Session Start: Sat Jul 22 13:10:02 2006 (H-1) [Monday, April 4, 2039 - 1240 local time] [H-2 Technical Services, and Harvest Wind Global Contracting] The first round of interviews and searches are done at Harvest Wind, with mildly productive results. Mashimo is definitely a suspect now, and one of his managers left a cryptic note that may or may not be worth following up... but that leaves open the question of what should the group do next? [session start] So what do we do next? That is a good question... above all else, we need to make sure we haven't overlooked any leads. But beyond that... There were two locations that Miss Twister uncovered, as well as a date. Weaver is probably getting comfortable; he'll return to report if he discovers anything interesting when our good friend Mashimo returns to his office. If nothing else, we can look into those locations. I think we should also talk to that Mashimo guy too. I'm for following up that note if we can. Do you want to bring him in for questioning? Like arrest him? That'd be neat! I don't think we are at the point we should arrest any one at. Aww. But it'd be fun... We may glean more from continued observation. Our presence has likely spooked him. He may make a mistake, and give us enough to bring him in. * LadyTwister rocks a little, taking a second to adjust her hat. "Perhaps." But we have that whole thing with the money already. What is he going to do, sue us? Yes but you catch more flies with honey then with vinegar dear Snow. ... We're not trying to date him though... That only indicates that he's up to something. It's not indicative of what he's up to. That's why we stick things in him till he tells us! He may lie. Snow, the thing-sticking can wait. And provoking confessions from torture tends to yield bad info. Bah. Fine. And, no offense, but none of you are expert enough torturers to get him to tell the unvarnished truth, rather than what he thinks you want to hear. * LadyTwister sighs. "I'm up for checking into the other locations..." I'll get you a little voodoo doll for you to stick things in Snow. That's what practice is for! * Eliza has sidled into the hallway where the team is debating, making her presence apparent, but not seeming to wish to disturb or interrupt whatever these honored guests are doing. If needed, I believe I can force the truth out of him. * LadyBobOmb pauses, then continues, "I'd rather not." Hi! * LadySnow waves at Eliza cheerfully. * LadyTwister shakes her head, looking at Eliza for a moment with that odd glowy-eyed stare of hers. Ah, Eliza, is there something we can do for you? Do you need anything? I'm just here to make sure you get whatever assistance you want. When does Mr. Mashimo get out of his meeting? Do you know? Uh... * Eliza checks her PDA. "What meeting?" His secretary person said he had a meeting... According to this, he should be in his office, or at least his department... But... he wasn't. Do you need him? I can page him... That'd be super! Heh, yeah. * LadyTwister can't help but frown, just a touch. It would be a very great help to us if you could do that. * Eliza taps at her PDA, then raises it to her lips. "Mashimo-san, please dial 0211." How long should it take him to respond? * LordFate looks to the techs. "Guys? I hate to distract you from the data mining, but do we have access to the security feeds in that building? I'd love to know where Mashimo is, or how long ago he left the building." Well... sometimes one can't answer right away? But we ought to get some response, at least from someone else saying he's busy within two minutes.\ Do we have his address? *subvocalizes over the comm* Errrm. We hadn't tried to get into the security system yet. I'm sure we do, Lady Snow. Wyrd, find it for me. If he's left well... that would be bad. Ah, please do, then. Who do I contact to get an arrest warrant issued? Quietly, preferably. No need to put out an APB just yet. * LadyTwister nods to Eliza, biting her bottom lip for a moment. "Eliza, how long have you been here anyway?" * LadySnow looks at Eliza. "Do you know who would've seen him last?" * Tech leans in closer to Fate. "I looked up the SIS authority authorization when you brought this to me. You don't need a warrant." * LadySnow looks around for the elevator that'll take them back to where their ride is and starts heading that way. * LordFate smiles amiably. "Oh, how nice. Thank you." * LadySnow gestures for Eliza to walk with her as she moves. * LadyTwister hesitates, but is soon quick to follow. Wow, I don't know - his secretary might know... Is Mashimo is some sort of trouble? Wyrd, prepare an arrest order for the point-of-entry personnel. He can't have made it to