DiscoDude: ---BEGIN SESSION---
DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
Ryusui|GM: So first off, a little recap, a little retcon!
Susan: Susan wakes up from a nap, where she had a dream about the team. For some reason, she'd joined in late, and had to give her name as Karen.
Ryusui|GM: <@!Mr. Fisk> and <@!Susan> were latecomers to your little party, but despite the fact that <@!Casper> nearly killed Susan when she first introduced herself to your group (carrying a rather expensive bottle of wine from Mr. Fisk himself), the two of them convinced you of their intentions and officially joined your operation to get justice for Hazel Halliday and get even with Edgar Hotchkiss!
Ryusui|GM: Of course they were busy doing other things relevant to the mission while you three decided to hit Hotchkiss's house, but they're waiting for you alongside Eli back at the apartment when you arrive!
Ryusui|GM: So, <@&466676711379959808>, the gang's all assembled. You have a date and a target. What next?
Casper: “You are our ‘mastermind,’ sir?” Casper addresses Fisk. “Could you or Eli tell us who this buyer is?”
Susan: Susan puts her finger to her chin. "If we can find the buyer before the deal goes down, I could try to engineer some reason to put it off, maybe to a time and place of our chosing," She says, "Or ideally, cancel it altogether."
Mr. Fisk: "Well, a specific art collection isn't exactly a common thing, the buyer almost certainly had to cast a wide net, so that should narrow it down."
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Ah, Finally the party is complete! Sorry about Casper, I told him to be extra careful."
Casper: “Mph. But why is he selling it? He seems eager to complete his collection... With all due respect!” He salutes.
Casper: (Also, we should start asking the occasional personal question soon.)
Mr. Fisk: "That should be obvious, a full set is worth more."
Ryusui|GM: (<@!Mr. Fisk> he's asking why he's trying to sell this one thing if he's trying to collect them all)
Ryusui|GM: (like in spite of the guy having an extensive collection of Van Meer works he seems intent on selling this one item rather than keeping it in his collection)
Ryusui|GM: (or doing some deal involving it)
Mr. Fisk: (He is only selling this one? ok that is weird)
Reality Glitch: "Selling full set; not just owl."
Susan: "I wonder if that might help narrow the search," Susan says, "This isn't something he'd sell for money, he's probably after something else from the buyer."
Casper: “But only the owl was missing, Eli... with all due respect.”
Reality Glitch: "That's why we go for Hotchkiss,"
Reality Glitch: "so that owl isn't missing anymore."
Casper: (I was saying that you’re wrong about him selling the full set.)
Reality Glitch: ((I (the player) don't remember anything about which items were and were not still in Hotchkiss's place.))
Susan: "That, or we might have more time than we think..." Susan says, "Hotchkiss is a crook, and he probably doesn't want to part with this single statue. He screwed over Halliday, he might be trying to screw over the buyer."
Ryusui|GM: ( <@Reality Glitch> the point is the owl, the thing you're trying to recover, was missing and not displayed with the rest of Hotchkiss's collection)
Reality Glitch: I scowl and growl at the mention of the criminal activity being serial in nature.
Mr. Fisk: "We really don't know enough to say that we know what Hotchkiss wants. Lets just start by figuring out just who buyer is."
Mr. Fisk: Would take a look over the letter, and any packaging if it came with that, to see if it had any hints to where it came from or went to.
Mr. Fisk: (assuming this a went through the mail letter...)
Reality Glitch: ((The writing in future tense is still bugging me.))
Casper: (Ooh, yeah, an address!)
Casper: (Is this a Hacker roll, or Mastermind?)
Reality Glitch: ((Snail mail, so not Hacker.))
Ryusui|GM: Let's call this Mastermind + Intelligence.
Ryusui|GM: plus a D8 for any applicable distinctions or assets
Ryusui|GM: !roll 1d6, 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 2 [1d6 = 2] and 1d6 for 6 [1d6 = 6]
Ryusui|GM: (beat 8!)
Mr. Fisk: (Wouldn't an adress be writen in plain english?)
Ryusui|GM: (there's no return address on the envelope but there might be other clues!)
Reality Glitch: ((I don't know; 40,320 is a big number.))
Mr. Fisk: !roll 1d10, 1d10
DiscoDude: <@Mr. Fisk> rolled 1d10 for 7 [1d10 = 7] and 1d10 for 2 [1d10 = 2]
Ryusui|GM: ("That is not a small number! That is a big number!")
