[20:44] <@BradGM> ++++++++Begin Transmission++++++++
[20:44] <@BradGM> +++ The Hive Knight: The Lady and the Veteran +++
[20:44] <@BradGM> +++Thought of the Day: Pain is but an Illusion of the Senses.+++
[20:44] <@BradGM> +++Location: Near Lady De Fourber’s Residence, Lower Hive Spire/ Mockingbird Cell Quarters 524CFG-245.1, Tricorn; Hive Sibellus, Scintilla +++
[20:44] <@BradGM> +++1306Hours- Sibellus Time++
[20:44] <@BradGM> +++While Jon and Lyra locked down the Yulp’s Manour under Arbites mandate, leaving proctor Pol in charge of locking everyone up and overseeing the Veripex’s duties, Mira was busy trying to excuse herself from overly insistent young scions. Mockingbird left for the Tricorn while Jon went his own way, leaving the gems with the acolytes, claiming another lead he wished to follow alone.
[20:44] <@BradGM> Using the microbead he gave to the Vigilante, Jon managed to communicate with him, trying to gain his trust, even admitting his services are of some help. While his interlocutor was not willing to cooperate openly, the Judge did manage to learn that there is a more, yet unknown, personnal reasons for the Gloom Haunt’s crusade.
[20:44] <@BradGM> . Meanwhile at the Tricorn, Grendel began analysing the numerous heretek devices gathered along the course of the investigation, coming to the conclusion they were build by Jokaero, a primate-like Xeno possessing incredible instinctive technological knowledge and capable of incredible feats of enginerring. Unfortunately, his search of open relations with the race prove inconclusive; only the Inquisition is known, to those in authority to know, to utilise devices created by Jokaeros.
[20:45] <@BradGM> Lyra and Mira, in the meantime, began searching for a possible indentity for the Gloom Haunt, narrowing the search to three hunters who may have travelled into the Koronus Expanse, the source of the hallucinogenic compound, with both a Noble lineage and an extensive career in the Imperial Guard.
[20:45] <@BradGM> Two of the three felt either too weaken or too clumsy for the role, but the last one, a certain Captain Ledwitch Somers, fits the bill; very experienced in melee, stealth, a crack shot, and finely crafted cybernetic arms as well.
[20:45] <@BradGM> While Mockingbird and Jon exchanged thier findings, The Justicar rode toward the De Fourber’s Residence, intent on meeting the woman rescued by the Beast house, and the acolytes thinking to pay Captain Somers a visit.+++
[20:45] <@BradGM> ++++++++End Transmission++++++++
[20:45] <@BradGM> ((Jon, join Arbites))
[20:46] <@BradGM> ((Jon, join #Arbites))
[20:46] * Mira_Atella looks over the information on Somers a bit more, "If this guy weren't so obviously insane, I'd say we should hire him."
[20:48] <@Grendel> "Perhaps he has already been. The technology is unusual."
[20:49] <Mira_Atella> "He was enlisted, but I don't see anything about the Inquisition. Then again.. they'd be the ones to erase that detail as we already know far too well."
[20:50] <@BradGM> ((you're all wearing your microbead?))
[20:51] <@Grendel> ((of course))
[20:51] <Mira_Atella> (( Unless it was changed, they should still be set to hear ambient noise not just direct, yeah? ))
[20:52] <Mira_Atella> (( but yeah, meant to do @@ ))
[20:53] <@BradGM> You three suddenly hear the tell-tale sign of smeone conenction to your frequency
[20:53] <@BradGM> Jex @@Mockingbird! To my study at once!@@
[20:53] * Luke_Prowler is now known as Jonatan_Wake
[20:54] * Mira_Atella adjusts her bead back to normal. "Great."
[20:56] * @Grendel checks his belongings and starts heading towards Jex's office without a sound, while he recalibrates some of his circuits.
[20:57] <Mira_Atella> "We're off." nods to Lyra and starts walking for the office.
[20:59] <@BradGM> You go up the Tricorn inot the more prestigious locations, where the numerous inquisitors have thier studies; Inquisitorial Storm troopers are posted, in full battle dress, every 20 meters int he large marble corridor gilded with pictures of Saints, the Emperor and other great Heroes of the Sector and the Imperium as a whole. You know that Jex's study door is, as with every dor in this hall, hidden withn the wall.
[20:59] <@BradGM> Roll Int: Grendle, get a +20 due to Total Recall
[21:00] <@Grendel> !dhroll 73
[21:00] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 67 Success by 0 degrees!
[21:00] <@Grendel> ((nout outstanding, but I'll take a success!))
[21:02] * Mira_Atella approaches Grendel after she reaches the corridor.
[21:04] <@BradGM> you recall where the door is and knock on the wall. A few seconds later, it seems to move upwards, revealing Inquisitor Jex's study; a rather confusing place, fileld with half empty bookselves, most of the contents are pilled here and there, some books are even open lying on the gorund. Lazerus is there as well, busy typing a piece of string between two poles, a strip within the few dozens going left and right and in any and every direction within the chamber. Captain Rothers is also thre, silently hovering over the Jex, busy making calculating wiht an arithmetic machine.
[21:06] * @Grendel continues along past the guards, entering the office without a pause. He studies the office and its contents, before taking a moment to study the "typed" string more closely.
[21:06] <@BradGM> Jex "Be careful with this Lazerus! Make sure it is 3.5 inches form the blue rope and not an eighth more!"
[21:06] * Mira_Atella enters the office, but per usual, she doesn't sit down.
[21:07] <@BradGM> Jex motions you clsoer to his large, ornate office, filled wiht mountains of paper and a few xeno oddities.
[21:07] * Lyra stands by the door
[21:07] <@BradGM> Jex "Well, it seems you have been quite busy, quite busy indeed..."
[21:08] <@BradGM> He snaps his fingers and Captain Rothers flies closer, before a small holographical image of some well dressed man appear.
[21:10] * @Grendel considers the comment and calculates that they haven't been any busier than usual, and decides this must be some strange human foible.
[21:13] <@BradGM> Man "..Arbites have locked down the Manour of Edgar Yulp, recently killed by an unkown assaillant, causing quite a commotion in our humble locale." It cuts to a panicing woman, you all see that it is Mira, doing her scene/diversion, trying to be reassure by the nobles, Protectorate Guards and a few reporters filing it all. It cuts to a young nobleman, cleary filled with white knight sentiments "We cannot allow ruffiants from below to come in our Spire and cause terror to our kin! Henceforth, I and my cousins shall patorl to street in hopes to bring forth this assailant and teahc him waht have you."
[21:13] <@BradGM> Noble "I encourage everyone to do the same, as the protectorate is cleary too imcompetent for a task cleary reserved for thier Betters."
[21:15] <@BradGM> it cuts back to the first man. "Protectorate officials have declined being incompetent, as the Arbites have yet to release any infomration concerning this matter." *The holo gets turned off and dissipate.
[21:17] <@BradGM> Jex then shakes a pile of papers under your noses "Nowhere was it written in your report that cusing a raucus and getting those blue blooded inbreds patorlling the streets! Do you wihs to ahve Gouverner Hax breathing down our necks and mindling inot the Inqusition's affairs?"
[21:18] * @Grendel calculates that this is 93% likely a "rhetorical" question.
[21:18] <Mira_Atella> "It was already a scene by the time we arrived. We were able to then cull some of it."
[21:20] <@BradGM> Jex "cull some of it? I can hadrdly imagine how nobles patrolling the spire in search of that..vigilante..will help this casue."
[21:21] <Mira_Atella> "They had no reason to think I was part of anything. I never went inside. Barely moved away from the car."
[21:22] <@BradGM> Jex "cleary they were quite moved by your theatricals."
[21:22] <@BradGM> Hard to say if there was pride or merely disgust in his voice on taht one
[21:23] <Mira_Atella> "I imagine they were. Had two boys from noble houses competing for my attention."
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[21:26] <@BradGM> Jex "Ha! This does not surprise me at all. If they are not the eldest, they are all eager to make thier own fortune thier own name....which complicated matters for us, and you, sicne you are the acolytes in the field. I expect you have learned something for his Yulp, no doubt somehting relevent to his Beasts House connections?"
[21:26] <Mira_Atella> "And now if we need to use the cover, it's more solid from what went on outside. That also showed they may all be lacking in their security measures, which was why we were on the books with an appointment in the first place."
[21:27] <Mira_Atella> "Which to me sounds like being given a skeleton key to at least a few noble houses."
[21:29] <Mira_Atella> "They'll be begging us to come in for fear for their lives."
[21:29] <@BradGM> Jex "Yes, it may serve us well in the fut..Lazerus! I told you once, the red string goes on the black pole, the black string on the red pole!"
[21:30] <@BradGM> Lazerus also loose his step on the chair he's standing on "Yes Lord, Demon's feeling was causing confusion."
[21:30] <@Grendel> "The Assassin seems to be targeting those connected to the beast house, The Yulp family seems to be quite close."
[21:30] <@BradGM> Jex "Damn your mutt of yours!..Yes, a useful tool for future use."
[21:31] <@BradGM> Jex "Yes, we had our suspicion for eyars, but no solid evidence to warrant a purge. It sems our mysterious agent is a few steps aeahd of us.
[21:32] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Psst, the stones))
[21:32] <Mira_Atella> "We could figure out the target and guard them, since that always ends well, or go right after him before he has a chance."
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[21:36] <Mira_Atella> "Might be nice to see how he gets all those wonderful toys."
[21:36] <Mira_Atella> (( I had to do that eventually ))
[21:36] <@BradGM> Jex "So you have a list of potential targets then? Or a suspect, or both?"
[21:37] <@Grendel> "Or simply has less of a burden of proof."
[21:37] <Mira_Atella> "Suspect." She hads her slate to Jex that has the 3 profiles up on the screen.
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[21:37] * X sets mode: +o Gloomster
[21:39] <Mira_Atella> "Two of them aren't capable, so the third one is Captain Somers and fits everything perfectly."
[21:40] <@BradGM> He browse the files.
[21:40] <Mira_Atella> "It seems a little too perfect to me, but it's the best lead we have in uncovering the identity"
[21:40] <@BradGM> Jex "Intresting..And how have were you capable of getting that susepct list done which such..precision?"
[21:41] <Mira_Atella> "Lyra was able to get it then we gave various parameters to narrow it down. Age, height, training, etc."
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[21:44] * X sets mode: +o Seraph
[21:44] <@BradGM> Jex looks past you to Lyra, who's close, but keeping her distance "Hmm."
