[eighth circuit]

Frostmane

The car and its severely unlucky and pissed off passengers manages to limp away. Bystanders who had previously been enjoying an extended climax come to, confused. The crowd from the coffee shop cheers and pats you on the back. A short nervous man says something to you in Cantonese and winks at you.

The barista has disappeared into the coffee shop. He comes back out with a first aid kid, and speaks to you some more in Cantonese. He hooks the first aid kit up and dresses some of your wounds.
[spoiler]You heal 1P damage.[/spoiler]

A skinny man in a sharp suit with a strong jawline approaches you. He speaks to you in Japanese: "Frostmane, I presume?" He pulls you away from the crowd. "You've got an impressive record. I am even more impressed by what I've seen! I work for Xiao-Renraku. As you may know, we represent Renraku's interests in Hong Kong. Your information was not hard to track down, given your previous dealings with the corporation. Now that I know you are in Hong Kong, you may be of some use to us. May I give you a call some time?"

[All4BigGuns]

Frostmane gives a nod of thanks for the treatment of the damage she sustained as well as a gesture showing that she does not understand the language being spoken and makes a mental note to try and find a translation program on the net so that she could at least be able to read future things said either on her 'link or via the image link in her contacts. As the man in the suit approaches and speaks, she turns to him and responds also in Japanese, "Of course, the company still holds my loyalty for all it has done for myself and my family. However, if I am to be staying in the city much longer, I may need some assistance finding a lingual tutor for the area."

[Mirikon]

Kitten nimbly avoids yet another slash of that sword, squeezing off two more shots in Cheng's direction. She registers the new arrival, but right now dealing with an angry swordsman has more of her attention than dealing with the bowman who kicked in the door. Once she was done with Cheng and the driver, she could deal with the bowman, and arrange for Fong to have a nice long sit-down with some members of the Red Dragon to figure out why the 289s were interested in him.

[spoiler]Shot 1. 6P, -2 AP. 3 hits
10d6.hits(5)=3
Shot 2. 6P, -2 AP. 5 hits.
10d6.hits(5)=5

Dodging blade. 4 hits. No damage
11d6.hits(5)=4
[/spoiler]

[eighth circuit]

Kitten and Grind

Cheng takes two more bullets--not direct hits, but one pierces his armor and he scowls. The driver shoots at Kitten, but the shot wizzes by harmlessly. Cheng, finally discouraged by swinging and missing, takes advantage of the distraction to jump over to the couch and grab Fong.

[spoiler]Since you're moving simultaneously, you get a chance to shoot at him before he grabs Fong, if you want. No more melee penalty. Gonna wait till you go to finish Fong's turn, in case you happen to kill him.[/spoiler]

[Mirikon]

Oh, wonderful. Now the big one was going to try and use Fong as a hostage? Or was he just going to kill him? Either way, this idiot needed to be put down, now, before he could cause her any further problems. She really wished that he would just die, and spare her any more trouble. Hopefully a couple more shots would bring him down.

[spoiler]Shot 1. 6P, -2 AP.
14d6.hits(5)=7
Shot 2. 6P, -2 AP.
14d6.hits(5)=6[/spoiler]

[eighth circuit]

Frostmane

"Of course! says the man, smiling. "Give me your commcode and I will have a Cantonese tutorsoft sent to you. Consider it a welcoming gift. Now, for the moment, I feel that it would be in your best interest to get out of here before the police arrive. I will explain what happened and try to smooth things over. I even took some pictures of the kidnappers myself, and I can share them if you're interested. Anyway, you may expect a call from me soon. As you can see, something is always happening in Hong Kong!"

As the Renraku man leaves you, the barista approaches you again. In simple English, he says, "Thank you for saving me. I thought I was finished! You look like you might be a friend of the people." He hits his chest with his fist, then offers you a fist-bump.

[eighth circuit]

Kitten and Grind

You get two good shots on Cheng as he runs towards Fong. He staggers, but manages to stay on his feet, obviously in serious pain now. He grabs Cheng and uses him as a human shield, placing his sword at Cheng's neck as he backs away. "Nobody move, or baldy gets it!" he yells.