Reality Glitch: ((Eh?))
Ryusui|GM: (sorry i was making a Strong Bad joke in response to your comment XD)
Reality Glitch: ((Mine was a math joke, because "8!=1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8=40,320"))
Ryusui|GM: (oh, XD)
Reality Glitch: ((Anyway, Fisk's 9 beats your 8.))
Ryusui|GM: The letter itself provides no clues, but there is a mark on the envelope that you recognize, Mr. Fisk. It's the branding of Golden Eagle Courier Services, a rather high-end delivery company here in town.
Ryusui|GM: It doesn't tell you directly who the letter came from, but you might be able to find out who paid the company to deliver it.
Casper: (Now time for the Hacker to shine?)
Reality Glitch: ((Maybe?))
Mr. Fisk: "Well, that should make easy enough. Eli, they probably have a data base to keep track of stuff like this."
Reality Glitch: "Who's 'they'?"
Ryusui|GM: (yeah, you haven't told them about Golden Eagle yet XD)
Reality Glitch: "What's 'stuff like this'?"
Reality Glitch: I threw up air quotes around "they" and "stuff like this".
Ryusui|GM: (XD)
Mr. Fisk: "Golden Eagle Courier, and the packages they deliver."
Reality Glitch: "On it; spy man!"
Mr. Fisk: "In this case, one delivered to a Mr. Hotchkiss"
Reality Glitch: I immediately start looking into the information the spy man gave me to see if we could connect anyone else to Hotchkiss.
Reality Glitch: !roll 1d10, 1d10
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 1d10 for 1 [1d10 = 1] and 1d10 for 2 [1d10 = 2]
Reality Glitch: ((Hacker+INT))
Reality Glitch: Unfortunately, I fail .... miserably.
Ryusui|GM: Okay, so, <@Reality Glitch>!
Mr. Fisk: (Their security could be even more shit, possibly)
Ryusui|GM: er, Eli!
Ryusui|GM: (wait for me to ask you to roll in the future!)
Ryusui|GM: There's bad news, and there's worse news!
Reality Glitch: ((Sorry.))
Ryusui|GM: The bad news is, as far as you can tell, their database is not available to outside access. These people pride themselves in the privacy of their customers.
Reality Glitch: ((I'm used to being needed to speed things up by intuiting when to roll.))
Ryusui|GM: That's not to say you can't hack in!
Ryusui|GM: But you will need someone to stick one of your patented wi-fi dongles on a computer hooked up to the company's intranet!
Ryusui|GM: Also, uh
Reality Glitch: ((Takes less time when I don't have to wait to be called on.))
Ryusui|GM: They did detect your hacking attempt, so once you're past that hurdle you may find yourself fighting their security protocols!
Reality Glitch: "Mmmm; problem."
Ryusui|GM: (this is gonna be a job for the whole <@&466676711379959808> :3)
Casper: (Here we go. XD)
Reality Glitch: "I'm in, but they know."
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Well, so much for the hacker, need any help?"
Ryusui|GM: (you need to also tell them they need to physically get onto the premises so you can complete the hack!)
Reality Glitch: I pull an arm into my coat again and it pops back out with a USB dongle where everyone else can see it. "Need this on them."
Mr. Fisk: Would shrug, "That shouldn't be too hard, we just need someone to get in and out without too many questions."
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Susan>? :3)
Ryusui|GM: (or do you think this is more a job for <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>? Or maybe both? :3)
Ryusui|GM: (how do you peeps wanna run this? :3)
Susan: (Sorry, eating rn)
Ryusui|GM: (np XD)
Reality Glitch: ((Or <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>.))
Susan: (Trying to think meanwhile)
Casper: (Yeah, I gotta break for dinner too. Maybe give the other three the spotlight this time.)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Ah, Infiltration, my cup of tea!" She grabs the USB and hides it beneath her shorts "How about we go and pay a visit to the couriers? I'm sure we have to turn in a packet!"
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Susan>, think you can participate in this op? :3)
Reality Glitch: I double check to see if the earpieces still work. “Can you hear me now?”
Susan: "If you can find me a way to squeeze somebody in the security office, I might be able to open a hole for us," Susan says.
Ryusui|GM: They definitely can hear you, Eli.
Reality Glitch: ((Obviously; I’m checking if they can hear me through the earpieces.))