[21:44] <@BradGM> Jex "And what of the Justicar?"
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[21:45] <@Grendel> "Investigating his own leads I believe."
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[21:47] <@BradGM> Jex "Ah yes. He has quite the difficulty working wiht others. I am surprised he did not asked to regian his previous posting."
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[21:48] <@BradGM> Jex "I suppose his previous experiences made this perticular case quite intresting for him."
[21:49] <@Grendel> "Perhaps."
[21:51] <@Grendel> "I am not sure it is beyond his normal duties."
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[21:54] <@BradGM> Jex "Were he a normal Judge; the man have a singular mindset, tracking some unseen killer the sector over for most his career, depsite ahivng done hundreds of arrest, he still obsess over a few single cases he claimed are connected to each other. No Grendel, this is quite wihtin his normal duties."
[21:56] <@BradGM> Jex "But enough of your liaison. How soon will you meet this Captain Somers?"
[21:56] <@BradGM> !dhroll 46
[21:56] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 16 Success by 3 degrees!
[21:56] * @Grendel attempts to calculate the time it would take them to arrive at the location if they left right now.
[21:57] <@BradGM> About 65 mnutes, not considering traffic, delays in getting a vehicle, and any ohter preparations Mira or Lyra can/would/might do
[21:57] <Mira_Atella> "I'd prefer we did recon first since his residence is probably a death trap for anyone but him. However, waiting could mean more deaths."
[21:57] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 60
[21:57] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 51 Success by 0 degrees!
[21:59] <@Grendel> "IF we leave right now, we can be there in 65 minutes, but there is no guarantee that he will be there."
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[22:02] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 48
[22:02] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 2 Success by 4 degrees!
[22:02] <@BradGM> !dhroll 47
[22:02] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 25 Success by 2 degrees!
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[22:05] <@BradGM> !dhroll 46
[22:05] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 70 Failure by 2 degrees!
[22:07] <@BradGM> !dhroll 46
[22:07] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 44 Success by 0 degrees!
[22:07] <@BradGM> Jex "Do so, and keep me infomred, hourly reports!"
[22:07] <@BradGM> ((sory am busy with Jon using his gile))
[22:07] <@Grendel> "And reconnaissance should be paramount."
[22:07] <@Grendel> ((no problem))
[22:10] * @Grendel starts a timer and turns to leave as long as Jex doesn't have any other surprises for them.
[22:11] <Mira_Atella> (( Don't poke the bear, Grendel! ))
[22:12] <@BradGM> Jex "Remember, hourly reports!"
[22:12] <@BradGM> You leave, crossing the eyes of Lazerus, cleary not having the time of his life."
[22:12] * Mira_Atella pushes off of the wall and steps out of the office.
[22:14] <@BradGM> The air seems suddnely more clear and the light contrasts blind you for half a second, you 're finaly out of Jex's study.
[22:15] <@Grendel> "Very strange."
[22:15] * @Grendel sets the timer for 60 minutes and begins the countdown from Jex's last comment.
[22:15] <Mira_Atella> (( I don't know why, but I read study as body lol ))
[22:16] <@BradGM> ((sick sick acolyte!))
[22:17] * @Grendel goes to gather his gear and requisition a vehicle, hopefully the van they had before.
[22:17] <@BradGM> roll it Grendel
[22:18] * Mira_Atella checks her bag, seeing everything is there and not needing to visit Bradon
[22:19] <@BradGM> The Captain' house is wihtin the lower Spire by the way.
[22:21] <@Grendel> !dhroll 73
[22:21] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 13 Success by 6 degrees!
[22:22] <@BradGM> You get a similar van, if only it looks better, with lettering fomr a delivery service; it should be a bit more subtile than the rust bucket version you ahd in the lower Hive city.
[22:23] <@BradGM> ((Lyra, taking anything?)_)
[22:23] <Lyra> (just the plasma gun and two laspistols)
[22:24] <Mira_Atella> (( I can't figure out a single reason why they have a Once Upon A Time spinoff series. I somehow doubt people wanted one based solely in Wonderland ))
[22:24] <@BradGM> ((wearing wht clothes?))
[22:25] <@BradGM> ((hey it brought moeny, so ight as wel milk that cow until she dies))
[22:25] <Lyra> (professional driver clothing, civilian. Laspistols in concealed holsters)
[22:25] <@BradGM> ((k))
[22:25] <@Grendel> ((We're going on a Shadowrun!))
[22:26] <@BradGM> ((speaking of, since you'Re the =I= and all, you can get civilian clohting wiht a mesh inlay woven in it for some armour if you want))
[22:26] <@BradGM> ((giving 3 armour point))
[22:26] <@BradGM> ((not flak, but better than just muscle and cloth))
[22:26] <Lyra> (that works)
[22:28] <@Grendel> ((Grendel goes as his usual tech-priest sell. Do you really want to risk looking under his robes?))
[22:28] <@BradGM> (( http://www.wobblymodelsyndrome.com/uploads/3/3/4/2/3342427/4186184_orig.jpg ))
[22:29] <@Grendel> ((Damn straight))
[22:29] <@BradGM> You all load inot the van, ready to meet the suspect, Captain Ledwitch Somers.
[22:30] <Acenoid> n8 n8
[22:30] <@BradGM> ((good night- use parentesyis do OOC))
[22:30] <@BradGM> ((*to))
[22:30] <Acenoid> ((ok sorry))
[22:31] <@BradGM> ((HERESY!!))
[22:31] <@BradGM> lyra, roll drive +10
[22:31] <Lyra> !perc 70
[22:31] <Lyra> !dhroll 70
[22:31] <DiceServitor> Lyra: 4 Success by 6 degrees!
[22:31] <Lyra> :D
[22:31] <Mira_Atella> (( This might be the worst green screen I've seen in the past 10 years ))
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[22:35] <@BradGM> Lyra, you could drive circles around a Sentinel with his here van of yours.
[22:35] <Lyra> "This new van is very responsive."
[22:36] <Jonatan_Wake> @@Arbite to Mockingbird@@
[22:36] <@BradGM> You make your way to the Spire. While traffic is moderate, you do cross a few check points when entering, and wihtin, the Spire proper; it seems the Protectorate is stepping up thier game.
[22:36] <@Grendel> @@Mockingbird here.@@
[22:36] <Mira_Atella> "That's always good. Crashing sucks. We've done it before"
[22:37] <Jonatan_Wake> @@I am finished with my lead, and will be returning shortly. Have the stones been indentified yet?@@
[22:38] <@Grendel> ((uh oh))
[22:39] <Mira_Atella> (( what oh? ))
[22:39] <@BradGM> ((you guys forgot to check the stones...))
[22:39] <@BradGM> ((and speaking of, whoever got 'em write'em down on t=your char sheet....))
[22:40] * @Grendel looks puzzled. "Stones?"
[22:41] <@BradGM> ((Lyra got'em btw))
[22:42] <Jonatan_Wake> @@A bag of stones that were on Yulp's body that I believe are of xenos origin. I gave them to Lyra@@
[22:42] <Lyra> "Oh. I forgot about them." ((Honestly I thought one of the others had taken them to study))
[22:43] <@BradGM> 1d10
[22:43] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 10
[22:43] <@BradGM> 1d10
[22:43] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 4
[22:43] <@BradGM> !dhroll 40
[22:43] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 60 Failure by 2 degrees!
[22:43] <@Grendel> @@Unknown at this time@@
[22:43] <@Grendel> "Are the stones here?"
[22:44] <Lyra> "Yes, they're in the case with my plasma gun."
[22:45] <Jonatan_Wake> @@Report back when you have something@@
[22:45] <@Grendel> @@What did your investigation yield?@@
[22:45] * @Grendel gets the stones and begins to examine them.
[22:46] <@BradGM> Grendel, roll awanress visual
[22:47] <@Grendel> ((Auspex bonus help at all?))
[22:48] <@BradGM> ((ys, bonus for small items if you have it as well))
[22:48] <Jonatan_Wake> @@Her story checked out with the reports, I will be checking with her connections to see anything matches up. She also seems very skilled with a blade@@
[22:49] <@Grendel> !dhroll 80
[22:49] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 79 Success by 0 degrees!
[22:49] <@BradGM> ((pfff!))
[22:49] <Mira_Atella> (( nice ))
[22:50] <@BradGM> Grendel, you see that they are well cut, but there is something odd by the way they are cut; like it was cut by some crude rock or object rather than by a carbon tool as it is the usual method.
[22:50] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Lots of good rolls tonight))
[22:51] * @Grendel runs the calculations and file the data away, examining them closer.
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[22:52] <@BradGM> Roll forb. Lore Xeno -30 Grendel
[22:53] <@Grendel> !dhroll 23
[22:53] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 77 Failure by 5 degrees!
[22:53] <@Grendel> ((Fate))
[22:53] <@Grendel> !dhroll 23
[22:53] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 87 Failure by 6 degrees!
[22:53] <@Grendel> ((Bah!))
[22:54] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Clearly, they are made by master artisans of the Orks))
[22:54] <@BradGM> The way they are cut seems quite odd, but you are more versed into war and machinery than gem cutting.
[22:56] <@Grendel> "I am unable to tell anything from here."
[22:58] <@Grendel> @@We will have to examine them later.@@
[22:58] <@BradGM> !dhroll 51
[22:58] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 79 Failure by 2 degrees!
[23:00] <Jonatan_Wake> @@Alright. Over and out@@
[23:00] <@Grendel> ((Brb))
[23:00] <@BradGM> you reach Captain Somers' house, a humble 2 story house in a semi commercial road; no walls, no guards, under the shadow of more pretigious Manours over head, the house is still quite stylish.
[23:04] * @Grendel starts using the auspex to scan the building.
[23:04] <Mira_Atella> "Grendel, do you think you can scan the building?"
[23:04] <Mira_Atella> (( hah ))
[23:05] <@BradGM> Grendel, it seems your scanner ahve trouble penerating the building's front wall.
[23:05] <@Grendel> "There seems to be some sort of interference."
[23:06] <@Grendel> "Please drive around hte building so I may see if it is from all sides."
[23:07] <@BradGM> !dhroll 51
[23:07] <Lyra> "Of course."
[23:07] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 48 Success by 0 degrees!
[23:07] * @Grendel continues to attempt to scan the building.
[23:08] <@BradGM> roll it at -50: don't forget the +10 to van gives you
[23:08] <@Grendel> !dhroll 40
[23:08] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 71 Failure by 3 degrees!
