Escape Trajectory: Makkuro — IC

Post by **Fialova** » Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:38 pm

I wonder if he'd notice if some of this went missing, Tess thinks to herself, the urge to snag some of the drugs lying out in the open a difficult temptation to resist. That's a lot of money I could spend on a new pair of shoes. Or a nice meal.

"That is pretty par for the course for this sort of guy," Tess says, having spent many an evening in places just like this one, with guys presumably just like the one who lives here. "And the sort of guy who lives like this tends to have a safe or hiding spot somewhere for all his 'valuables.' Money, encrypted data, a secret family recipe, you name it. The question is, where is it hidden?"

Post by **ratwizard** » Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:25 pm

"You sound pretty familiar with that, yeah?" Cass says, studying Tess as she speaks. "Not judging, obviously. Everyone's gotta eat."

Guess she may be the type to fuck you then sack your flat, he considers. Been on the wrong end of that a few times. Still, can't blame the strategy.

He nods toward the exit. "Let's check that other room." He steps out of the drug den and toward the other ajar door past the kitchenette.

Post by **Fialova** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:41 am

"Very," Tess says with a smirk. "I'd say it's my job, but really it is more of a hobby," she continues, following after Cass as he moves to the next room. "When you see enough of these decked out homes of criminals, it's just so tempting to take a souvenir, y'know?"

Post by **Namelessjake** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:22 am

The door by the kitchenette pushes open easily, already being half open, to reveal a short corridor, with another door ajar at the end and a second closed door to your left.

[SHOW]

Post by **Scratcherclaw** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:35 pm

"Might wanna pass on the souvenir this time," Hikaru says as they cross the room again, towards the door past the kitchen. "Dude's a slob. Imagine what a blacklight would find in here." He stops for a moment, shuddering. "On second thought, I don't wanna know. Just uh... don't touch too much, yeah?"

Post by **ratwizard** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:37 pm

"To be fair to the guy, we're the ones breaking into his place," Cass says. "He may be a high-chasing thug but at least he doesn't have a maid who's a sys-op."

Cass pokes his head into the room with the ajar door.

Post by **Namelessjake** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:52 pm

Cass opens the door to reveal a large bed room, equally as messy as the main living area - although this time with less food containers. Clothes spill out of a half open closet next to an unmade double bed with cluttered side tables and lamps.

Another open door leads to a small en-suite bathroom with a shower.

Post by **ratwizard** » Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:24 pm

"Bedroom, bathroom," Cass notes. "Looks clear to me. We can dig through them for anything but first, we missed a door back there." He points to the second door, on the same all as the one leading to the drug den.

Post by **Fialova** » Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:07 am

"We'll see," Tess responds to Hikaru's warning. She follows the others to the kitchen doorway, unclear why they went to the opposite side of the room first. When Cass mentions the final door, she says, "Yes, let's go there and then we can split up if all is clear." He can't scold me for snagging something if he doesn't see.

Post by **Scratcherclaw** » Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:25 pm

Hikaru winces at Tess's apparent disregard for his warning. I'll have to buy us all wipes after this in that case, ugh. With nothing overtly of interest in the bedroom, the pop star follows behind Cass and Tess towards the remaining room. "Dude's gotta have a computer somewhere around here."

Post by **Namelessjake** » Sat Aug 08, 2020 9:35 pm

As you walk back through the main room of the apartment, you spot a large winged beast circling above the treetops on the screens - the fruit gathering creatures no longer anywhere to be seen.

Opening the door you find yourself in a much cleaner and neater room - almost unlived-in - compared to the rest of the apartment. It is painted a bright pink with a mural on one wall of a white castle with tall towers each topped with a peaked blue roof. The castle sits on top of a rainbow dotted with unicorns. The room has a small bed with a pink set of sheets, as well as several dolls neatly lined up on a white dresser.

[SHOW]: There was another door in the corridor to the main bedroom you guys missed.