any exits from the city yet, and I want to be able to issue one before he can. Glitch, identify Mashimo-sans PDA on the HWGC network, and try to access it's GPS. Find out where it is, if it's on, on the network, and if you can find it's location, identify where in the building he is. Well, right now we'd just like to know where he's disappeared to and why. There's an almost-immediate response - the PDA is in the parking garage. Is Ozawa still in the parking garage? *checks her PDA* BobOmb, if you could also find out what police forces we have nearby; if he makes a run with his PDA, we should catch him. But unless he makes a run for an exit point, ...let's be ready to trail him. He may go somewhere interesting. Ozawa parked in the VIP visitor lot - just outside the front entrance. He's in the parking garage. * LadySnow calls up Ozawa. * LadyTwister chuckles a little, looking to Eliza. "I wouldn't say that, no." * LadySnow also looks up how many entrances/exits there are to the parking garage. Yes ma'am? But now I have to wonder if this all surprises you or not, Eliza. You seem kinda calm, all told. Thank you, Glitch. Keeps me updated if he changes position. ^^ Hi! Would it be possible to intercept a car coming out of the parking garage? It would appear a friend of ours is trying to get away. * LadySnow sends whatever details she has about Mashimo and his vehicle over to Ozawa's PDA. ...hey, BobOmb, can Glitch get a visual from his PDA? Let's find out if he's actually still anywhere near it. I'm just a glorified administrative assistant - I'm here to serve, not to freak out, and some odd things have been known to happen around here. I'll try and get an audio feed as well. * LadySnow hits the button in the elevator to take them to the parking garage as soon as she reaches it. * LadyBobOmb instructs Glitch to try and get an audio and video feed from Mashimo's PDA. * LordFate laughs at Eliza's comment. *to Eliza* Well we appreciate your assistance. You've been more than helpful. *smiles* The elevator delivers them to the basement... where a sign points the way to the garage down a long tunnel to the east. * LadySnow starts heading that way. I see, I see... anything you can tell me about? Just between us girls, mind. * LadyTwister offers Eliza a winning smile, and pours on a bit of that ol' Texas charm... if it's not rusted by now, anyway. Um. I don't think I can get the bus over there, but I'll run, ma'am. Thank you. Which side are you going? We'll try and cover the other. * LadySnow scans the parking garage for who all is around as she makes her way towards the opposite entrance. *comm* Do we have a location on the PDA yet? * LordFate has Wyrd send that to her. "Sorry, I thought BobOmb had shared it already." * Eliza shrugs. "All those Security Division people are aggressive, type-A, gun freaks, and paid too much. But you didn't hear that from me." * LadyTwister keeps the pace, and keeps her ears open. "Hear what?" Sound like my kind of people. * LadySnow looks up the location of the PDA. "Ma-- Twister, can you cover the exit? I'm gonna find his PDA." The PDA is on the ground/executive level, which is full of expensive- looking sedans. Most of the spaces are filled, no one is around... * Ozawa appears in the gateway in/out of the executive level, panting. * LadyBobOmb forwards the exact location data, and a map of the garage, with the PDA position indicated in it, to Snow's PDA. * LadySnow runs over to where it's blipping and looks around for it. Right. * LadyTwister waves to Eliza, then breaks off and takes up position. It's almost trivial to spot the PDA on the ground next to a purple Acura. Great. Figures. Alright, issuing a detainment order to all points of exit. * LadySnow picks it up, and connects it to her PDA so the tech peoples can look at it. We should get some people to his house. If he's going to run he's likely to try and take his family with them. I don't think it's likely, but it is also worth covering. Uh. I'll put out the APB for the rich dude in the late-model purple Acura... If nothing else we'd at least have some uh... bargaining power... *swallows uncomfortably at that* If nothing else, there may be evidence there. Where are you guys going next? BobOmb and I can search his place if your next target is time- sensitive. He knows we're onto him. He's panicking, which I don't think is likely, or he's got backup plans and contingencies setup. ...watch the Ningyo City, too. I just think we should get there before he does. We still haven't ruled out their complicity in this. His car is still here though. Are there company cars he could've taken? * LordFate is putting Wyrd to work on structuring these orders and