[23:08] <@Grendel> ((Fate))
[23:08] <@Grendel> !dhroll 40
[23:08] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 61 Failure by 2 degrees!
[23:09] <@Grendel> ((oh wait. That was my free reroll. now I'll take the fate roll))
[23:09] <@Grendel> !dhroll 40
[23:09] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 76 Failure by 3 degrees!
[23:09] <@Grendel> ((Bah))
[23:11] <@BradGM> Nope, it could be the construction that make it impossible to scan, or it could be a willing move as well; hard to say fomr your location."
[23:11] <@Grendel> "No luck. IT could be the building materials, or something else."
[23:12] * Mira_Atella looks for entry points while they drive around the building.
[23:14] <@BradGM> The front door, obviously, there are 7 windows up front, 2 at the ground floor, 5 at the 1st floor, 4 on the eastern wall, and a back door giving in a small courtyard, which is actually enclosed with a finely made wooden fence. you see 5 other windows in the back and a large one at the ground floor near the door.
[23:14] <@BradGM> The western wall is actually linked with another small hous; the street seems to be a long stretch of housing and fnacy commerces.
[23:14] <Jonatan_Wake> ((THe only real answer is "Through the wall"))
[23:15] <Mira_Atella> "Harder to get to, but the second floor would give us the high ground a bit."
[23:17] <@Grendel> "Why not the backyard where you would be concealed by the fence?"
[23:17] <Mira_Atella> "We still have to get in."
[23:19] <@Grendel> "Yes?"
[23:20] <Mira_Atella> "I don't see how the fence would facilitate it or help in any way. Still have to be on their side of it to get anywhere."
[23:21] <@BradGM> ((not to rain on your parade..but you ever tried knocking on the fornt door?))
[23:22] <Mira_Atella> (( psh ))
[23:22] <@BradGM> ((he's still at the supect stage after all..))
[23:23] <@Grendel> "Yes but the fence would hide your entry into the building, as opposed to using a second floor window where anyone looking up would see you?"
[23:24] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 58
[23:24] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 95 Failure by 3 degrees!
[23:24] <Jonatan_Wake> (fate)
[23:24] * @Grendel shrugs mechanically. "HOw would you like to handle this?"
[23:24] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 58
[23:24] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 11 Success by 4 degrees!
[23:25] <Mira_Atella> "I'm not sure you're understanding how fences work. And there are 5 windows in the back, and a big one on the ground floor. Jumping the fence would be bad."
[23:26] <@Grendel> ((ahh. Abbot and Costello time))
[23:26] <@BradGM> ((Funny..the TP doens't understand the concept of a fence..))
[23:27] <@Grendel> "Fences block Line of Sight. Would it not be preferable to have the fence between you and anyone from neighboring buildings who might see you as you attempt to enter the premises?"
[23:28] <Mira_Atella> "One the outside of the fence, it blocks people in the house from seeing. On the inside, it blocks anyone else, but leaves you in plain site for the bottom window and door."
[23:30] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 60
[23:30] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 76 Failure by 1 degree!
[23:30] <Jonatan_Wake> Fate
[23:30] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 60
[23:30] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 67 Failure by 0 degrees!
[23:30] * @Ribonizer (~hehe@bas5-hull20-1279782225.dsl.bell.ca) Quit (Quit: Chichin ga puipui)
[23:31] <Mira_Atella> "There are really no great ways to break in. Looks like the window placement and everything was mapped out how they are for a reason"
[23:31] <@Grendel> "PErhaps. Should you and yra see if he is at home first?"
[23:31] <Lyra> "Don't look at me. Guard entry tactics aren't intended to be subtle."
[23:32] <Mira_Atella> "Might as well."
[23:34] <@BradGM> ((mind if we stop it here guys?))
[23:34] <Mira_Atella> (( Sure. Good spot for it ))
[23:34] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Yeah))
[23:35] <@Grendel> ((sounds good. I'm less out of it this week, but that nap earlier really left me fuzzy))
[23:36] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++
JON IS MEETING WITH LADY DE FOURBER
[20:50] <@BradGM> You ride toward the De Fourber house in the Lower Spire. While it is richer than anything seen in the Hive City, spire-wise it is a poor sorry thing; 2 stories as well, seemingly large rooms, but no surrounding walls, no gardens, even living in the shadow of the better manour houses upward. There is also significantly more traffic about and you can faintly hear the string quatuors in the distance when you kill your bike's engine.
[20:53] * Luke_Prowler walks to the building door, his helmet in his arm as he glanced around for any detail
[20:53] * Luke_Prowler is now known as Jonatan_Wake
[20:54] <@BradGM> The house is on a commercial road, you can see numerous banners of well to do merchants and shops in the distance; it appears the house is one of a few on this road for not-rich-enough nobles to lvie in over the cloud coverage.
[20:55] <@BradGM> The house itself is of an older style, large reddish bricks. You notice as well that the windows are barred and there's half a dozen locks on the door, and quite obvisu cameras as well.
[20:59] <Jonatan_Wake> 'A noble line down on their luck and possible taken by fear. I should be careful' Jon though as he reached the door/gate and waited for a response
[21:01] <@BradGM> it takes a good 5 minutes before a slit on the door slides open showing an aged pair of eyes- old but quite swift. "Good day-cycle Judge."
[21:05] <Jonatan_Wake> "Good day-cycle, citizen" the judge greated back "Is the lady of the house avalible?"
[21:05] <@BradGM> Man "Lady Evelyn is present yes. Is there a problem?"
[21:09] <Jonatan_Wake> "There has been a incident in the upper spire, you may have heard of it. We have been looking sighting of the culprit and a few witness have pointed this way"
[21:14] <@BradGM> Man "I assure you sir, we have heard nothing. Lady Evelyn has not left her house in quite a few days as well, not to mention her schedule is quite busy, you must understand."
[21:21] <Jonatan_Wake> "I do understand, but I cannot leave on mere hearsay. I require some investigation, though I promise to keep it short"
[21:23] <@BradGM> His eyes shifts to the side. "A moment please."
[21:23] <@BradGM> He closes the slit and you wait another 10 minutes beofre it slid back open again. "Lady Evelyn will received you Judge..?"
[21:24] <Jonatan_Wake> "Wake. Jonatan Wake"
[21:28] <@BradGM> The lsip closes and you ehar numerous locked being opena dn your are hushered in. The Man is in his late 40s/early 50s, well dressed with a suit of a few years in style. He guides oyu in a house that echoes silence. You see no other servant, little decorations, the palce smells the enclosed as well. You spot a fine cover of dust as well on decades old furniture, totaly not in style as well.
[21:31] <Jonatan_Wake> "Was does the Lady do, exactly?" Jon asks while following the man, as he scans for anythink that might point to their suspect
[21:33] <@BradGM> Man "Lady Evelyn is a financier. The De Fourber have quite the astute knowledge of the stock and prices, but ever since..a clsoed affairs, the family has come into ahrd time. please wait here."*
[21:34] <@BradGM> He enters a room where the recognisable sound of clashing blades is hear. you can see a woman, early 30s, surrounded by servitors armed with a multitudes of blades weapons. "Judge Wake of the Adeptus Arbites to see you m'lady."
[21:35] <@BradGM> Lady Evelyn fights for a few moments before saying "Stop training program!" *The servitor stops thier attakc and freeze almost into place "Let him inside, Albert. Do pass me my towel."
[21:37] <@BradGM> Albert signals you to enter.
[21:38] <@BradGM> Lady Evelyn is a 30 or so year woman, with lgiht brown hair tied in a loose ponytail, wearing a nobleman's clothes instead of a dress as it is typical of high born women. She seems quite fit physically and no doutb quite deadly with that blade of hers; those srvitors are quite simialr to those you used to train down a tthe Fortress.
[21:39] <@BradGM> She appeas quite soft and delicate, but her statre is anything but; cold, stern and filled with silent dedication hidng a strength of will generally seem in soldiers or gangers.
[21:40] * Jonatan_Wake enters, looking impressed
[21:42] <Jonatan_Wake> "I appologise for intruding, Lady Evelyn, but I am here on business" Jon says, taking mental notes about the noblewoman"
[21:42] <@BradGM> Albert gets her her towel and she taps her sweaty skin beofre addressing you "Welcome to my humble home Judge."
[21:43] <@BradGM> Evelyn "I did not expect a social call from the Emperor's Judge. What is this business you speak of?"
[21:49] <Jonatan_Wake> "There has been murder, Edgar Yulp. My men and I are in search of the assailent, and have been gathering any information we can find. Anything that you may have heard or seen could be of use"
[21:50] <@BradGM> Evelyn "Yulp..you mean of the hotel magnate Yulp? Apologies Judge, I do not mingle with such character, he has quite unrecommended relations I learned."
[21:52] <@BradGM> Albert bring him a drink of clear water which Lady Evelyn drinks with tirst. "As for information, I am afraid I cannot help you. I work from my house, ralrey leaving it if only for a few appointments far and few in between."
[21:55] <Jonatan_Wake> "The same. And it is those same relations that may have had a part in his death. We believe the killing has something to do with his connections with the Beast House" Jon explains, waiting for a reaction
[21:56] <@BradGM> roll scutinize Jon
[21:56] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 60
[21:57] <@BradGM> ((yeah main room))
[21:58] <@BradGM> she seems quite in contorl of her reaction; she is a noble after all "THe Beasts House you say?..Well a fitting end to a scroundrel of his type wouldn't you say so Judge Wake?"
[21:59] <@BradGM> she grabs har left arm, like she was in pain, it alsomt seems like a unthought of reflex.
[22:00] <@BradGM> but she quickly let go. "Few would willingly deal with them and live long to tell the tale...I suppose you came here thinking I was the responsible party?"
[22:00] <Jonatan_Wake> "Why would you say that?" Jon asked innocently, though he knew full well
[22:02] <@BradGM> ((ha!..roll decieve vs her scrutinize))
[22:03] <@BradGM> Cleary, you innocent face coupled with your uniform gives credibility to your (false) claim
[22:04] <Jonatan_Wake> ((it's the eyeliner, clearly :P))
[22:04] <@BradGM> ((yeah you 80s Britihs rock star you..))
[22:04] <@BradGM> Evelyn "A dozen years ago, my father associated with the people of the ilk of Edgar Yulp. He made a few bad call and had mounting debt. He had to..borrow money to persons associated with the Beasts House. when he could not pay, they took payment in another form..me.