Post by **Fialova** » Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:35 am

"Looks like he has a kid," Tess says, looking at the room. Though this would also be the perfect place to hide something he doesn't want people to find. Who would think to check a kid's room? She begins to poke around the room, seeing if there is anything that seems out of the ordinary, or would otherwise make a good hiding place.

[SHOW]: What should I roll for the equivalent of a perception/search check? Notice? Something else?

Post by **Scratcherclaw** » Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:55 pm

"A kid who doesn't stay here much, go figure. No one wants their kid staying with their drugged-out dad," Hikaru says, looking into the bedroom straight out of a fairy tale. Almost makes me feel sorry for the guy, spending all this time and never seeing his daughter. Almost. He follows Tess into the room, looking at the doll collection and grimacing. God, these things always gave me the creeps. At least none of them look like me.

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:29 pm

Eridas decides to split off, now, seeing another door off to the side. He walks up to it and tries to open it, lightly jiggling the handle.

[SHOW]: Eridas is trying to open the corridor door you mentioned. If it seems to be unlocked, he'll slowly try to open it.

Post by **Namelessjake** » Mon Aug 10, 2020 5:08 pm

[SHOW]: Make a Notice/Wis check to search the room thoroughly

[SHOW]: You open the door in the corridor next to the master bedroom with no problems. Inside you find a larger bathroom. A toilet and shower line one wall, while opposite is a sink in a long counter with cupboards underneath.

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Mon Aug 10, 2020 5:13 pm

Eridas shrugs, stepping inside and walking over to the the counter to see if he finds anything in the cupboards. "You learn the most about a man by seeing what he keeps in his cupboards." Creed says aloud, but under his breath.

[SHOW]: Notice(Wisdom) looking through buddy's cupboards
2(2d6) = 2

Post by **Namelessjake** » Mon Aug 10, 2020 5:27 pm

[SHOW]: You open the cuboards and bend down to take a look inside, although you can see are some spare toiletries and toilet paper.

Post by **ratwizard** » Tue Aug 11, 2020 2:49 pm

"Kid's room, huh? That's fucked," Cass grumbles. Really hope it isn't this guy. Leaving a kid behind doesn't sit right with me, but that's how this shit goes.

"Sounds like Creed's got the en-suite bath. I'm going to poke around the TV, see if I can't drum up any recent purchases or comms routed through." He steps back into the main living room, looking to see if the TV is voice-operated or if it has any sort of manual remote.

[SHOW]: How I interact with: TV?

Post by **Namelessjake** » Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:55 am

[SHOW]: You know that the tv screens are likely voice activated but would also be able to connect to a Compad or Dataslab which could then be used as a remote.

Post by **ratwizard** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:01 pm

"TV, on," Cass says, sitting down on the couch. He flicks his compad out, looking at his apps as he considers his options.

Post by **Fialova** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:53 pm

[SHOW]: Notice/Wis to search child's room: 10

Post by **Namelessjake** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:25 pm

[SHOW]: The screens flick from the alien jungle landscape to a menu at the sound of your voice. You compadr connects a second later, connecting as Device 2 - suggesting there is probably anotherdevice alreadyconnectedsomewhere in the room.

[SHOW]: You search the room pretty thoroughly and after looking in a few places you spot a package taped to the back of the dresser. It appears to be wrapped in brown paper and is no bigger than 30cm by 15cm.

Post by **Scratcherclaw** » Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:01 pm

Hikaru sighs, pacing the room as the others search for clues. I'm not meant to snoop around people's places. I'm meant to be snooped on! He shoots a glance towards the dolls again, shuddering at their sight. Leaning against the wall, he turns towards Tess and asks, "You found anything yet or should we go back to the other bedroom?"

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:30 pm

Eridas shrugs. "Guess he's a little more sane than me." He returned to the others.

Post by **Fialova** » Sat Aug 15, 2020 5:10 pm

"Yeah," Tess responds, leaning down and reaching behind the dresser for the package. "There's something hidden back here, taped to the back of the dresser," she continues. What could it be, though? Secrets? Money? Time to find out!

