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Re: [IC Thread] City of Secrets: A Magical Criminal RTD
« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2013, 04:31:59 pm »

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((Take "Recession Transgressions" with the others.))
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Re: [IC Thread] City of Secrets: A Magical Criminal RTD
« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2013, 12:12:04 pm »

Haynes didn't need long to think. He needed cash, and he wanted a lot of it. Plus, there was the bonus of getting to whack up the Drama Queens. He'd never liked them, not at all, and this could be a chance to get even. That evening, after washing and shining down his car, he headed out to talk to Ivana again.

He had work to do.

Take Recession Transgressions along with the others. Put the cat out. Cancel the milk
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Re: [IC Thread] City of Secrets: A Magical Criminal RTD
« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2013, 01:32:49 pm »

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Shit, I hate recession and transgressions, this little bastard should totally pay... I think we might be able to help each other...

Apart from my strident political views, I can offer reliable heavy lifting and a good argument in favour of said political views.

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And I've been known to quite nimble when it comes to intellectual arguments-I can really covers lots of ground. How about we discuss this further over coffee? Meet me at Ockerbie's on 12th and Main?
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Re: [IC Thread] City of Secrets: A Magical Criminal RTD
« Reply #18 on: November 12, 2013, 07:34:19 pm »

...Just enough for today, and for food. Grah, if they're selling products at a lower (and not inflated) price, then I'd be able to make a better and more filling dish for us two.

Lilith sat on her bed as the night drew on, glancing around the room occasionally as she looked out her apartment window, opened to let the only light stream from outside. The moon was up in the sky, partly cloudy judging by the blackish contours of the divided sky. She brushed a stray hair from Rachel's face and smiled in seeing her. She was at peace, left to the dreams where all things may happen.

My little angel..I'm..so sorry things were this way. I should admit that I want to give up at times..and yeah, ever since the accident things have..but I won't. Not for me. For you.
...At least the moon looks good tonight, and we're away from the clamor of city-traffic. Goodly quiet, much as I say.


She sat straight as she mused on as she felt cold air waft around the room. Tonight was cold, and brought back memories of the night before.

-yet so vivid. The people..were people I've never met in my life. The audience had many faces, all of whom I..think I've met. But the people--the performers, who were they? How did they have such apathy towards life.
Things shouldn't be like this.


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I'll be gone for a few hours, sis. Just a brief stroll in the night to one of the local PC cafes. Wouldn't be long.
Stretch my legs, and head out to...check my mail! And probably browse our company's local website on how to get a promotion.
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Re: [IC Thread] City of Secrets: A Magical Criminal RTD
« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2013, 09:53:28 pm »

Chapter One: Bad Dreams
Spoiler: Jakob Haynes (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Kathryn Fry (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Lilith Evans (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Mary Black (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Derya Nithra (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Ben Miko (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Willian Puckett (click to show/hide)
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Quote from: Recession Transgressions
Dwarmin, Tsuchigumo550, Lawastooshort, Dorsidwarf are in.
You get an email from an anonymous source.

"You have accepted our assignment. Here is the basics.

We have a data consultant who is removing the files from our network. However, an extremist neo-anarchist group named the "Drama Queens" is attempting to extract a misguided attempt at vengeance for a set of extremely unlucky circumstances. Thus, we are hiring you as security consultants to secure our property from these criminals. You will be paid for your efforts. As these are criminals, feel free to use lethal force against them. We believe the attack may occur very soon, so please attempt to log onto this website OskarssonInc.com with the name Security and the password Fdagad45745GGrr553190irtYoo5563$5 or proceed to the Oskarsson Building at downtown ASAP.

Delete this email after you receive it. You have never received an email of this kind if any officials ask you."

Stretch my legs, and head out to...check my mail! And probably browse our company's local website on how to get a promotion.
You head down to the cafe and read up at your company's website. [7/Bad Failure] The customer's section is full of typical aspirational bullshit and the employee's section is full of typical corporate bullshit. Apparently you can get promoted by "giving it your all", but you're not really sure what you're doing wrong because you've been giving it your all every day and not a single promotion has even locked eyes with you. [6/Bad Failure] As for your email, it's full of the usual penis enlargement ads and Nigerian Princes.

Also undertake Recession Transgressions with whoever else is in. Before doing so, make sure I have plenty of ammo. Put the shotgun in my black canvas bag. Arrange someone to take care of Chloe for the evening cos I have to work a sudden extra shift at the restaurant.
You get a friend to look after Chloe for the evening. Looks like it's time to begin. You load your shotgun and hide it, then get ready for action.