getting them to appropriate portions of H-2 and any other H-# agencies necessary. No, we don't have company vehicles. Well then I guess he could be on foot... Or still in the building... Don't rule out the possibility that he's still there. I want video logs of that area, see when he left his PDA there and where he went. Mmmmn. On foot would make things trickier. Can you contact security to see if he's still on the building? There's still little way out of the city unobserved. And let's get H-4 searching the streets... The northern and western borders are hard to secure, sir. And uh... Let's head to his place and take his family into custody. * LordFate says something nonsense-sounding and nods as Wyrd shows some of the orders for H-4. The little EI issues them through the H-2 PDA's authorizations. No, let's not involve his family. They're not guilty of anything, Snow. ... Does he have a family? * LadySnow checks his records. ... I guess not. Damn it. * LadyTwister sounds obviously aggravated at that part. "Right now, we focus on figuring out where he is, and take it from there." *sigh* I suppose it's APB time. Well if he DID have one we could've used them to help do that. But uh... Okay. Let's get some people on the streets and have building security find him if he's still in the building. I'll have to call Shiguma-sama to arrange that, ma'am. We may want to talk to his boss. Please do so. Already got the orders out. It's nice to be on this side of the chase, for once. Should I talk to him? I can... sir? * Eliza is speaking into her PDA. The Ladies want security to find Mashimo. Yes, he seems to have disappeared. I imagine it wouldn't hurt. He, uh, seems to be the target of their investigation. No, I don't know what exactly. All right. *hangs up* He's doing that now. We have a fairly good- sized security staff here, since we have our training forces to draw on as well. If he's on campus, we'll get him for you. Now... we wait. And watch. Thank you very much. * LadyTwister hmphs. "Hate this part." I think we should check the streets. * LadySnow pulls up a city map and looks for what's around public transportation-wise. There are the ubiquitous subway lines, one just a block away, and multiple bus stops. What do we know about him and where he's likely to go? * LordFate babbles some more nonsense, obviously directed at Wyrd. But at least one word is understandable this time: "Eliza". He smirks at whatever flashes across his monocle. * LadySnow looks around for a street level exit and heads that way. * LadyTwister frowns, but gravitates back towards Eliza, in case Mashimo hasn't quite left yet. "Meh, waiting..." * Eliza looks around the executive lot, frowning. There are around thirty spaces here, and three empty parking spaces. If they don't have company cars, do they have assigned parking? Something wrong, Eliza? It's a Monday - the lot should be completely full. Perceptive lass. ... who else is missing, then? * Eliza punches up an executive group schedule. "The head of construction is in India. The deputy head of human resources is in the hospital." * LadyTwister takes her PDA and idly takes shots of those remaining empty spots, as best as she can. "Cause?" Colonoscopy gone bad, according to office scuttlebutt. * LadyKiss winces in symphony. "That does sound very bad indeed." So there's one left... that's the head of Accounting's slot. * LadySnow looks around once she reaches the street level, idly wondering when H-4 is gonna get there. And you don't have any reasons why he'd not be here? * LadySnow says over the comm. "Is he still in the building? The accounting guy?" * LadyBobOmb asks the tech to identify the head of accounting, and find out what kind of car he has, and add that to the APB. * Eliza calls someone again. "Hey, it's Eliza. No, the front-office Eliza. Is Kajiura-san there? He did? Do you know from who? Oh, dear." Allen Kajiura - head of accounting, drives a twenty-year-old Ferrari minivan. Problems? * LadyBobOmb relays that information to the other PDAs. * LordFate raises an eyebrow. "Ferrari makes minivans?" * LadySnow idly looks up where he lives and if he has a family. * Tech shrugs. "Have you seen one? They look like a little spaceship. In Ferrari red." * Eliza hangs up and wrings her hands. "He got a call from Mashimo-san, and left his office a half-hour ago." ... and then there were two. Great. * LadyKiss pushes her lips together in a line. "I see. Thank you Eliza." * LadyTwister lowers her voice. "Might wanna broaden that warrant, Fate." Do I need to go back upstairs and start preparing the press release? Our stockholders are going to have a fit! * LordFate utters some more gibberish, and the accounting