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[IC] The elephant in Seattle

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« Reply #30 on: <01-29-14/0142:39> »
Alerion follows the bartender up the stairs and enters the room he gestures at. she sips her drink as she enters, "'Sup Chummers," she says between sips, "Alerion or Alli. Sorry I'm late, traffic and all." She sits down on one the remainings chairs crosses her legs and continues sipping her drink smiling at the others in the room. She makes eye contact with the elf "Hengar Sperethiel?"

[spoiler]Language Sperethiel(2) + INT (2) = 3 Successes
Hengar Sperethiel = Speak Sperethiel[/spoiler]
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« Reply #31 on: <01-29-14/0439:38> »
As soon as Alerion tried to establish eye contact with him, Puppeteer touched his glasses and switched it to no tint. His eyes were a somewhat disturbing, red color. He tried to prevent any bad feelings with a smile as he answered in Sperethiel. ”Yes, I do. Although it is not my mother tongue. Glad to see I’m not the only one.” His voice was practiced and smooth.
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« Reply #32 on: <01-29-14/1114:09> »
If the chairs at the table are actually chairs, Jade helps herself to a small glass of the scotch while propping her feet up on the table. She grins casually at the new arrivals, and introduces herself;

"Evening; I'm Jade." Short, sweet, and too the point.

Once the elves begin conversing in their native tongue, Jade begins absentmindedly scrolling through some crackpots blog about the Nobilis Threat to metahumanity.

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« Reply #33 on: <01-29-14/1820:57> »
Shortly after you all enter the room, and exchange pleasentries, a tall man enters the room. He is human and has a look of officialness about him. He takes a seat at the only remaining seat and looks at each of you. "Good evening. I am glad you all made it, sorry I'm late but business to deal with and all. Before I continue I need all of you to agree to the job otherwise I cannot provide any more details." He waits for you all to agree.


Should you not agree then you will be escorted from the room.

If you all stay then he will continue.
[spoiler]"Good. Your target will be a UCAS senator. You heard me correctly. You will have to infiltrate the local UCAS govermnent building and extract Senator John Wilkes. He is not a willing participant in this extraction but we need him to answer our questions, questions that he can't answer over a comm. We need him extracted asap and he will only be in seattle for another day or two. He travels via motorcade with 5 armed guards all cybered up. We do not know his schedule exactly but he should be in the building all day long until he goes to his seattle resident. His residence is policed by lonestar and they have 10-20 guards on rotation with about 7 guards on patrol at all times.Any questions?" He waits to see if you have any questions looking around attentively.[/i][/spoiler]
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« Reply #34 on: <01-29-14/1908:25> »
Puppeteer raised his eyebrows in doubt but his voice was calm and reserved as he answered the tall man. "Good evening. You expect us to accept the job without giving any hint as to what it entails, what approximate difficulties we have to face and what the pay is? Aside from some of us possibly having principles, that is a very unusual way to proceed with these kinds of deals." He looked at the others one by one before turning back to the Johnson and continuing. "Please don't think i speak in the name of the others unless they indicate so, these are my concerns. But before i can agree to anything, i'd like to hear what type of job we are discussing, what is the estimated difficulty, and what is the return we can expect if we do your bidding."
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« Reply #35 on: <01-29-14/1937:26> »
While the elf explains the situation to the Johnson, she finished her drink and sets it on the floor beside her chair. When he finishes speaking Alerion stand up, "I fully agree with this Chummer, so unless you got some more details about the job, you better start looking for some other runners. What do you take me for a first-timer?"

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« Reply #36 on: <01-29-14/1943:44> »
He looks at you and then nods in agreement. "I understand. I can tell you that you will be extracting a high profile person and bringing them to a secure location. it will not be easy but a group of your size and hopefully capabilities should be able to handle it. As for pay," He looks around at you all then slides a credstick to the middle of the table. "you will each split that amount however you see fit.That is what you receive should you accept the job. In addition you will receive 250k nuyen upon completion. Is that enough information for you? If you look at the credstick on the table it reads 50k nuyen.