Mr. Fisk: (lol, no one actually replys to the tech)
Mr. Fisk: (better cank up the volume)
Reality Glitch: ((But that’ll hurt feelings.))
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Yup, hearing you."
Susan: "Working for me," Susan says.
Reality Glitch: My tail always wags when I get those little confirmation that I did something right for once.
Reality Glitch: Just can’t help myself.
Ryusui|GM: (:3)
Mr. Fisk: (I guess this is the point where I make a role to try and pick out what and the easiest internal computer to access is?)
Ryusui|GM: I'll tell you without rolling. There's a receptionist desk with a computer terminal hooked up to the company's intranet straight at the front (let's say Eli was able to pull up some schematics). Of course there is the matter of the actual receptionist.
Ryusui|GM: The obvious play is for someone to get the receptionist away from the desk long enough for someone else to plug in the dongle.
Mr. Fisk: "We just need to engineer a reason why the wouldn't want be there long enough, spill something on them maybe?"
Susan: "I'd like to reccomend a Bravarian Fire Drill," Susan says, "Get the secretary to evacuate the building."
Reality Glitch: “What about all the other Bravarians?”
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Oooh, I like your way of thinking!" Melissa nudges Susan, approving of her plan
Ryusui|GM: So it's settled, then! Susan gets the receptionist out the door, then Melissa slips in and installs the dongle?
Ryusui|GM: Bear in mind, you will probably want to remove the dongle once Eli is done with the hack, so you will have a time limit!
Susan: "Now, how easily can we get our hands on a vial of a chemical called mercaptan?" Susan asks
Reality Glitch: “What’s that?”
Susan: "You know what natural gas smells like?" Susan asks, "Mercaptan is what they add to make it smell like that."
Reality Glitch: “Fake gas leak?”
Ryusui|GM: <@Reality Glitch>, this is gear-related so it falls in your court!
Susan: "Exactly," Susan says.
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Ohohoho, Now THAT is a plan!"
Reality Glitch: I turn back to my laptop and start researching where I can easily get this Captain American chemical; failing that, how to make it.
Ryusui|GM: !roll 1d6, 1d6 (this'll be hacker + int)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 1 [1d6 = 1]; 1d6 for 2 [1d6 = 2] (this'll be hacker + int)
Ryusui|GM: (HAHAHAHAHAHA)
Reality Glitch: !roll 1d10, 1d10
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 1d10 for 10 [1d10 = 10] and 1d10 for 9 [1d10 = 9]
Ryusui|GM: (that's it folks pack it up there won't be a better roll this night)
Reality Glitch: ((Nice!))
Ryusui|GM: okay so bottom line boys and girls
Ryusui|GM: Eli has no trouble providing a bottle of Mercaptan D8 which you can use as an asset during this part of the op
Casper: (Can I “prompt” someone? :3)
Ryusui|GM: (yes)
Mr. Fisk: Looks like Mr. Fisk is going to have to see if Analog works better.
Reality Glitch: ((Huh? <@!Mr. Fisk>))
Casper: “Hm, that was fast. Is this not your first time acquiring chemicals, Eli?”
Mr. Fisk: ((To see if he flat knows where to buy or obtain the stuff. or not))
Reality Glitch: "Nope. Not a Chemist."
Casper: (Er, that was supposed to be a flashback prompt.)
Reality Glitch: ((I know; give me a minute.))
Ryusui|GM: (you're supposed to wait till after the flashback to deliver the one-liner XD)
Casper: (Remember to keep it to a description of a cutaway gag/scene.)
Ryusui|GM: ("Is this not your first time acquiring chemicals, Eli?" -SCENE OF WACKY PAST ELI HIJINKS- "...Nope.")
Reality Glitch: That takes me back. I remember when C.R.I.S.P.E.R. was first invented; I was so excited at the prospect of giving myself mutant powers, just like the X-Furs. It was only after hacking in and acquiring the necessary data, ingredients, and equipment to replicate the official expirements did I realise the tech was underdeveloped for my purposes and I had not the know-how to improve it myself. That day I absolved to keep a close eye on it and swoop back in when it's ready for me.
Susan: (With that roll, can Eli also find me and... is Melissa the thief? city worker's outfits?)
Casper: (So what does this flashback mean, folks?)
Casper: (It’s up to us to decide.)