[22:05] <@BradGM> She seems to show up her emotions, cleary it is a painful memory for her.
[22:07] <@BradGM> Evelyn "I was taken, and..forced to battle others, cyber gladiators, and even some xeno beasts I knew nothing all under the amused glare of the Beasts House's clients. I...tried to end my own life, but they only tied me down, wanting to make my death a show..I'd almost given hope until the Inquisition arrived."
[22:08] <@BradGM> she seems to regain some composure of the nobility
[22:10] <Jonatan_Wake> "I'm sorry for your tragidy, ma'am. It is good that a innocent person such as yourself endures"
[22:10] <@BradGM> Evelyn "They..saved me, took me away form there. While imprisomment from the Inquisition is not something I'd hope to experience, it was hundred times better than what I suffered. My father was sentenced to death for associating with them, but I was spared, but a victim they said." *She smiles, faintly.* "Of course I had to sell most of our assests and rebuild my family's good name and fortune, being executed by the Inquisiton is bad for business you understand."
[22:11] * Jonatan_Wake nods
[22:11] <@BradGM> She seems genuinely touched by your concern "Thank you Judge Wake. Now you unerstand my reasonning into your visit, but I assure you, I have no intention of ever being associated fomr far or near to those horrid persons.*
[22:13] <@BradGM> Evelyn "also, I trust you will keep this..infomration to yourself? The official stoy is that I was staying with a distant relative on some argi-world, I do not wish to have my reputation stained, you understnad.."
[22:15] <Jonatan_Wake> "I will keep it secret as if it was my own"
[22:17] <@BradGM> she bows slightly "Now if you'll excuse me Judge, but I must continue my training session. Albert will see you out."
[22:17] <Jonatan_Wake> "There is one more thing" Jon says as he takes out a picture of the Gloom Haunt "Does this mean anything to you?"
[22:18] <@BradGM> Evelyn "she takes the picture, looking it for a moment "It appears to be some xeno beasts of sorts, but nothing I saw before."
[22:19] <Jonatan_Wake> "Then thank you for your time"
[22:20] <@BradGM> She bows again and takes her sword back getting into postion "Begin training program, level 3!" The servitor suddenly comes to life, attacking her with medium speed and strength.
[22:20] <@BradGM> ((lower than what it was was you came, but good enough to warm up so to speak))
[22:20] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Ah))
[22:21] <@BradGM> Albert "if you would follow me Judge."
[22:21] * Jonatan_Wake follows
[22:22] <@BradGM> Albert takes you back to the main door, ulokcing the many bolts before opening the door "Thank you for your visit sir. A pleasent Day-cycle to you."
[22:25] <Jonatan_Wake> "And to you too" Jon responds as he leaves, putting his helmet on as nears his bike
[22:26] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Hmm, some clues, nothng solid. I'm half between feeling like I could have gotten more and that you're pull my leg))
[22:27] <@BradGM> ((could be..could be a wild goose chase too, could be you were in the den of the beast as well))
[22:27] <@BradGM> ((oh the mystery hahaha! Let the GM have his fun won't ya?))
[22:28] <Jonatan_Wake> ((:P at the least, I can confirm what these "finances" are and point myself in the right way))
[22:29] <@BradGM> ((you can inqure about them yes.))
[22:30] <@BradGM> As you load on your bike, you see the Arbites vox on it is flashing; someone left a message.
[22:31] <Jonatan_Wake> opens the channel to see the message
[22:33] * Jonatan_Wake reads/listens to the message
[22:34] <@BradGM> you see the Veripex you gave the odd vial to. He exhale as he shoots his mesage "Justicar Wake this is Veripex Jonas, contact me back at the Fortress, station 45235.2B.
[22:35] * Jonatan_Wake hops onto the bikes and speeds off towards the fortress
[22:39] <@BradGM> You see that the protectorate have made a few checkpoints wihtin the Spire. You see a few nobles walking in small bands, armed with the usual noble wepaonry; overly ornate wepaons, from las pistols to hunting rifles.
[22:41] <@BradGM> You return to the Fortress.
[22:42] * Jonatan_Wake heads to Jonas' station
[22:44] <@BradGM> you reach Jonas's office on the Veripex floor, The Adept is busy disting a report to his servo-skull.
[22:46] * Jonatan_Wake knocks on the door "Veripex Jonas, what have you found out?"
[22:47] <@BradGM> Jonas "Ah, Justicar Wake. quite the curio you brought me."
[22:48] <@BradGM> He goes to his small section at the back of his office and takes out the vial. "I have complete my analysis of the liquid. you'll be glad to know it is not poisonnous not with any acidic property."
[22:49] <@BradGM> Jonas "This appear to be pheromones."
[22:50] <Jonatan_Wake> "Pheromones of what?" Jon asked, though he had a good guess
[22:51] <@BradGM> Jonah "Conversatur maerorem, or the Common Hive Gloom Haunt if you're less than well versed into scientific parley."
[22:52] * Jonatan_Wake nods and "mhmm"s
[22:53] <@BradGM> Jonah "Yes, quite an intresting compound; I theorise that one coverd wiht this would be recognised as a Gloom Haunt himself, dus allowing free movement wihtin a community of them"
[22:54] <@BradGM> Jonah "Where have you obtained it, it I may know?"
[22:54] <Jonatan_Wake> "At the site of a mass Gloom Haunt attack"
[22:55] <Jonatan_Wake> Which was true
[22:55] <Jonatan_Wake> "How would someone make something like this?"
[22:56] <@BradGM> Jonah "Really? Hmm..well it seems whoever had it is now in quite a situation, if they're still alive. Those underhivers are always full of surprises; they can barely read or write, much less act correctly, then they do somehting like this, and throw every preconception of them by the window.""
[22:57] <Jonatan_Wake> "The criminal mind is nothing if not devious" Jon agreed
[22:58] <@BradGM> Jonah "Hmm? oh, well first they would ned to know how to get the enzymes responsible for the pheromones, so that woud imply some biologis knowledge, more presisely the Gloom haunt's, followed by some limited chemystry apparatus, and a rahter good chemical knowledge. But.."
[22:59] <@BradGM> Jonah "hmm..nevermind...Still getitng them into this spray canister, quite ingenious, I've never saw undederhivers with this type of ressources before."
[23:00] <Jonatan_Wake> "What's so special about it?"
[23:02] <@BradGM> Jonah "it is under pressure, Justicar. that would require a canister of Carbon dioxyde, not to mention the rather simple, but still hard to get inducer. to get the pheromones into this bottle at the right pressure without rubturing the canister or making the Co2 pressure tooo weak that it is useless as a spray.
[23:04] * Jonatan_Wake nods
[23:07] <@BradGM> Jonah "I suspect whoever did this must be hiding something important in an area heavely saturated with gloom haunts, or use tthis to run head long into the underworld without risking getting his head eaten off all alone, so perhaps it is a lone agent, like a bounty hunter."
[23:07] <@BradGM> Jonah seems to remember something "Oh yes, that is where I saw similar methods employed!"
[23:09] <Jonatan_Wake> "It would certainly be more useful to a lone agent"
[23:10] <@BradGM> Jonah "Hunters usually mask thier own odour using their surroundings, to better melt into their hunting gorund and to not alert thier pray. It is quite an ancient trick, used fomr primitive hunters to the mos sophiticated bushman."
[23:13] <Jonatan_Wake> "Are these part common enough to be found in any hive, or do they require specialist?"
[23:15] <Jonatan_Wake> *parts
[23:16] <@BradGM> Jonah "Apart from the Carbon dyoxcide and the inducer which may require some searching for, the rest of the items cna be home made. The pheromones must of course comes form a Gloom Haunt.."
[23:18] <Jonatan_Wake> "Thank you. When you're done with it, send it to my office." Jon says as he heads to the archives
[23:19] <@BradGM> He opens up a fridge and takes out a cold, but still 'flexible' gloom haunt. "Now to not worry, it is quite dead." He sets him n the table and begin slicing him open "Now, whoever did this vial had to know how to to properly cut his gland, right..here.." *He cut a seemingly unremarkable small organ* "And tehn extract the liquid within and mix it with mild sugared water in a 1:2 part to liquidify it better for a pray."
[23:19] * Jonatan_Wake stops and stays a while to watch instead
[23:20] <Jonatan_Wake> "So we can produce our own?"
[23:21] <@BradGM> Jonah "Well, in theory yes, but we would have no need for such an item."
[23:22] <Jonatan_Wake> "True" Heavy Carapace made that redundant
[23:23] <@BradGM> Jonah "Exactly. And the fact that we ararely venture into the underhive. But it would be wihtin our capabilites to produce such a spray."
[23:23] <@BradGM> roll charm Jon
[23:24] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 58
[23:25] <@BradGM> Jonah "I will be honest Justicar, this little number have spiked my curiosity; If the proper forms would be filled, I may be able to produce a few does within..48 hours?"
[23:26] <@BradGM> He smirked, it seems you grew up on the old bookish man."
[23:27] * Jonatan_Wake returned the smirk "That sounds perfect"
[23:27] <@BradGM> no doutb your reputation got to his ears; the Veripex are always up for a mystery, and with you running wiht the =I=, he must smell the posibility off of you.
[23:28] <@BradGM> Jonah "Good." *He opens up a drawer and slide a couple of forms your way. "Those might prove useflu Justicar.."
[23:29] * Jonatan_Wake signs them with gusto
[23:29] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 60
[23:30] <@BradGM> wait, got to fill them first! roll literacy
[23:31] <@BradGM> you fill them and slide them back. Jonah seems a bit iffed. "Yes well..You are more qualified for field duties.. I'll better handle the hum..details yes?"
[23:32] <@BradGM> Jonah "If there is anything Justicar..I have a half dozen reports to dictate."
[23:33] <Jonatan_Wake> "Um, yes" Jon felt slightly embarressed.
[23:33] <@BradGM> *Jonah sits bakc at his desk "I will keep oyu infomred of my developement. I hope you'll do the same as well hum?"
[23:34] * Jonatan_Wake nods in agreement, then leaves
[23:35] <@BradGM> As you make your way inot the Fortress, a voice autoritative echoes behind you "Wake!"
[23:35] * Jonatan_Wake turns to see who it is, though has a feeling it's a superior
[23:36] <@BradGM> Turning about, you see the imposing figure of Senior Judge Jaune, in full Arbites armour as always making his way toward with heavy steps. "There you are; The high Marshall demands you in his office now."