Post by **ratwizard** » Sat Aug 15, 2020 5:32 pm

"Huh." Cass stares at the screen for a second. "TV, ping Device 1."

[SHOW]: If I can do it in 2020, I should be able to do it in 202220!!!!

Post by **Scratcherclaw** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:47 pm

Hikaru raises an eyebrow as his friend mentions a potential clue behind the dresser. "Can't imagine you'd hide anything normal in a place like this. Wonder what it is." He eagerly watches Tess, curious what they'll find.

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:46 pm

Eridas returns to the others, keeping his hands to himself.

Post by **Namelessjake** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:13 am

[SHOW]: The package comes off the back of the dresser with ease. Unwrapping it you find a cheap Compad, three doses of Hush and 500 worth of credits in chips of 10. Credit Chips are somewhat rare, with the vast majority of transactions being done electronically, although they remain - filling a niche with more illicit transactions. You've been paid in chips before several times for your unique services.

[SHOW]: The device chimes a couple of times, the sound coming from the couch. You follow it and quickly find the source, a Dataslab previously hidden under a worn hoodie.

Post by **ratwizard** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:46 pm

"Check it out," Cass says to Creed with a smirk as he holds up the dataslab rescued from the folds of the couch. "Let's hope it's not PIN-locked." He taps the screen.

[SHOW]: Is the dataslab accessible or will I need to crack in?

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 7:00 pm

"Let's h-hope." He agrees, walking over to Cass. "You guys found anything over here, other than the d-d-datapad?" Eridas begins looking around a little skeptically.

Post by **ratwizard** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 7:14 pm

"Not sure," Cass says, casting a glance back into the child's room behind him. "Any luck with the bathroom?" he asks, turning back to the stuttering pilot.

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:15 pm

Eridas shakes his head. "N-no. M-maybe I missed something, this isn't e-exactly my forte, but uh..." He looks away now, biting his lip.

Post by **Namelessjake** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:00 pm

[SHOW]: The device has no security and opens up on to its home screen for you. After a quick glance at the most recent files and apps, it appears to mostly be used for entertainment purposes.

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:02 am

Eridas looks back at Cass now, and takes in a deep breath. "So... w-what is there on the datapad? H-have you cracked it yet, m-m-master h-hacker?" He asks.

Post by **ratwizard** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 3:56 pm

"Mr. Dipshit here doesn't even lock his own 'slab," Cass says with a grin as he is greeted with a home screen. "Looks like I'm barely even needed."

He opens the TV navigation app, and begins to pore through the TV's interfaces, looking for any recent purchases, subscriptions, and communications.

Post by **Namelessjake** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:34 pm

[SHOW]: As Cass starts flicking through the TV's history, you see several fairly common TV shows and Movies, along with a high amount of pornography. Swapping to the communications tab however yields a completely blank page. Either Schaberg has never used this Dataslab for communications or he has deleted the entire history.

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:01 pm

"I-I-..." He gulped, shaking his head. "Is that odd?" He asked Cass. "Do you think that's noteworthy?"

Post by **Fialova** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:08 am

Tess smirks as she sees the contents of the package. Well well, what do we have here? "Come take a look at this," she says, showing the contents to Hikaru. "It looks like this guy does have something to hide after all. Wonder what could be on it," she says, as she attempts to access the compad.

[SHOW]: I assume Hush is a drug? Would I know what kind? Also, about how large are these credit chips?

Post by **Scratcherclaw** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:32 am

Hikaru raises an eyebrow and steps forward to look at what Tess uncovered. "Hiding a compad's hardly a good look. Some cheap burner?" he says, growing more curious as to what the man's hiding. "That's what they're called, right? I heard it on some crime show I watched."

Post by **Namelessjake** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:16 am

[SHOW]

Tess

The compad opens with no security prompt. It is fairly empty in terms of apps and files, appearing to have only been used for communication. There are a lot of cryptic messages between Schaberg and someone saved simply as B. They seem to be organising things but with the way they both talk it's impossible to work out what.

