The Duality Wars: The Alien Wars 6

Session 37

<DeathStar> 5.27.5900 CE
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar is not present yet during the meeting time when it comes around. Bonnie playing with a data crystal sent with a DNA reading with Asarar's name on it
<Seraphna> * Luci peers at Bonnie. "May I see that please?"
<DeathStar> 6* Bonnie peers at her, then shrugs, tossing it at her casually, the data crystal soaring
<DeathStar> 6* Needing a reflex of 2 to grab
<Seraphna> * Luci grabs it out of the air, having a 3.
<Chain> 6*Wolfe yawns with his pile of children and pets
<DeathStar> 6* Posco drinks at a booth, watching things on the first floor, ready to nail Wolfe for anything
<Seraphna> Luci> "Boss is running late huh?" *she starts to check the data*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *walks into the room*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Boring. Going back to the first floor
<DeathStar> 6* Bonnie shuffles off
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea blinks at that
<Chain> 6*Wolfe pulls Bonnie into the pile, she being one of his kids
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Ack!2
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar walks into the room finally, holding her shoulder which is bleeding, sitting down in her chair
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Sorry for running late
<Jackieness> <Kira> "What the hell happened to you?"
<Seraphna> * Luci looks up from her datapad and stares, getting up and grabbing the first aid kit. "Seriously woman."
<SaraLappy> <Chelsea> Yikes...
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I was in the Net and left the Hotel to see if I could figure out what the Corporations were up to the other day, since there was no signs of physical stuff out there. Ran into a nasty device that hit me. Not sure if it was a NetRunner defense or what they set up since it knocked me off my feet good.
<Chain> 6*Wolfe opens one eye 1"it may be boring but its what we have to do for the rime being
<Seraphna> Luci> "So they boobytrapped the way out?"
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar flexes her hand open and close.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Not sure I get your question
<Seraphna> Luci> "You walked out of the hotel in the net and this happened."
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> You know how much food it's going to cost to feet all these guys, and how much coin to buy rooms?
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I didn't get hit right away, no. Like I said, I went to check the locations
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I haven't moved around the city much before
<Seraphna> * Luci nods and muses. "Maybe you just need to learn the ropes of cyber hopping... or whatever they call it."
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Could be corporate. All the suits moving around down here lately."
<Chain> <Wolfe> yep, it's for me to worry about pumpkin 6*he yawns and settles down, having never called Bonnie or anyone else pumpkin ever
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Anyway, *she peers at Kira* let me go into the mission
<DeathStar> 6* Bonnie flusters a little, poking one of the little ones
<Seraphna> * Luci cleans and dresses her shoulder.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Since we are working solo, and staying out of the Corporation field, we need to find a way into Macross
<Seraphna> Luci> "Got a plan then?" *she finishes, looking at the wound curiously, having looked at the crystal*
<Chain> <Wolfe> besides Pos will try and nail you for something and root it back to me
<Chain> <Wolfe> so consider yourself "grounded" in name only
<DeathStar> 6* She muses. "The Corporations so far have been hiring and snapping up the big named NetRunners, the famous ones, no doubt - or least the ones willing to be bought. If we want to get inside Macross, I suggest attaching ourselves as security for a business that Macross is likely to snap up
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Feh...Alright
<Seraphna> Luci> "Well... depending on the business I might be able to get us some recommendations or backing... legitimate, even."
<Seraphna> Luci> "Though that's putting my rep out there." *she notes as a 'handle this with care' line*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "What about the credentials of that Netrunner who tried to frag us a while back?"
<DeathStar> <Asarar> We really want to use that?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "It was just a thought."
<Seraphna> Luci> "That one sounds risky... didn't we collect the bounty on it already?"
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Yeah, we turned him in
<Seraphna> Luci> "Word on that will have gotten out then. Netrunners watch the police database for news."
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Well, someone have other ideas then?"
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I have a list of businesses either way that Macross is looking to buy. Their currently needing to upgrade into the big league. I can make our creditals better with some tinkering and have Hood help us with a location in the middle district
<DeathStar> 6* She looks at Jelly's workshop area, and all the parts he's using and the power he's drawing
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Maybe sell some stuff
<Seraphna> Luci> "Mind if I see the list? One might be connected to someone I know."