[23:36] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++
[20:44] <@BradGM> +++ The Hive Knight: The Lady and the Veteran +++
[20:44] <@BradGM> +++Thought of the Day: Pain is but an Illusion of the Senses.+++
[20:44] <@BradGM> +++Location: Near Lady De Fourber’s Residence, Lower Hive Spire/ Mockingbird Cell Quarters 524CFG-245.1, Tricorn; Hive Sibellus, Scintilla +++
[20:44] <@BradGM> +++1306Hours- Sibellus Time++
[20:44] <@BradGM> +++While Jon and Lyra locked down the Yulp’s Manour under Arbites mandate, leaving proctor Pol in charge of locking everyone up and overseeing the Veripex’s duties, Mira was busy trying to excuse herself from overly insistent young scions. Mockingbird left for the Tricorn while Jon went his own way, leaving the gems with the acolytes, claiming another lead he wished to follow alone.
[20:44] <@BradGM> Using the microbead he gave to the Vigilante, Jon managed to communicate with him, trying to gain his trust, even admitting his services are of some help. While his interlocutor was not willing to cooperate openly, the Judge did manage to learn that there is a more, yet unknown, personnal reasons for the Gloom Haunt’s crusade.
[20:44] <@BradGM> . Meanwhile at the Tricorn, Grendel began analysing the numerous heretek devices gathered along the course of the investigation, coming to the conclusion they were build by Jokaero, a primate-like Xeno possessing incredible instinctive technological knowledge and capable of incredible feats of enginerring. Unfortunately, his search of open relations with the race prove inconclusive; only the Inquisition is known, to those in authority to know, to utilise devices created by Jokaeros.
[20:45] <@BradGM> Lyra and Mira, in the meantime, began searching for a possible indentity for the Gloom Haunt, narrowing the search to three hunters who may have travelled into the Koronus Expanse, the source of the hallucinogenic compound, with both a Noble lineage and an extensive career in the Imperial Guard.
[20:45] <@BradGM> Two of the three felt either too weaken or too clumsy for the role, but the last one, a certain Captain Ledwitch Somers, fits the bill; very experienced in melee, stealth, a crack shot, and finely crafted cybernetic arms as well.
[20:45] <@BradGM> While Mockingbird and Jon exchanged thier findings, The Justicar rode toward the De Fourber’s Residence, intent on meeting the woman rescued by the Beast house, and the acolytes thinking to pay Captain Somers a visit.+++
[20:45] <@BradGM> ++++++++End Transmission++++++++
[20:45] <@BradGM> ((Jon, join Arbites))
[20:46] <@BradGM> ((Jon, join #Arbites))
[20:46] * Mira_Atella looks over the information on Somers a bit more, "If this guy weren't so obviously insane, I'd say we should hire him."
[20:48] <@Grendel> "Perhaps he has already been. The technology is unusual."
[20:49] <Mira_Atella> "He was enlisted, but I don't see anything about the Inquisition. Then again.. they'd be the ones to erase that detail as we already know far too well."
[20:50] <@BradGM> ((you're all wearing your microbead?))
[20:51] <@Grendel> ((of course))
[20:51] <Mira_Atella> (( Unless it was changed, they should still be set to hear ambient noise not just direct, yeah? ))
[20:52] <Mira_Atella> (( but yeah, meant to do @@ ))
[20:53] <@BradGM> You three suddenly hear the tell-tale sign of smeone conenction to your frequency
[20:53] <@BradGM> Jex @@Mockingbird! To my study at once!@@
[20:53] * Luke_Prowler is now known as Jonatan_Wake
[20:54] * Mira_Atella adjusts her bead back to normal. "Great."
[20:56] * @Grendel checks his belongings and starts heading towards Jex's office without a sound, while he recalibrates some of his circuits.
[20:57] <Mira_Atella> "We're off." nods to Lyra and starts walking for the office.
[20:59] <@BradGM> You go up the Tricorn inot the more prestigious locations, where the numerous inquisitors have thier studies; Inquisitorial Storm troopers are posted, in full battle dress, every 20 meters int he large marble corridor gilded with pictures of Saints, the Emperor and other great Heroes of the Sector and the Imperium as a whole. You know that Jex's study door is, as with every dor in this hall, hidden withn the wall.
[20:59] <@BradGM> Roll Int: Grendle, get a +20 due to Total Recall
[21:00] <@Grendel> !dhroll 73
[21:00] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 67 Success by 0 degrees!
[21:00] <@Grendel> ((nout outstanding, but I'll take a success!))
[21:02] * Mira_Atella approaches Grendel after she reaches the corridor.
[21:04] <@BradGM> you recall where the door is and knock on the wall. A few seconds later, it seems to move upwards, revealing Inquisitor Jex's study; a rather confusing place, fileld with half empty bookselves, most of the contents are pilled here and there, some books are even open lying on the gorund. Lazerus is there as well, busy typing a piece of string between two poles, a strip within the few dozens going left and right and in any and every direction within the chamber. Captain Rothers is also thre, silently hovering over the Jex, busy making calculating wiht an arithmetic machine.
[21:06] * @Grendel continues along past the guards, entering the office without a pause. He studies the office and its contents, before taking a moment to study the "typed" string more closely.
[21:06] <@BradGM> Jex "Be careful with this Lazerus! Make sure it is 3.5 inches form the blue rope and not an eighth more!"
[21:06] * Mira_Atella enters the office, but per usual, she doesn't sit down.
[21:07] <@BradGM> Jex motions you clsoer to his large, ornate office, filled wiht mountains of paper and a few xeno oddities.
[21:07] * Lyra stands by the door
[21:07] <@BradGM> Jex "Well, it seems you have been quite busy, quite busy indeed..."
[21:08] <@BradGM> He snaps his fingers and Captain Rothers flies closer, before a small holographical image of some well dressed man appear.
[21:10] * @Grendel considers the comment and calculates that they haven't been any busier than usual, and decides this must be some strange human foible.
[21:13] <@BradGM> Man "..Arbites have locked down the Manour of Edgar Yulp, recently killed by an unkown assaillant, causing quite a commotion in our humble locale." It cuts to a panicing woman, you all see that it is Mira, doing her scene/diversion, trying to be reassure by the nobles, Protectorate Guards and a few reporters filing it all. It cuts to a young nobleman, cleary filled with white knight sentiments "We cannot allow ruffiants from below to come in our Spire and cause terror to our kin! Henceforth, I and my cousins shall patorl to street in hopes to bring forth this assailant and teahc him waht have you."
[21:13] <@BradGM> Noble "I encourage everyone to do the same, as the protectorate is cleary too imcompetent for a task cleary reserved for thier Betters."
[21:15] <@BradGM> it cuts back to the first man. "Protectorate officials have declined being incompetent, as the Arbites have yet to release any infomration concerning this matter." *The holo gets turned off and dissipate.
[21:17] <@BradGM> Jex then shakes a pile of papers under your noses "Nowhere was it written in your report that cusing a raucus and getting those blue blooded inbreds patorlling the streets! Do you wihs to ahve Gouverner Hax breathing down our necks and mindling inot the Inqusition's affairs?"
[21:18] * @Grendel calculates that this is 93% likely a "rhetorical" question.
[21:18] <Mira_Atella> "It was already a scene by the time we arrived. We were able to then cull some of it."
[21:20] <@BradGM> Jex "cull some of it? I can hadrdly imagine how nobles patrolling the spire in search of that..vigilante..will help this casue."
[21:21] <Mira_Atella> "They had no reason to think I was part of anything. I never went inside. Barely moved away from the car."
[21:22] <@BradGM> Jex "cleary they were quite moved by your theatricals."
[21:22] <@BradGM> Hard to say if there was pride or merely disgust in his voice on taht one
[21:23] <Mira_Atella> "I imagine they were. Had two boys from noble houses competing for my attention."
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[21:26] <@BradGM> Jex "Ha! This does not surprise me at all. If they are not the eldest, they are all eager to make thier own fortune thier own name....which complicated matters for us, and you, sicne you are the acolytes in the field. I expect you have learned something for his Yulp, no doubt somehting relevent to his Beasts House connections?"
[21:26] <Mira_Atella> "And now if we need to use the cover, it's more solid from what went on outside. That also showed they may all be lacking in their security measures, which was why we were on the books with an appointment in the first place."
[21:27] <Mira_Atella> "Which to me sounds like being given a skeleton key to at least a few noble houses."
[21:29] <Mira_Atella> "They'll be begging us to come in for fear for their lives."
[21:29] <@BradGM> Jex "Yes, it may serve us well in the fut..Lazerus! I told you once, the red string goes on the black pole, the black string on the red pole!"
[21:30] <@BradGM> Lazerus also loose his step on the chair he's standing on "Yes Lord, Demon's feeling was causing confusion."
[21:30] <@Grendel> "The Assassin seems to be targeting those connected to the beast house, The Yulp family seems to be quite close."
[21:30] <@BradGM> Jex "Damn your mutt of yours!..Yes, a useful tool for future use."
[21:31] <@BradGM> Jex "Yes, we had our suspicion for eyars, but no solid evidence to warrant a purge. It sems our mysterious agent is a few steps aeahd of us.
[21:32] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Psst, the stones))
[21:32] <Mira_Atella> "We could figure out the target and guard them, since that always ends well, or go right after him before he has a chance."
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[21:36] <Mira_Atella> "Might be nice to see how he gets all those wonderful toys."
[21:36] <Mira_Atella> (( I had to do that eventually ))
[21:36] <@BradGM> Jex "So you have a list of potential targets then? Or a suspect, or both?"
[21:37] <@Grendel> "Or simply has less of a burden of proof."
[21:37] <Mira_Atella> "Suspect." She hads her slate to Jex that has the 3 profiles up on the screen.
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[21:39] <Mira_Atella> "Two of them aren't capable, so the third one is Captain Somers and fits everything perfectly."
[21:40] <@BradGM> He browse the files.
[21:40] <Mira_Atella> "It seems a little too perfect to me, but it's the best lead we have in uncovering the identity"
[21:40] <@BradGM> Jex "Intresting..And how have were you capable of getting that susepct list done which such..precision?"
[21:41] <Mira_Atella> "Lyra was able to get it then we gave various parameters to narrow it down. Age, height, training, etc."
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[21:44] * X sets mode: +o Seraph
[21:44] <@BradGM> Jex looks past you to Lyra, who's close, but keeping her distance "Hmm."
