[cr4kp0t]

@thrass.  [spoiler]you know there is a standard 1000000¥ rewardfor toxic mages and that they tend to want destruction ont the world for various reasons [/spoiler]

[obidancer]

Kyo got in the Rover. He first wanted to front seat but knew he wouldn't have time to appreciate it, so he let the front passenger seat to Big Andy.
Hard to tell, Franky. Kyo answered to the French man. But let me get on to that now.
Ginji closed his eyes and immerse into VR.

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Flows of data felt like the wind on his silver body. He drew his Katana from an invisible sheath and started a few Kata. Each strike created a light that remained there and slowly joined with the newly created ones. With each strike, Ginji was calling on the spirits of the Matrix. He rolled the blade above his head and planted it into some invisible ground at the bottom of the conglomerated lights. A translucent being appeared from the light, his body filled with running letters, characters and numbers. It was half the size of Ginji's icon, but felt imposing with power. When  Ginji removed the Katana, the light disappeared and only the being remained.
I thank you for answering my call; I need your help to find someone and trace him back to his current location. There are traces of his presence on several nodes I know of and I am sure many still to be found. There are hidden data we need to find!I count on you and intuition to find him.
Ginji sat legs crossed and his body seemed to levitate. Let's get to work!

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Kyo's body stay limp in the back seat for the trip's duration to the Dim-Sum place.

[spoiler]
Compiling a Code Sprite R6:
13d6.hits(5)=4

Sprite Opposition:
6d6.hits(5)=2
Two (2) tasks, Optional CF: Analyse, Scan

Fading:
11d6.hits(5)=1
One box Stun Damage

Task: gather data about Dr. Stainton Fields. Use Code's Info Sortilege to get clues on his whereabouts and possible location.
Ginji will thread a Browse CF, and assist gather data on his own to about the Dr. and remain at the Sprite side if a Node needs to be cracked to get the adequate info.

Browse CF Threading:
14d6.hits(5)=6

Fading:
11d6.hits(5)=7

Gather data on the Dr. starting with finding trace of his commlink access to the public node of his favorite place and finding similar trace in other places. Data Search + Browse + Analytical Mind + Hot Sim (14)
14d6.hits(5)=8

Let me know if you need any other rolls or explanation, or need me to do the Sprite Rolls.

[/spoiler]

[Solodice]

Miner let Andy settle his big body into the Passenger seat next to him. Miner didn't start the car immediately though...

"You said you do the mojo Andy? I need you to sweep over this beauty and check if she has anything that doesn't belong. You can ignore the Ares Alpha and Desert Strike in the back compartment though."

No need to have someone track out asses out of here or whoever bid... get blown sky high.

[Thrass]

Andy get's out a couple of dried berries and a ceremonial knife, he cut's the berries and spreads the seeds over his hands and examines them carefully.

He then shifts his focus to the Astral and checks for anything unusual.
[spoiler]
Assensing (4d6.hits(5)=1)
[/spoiler]

[HydroRaven]

While Andy does his ritual, Frank has a more detailed look at the file. "Obviously we'll have to take a look at his place, ask around at his usual joints, the works."

[Thrass]

By the Way, guys you do realize that if that guy experimented with toxic magic we might be well in over our heads?

[HydroRaven]

Andy's comment piqued Frank's curiosity. He got his head out of the file long enough to ask "I understand it's frowned upon, but is it that dangerous?"

[Thrass]

After calculating some stuff with his commlink Andy says the following:

Let's wait for the secure location to go into details.

[cr4kp0t]

@ Thrass

[spoiler]Your assensing role reveals nothing unusual, you just see the empty streets and the crew in the rover.[/spoiler]

@ Obidancer

[spoiler]Your Browse roll yield a mass of information, far too much in fact. You establish all his usual data trails and can trace the Dr. comm through the daily activity advised in the dossier. the comment dark a week ago and 2 days ago there are about 5 new traces with his commlink ID appearing all over town and at the usual places. following the trails leads you to fact that these trails are simultaneous and it would seem the good doctors comm has been in 5 places at once.

Results from code sprites search:
12d6.hits(5)=3
The Code sprite manages to find the daily data trails of the Dr. round his usual haunts. In the past week there have been no obvious signs of him until 2 days ago, then there have been an exponentially increasing number of feeds returned and all lead to different locations.
Info Sortilege:
12d6.hits(5)=4
The info sortilege reveals that the traces that appeared 2 days ago have no connection between each other or the previous comm traces of the good Dr. the trace from the Dr. hasn't been seen since a week ago.
[/spoiler]

[Solodice]

Miner started up the Rover and the first song to come blaring through the speakers was Queens of the Stone Ages Someone's in The Wolf.

Their ancient but damn did they make some great music. Miner thought as he put the Rover into gear and sped off down the road to Frank's dim-sum place.

[Thrass]

The berries reveal nothing that shouldn't be.

[obidancer]

Ginji opened his eyes as they arrived at the Dim-Sum place. His head was pounding from the strain of compiling the Sprite. He remained quiet for some time still trying to piece together the information he had gathered. Out of habit he tinkered with his comlink to pretend his connection was coming from it and hide his abilities for a while longer.
It didn't make sense to him, 5 days without a real Matrix signal, who would ever want to do that? The guy was either dead or working hard to not be found, like using another commlink.

As they entered the new place, Kyo started to narrate his search result. He shared as much info as he could without of course mentioning anything about the precious help from his Sprite.
The 5 days, the extra random traces, the lack of link between them. All those details could help them find the man, they were just missing a few links.

Ginji knew he still had much work to do in the Matrix. He knew there were answers flowing around. But for now he was interested in hearing what his new companions had to say about it, and getting rid of that now too usual headache.

[HydroRaven]

When they arrive at the dim-sum place, Frank gets out of the car and walks to the improvised restaurant. He takes a seat and orders a serving of dumplings. After hearing what Ginji has found on the matrix, he says "Well done! That should give us a few options on where to start. Any chance these other random places are not on Evo grounds?" He then takes a pair of chopsticks and puts a hot dumpling in his mouth, steam coming out as he bites into it. "Do you think you can find out what's going on in the Tolskoi district? Might be good to know if we're going to deal with the arcology."

[Thrass]

So, you think this place is safe aaannd safer then the other one?
Andy just ignored Frank for the moment.

[HydroRaven]

"I just think they have good dumplings, l'ami" answered Francois with a grin, putting another dumpling in his mouth.