head's name. "Done and done." No, none of that yet, Eliza. It's nothing serious... yet, anyway. ...oh, don't lie to the girl. It's serious. And saying it isn't with this kind of action on our part is so transparent as to be laughable. Let's just worry about finding him first. Their company should issue a press release; I strongly suggest we have our own PR people work on it with them. I leave it up to PR types whether it should be a joint statement or not. Well, it's serious when there's a gunfight. Right now this is more like highly unencouraging. Still... not a bad idea. Schedule it for late this evening, after the stock market's closed. * Eliza lifts her PDA as it buzzes. "Yes. Yes. I understand." ... hm? Eliza? Have we checked the traffic cameras? We can probably follow the minivan with them. Security wound their tapes of the entrance, and Mashimo left in Kajiura's van with a couple SecDiv managers. Good idea. Wyrd, see to it. Can we get a list of who all left with him? Uh. That will take some time. * LadySnow comms Ozawa. "Let's get ready to find them as soon as H-4 is able to track down the van." It would be greatly appreciated and if something does happen to require that press release I'm sure we can help minimize the damages. Ask her to do it, but not worry overmuch. We'll likely find out who when we catch them. I'm right here, my lady. That's... not good, no. But a list would be nice, if you could be so kind, Eliza. * LadyBobOmb pulls up the specifications for the Ferrari minivan, and has Glitch do a search for that model minivan on the streets. If they're driving away, we won't catch them in the bus. We may want to go back to H-2 for a helo, if you want to do the actual arrest. I'd like to. * LordFate laughs. "You want me to come pick you up?" Plus, wheee we get to ride a helicopter! Let's go do that then. * LadyKiss mumbles to her comm. "We should let others do their job." If they've got 'em here, I'll go take off now. * LadySnow bounces a bit excitedly. This is so neat. I, uh, I'll just go back in and tell the boss. I assume we'll be hearing about this in the news? Sadly, I don't think there is any stopping it now. You've been extremely helpful though. Is there anything we can do to help you? * LordFate turns to the techs. "I'll keep in touch via comm. Great work so far, guys. BobOmb, would you care to accompany me to the helipad?" He's already issuing requests for a map to said facility, and Wyrd is formally requesting a copter of appropriate size for this pursuit be ready when he gets there. Might as well please the Snow. And... you likely will be, Eliza. Start on that release. We'll talk later if need be. Tell her she can contact... *pulls an appropriate phone number for H-# PR up* ...this number if she wants official help with that press release. I'll stay behind a little bit. I'm going to see if I can pinpoint it better. I'll catch up if I miss the helicopter. * Eliza hands back her card. Okay. See ya! *called over his shoulder, already sweeping out the door like only a Lord can* * LadySnow heads with Ozawa to where the van is so they can get on the helicopter. Yay. * LadyTwister relays the needful information to Eliza. "Sorry to put you through all this." And... well, off she goes. * LadyKiss bows to Eliza before striding out following the rest. Oh! Techs, if you've managed to hack his computer, could you have Mashimo's screen say "he's fled, return home", please? It only needs to say that for a few seconds. Kasumi finds that H-2 has links into an H-4 program for tracking vehicles. She enters the information, presses Go... and waits. * LadyTwister can't help but seem a bit upset. "If he took someone from accounting with him, he was probably helping cover up his monetary tracks..." Fate heads upstairs and out of the building. There's a helipad built on the roof of a low, long building to the west, and a chopper is already spooling up for him. Well it's sorta obvious that he'd have accomplices besides just those three guys. * Eliza runs back inside. I want to know if his conspiracy is limited to just those he took with him within the agency, or if there's more in HWGC that's tied to him. Worse yet, he made himself look guilty without specifically looking for him. His company is going to suffer. * LordFate grins rakishly and strides purposefully towards it, not quite running. Who gives a flying fuck about the company? This guy was involved in a conspiracy which led to the deaths of three Ladies. And not just those three Ladies died. It's just bad taste. And I -very- much doubt if he himself is responsible. But don't worry, we'll catch him. H-2's got some beautiful choppers. Well, Ozawa, there's always a