[21:44] <@BradGM> Jex "And what of the Justicar?"
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[21:45] <@Grendel> "Investigating his own leads I believe."
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[21:47] <@BradGM> Jex "Ah yes. He has quite the difficulty working wiht others. I am surprised he did not asked to regian his previous posting."
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[21:48] <@BradGM> Jex "I suppose his previous experiences made this perticular case quite intresting for him."
[21:49] <@Grendel> "Perhaps."
[21:51] <@Grendel> "I am not sure it is beyond his normal duties."
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[21:54] <@BradGM> Jex "Were he a normal Judge; the man have a singular mindset, tracking some unseen killer the sector over for most his career, depsite ahivng done hundreds of arrest, he still obsess over a few single cases he claimed are connected to each other. No Grendel, this is quite wihtin his normal duties."
[21:56] <@BradGM> Jex "But enough of your liaison. How soon will you meet this Captain Somers?"
[21:56] <@BradGM> !dhroll 46
[21:56] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 16 Success by 3 degrees!
[21:56] * @Grendel attempts to calculate the time it would take them to arrive at the location if they left right now.
[21:57] <@BradGM> About 65 mnutes, not considering traffic, delays in getting a vehicle, and any ohter preparations Mira or Lyra can/would/might do
[21:57] <Mira_Atella> "I'd prefer we did recon first since his residence is probably a death trap for anyone but him. However, waiting could mean more deaths."
[21:57] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 60
[21:57] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 51 Success by 0 degrees!
[21:59] <@Grendel> "IF we leave right now, we can be there in 65 minutes, but there is no guarantee that he will be there."
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[22:02] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 48
[22:02] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 2 Success by 4 degrees!
[22:02] <@BradGM> !dhroll 47
[22:02] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 25 Success by 2 degrees!
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[22:05] <@BradGM> !dhroll 46
[22:05] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 70 Failure by 2 degrees!
[22:07] <@BradGM> !dhroll 46
[22:07] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 44 Success by 0 degrees!
[22:07] <@BradGM> Jex "Do so, and keep me infomred, hourly reports!"
[22:07] <@BradGM> ((sory am busy with Jon using his gile))
[22:07] <@Grendel> "And reconnaissance should be paramount."
[22:07] <@Grendel> ((no problem))
[22:10] * @Grendel starts a timer and turns to leave as long as Jex doesn't have any other surprises for them.
[22:11] <Mira_Atella> (( Don't poke the bear, Grendel! ))
[22:12] <@BradGM> Jex "Remember, hourly reports!"
[22:12] <@BradGM> You leave, crossing the eyes of Lazerus, cleary not having the time of his life."
[22:12] * Mira_Atella pushes off of the wall and steps out of the office.
[22:14] <@BradGM> The air seems suddnely more clear and the light contrasts blind you for half a second, you 're finaly out of Jex's study.
[22:15] <@Grendel> "Very strange."
[22:15] * @Grendel sets the timer for 60 minutes and begins the countdown from Jex's last comment.
[22:15] <Mira_Atella> (( I don't know why, but I read study as body lol ))
[22:16] <@BradGM> ((sick sick acolyte!))
[22:17] * @Grendel goes to gather his gear and requisition a vehicle, hopefully the van they had before.
[22:17] <@BradGM> roll it Grendel
[22:18] * Mira_Atella checks her bag, seeing everything is there and not needing to visit Bradon
[22:19] <@BradGM> The Captain' house is wihtin the lower Spire by the way.
[22:21] <@Grendel> !dhroll 73
[22:21] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 13 Success by 6 degrees!
[22:22] <@BradGM> You get a similar van, if only it looks better, with lettering fomr a delivery service; it should be a bit more subtile than the rust bucket version you ahd in the lower Hive city.
[22:23] <@BradGM> ((Lyra, taking anything?)_)
[22:23] <Lyra> (just the plasma gun and two laspistols)
[22:24] <Mira_Atella> (( I can't figure out a single reason why they have a Once Upon A Time spinoff series. I somehow doubt people wanted one based solely in Wonderland ))
[22:24] <@BradGM> ((wearing wht clothes?))
[22:25] <@BradGM> ((hey it brought moeny, so ight as wel milk that cow until she dies))
[22:25] <Lyra> (professional driver clothing, civilian. Laspistols in concealed holsters)
[22:25] <@BradGM> ((k))
[22:25] <@Grendel> ((We're going on a Shadowrun!))
[22:26] <@BradGM> ((speaking of, since you'Re the =I= and all, you can get civilian clohting wiht a mesh inlay woven in it for some armour if you want))
[22:26] <@BradGM> ((giving 3 armour point))
[22:26] <@BradGM> ((not flak, but better than just muscle and cloth))
[22:26] <Lyra> (that works)
[22:28] <@Grendel> ((Grendel goes as his usual tech-priest sell. Do you really want to risk looking under his robes?))
[22:28] <@BradGM> (( http://www.wobblymodelsyndrome.com/uploads/3/3/4/2/3342427/4186184_orig.jpg ))
[22:29] <@Grendel> ((Damn straight))
[22:29] <@BradGM> You all load inot the van, ready to meet the suspect, Captain Ledwitch Somers.
[22:30] <Acenoid> n8 n8
[22:30] <@BradGM> ((good night- use parentesyis do OOC))
[22:30] <@BradGM> ((*to))
[22:30] <Acenoid> ((ok sorry))
[22:31] <@BradGM> ((HERESY!!))
[22:31] <@BradGM> lyra, roll drive +10
[22:31] <Lyra> !perc 70
[22:31] <Lyra> !dhroll 70
[22:31] <DiceServitor> Lyra: 4 Success by 6 degrees!
[22:31] <Lyra> :D
[22:31] <Mira_Atella> (( This might be the worst green screen I've seen in the past 10 years ))
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[22:35] <@BradGM> Lyra, you could drive circles around a Sentinel with his here van of yours.
[22:35] <Lyra> "This new van is very responsive."
[22:36] <Jonatan_Wake> @@Arbite to Mockingbird@@
[22:36] <@BradGM> You make your way to the Spire. While traffic is moderate, you do cross a few check points when entering, and wihtin, the Spire proper; it seems the Protectorate is stepping up thier game.
[22:36] <@Grendel> @@Mockingbird here.@@
[22:36] <Mira_Atella> "That's always good. Crashing sucks. We've done it before"
[22:37] <Jonatan_Wake> @@I am finished with my lead, and will be returning shortly. Have the stones been indentified yet?@@
[22:38] <@Grendel> ((uh oh))
[22:39] <Mira_Atella> (( what oh? ))
[22:39] <@BradGM> ((you guys forgot to check the stones...))
[22:39] <@BradGM> ((and speaking of, whoever got 'em write'em down on t=your char sheet....))
[22:40] * @Grendel looks puzzled. "Stones?"
[22:41] <@BradGM> ((Lyra got'em btw))
[22:42] <Jonatan_Wake> @@A bag of stones that were on Yulp's body that I believe are of xenos origin. I gave them to Lyra@@
[22:42] <Lyra> "Oh. I forgot about them." ((Honestly I thought one of the others had taken them to study))
[22:43] <@BradGM> 1d10
[22:43] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 10
[22:43] <@BradGM> 1d10
[22:43] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 4
[22:43] <@BradGM> !dhroll 40
[22:43] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 60 Failure by 2 degrees!
[22:43] <@Grendel> @@Unknown at this time@@
[22:43] <@Grendel> "Are the stones here?"
[22:44] <Lyra> "Yes, they're in the case with my plasma gun."
[22:45] <Jonatan_Wake> @@Report back when you have something@@
[22:45] <@Grendel> @@What did your investigation yield?@@
[22:45] * @Grendel gets the stones and begins to examine them.
[22:46] <@BradGM> Grendel, roll awanress visual
[22:47] <@Grendel> ((Auspex bonus help at all?))
[22:48] <@BradGM> ((ys, bonus for small items if you have it as well))
[22:48] <Jonatan_Wake> @@Her story checked out with the reports, I will be checking with her connections to see anything matches up. She also seems very skilled with a blade@@
[22:49] <@Grendel> !dhroll 80
[22:49] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 79 Success by 0 degrees!
[22:49] <@BradGM> ((pfff!))
[22:49] <Mira_Atella> (( nice ))
[22:50] <@BradGM> Grendel, you see that they are well cut, but there is something odd by the way they are cut; like it was cut by some crude rock or object rather than by a carbon tool as it is the usual method.
[22:50] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Lots of good rolls tonight))
[22:51] * @Grendel runs the calculations and file the data away, examining them closer.
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[22:52] <@BradGM> Roll forb. Lore Xeno -30 Grendel
[22:53] <@Grendel> !dhroll 23
[22:53] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 77 Failure by 5 degrees!
[22:53] <@Grendel> ((Fate))
[22:53] <@Grendel> !dhroll 23
[22:53] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 87 Failure by 6 degrees!
[22:53] <@Grendel> ((Bah!))
[22:54] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Clearly, they are made by master artisans of the Orks))
[22:54] <@BradGM> The way they are cut seems quite odd, but you are more versed into war and machinery than gem cutting.
[22:56] <@Grendel> "I am unable to tell anything from here."
[22:58] <@Grendel> @@We will have to examine them later.@@
[22:58] <@BradGM> !dhroll 51
[22:58] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 79 Failure by 2 degrees!
[23:00] <Jonatan_Wake> @@Alright. Over and out@@
[23:00] <@Grendel> ((Brb))
[23:00] <@BradGM> you reach Captain Somers' house, a humble 2 story house in a semi commercial road; no walls, no guards, under the shadow of more pretigious Manours over head, the house is still quite stylish.
[23:04] * @Grendel starts using the auspex to scan the building.
[23:04] <Mira_Atella> "Grendel, do you think you can scan the building?"
[23:04] <Mira_Atella> (( hah ))
[23:05] <@BradGM> Grendel, it seems your scanner ahve trouble penerating the building's front wall.
[23:05] <@Grendel> "There seems to be some sort of interference."
[23:06] <@Grendel> "Please drive around hte building so I may see if it is from all sides."
[23:07] <@BradGM> !dhroll 51
[23:07] <Lyra> "Of course."
[23:07] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 48 Success by 0 degrees!
[23:07] * @Grendel continues to attempt to scan the building.
[23:08] <@BradGM> roll it at -50: don't forget the +10 to van gives you
[23:08] <@Grendel> !dhroll 40
[23:08] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 71 Failure by 3 degrees!
