Session Start: Sun Jul 06 12:35:10 1997
* Logging #shadowtech to: [#shadowtech.log]
* enZyme prepares to open a fresh can of whoop ass
the four of you are resting at home after a previous run
against an Aztech facility
* Enzo_Desiado restes
since I'm a wimp you all know each other
Trip your phone starts ringing
---wimp
* enZyme relaxes
>>>ring,ring
>>> yeah yeah yeah, im off the can now already whadda ya
want?
it's Goldstein
>>hey Trip
>>>Hey goldie, wassup chum
>>>I heard about that drek you guys pulled the other night
* enZyme is thinking west side
>>It was pretty impressive
>>>Aztech? or the shit throwing monkeys from hell?
*** Balishak is now known as GMGuy
* Enzo_Desiado gets up and makes some Green Tea
>>>man those monkeys were crazy i tell ya
>>>Aztech, anyways I have a friend who could use your help
* Phayde is taking a shower.
* Enzo_Desiado takes a wiz
* enZyme continues drinking his cold soykaf
>>>He want's to meet you all at Dante's tonite
>>>Now who is Dante?
* Enzo_Desiado turns on the trid
---Dante's Inferno
a bar
---ahhh, i see
* enZyme looks through his cyber eyes at Phayde
<_-^-_-e> ---/me hisses, and sounds amused
>>> what is he? corp slave?
---:)
---I shouldn't be smiling tho so Thwap!
>>>sorta, he said needed a good crew, and I gave him your
name
* Enzo_Desiado goes over to his work table and tinkers with a circuit
>>>alrighty, matrix run? or bloodbath?
* Wiretrip resists the urge to do the macarena
>>>he wouldn't be specific, you'll have to talk to him
* Phayde finishes up, dries herself off, and gets dressed.
>>>alright, whats his name?
* Enzo_Desiado gets a mild electric shock and decides to go back to
bed
>>>his name is Fritz, he'll be sitting at a table....
>>>wearing a brown siut
>>>like who wont be?
>>>okay
>>>he'll recognive you
* Phayde does a routine check on her weapons
<_-^-_-e> ---"I didnt spend all those years playing dungeons and
dragons, and not learn a little something about courage"
>>>how convinient
* Wiretrip polishes his custom deck pornographically
>>>he said he's heard of before, anyways I have to unload
some stuff so I need to bust
<_-^-_-e> --- his name is muffet, hell be sitting on a tuffet
* Enzo_Desiado dreams about such things as: Cyber Decks, thermo
graphic vision, and guns
>>>call me when you get back
>>click
>>>alright
* Wiretrip hangs up
* enZyme wraps his M-107 in a square package
* Enzo_Desiado gets up after dreaming about such things as: Cyber
Decks, thermo graphic vision, and guns
* Phayde checks everything to the bone
* Enzo_Desiado thinx that we all have way to much time on our hands
* Wiretrip poses in front of the mirror
time passes and your meet time is getting close
---Is just Wiretrip going?
* Enzo_Desiado gets dressed
* Wiretrip gets spiffed up
* enZyme staps his sword 2 pistols and machete to his body
* enZyme grabs the M-107
"King of the cuban beat, chick chicky boom chicky
boom...."
* Wiretrip grabs his deck and guns
* Enzo_Desiado gathers his gear
* Wiretrip passes in front of the mirror
"now choo look mah verlous"
* Wiretrip heads out
someone help Phayde
* enZyme jumps in his car
* Wiretrip takes his porto fone
* Wiretrip sets the fone to conference mode
>>>hey everyone, got a run lined up, if you wanna go, then uh
come
* Wiretrip walks over to the bar
* enZyme attempts to repair the dent in the back of his car
>>> Beautiful wording
* enZyme drives to the bar
* Enzo_Desiado rides over to dante's
>>>no prob, hurry up
* Wiretrip hangs up on everyone
* Phayde gathers her weapons on conceals them. She heads for her
limo and orders the driver to go.
* enZyme enters the bar looking as cool as possible
* Enzo_Desiado gets off his bike and walks twoards the bar
* Wiretrip arrives at the bar
"damn I need some type of car"
anyone who attempts to carry anything other than a blade or
pistol is stopped a large ugly troll
* enZyme is sitting in a far corner booth
* Phayde leaves the limo and enters the bar.
*** GMGuy is now known as `Troll
* Enzo_Desiado gets on his bike
"Hey buddy, can I leave my guns out here?"
* Enzo_Desiado goes and picks up wire
"with you?"