Ryusui|GM: (melissa is the thief and hell i'll say the outfits come in the package with the mercaptan)
Ryusui|GM: (not literally but he rolled well enough i'll just say you've got the gear for the job already)
Reality Glitch: ((["yay"s quitely]))
Ryusui|GM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLTZctTG6cE
Casper: (I like the idea of having a distinction around a fascination with getting superpowers, but how would that be applicable.)
Reality Glitch: ((Exactly! <@!Ryusui|GM>))
Casper: (Or maybe a Distinction around external improvement. Like “Pursuing the Physical Ideal.”)
Reality Glitch: ((Maybe it's more like a desire to be a hero in general; <@!Casper>.))
Ryusui|GM: (my own hot take is "pop culture geek")
Reality Glitch: ((That works too.))
Ryusui|GM: (i mean Eli may be socially awkward)
Ryusui|GM: (but imagine)
Reality Glitch: ((I guess Pokemon is a thing in this world, then.))
Ryusui|GM: (put him in a situation where he's among other comic book and sci-fi fans and it's like)
Casper: (Basically, “getting superpowers” is just a subset of wanting to become physically awesome.)
Ryusui|GM: (well, it's like comparing Sophie on stage to Sophie on the job XD)
Ryusui|GM: (what's everyone else think? :3)
Reality Glitch: ((Possibly.))
Ryusui|GM: also <@!Mr. Fisk> what were you talking about earlier
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: ((A fine idea indeed, Ryu.))
Ryusui|GM: I said Eli was able to get the mercaptan easily
Casper: (<@!Susan>, <@!Mr. Fisk>, <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>: Do you like Ryusui’s “Were-Geek” idea more, or my “Pursuing Perfection” idea?)
Mr. Fisk: (When some one else was getting prompted, I thought fisk would have to pick out a contact or somewhere to get it from)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: ((My vote goes for "Were-Geek"))
Reality Glitch: ((It's less about "perfection" and more about "Helpful and Competent".))
Casper: (Well it’s ultimately up to us what it means.)
Reality Glitch: ((Which is why I expressed concern about this before we started.))
Reality Glitch: ((You all reassured me it wouldn't be like I feared it would.))
Casper: (I mean, if I’m overstepping, I can step off.)
Ryusui|GM: (well, again, if you really don't like the players' verdict about your Distinction you don't have to take it! but you will start next session with one less Plot Point)
Ryusui|GM: (anyways, shall we move on to the actual op? also, <@!Susan>, who's going to release the mercaptan? <@!Casper> so he might be able to dispense it...)
Ryusui|GM: (how exactly should it be dispensed, on that note? :3)
Susan: (I was thinking some sleight of hand from my fellow 'city worker' Melissa)
Ryusui|GM: (all right, so, shall we move on to our next scene? :3)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: ("Baillie" For you, City Worker Baillie!)
Casper: (Have we agreed on what RG’s new Distinction should be?)
Susan: (I vote Were-geek)
Ryusui|GM: (sounds like RG is vetoing that consensus, though)
Ryusui|GM: (anyways!)
Casper: (Nah, just my personal take on it, not the consensus.)
Ryusui|GM: (i mean people are saying "Were-Geek" but RG doesn't seem to like it)
Reality Glitch: ((I have yet to actually do that, <@!Ryusui|GM>; do not put words in my mouth.))
Ryusui|GM: (sorry)
Ryusui|GM: Melissa, you're in your city worker costume, within visual distance of Susan, who's ready to head into the Golden Eagle offices. All that's left is to dump the vial of your secret sauce here into a convenient service duct.
Reality Glitch: ((I wasn't liking the "perfection" interpretation. "Were-Geek" implies an only part-time obsession, but it's close enough to "pop culture geek" that I'll take it if the latter loses out.))
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Attempts to find one of the Service Ducts, preferably one where no one can find her triggering the alarm.
Ryusui|GM: (to be clear: you're dumping the mercaptan in one duct and entering the building through another?)
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>?)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: ((Wait, what? Shouldn't i find one of the ducts, pour it in, and the alarm would trigger?)
Susan: (I was thinking Baillie walk in with Susan up to the receptionist's desk, and open the vial in the room.)
Reality Glitch: ((G.M. was just trying to wrap their head around what you were saying; thus the question.))
Ryusui|GM: (oh! all right XD)
Ryusui|GM: (change in plans then!)