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« Reply #37 on: <01-29-14/2102:25> »
Alerion goes back and sits at the table, and looks around at the others. Her smirk turns into a big grin. "Well you have my attention."

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« Reply #38 on: <01-30-14/0456:21> »
That amount of money could mean independence from the Ciarnello for at least half a year. It seemed this was the job he was waiting for. Puppeteer considered for a moment what he heard. ”Thank you, that is adequate for making a decision, and the conditions are acceptable.” After hearing out the detailed description, he was ready with the questions. ”Is the place where we have to bring this person to inside the city? If you surveyed his residence for security, you must know where it is, I’d like to receive that information along with the address of his office. Do you know anything about why he is in Seattle? An accurate answer to that might raise our chances for success considerably.”
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« Reply #39 on: <01-30-14/1146:21> »
Pretty chunk of chump change... Jade leans forward, her attention on the Johnson.

"High profile means lots of security. Especially for the type of target you've described. Are you worried about discretion? There are thousands of ways this could go bad. Mr. Pale Skin here..." Jade gestures casually towards Puppeteer "brings some very valid points to the table. I'm going to need to know a little more about this and the situation involved at all possible."




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« Reply #40 on: <01-31-14/0958:34> »
Wheels made a point of removing his monocle before the man sat down at the table, last thing he wanted to do was be accused of recording the meet.
Woah Woah Woah, you're willing to drop 250k each and a 50k advance as an opening Gambit? Whoever the hell he is, that kind of money means this guy is gonna create a serious shitstorm when he temporarily dissapears, let alone probably being guarded heavily. I'm not willing to stake my life on this job without the assurances that we'll get backup once this job is completed.
I want to see that payment increase, and I want assurances of safehouse provision. Then you tell us who the hell we're trying to lift.

[spoiler]negotiation (10d6.hits(5)=4) neg 4, cha 5, pheromones 1[/spoiler]
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« Reply #41 on: <01-31-14/1023:39> »
He looks at you wheels with a stare that is cold and calculated. He then says,"First off, it is 250k total. And second there will be a safe house for you to lay low in. Now in regards to the payment, you make some good points so i'll throw in another 20k nuyen but no more than that. he then waits for wheels to either agree or be escorted from the room.

Should wheels agree he will be privy to the conversation that everyone else is privy to.

[spoiler]He looks at each of you as you ask your questions and then says,"His adress is 2876 springfield lane. The government office is located at 1600 Pentlane Avenue. All other information will be sent to your commlinks shortly after this meeting ends. Any more questions?"[/spoiler]

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« Reply #42 on: <01-31-14/1040:35> »
Wheels knew it was a longshot going for 250k each, but it was better to try and fail than accept your lot in life. 270K plus a 50k bonus was still damn good money, even when split a few ways.
Doing the sums, he figured he could live for most of the year on this haul alone, even whilst living very comfortably.
Listening to the Johnson describing the details of a local government officer as the target chilled him. A strike on the 'feds was more than likely to mean trouble. Trouble of the long lasting kind.
The payment was generous though, probably worth the risks. Its not like he had much else on either...
Wheels nodded his assent to the proposition, scribbling down the addresses on the touchpad of his commlink's to-do list for safe keeping.
What's the hard-deadline on this job? You said a day or two, do you have anything more specific than that?
Wheels' mind went into overdrive. He knew he could get the team and the target in and out, but shit, the numbers of guards and an armoured motorcade made him think again about taking this job on.
With such a small team, there was no way a head-on strike could work. They would have to be pretty clever about this one.
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« Reply #43 on: <01-31-14/1124:39> »
Speed and precision were needed for a snatch this high profile.

Jade leans forward, eyeing the Johnson carefully.

"If everything's on the up and up about this, then I'm in."

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« Reply #44 on: <01-31-14/1144:20> »
Looking at wheels the johnson says, "The one or two day deadline is strictly for your benefit. He will be leaving for D.C. and once he gets there the job difficulty multiplies exponentially but the pay doesn't. It si far easier for you if you get him before he leaves. I can gurantee he will be here tomorrow but two days is a maybe and three is a snow balls chance under a troll's ass.