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Old Jan 7th, 2019, 03:02 PM
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Chapter 002 - Planning (and scheming)

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Loretta's was a rather small bar in Redmond, mostly frequented by orcs and trolls. The booze was said to be okay, the food simple but plenty and cheap. Occasionally there was a band playing in the evening, but not today. It was dimly lit inside desite the early hour and already several of the tables were occupied. One woman even brought her two children, maybe 8 year old daughters, to eat lunch here.

The barkeeper was a broad shouldered orcish woman with short brown hair and a nasty looking scar on her forehead. Her warm smile for each customer makes up for her martial appearance.


 
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Rex sits in the corner with his hat down low and his whole body scrunched inward like he wants to just fold himself up and disappear.
The people here, at least a few of them, had known him once. But now his reputation hangs over him like a Seattle smog cloud.
He just hopes nobody has anything to say.
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Old Jan 9th, 2019, 02:11 AM
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Today's meeting was closer to home at least so that was good. She'd never been to Loretta's before and neither had Trish so she didn't really have much info about the place before hand. Sure she could have did a matrix search about it and maybe got something since it was in tourist town but even without jacking in the 'trix gave her the wiggins at best.

When she went inside she wasn't all that surprised that she stuck out like, well a human in a orc bar. Well nothing to do but act like you belong here. She thought as she walked in looking around for some of the others.




 


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Mork greets the barwoman with a warm smile in turn, saying nothing as he strolled through the cozy bar. Radiating an easy, confident aura as he approached the booth Rex sat at. This was his crew's territory, hell he was pretty sure a member owned this joint, he was invincible here. Before he can offer a greeting to the only other troll in his little war party he caught sight of the human chick.

"Oy!" he says, loud and short, nothing much more then a grunt to capture her eyes. The lean orc beckoned her in one quick motion before slinking back against the soft booth behind him. "Guess we're just waiting for the glowing one eh?"
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Old Jan 14th, 2019, 01:51 AM
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She gave that little upwards nod of recognition and went over to the pair and took a seat. "Hey guys." After a few moments she snagged a menu if there was a hard copy one or flipped through the AR one if there wasn't. "So uh what's good here?"



 


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Isaac showed up at the provided address just on time, relatively pleasantly surprised the the location was neither in the depths of the barrens nor something that he was wary of approaching in a car let alone in person. It didn’t take him long to spot the others and he made his way over to them without making eye contact with anyone else.

"Hey," he said when he sat down and then proceeded to take a look around at the AR features of the place.


 
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There was both an AR menu and a one made of laminated paper, though the latter felt a bit sticky. They had some different kinds of (soy) beer and lemonades, a variety of (soy) burgers and (soy) steaks to choose from.

Also visible in AR was a trid screen showing baseball games of the last season. If someone looked at the commlinks running open there were at least five people present who's commlink showed them as interested in baseball.

The children at the other side of the room giggled about something.

The barkeeper came over to the table. "The AR menu is broken, it can't take orders today. So, what can I do for you? I recommend the Tiger beer, if you like a strong one, or the mint lemonade if you'd prefer something non-alcoholic. And if you're feeling hungry, there's the double beef burger as our special."




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"Hey Isaac." She was going to ask him how the matrixing went when the barkeep came over. "Hey that works for me, I'd much rather talk to people in person. I guess I'm a throwback to a bygone age hehe. A mint lemonade and a double beef burger sounds amazing omae." She looked at the others to see if they were getting something, she thought it was a good idea to blend in but her and Isaac were the sore thumbs here.





 


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Isaac wasn’t too pleased about no digital way of ordering and was even tempted to see if he could repair it, but ultimately the barkeeper was already there, so he might as well get it over with. "The burger sounds good. And an energy drink."

He then waited until the woman had left again before putting a white noise generator on the table and getting straight to the point. "So, I have the most recent plans of the building. That should help with planning the tactical approach." A file with the plan was distributed to everyone on the table. "As for our friend Thomas Wagner, it appears that he has an extramarital relationship with either Damon Chesterfield, a minor politician, or real estate agent Sherman Blomfield." Some more information is shared, including an older photo of Thomas and Damon that might hint at a closer relationship. "Someone took great pains to try and delete the picture. Might not be enough, but maybe someone could turn up more with some legwork - unless you all think circulating this would be enough to satisfy Mrs. Johnson’s terms for that particular bonus objective."
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Rex noded at the others as they found their way in, but he stayed silent. His eyes generally stayed low but sometimes darted over to an ork at the bar, just for a moment. When the barkeep approached and offered the special, Rex ordered two of them and a double soycaf. His voice was low, like he's tired or timid. He drummed his fingers on the table, a deep, hollow sound echoing from within.

After Isaac spoke, a little life came back into Rex. He was ready to work.
"Chesterfield? Let me shadow the guy. Maybe rifle around his office. Mork, you got Blomfield?" He asked, looking up at the ork. Remembering his ganger approach, Rex adds, "Don't kill nobody, Mork. We're just looking for some dirt. I think I could make a commlink disappear long enough to pull some records from it, if that's somethin' you can do." Rex said with a nod to Isaac. "A little bit of listening, a little following, well, dig deep enough and you always find dirt." Rex paused for a minute, then he frowned. "Get me what you got on this guy. Address, picture, family, security detail..." He trailed off.
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The barkeeper nodded to each order then glanced questioningly towards Mork. "I'll get back to you in a minute." With that she hurried back towards the bar.

A group of new customers entered the bar: three orcs and two trolls, wearing cheap bluejeans and white jackets with a company logo on the back and blue woolen caps. They all seemed tired and slumped down in their chairs at a table near the door.


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Mork"Yeah I can shadow someone, and I'll try to contain my rampant bloodlust," he says with a tone full of mockery. Rare to get that kind of drek from another trog. Just cause he voiced being okay with killing didn't mean he'd do it for no reason, still he saw no reason to make a thing of it. "You get me the low down on her house I'll do a sweep there too," he says softly, eyes on the scrawny breeder. It was a lie, he'd do a sweep of her house regardless, but as he reminded himself back at the club the glowy boy was getting a cut, might as well make him earn it. "Clean as a ghost, she'll never know I was there less there's something worth taking," he promises the tiny human, not too worried about ramifications of the robbery, she was only tangibly related to the real target after all.
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Isaac nodded to what Rex had said and was about to pass along the information about the two men when Mork said his piece and the hacker frowned. Going over what had been said again in his mind he still couldn’t quite make heads or tails out of it. "She? Which she are you talking about? Chesterfield and Blomfield - well, and Wagner - are all men."

While waiting for an solution to the riddle notes about the two potential targets showed up on the AR: addresses for a Renton home, Downtown working place and Downtown favored restaurant of Chesterfield’s and a Snohomish office and favored restaurant (this one in Downtown) address for Blomfield.

"There’s still the question how much effort we wish to put into that. It is only a bonus objective, after all." He shrugged.
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"Alright so lets talk about how we get into and out of this place then. Did you happen to find any info on like shift rotations or security measures in place Isaac? Oh and do they subcontract for stuff like security, cleaning, maintenance or do they do it all in house?"




 


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Rex seemed a bit distracted but brought his attention back to the present when Seven started to talk business about the real objective. He didn't have much to offer there, as detailed planning wasn't really his thing. He drummed his fingers on the table and considered, but his attention seemed divided again before too long.
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