motivation. And motivation leads to things and people. Yeah, the company doesn't seem to factor in much, but maybe he's been doing dubious things like this for some time now, using the place as a kind of safe haven. No telling how far this could go back. * LordFate thanks the mechanics or whoever readied it, and climbs in, putting on the protective earpieces over his monocle's ear bit and adjusting the fit. "I'll be right there, girls." The drone of the helicopter's probably audible over the link as he takes off. When Lord Fate gets to the helicopter, he finds that the pilot won't let him fly it. "YOU'RE NOT CHECKED OUT YET, MY LORD!" * LordFate grunts. "...I knew there would be a catch to this job. Bloody paperwork. Very well." He straps in to the copilot's seat, or just the first passenger’s, depending. "Let's go, chap. Wyrd's got the coordinates if you need 'em." BobOmb's terminal goes PING and announces that it's found five traffic- camera sightings of the minivan in the last half-hour. * LadyBobOmb puts a trace on them, then starts looking at where they were first seen. The route traces itself on a large map - the van is going south-west out of Tokyo, cutting through residential districts. * LadyBobOmb forwards that to the other PDAs, with the note that it's the account heads car, then checks in with Fate to see if the heli's left yet. Lord Fate? Too late to catch a flight? * LadyTwister pauses as her PDA blinks, then gets to reading. "Lovely." The H-4 system is adjusting to follow, sending more drones over the southwest portion of Tokyo-E to increase the chance of finding the van. * LadySnow climbs into the bus when they reach it, getting ready to meet up with the helicopter. This is so so exciting. I wonder if there'll be a gunfight. * LadyBobOmb heads for the helicopter after she asks that, after taking a moment to wave goodbye to all the helpful techs, with a cheerful smile. "Thank you for all your hard work!" The helicopter buzzes low across the city, using every bit of its speed as it races to make the pickup. It's just a few minutes before it flares and slows, then comes down in the street in front of HWGC. Kasumi seems to have missed her ride. I really hope there won't be one, but the way it's going I bet there will be one. They are so messy. * LadySnow hops on board the helicopter as soon as it lands, bouncing excitedly. * LadyBobOmb then heads to the garage instead, and starts up her own ride with a nice, loud, engine rev, cutting out for the southwest area of T-E. But but we have all these neat guns and stuff. * LadyTwister quickly switches up rides, pausing at Snow's words. "Is that all you can think about right now, Chi?" * LadySnow pats her subgun she got from the bus. What? Are you going to tell me you're not having fun? This is so much cooler than a desk job. It is, but... girl, you're something else. Don't enjoy this *too* much, or I'll really start worrying about you. * LadyKiss settles down next to snow shaking her head. "We will take care of it. But why? The NS29a submachinegun Snow is holding is the standard subgun issued to Ladies in the field - and can put 45 11mm rounds into a target in a real big hurry. * LadySnow smiles brightly at Twister in a there's nothing to worry about sort of way. Because... ^fuck, nevermind.^ ^I can still understand you, you know.^ *winks and sticks her tongue at Mari* So Dears, are we ready to catch the bad guys and make snow proud of us? *Broadcasted to all* * LadySnow looks out of the helicopter as they head out trying to spot the van herself. A huge grin is plastered across her face. Yes, ma'am! She'll never let me hear the end of it if we bone this up. She looks so happy too. Don't worry Snow, we'll let you put the cuffs on. Yay! BobOmb's PDA flashes as H-4 updates it again with another traffic camera sighting, this one live. The van is four kilometers away from the southwestern border. Getting closer... * LadyBobOmb tells Glitch to send that to the others, too. Her hands are a little busy at the moment. * LadySnow gives the location to the pilot. "How far away are we?" WE CAN BE THERE IN FOUR! Can you get us close to the car? Say a soccer field away? I know that's a bit close... This isn't some civvie transport, ma'am. Point where you want me to go, and I'll go there. Well, probably. A soccer field from the car would be great. I need to have a clear line though. I'm sure we can get a lot closer than that. Ooh, can we land on them? Without crashing. Wherever you want to go WITHOUT crashing. ... Snow, really. ... What? I don't need that, just need close to them. I'm going to blow them a kiss, we can open this side door with no problems? Well we can land in front of