Also, make sure to check my apartment for any 'surprises' that might have been left by my clumsy intruder-either electronically bugs or magical doodads.
[19/Major Success] You find a bug under your bed. You fiddle with it a little, but then suddenly it buzzes and you hear your father's voice, and Cepheus, your chief of police brother.

"I could send a SWAT team after her." said Cepheus. "Say they accidentally shot her in the head. She's nothing but trouble, dad."

"Yes, I could do that. I could also rip you to pieces and erase your soul from existence right this second. And why don't I do that?" says the voice of Malcolm. "Because, my son, that wouldn't accomplish anything. She's useful for now."

"She's going to put a bullet in your head, and you know it." said Cepheus. "And that goddamn Farah and her freaky pirate buddies are way too close to getting in here, they could get to Kat real fast."

"As I said. For now she's handy to have in reserve... Maybe if she stopped listening to what's meant to be a private meeting, she'd continue to be useful."

"What the hell?" said Cepheus. "Ah goddammit! Kat, you little bitch! I'm warning you, Listen to my mike for five more seconds--"

You quickly shut off the bug. You decide not to do that again.

Check on the job details, including anyone else that may be involved
[20/Major Success] You check up with your contacts and they give you a lot of info, which is a nice change of pace then usual. Looks like Jakob Haynes, Kathryn Fry, Ben Miko, and Derya Nithra are in on the job Recession Transgressions.

Haynes didn't need long to think. He needed cash, and he wanted a lot of it. Plus, there was the bonus of getting to whack up the Drama Queens. He'd never liked them, not at all, and this could be a chance to get even. That evening, after washing and shining down his car, he headed out to talk to Ivana again.

He had work to do.

Take Recession Transgressions along with the others. Put the cat out. Cancel the milk
You put the cat out, but refrain on canceling the milk because the milk service stopped coming to your part of town. Mainly because their milk floats kept got firebombed by the kids around here. You live in a really, really bad neighborhood.

Ask around for news on open jobs tomorrow after taking Elizabeth to school. Push for further details on them, but not too hard. If time permits, scout out local businesses for potential small-time robberies. Make sure to take time to walk 'Liz home. It's a shame that there aren't any buses that run near our apartment, and it eats up time, but there's no way in hell my little sister is walking alone through the heart of this cesspit.
[13/Minor Success]You first walk around the area around your home. There's a pawn shop that picks up a lot of cash. However, there's a security system and there is metal shutters on the windows that go down at night. However, even if you can't get the safe open, you have a lot of options for valuables. You decide to consider it later and go to talk to one of your old business buddies, Electra. Used to be a Drama Queen but she got tired of it, so now she's a professional arsonist, burning down houses for a split in the insurance money. You hang out with a cup of coffee, and she gives you the update on jobs. There's a few going, and one involving that fat cat Oskarsson has a pretty big crew and a nice pay. You say your goodbyes, then head back home to consider.

While waiting, attempt another MMO hack, but go for a small game with an online shop this time. It needn't be an obvious money-grab, but definitely nothing that many people play. Focus on getting in quietly- if I can't drop a keylogger in, just try to leave the backdoor open rather than smash everything like I did last time.

Lastly, look into various martial arts based around fighting multiple foes, and possibly focusing on non-lethality.
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While hacking a computer, there is three types of action you can take.
Aggressive: Gives a +1 to your hacking attempts, but gives a +1 to detection rolls. This type of action is directly and aggressively hacking the system, being extremely obvious but with the benefit of directness. You aren't faffing about with stealth, which frees up your mind to hack the system.
Covert: Gives a -1 to your hacking attempts, but gives a -1 to detection rolls. This type of action is quietly and stealthily hacking the system, being less detectable but with the drawback of precision. You have to concentrate to make sure you aren't being traced.
Defensive: You don't do anything, but you roll to raise your camo by one. While this is done, there is no detection roll. This type of action is playing innocent by doing things a regular user would do, throwing off the system but having the drawback of inaction. You can't do anything illegal when you're playing the "I'm just a normal user, don't mind me" routine.

Detection rolls are made by the system every turn (Well, depending on the camouflage state).
Major Failure: Camouflage goes up by one. Won't promote to admin status.
Bad Failure: Nothing happens.
Minor Failure: Nothing happens.
Minor Success: The next detection roll gets a +1.
Good Success: Camouflage goes down by one.
Major Success: Camouflage goes down by two.

Defensive Rolls are made by players to bring up Camouflage.
Major Failure: Camouflage goes down by one.
Bad Failure: The next detection roll gets a +1.
Minor Failure: The next aggressive action means the detection roll gets a +1.
Minor Success: Camouflage goes up by one.
Good Success: Camouflage goes up by two.
Major Success: Camouflage goes up by three OR Admin access is given (Depending on the situation).