[spoiler]Grind's turn, then Kitten's again. See OOC thread for a discussion of the mechanics here...[/spoiler]

[All4BigGuns]

Giving a respectful bow to the company man, Frostmane says, "Arigato, and while the pictures themselves would do me little good, I would like to see any information you may gather on them. If you don't mind of course.", and sends her comm code to the man. At the thanks from the barista, she says, "I don't like standing by when an innocent is being assailed." Rather stiltedly, as though not accustomed to the gesture, she returns the 'fist bump' before turning and heading to her bike to return to her hotel.

[spoiler]
She does not travel lightly when she does so, the accoutrements of her lodge generally get packed up in her baggage so she has access when abroad.
[/spoiler]

[vinnmun]

"This is not negotiable!" Grind pulls back the SnS arrow and releases in elegance for a dwarf. Arrow heading towards Cheng in hopes to knock him out and maybe call the dude's bluff.

[spoiler]Rerolling my attack for you (10d6.hits(5)=2) Cheng is a bigger target so i figure there was no minus if so you are welcome to reroll it for me[/spoiler] 

[thecommabandit]

As the play begins to start and he shifts his perception to the astral, Menzo hands Linda the cigarette of deepweed he had secreted in his jacket pocket. "I think you'll be needing this to fully appreciate the performance."

Menzo shakes Frank's hand when he approaches him, congratulating him on the performance. "Well that would depend entirely on the nature of the job," Menzo says slyly. "O' course, if it was night work, that would make it much more palatable for me. What's the skinny, my man?"

[Mirikon]

Kitten responds by simply turning her gun to shoot the driver. "I wasn't paid to ensure the man's safety, only to follow him and see what happened. Now, you're going to drop the sword, or I will shoot through him to make you drop it." And it was true, she wasn't paid to care about Fong one way or the other. In fact, she had no idea who he was or why he was important. But she was not going to simply allow the man to walk away after trying to stab her so many times.

[spoiler]Shooting the driver. Shot 1. 6P, -2 AP
14d6.hits(5)=5
Shot 2. 6P, -2 AP
14d6.hits(5)=6[/spoiler]

[eighth circuit]

Grind and Kitten

The arrow flies true, and Cheng is too distracted by pain to use Fong as an effective shield. He convulses from the shock and falls to the ground, unconscious.

Kitten's heavy pistol rounds cut down the driver with ease. Fong, overwhelmed by the gratuitous violence around him and being used as a hostage, faints, falling on top of Cheng. The catgirl looks at the dwarf, the dwarf puzzles over the invisible figure holding the pistol.

[spoiler]Grind gets another pass this turn. The two of you can decide if you want to roll initiative again or just resolve this in roleplaying. I don't like to encourage metagaming, but try not to kill each other  [/spoiler]

Menzo

Frank lowers his voice. "Simple extraction, on a willing target. Only problem is, we have to find him first. I don't wanna get into too many details here. Most of these guys are cool, but you never know.... Shall we meet up tomorrow evening? No pay for this one, unfortunately, but it will curry great favor with the spirits. Sort of a charity I'm involved with."

Linda comes up to you. "Wasn't that amazing? I wish I could do magic. You were great, Frank. It's late now though, I think I ought to be heading home."

[vinnmun]

"I'm just hear for Cheng, nothing more... nothing less." He noches a Barbed arrow this time, as he slowly makes his way over to Cheng's limp body, staring at the ambient figure.

[thecommabandit]

"No pay? You're lucky I'm so friendly to spirits. Then again, a being of pure magic owing your favours can be worth more than cred," he chuckles. Menzo clasps Frank's hand into a handshake. "Give me the details and I'll be there."

"Aye, it was pretty good," he says to Linda. "Let me walk you over to the station."

[Mirikon]

Kitten deactivated her chameleon suit as she dropped down from the ceiling, landing with catlike grace on the floor. Fitting, since she looked like a catgirl. "Whether you can have him depends on what my contact says. You wouldn't want to step between two Triads, would you?" As she spoke, she sent a quick update to JJ, letting her know what had happened.