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Langley heads back to the girls by the bar, who are now talking to another suit. On his way he pauses, turns and looks at you both. For the first time you remember he has a serious expression on his face. Then he turns and grabs the suit in an over-friendly two-handed hand shake.

Well, I'll just chill with my drink for a bit.

Eraser to Dirk wrote:I jus called a friend in the crib, turns out this BPN doesn't have authorisation from above. When Langley said they skipped a step, it's a pretty big step.

I wonder if we can turn this to our advantage and get a legit BPN out of it? I'll give Haynes another call and see if there's anything going for "rooting out internal corruption".

Dirk to Haynes wrote:Sorry to bother you again Mr. Haynes. This BPN we've been given doesn't appear to be above board. I'm fairly sure Langley is unaware of the this, but the contact, Sumner, is not. Is there any way we can turn this into genuine work on a anti-corruption slant? I'm sure there's more to this than meets the eye.

Any further thoughts on bringing the target in?

Haynes wrote:I'll have a word with my contacts at Cloak and see if I can get a Grey issued. Send me a report on what you've found. Normally they wouldn't use a combat squad for something like this, but since you're already involved that gives you a fighting chance.

Dirk pings the report over.

So, what now chaps?

Pursuit!

Tracking (7): 7, 7 + 7 = 21
Sneak (4): 2, 10 + 4 = 16
Hide (4): 4, 5 + 4 = 13

I don't know. 8 pages and I couldn't think of one thing to do, so I'm on /follow.

The husband probably isn't an issue, if she's trying to play this quietly then the chances are he doesn't know what's going on either. I'll head back to my place, suit up, and grab Bertha.

Briony walks for a good half an hour until she reaches a Suburbian bar. It's a little bit pretentious, and really it has no right to be with its fake plants and peeling paint, and fairly quiet. Briony enters and through the window you see her sit next to another girl at the bar.

Dejus, spring into action! Watch her with your eyes!

Go go more sneaky! I will approach from behind them. Once I've got a good position, I'll try and record them.

Sneak (4): 6, 1 + 4 = 11
Hide (4): 5, 8 + 4 = 17

They don't notice you. The bar's not busy, nobody does. They're talking about work at the moment. From the conversation you get the impression they work together, and that they both want a promotion.

I'll listen in as long as they're talking. I'd like to get a picture of who she is with and do a recognition thing.

Computer Use (4): 10, 6 + 4 = 20

Otherwise, I'll just keep monitoring them until our target leaves.

Her companion is Haley Moses, SCL11, typist at the Dept of Delegation. They talk about work for a little while, then switch to a man at the office they both like, then onto Briony's husband. She doesn't seem to like him much, and doesn't know where he is. Exhasperated with him, she changes the subject and they spend another few hours bitching about various work colleagues and talking about TV. Finally they leave and head off in different directions.

Go go following! Should I roll for tracking/stealthy again?

Nah, I think we've established she's not going to see you, no need to kick the arse out of it. She walks back home the way she came and goes back into her apartment.

deej to the rest of the squad wrote:Guys, unless their apartment is a gun workshop for insurgents or something, either she's clean or the best deep cover plant I've ever seen. Any luck with the husband?

Grimmie wrote:He spoke to some dudes, then some other dudes looked angry at me, so I stood outside.

Grimmie wrote:Yeah, those guys back there gave me a really dirty look. Like this..

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