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar brings up the list of four businesses. One business is called FossRessi, and claims to be working on bringing back spirits from spirit fossils. It has a lot of black marks for shadey business practices though, indicating the owner, a woman, might be desperate
<Jackieness> kira "That one sounds just plain weird."
<DeathStar> 6* The second is a TectFau, a BioTect company that works on pushing the boundaries of BioTects and making them more lifelike and intelligent, trying to attach magic to them
<DeathStar> 6* The third is SpiritBio, working on combining BioTects and Spirits, and is constantly in the red, needing funding and bailing, and the owner, a man, needing Corporation bailout, possibily in debt to all of them
<DeathStar> 6* And the final one works on Mods, calling his business Mod Paradise
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I figured the desperate business people might be willing to take us on no questions asked
<DeathStar> 6* She leans back, musing
<Seraphna> * Luci frowns and decides to check if any of the businesses might have had dealings with her adoptive family's, thinking the second and fourth might have.
<DeathStar> 6* The second and fourth seem to be rather new in the last 5-10 years and likely are not, pushing the agenda of the using spirit-fossils
<DeathStar> <Asarar> *she seems to be peering at the others* So, which business appeals to everyone?
<DeathStar> 6* Bonnie helps the older ones take care of the younger ones
<Jackieness> <Kira> "The last one has the bonus of possibly getting access to new mods."
<Seraphna> Luci> "I like the second and the last... more familiar to me in ways."
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar nods, likely not what she is interested in but seems to be going where the group wants
<Seraphna> Luci> "First seems easy, but the consequences of getting caught up in whatever dreck she's creating for herself seem not worth it."
<SaraLappy> <Chelsea> I wonder if any of these are anywhere near achieving their goals...
<Chain> 6*Wolfe looks over some of the even smallerones, coiling them up in his tail
<DeathStar> <Asarar> The second and fourth are less likely to need us, so it will take more effort to get in
<Seraphna> Luci> I don't mind the third either. It's really the first I just plain don't like. If we were free to screw her over later to correct her wrongs... maybe."
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar seems to be musing, deciding how fancy to make themselves to get in
<SaraLappy> <Chelsea> It's a curious concept to me, personally.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> either way, the majority is for 4. So I will approach Hood and then Mod Paradise
<DeathStar> 6* She rotates her shoulder
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Let everyone know we iwll likely be moving to the middle district in Quad 1 soon
<DeathStar> 6* She exits, leaving Luci with the data crystal she had no idea she had
<Seraphna> * Luci quietly puts it in a container and sets it in a place Asarar will easily find later, but less likely that Bonnie will play with it.
<Seraphna> * Luci lets Max know in the bond and goes to get ready.
<DeathStar> -tIME JUMP-
<DeathStar> DATE FOR SUMMARY TO NOTE: 5.25.5990 CE
<DeathStar> <Hood> Here's the best place in Quad 1. Nothing like my beautiful Quad, but yeah. Near your target and it's not bad. 6* He shows them a tall building much like the slums, an apartment complex, but this place is nicer, and there's a sky in the middle district, despite the fact there's a floor above them and pillars situated to keep it up
<DeathStar> 6* The rent for the apartment floor that Asarar got costs an arm and a leg as Asarar hits the elevator with Hood and everyone who came along, going up to floor 49
<Seraphna> Luci> "Seems nice."
<DeathStar> 6* Outside, trees and parks can be seen, as well as what businesses there are. The air is nice and cycled, and even the space port in the distance isn't run down. The Macross Corporations, of which 10 large buildings, can be seen scattered throughout the quad, reminders of Macross running the place
<Seraphna> * Luci does a robot voice. "Welcome Citizens to MacrossLand."
<DeathStar> 6* The 49th floor, which Asarar has rented out, has 6 rooms, and Asarar unlocks one, entering and setting supplies down and her equipment to hack and do stuff, as well a telescope to eye Mod Paradise a few blocks away. There's an entertainment screen with shows that play and news, as well as network to hook up with your DataReader
<DeathStar> 6* The bed is fluffy and bouncy and a private shower. Asarar muses as she looks through the telescope
<DeathStar> <Hood> Well, I'm off to my girls
<Seraphna> Luci> "Behave, Hoodie."
<DeathStar> <Hood> Will do. Su says hi
<Jackieness> <Kira> *steps in and looks around, lifting off her shades*
<DeathStar> 6* Hood moves off
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Remember, we get a job with them as security - NetRunners. Likely we will not be allowed near the merchandise or equipment. We have to let them decide how they want to use us. We just want to be there when the business is bought out by Macross
<DeathStar> 6* She moves to head back down once done unpacking. "I sent them data about meeting us, lets go."