Ryusui|GM: Okay, Susan, Melissa! You're both walking right into the office through the front door in your city worker duds. A pale pink flamingo with thick glasses and an unconvincing brunette wig is sitting at the desk, looking at you both humorlessly. "Yyyyyes, can I help you?" she squawks.
Susan: Susan strides up to the counter, and waves. "Yes hello, Chick Finley here," Susan says, "I'm from downtown, heard reports that there might be a gas leak in the building."
Ryusui|GM: (god i love you)
Reality Glitch: ((????))
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (baseball)
Ryusui|GM: (Burn Notice :3)
Reality Glitch: ((This is all going over my head.))
Ryusui|GM: (Chuck Finley is Bruce Campbell's go-to alias on that show)
Reality Glitch: ((Ah.))
Reality Glitch: ((How come they're the only one you praise for that behavior?))
Ryusui|GM: (it's a reference to a show i love, that sometimes i feel like i'm the only one i know about)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (OOOH)
Ryusui|GM: (anyways, <@!Susan> let's have a face action to see how convincing you are)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 8d6, 6d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 8d6 for 35 [8d6 = 4, 5, 6, 4, 3, 6, 4, 3] and 6d6 for 28 [6d6 = 3, 5, 6, 3, 5, 6]
Reality Glitch: ((I know about Burn Notice.))
Ryusui|GM: (errr)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 1d8, 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d8 for 7 [1d8 = 7] and 1d6 for 4 [1d6 = 4]
Susan: (Grifter + Int?)
Ryusui|GM: (sure)
Susan: (That was a high roll sweats)
Susan: !roll 1d10, 1d10
DiscoDude: <@Susan> rolled 1d10 for 3 [1d10 = 3] and 1d10 for 1 [1d10 = 1]
Ryusui|GM: (OOF)
Ryusui|GM: (okay that complication Eli will be up against is going up to a d8)
Casper: (Isn’t there a D8 you could add to that?)
Ryusui|GM: (at the same time there's nothing immediately negative here)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (Can't i butt in?)
Ryusui|GM: (okay, you can take a face action of your own! :3)
Susan: (Is Chick too obscure of a name) Susan thinks to herself
Ryusui|GM: (same stakes though)
Reality Glitch: ((What's the complication and why does it apply to me?))
Ryusui|GM: (okay, remember when you failed that hacking roll and got a 1 on one of your dice? that introduced a complication, Anti-Hacking Suite D6)
Ryusui|GM: (there's been another 1 so instead of hitting these two with added difficulty i'm going to increase that D6 to a D8)
Reality Glitch: ((Ah.))
Ryusui|GM: (or would you like to try something else, <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla> ?)
Ryusui|GM: (i mean, besides trying to make a favorable impression?)
Ryusui|GM: (you're basically just shooting for "social initiative" as it were - you get an asset in the form of the target's good favor if you succeed)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: ((I was thinking of a Talent, but those have to be activated, so i might as well try to make a good impression with my Eights!))
Ryusui|GM: (hit it!)
Ryusui|GM: (grifter + int!)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: !roll 1d8 (Grifter) 1d8(Intelligence)
DiscoDude: <@Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla> rolled 1d8 for 6 [1d8 = 6] (Grifter); and 1d8 for 1 [1d8 = 1]
Susan: ((All these ones!))
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (ow)
Ryusui|GM: (welp!)
Ryusui|GM: (also)
Ryusui|GM: (i forgot that all three of you get Plot Points for these)
Ryusui|GM: (eli, melissa, susan, each of you are 1 plot point richer for these flubs)
Ryusui|GM: (in turn this time i'm adding a complication to this scene)
Ryusui|GM: (Suspicion D6)
Casper: (First, what does Melissa do?)
Reality Glitch: ((How many do we start with, and do they carry over between sessions?))
Ryusui|GM: (you all started with 1 apiece, and yes i rule they carry over)
Ryusui|GM: (i don't feel like looking up the deets in the book one thing i don't like is that the information is so damn scattered)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Yeah, reports from HQ told us maintenance was coming anyways, so be thankful we're here!"
Ryusui|GM: The receptionist would wrinkle her nose if she didn't have a beak. "I haven't heard anything about a gas leak," she squawks.
Susan: ((Oh, did I get an OK on the talents I had listed?))
