The Third Forumised Shadowrun Adventure!

Post by **Roman Totale** » March 2nd, 2009, 22:44

Chopper wrote:Woah - and I thought I could be obnoxious!

Flirting aside, let's get a plan together before the beer and beans run out. I'm booored.

The Shutting Downs · Post by **The Shutting Downs** » March 2nd, 2009, 23:14

((due to working the late shift this week, I'll post all this now, it will be shown once everyone is there. I hereby challenge Pete for the 'longest post in thread' title in this run...))

N-zo walks in and drops 2 6-packs of beer and a couple of bags of kwik-pop on the table. You notice that his face now has a very intricate Tribal design in red, black and green tattoed across it, and he still has his goggles on.

The elf attaches a wire to his temple and then into his wrist-com, he then starts moving his hands in front of him as though he is arranging things. The main screen in Frank’s workshop kicks to life with a classic ‘Hammer Horror’ style intro sequence.

N-zo wrote:After nearly two days of solid data mining, we have the following.

I took a look into Natsumi Yoshida, clean SIN, not even a parking ticket, nothing unusual or out of place.

Down to business, I looked into her last known address, nice place, high security, limited access and took a hell of a lot to crack it, but hey, I’m good.

Turns out though, Sensei Kitsune isn’t the only one who knows we are looking for her. All info on her has been cleared out. All her account details were wiped, her phone records are gone, no footage on the security vids, nada.

But they weren’t that clever. I managed to track them through her home node, off to Germany and then back here to Seattle node. I couldn’t find any more because the bastard crashed my link. Pity he wasn’t checking sooner, ‘cos I know where they live.

The screen has been flickering through the location details of the address to a data trail for the node tracking and now flashes up pictures and an AR site for a shop

N-zo wrote: The node belongs to a little shop in the industrial area, lil mom an dad place, everyone knows them, pillars of the community stuff.

Shame it’s also a Yakuza money laundering scheme. The Shigeda-gumi part of the clan, as though the military grade software they used to crash my wares wasn’t proof enough they are connected, I’m not usually this edgy, but when your vision turns to static and your ears fill with looped feedback, it puts a downer on your day, especially when some arse decides he doesn’t care to listen to what you’ve found for him.

So anyway, these guys have cleared her house, her bank records and her Sin, leaving me only one place left to go.

I managed to hack the main records office of the Japanese government; oh the ICE in there is a fun thing to play with.

The Screen changes to some passport like pictures of the woman, with a family tree spreading out above her, and a lot of official looking Japanese documentation.

N-zo wrote: Checked out her family history, very boring life and lineage back a few hundred years, matched up that her Sin was still clean there and found out that until she came to the US, she didn’t actually exist, and all her records are fake, these guys really did a thorough job painting her background, be glad I’m a pedantic man.

A comparison screen of the two Identities flashes up, highlighting the small diffrences that would mean a comparison might fail

N-zo wrote: Natsumi doesn’t exist anymore than the Big D’s coffee mug does, but a young lady by the name of Shizu Ishikawa, same age, same description, but with quite a link to the Yakuza and a list of convictions to her name did get on a plane to Seattle the same day Natsumi did, and guess what?

She didn’t get off.

A police file in Japanese flashes up with an overlaid translation of the rap sheet.

N-zo wrote: So, the daughter of a high up Shigeda-gumi clan Boss leaves the country, but doesn’t arrive anywhere, and now the same clan have cleared her new Ident. I got a few checks to make on the same searches on similar women in Seattle, got it narrowed to about 200 possibilities, and a few contacts working on the street cams in the city, see if we can’t get a new name and such, Sorry Leland, but its higher on their priorities than that SIN, at least it is after the amount I had to pay them just to get them to take a look see.

I did manage to find out another fun fact that our yakuza hack bunny didn’t think was worth deleting, she didn’t like walking. Her favourite places to get a taxi ride to were the Neon Flower Nightclub, which is another Shigeda-gumi run business with a rep for no nonsense, a small place in the Barrens that no one will admit to owning, and an address belonging to one Bishamon Saito, a Shigeda-gumi clan thug, same age as our missing woman. He might be good to shake down for a lead.

Work for you I think Chopper, I doubt he’ll respond to anything less than a kicking.

Was that worth detouring from your busy schedule Corp Boy?

The elf takes a moment to look smug.

N-zo wrote: Oh, lastly, in case I haven’t amazed you enough already...