* Enzo_Desiado gets off his bike
<`Troll> "Sure, it'll be here when you get back"
* Enzo_Desiado dumps every thing but one predator
--- at my bike
"Thanks man, can I take my deck in? its my pride and joy"
* enZyme tosses the M-107 in the back seat of car then tries to enter
* Enzo_Desiado walks up to wire
<`Troll> "sure just don't do anything illegal"
* `Troll winks
* Phayde walks straight inwards
"Hiya"
"hey Enzo"
* Enzo_Desiado walks into the bar
* `Troll allows Enzyme to enter
"Thanks troll chum"
* Wiretrip walks in
"Watch the bike, willya?"
*** `Troll is now known as `Fritz
* enZyme enters with a thank you and a quick tip
* Enzo_Desiado looks around the bar
<`Fritz> you see a middle aged man sitting in the corner
* Phayde eyes the crowd.
* enZyme walks to corner
* Enzo_Desiado slowly walk twoards the man
* Wiretrip walks over to the guy to make sure its Fritz
* Wiretrip eyes Phayde
<`Fritz> he is wearing a brown suit
* Phayde notices the three and follows them...
"You Fritz?"
* `Fritz sees trip and stands
"Show a little suave"
<`Fritz> "Please gentleman, have a seat, drinks are on me"
* Enzo_Desiado sits
* Wiretrip shakes his hand and then sits
* enZyme flashes a look of debonaire at Phayde as he sits down
<`Fritz> you notice he has slight accent
"Pina colada waitress"
* Phayde catches up
"Shirley Temple please..."
* `Fritz sits
* Phayde sits quickly
"Hello Mr. Fritz"
Margarita
<`Fritz> "hello, is everyone comfortable?"
"Margarita"
"What can we do for you?"
"So you need something shot, crashed, or have intel
gathered on?"
<`Fritz> "Precisely"
"All of em?"
"all of the above?"
"This sounds fun"
"Hmm..."
<`Fritz> "There is a small genetic reasearch company with a
cooperative reasearch agreement with my employers....
"Jeez, I'll need some more updated progs"
* Phayde just listens
<`Fritz> "It seems as if they have discovered a new form of gene therapy
and are refusing to share it....
* enZyme is stifled by the big words
"Gene therapy eh?"
"So you want us to steal it?"
<`Fritz> i'm a slow typer sorry
"What's in it for us?"
"Money, just like any run"
<`Fritz> "Yes, we need that information"
"Ok, whats this info in the form of?"
"Sounds fun. Hope we don't have to meet a goo man"
"Look, Fritz, I need some Nuyen"
* Phayde looks at Fritz and is strictly business.
<`Fritz> "100,000 nuyen payable on delivery"
* Enzo_Desiado smiles
"to each?"
<`Fritz> "plus we pay for transportation"
"Excuse me, i have to clean the shit outta my pants...."
<`Fritz> "No total"
"anything up front?"
"Oh, total. damn."
--- how much is that each?
---25k a piece
"Fritz, I gotta eat too, what do you say to 30k a piece"
<`Fritz> ---depends on how you do
---Or have you decided yet?
<`Fritz> Enzo roll negot.
3x1d6
<_-^-_-e> --- Enzo_Desiado, 3x1d6 ( 4 5 5 )
<`Fritz> 6x1d6
<_-^-_-e> --- `Fritz, 6x1d6 ( 1 1 5 5 4 6 )
"Damn you got a big appetite, Enzo"
"Microtronics shops don't come cheap"
<`Fritz> "Actually I can agree to 30k, I just wanted to see how greedy you
were"
* `Fritz smiles
* Wiretrip holds the glee down
"When do you need this info by?"
---and there was much rejoicing
I whisper to Wire:"Thank me later"
<`Fritz> "First I need an agreement"
* `Fritz raises his eyebrows
"im in"
"What might that be?"
"30k to me sounds like an agreement in itself"
"Any catches, Fritz?"
* Phayde nods to Wire
<`Fritz> "The only catch is, no chip, no money"
"Sounds fair"
"how high risk?"
* `Fritz hands Trip a map
"whoa whoa. you mean we get no money up front?"
<`Fritz> "Correct"
"What kind of security, Fritz?"
* `Fritz points to map
* Wiretrip looks down at map
---has anyone killed the Johnson before?
---what do i see?
* Enzo_Desiado looks at the map
---i have IRL
<`Fritz> Gil is joining
---- wait, that was the GM
<`Fritz> Gil joins you at the table
"hello stranger"
* Gilthanas sits down and looks around, yawning
"Hello"
* `Fritz refers to map "This is Berlin, home of anarchy in the Sixth World....