Ryusui|GM: ((Second one I can work with though i might wanna rephrase a little. First one I'm a little confused by; is this if she's using an asset to assist with a Face Action, or does this affect the size of the resulting Asset?))
Susan: (Hm. I might have to take a second look at the source book, I lifted the effect from there. I think the latter, affecting the size of the Asset. At any rate, I wanted to invoke the second talent.)
Ryusui|GM: (well there you go then XD)
Ryusui|GM: (so!)
Ryusui|GM: (You still need to convince her to actually get the heck out of dodge. And yes, you can roll D8 for that vial of mercaptan to help sell the story :3)
Ryusui|GM: (but it means you'll have to open it when you roll :3)
Susan: Susan steps forward, in front of Baillie, and shrugs. "Look, I get it, unexpected situation, super stressful, when you're just trying to do your job. Afraid your boss is going to look down on you for abandoning your post," She says, "Trust me, they're going to be way more mad when you let their -employees explode-."
Susan: Susan tilts her head, in Baillie's general direction.
Ryusui|GM: ( <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, that's your cue to unleash the stink! XD ;))
Ryusui|GM: (meanwhile!)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 1d8 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d8 for 3 [1d8 = 3] and 1d6 for 3 [1d6 = 3]
Ryusui|GM: (ha ha ha ha ha)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Melissa crushes the vial inside of the pocket of her costume, just waiting for the odour to work its magic....
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (WAIT, i need to roll? <@!Ryusui|GM>?!)
Ryusui|GM: (you don't, but Susan does now!)
Ryusui|GM: (and she gets to roll a d8 in addition to the other dice)
Susan: !roll 1d10, 1d10, 1d8
DiscoDude: <@Susan> rolled 1d10 for 10 [1d10 = 10]; 1d10 for 8 [1d10 = 8]; and 1d8 for 3 [1d8 = 3]
Susan: (Grifter, int, scent bonus)
Reality Glitch: ((Just shy of my high score.))
Ryusui|GM: "Listen, ma'am," the receptionist squawks, sitting up just enough she's almost beak-to-snout with you, "if there was a gas leak in the area I'd - " And she suddenly turns a remarkable shade of puce as the smell hits her nostrils. She doesn't say a word after that - she just sounds like she's trying to avoid heaving.
Ryusui|GM: Of course the two of you came with special protection against the stink, courtesy of Eli 😉
Reality Glitch: Sure; it's not high-tech, but never doubt the power of cotton shoved up your nose.
Ryusui|GM: (^5)
Reality Glitch: ((Five? Or "raised to the power of five"?))
Ryusui|GM: (high-five)
Ryusui|GM: (is what it means)
Susan: "Crap, it's worse than I thought," Susan says, "We have to move!"
Reality Glitch: ((There's an emoji for that.))
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Lady, I suggest you leave, we'll sound the alarms" she offers the Secretary the way out
Ryusui|GM: (Melissa, you have to stay and handle the dongle, unless we're deciding you're leading her out and Susan is doing the dongle?)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: (I'm just telling her "leave now and let us handle things"!)
Susan: (I'll let Baillie insert the dongle.)
Ryusui|GM: (arrite 😉 )
Ryusui|GM: The receptionist doesn't argue as you offer to help her out of the building. (Y'know, Melissa, I was originally gonna make you roll to sneak in and out undetected, but this way there's no point in it, so...plug away, plug away!)
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Once the receptionist is taken care of, she plugs the USB in. "All yours, Hacker boy!" she chimes in via the comms.
Reality Glitch: "New Toys!"
Ryusui|GM: (righto, Eli! Time to get hacking! But first...)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 1d8, 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d8 for 3 [1d8 = 3] and 1d6 for 4 [1d6 = 4]
Ryusui|GM: (there's your stakes, pal!)
Ryusui|GM: (beat 7!)
Ryusui|GM: (er)
Ryusui|GM: (7 😉 )
Casper: (XD)
Reality Glitch: !roll 1d10, 1d10
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 1d10 for 9 [1d10 = 9] and 1d10 for 6 [1d10 = 6]
Reality Glitch: "I'm in." I can't help but say that in my poor attempt at a movie hacker voice.
Ryusui|GM: And you're good, Eli. You download the entire database of the company's customers in a few seconds.
Reality Glitch: "I remember you." Turns out I'd done some prior work for Golden Eagle in the past, turns out they hadn't made any of the changes I suggested, so I also slip a reminder into their company-wide memo. Fortunately, I remember to use my work (like I did with them before) rather than the anonym I use when pulling stunts like these.