Details start scrolling up the screen for a file on Sensei Kitsune with small ‘message board’ threads scrolling on speculating who he is. Many parts of the main file are marked ‘Restricted’, ‘Classified’ and ‘Eye’s Only’

N-zo wrote: This is our employer. It’s definite that Sensei Kitsune is an Alias, however, all info on who he was has been blocked by the Japanese government. And his SIN is in that name, and is so legal the Pope’s references would be double checked as fake if placed side by side.

Known to be a mage of moderate power, and possibly not entirely human. The fact he has been called in means that somewhere up the line, crap has really hit the fan. We mess up on this boys, it’s time to leave the country.

Post by **Grimmie** » March 2nd, 2009, 23:50

Nikolai looks up from a glossy gun magazine and gives a nod of respect.

Nikolai wrote:Excellent work, very professional, methodical, get details right before running headlong into mess.

He turns to Frank and gives a little smile.

Nikolai wrote:Grenade launcher looks good, death from above! Aha ha ha!
Maybe under-sling a tazer onto Ferret, so I have option to stun or kill on mission? There is a cheap one here, high capacity. What do you think?

Post by **deject** » March 2nd, 2009, 23:59

Leland in Sperethiel wrote:You must forgive my colleagues, we're not the most patient bunch, and you can understand our frustration.

I'd say that's a great deal of work you've got there N-zo. I don't mean to be rude, but you didn't attract any unwarranted attention whilst doing your work did you?

I don't know much about these yakuza clans, but I'm guessing Kitsune is not part of this Shigeda-gumi clan is he?

Fucking hell, why did I agree to work for yakuzas...

Post by **Grimmie** » March 3rd, 2009, 0:05

Nikolai grins and turns to Leland, rubbing his forefinger and thumb together.

Nikokai wrote:Same reason any of us take stupid jobs like this. Money!

Post by **deject** » March 3rd, 2009, 0:13

Yeah but I'd rather work for those Lone Star bastards rather than get involved in kidnapping daughters of yakusa bosses. Still it's a rather bit late to back out now. Al, you still want to check out the club before we do anything?

Post by **HereComesPete** » March 3rd, 2009, 0:31

Seeing as how this is earlier in the day than when N-zo and Al have their tiff, I'll do it first.

Frank wrote:Nikolai my man. If you want grenade launchers and tazers then I'll give you grenade launchers and tazers! It does offer a flexibility of knocking someone out or making them into jam. I'll kick off the searches right now.

Grimmie - you pointed out stuff you wanted but I forgot because I was beefing.

Poke me with page numbers and such and I'll work out getting plans, making mods and costs.

***I'll edit this to stick rolls for sourcing/modding here when I know what grimmie wants***

Later in the day when N-zo rolls up -

Frank wrote:I didn't understand half of that, but as far as I can tell I was entirely justified in saying we were being dicked about. Good stuff N-zo. Ignore Al, he's all antsy because he hasn't had a chance to grind it with the chicks down at the sparkly plant or whatever that club is called.

Shaking his head, Frank cracks open a beer and sparks up a red apple.

Frank wrote:So who are we searchin for? A real fake chick who's a drug making type, or a real real one who's some high up's loin spawn who's fake? Or have I missed the point?

If we deliver her to the docks for the old not-all-human dude with the broken pig sticker, are we gonna get ventilated?

I think I'll go with chopper to beat the snot out the Japanese-muscle, it'll make me feel better. Maybe we could pay a visit to the place in the barrens too.

Frank wrote:Oh, N-zo. Now you're back have a look at this when you get the chance. I think it ties in with this whole thing. Cheers.

Frank tosses N-zo a readout of the weirdness that happened to his pan.

Frank wrote:Now, do we challenge mr not very human with this? Or not mention it, not fuck up and take the healthy pay check at the end of it?

And you know Nikolai is right Leland, the money and the thrill of it. I'm not at all happy about the sly bastards double-crossing spy shit going on, but it beats sitting on our asses all day.

Post by **Roman Totale** » March 3rd, 2009, 7:32

Chopper wrote:Oh fuck yeah - Chopper gonna be a taxi driver! I'll head over to the Barrens for a quiet chat with our friend Bishamon Saito. You know, it wouldn't surprise me me if by the end of our discussion he's got an opening for a new driver.

Who wants to come with me? If it goes really well, we might even get to pick this girly up - me driving, someone in the back to keep her company, job's a good un.