* Phayde looks at Gil and grins a little, then returns to the map.
* enZyme mumbles something about nuclear accident
"hey wait a sec, this cuts our money"
"Hi, what's the job?"
<`Fritz> "No it will remain at 30k each"
"Oh ok"
"When do you need this by?"
"Thirty thou, snatch and run"
"I want 35k since we are going abroad"
<`Fritz> "YOu will see marked in red is the Shering Pharma complex"
* `Fritz he hands a second map, this one of a building
* Wiretrip looks at it
* enZyme examines it
* Enzo_Desiado looks
<`Fritz> "One the third floor is the research manager's office
* Gilthanas moves closer so he can look at the map
<`Fritz> "In his safe is the optical chip containing the data I require
"is there anything we should be aware of?"
"Berlin? geez. Well its alot of nuyen"
"What kind of security?"
* `Fritz hands over a briefcase "Place the chip in this briefcase"
"Any special equipment we need?"
"What kind of security frag it"
* Phayde takes the briefcase
* Wiretrip thinks this is a big briefcase for a small chip
<`Fritz> "You will only be able to open it once, as it is coded"
<`Fritz> ---it's shielded
* Phayde looks at the briefcase in her hands
"Don't touch the fraggin' briefcase, neh?"
"what kind of security"
"What kinda security are we facing?"
<`Fritz> "not much security, mainly physical, with one possible security
mage
"When do we leave?"
"umm ok. Ok people, what are you phayde and gil?"
---we got any mages?
<`Fritz> "You're suborbital is awaiting you at SeaTac"
"I'm a physical adept. If the mage has his back turned, I can
sneak up behind him and geek 'em."
"wonderful"
"You phayde?"
"what are you?"
* enZyme mumbles something about Darius being here
"Fritz, I want a little reasurance, If we meet genetic
mutants, I'm going to want hazard pay"
"Yeah, mutants or monkeys...."
"maybe goats"
"Mud man, toxic shamans"
<`Fritz> "I can't reassure you of that as there may be Paras guarding the
facility"
* enZyme gets up and leaves
"Seems like every damn run it's some weird shit"
"I want some reassurance that your ass can be in contact and
be here when we get back"
<`Fritz> "actually you will meet me in Berlin"
"ohh k"
"Where will we meet you?"
<`Fritz> "At the 'Meld Inn' bar"
"Hey Enzyme, where you goin?"
"Gentleman, let's roll"
* `Fritz stands "If there is nothing else?"
"Crime Lord, Wiretrip"
"I need a couple grenades"
"hey Fritz I want some reassurance that your ass can be in
contact and be here when we get back"
"I mean, where in berlin?"
"Nevermind, I remember."
* Enzo_Desiado stands up
* Phayde stands
* `Fritz Fritz leaves
*** `Fritz is now known as GMGuy
"Okay, now that I'm done repeating myself, what are we
doing first?"
does anyone know if Enzyme will be back?
"Ok everyone, get some clothes packed"
"Enzyme walked, he hates paranorms"
*** Gilthanas is now known as _Lucifer
"Me, I run with em"
"I think we are gonna have to pull a Mission Impossible"
<_Lucifer> "Same here."
<_-^-_-e> ----/me lights a fuse
* Wiretrip heads to the door
* Enzo_Desiado pops the Mission Impossible theme song into his OC
player, plugs in his speakers, and presses play
* Phayde follows after Wiretrip
* Enzo_Desiado heads to the door
"Who's got a car?"
* _Lucifer stands up and follows
"I gotta bike
Enzyme had the car
"I do"
* Enzo_Desiado grabs his gear and get's on his bike
"oh thats right"
"We ready to go?"
* Enzo_Desiado revs the engine
* Phayde walks out as her limo arrives and steps in.
"Everyone meet at SeaTac after you get some clothes"
<_Lucifer> "I would think so, unless someone needs to go to the
bathroom first."
* Phayde leaves the door open for the others
"How we gonna get through customs?"
* Wiretrip jumps in
* _Lucifer gets in the limo
* Enzo_Desiado goes home and packs
<_-^-_-e> --- haha your not, youll die in the airport! hahahah!
"Its the future, we'll think of something"
*** GMGuy is now known as `Pilot
* Enzo_Desiado heads to the SeaTac
* Wiretrip goes home and packs and then gets back in the Limo
* Phayde goes home, packs and gets back in the Limo
<`Pilot> you all arrive at SeaTac, and see a 'small' suborbital waiting on
the private runway
* Enzo_Desiado gets off his bike
"Jeez, cant we just tube over to berlin?"
