[Shadowrun] Chapter 1 - An Unexpected Request

[Mysticsage]

"If your looking for drinks and some fun The Paper Lantern is one of the nicest places that no one knows about. You need to know someone to get in. Lucky for you two you know a regular if you don't have places to be, and I have business myself their making sure a package made it there safely. So once our business is done it's a nice place to lose a night. I could use some sleep away from home for tonight. As long as everyone is respectful that is. You do not want to be living that nightmare of being on that places bad side." Zephyr sat back in his seat rubbing his eyes he hoped that Kiera had been picked up he had sent her a text while everyone was out of the car and he had nothing to do about the pick up. The need for sleep after those spells and the long hours were already beginning to settle in, staying away from his own bed was not the most fun idea, but it was the best option until Bennetts death became less hot in a few weeks time. At least for tonight he knew that Kyoko would put him up if he promised to play the piano for her show and man the bar. She always did have a soft spot for a good performance.

Her herb tea with a shot of that cognac she kept around might just help with the stress that was building behind his eyes as well. 

[pringerbeam]

     Roland pulled into the Stuffer Shack drive through and began tapping his order into the self service screen.  "Drinks sound good but I want something quick and a little more substantial...  Anyone want anything?"  Roland took everyone's orders and collected the order at the pickup window.  He set the autopilot on once again while he handed out the other orders (if any).  "Best to drop by Shinji's though, got to report in on finishing the job and then we can blow all our spoils!  No better team building exercises than putting your livers through their paces."  Roland took a long slurp of soy shake.  "Paper Lantern... Sounds familiar."

Syndicate Politics/Local dining options check in the event that Roland knows anything about The Paper Lantern

Rolled 6d6 : 5, 2, 6, 6, 5, 3, total 27

[Oath]

Machivelli examined the Stuffer Shack menu. "Get me one of those slushie things, you know, water and sugar with flavoring none of that soy shit, back in the day people called it diabetes juice. And a couple of them rolly things, damn what are they called. Right. Taquitos. A couple of those. And one of those hot dogs. That'll do it." He grabbed his bag from Roland, nodding in agreement about finishing the job before the fun.

"We've been in there once, Firecracker, we had an invite, but we didn't stay for long. You said it was too fancy for your taste and went wandering right back to Negi's."

[pringerbeam]

     Roland finished off his shake and chucked it out the window at a passing car.  "You know that only eliminates the half of the places you have taken me where we started a fight right?"

Attack roll to hit oncoming traffic with empty milkshake cup

Rolled 3d6 : 4, 3, 1, total 8

[InhumanRonin]

Takumi just sat silently as the rest of the crew ordered food and drink's thinking to himself. "Man why are we wasting our time here when we should be getting back to report the deed has been done. Well whatever as long as we weren't ID coming out of the building or getting into the car we should be fine. I just hope we hurry up and get back to Negi's so we can get paid and move on."

[Mysticsage]

"We'll be getting paid first no worries you can choose to stay there if you like or not but I would prefer to be set down at the paper lantern once we're down at Negi's.

Like I said I have business there. The place is run by the Mazoku their information network and fence work are legendary within the underworld. Though they do their best to keep themselves hidden in the shadows even for usual runners. Supposedly they are the reason that their is anything left of Fucchi after Renraku took the top spot in Japan."

things Spaky would know

The Manzoku is an international crime ring

Rumors that they higher all types and races so long as they fit with their code they have broken away from the japanese thought on meta races ect

They supposedly have a strict moral code of some kind and rarly hire outsiders or unknown

The Paper lantern is rumored to be one of their hubs in the UCAS

As such there the bottles behind the bar are said to be real alcohol

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[pringerbeam]

     Roland clicked his tongue at completely missing the car as they continued down the street.  "Oh yeah, that place.  It's all coming back to me.  Front for some super shady Japanese syndicate yeah?  I don't think I have ever had any direct dealings with them myself.  Mind if I ask how you got hooked up with them in the first place?  From what I understand they work on the international scale, quite a bit above the level I work at."  Roland eyed Machiavelli's smorgasbord and his stomach  started to rumble.  "Hey Mac you gonna eat all that?"

[Mysticsage]

"Well, for a long time I simply walked the path that seemed the best with my Mentor you know. Owl tends to not have many followers because of their nature. Few can maintain their interest to build a solid relationship. It just so happens that the road I walked crossed enough with the proprietress their that I did jobs for her occasionally until we were both comfortable. We share a few quirks and I do good work, so it became a working friendship for when she needs my talents, and I need their services." Zephyr was trying his best to play it cool as if nothing really mattered. But people like Mac would know for a man who followed a mentor who wished to know others secrets he rarely gave out any of his own. Especially his past was a big blank spot where he really gave more then passing statements. Most including Mac did not know how old Zephyr really was. Since elves stop showing physical signs of aging in their mid twenties it was really quite hard to tell this kinds of things from appearance alone.