[23:08] <@Grendel> ((Fate))
[23:08] <@Grendel> !dhroll 40
[23:08] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 61 Failure by 2 degrees!
[23:09] <@Grendel> ((oh wait. That was my free reroll. now I'll take the fate roll))
[23:09] <@Grendel> !dhroll 40
[23:09] <DiceServitor> Grendel: 76 Failure by 3 degrees!
[23:09] <@Grendel> ((Bah))
[23:11] <@BradGM> Nope, it could be the construction that make it impossible to scan, or it could be a willing move as well; hard to say fomr your location."
[23:11] <@Grendel> "No luck. IT could be the building materials, or something else."
[23:12] * Mira_Atella looks for entry points while they drive around the building.
[23:14] <@BradGM> The front door, obviously, there are 7 windows up front, 2 at the ground floor, 5 at the 1st floor, 4 on the eastern wall, and a back door giving in a small courtyard, which is actually enclosed with a finely made wooden fence. you see 5 other windows in the back and a large one at the ground floor near the door.
[23:14] <@BradGM> The western wall is actually linked with another small hous; the street seems to be a long stretch of housing and fnacy commerces.
[23:14] <Jonatan_Wake> ((THe only real answer is "Through the wall"))
[23:15] <Mira_Atella> "Harder to get to, but the second floor would give us the high ground a bit."
[23:17] <@Grendel> "Why not the backyard where you would be concealed by the fence?"
[23:17] <Mira_Atella> "We still have to get in."
[23:19] <@Grendel> "Yes?"
[23:20] <Mira_Atella> "I don't see how the fence would facilitate it or help in any way. Still have to be on their side of it to get anywhere."
[23:21] <@BradGM> ((not to rain on your parade..but you ever tried knocking on the fornt door?))
[23:22] <Mira_Atella> (( psh ))
[23:22] <@BradGM> ((he's still at the supect stage after all..))
[23:23] <@Grendel> "Yes but the fence would hide your entry into the building, as opposed to using a second floor window where anyone looking up would see you?"
[23:24] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 58
[23:24] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 95 Failure by 3 degrees!
[23:24] <Jonatan_Wake> (fate)
[23:24] * @Grendel shrugs mechanically. "HOw would you like to handle this?"
[23:24] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 58
[23:24] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 11 Success by 4 degrees!
[23:25] <Mira_Atella> "I'm not sure you're understanding how fences work. And there are 5 windows in the back, and a big one on the ground floor. Jumping the fence would be bad."
[23:26] <@Grendel> ((ahh. Abbot and Costello time))
[23:26] <@BradGM> ((Funny..the TP doens't understand the concept of a fence..))
[23:27] <@Grendel> "Fences block Line of Sight. Would it not be preferable to have the fence between you and anyone from neighboring buildings who might see you as you attempt to enter the premises?"
[23:28] <Mira_Atella> "One the outside of the fence, it blocks people in the house from seeing. On the inside, it blocks anyone else, but leaves you in plain site for the bottom window and door."
[23:30] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 60
[23:30] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 76 Failure by 1 degree!
[23:30] <Jonatan_Wake> Fate
[23:30] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 60
[23:30] <DiceServitor> Jonatan_Wake: 67 Failure by 0 degrees!
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[23:31] <Mira_Atella> "There are really no great ways to break in. Looks like the window placement and everything was mapped out how they are for a reason"
[23:31] <@Grendel> "PErhaps. Should you and yra see if he is at home first?"
[23:31] <Lyra> "Don't look at me. Guard entry tactics aren't intended to be subtle."
[23:32] <Mira_Atella> "Might as well."
[23:34] <@BradGM> ((mind if we stop it here guys?))
[23:34] <Mira_Atella> (( Sure. Good spot for it ))
[23:34] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Yeah))
[23:35] <@Grendel> ((sounds good. I'm less out of it this week, but that nap earlier really left me fuzzy))
[23:36] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++
JON IS MEETING WITH LADY DE FOURBER
[20:50] <@BradGM> You ride toward the De Fourber house in the Lower Spire. While it is richer than anything seen in the Hive City, spire-wise it is a poor sorry thing; 2 stories as well, seemingly large rooms, but no surrounding walls, no gardens, even living in the shadow of the better manour houses upward. There is also significantly more traffic about and you can faintly hear the string quatuors in the distance when you kill your bike's engine.
[20:53] * Luke_Prowler walks to the building door, his helmet in his arm as he glanced around for any detail
[20:53] * Luke_Prowler is now known as Jonatan_Wake
[20:54] <@BradGM> The house is on a commercial road, you can see numerous banners of well to do merchants and shops in the distance; it appears the house is one of a few on this road for not-rich-enough nobles to lvie in over the cloud coverage.
[20:55] <@BradGM> The house itself is of an older style, large reddish bricks. You notice as well that the windows are barred and there's half a dozen locks on the door, and quite obvisu cameras as well.
[20:59] <Jonatan_Wake> 'A noble line down on their luck and possible taken by fear. I should be careful' Jon though as he reached the door/gate and waited for a response
[21:01] <@BradGM> it takes a good 5 minutes before a slit on the door slides open showing an aged pair of eyes- old but quite swift. "Good day-cycle Judge."
[21:05] <Jonatan_Wake> "Good day-cycle, citizen" the judge greated back "Is the lady of the house avalible?"
[21:05] <@BradGM> Man "Lady Evelyn is present yes. Is there a problem?"
[21:09] <Jonatan_Wake> "There has been a incident in the upper spire, you may have heard of it. We have been looking sighting of the culprit and a few witness have pointed this way"
[21:14] <@BradGM> Man "I assure you sir, we have heard nothing. Lady Evelyn has not left her house in quite a few days as well, not to mention her schedule is quite busy, you must understand."
[21:21] <Jonatan_Wake> "I do understand, but I cannot leave on mere hearsay. I require some investigation, though I promise to keep it short"
[21:23] <@BradGM> His eyes shifts to the side. "A moment please."
[21:23] <@BradGM> He closes the slit and you wait another 10 minutes beofre it slid back open again. "Lady Evelyn will received you Judge..?"
[21:24] <Jonatan_Wake> "Wake. Jonatan Wake"
[21:28] <@BradGM> The lsip closes and you ehar numerous locked being opena dn your are hushered in. The Man is in his late 40s/early 50s, well dressed with a suit of a few years in style. He guides oyu in a house that echoes silence. You see no other servant, little decorations, the palce smells the enclosed as well. You spot a fine cover of dust as well on decades old furniture, totaly not in style as well.
[21:31] <Jonatan_Wake> "Was does the Lady do, exactly?" Jon asks while following the man, as he scans for anythink that might point to their suspect
[21:33] <@BradGM> Man "Lady Evelyn is a financier. The De Fourber have quite the astute knowledge of the stock and prices, but ever since..a clsoed affairs, the family has come into ahrd time. please wait here."*
[21:34] <@BradGM> He enters a room where the recognisable sound of clashing blades is hear. you can see a woman, early 30s, surrounded by servitors armed with a multitudes of blades weapons. "Judge Wake of the Adeptus Arbites to see you m'lady."
[21:35] <@BradGM> Lady Evelyn fights for a few moments before saying "Stop training program!" *The servitor stops thier attakc and freeze almost into place "Let him inside, Albert. Do pass me my towel."
[21:37] <@BradGM> Albert signals you to enter.
[21:38] <@BradGM> Lady Evelyn is a 30 or so year woman, with lgiht brown hair tied in a loose ponytail, wearing a nobleman's clothes instead of a dress as it is typical of high born women. She seems quite fit physically and no doutb quite deadly with that blade of hers; those srvitors are quite simialr to those you used to train down a tthe Fortress.
[21:39] <@BradGM> She appeas quite soft and delicate, but her statre is anything but; cold, stern and filled with silent dedication hidng a strength of will generally seem in soldiers or gangers.
[21:40] * Jonatan_Wake enters, looking impressed
[21:42] <Jonatan_Wake> "I appologise for intruding, Lady Evelyn, but I am here on business" Jon says, taking mental notes about the noblewoman"
[21:42] <@BradGM> Albert gets her her towel and she taps her sweaty skin beofre addressing you "Welcome to my humble home Judge."
[21:43] <@BradGM> Evelyn "I did not expect a social call from the Emperor's Judge. What is this business you speak of?"
[21:49] <Jonatan_Wake> "There has been murder, Edgar Yulp. My men and I are in search of the assailent, and have been gathering any information we can find. Anything that you may have heard or seen could be of use"
[21:50] <@BradGM> Evelyn "Yulp..you mean of the hotel magnate Yulp? Apologies Judge, I do not mingle with such character, he has quite unrecommended relations I learned."
[21:52] <@BradGM> Albert bring him a drink of clear water which Lady Evelyn drinks with tirst. "As for information, I am afraid I cannot help you. I work from my house, ralrey leaving it if only for a few appointments far and few in between."
[21:55] <Jonatan_Wake> "The same. And it is those same relations that may have had a part in his death. We believe the killing has something to do with his connections with the Beast House" Jon explains, waiting for a reaction
[21:56] <@BradGM> roll scutinize Jon
[21:56] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 60
[21:57] <@BradGM> ((yeah main room))
[21:58] <@BradGM> she seems quite in contorl of her reaction; she is a noble after all "THe Beasts House you say?..Well a fitting end to a scroundrel of his type wouldn't you say so Judge Wake?"
[21:59] <@BradGM> she grabs har left arm, like she was in pain, it alsomt seems like a unthought of reflex.
[22:00] <@BradGM> but she quickly let go. "Few would willingly deal with them and live long to tell the tale...I suppose you came here thinking I was the responsible party?"
[22:00] <Jonatan_Wake> "Why would you say that?" Jon asked innocently, though he knew full well
[22:02] <@BradGM> ((ha!..roll decieve vs her scrutinize))
[22:03] <@BradGM> Cleary, you innocent face coupled with your uniform gives credibility to your (false) claim
[22:04] <Jonatan_Wake> ((it's the eyeliner, clearly :P))
[22:04] <@BradGM> ((yeah you 80s Britihs rock star you..))
[22:04] <@BradGM> Evelyn "A dozen years ago, my father associated with the people of the ilk of Edgar Yulp. He made a few bad call and had mounting debt. He had to..borrow money to persons associated with the Beasts House. when he could not pay, they took payment in another form..me.
[22:05] <@BradGM> She seems to show up her emotions, cleary it is a painful memory for her.