Camouflage measures how safe you are within the system before it starts tracing you.
Admin means you are considered the admin of the system and will not be traced. However, whenever you do an aggressive action, a detection roll is made with a +1. This cannot be reached unless you get a major success (a 5) on a defensive roll at a Defensive roll.
Undetected means you are not be traced and are considered a normal user. However, whenever you do an action that isn't defensive, a detection roll is made.
Tracking means you are considered suspicious by the system and are being tracked. Whenever you do an action that is not defensive, you get a -1.
Impeded means you are being stopped by the system from hacking. Whenever you do an action, you get a -2 to it. If you fail the next detection roll, then you are being Traced.
Traced means you are being traced by the system. After three turns, you roll to avoid getting locked out of the system. After this, you have to choose to either spend a Luck point or start drawing Heat in order to continue hacking.


You go to another website, Zombies8You. Pretty okay game, you've played it a few times. Has a feature involving becoming a hero in-game or something. You go to the store selling special game features and carefully make a backdoor in the source. [2/Major Failure + 1 = 3/Major Failure] [3/Major Failure - 1 = 2/Major Failure] You can't quite get the backdoor set up, but luckily the system doesn't seem to have twigged it just yet.

Review suppliers and markets available to me, check up on Terrance. In addition, wonder if my job as a valet has produced any valuable information for me to use for profit.

Terrace is doing okay for once, so he's nice to you. You ask him what the situation is, and he talks about the various markets and upturns going on in the wonderful world of illegal trading. Apparently he's really happy because he bought a crate of ecstasy a week ago, and now it's worth a lot because the government is cracking down on drug transportation from Europe to America, driving the price up severely. So, he has some extra cash to spend now.
Spoiler: Stocks (click to show/hide)

Cheerful now that he's cheerful, you consider your job as a valet. While you usually don't listen in on your customers mainly because you tune it all out, you try to remember anything useful that sounded interesting at the time. [13/Minor Success] You remember that big business guy, Fry whatshisface. He was in the hotel, talking to the chief of police about something as they got out of the car. Someone named Kathryn was mentioned. You just got your tip and opened the door for them. Probably should listen more.

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Re: [IC Thread] City of Secrets: A Magical Criminal RTD
« Reply #20 on: November 14, 2013, 04:49:48 am »

Ugh. I should've never bought into that 'please register your email' thing at that acid-burn's request. Stupid usernames and random chatroom advances.
Pressing the 'delete all unwanted spam' - which meant currently everything considering the last ten pages were filled with such ads, along with blocking the corresponding websites, Lily went off to pay for her use of the PC and head back home.

Sleep, and then take on the new day with work and the usual!

...I shouldn't have taken that basic needs plan before taking rent. 'Pay this set amount to get...' ugh. I should've had the foresight to check..I mean, I can create my own meals from basic ingredients!

At least Rachel likes the food.
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« Reply #21 on: November 14, 2013, 05:13:11 am »

Kat crushed the offending bug with the sole of her boot, quite satisfyingly.

They would never leave her alone...

...

She had pulled up on her bike aside the restaurant called Ockerbie's-waiting in the parking lot, eating a quick lunch of bad fried food, and waiting for Ben to arrive. She only had his description by his own words, not knowing him personally-and she had told him she would the girl driving the motorcycle. Easy enough to meet.

She had dressed in heavy black leather-and her helmet was completely tinted black, so her identity was less easy to discern, though she wasn't wearing it now. Kathryn preferred meeting her team members face to face, if possible.

Action: Kat picks up a baseball bat for defense, and goes to pick up Ben for the job.

If it's possible and I can make it last a few hours, use some of my ritual to boost the firepower of Ben's shotgun and her bikes ability to resist damage
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« Reply #22 on: November 14, 2013, 05:44:45 am »

Ben turned up, low key, on foot, dressed drab and like any other working dude on the street, except for the black canvas sports bag carrying his shotgun, shells, and old helmet.

He checked out the car park without making it obvious as he walked past, got to the end of the street, crossed over, and made his way through the few cars.

He wondered if he should make small talk, or greet her all friendly-like to not stick out too much, but his heart wasn’t really in it this evening. He just wanted to get this done and to get out.

”Seems you’re the girl with the motorbike… I’m the guy with the grey jacket and the black bag. We ready to go?”

Meet Kat. Take equipment. Head to job location.
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« Reply #23 on: November 14, 2013, 05:55:04 am »

"Ready when you are, Mr. Grey." Kat said, giving him a long look before tossing her paper bag into a nearby dumpster. She was disappointed he was so terse, since he was fairly handsome. Business, business, she thought with a smile.

Then, she was moving over and mounting her bike, motioning for him to follow.

"Anything you need to tell me about your juice before we go?

