROR: NODE UNKNOWN>
>>>>>[Hello? Guys? MaCallister? What the hell? Did VU93 go down the last 2 Months? ]<<<<<
--Chrona (20:45:17 /7-22-73)
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>>>>>[Looks like it's still here. If there hadn't been something big brewing, the sudden silence might have seemed weird. It can't be long before things pick up again, though.]<<<<<
--Vice (15:57:37 /7-22-73)
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>>>>>[Brewing? Like what?? ]<<<<<
--Chrona (21:01:22 /7-22-73)
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>>>>>[More than just my favorite beer, at least on my end. But it depends on who you talk to and where they are. Lot of people have been busy with personal and or local biz. Can't say much about anyone else, but I've been busy. Maybe I'll talk about it after making sure specific people are living-impared. So much work left to do.]<<<<<
--Bravo Six (00:46:02/7-23-73)
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>>>>>[Still working on moving to Seattle. Got hung up in Denver. Broke a wing, because I got distracted by AR spam in my goggles and bounced off a drone. Who the frag puts AR spam in mid-air?!]<<<<<
--TekDrake (1:35:11/7-23-73)
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>>>>>[Someone who's trying to corner the flying hacker market?]<<<<<
--Bravo Six(02:42:17/7-23-73)
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>>>>>[Ehh. I think it has to do with all of Denver's air traffic. Oh, and it turns out there was a backdoor on my Drummer GPS that opened up my firewall to that drek. Looks like I'll be here a bit longer, building up nuyen for travel expenses again. Healing isn't that expensive... unless you want to make cold-cert nobody makes a bit on the side sending ya to a research lab.]<<<<<
--TekDrake (23:16:49/7-23-73)
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>>>>>[Sad times when a man can't get squared away without getting sold out and has to pass on the miracles of modern medical technology. As for what's brewing, can't rightly say. Just feels like everything in town is coming to a head right now. Doubly true with all the whispers about people paid to knock off the lovely ADA.
By the way, that first bit was why I stopped hitting on nurses. I'm too old to have to deal with waking up to find out that Ratchet sold my eyes to buy herself a new car because I never called her back.]<<<<<
--Vice (17:39:22/7-25-73)
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>>>>>[No drek, Vice. Still, when you yourself are a rare, valuable commodity to corporate research facilities, it pays to be paranoid. Awakened can't afford to have too many bits carved off either. Found that out the hard way, when I Woke Up.]<<<<<
--TekDrake (1:55:30/7-26-73)
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>>>>>[I'd always been told that as long as you replaced your missing pieces with clonals grown from your own tissue, you were probably not going to have any reductions in power throughput. I guess the rules keep changing.
That or someone professing to be an expert didn't know what they were talking about.]<<<<<
--Vice (09:544:11/7-28-73)
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>>>>>[I've gotten a bit scalpel-shy, I admit. I also heard about some hinky stuff that sometimes happens when Awakened or such folk are cloned. Not sure I'd trust an organ to match up with the original stuff. Good inspiration to avoid flying lead, at least. Also, see above about paranoia regarding various parties getting their hands (or claws) on my favorite flesh-and-blood. Bad enough I had to shell out to get a vet specializing in large animals to set my wing, and this body takes a lot more painkillers. And food.]<<<<<
--TekDrake(03:39:52/7-29-73)
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>>>>>[Probably doesn't help your cause that you're telling your business to strangers on the Matrix, though. I'm not going to sell you out, but there's probably someone reading this who's dumb enough to try.]<<<<<
--Vice (19:14:52/7-29-73)
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>>>>>[if everyone were that paranoid, this place would be deader'n disco.]<<<<<
--TekDrake(00:18:42/7-30-73)
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>>>>>[Some people ARE that paranoid. But at the same time, we being metahumans, tend to have the odd urge to have say something about what we have done. However, if you are dumb enough to blab anything that will compromise your Op or get your backside shot off, then you get what you deserve. Now, all that being said, deciding what is chip-truth or what is total BS, that's the trick. Because we ALL know that no one here ever embellishes. *grin*]<<<<<
--Bravo Six(01:04:35/7-30-73)
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>>>>>[No, of course not, B6. Never ever ever. Pinky swear.]<<<<<
-- Thunder (10:01:19/07-30-73)
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>>>>>[That's not fair. For some of us, bullshitting groups of quasi-strangers is like doing rattle battle drills, picking bar fights, performing minor acts of virtual vandalism, or practicing kata. We do what we have to do to stay sharp, or we get killed by someone who did.
Besides, telling tall tales is a time honored tradition. It's all the more fun when you can bullshit a room full of people that includes someone who was actually there.]<<<<<
--Vice (10:08:22/7-31-73)
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>>>>>[I hate to say it but Vice is right with this one. We all embellish our own exploits or those of the people we know, and we all know how good a laugh you have when you or one of your team mates has the whole crowd eating out of their hands with some story that is well embellished while you know the truth. Its kinda like the tales of Billy the kid from the old west, how many men did he actually shoot himself, three that we are absolutely certain of, however he is credited with 22 kills. Bears thinking on doesn't it.]<<<<<
--Wolfgar (17:28:35/7-31-73)
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>>>>>[At effing last.
Anyone got info on damage in the Underground? My sister has been living there for some years, and twitchiness has skyrocketed enough that even family aren't getting a pass in. Plus, someone has been harassing Knutsons Country Home patrons and staff - so far it looks like the money trail goes back to Damian's (yeah, I know - restaurant rivalries, but got bills to pay).]<<<<<
--Longshot (20:47:11/7-31-73)