<Seraphna> * Luci nods and checks her going out gear, fixing her coat.
<DeathStar> 6* Soon Asarar stands outside Mod Paradise. The flashy, guady lights flash on the building
<DeathStar> M O D P A R A D I S E 6* It Says, then repeats
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...glad I wore my shades."
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea stays close to Asarar
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar takes a breath, adjusting her suit then walks inside. Air conditioned air hits them and a Biotect sitting behind a desk looks up, a Mark III. It rises, wearing a suit. "How mod we help you today?"
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar stands there, broken
<Seraphna> * Luci gently jabs her to get her back. "We're here for a meeting."
<DeathStar> <Biotect Secretary> Are you the Cypher group?
<Seraphna> Luci> "That's correct."
<DeathStar> 6* It buzzes something and a short, balky man arrives and shakes each of their hands. "Greetings. Come this way, come this way. I'm Ted. Ted Dey."
<DeathStar> 6* He leads them to his office on the first floor, which has a huge desk filled with plushies, posters of various Net games, BioTect and Fauna girls that are famous on shows and said games, and more toys. He sits down
<Seraphna> * Luci shakes back. "Lucianna, and this is Asarar."
<SaraLappy> <Chelsea> C-Chelsea. *she blinks*
<Seraphna> * LUci walks with him and stands till Asarar takes a seat.
<Jackieness> <Kira> *walks along, hands in coat pocket*
<DeathStar> <Ted Dey> So you're the group that wants to work security for my business. 6* Asarar sits. <Asarar> That's correct. *She hands him a folder* You've read our creditals. Your business has caught our eye and we know that you are going places. We think we can provide you with mutal benefits for both of us
<DeathStar> <Asarar> As you grow and gain the eye of the bigger boys, people will start targetting you
<DeathStar> 6* Ted nods, eating some candy, offering it to them
<Seraphna> * Luci takes a piece politely.
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea accepts one and looks at it curiously
<DeathStar> <Ted> So, if I buy your group and pay you a salary, do I get you all you beauties? *He jokes, since they're all women*
<DeathStar> 6* He winks at Luci and Chelsea
<Jackieness> <Kira> *rolls her eyes, though her shades prevent anyone from seeing it*
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar eyes her breasts, since he went for Luci and Chelsea
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea blinks -- especially considering her chest is quite flat
<Seraphna> * LUci smiles in a cute way, using the barely legal trap routine.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> ... yes. *She says flatly* <Ted> So, the price you named. It's a little high. *he names a number half that*
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea narrows her gaze.
<Seraphna> * Luci gives Asarar a slight glance, the message in it not to give in too easily.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> ... *she picks a number just shy of the number and they haggle until they're both satisfied* <Ted> You are going to break me before I can get hacked. *they shake, Ted looking pleased and Asarar pleased as well*
<DeathStar> <Ted> Will you be living here? <Asarar> No. We have a place just a block from here, but we will keep people on staff here beginning tomorrow.
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar begins to move for the exit, Ted chatting and offering Luci and Chelsea some of his fauna plushies from the shows. Asarar glances at Kira, and she taps her data-reader discreetly to place some of her programs, hacking cameras.
<Seraphna> * Luci plays it up and happily takes one.
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea blinks... although she seems legitimately happy with this gift.
<Jackieness> <Kira> *pushes up her sunglasses to expose her eyes and then purses her lips, blowing a bubble from some gum*
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar eyes Luci's plushie, like she wants it, closing her gloved palm. As they all step out, contracts having been finished signed with the data-readers, a vehicle approached from one of the ten Macross HQ's. It looks to be made of armor so that no one can take it out easily and waves flags that signify that someone important is inside. Asarar steps quickly away from the building, making Ted blink but he's quickly distracted by it heading toward his building
<Jackieness> <Kira> *moves along after Asarar*
<DeathStar> 6* The vehicle stops in the parking area of the Mod Paradise, the hover car landing and guards in black get out, wearing sunglasses and ear pieces, securing the area. Asarar remains out of sight to observe
<Seraphna> * Luci walks along after Asarar, she whispers to her. "Want it?"