[22:07] <@BradGM> Evelyn "I was taken, and..forced to battle others, cyber gladiators, and even some xeno beasts I knew nothing all under the amused glare of the Beasts House's clients. I...tried to end my own life, but they only tied me down, wanting to make my death a show..I'd almost given hope until the Inquisition arrived."
[22:08] <@BradGM> she seems to regain some composure of the nobility
[22:10] <Jonatan_Wake> "I'm sorry for your tragidy, ma'am. It is good that a innocent person such as yourself endures"
[22:10] <@BradGM> Evelyn "They..saved me, took me away form there. While imprisomment from the Inquisition is not something I'd hope to experience, it was hundred times better than what I suffered. My father was sentenced to death for associating with them, but I was spared, but a victim they said." *She smiles, faintly.* "Of course I had to sell most of our assests and rebuild my family's good name and fortune, being executed by the Inquisiton is bad for business you understand."
[22:11] * Jonatan_Wake nods
[22:11] <@BradGM> She seems genuinely touched by your concern "Thank you Judge Wake. Now you unerstand my reasonning into your visit, but I assure you, I have no intention of ever being associated fomr far or near to those horrid persons.*
[22:13] <@BradGM> Evelyn "also, I trust you will keep this..infomration to yourself? The official stoy is that I was staying with a distant relative on some argi-world, I do not wish to have my reputation stained, you understnad.."
[22:15] <Jonatan_Wake> "I will keep it secret as if it was my own"
[22:17] <@BradGM> she bows slightly "Now if you'll excuse me Judge, but I must continue my training session. Albert will see you out."
[22:17] <Jonatan_Wake> "There is one more thing" Jon says as he takes out a picture of the Gloom Haunt "Does this mean anything to you?"
[22:18] <@BradGM> Evelyn "she takes the picture, looking it for a moment "It appears to be some xeno beasts of sorts, but nothing I saw before."
[22:19] <Jonatan_Wake> "Then thank you for your time"
[22:20] <@BradGM> She bows again and takes her sword back getting into postion "Begin training program, level 3!" The servitor suddenly comes to life, attacking her with medium speed and strength.
[22:20] <@BradGM> ((lower than what it was was you came, but good enough to warm up so to speak))
[22:20] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Ah))
[22:21] <@BradGM> Albert "if you would follow me Judge."
[22:21] * Jonatan_Wake follows
[22:22] <@BradGM> Albert takes you back to the main door, ulokcing the many bolts before opening the door "Thank you for your visit sir. A pleasent Day-cycle to you."
[22:25] <Jonatan_Wake> "And to you too" Jon responds as he leaves, putting his helmet on as nears his bike
[22:26] <Jonatan_Wake> ((Hmm, some clues, nothng solid. I'm half between feeling like I could have gotten more and that you're pull my leg))
[22:27] <@BradGM> ((could be..could be a wild goose chase too, could be you were in the den of the beast as well))
[22:27] <@BradGM> ((oh the mystery hahaha! Let the GM have his fun won't ya?))
[22:28] <Jonatan_Wake> ((:P at the least, I can confirm what these "finances" are and point myself in the right way))
[22:29] <@BradGM> ((you can inqure about them yes.))
[22:30] <@BradGM> As you load on your bike, you see the Arbites vox on it is flashing; someone left a message.
[22:31] <Jonatan_Wake> opens the channel to see the message
[22:33] * Jonatan_Wake reads/listens to the message
[22:34] <@BradGM> you see the Veripex you gave the odd vial to. He exhale as he shoots his mesage "Justicar Wake this is Veripex Jonas, contact me back at the Fortress, station 45235.2B.
[22:35] * Jonatan_Wake hops onto the bikes and speeds off towards the fortress
[22:39] <@BradGM> You see that the protectorate have made a few checkpoints wihtin the Spire. You see a few nobles walking in small bands, armed with the usual noble wepaonry; overly ornate wepaons, from las pistols to hunting rifles.
[22:41] <@BradGM> You return to the Fortress.
[22:42] * Jonatan_Wake heads to Jonas' station
[22:44] <@BradGM> you reach Jonas's office on the Veripex floor, The Adept is busy disting a report to his servo-skull.
[22:46] * Jonatan_Wake knocks on the door "Veripex Jonas, what have you found out?"
[22:47] <@BradGM> Jonas "Ah, Justicar Wake. quite the curio you brought me."
[22:48] <@BradGM> He goes to his small section at the back of his office and takes out the vial. "I have complete my analysis of the liquid. you'll be glad to know it is not poisonnous not with any acidic property."
[22:49] <@BradGM> Jonas "This appear to be pheromones."
[22:50] <Jonatan_Wake> "Pheromones of what?" Jon asked, though he had a good guess
[22:51] <@BradGM> Jonah "Conversatur maerorem, or the Common Hive Gloom Haunt if you're less than well versed into scientific parley."
[22:52] * Jonatan_Wake nods and "mhmm"s
[22:53] <@BradGM> Jonah "Yes, quite an intresting compound; I theorise that one coverd wiht this would be recognised as a Gloom Haunt himself, dus allowing free movement wihtin a community of them"
[22:54] <@BradGM> Jonah "Where have you obtained it, it I may know?"
[22:54] <Jonatan_Wake> "At the site of a mass Gloom Haunt attack"
[22:55] <Jonatan_Wake> Which was true
[22:55] <Jonatan_Wake> "How would someone make something like this?"
[22:56] <@BradGM> Jonah "Really? Hmm..well it seems whoever had it is now in quite a situation, if they're still alive. Those underhivers are always full of surprises; they can barely read or write, much less act correctly, then they do somehting like this, and throw every preconception of them by the window.""
[22:57] <Jonatan_Wake> "The criminal mind is nothing if not devious" Jon agreed
[22:58] <@BradGM> Jonah "Hmm? oh, well first they would ned to know how to get the enzymes responsible for the pheromones, so that woud imply some biologis knowledge, more presisely the Gloom haunt's, followed by some limited chemystry apparatus, and a rahter good chemical knowledge. But.."
[22:59] <@BradGM> Jonah "hmm..nevermind...Still getitng them into this spray canister, quite ingenious, I've never saw undederhivers with this type of ressources before."
[23:00] <Jonatan_Wake> "What's so special about it?"
[23:02] <@BradGM> Jonah "it is under pressure, Justicar. that would require a canister of Carbon dioxyde, not to mention the rather simple, but still hard to get inducer. to get the pheromones into this bottle at the right pressure without rubturing the canister or making the Co2 pressure tooo weak that it is useless as a spray.
[23:04] * Jonatan_Wake nods
[23:07] <@BradGM> Jonah "I suspect whoever did this must be hiding something important in an area heavely saturated with gloom haunts, or use tthis to run head long into the underworld without risking getting his head eaten off all alone, so perhaps it is a lone agent, like a bounty hunter."
[23:07] <@BradGM> Jonah seems to remember something "Oh yes, that is where I saw similar methods employed!"
[23:09] <Jonatan_Wake> "It would certainly be more useful to a lone agent"
[23:10] <@BradGM> Jonah "Hunters usually mask thier own odour using their surroundings, to better melt into their hunting gorund and to not alert thier pray. It is quite an ancient trick, used fomr primitive hunters to the mos sophiticated bushman."
[23:13] <Jonatan_Wake> "Are these part common enough to be found in any hive, or do they require specialist?"
[23:15] <Jonatan_Wake> *parts
[23:16] <@BradGM> Jonah "Apart from the Carbon dyoxcide and the inducer which may require some searching for, the rest of the items cna be home made. The pheromones must of course comes form a Gloom Haunt.."
[23:18] <Jonatan_Wake> "Thank you. When you're done with it, send it to my office." Jon says as he heads to the archives
[23:19] <@BradGM> He opens up a fridge and takes out a cold, but still 'flexible' gloom haunt. "Now to not worry, it is quite dead." He sets him n the table and begin slicing him open "Now, whoever did this vial had to know how to to properly cut his gland, right..here.." *He cut a seemingly unremarkable small organ* "And tehn extract the liquid within and mix it with mild sugared water in a 1:2 part to liquidify it better for a pray."
[23:19] * Jonatan_Wake stops and stays a while to watch instead
[23:20] <Jonatan_Wake> "So we can produce our own?"
[23:21] <@BradGM> Jonah "Well, in theory yes, but we would have no need for such an item."
[23:22] <Jonatan_Wake> "True" Heavy Carapace made that redundant
[23:23] <@BradGM> Jonah "Exactly. And the fact that we ararely venture into the underhive. But it would be wihtin our capabilites to produce such a spray."
[23:23] <@BradGM> roll charm Jon
[23:24] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 58
[23:25] <@BradGM> Jonah "I will be honest Justicar, this little number have spiked my curiosity; If the proper forms would be filled, I may be able to produce a few does within..48 hours?"
[23:26] <@BradGM> He smirked, it seems you grew up on the old bookish man."
[23:27] * Jonatan_Wake returned the smirk "That sounds perfect"
[23:27] <@BradGM> no doutb your reputation got to his ears; the Veripex are always up for a mystery, and with you running wiht the =I=, he must smell the posibility off of you.
[23:28] <@BradGM> Jonah "Good." *He opens up a drawer and slide a couple of forms your way. "Those might prove useflu Justicar.."
[23:29] * Jonatan_Wake signs them with gusto
[23:29] <Jonatan_Wake> !dhroll 60
[23:30] <@BradGM> wait, got to fill them first! roll literacy
[23:31] <@BradGM> you fill them and slide them back. Jonah seems a bit iffed. "Yes well..You are more qualified for field duties.. I'll better handle the hum..details yes?"
[23:32] <@BradGM> Jonah "If there is anything Justicar..I have a half dozen reports to dictate."
[23:33] <Jonatan_Wake> "Um, yes" Jon felt slightly embarressed.
[23:33] <@BradGM> *Jonah sits bakc at his desk "I will keep oyu infomred of my developement. I hope you'll do the same as well hum?"
[23:34] * Jonatan_Wake nods in agreement, then leaves
[23:35] <@BradGM> As you make your way inot the Fortress, a voice autoritative echoes behind you "Wake!"
[23:35] * Jonatan_Wake turns to see who it is, though has a feeling it's a superior
[23:36] <@BradGM> Turning about, you see the imposing figure of Senior Judge Jaune, in full Arbites armour as always making his way toward with heavy steps. "There you are; The high Marshall demands you in his office now."
[23:36] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++