Ryusui|GM: (ha ha ha)
Reality Glitch: ((i.e. "--From, Watch_Dog".))
Ryusui|GM: (hmm. I don't wanna say "Honest" because that could be leveraged against you, no pun intended. What's a good word for 'has integrity' or 'takes pride in a job well done'?)
Ryusui|GM: (because i think you've basically handed us your third and final Distinction here)
Reality Glitch: (("Determined"?))
Ryusui|GM: (i do think you should tell the rest of the group that you've gotten what you need BTW!)
Casper: (Amicable?)
Ryusui|GM: (..."Professional"?)
Reality Glitch: (("Virtuous"? "Genuine"? "Decent"? "Sincere"? "Authentic"? "Conscientious"? I"m just pulling from Thesaurus.com at this point.))
Ryusui|GM: ("Conscientious"! Thank you!)
Ryusui|GM: (so yeah tell the peeps that you've gotten the files so they know it's time to bug out XD)
Reality Glitch: ((I was expecting one of them to respond to the "I remember you." quip.))
Casper: (Alright, I’ll bite.)
Casper: “Remember? Where from?”
Reality Glitch: "I hacked here before. They didn't listen last time."
Ryusui|GM: (okay so are you gonna mention that you got the data)
Ryusui|GM: (or should we just pretend you did and move on)
Reality Glitch: ((Just did.))
Ryusui|GM: (where?)
Reality Glitch: (("They didn't listen last time." I'm assuming they have the proper context to make that inference.))
Ryusui|GM: Welp, <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, <@!Susan>! That's your cue, then!
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Alright, let's scramble like eggs!"
Ryusui|GM: The receptionist is still hacking and coughing, though she's gradually turning from greenish-purple back to pink.
Reality Glitch: "Now I'm hungry."
Susan: Susan finds a back exit and mosies on out of the building.
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Melissa promptly follows her.
Reality Glitch: I block the mic as I make a low-volume wine. Why did they break the pattern? No I'll have to go back later and have the earpieces retrace their steps trough the building.
Ryusui|GM: So before long the gang regroups at base. Eli, <@!Mr. Fisk>, you're going over the data that was obtained from Golden Eagle.
Mr. Fisk: Alright
Mr. Fisk: (And what does he see)
Ryusui|GM: There's a customer in the system, requesting a letter be delivered to Hotchkiss's address. The name Dan Spader wouldn't tell anyone anything on its own, but it rings a bell from your own intelligence days. You can't be 100% certain, but in context you've got reason to suspect this is the same Dan Spader used as an alias by a particular criminal cabal that stayed just on the edges of the spotlight.
Reality Glitch: ((Mine or Fisk's?))
Ryusui|GM: (Fisk)
Ryusui|GM: The short answer is, evidence is pointing to the the "buyer" being an organization that managed to keep much about itself secret even from you back in the day.
Ryusui|GM: All you know for sure is that they're heavy hitters, and dangerous people to boot. Hotchkiss's own life might be in danger if he doesn't hold up his end of whatever deal he's trying to broker with them.
Reality Glitch: ((So they're now both a mark and a client?))
Ryusui|GM: (deffo not a client but 1. odds are you won't be able to convince the buyer not to deal with Hotchkiss but 2. you might be able to convince Hotchkiss not to deal with them)
Ryusui|GM: (it's entirely possible he's in over his head, and he's a coward so...)
Mr. Fisk: Would go back over the letter Hotchkiss received again, it does explicitly state a art for cash trade right?
Mr. Fisk: (or ok I was seriously considering something else entirerly)
Ryusui|GM: It only says his terms are agreeable and that the deal will be done at City Hall soon.
Ryusui|GM: (so one possibility, and you're welcome to suggest others, is that if you can thwart the deal by getting the owl back, Hotchkiss might turn himself in in the hopes that police protection will keep him out of his buyer's clutches)
Reality Glitch: I turn to the spy man, not knowing what he's gotten all worked up about. "What's wrong?"
Mr. Fisk: (flash back, or about the lettter?)
Mr. Fisk: "Hmm... Didn'tHotchkiss obtained the art piece through less then legal means?"