Mines sort of like I can see spirits in the city-like a Druid. All you need to know is if it's connected to the city, I've got the ability to manipulate it."
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« Reply #24 on: November 14, 2013, 06:04:50 am »

((Couldn't remember if I'd chosen a colour. Is gray easy to read on darkling and normal? As an aside I tried darkling all day yesterday, but the change kind of freaked me out too much))

"My juice? Ha, right, yeah... It's like... it's like I can slow time around me, see blows coming, have the time to pick a shot, that kind of thing. Least that's what it feels like. Nothing I need to tell you though, no."

Ben got on the the bike and thought for a second before she got going.

"Sorry," he said, opening his visor briefly, "Not really feeling chatty tonight. Maybe on another job if this one goes well..."
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« Reply #25 on: November 14, 2013, 06:16:59 am »

((I have no problem reading gray on darkling))

"Yeah. People in our line of business, right? Don't get too close. That's the rule. If I get shot, you gotta push me off my bike, and roll away without me." Kat remarked-her tone of voice was actually humorous.

She motions to his long bag, closing her eyes.

"Anyway, hand me that bag of yours-I can feel you've got something in there, a rifle or a shotgun...it's killed almost fifty people, though I don't think all of them were by your own hand. You bought it for $75 from a man with a cancer on his tongue, out of the back of the red pickup-truck, right? It's also strong with...a personal sentiment. You use it to defend your home. To defend...someone important. The one you protect makes up for the other. I don't know who the other is. It hurts to go that far.

But...hand me it anyway-I can make it better. You don't need to take it out of the bag."
She asks, opening her eyes.
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« Reply #26 on: November 14, 2013, 06:30:10 am »

”Look, you get shot I’m not just going to abandon you, unless it’s through your head I guess, because I’d figure that’d be a waste of time. But I’ll be honest, since you seem to have felt it anyway – some people reckon they live for a higher purpose, right? Justifies everything? Well mine’s about this tall-“

Ben makes the obvious accompanying hand movement somewhere up to his belly.

”Neat trick, anyway, but nah, you can’t make it better. That’s up to me.”

He realises what she means belatedly, and hands the bag over without a further word, still a little wary.

”As an aside, I’d be disappointed if that’s what you’d do if I got shot, but I guess I wouldn’t make like I was surprisedm, and I'd understand... Happens in this line of work, right? But then what else have we got, apart from other people? Only trace we leave. Not saying I wouldn't be mad though.”
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« Reply #27 on: November 14, 2013, 06:51:27 am »

"You'd be dead too, so I'm not sure if it would matter how angry you are." Kat responds glibly. "That being said, I try not to be that much of a bitch. I probably wouldn't leave you on the street, even if you were dead.

Generally, because my whole family is filled with rather bad people-the worst examples that I try my hardest not to live up to."


She then places her hands on the bag and closes her eyes once more. There is a quick flash of low, almost grimy light from her hands (like the sort of light you'd see in the window of a dirty gas station, or on a lamp beside the bed of a hooker you think)-the brief and bitter smell of burning motor oil in the air-and the gear shaped tattoos on her long neck actually move of their own accord, spinning and whirring...

Then she hands it back to him.

"If you need an analogy for what just happened, the closest I can relate is that I just cleaned your gun spiritually. It's as fresh as it was when it was first assembled, at least for a few hours."

Ben would notice the gun feels much more responsive and lighter than before-if he's particularly intuitive, he'll feel almost as if the gun is keyed to his own reflexes-helping him of it's own volition to shoot straighter, and firing more furiously than is normal. If nothing else, he'll notice the kickback is far less than usual-and yet, none of these changes interfere with his normal method of operating it. It just feels better in every regard-if only some.
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« Reply #28 on: November 14, 2013, 07:17:54 am »

”Thanks. That… kinda looked a bit more odd than I imagined it looks when I… do stuff. Let’s get going. I’ll do my best to look out for you, but I’m not so sure you need it, right? Still, I notice you don’t have a bag of tricks… Bag of trick…”

It was about as light-hearted as Ben was liable to get for the time being. Kat was new, this was a job, and the girl had a moving tattoo and a disturbing ability to mind-read his gun.
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« Reply #29 on: November 14, 2013, 07:31:45 am »

"Horsepower solves alot of problems. Hop on." Kat remarks, mounting her bike-then starting and gunning her engine. "Try not to fall off the bike, and don't be concerned if you need to hold on to me to keep your balance-just shoot straight and remember I'm not going to be able to hear you-thump me on the shoulder if you need my attention, but don't concern yourself with firing too close. I'm not exactly gun-shy. Or guy-shy, if that's a thing."

She guns it once more-the muted road of the bike could almost be a primordial sound, like a great jungle cat rising from it's sleep...
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