<`Pilot> there's a big sign that say "TRIP THIS WAY"
"You think were suppose to go that way?"
"Hey a sign for me, Yes im Mr Galacawitz"
* Phayde gets out and follows the sign, carrying the briefcase
* Enzo_Desiado follows
* Enzo_Desiado turns off the mission impossible theme music
* Wiretrip gets his suitcase and goes to the sign
<`Pilot> The pilot is standing on the stairway
* _Lucifer hops out of the car and walk to the left of Phayde
<`Pilot> "I thought there were supposed to five of you"
"So, Were travveling lighT"
"He's in the suitcase"
"Well one of us had to shit real bad, so he's still on the can,
we'll leave without him"
* `Pilot turns around mumbling something about last to know
* Wiretrip gets on the flying thingy
* Enzo_Desiado boards
* Phayde follows Wire
* _Lucifer follows after Phayde
"So, this looks like a nice flying thingy"
<`Pilot> the suborbital takes off with a roar, after about three hours the
plane approaches a cratered runway
"So Phayde, how are you so rich?"
* `Pilot screams "Hold on Back there"
* Enzo_Desiado buckles up
* _Lucifer grabs onto something
"I have ways"
* Wiretrip thinks to himself I hate landings
"hmmm..."
* Phayde grins a little and holds on to something
"CAN I GET SOME PEANUTS BACK HERE?!?!?!"
"You know their bathroom is awesome"
"Is it really?"
"Where are my peanuts?"
<_Lucifer> "What makes it so awesome?"
* `Pilot pilot miraculously guides the plane to safe stop in front of the
battered airport
"Yes, all clean like a woman's restroom"
"So you peed on the floor?"
* `Pilot lowers the ramp "after you"
* Enzo_Desiado gets off the plane
"Well, theres no evidence!"
* _Lucifer gets off the plane
"Twas rather a Plain Plane"
* _Lucifer laughs
* Wiretrip gets off
* Enzo_Desiado gets his luggage
* `Pilot waits for Phayde
"Phayde is magically following us"
"See?"
* _Lucifer grins
* `Pilot guides you through the terminal
<`Pilot> you notice that there is no customs in Berlin, just the fact that you
landed is enough
"You know, chewing gum does absolutely nothing for you?"
"Yeah"
"huh? whatd you say Enzo?"
<`Pilot> he leads you to the exits and stops
"hehe just kidding"
"Do you know that shadowrunning seriously shortens
your life span?"
<`Pilot> "Fritz told me to give this to you, it's a translator"
"Okay"
<`Pilot> "he figured none of you spoke German"
* Phayde nods
"Ach Die Weiner Schnitzel!"
"Is fritz like flying in a faster plane? cuz he's supposed to meet
us here"
<`Pilot> he meets you after the run
* `Pilot turns around and returns to his plane
*** `Pilot is now known as GMGuy
"It's a team from here on. No bailing, understand?"
* Enzo_Desiado puts all his gear on his person
"Checker"
"Shee yah, right"
"If i see another toxic im walking back to Seattle"
"Anyone want an Uzi III?"
<_Lucifer> "Got one."
you look around the cityscape of Berlin and notice it is a war
torn city"
"Anyone else?"
but the war has ended
"ill take it Enzo"
* Enzo_Desiado hands Wire the Uzi III
looking on your map you notice that you aren't exectly near
your target
<_Lucifer> "So, where we going first?"
"I guess to a car rental place"
<_Lucifer> "Then what are we doing standing here?"
* Enzo_Desiado looks for a car rental place
you notice that the Avis rental lot is empty, save for a few
empty bootles of Schnapps
bottles whatever
"Looks like were walking"
"Damn"
you do notice the occasional Taxi
* Enzo_Desiado flags a taxi
* Wiretrip for the American exchange program sticker on the Taxi
a taxi comes screaming out of nowhere and parks a la Blues
Brothers
* Enzo_Desiado gets in
"Can you get us here" points to map "without killing
us?"
* _Lucifer get's in
* Phayde steps in and ughs how it's nothing like her limo, but she'll suffice
"Zif Nerp?"
* Wiretrip jumps in
*** GMGuy is now known as `Cabbie
"Translator"
"Aww, I thought he was american"
<`Cabbie> >>>Where to?"