them I guess. Yeah, okay... Blow them a kiss... hehe, I gotta see this. How well can you fly in the snow? The H-4 feed alerts again, and this time shows a real-time overhead and map. The drones have the van pinned. From above, it really does look like a Ferrari-red spaceship. ...what snow? * LadySnow just grins. "Hi! I'm Lady Snow." * LadyBobOmb giggles a little at the image, and has that one auto-forwarded to the others as well. I'd prefer not to handle a blizzard, my Lady. ...the poor thing. Chocolate just -doesn't- come out of leather. I do hope the windows are closed. * LadySnow comms Kas. "Are we sure he's still in the van? Can the drones see inside?" Nonono, Snow. We keep that for when we don't run the risk of crashing and possibly dying horribly. Maybe for a ground fight, though. Well I can probably keep it from getting that intense over the helicopter... Probably. I'll see. Glitch, see if you can get one of the drones to get a side view into the windows. From the front, if the windows are tinted. I must agree with Twister, not dying in a blizzard sounds like lovely day plans to me. Our Dear Pilot here would be able to handle it, of course, but I'm sure he'd rather not be labeled as a show off. Snow, dear- The van is driving through a mixed area of multi-story industrial buildings - side views are not really possible but Glitch flips the view to an IR feed, which shows the heat from four bodies in the cabin. Any PDA signals in the van or did they all ditch them? * LadyBobOmb takes a sharp breath, then resumes. "Snow, dear, we only want to effect the car, not everyone." It's just snow! It'll slow them down... And Glitch is showing 4 live bodies with IR. And us, too, Snow. And me! And all the other cars on the road! I don't particularly want to be driving through a blizzard on a motorcycle! * LadySnow grumbles. "I can point it to not at us..." Fine, just lemme know when we're in range and I'll ice them. * Pilot pushes the collective forward to gain more altitude, then points out the front window. "That looks like it, right there." Kiss, you think you can do this without wrecking them? I hope it works that way. The van is speeding right along - you watch it blow right past a stop sign. Lemme know when you're going Kiss, we'll do it at the same time, okay? Uh. I can land in front of it, but if we can stop it first, that would be better. We'll do our very best. How close do you need to be? Sure, let's get the door opened and ready, I need to be about a soccer field away. 100 feet would be great. Let's hope this is quick and easy. Less paperwork. * LadyTwister snickers, seeming a bit more attuned to Snow now. 50 meters or so. You do the right side and I'll do the left, okay? Okay... when I get that close, they'll hear us, even inside a vehicle. So be ready to adjust if they dodge. Are you ready? Well get ready to land as soon as we do it so they can't run too far, okay? I imagine they'll have a tough time getting out anyway. Will do. And that's ok. I'm ready. On the count of three Snow? Yeah okay. * LadySnow looks at the van, concentrating and waiting for the count. * Pilot actually reduces power for this maneuver, driving the helicopter towards the road in front of the van. Everyone's stomach does a somersault as they free fall for a few moments. The helicopter pulls alongside the car, just meters above the roofs. One. Two! Three! THREE! * LadySnow fires a mass of frost towards the van, but with the movement distracting her, her shot goes wide creating a large oddly shaped block of ice in the road behind the van. * LadyKiss kisses her hand and a little chocolate kiss appears in it, she blows it towards the car where it zooms down hitting it. Chocolate starts to form up around the car where it hit. In the blink of an eye, a man-sized chocolate cone forms around the left- rear wheel of the speedy minivan. The motion of the wheel immediately rips the shape apart, but the huge mass of sweetened lipids gets sucked under the tire, effectively tossing that quarter of the car straight up into the air, like the magic speed bump from hell. The suddenly-mismatched loading of the drive wheels puts the van into an immediate spin. Sure, it's a van, but it's a low-slung Ferrari, so it simply spins rather than flipping... which means that it folds itself quite nicely sideways around the traffic light pole when it gets to the intersection ahead. Going down! * LadySnow gets ready to jump out as soon as it's safe enough to do so. At least safe enough to her anyway. She keeps her SMG at the ready. * Pilot puts the helo down right in the same intersection, with the side door not-quite facing the van. Thank you, it's very thoughtful of you to