[pringerbeam]

     "Sounds like the usual story.  Mind if I ask what kind of work these guys tend to contract out?  Always good to know who has how many fingers in what pies and all that."  Roland's eyes gave Zephyr a quick look up and down before returning to the road.  "What with all the fancy spell-craft you were slinging around earlier I want to say surveillance and blackmail...  That seems a bit boring though...  infiltration and sabotage? Maybe even a bit of, dare I say it..." Roland paused for dramatic effect.  "Wetwork?"  He chuckled a bit to himself.  "Nah, you don't strike me as the type to engage with that sort of scum and villainy."  Roland propped his arm up on the door and rested the side of his head on his fist.  "What pays the bills for you anyway?  I have heard all you mages have some unique shtick.  Only ever met one mage myself.  His name was El Diablo and his thing was fire, lots of it."

[Mysticsage]

"haven't you heard the old saying that a magician never reveals their secrets." Zephyr joked, "At the moment I'm a runner and that's about it outside of my day job. Negotiations of one kind or another tends to be the jobs I get, I don't have many contacts in the form of fixers outside of one or two like the Manzoku, so I mostly keep things largely low key I don't like leaving a big trail in my wake. Which has worked for the better or worse for me. As for work that the Manzoku give out to outsiders its a rare thing from what I've seen. They try to ensure that they have people who fit their standards for the sake of the business. They run one of the largest auction and grey market sites around and want to ensure quality. It normally takes something interesting or a referral to get in and tested."

He stopped for a moment then thought, "I doubt I'm even all that secure in the organization since I'm still one of the newest hires, even though I've been with them for a while now."

[pringerbeam]

     "Hmm... sounds a bit stuffy to me but hey everyone has to make a living.  Guess we all get to see first hand, eh?  First though is payday because here we are: home sweet home."  Roland pulled the car into the alleyway behind Negi's.  "Hope you don't mind the alleyway. I prefer to take the back door after a job."  He got out of the car and set the security system to engage once everyone exited the vehicle.  He opened the back door and peered in.  "You still alive back there Chopstick?"

[InhumanRonin]

"Yeah alive and kicking just spaced out waiting to get here before Zeph started talking about his story figured I wouldn't interrupt. I just want to get paid and go our separate ways unless of course there is more work to be done." Takumi gets out of the car and heads towards the door into Negi's.

[Oath]

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As the group pulled into Negi's things were quiet. Festivities had wound down a bit for the night and there didn't seem to be anyone on your trail. Machiavelli was still amused by the exchange between Firecracker and Zephyr.  It seemed all of that magical mumbojumbo had a lot in common with tech. He kept quiet though, better to observe in an unfamiliar situation and work out the group dynamics. The number one rule is to always keep an ace up your sleeve. Roland pulled up to the back door and the crew jumped out of the jeep. Whoop Whoop. At the back door a Yakuza in his suit was waiting for you. He nodded, and opened the door allowing the group to pass through. Machiavelli flashed him a smile as he passed. Inside Shinji was waiting. "So... How'd it go?"

[pringerbeam]

     Roland strolled on in and flopped onto one of the couches.  "It was a real blast.  As you can see the newbie is still alive.  Gotta ask though, what exactly was his job in the outfit before this?  Because he is green as fuck and kinda a pussy.  Can't believe you gave tattoos to someone without the stomach to kill.  I mean, I know you guys are not into the whole 'killers only' initiation thing but he didn't even want to take a hand."  Roland reached over for a paper drink napkin and wet it with some water before using it to dab away some of the dust and grime he had accumulated during the explosion.

[Mysticsage]

"Now Now Sparky, He played his role and made face. The junkies saw that it was someone from the syndicate doing most of the action and that's all that matters. They may do some digging to get revenge but as soon as they see who called the hit things should calm down nicely. I mean they did just get slightly burnt so I would think it will take them a while to nurse their owns. Giving the family here and Our Johnson time to have them blacklisted by the distributors ect." He patted on Taku's shoulder's smiling "He may be a bit green but he put in the effort. I'd say thanks to him, those in charge can now easily starve the weed out the easy way without having to worry about how it looks to the other families."

Zephyr kept standing however regardless of what the others do. "Since we took care of the problem and gave your young Kohai here a boost may I be so bold as to ask about payment? We already discussed a price and made a bang that I believe you can use to your advantage. I'd be most comfortable with an a verified credstick for payment. Its the classic for a reason after all would you not agree? L Unless of course, you have more work for us to do?"