"You know they ship the foreigners to Seattle and the Seattle
drivers here, the cab companies make more money that way"
>>> Here, pointing to map
<`Cabbie> >>>ahhh, 200 Marks
* `Cabbie holds out hand
>>> You take nuyen?
"Ahh, you like tight liederhosen too?"
<_Lucifer> "Wire, why didn't you become a comedian or something?"
<`Cabbie> >>>nuyen? 500 then
* Enzo_Desiado hands over 500 nuyen
"Because if I talked about my sex life on stage, no one would
believe me"
* `Cabbie peels out of parking space
* Phayde rolls her eyes
* Phayde tucks her hair behind her ears
* Wiretrip does the same
"It would go like, ' Folks, I haven't gotten any since
highschool!'"
<_Lucifer> "Oh, okay. Just wondering"
<`Cabbie> after about a half hour of four wheel skids, and a complete
disregard for traffic signals, you arrive at the Shering Pharma Complex
<`Cabbie> "The small three story stands alone, amazingly unscathed
"No more like 'I was in bed with this chica' then everyone
would start saying 'LIAR!' and throw me off"
* `Cabbie unlocks doors
* Enzo_Desiado gets out
* Wiretrip gets out
* Phayde jumps out
* Wiretrip gets his suitcase
"Anyone need a silencer?"
"Well lets look for a hotel first"
"Got one"
* `Cabbie leaves in puff of choking black smoke
"ahh, good ole diesel"
* Phayde coughs
* Enzo_Desiado turns on Air Filter
"So are you like a fish with that filter thing Enzo?"
* _Lucifer covers his mouth with his sleeve
<`Cabbie> there is a small hotel down the street called the 'Little Kings'
"Nah, just gets ridd of toxins, etc"
"Show the way milady Phayde"
* Enzo_Desiado walks twoards the hotel
* Phayde finds the hotel Little Kings
"Hey, where do you think they got the name? hehehe"
"This way"
<_Lucifer> "hehe"
"little...hehehe"
* Phayde turns to Wiretrip and stares him in the eyes
"Yes Phayde?"
"Look, this is business, I wast my money, not to get blasted
away because you're too busy doing standup!"
* Wiretrip walks in the 'little' kings hotel
"Hey WireTrip, ever thought of trading out the 8 year
old phsyce for a new one?"
"Umm what psyche Enzo?"
<_Lucifer> "Your sick chummer. But I guess that's what makes you funny"
* Enzo_Desiado enters the hotel
<_Lucifer> "She looks pissed Wire."
"What woman doesnt around me?"
"Maybe I'll trade in my vocabulary for a skillsoft"
* Phayde turns and heads to the hotel and enters it.
<`Cabbie> The Dwarven clerk looks you over
<`Cabbie> "Skidda Bop?"
<_Lucifer> "Well, down to business. Let's go Phayde, lead the way."
"Hey, skillsofts. Theres a new investment I can make"
>>> "Can we get a room chummer?"
<`Cabbie> >>>50 marks per room per night
>>> "Nuyen?"
<`Cabbie> >>>Nuyen? don't see much of that around here, foreigners
huh?"
>>> "Yeah, how much?"
*** `Cabbie is now known as GMGuy
>>>100 per room per night
"Two rooms?"
* Phayde lays the 100 down herself.
"Alright, lets play rock paper scissors to see who bunks with
me"
"No thanx Enzo, unless you three want to sleep in the same
bed..."
<_Lucifer> "I'll just sleep on the floor Wire..."
"Umm, no thanx, I can barely stand near Wire without
puking"
>>> so, one room?
>>> one
"Well hey, good that works, I got dibs on the bed"
the clerk hands over a key
<_Lucifer> "How many beds?"
>>> How many beds?
>>>one
"I'll take the floor
"Uh oh, problem"
>>>a double bed id 150 per night
* Enzo_Desiado heads to the room
"I hope no one of you sleep nekkid"
* Phayde gets bug eyed!
<_Lucifer> "I think Phayde should have the bed, she paid."
"Never take my armor off"
* Phayde lays 50 more for the double bed
<_Lucifer> "Why Wire, do you?"
"Okay, phayde gets the bed. sounds fair"
she paid for a double ed room
"Hey, thats something you are gonna have to figure out
yourself"
"There's room for another, as long as noone tries anything..."
* Enzo_Desiado heads up stairs to the room
* Wiretrip goes up the stairs
<_Lucifer> "Well, would you trust anything other than an elf?"
* Phayde heads up the stairs
--- Roll one die, highest gets the other bed