do that already. Lady Twister, Lady Snow, after you two? * LadySnow hops out as the craft touches down, running towards the van with her gun ready. "Way ahead of you!" As the Ladies' feet touch the street, the windshield of the van shatters under a rip of automatic gunfire. Uh... FREEZE! Hands up! And stuff! Everyone ducks as bullets fly overhead, giving Mashimo a chance to tumble out through the front window of the van and find a good firing position behind the van. Two other men can be seen trying to craw out. The man in the driver's seat is slumped over the wheel. * LadySnow again launches a mass of ice and snow in Mashimo's direction channeled by a quick set of gestures. It goes wide again though as he's moving out of the way and creates another big ice block in the street. There aren't a lot of nearby pedestrians, but you can bet they're all running for cover now. * LadyTwister quickly rises and takes the classic quickdraw stance, before lifting a hand (index and forefinger extended) and pointing it in the direction of the closest of the remaining two men. A sphere of howling wind bursts into being before snapping at him quickly. "Try to take Mashimo alive!" I am! The ball of wind and light caroms off the hood of the van and into the side of one of the men attempting to wiggle out. He bounces back into the van, not moving. ^Adios, amigo.^ * LadyKiss smiles and strides out of cover a giant chocolate bar floating aimlessly around her body. "Hellooooo there boys, I want a date with all of you." The last moving man in the van finally rolls out through the windshield and lands on his feet. He's got a European subgun in hand, but doesn't have time to aim it well yet - he just sprays in Twister's direction. Bullets whip past the Lady, but none hit her - this time. * LadyTwister flinches, and takes a long step back. Her first time being fired on by an actual hostile puts a... strange look on her face. * Mashimo pokes his head over the hood of the van, and does have time to aim. * Mashimo gets off an incredibly tight burst - the first three bullets smash the suddenly-there chocolate bar shield apart, allowing another one to pierce straight through and smash into Kiss's right breast. Kiss! *turns to Mashimo* You butthole! Zulema is spun in place, but somehow keeps her feet. * LadySnow focuses for a moment and chunks of ice form all over her body, looking sorta like an icy suit of armor. * LadyKiss winces in pain. "Shit... wasn't expecting that." * LadySnow tries to move around behind Mashimo so she can hit him around his cover. "Please put down your weapons. We don't want to kill any of you. Please." * LadyTwister winces on Kiss's behalf, then turns to the other guy. "You... are NEXT!" And a second Calamity Shot streaks his way, blowing past Mashimo. The shot blasts into the van and makes a mess of the interior. * LadyKiss blows a silver kiss at Mashimo and watches it speed past him missing. The Kiss goes into the van as well - if the men inside were still alive, they're now choking on chocolate. The man in front of the van settles his aim better before shooting at Twister. ...he still misses, though the crack of the bullets going by is way too close for comfort. * LadyTwister was about to hit the dirt anyway, but relaxes---barely---when he misses again. "Keh..." * Mashimo looks over the van again... looks back into the cabin... then ducks back without firing. * LadySnow circles around the van trying to get a good angle on Mashy. She spots the man lying facedown, hands extended, and weapon tossed away. Looks like he knows what's good for him. * LadySnow keeps her SMG trained on him as she approaches him carefully. "Interlace your fingers on the back of your head!" * LadyTwister takes aim once more at the man who's so far been unable to pump her full of lead. "Hold STILL already!" A third Calamity Shot leaps from her gun-fingers, and she takes a moment to exhale, wiping her forehead. ...and the shot goes straight past the man. Again. Some first-combat jitters, maybe? The van is now a completely unrecognizable tangle of metal and plastic, with chocolate oozing out. * LadyKiss blows yet another kiss, down right glaring at the guy still fighting back, hoping this one hits him. The chocolate kiss envelops the man. He thrashes around, and looks like he may work free of the candy, but not before Twister walks up and plucks his subgun out of his hands. Shooting a lady is not very polite. * LadySnow walks up to Mashimo and puts her SMG against his head. "You're so buying us ice cream to make up for this." * LadySnow looks around. "Does anyone have handcuffs?" Not my style, sorry Snow. [end session] Session Close: Sat Jul 22 17:06:15 2006