#2
Realizing he's behind schedule, Schöner sends a command to his Mirage to meet him in front of the building and races out the door grabbing his great coat, glasses, and respirator as he heads out of the building. Not wanting to wait for the elevator he races down the stairwell, his long legs taking them three at a time. He reaches the bottom surprisingly un-winded. The bike barely comes to a stop before he gracefully slides into the saddle and races down the street. As he's weaving through traffic he ponders taking a hit of nova before the meet but decides to hold off.
As he rolls up to the hotel he sees the usual evening crowd starting to gather. The bar is packed to the gills with those looking for an escape, wether from drugs or synthahol or the arms of a stranger. Where others need to use their elbows or knees to cut through the crowd, Schöner is able to do so in half the time his little more than his smile and a friendly word. He makes his way to the bar, and while he still has to wait the bartender skips several others that have been waiting to help the tall dark dryad. He calmly says,
"A double of whiskey and a bottle of white at the table of Frau Schnee, bitte." The barkeep nods and points to the stairs in the back and shouts,
"They'll be waiting for you at the table. Top of the stairs, fourth on the left, rest of your party is already there." Nodding in appreciation, he heads to the stairs.
Schöner approaches the table and sees that he's late, again. It's a good thing he's as pretty and personable as he is, otherwise folks would get tired of this.
"Sorry for my tardiness, I had to make some arrangements for the table." He sees that everyone already has a drink, but figures no one will mind the second. He takes the last seat and addresses the lady,
"Schöner, at your service. How can I and my associates assist you this evening?" On cue, his whiskey shows up and a chilled bottle of wine is brought up and set to the side of the table for when the others finish their drink.
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When he comes in, he's going to do a perception check to see what's going on, my post above was from the results of previous posts so I'm assuming he doesn't find anything unusual. If he does, I'll clear that up in a followup post.
Percept (Int 4 + Perception 6 + Visual Spec 2 + Glasses 2 = 14):
14d6t5 7 Mental limit of 4 + 2 for VE means 6 hits kept.
For working through the crowd:
Crowd Control(ish) (Cha 10 + Eti 6 + Glamor 1 + Suit 2 + Pheromones 2 = 21):
21d6t5 7 Social Limit 15, that should move the crowd gently
For smoothing the Bartender:
Bartender Attention (Cha 10 + Eti 6 + Glamor 1 + suit 2 + phe 2 = 21):
21d6t5 9 I think he'll take my money
For the table (smoothing ruffled feathers for being late and butting into the conversation):
Table Manners (Cha 10 + Eti 6 + Glamor 1 + Suit 2 + Pheromones 2 = 21):
21d6t5 6 Hopefully that will soothe any bruised egos.
At the table Schöner is going to act as if he's familiar with the other runners. He wouldn't want a client to think he or they or that disorganized. He'll spend up to 200¥ on the bottle and his whiskey. (feel free to give any discounts or upgrades based on the roll with the bartender, I don't mind.
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