Ryusui|GM: (YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY MAN)
Ryusui|GM: (THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT HE STOLE THE OWL)
Ryusui|GM: (HE DESTROYED HALLIDAY'S LIFE SO HE COULD STEAL IT)
Casper: (I hope this isn’t the setup to an overarching plot. Or if it is, I hope it comes up only rarely.)
Mr. Fisk: (I didn't think I would have to do anything else today, sorry if I'm not all here)
Ryusui|GM: (the gang's goals are to get the owl back because it belongs to Halliday's family and expose Hotchkiss's crimes)
Mr. Fisk: "Hmm.. It is just, I don't think putting up a stolen piece of art without an explination is a very good idea if you don't want to get caught..."
Mr. Fisk: (this is what I've been thinking)
Ryusui|GM: (consider yourself forgiven :3c)
Ryusui|GM: (i love this angle)
Reality Glitch: ((I'm asking about Fisk suddenly looking back at the letter.))
Mr. Fisk: "So he need to make it look like he obtained it legaly, or thats how it looks to me."
Casper: “I don’t think this deal is going to be public, with all due respect.”
Ryusui|GM: (ah yeah, that too)
Ryusui|GM: (that's true as well)
Ryusui|GM: (this is totally an under-the-table deal with some very bad people who don't care how he got it)
Ryusui|GM: (that said i thought you were going in the direction of)
Ryusui|GM: ("he'll want someone to prove the artifact is genuine")
Ryusui|GM: (not "he'll want someone to prove he got the artifact legally")
Ryusui|GM: (but yeah there's also the fact that you haven't told the party what you realized)
Ryusui|GM: (that the buyer is a nasty piece of work)
Ryusui|GM: (in fact we could probably end the sesh on that reveal)
Reality Glitch: "But the theft stressed her to death."
Reality Glitch: How could it be legal it it cause someone to die?
Mr. Fisk: "Nevermind, either way, the buyer definantly is the more dangerous of the two. And the idea was he was laundering the art, to cover the theft, but it is a stretch."
Ryusui|GM: (wait, hold on)
Ryusui|GM: (laundering what art?)
Ryusui|GM: (because the statue IS the thing that was stolen)
Mr. Fisk: (The shit he stole, exactly)
Ryusui|GM: (wait, hold on, how does he "launder the art" to "cover the theft" i have a distinct feeling one of us is confused here and i'm not entirely sure who it is)
Mr. Fisk: (He is highering the others to posses as sellers to "obtain the item legally")
Ryusui|GM: (but you don't know that)
Casper: (Where does it say that?)
Ryusui|GM: (you think basically he's going to hand over the statue to the murderous shadowy organization)
Mr. Fisk: (It was a theory)
Ryusui|GM: (so he can play like he bought the statue from them)
Casper: (The GM told you direct evidence that the group buying this is real, and highly dangerous.)
Ryusui|GM: (if anything all the evidence so far rather blatantly points to Hotchkiss being tapped by these people for the express purpose of hunting down and finding this artifact for them)
Ryusui|GM: (or that he knew they were looking for it and he stole it so he could sell it to them)
Ryusui|GM: (either way, the deal seems to be that Hotchkiss is handing over the statue to these people, presumably for fat stacks)
Mr. Fisk: (Ok then lets just ignore the other stuff I said. and instead)
Mr. Fisk: Mr. Fisk would then point out that the people who Hotchkiss was dealing with are almost certainly more dangerous then Hotchkiss himself, and thus less likely to back down. To the point that they might be the real ones running the show.
Ryusui|GM: Well, <@&466676711379959808>, Mr. Fisk has just dropped the bombshell that the buyer here is probably way more dangerous than Hotchkiss. Making them back down from the deal isn't an option, but perhaps this opens a different door?
Ryusui|GM: ((last lines, everyone?))
Reality Glitch: "MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"
Casper: (Nothing but a vague glare at nobody in particular.)
Ryusui|GM: (XD)
Ryusui|GM: <@!Susan>, <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, <@!Mr. Fisk>?
Reality Glitch: ((More like "at the camera".))
Susan: Susan just sits down with her phone, googling everything she can about Dan Spader.
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "H-holy shit, no WAY!" Even to Melissa this guys sounded like fairy tales from her papa, and that DID excite her.
Casper: (*her?)
Mr. Fisk: "You aren't going to find anything by googling them you know."
Mr. Fisk: "At least nothing relevant."
Ryusui|GM: (and with this, let us...)
Ryusui|GM: !end