<DeathStar> 6* She takes it from Luci without a word, putting it in her suit inside
<Seraphna> * Luci has a pleased look as she watches the vehicle.
<DeathStar> 6* First, a beautiful alluring catgirl Fauna with pink hair gets out, looking to be in her mid-twenties. She looks around, then another man gets out, well known from the articles on him and screens. Maxwell Terran.
<DeathStar> 6* He leans forward, speaking in the vehicle, where a third person is sitting. Their shape looks vaguely familiar, and they are wearing a blue hat
<DeathStar> 6* Ted looks starteld, holding his chest as Terran and his guards lead him inside the business, along with Chelsea who was left behind
<Seraphna> * Luci squints, hoping to see better.
<DeathStar> 6* The car windows are tinted. The only person who might will be able to see is Chelsea once they are done inside
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea looks
<DeathStar> 6* Right now Chelsea has been carried inside by Terran, the pink fauna catgirl, and Ted
<DeathStar> 6* Apparantly stuck for a long boring meeting, or interesting, hard to tell
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea wonders how she ended up being carried around, though remembers being carried by Asarar sometimes... she frowns a bit
<DeathStar> <Asarar> We needed someone behind. Good job, Chelsea. *She murmurs, and waits. The meeting lasts 2 hours, and Terran basically hard bargains Ted into selling his business for a pathetic amount, standing and leaving. Thankfully, Chelsea and her group are allowed to stay on for a small time assuming they can prove themselves
<DeathStar> 6* The catgirl fauna rises as the business ends, adjusting her suit and smiles at Chelsea, moving to follow Terran back to the car
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Our timing on getting hired is... convenient."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I planned it close but I didn't know how close
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar stands on the roof, listening in
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea glances around, looking for anything that might detect it if she took pictures or similar
<DeathStar> 6* Terran walks outside toward the car, whispering, not knowing of the three listening in. "Once the contract is through, take that fool's business apart and make sure we have his patons and mods. Unlike the other businesses are the list that one isn't important."
<DeathStar> 6* Tehre's many guards looking around watching that might notice
<DeathStar> <Terran> If the runners are any good we can find a place for them
<DeathStar> 6* He enters the car, moving aside the blue hat person as he opens the door. Asarar tries to crane her head to look in
<DeathStar> 6* Then the cat girl gives Chelsea a smile, moving in. For 3 seconds there's a chance as the guards move into the car.
<DeathStar> 6* Only 3
<DeathStar> 3
<DeathStar> 2
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea looks
<DeathStar> 6* The car door shuts and the vechile leaves
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar moves to get Chelsea, picking her and her plushie up, heading back to the apartments
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Thoughts, people?
<Seraphna> Luci> "Seems they're priming for a big move."
<SaraLappy> <Chelsea> They business-murdered the poor man in there... all it was missing was the knife in the back.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Wonder what MAcross is up to and what their big announcement is if mod grabbing isn't in the cards so much as a side project
<Seraphna> Luci> "Immortality? Anyway, Chel, did you get to see who was in the car?"
<SaraLappy> <Chelsea> The girl in the car... she had brown hair.
<Seraphna> Luci> "That's it?"
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...they sounded more inerested in the spirit fossil companies."
<SaraLappy> <Chelsea> To her shoulders, maybe... blue. Dark.
<SaraLappy> ((<DeathStar> I changed the hair to black blue))
<DeathStar> <Asarar> ... *She peers at Chelsea slowly, stopping*
<SaraLappy> * Chelsea blinks. "Is something wrong?"
<DeathStar> 6* Then slowly shakes her head and moves on to the apartments. "For now I'll keep someone at the business and working. We should head back to the hotel and make sure everything is up and running."
<Seraphna> Luci> "Black hair that changes to blue going down huh?"
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar grabs some equipment, making sure to work out a schedule for security while Ted Dey's business is running
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Almost did my hair that way once."
<DeathStar> 6* Asarar packs up a bit, frowning in thought, then mumbles
<DeathStar> -TIME JUMP-
<DeathStar> 6* Once back at the Hotel, Asarar brings up a bio on a person, studying it, before closing the picture of the person in the hat
<DeathStar> 6* She then tries to bring up information from the Police or Corporation police from recently, getting some hidden chatter that they are trying to keep quiet - appearing in each Quad
<DeathStar> 6* And all directed in the slums
<DeathStar> <Asarar> What are you all up to
<DeathStar> -END-