Post by **Joose** » March 3rd, 2009, 7:32

Wee! The time lines are diverging! Ahhhhhh!

Ok, treat Pete and Grimmies gun-buggering as going on from earlier in the day. As long as it gets done (work and all) before you use any of it or head off to do other things, thats fine.

Everything else that is happening *now* is happening *now*. That is happening *then*. When? Just now...

The Shutting Downs · Post by **The Shutting Downs** » March 3rd, 2009, 9:08

N-zo wrote:Real person, now has a new ID.

I'd guess her habits won't have changed too much, and you may get some luck at the Flower Power club, but she isn't useing either of those names anmore.

Kitsune probably has some idea of the change, but considering he works for the Yakza high ups, it's likely he can't step in if it's one clan against the other.

So, Mr Al, you want to go socialise at the club whilst Chopper visits our thug friend and the barrens address, two diffrent places by the way, just to clarify.

I'll stay here and run some more comparisons, see if I cant get closer than 200.

And Leland, yes there was some attention, but he think's I'm dealt with after he crashed me out the system.

I would suggest possibly Al, Leland and John to the club, with Chopper, Frank and Nikola to the other two lcations and N-zo can data search/hack as you call it in.

Plan?

The Shutting Downs · Post by **The Shutting Downs** » March 3rd, 2009, 9:10

N-zo to Frank wrote:Gimmie the admin codes so I can check the logs and I'll see what I can find out

Post by **HereComesPete** » March 3rd, 2009, 9:46

Future (now) tiem! -

Frank wrote:Sure thing N-zo. Here's the codes, the sexy female voice you talk to is called Grace. She helps me with my IR display and occasionally lives in my guns.

I'm with you chopper. Fancy giving us a lift Nikolai?

Post by **Dog Pants** » March 3rd, 2009, 10:42

Al pouts sulkily.

Al wrote:Well I can't fault your work, but you need to work on your team skills pal. Maybe next time you could open up the lines of communication before we all go wasting our time, rather than giving us the strong silent type then showing up like the Lone fucking Ranger.

Al wrote:Back to the Neon Flower then. John, if you want to come along with us and can remain subtle then feel free. Can't harm us having a bit of safety in numbers.

I'm hoping I can use what I know about her to form a description that people might have heard of, but ask for her in a general way. I'm planning on going in as a Mr Johnson with a couple of runners on the paycheck, looking for a particular type of lady for a high-up exec. Hopefully I'll get a few manes dropped that we can pass on to N-Zo to get checked out.

Post by **fabyak** » March 3rd, 2009, 12:00

Jon wrote:Cool, sounds good to me, i'll try not to look shifty. Cheers for all that info N-Zo, should certainly come in handy. Would you mind checking out a club called the Gilded Lotus or something similar and see if it ties in with anything you've found? My contact mentioned it to us, might turn out to be the same place mind, he ain't too bright but gotta be worth checking out just in case

Post by **Grimmie** » March 3rd, 2009, 12:07

Nikolai wrote:Da, to truck we go.
Will you need any of my toys when we get to destination?

Nik' raps his hands across his knees and stands up.

Nikolai wrote:Chopper, you sit in front with me, where I can see you.
Compensation; You control radio on way there.

Post by **HereComesPete** » March 3rd, 2009, 12:18

Frank wrote:Oh shit. Do you know what you've done!

It's a good job I can felcher out noise sources with my computo ears.

Post by **Grimmie** » March 3rd, 2009, 12:36

Nikolai wrote:I would prefer drones were safe, than ears. Besides..

Nikoai unpins the ear flaps from his hat and smooths them over.

Post by **Joose** » March 3rd, 2009, 18:44

Grimmie wrote: Nikoai unpins the ear flaps from his hat and smooths them over.

Right, just so I'm sure who is doing what:

Al, Leland and John are headed to the club.
Frank, Chopper and Nikolai are heading to the thug first, then the address in the Barrens.
N-Zo is doing more hax/narrowing down his search.

Missed anything?

Post by **HereComesPete** » March 3rd, 2009, 19:59

That sounds about right to me.

I want to get this gun mod stuff sorted because it's making my brain melt!

Grimmeh! Show me what you want! (fnar fnar)

Post by **Roman Totale** » March 3rd, 2009, 20:18

Chopper wrote:Your radio is about to be rocked like a rocking horse ridden by a fat lady!

Let me know when we get there - I want to make an "entrance".