Lillian:Google, as it turns out, indeed has a presence on Truman. You set to work searching up information on Synthetic Kiss, and quickly find that there is more information about her on the celebrity gossip and conspiracy theory sites than there is on proper news and law enforcement pages. There is alot of information, and you can't quite be sure which sources are credible. As you work you get the feeling that lots of people are staring at you. You hope that there are pleanty other one armed-blind girls on Truman to blend in with...
After several hours of work you produce the follow facts and theories on Synthetic Kiss:
-She may be a girl by the Name of Linda Tapply, a girl unfortunate enough to be born without the use of her legs, but fortunate enough to have a father who produced assistive technology for a living. With her fathers help Linda made headlines by designing and building her own power chair by age six, and brought a design for a simple mech suit to her third grade science fair. Linda's family died in an explosion when she was nine. She is officially presumed dead.
-She may a product of TaylorTech, a firm that left the planet to work on a secret project on earth (That would turn out to be Doomlord II's uprising) shortly before Synthetic Kiss first appeared. TaylorTech had a long history of child experimentation and exploitation.
-She keeps and uses at least seven Mech-Suits, a custom helicopter, and a tricked out hot rod. Each of her suits serves a different purpose in battle. She has been known to have others pilot some of the suits as backup.
-She likely keeps a hidden lair at the long abandoned Hoover Dome Shuttle-port. The site is large enough, and contains enough hidden nooks to make a through search difficult.
-She is considered more of a nuisance that a proper criminal. She claims her crimes (Usually robbery) fund her work. The authorities are more interested in the fact that she sells her toys to gangs and hardened super-villains when she gets bored of them.
Satisfied with your work, and feeling compelled to pop some drugs, you head inside to contemplate your next move.
Symon:The first step to solving the hostage crisis of course is to figure out exactly where it is taking place. The Sacred Heart Dome is only a two hour bus ride through the tunnels, and as a private dome run by the generally inclusive Catholic Church you don't need a visa to get in. However the article notes that the hostages are being held somewhere in the tunnel system, and the news site doesn't give the exact location out of fear that some will meaning citizen might try to get involved.
You decide to hop the bus to the Sacred Heart Dome. It is small, encompassing only eight square miles, and containing a few small housing areas, a university campus, a cathedral, a couple monastery looking buildings, and a small market place. The area is beautiful and well kept. You wander for a bit, buying an overpriced but yummy noodle meal in the market, before you manage to find and talk your way into a temporary FBI command center that is working the case. The agent in charge goes by Ryan Doe, and the two of you break the ice over a Spirit of Industry action figure that happens to be one of his many superhero themed desk toys.
He asks how he can help you...
-59 USD (Busride + Snack)
-RP MODE! GO!Shadowcaster and Doppel:Adam returns to the locker room to change into his costume while Shadowcaster gets the information on their mark. His name is Tyler, an aspiring hip hop artist who goes by the street name "$treetwi$e'. He lives in an apartment complex across the street from an elementary school in one of Roosevelt Dome's few bad neighborhoods.
The two of you hop a cab to Tyler's apartment and check the area out. The Mark's window is on the second floor, and faces a somewhat concealed alleyway; breaking and entering is an option. Several shady looking characters hang out in front of the building, Doppel gets a few strange looks, but Shadowcaster manages to avoid their detection completely. Shadowcaster points out that you have a recent picture of Tyler, and that it would be easy to just find a hiding place and wait for him to enter or exit the building.
You each begin to form a plan... hoping the other dosnt screw it up royally.
-24 USD (Cab fair, split up the cost as you will, I'll just split it otherwise)Smokescreen:You head back to the Chinese place in costume. You chat up some of the workers, who are intrigued by the prospect of a superhero and offer to buy you a few drinks after their shift. You agree and meet up at the bar some time later. You procede to fleece them out of money while listening to their woes.
The local Chinese community is currently being terrorized by a small gang known as the Truman Safety Society. The TSS manages to get by in the well policed Roosevelt Dome through good publicity; although they masquerade as a anti-crime masked vigilance group they run a protection racket that victimizes minority run businesses. The TSS is run by the unholy alliance of Harmony/Insanity a Japanese super-being who claims to descend from the Norse God Loki, and Striped Eagle an American themed white supremist who fights with armor and a nasty utility belt of gadgets.
They also tell of rumors that a 9 foot tall man is living in the tunnels below the city. He works in a mushroom farm and is said to be able to lift a loaded semi-trailer over his head.
Happy with your winnings, both in cash and information, you take your leave.
+87 USD
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