There are also a lot of messages between Schaberg and another contact saved as Z. These are also fairly cryptic although after scrolling through a few messages you're pretty confident they're organising drug deals.

[SHOW]

OOC

Hush
[SHOW]
Hush (Heal-0): An extremely heavy neurotranquilizer,
Hush leaves the subject awake and responsive to
simple, untaxing commands. They cannot fight
or communicate while affected by Hush, but will
walk, eat, sit, and perform simple actions as directed
by the last person to speak to them. A Hush
dose lasts for an hour plus three per Heal level of
the person applying the stim, and the subject retains
no memories while under the effect. A subject
must be immobilized or willing to be affected
by Hush; violent physical movement immediately
after application disrupts the neurological effects.

Each chip is about 2.5cm across - Mechanically 100 chips counts as 1 encumbrance.

Post by **ratwizard** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:59 pm

Cass grumbles, ignoring Creed's question for a moment. Guess he doesn't need to protect his device if he just fac-wipes it when he's done. Damn. Maybe the Mr. Dipshit is me this time.

He stares at the TV for a moment longer, before jamming the slab back into the hoodie and shoving both in the cushion where he found them.

"I dunno. Let's see what Glitter and Tess have got so far." He stands up from the couch, heading toward the children's room once more.

"What's up?" Cass asks as he enters, squinting at the package and contents.

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:18 am

Creed walks with Cass to join Tess and Hikaru. He continues to keep a paranoid ear out for any noise that isn't their own.

Post by **Fialova** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:38 am

Tess looks up as the others walk in, having been engrossed in reading through the compad's messages. "There was stuff hidden in here," she says, holding up the small package with one hand and the compad with the other. "This compad seems to be this guy's secret way of arranging drug deals between someone named 'B' and someone named 'Z'," she says, holding the device out for someone else to look at.

Once it is taken, she reaches her hand into the packages and grabs a handful of the chips, dropping them slowly back in and saying, "there were these chips, too. Must use them for the drugs, they are not much use for anything other than under-the-table deals," she continues, before reaching in a second time and grabbing one of the vials. "Also some Hush, it seems. Very nice find if you ask me." This guy may or may not be the one we are looking for, but he is up to some shady shit regardless.

Post by **ratwizard** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:39 pm

B. Z. Wonder who these contacts must be, Cass considers as he listens to Tess' findings.

"Yeah, yeah — I know what a chip is. How many credits on those? Our boy Schaberg won't miss them."

Post by **Scratcherclaw** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 11:40 am

"Can't say I've got a good feeling about a guy who needs to hide stuff in his own place," Hikaru says, glancing over Tess's findings once more. He looks back towards Cass and Creed. "You two losers find anything?"

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:54 pm

"N-n-nothing. S-sorry..." Creed weakly croaked out, knowing he was pretty damn useless here. "M-maybe I should go keep the gravcar ready, j-just in case we get found again?" He asks unsure.

Post by **Fialova** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 6:41 pm

Tess rolls her eyes as Cass confirms his knowledge of the chips. I know you know, I have paid you in them before, she thinks, before checking the pile of them again. "A few hundred it seems, I didn't take the time to count them all. Just found it," she says. "But we can count them out once we are out of here, we should focus on getting all the info we can and getting out before something bad happens... again."

Post by **ratwizard** » Sun Aug 30, 2020 8:30 am

Cass shakes his head, ignoring Hikaru's critical gaze. "Checked the TV, and I found a dataslab in the couch cushions. If there was anything suspicious, he's wiped it clean."

At Creed's question, he shrugs. "Sure. Just text us if anything comes up, I guess."

Looking to Tess, Cass continues. "We don't really have anything on this guy, yeah? For a kingpin like Bao, drug deals, hidden chips, burner compads... seems pretty standard for one of his lieutenants."

Post by **FinalTemplar** » Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:34 pm

Creed tries to coolly give them a thumbs up, and nearly trips as he leaves the apartment. He makes his way back to the elevator and calls it back up to their floor.