[Mercy Merchant]

"Tsina Molovna not care about guards.  Not try save them.  Blackbird plan mostly good."

[Qwikfix]

Arc listened to Blackbird's plan unfold as she was coiling the wires around each other, creating a tightly bound loop before soldering them onto the signal generator.  She pursed her lips a bit at a few points, particularly where her role would play.  When there came to be a pause, Arc piped up with a few comments.

"That's a few thingsh ya be wanting me to do.  And to throw into that, my dronesh could be used ash a backup fire shupport, null shweat.  But to have me doing that, producing noishe and driving?  Shtill need a secure location within a kilo.  Learned my lesshon, remote work on the go without security can be bad."

She trailed off, remembering the incident that happened just weeks ago...it felt so far away.  "...Firefly did show me a few pointersh, but I can't guarantee a good noishe jamming from my bugsh other than thish thing..."  She tapped the can she was working on.  "...do we know if Tsina be havin' shome Matrix security with her?  Might make thingsh...difficult..."

[gilga]

Blackbird looked at Arc and softly said "I know... I personally do not like all this violence, but we go a long way for the people we care about. You do what you can, and keep safe - place yourself where ever you feel more useful."

[ismilealot]

Nicolai looks at Arc, "Is certain to have matrix security."

[Qwikfix]

Arc nodded, her expression a bit grim as her hands kept working, the sound of bits and pieces tapping together as her creation continued coming together.  "It's what I figured.  Tch.  I'm no decker, sho my only real defense apart from jamming thingsh up is to make my toys unsheen."  She sighed, her shoulders slumping a bit as she looked things over.  Looking over the map, she gave a shrug, looking over to Yelena.  "I can work from the getaway car.  Probably the besht bet for what we doin'..."

[gilga]

Blackbird thought"That is strange, I thought that Firefly was planning on joining..."  He then asked Arc "Do you know that many years ago, the planners of Disney world, had a method of hiding things would have otherwise break the illusion. They painted ugly things with a color they named "go-away green". Apparently, some colors attract less attention when we look at them. My spirits can do the same thing. It is not invisibility, but if people casually look at the direction of your drones they are psychologically less likely to pay attention to them, as long as you play stealthy it improves your odds."

[ismilealot]

Nicolai says, "Your plan is complicated. Relies on luck. Tsina not hesitate to kill own. Put that in plan."

[gilga]

Blackbird said "It is very simple, and has many improvises we can use. It is hard to spot a mundane sniper or cloaked drones. The danger is real, simple one, but can you see a hidden sniper when magical spirits are making Tsina look bad?  Can you hear someone sneaking up on you in a middle of a rock concert? Because these people are going to get a distraction of a lifetime. "

Jed, their mage is probably going after me with so many active spirits linked to me.

Arc, since we do not have a decker - we need to minimize dependence on things that can be hacked and turned against us. Don't you think? "

[Qwikfix]

Arc grimly gave a nod at that, keeping her hands and half of her vision focused on the little object before her as she started twisting around one of the paper clips.  "Aye, stealth I can do no problem.  Placing me in the getaway car would help minimize my cyber preshence, ash I could jusht drive that off grid...everything elshe, I know how to keep my dronesh quiet.  Since it sheems thish ish what I'm doing with either plan, I'm down with it.."  She lowered her gaze, her expression showing her resolve in the matter.  In her eyes, her role was set, and what would come would come.

[SmilinIrish]

I'm not clear on the layout of the area we are talking about.  Maybe I can be somewhere blocked from astral vision, using my assessning spell to watch.  When her wizard reveals himself, I can strike.

[ismilealot]

Nicolai's head moves subtly, an almost involuntary reaction to a comm call and he says, "We go now. Cameras say Tsina men placing cameras at train now. We try you plan. But it goes fubar I blow train. Tsina must die."


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[Mercy Merchant]

Yelena nods and looks to her friends.  "Yelena thank all for come.  We go.  Get justice.  Go home.  Now get things and meet in hall."  She nods to Nicolai and leaves the room, headed to where her things are stored to pick up her weapons case.  Returning to the hall, she waits for the others to join her.

[gilga]

Blackbird stood up and examined the sub-machine gun Arc has handled him, it seemed adequate. He nodded at Arc and smiled briefly, perhaps to reassure her that it is going to be alright - perhaps to reassure himself.  The entire scene felt off to Blackbird, and he felt as if some manipulative and cynical man, has taken over his judgement. "It is almost like it is someone else pulling my strings..." he thought.
The broken young mage could not comprehend how he felt so comfortable with a Vory commander like Nikolai. One who tortured and killed with no emotional connection. Oddly enough, Nikolai had something that non of his other colleagues had, emotional restraint, control, detachment. Blackbird could not hate the man - he was a sociopath - but still had some good qualities.

"Have I no fear left in me?"  he thought and the thought is cold, alien almost.

"One can only read Nietzsche for the first time once..."    he remembered himself explaining - but the person that so passionately said that - was not himself. Not the one that feels comfortable around Nikolai and Yelena and Arc and... no Jed was something different. That man would have been comfortable with Jed.

"Unless one has Alzheimer" said Agrat but Blackbird could barely hear her voice. She was a whisper or a mirage.  Had Blackbird not known her already, he'd dismiss that fraction of a thought as a figment of his own imagination. Actually conversing with Agrat felt incomprehensible - and the thought of making love to that tiny voice seemed unrealistic.  "Perhaps I really am a different person... " Thought Blackbird and there was deep sadness in that thought.  Blackbird felt as if he lost something very dear for him but could not place the finger on exactly what was lost.

He got ready professionally, his reagents and comb were safely stored in his armored suit. The sub-machine gun was neatly placed inside his coat. It created a bulge that sharp observers would identify as a small weapon - but that imperfection did not particularly disturbe Blackbird as nobody expected him to be unarmed during an illegal criminal transaction that is worth millions.

[SmilinIrish]

Jed re-assesses the diagram as the team geared up to leave.  My priority will be the enemy mage.  I'll hide myself and using my astral clairvoyance spell to watch the astral while remaining unobserved.  When the mage reveals himself, I'll strike.  Some really advanced mages can mask their abilities, but my talents lend themselves to seeing through their disguises.  Yelena will be up high.  Blackbird will be in the line of fire.  I have one summoned spirit that can Heal once before it is released.  I have a bound spirit that I will utilize in neutralizing the mage.  I'll take out the mage and then focus on getting everyone out alive.

[ismilealot]

Nicolai looks at his lieutenant and says, "Все идут в настоящее время. Скрыть, мой сигнал, убить их всех." His lieutenant nods and begins giving orders. In moments weapons caches are opened and enough armament to take out a small army is loaded and ready.

[spoiler] "All available go, hide, my signal, kill them all." [/spoiler]